Windows Vista and Windows 7 users, please follow these steps to update your drivers:ġ.
If the Action Replay DS is listed beneath the section ‘Other Devices’, you need to update your drivers by following the relevant steps below: If the Action Replay DS is not installed correctly it will be listed beneath the section ‘Other Devices’. Within Device Manager if the Action Replay DS is installed correctly it should be listed beneath the section ‘USB IO Controlled Devices’. If you continue to experience the same problems, we would suggest confirming that the Action Replay DS is correctly installed.
Try connecting the Action Replay DS directly to an alternative known working USB connection, bypassing any USB hubs. The USB connection which you are connecting the Action Replay DS may not be operating correctly. If this is not the case, select the update (computer mouse) icon from your consoles touch screen, while the Action Replay DS is set to its home screen. If set to automatically detect USB, the Action Replay DS will automatically enter the update mode when the cable is connected. Ensure that the Action Replay DS is set to the update mode on your console. Thank you.You may experience this problem for a number of reasons. If there is any other information needed to answer my question, please let me know and I will post back as soon as I can. I apologize for this being so long of a post, but I was trying to be specific as to allow for the more efficient answering of my question.
I'm at a loss as to why I cannot see the cheat option when I try to play Pokemon, as well as why the Code Editor cannot open the CHEAT file, and I'm hoping someone can answer me. nds file as "Pokemon Diamond", so it doesn't seem like this is the problem, and the Game ID I got off of a website as "ADAE 636791c0". However, I have the filename in both Code Editor and. nds file and the filename in the Code Editor need to be the same, or the Game ID I entered for Pokemon Diamond was incorrect. The only thing I could think of is that either the names of the. Confused by this (since I have more games than just those two, and only four should be in the usrcheat.dat file, I opened up the Code Editor and tried opening the CHEAT file, but I got an error message saying "Database format error!" I'm confused why since I have Pokemon in the usrcheat.dat file, it's not allowing me to use the cheats I have for the game. I noticed that almost all the games on the list had the (Y) Cheat option, except for Pokemon and Phoenix Wright. I then added the ROMs I had straight to the main directory, right after the _DS_MENU file, loaded the microSD into the R4, and turned on the system. Looking at the file, it was different from the CHEAT file in the folder, so I renamed the file to usrcheat.dat and this fixed the problem (instead of being a "file" it was now a "video CD movie" like the CHEAT file. I'm not sure why it's waiting for the DS, maybe it's supposed to link to it through wifi or something, but instead I simply put in the CD that came with the R4 and booted up the code editor, opened the default database (which only contained Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Mario Kart DS, and Elite Beat Agents), and added to it a small list of codes for Pokemon Diamond (which I found from a website), and then saved it as usrcheat. I downloaded the Code Manager, and installed it to my computer, but when I run it, it just shows this. Since I just got my R4 a few days ago, it had nothing on the microSD card at all, so I downloaded the 1.08 firmware as the guide suggests. I'll try to be as specific as possible so hopefully my question can be answered.
This is a great guide, but it seems that I have a slight problem. If you have any question, post here and I will help you Copy the new usrcheat.dat file to that folder and you are done Now open the card again and navigate to the system folder. Import the one you just made and then go to file and Save As cheat database. Open the Code Editor and go to file and press Import XML file. Let it import the games into your codelist.Ĭ:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay Code Manager\local_codelistsįind the XML, it should say something along the lines of customcodelist.xml Under My Codelists right click and select paste.ģ. Under Subscriptions right click Codejunkies US Games and select copy if you want all or just do this for games you want.Ģ. Update you MicroSD card with the new firmwareġ. Or if the site is down, then get it here: Next you want the Code Manager from Datel:įinally you want the R4 Cheat code editor: Ok first, you need the latest R4 firmware, v 1.18 (as of writing): This is verified by myself, and it works great I only give instructions for the R4 but this works on the M3 simply as well, you just need to get the newest firmware, 1.18.
Here is a very quick guide I found on how to use Action replay codes on your R4 card.