DS #3517: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (USA)

[cornaljoe]

It doesn't work on my EZV v.1 :/ Even after I've done downgrade to 1.70.

Did you make the ini file?

 

[elixirdream]

well... the games seems to work well on the older generation of flash card
have fun knoxvillz

 

[Avalyn]

R4 more like GAY4

lol. makes no sense... 4 gays?

 

[smurphyzeke]

Can confirm the above with the AceKard 2.1

Well, I'll just wait for a fix, give myself some time to study for my test

 

[cardtrix]

If a fix is never found I'll buy the game, it's only £18 on Amazon.

 

[gunns]

does it work on the M3 Real yet?

 

[zeromac]

Has anyone got this to work with r4 yet? Cos i really wnna play this lol
ive tried converting my save file already: no luck so i was wondering if anyone got this to work on r4?

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Has anyone got this to work with r4 yet? Cos i really wnna play this lol
ive tried converting my save file already: no luck so i was wondering if anyone got this to work on r4?

 

[entraik]

anyone get this to work with the cyclos ds evo?

 

[George290506]

Unfortunately I'm having no luck getting this thing to work... Even if I'm using an SCDS1.

Specs:
SCDS1 (SDHC) (SuperCard DS ONE(SDHC) OS 3.0 SP5 Firmware)
Kingston 2GB SD Card (JAPAN)
Nintendo DS Lite (Black/Red)
GTA CTW (Clean, Untrimmed)
SD Speed set to custom speed 25

Using the above and with all boxes unticked (I mean every box, I even made sure to untick any greyed out font boxes.) the game just hangs at a black screen above, white screen below. If I tick:

"Enable DMA" (Can check it, even if the option's greyed out.)

I still get the black screen above, white screen below. If I tick in "Enable Patch" it still yields the same results. But if I do:

"Enable Patch"
"Patch Speed"
"Enable DMA"

The game loads, gets to the save select screen, then ultimately hangs at a black screen after selecting it. Even turning off "Enable DMA" and leaving "Patch Speed" yields the same results. Using a program called Rominator I DID comfirm the CRC on the rom file is correct.

I have done as another post recommended and set the save types to both 64KB AND 1MB with the 1MB setting just resulting in a black screen upon rom load. I even made CERTAIN my firmware was up-to-date by downloading then re-installing it. I'm at a complete loss here why it's failing to work...

I just tried it again with a new BLANK sdhc card, loaded with brand new firmware sp5, and the XPA rom. I had NOTHING checked, no custom speed, no boxes checked, NOTHING ENABLED, the game loaded, I chose YES for autosave at the first screen, and then boom, the Jet cutscene started. Dunno what you did, but it can't get simpler than that.

My SCDS1

is working with these options:

"Enable Patch"
"Patch Saver"
"Enable Reset"

all the others are un-ticked!

These were the settings I chose when I started the game and to my suprise it plays perfectly.

I can confirm that it saves and loads. At least for the 1st save at your appartment ($ 50 earned - 1st mission).
I do think it will play it well in the rest of the game.

 

[ComplicatioN]

ahh! does anyone know how to run this on a dstt?

stop asking and wait

sorry

im too excited for this game

arnt we all

 

[Taker2]

i have EZV v1(kenrel1.70) and EZV+(kernel 1.90B9) and i can't play with it
i don't understand.

because i have see here that he work with EZVv1

You have to enable clean mode by making an "game name.ini" file. The contents of the ini file was in my original post way back. Also make sure you delete the old save first.

what do you mean by "gane mane ini file" ?

 

[Smartpal]

Still no solution for AK2, guess I'll try the no$gba method.

 

[cornaljoe]

Ok for all the EZV users here are the full intructions to get this to work.

Note this only work for EZV made before the NYE (New Years Edition):

EZ-V : Works
EZ-V NYE : Doesn't Work
EZ-V+ : Doesn't Work
EZ-Vi : Doesn't Work

The reason is because the save chip that was in the original EZ-V was removed for compatibility issues.

1. Read the above message before moving on to step 2
2. Delete the "moonshl" directory and "ez5sys.bin" file
3. Download EV-Z Kernel 1.70
4. Extract the contents to the root of your microSD
5. Rename the "example.ini" to the same name as your ROM and put it in the same folder as the ROM.
Ex. "GTA - China Wars.nds" would need "GTA - China Wars.ini" in the same folder
6. Open the renamed ini file and change the "type=" part to 1 and save the changes
7. Check the "SAVE" directory for an existing save and delete it if so.
8. Boot and enjoy this awesome game

Edit: Here's the ini file settings for people who don't want to search for it.

Spoiler

;0 4K
;1 64/512K
;2 2M/4M
[CLEAN]
bClean=1

[SAVE]
type=1

;set 1-12 as old setting
[SPEED]
speed=3

Change the speed setting depending on your microSD.

 

[dsttuser]

Still no solution for AK2, guess I'll try the no$gba method.

Can you upload the save file IF it works i dont know how to operate No$gba pls?

 

[ihiphopanonymous]

Wow...and just the other day I was saying how crap my Supercard DS One was and how I was contemplating on replacing my R4...hah. As mentioned earlier...the game works fine on Supercard DS One. I disabled all the settings except DMA.

So far the game has been surprisingly good...actually I might even jump the gun and say it has a chance for GOTY on the DS (so far). Just wondering for all the supercard ds one users...do you have trouble saving?

 

[FlyingPretzel]

played it on no$gba and its a 9.x game for sure

tryed a lot of stuff even changed my r4 kernel to the oldest one (because GTA works only on old carts)
i will try more stuff

 

[elixirdream]

cornaljoe,
Thanks for the details! we need that.. it just get lost ASAP

anyway, GTA doesn't work on ak2i, ak2, dstt, m3real, r4 ... and anything else?

 

[Xcyper33]

cornaljoe,
Thanks for the details! we need that.. it just get lost ASAP

anyway, GTA doesn't work on ak2i, ak2, dstt, m3real, r4 ... and anything else?

m3simply/m3lite

 

[PhoenixNL]

How bout the Cyclo Evo?

 

[tobyx]

cornaljoe,
Thanks for the details! we need that.. it just get lost ASAP

anyway, GTA doesn't work on ak2i, ak2, dstt, m3real, r4 ... and anything else?

wait, ohne guy got it down for the AceKard2i, using the no$gba-savefile-method.