Note: Cyberman, can you make this a sticky so everyone will find it??

This is or will be a General FAQ and How To Thread specifically directed at all those people who by some unnatural reason cannot work out how to use iDeaS. I will also add other things (like how to take Screenshots and Video Capture). If you have any silly questions or problems, post them here instead of filling up the iDeaS forum with what might be one reply answers. There are plenty of smart people around who I am sure can help those in need, but check this post in case I add any updates to it.
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iDeaS User Interface & Controls for Dummies
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iDeaS is a Nintendo DS Emulator orginally designed for Windows but is also partially compatibile with Linux.

Basic Game Controls:
Example - (Orginal Nintendo DS Key - Default iDeaS Key)

START - Enter
SELECT - X
A - Z
B - A
L - ??? (can't find it)
R - S
X - Q
Y - W
D-Pad (UP,DOWN,LEFT,RIGHT) - Arrow Keys
Touchscreen - Mouse Left-Click Button

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by Low Lines
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More to come...

topic above.

gio123,

No..it is still in the early development. Be patient for the next release or so. If you want it...buy NDS and give nintendo a support.

You should know better more than that. *GRIN*

Does it work with Zipped files?

Nope, not yet. I am sure they will.

Stickied, and I've been busy too. Go figure :D

Ahh well. With 300 + NDS games it could take a while to test all those on 1.0.8. Have fun, this reminds me of trying to get Koudelka working with ePSXe :D

Cyb

thanks cyberman!!:bouncy:

Helloooo

Guys when do u expect that we can run (yu gi oh nightmare trubadour )pefectly with ideas ?
After a 100 years ?

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don´t be a jackass, dude, go code an emulator yourself, you freeloader!

dud i'm 10 years old what do u expect me to do?
ur the genius

i gust want to plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaay

well u be so kind to tell me how to code one?

Kid, there are rules on this forum that should be followed, they are here...
http://www.emutalk.net/showthread.php?t=21490
Ask your dad to explain that to you before letting you post.

okay, I got a problem.
for sometime I have been wanting to use a nds emulator, but I always seem to fail. I am using the newest version of ideas to play SM64 DS. When I run it it goes about 15-25 fps which im okay with, but when it passes the nintendo screen and starts to go into another part it crashes out of nowhere. >(
It is extremely frustrating cuz I thought that finally I could play an NDS game but then it just crashes when it goes into another screen. What am I doing wrong? (thanks for the help) =)

It is not perfect yet. That's why we have to wait for a future. Play your own NDS for now. :)

But just what's happening? A noob invasion? I regret fixing Castlevania more and more...
Evrain

unfix it than ^^, only game left i kinda even wanna play are nice rpg's like the one i posted in homebrwe roms post :P, and still want golden sun 3 :(

I don't think unfixing the fix is a very good idea, I mean it would be like taking several steps back down that ladder you are always trying to make your way to the top of. You don't go backwards in the process of improving upon something or that would be just plain stupid...I suppose that is why Evrain is regretting it so much (do you get it?).

I know what you mean and I hope they do get it. :)

no i meant locking the emu to not run it, and games like mariokart that are way to hyped

Mariokart is a damn cool game, when played online. And I still suck at it, no matter what.
Yes, locking games directly via the emulator would be a good idea: I do want this project to be the top ranked among DS emulators, but at the same time I certainly don't want people to use it just to plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay games for free. That's damn unnerving, and I've got way more important things to worry about (mainly because in real-life Trauma Center there isn't a save/load option, if you know what I mean) than letters from Nintendo.
Evrain

Evrain, why are you so obsessed about people trying play commercial games on ideas? if you dont want people to play commercial nds games on your emulator why bother releasing it? i think you are a real kiljoy, do you see the creators of DSmume or project 64 acting like babies? complaining on forums all the time about people plaing copied games on emulators? no. because they like many other emulator creators, actually trust that 90% or so of the people who use the emulator are just either playing games they once owned and are trying to relive some classic games or, people like myself who are facinated by emulation and who do own the games/consoles but just like to see the work of geniuses who can emulate such complicated hardware on a pc. true there are a lot of people who just use emulators for piracy but, why should people like me, or thousands others have to suffer because of the minority of people who use emulators for the wrong reasons? does anyone agree with me?

zion, stop it. you have no right. I wont agreed with you. Have a respect to him and his team, thats it.

There should be no argument here, because Evrain (and any other Emulator Related People) have every right to decide upon and refuse to do as requested. Think of it like this, for one they are risking the chance of being sued for pursuing copyrighted software, which I'm sure many have seen happen to those PSX emulators a way back. Plus they are not only spending their spare time to develop the programs, but also money is coming out of their pockets just so some noob can come along and whine to them because their programs don't play Mario Kart DS or Super Mario 64 DS. It's just not fair on them that even with all the stuff they have to put up with as it is that they also have to withstand the jabbering that people with no understanding of what happens behind the curtains of emulation.

If Evrain (in your words) "acts like a baby" it might be because he's being pestered again. I would honestly go mental if I opened my inbox (or jumped onto a forum) and found 101 replies telling me my work is crap and I should do this and do that. Wouldn't you?

What I would suggest, is that you (zion) try being responsible for something with high demand, this does not even have to have anything to do with emulation or computers at that matter. The point is the common nature of people can be quite irritating especially if they are not pleased with something.

For instance, I was at the shops today and I joined the line at the counter to pay for my stationary. It just so happened to be about the time when most people were shopping and the lines were almost going into the isles they were that long. And some poor soul had the job to work at the counter, scanning things in, acting friendly to the customers and working with the register. Now I was in no rush and I am very good at being patient (normally). But the people around me were heated up (and the shop was air-conditioned), you could hear them mutter mean things under their breath and they continually stare at the clock and then give the counter person a mean look.
Could you imagine the kind of stress that person would have? (I'll also point out I've haven't done any part-time yet cos I haven't the need to)
Why even my friends tell me they get these people who have no right in their part to mouth off and whine to them because one slight hair is out of place or something is not to their expectations.

Now you could argue this has nothing to do with Evrain or computers at all, but I think it is a very clear example of what it would be like in his shoes. I mean obviously you would not have people shouting in your face in person, but there would always be those irritating people who just don't know when to butt out.

Oh and another thing...I doubt a handful of people (though I could be wrong) who know about emulation could even program for themselves, so how do they know what to think when an author gets mad/annoyed by their noobing?? If people didn't take things so much for granted, I bet people would be a little nicer...

"rockmangames" who are you to say i have no right?? it's a free country isn't it? i thought that was the whole point of emutalk, so people can voice there opinions? i do have respect for evrain and especially lino but, as i said above i just dont like evrains attitude.

zion, do not take me wrong. I liked you and I am sure you are nice person and yeah, it is a free country but if they do not want to do this then you should not say anything to him and his team because they make their decision and they will release this emulator to be fully playable in the future but I guess they are doing it for a purpose of development interesting and they are not doing it to play commercial roms for free.

ok i know what your saying. i idn't want to cause any trouble, it was just evrains negative attitude that annoyed me. sorry for calling you a moron. i dont want to fall out with you because you've
helped me out a lot in the past.

Okay, something here isn't clear enough. I began being interested in emulation when some random friend gave me a diskette with an unknown GBC emulator for Pokémon. I later learned to modify it to make other dumps run in its place and from that on, it all went downhill to Nemu64, Project64 (with Evangelion64, and my first ban at smiff's hands).
Whenever I decide to use part of my free time to boot up my system and suft the Net, I prefer doing something active, which leads me to learning new stuff, and that's why I got involved in a number of things, which include programming and emulation itself.
Now, this said, I am no less noob or lamer than anyone else: I own ROMs without their physical counterpart (but I did buy a Nintendo DS and my fav cartridges), I use Chankast and PCSX2 to get some good shmup action -Ikaruga, Border Down, Ibara, bloody Mushihime-sama and other random stuff I can't recall now- and so on. But a lesson I learned is to know the real boundaries of this hobby before complaining: I am also a patient and kind person, but when someone insults me with a "I never owned a console, NEVER, I crack games and play for free, now shuddup and emulate that fscking MariokartDS... well, as LL and Rockman said, even someone like me gets pissed off.

I am not accusing anyone, but it seems to me that someone has misunderstood iDeaS' aim, which is full DS emulation as of NDSlib specs. Commercial games are a pleasant "side effect", but as R. Belmont -one of MAME's main coders- said once, "I'd rip the entire Neogeo driver out [of MAME]. Do not try to impose your tastes on us and we'll return the favor". In other words, what we (I) despise is the childish behavior of said noobs, who can only whine about a way to play for free.

That said, I'll add (although I shouldn't) some WIP news: transparencies are now beginning to get correctly shown on iDeaS, that means improved Phoenix Wright, improved Castlevania (I wasn't really keen on seeing a Golem teleporting in front of me...), improved Trauma Center and random stuff I can't recall right now. I also intend to contact YopYop, and see if the DesMuMe project can still somehow be kept alive, either by offering him host outside the (stupid IMHO) french DRM law or by fusing its result within iDeaS core. And the results would be quite... interesting.
Finally, we are putting up some skeleton driver for savegames.
Evrain

Evrain i would just like to say sorry about my comments earlier. i took your posts the wrong way. i understand that it must be fustrating to get people nagging you all the time on forums aking "when will we be able to play mario kart etc.." i appreciate all your hard work and was intriuged by your comments on dsmume and ideas merging together. but i have a question for you : did you mean by your last post that yopyop isnt going to work on desmume anymore?

zion check my post sumwhere below here :( /cry

i hope desmume's code can help ideas out a bit

ok i know what your saying. i idn't want to cause any trouble, it was just evrains negative attitude that annoyed me. sorry for calling you a moron. i dont want to fall out with you because you've
helped me out a lot in the past.

No worries. :D

zion check my post sumwhere below here :( /cry

i hope desmume's code can help ideas out a bit

Dont cry too soon. Evrain will see what he can do to keep desmume alive. Keep your hope steady and stay low for now. ;)

i always stay low :)< and only way(s) desmume cpuld survive if

1. the code got implemented in dualis/ideas (if even possible)
2. Yopyop migrated to another country which i wont see happen

so whut ya on about rock?

edit, already found it
I also intend to contact YopYop, and see if the DesMuMe project can still somehow be kept alive, either by offering him host outside the (stupid IMHO) french DRM law or by fusing its result within iDeaS core. And the results would be quite... interesting.
Finally, we are putting up some skeleton driver for savegames

I think it is best if you let Evrain do it because we do not want to give YopYop more stress than we can do, ok ? :)

Evrain,

I also intend to contact YopYop, and see if the DesMuMe project can still somehow be kept alive, either by offering him host outside the (stupid IMHO) french DRM law or by fusing its result within iDeaS core.

Sound really a good idea. We will wait and see what you can do. I wish you and YopYop the best of luck! :)

I think it is best if you let Evrain do it because we do not want to give YopYop more stress than we can do, ok ? :)

just was to lazy to quote ok :P?

Hey Guys,

I've tried various games on iDeaS and there is no audio. I am using version 1.0.0.8c and the "aud.dll" file is in the plugin folder. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance!

Nothing is wrong with that. It is too early version. Please do not complaint about it ok ? Thanks! :)

Thanks for the info. It definitely ends my frustration. I kinda assumed this after some trials. I guess I'll wait until development progresses.

sorry for disturbing, guys. but i need immediate help. i have a few versions of ideas. 1.0.0.6, 1.0.0.7 and 1.0.0.8c. only 1.0.0.6 works on my computer. others don't. why could it be?

if there is a topic or something else about it just tell me, so i will look at it.
i looked for it,before i post this message, but i couldn't see if there isn't, i need help as i've just said before.

Okay, I will tell you what... use 1.0.0.8c, ok ? Go to Options, Plugins, then click Audio and make sure it must be check mark --> DirectSoundPlugin and closed it. Click this emulator again and you will be fine.

Thanks for help. That was just what i guessed. Audio plugin was not there in the older versions. it works.
but sometimes it keeps crashing can u give me further help?

Try to exit this emulator after do this for maybe....a few time then you will be fine. I do not remembered. Mine is fine so far after that! :)

Mine has been fine by your help, too. Thank u so much. Fps is too low is that normal too?

You are welcome. Which game ?

Remember, this is still under development so it is best not to complaint about this emulator you know. It is too early, anyway. :)

For example Castlevania. It doesn't get any more higher then 17 fps =] But as you say, it is still under developement. Or it might be becouse of my configuration.Could P4 1.6GHz be a bit low for these emulators?

Sorry for taking much place and thakns for all helps :bouncy:

as far as i know...there are no requirements or anything to run it (apart from a Windows OS) and i don't think there has been any ACTUAL testing as to see whether there is a minimum system requirement (as in RAM etc) as to which the quality/speed will drop or be less than normal nor is there any like i suppose STANDARD either....though again I could be wrong...

Your best bet is to just try and get hold of whatever hardware you can and go from there...but I mean i just have the plain old standard computer packages that sell for around $700-900 AUS and they can run N64 games at pretty much as well as the emulators can handle (except for special effects and/or high system requirement games, though Goldeneye 007 works fine)

Does any of that help???

You may be right but i dont think that i am gonna make any configuration change:( Maybe a few years later.
I was once playing n64 but i gave up. Actually i played only Mario64 it was a good one. I dont think i will play with n64 anymore.

I realized that everyone having the same problem, about IDeas. I understand that it is still being done. I didnt complaint at all, and not complaining now too:)
It is going well. I now play kirby canvas curse with desmume(not complete but enough). waiting for others. Good Bye everyone. Thanks for everything:bye3:

I want to say thank you to all emulation program builders. I have tried to learn from your example, and to make a story short, I am heading to school to learn computer programming. Thank you for getting me interested in coding.

The Esteemed Magi,

Black Mage.

I want to say thank you to all emulation program builders. I have tried to learn from your example, and to make a story short, I am heading to school to learn computer programming. Thank you for getting me interested in coding.

The Esteemed Magi,

Black Mage.


Good luck!:bouncy:

i wish you luck too!! but you should also realise that you are gonna need to study the console and how it is coded as well if you are gonna try emulating one...And I have been told that some of the consoles (especially the newer generations) are quite complex and it would not only take a very good programmer but also someone who can work with both to make one....but my fingers are crossed and maybe in a couple of years you'll be good at it!!!!

Drat!!! I still got 1.5 years till I can go learn programming code!!! god-damn narrow subject selection!!!! lol :bouncy:

Now you too ? Good luck, Low Lines. :evil: :bouncy:

nah it will be a long way off until that ever happens....(groan)
and by the time it does there will be like a nintendo X or something you know with out of this world graphics and a super secure hack proof system and all lol

Geez, I hope not. LOL.

hey see my current avatar??? it's from a show called Fullmetal Alchemist and it anime....but yeah
there's this thing on called "Equivalent Exchange" were nothing can be gained without first giving something in return....

Well the idea with it is that in order the there to be a brilliantly crafted console (my example Nintendo X) you would have to have some negative equivalency to balnce out the equation....ie have a hack-proof system making it harder for emu authors lol

sorry I've gone mental over this show!!! so cool!!
keep smiling everybody!!!!!:party:

I saw this anime briefly and it is not so bad but I prefer Naruto. I know it's narutard. LOL

I dont care but I loved Naruto! :D

Yes I am always smiling. :

How did this go from Ideas to Anime?
And I have watched all episodes of FMA and Naruto (although Naruto has become definately more retarded the first season was pretty good :) ).


Just to return to Ideas... what was the question? ;)

Cyb

all anime is great AND (so as to not go too far off topic) it's even better when they make games for them....i wonder how long it will take for that Fullmetal Alchemist NDS to come out in english??? Cos I don't think it works on emulators yet huh??? (quickly scrolls through compat list) nope!!! (groan) i'm gonna have a LOT of catching up to do when i finally get around to finishing off the compat list of mine!!! Luckily Rockmangames never sleeps!!! lol

sorry my bad

HI!

*everyone staring at me and says:who's that guy?*

well, IM A NARUTARD!! HAHAHA (I love ALMOST all animes/mangas though)
Okay, that was offtopic but now let's be a little bit more in the topic.

Whats the latest version of iDeaS?

iDeaS 1.0.0.8c was the latest one.

EDIT: I am a Naruto fan too! :) But I hate the fillers. :P

THANK YOU!

I'll go download it now to test some stuff...

Low Lines,

Should I continue to test the nds roms on this emulator ? Because I tested recently with nds roms through 571 and all are black screens.

Low Lines,

Should I continue to test the nds roms on this emulator ? Because I tested recently with nds roms through 571 and all are black screens.
Meh.....My List are a little behind (still have to do the No$GBA screenshot thread, but have homework)...you decide

Well, I think it is useless since it is dead for now. At the recently nds roms to 571...all are in black screens even I left it running for 2 minutes or something. So, I think it is useless for now.

Tell me what you think ?

Hey

is it possible in No$gba to have two seperate games running.
Like, Pokemon Sapphire and Pokemon Ruby at the same time?

Please help
Cheers

if you wanna trade your pokemon, use VBALink as it is very reliable, but I would advise not going any further with this conversation as this is a thread that 1 is not for No$GBA and 2 isn't even a GBA thread and 3 I don't even know how your quesiton even remotely relates or is appropriate to be asked in this thread. You should be aware of where you post your quesitons, as some people get incredibly agitated when threads are spammed with the wrong content.

I have made the entire compatibility list for iDeaS but I posted in another forum and since advertizing is forbidden, I won't provide the link.

I confirm that after #571, no rom works. Actually in my tests, the last rom that partially worked was 0554 - Mini RC Rally (U) and the last that seems fully functional was 0516 - Top Gun (E).

Unfortunately, I already test all games for iDeaS and it is now discontinued because it's dead in the water and most games are in black screens ..over 320 roms which recently of this year are in black screens. It's worthless for now.

What you talked about is:

0554 - Mini RC Rally (U) - Could not erase data. Turn the power off and reinsert
the Game Card.

0516 - Top Gun (E) - ingame then won't go anywhere.

Yes it's something like that. I didn't specified all the issues I encountered. For Top Gun, I played for a few minutes and the game passed the start creen so that I suposed it is likely to run more. Maybe I should have waited a little more. For partially worked, I mean opposed to black sceen.

However there are still some games that work at least after a few minutes after #320:

0320 - Super Monkey Ball - Touch & Roll (E)
0322 - Frogger Helmet Chaos (E)
0326 - Touch Dictionary (K)
0329 - Top Gun (J)
0330 - Sangokushi (J)
0333 - Super Monkey Ball - Touch and Roll (U)
0334 - Itsu Demo Doko Demo Dekiru Igo (J)
0335 - Itsu Demo Doko Demo Dekiru Shogi (J)
0346 - Tengai Makyou II Manjimaru (J)
0351 - Ping Pals (F)
0352 - Bust-A-Move DS (E)
0358 - Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures (E)
0359 - Garaku Tale (J)
0369 - Tao's Adventure - Curse of the Demon Seal (U)
0370 - Madagascar (F)
0373 - Super Black Bass Fishing (U)
0381 - Madagascar (J)
0391 - Resident Evil - Deadly Silence (E)
0395 - Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney (E)
0410 - Tsubasa Chronicle Vol. 2 (J)
0424 - Nobunaga no Yabou DS (J)
0433 - Top Gun (U)
0439 - Golden Nugget Casino DS (E)
0445 - Tao's Adventure - Curse of the Demon Seal (E)
0451 - Daisenryaku DS - Great Strategy (J)
0454 - Dragon Booster (E)
0461 - Magnetica (U)
0470 - Magical Vacation - 5-tsu no Hoshi Ganarabutoki (J)
0473 - Break 'Em All (U)
0478 - Finding Nemo Touch de Nemo (J)
0489 - Milon no Hoshizora Shabon - Puzzle Kumikyoku (J)
0496 - Touch Dictionary (K)
0516 - Top Gun (E)

Once again they seems to be fully functional since I tested all the roms in 3 days and hadn't the time to verify exactly.
+ a bunch of games that loaded but can't pass the start sreen.

Anyway, I agree that iDeaS is quite dead: no update since March...

I do not mean over 320 nds roms like this I mean something like recently until up to 609 doesnt worked at all. Sorry for the confusion! :)

Ah, sorry, I misunderstood :(
Anyway, if there is no further update, this emulator is just going to die, so sad considering its potential...

Hei guys, i'm new to the forum and I'm trying to get Final Fantasy III to work, but every time I start iDeaS I get an "unable to read" mensage, and when I try to emulate the game I get:
"Unable to access Backup Memory.
Please try again after turning your system
OFF and reinserting the DS card"

could anyone lend me a hand here please?

Please do not double posts separately until someone answer your question. Be patient. Please do not do that. :)

i personally think iDeaS is the best emu bar none but my only thing is i cant for the love of me figure out how too get the ar code feature too work and i know it has work im just a noob lol....i always did need help with emus....cud someone please tell me how i can get the codes to type in too like not disappear or better yet a site i can download them so i cud just load the codes in...i cant use No$gba cuz i know nothing about the requirments and the site forbids asking on the BIOS...but i like ideas just need help on getting the codes working other than that iDeaS kicks major air

edit: i do own 2 ds systems personally and games for them i just findd it more convient too play them on my laptop and i mean i only own 5 ds games the 3 ygos and pokemons and i play ygo on my laptop cuz i just love emus. always have... if i cud i'd play them on mhy ps2 and ps3 is i had the money...

iDeaS is great emu but no$gba is the best at the moment because it's emulating alots of games nearly perfectly and some 100% fully playable games. iDeaS is, to my opinion, the best emulator than desmume emulator right now.

No$gba -- 1st
iDeaS -- 2nd
Desmume -- 3rd
NeonDS -- 4th (It could be 3rd place at any time soon, watch out!)

I get graphic errors in Ideas with Animal Crossing WW Pal.

Outside a house:

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3391/screen2sf8.th.jpg (http://img513.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen2sf8.jpg)

Inside a house:

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/5692/screen1tr0.th.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen1tr0.jpg)

i know this is a stupid question but where are the folders where put the sound plugin in?