Need help!! Drastic won't launch..

[lazybum]

Hi, ive bought the emu this morning since i found it yesterday.
After installed i've had this kind of problem when i launch the emu :

"The file you tried to open is not a valid ROM"

The game i've tried is Pokemon Platinum, Digimon World, Fire Emblem.
Any of it can't launch at all...
I have surf thru the web and can't find any solutions!!

I've also have tried many methods such as :
-Extract the rom zip. file
-Reinstall the apps
-Paste the bios. file to download folder

I'm using the latest Drastic 2.1.6.2a emulator and I don't understand if there are nobody having the same problem as i've had.By the way, I'm using Xperia Play 2.3.3 gingerbread rooted.

Also thanks to everybody who have made this great emu!
Please, any helps will be very much appreciated...

*sorry for the bad english

[Jay Haru]

Hi, ive bought the emu this morning since i found it yesterday.
After installed i've had this kind of problem when i launch the emu :

"The file you tried to open is not a valid ROM"

The game i've tried is Pokemon Platinum, Digimon World, Fire Emblem.
Any of it can't launch at all...
I have surf thru the web and can't find any solutions!!

I've also have tried many methods such as :
-Extract the rom zip. file
-Reinstall the apps
-Paste the bios. file to download folder

I'm using the latest Drastic 2.1.6.2a emulator and I don't understand if there are nobody having the same problem as i've had.By the way, I'm using Xperia Play 2.3.3 gingerbread rooted.

Also thanks to everybody who have made this great emu!
Please, any helps will be very much appreciated...

*sorry for the bad english

make sure your roms are not corrupt or anything. when unzipped, does the rom end with .nds? also, there is no need for bios in the new version (theres already a custom one within the app)

[lazybum]

yes, it seems every rom extracted end with .nds...
and the roms appeared when i want to select a game..

Is it anything wrong with my installation??
or the roms? how to check whether its corrupt or not?
the extraction seems fine...and the roms in zip file do not appeared during selection..

[Jay Haru]

yes, it seems every rom extracted end with .nds...
and the roms appeared when i want to select a game..

Is it anything wrong with my installation??
or the roms? how to check whether its corrupt or not?
the extraction seems fine...and the roms in zip file do not appeared during selection..

for the roms, you can try to run them using desmume (pc) or nds4droid (android) to see if they work there just fine. if they do run fine, i would inform the devs of this matter asap for you.

[lazybum]

wha??i've just tried..
the roms works like a charm with desmume..

i'm not sure what is it but the same problems happens when i tried to load the rom zipped or nds format..
i've downloaded the same game, different rom from different websites..

i tried to configure this for almost 5 hours..please help!!
thanks!!

[Jay Haru]

wha??i've just tried..
the roms works like a charm with desmume..

i'm not sure what is it but the same problems happens when i tried to load the rom zipped or nds format..
i've downloaded the same game, different rom from different websites..

i tried to configure this for almost 5 hours..please help!!
thanks!!

could you check the md5 and name of one your rom (the .nds one not the zipped)? we need to verify that the rom isnt broken or something. you can use es file explorer (android) to get said md5 info.

[lazybum]

3398 Fire Emblem - Shadow Dragon (US).nds
MD5 - 7f614da9329cd3aebf59b91aadc30bf0

3541 Pokemon Platinum Version (US).nds
MD5 - fde9e0818281836e4fc0edfede2b8762

thanks!

[Jay Haru]

3398 Fire Emblem - Shadow Dragon (US).nds
MD5 - 7f614da9329cd3aebf59b91aadc30bf0

3541 Pokemon Platinum Version (US).nds
MD5 - fde9e0818281836e4fc0edfede2b8762

thanks!

My copy of the same rom is

Pokemon Platinum
f8905424f7d8aea299c51ec7580b33d8


Shadow Dragon
548b35dcfb1ae8d110d4967d482b56f1

so i think you do have a corrupt rom. you can use this as a guide to see if you got the right roms.

[lazybum]

oh okay...

i will take that as a guideline..
i know this is kinda wrong but can you tell me which website did you get those roms?

thanks!!

[Jay Haru]

oh okay...

i will take that as a guideline..
i know this is kinda wrong but can you tell me which website did you get those roms?

thanks!!

sorry, thats against forum rules. theres always google and with the right keywords you can get your info.