Cheat

I have a cheat.dat and a usrcheat.dat file in my system folder on my r4 but I still dont get cheats for all my games, even though i double checked to see if there were any cheats there with the cheat code editor. It seems like the r4 isnt reading the usrcheat.dat file because it doesnt show up with a second cheat button, only 1 for some of my games.

There aren't cheats for every game. I recommend downloading the daily updated comprehensive CHEAT.DAT from GBAtemp.net.http://cheats.gbatemp.net/

Or use my How to Add Cheats to R4 tutorial in the Tutorials section. Above method is hell easier.

thats the one i used from gba tempt .net i got both the cheat.dat and the usrcheat.dat file but it still didnt show all the cheats for games ive had cheats for beforealso i checked with the cheat code editor and it showed cheats for a game i had but they didnt show up on r4

Make sure it's renamed as usrcheat.dat and placed exactly where you found it amongst your firmware files.

its named usrcheat.datand in my system folder it looks like thisebook themes cheat.datgbaframe.bmp thumbs.db usrcheat.dat

Try reinstalling the firmware and then reoverwriting the cheat database file.

i reinstalled the firmware and cheat database and now whenever i turn on my r4 it just comes up with a black screen

Remove all of the firmware files you think are part of the firmware, and then reinstall it and delete the default usrcheat.dat. Then download the database file from the link above and then put that in system.

i did that and now my r4 starts up but i have no cheats at all and i lost all my themes so were pretty much back at square 1

Your theme shouldn't have been removed unless you did the old outdated "overwriting" trick of the theme files in system. See my tutorial to have up to 12 themes.

i didnt overwrite and i can fix the theme thing im just more worried about my cheats cause they are all gone

i figured it out.the r4 can only support a certain amount of cheats for a file or in other words it has a size limit of i think 1 mb or maybe 3mb so I think this is the problem.so im going to look for a cheat file that only has U games or E and Uthanx for all your help

No it has a limit of 4mb, that's why i use the european version and if there are an cheats need adding, i do add them myself.

oh, well I fixed it anyways so thanx

The cheat database is basically english only, so U and E versions mostly.