DraStic

DS doesn't have a hardware RNG, so the games have their own software RNGs that may be seeded with the time.

By default the emulator will resume the time at whenever a savestate was made so if you keep loading a savestate you may end up with similar outcomes. You could get around this by using the ...

Is this using the latest version, r2.5.0.3a (or the newer alpha)? This is something that could have happened with an older version.

These threads should answer your questions:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4828
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4870

Are you sure the .dss and .dsv files have exactly the same name except for the extension? Your file browser might be hiding extensions, or maybe some letters are capitalized differently.

TheInquisitor wrote:what formats of file are supported by the drastic emulator

NDS (uncompressed ROMs) or ZIP, RAR, or 7Z containing NDS.

You'll only get this sort of error from save states. DraStic is not compatible with save state files from other emulators, just save files from DeSmuME (files with the .dsv extension).

It should be coming out now, hopefully.

This probably explains why I couldn't reproduce it, I assume using the Nintendo DS BIOS doesn't have this problem?

That is correct.

Creating a new savestate and loading it works. No crash log that I can see in the folder. What's the name of the file?

Edit: trying to load a proper in game save ...

This probably explains why I couldn't reproduce it, I assume using the Nintendo DS BIOS doesn't have this problem?

That is correct.

Creating a new savestate and loading it works. No crash log that I can see in the folder. What's the name of the file?

Edit: trying to load a proper in game save ...

Audio in MKDS is very slightly faster than audio running on a 3DS booted from a cart. Not sure of it's the 3DS or the emulator.

Additionally, sound in MarioKart DS, Pokemon Black 2, and Pokemon SoulSilver (haven't tested others) still plays when you've "closed" the DS at a slightly slower speed ...