This is a followup on my footers thread, I have succeeded in getting back the original colors instead of the washed out/dark/mute colors every GBA VC has.

It's actually quite simple; every string of numbers that go like this: 00 00 00 00 00 00 in blocks of six are now changed to blocks of three until you reach FF FF FF.

I have already gone through the trouble of writing all the values out in a separate file ORIGINAL.bin
Simply go through the process of making a footer, open it in a hex editor and open original.bin as well, select everything in it and copy it to the footer starting at offset 0x24.

Should look like this:

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Ideally the GBA footer generator should get updated with this option to avoid hex editing and name the other settings something more accurate than "Memory Config".

Comparison shots

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Bonus: Remove or add more ghosting/blur
Edit byte at offset 0x20

0xFF/255 = No blurring/ghosting
0xF0/240 = Very little ghosting
0xC0/192 = Official value, standard ghosting
0x80/128 = Official value, more ghosting, highly noticeable
0x20/32 = Insane ghosting
0x01 = MAX

 

[MushGuy]

Here's a modified footer generator, so you don't have to hex edit anything:

Outputs footers with the proper color settings and has settings for ghosting (a quick hack)

https://files.catbox.moe/nssads.zip

And here's a pack to fix your old CIAs. Drag and drop them on top of the bat file and new ones will be created in the FIXED_CIAs sub folder.

https://files.catbox.moe/n2gr4m.zip

Does it work with already existing ambassador CIAs?

 

[MushGuy]

just use the modded footer generator:

If you don't want redo the whole cia creation, just paste the footer hex code at the end of you code.bin file (with deleting the old hex code)

I don't get it. Can you be more specific?

 

[piratesephiroth]

Does it work with already existing ambassador CIAs?

I don't get it. Can you be more specific?

You use the modified footer generator to create new CIAs from gba roms.
If you want to fix old CIAs just use the batch file.

 

[MushGuy]

You use the modified footer generator to create new CIAs from gba roms.
If you want to fix old CIAs just use the batch file.

But what if they're Ambassador CIAs? They do not work with the batch file, even if I decrypt them.

 

[SOLSTAR]

Update my modified footer generator, changed the save chip manufacter into ghosting settings

i tried the stting for toggling off the ghosting (xff,none)on f-zero gp legends,but the ghosting is still there intact...

 

[piratesephiroth]

i tried the stting for toggling off the ghosting (xff,none)on f-zero gp legends,but the ghosting is still there intact...

are you sure you installed the new CIA?

 

[SOLSTAR]

are you sure you installed the new CIA?

yes,uninstalled the old one,re-did the procedure from scratch,imported the cis..nothing still blur/ghosting...and on a fast racing game like this is perfect to bleed your eyes :/

i followed the guide found here,so unless there are newer files to use during convert,i don't know

 

[aos10]

question : does F Zero still cause problem to the screen?
if i installed it without restoration of original colors,will that be okey?

 

[NintendoFan06]

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[Metoroid0]

Are those IPS screens? Maybe that's the reason Nintendo stopped using them?
Plus I don't think it's a burn in (I'm pretty sure that's impossible on LCDs). Must be some image retention thing.

Also spoiler that image, it's huge...

I have both TN screens... i hope that wont happen