Homebrew GBA CIA I made gets black screen on loading Help

[PokeFan221]

I made a cia of Pokemon Sweet 2th and cant find any answers on why it wont load i made other cia of gba rom hacks and works just fine it is only with sweet 2th. I use all the correct stuff to make gba into cia and im on the current luma update and boot9strap and I have tried many versions of the gba rom and all the same issue just black screen after the gba logo if anyone can help that would be appreciated

 

[Majickhat55]

I made a cia of Pokemon Sweet 2th and cant find any answers on why it wont load i made other cia of gba rom hacks and works just fine it is only with sweet 2th. I use all the correct stuff to make gba into cia and im on the current luma update and boot9strap and I have tried many versions of the gba rom and all the same issue just black screen after the gba logo if anyone can help that would be appreciated

Turn off the "show GBA boot" option in Luma.

 

[PokeFan221]

Turn off the "show GBA boot" option in Luma.

But wouldn't that make that not work

 

[Majickhat55]

But wouldn't that make that not work

No.... GBA games don't need the boot logo to run. That's just for nostalgia/preference.

EDIT: Trust me, it took me a long time to figure out that's why my Pokemon Adventures Chapter Red game was always giving me a blackscreen when installed as a .CIA. I turned the option off in Luma as per someone's advice and what do you know? It worked.

 

[PokeFan221]

No.... GBA games don't need the boot logo to run. That's just for nostalgia/preference.

EDIT: Trust me, it took me a long time to figure out that's why my Pokemon Adventures Chapter Red game was always giving me a blackscreen when installed as a .CIA. I turned the option off in Luma as per someone's advice and what do you know? It worked.

Okay just tried same black screen bit other gba vc load fine

 

[wormdood]

have you tested your rom (in an emulator) before converting it to .cia format

 

[PokeFan221]

have you tested your rom (in an emulator) before converting it to .cia format

Yep it runs just fine i can message you the files if you like

 

[wormdood]

Yep it runs just fine i can message you the files if you like

depending on what you mean by "the files" that may violate site rules but i believe you i just wanted to make sure you were not just overthinking a potential small problem . . . i dont know much about gba to cia conversion but i think you should ask Asia81 . . . if i recall Asia81 created quite a few gba pokemon romhack cia files

 

[PokeFan221]

depending on what you mean by "the files" that may violate site rules but i believe you i just wanted to make sure you were not just overthinking a potential small problem . . . i dont know much about gba to cia conversion but i think you should ask Asia81 . . . if i recall Asia81 created quite a few gba pokemon romhack cia files

How would i message him

 

[wormdood]

How would i message him

@Asia81

putting @ in front of the name and the person will get a notification like so @PokeFan221

 

[Asia81]

What's the game you're trying to convert?

 

[Majickhat55]

What's the game you're trying to convert?

Pokemon Sweet 2th. It's a hack of Pokemon Fire Red. I tried it as well and it wouldn't boot past the distribution logo (where it normally says GameFreak in Pokemon games)..

 

[Asia81]

I'll try.

 

[PokeFan221]

I'll try.

Thank you Asia81

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Pokemon Sweet 2th. It's a hack of Pokemon Fire Red. I tried it as well and it wouldn't boot past the distribution logo (where it normally says GameFreak in Pokemon games)..

That's what i get

 

[Majickhat55]

Thank you Asia81

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That's what i get

I'm assuming it has something to do with the header/footer of the game patches. Or the way it was patched or something, I dunno. I tried applying the UPS patch myself and got the same result. It might just be one of those things like when you try this with Pokemon Dark Rising 2 (I think that was it), it loads fine but as soon as you open your Pokemon list the game freezes and gives you a blackscreen.

 

[Hopalongtom]

Gba pokemon games do not work without a specific patch, however a new method is in the works to automate that.

 

[Asia81]

Gba pokemon games do not work without a specific patch, however a new method is in the works to automate that.

They have always been working.
With hex editing, but they worked.

 

[Hopalongtom]

They have always been working.
With hex editing, but they worked.

A hex edit or an ips patch, however the is a new virtual console forwarder program in the works that should do this part for you soon!

 

[PokeFan221]

A hex edit or an ips patch, however the is a new virtual console forwarder program in the works that should do this part for you soon!

I see well thank you all for your help

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Also @Asia81 what do you know about ohana

 

[FateForWindows]

A hex edit or an ips patch, however the is a new virtual console forwarder program in the works that should do this part for you soon!

The IPS patch could cause issues later in the game.