Homebrew GBARunner2

[Zense]

Currently only one of the 2 direct sound channels is emulated, which kinda means left is treated at mono sound. And the old gb channels are not emulated currently

So does that mean a quick fix/upgrade in sound would be to set sound to mono in the games that have that option? Leaving only the gb sounds missing. I noticed Medabots Rpg seemed like there was only one of two stereo sides active, but I don't think I tried setting the sound to mono, if there's an option for that. Would a simple patch for all games, turning their sound mono, be feasible?

 

[Gericom]

So does that mean a quick fix/upgrade in sound would be to set sound to mono in the games that have that option? Leaving only the gb sounds missing. I noticed Medabots Rpg seemed like there was only one of two stereo sides active, but I don't think I tried setting the sound to mono, if there's an option for that. Would a simple patch for all games, turning their sound mono, be feasible?

I can't patch that. It's different for each game. And yes if there's a setting you can try that. May be better cpu wise too. Implementing stereo shouldn't be hard though. Since the second channel is just the same as the first.

 

[Melter]

keep up the great work Gericom!

 

[daxtsu]

Would it be feasible to use the extra RAM mode they recently got working in TWL_FIRM on the 3DS to buffer games entirely in memory? For example, nds-bootstrap enables a 32 megabyte mode, which would allow for a large number of GBA games to not need to load anything extra off the SD card.

 

[Deleted member 424658]

Would it be feasible to use the extra RAM mode they recently got working in TWL_FIRM on the 3DS to buffer games entirely in memory? For example, nds-bootstrap enables a 32 megabyte mode, which would allow for a large number of GBA games to not need to load anything extra off the SD card.

The purpose of this is to run on DS flashcarts not 3DS.

 

[daxtsu]

The purpose of this is to run on DS flashcarts not 3DS.

I'm well aware of that, but it's still a valid question, even if Gericom himself doesn't implement it, I just wanted to know if it's possible.

 

[Pickle_Rick]

Would it be feasible to use the extra RAM mode they recently got working in TWL_FIRM on the 3DS to buffer games entirely in memory? For example, nds-bootstrap enables a 32 megabyte mode, which would allow for a large number of GBA games to not need to load anything extra off the SD card.

Why wouldn't you just use an emulator or AGB_FIRM though? This is really only useful on the DS(i).

 

[daxtsu]

Why wouldn't you just use an emulator or AGB_FIRM though? This is really only useful on the DS(i).

just wanted to know if it's possible.

That and if it does end up being a possibility, it would potentially be able to properly save in games that even AGB_FIRM lacks support for, like the Pokémon games. Also, GBA emulation runs like crap on the 3DS (i.e. Retroarch, mgba, citragb).

It's not a question of practicality, it's a question of: is it possible? I just want to know from a technical standpoint. Nothing more.

 

[Gericom]

That and if it does end up being a possibility, it would potentially be able to properly save in games that even AGB_FIRM lacks support for, like the Pokémon games. Also, GBA emulation runs like crap on the 3DS (i.e. Retroarch, mgba, citragb).

It's not a question of practicality, it's a question of: is it possible? I just want to know from a technical standpoint. Nothing more.

I suppose it should be possible, although I would have to reorganize my memory protection setup. Maybe I'll have a look at it later. I'm not sure though if it will help much speed wise. I still have the idea that fact that a lot of memory accesses go though the abort handler is the source of most slow downs.

 

[Pickle_Rick]

That and if it does end up being a possibility, it would potentially be able to properly save in games that even AGB_FIRM lacks support for, like the Pokémon games. Also, GBA emulation runs like crap on the 3DS (i.e. Retroarch, mgba, citragb).

It's not a question of practicality, it's a question of: is it possible? I just want to know from a technical standpoint. Nothing more.

Just sram patch. (And GBA emulation runs full speed on n(2)3DS. Retroarch just needs to fix the crashing in GPSP. All the other cores work fine.)

 

[lex3a]

That and if it does end up being a possibility, it would potentially be able to properly save in games that even AGB_FIRM lacks support for, like the Pokémon games. Also, GBA emulation runs like crap on the 3DS (i.e. Retroarch, mgba, citragb).

It's not a question of practicality, it's a question of: is it possible? I just want to know from a technical standpoint. Nothing more.

You should definitely see this -

1 Mbit AGB_FIRM lennies ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

https://www.reddit.com/r/3dshacks/comments/6znqqg/1_mbit_agb_firm_lennies_ʖ/

 

[Deleted User]

Yesterday, @Gericom updated GBARunner2 again.

There are updates for

• the master branch
• the file explorer branch
• the capture center mask branch.

I cleaned before building.
I tested the builds with my m3ds real Flashcard.
These are all arm9 builds only!
You will find the builds below.


Thank you for the updates Gericom!

 

[Gericom]

Yesterday, @Gericom updated GBARunner2 again.

There are updates for

• the master branch
• the file explorer branch
• the capture center mask branch.

I cleaned before building.
I tested the builds with my m3ds real Flashcard.
You will find the builds below.


Thank you for the updates Gericom!

Just so you know, capture_center_mask is obselete now, since I merged it to master, and I'm doing preparations for saving on the file_explorer branch.

Oh, and maybe you'd like to test games with the latest master version.

 

[ambient]

Unfortunately neither of those three versions works on my Acekard 2i. Each time they hang on white screen with TEST text. The only one working version from this thread is ARM7 from this post. Nonetheless it's great to see this project active. I hope there will be working version with saving for Acekard sometime in the future.

 

[Zense]

I can test with my CycloDS and Acekard 2i

 

[Gericom]

Unfortunately neither of those three versions works on my Acekard 2i. Each time they hang on white screen with TEST text. The only one working version from this thread is ARM7 from this post. Nonetheless it's great to see this project active. I hope there will be working version with saving for Acekard sometime in the future.

Dodain only compiled arm9 dldi versions I guess.

 

[Deleted User]

Dodain only compiled arm9 dldi versions I guess.

Yes you are right.

 

[ambient]

This version opens on Acekard, but none of the games I tried worked. Most of them hang after bios animation. Even games that work on Gericom's last ARM7 version.

 

[Deleted User]

This version opens on Acekard, but none of the games I tried worked. Most of them hang after bios animation. Even games that work on Gericom's last ARM7 version.

Hm. Then i better delete the upload and wait for Gericom to build an arm 7 gbarunner2.

 

[ambient]

Maybe this wasn't your fault but some changes in the code. For example Aladdin (E) hangs after bios animation in your version, but works fine in Gericom's ARM7.