Hacking TempGBA: NDSGBA revival
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TempGBA has been featured in a Supercard English Forum thread: http://forum.supercard.sc/thread-11299-1-1.html
TempGBA beta 6, the GUI Loose Ends Edition, is available. As its name implies, it fixes a few things that were subtly wrong with the GUI.
* Rapid button presses and releases should be ignored much less often.
* Button auto-repeating in the menu is now set to 1/20 second instead of 1/5, with the first repetition at half a second.
* The position in a submenu is kept in case you want to enter the submenu again.
TempGBA beta 6, the GUI Loose Ends Edition, is available. As its name implies, it fixes a few things that were subtly wrong with the GUI.
* Rapid button presses and releases should be ignored much less often.
* Button auto-repeating in the menu is now set to 1/20 second instead of 1/5, with the first repetition at half a second.
* The position in a submenu is kept in case you want to enter the submenu again.
Other 3 questions.
Where should I place the BIOS?
Is Golden Sun audio fixed?
and
Is the save bug (you need to save twice to data to be saved) fixed?
Where should I place the BIOS?
Is Golden Sun audio fixed?
and
Is the save bug (you need to save twice to data to be saved) fixed?
a) Explained in the readme.
b) Mostly. Set the CPU frequency to [5] 396 MHz after booting Golden Sun, and you should hear that the sound is OK everywhere but the graphics-intensive parts of battles, such as executing attacks.
c) Was there such a bug? Perhaps you could test that for me in TempGBA and tell me what's up.
If you don't have a GBA flashcart an easier alternative that may or may not be legal is downloading one online. Either way it will be named gba_bios.bin
(*coughgoogle*).
Tested Golden Sun: The Lost Age (sound) and Pokemon Leaf Green (save)
Now games save and load fine.
But Golden Sun still has sound bugs. I set the CPU frequency to 5 and I had issues in the menu with the sound, and after that I noticed some slowdowns in the menu, when the psynergy Move was used and when Alex appeared.
Now games save and load fine.
But Golden Sun still has sound bugs. I set the CPU frequency to 5 and I had issues in the menu with the sound, and after that I noticed some slowdowns in the menu, when the psynergy Move was used and when Alex appeared.
I've discovered an issue with frame skipping as of beta 6 which I'll try to fix and optimise if applicable...
When playing a game that causes a slowdown, frame skip increases, and there's a chance that an earlier frame will be rendered again, effectively rendering time in reverse for a fraction of a second. This makes the screen appear to flicker. It also occurs when activating and deactivating fast-forwarding.
It's possible, but unlikely, that audio skips are caused by the screen rendering the current or previous frame due to this bug.
When playing a game that causes a slowdown, frame skip increases, and there's a chance that an earlier frame will be rendered again, effectively rendering time in reverse for a fraction of a second. This makes the screen appear to flicker. It also occurs when activating and deactivating fast-forwarding.
It's possible, but unlikely, that audio skips are caused by the screen rendering the current or previous frame due to this bug.
Is this better than the default DS2 GBA emulator?
Does it support pokemon rom hacks such as naranja?
Does it support pokemon rom hacks such as naranja?
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Fixed that for 'ya.
There was only one GBA emulator for the DSTwo until now.Unless you meant ichichfly's emulator, which isn't DSTwo-specific, is harder to use, and has much lower compatibility.
I just added a FAQ section to the opening post. From this post onwards, any question answered in the opening post will be summarily ignored.
Fixed that for 'ya.
Unless you meant ichichfly's emulator, which isn't DSTwo-specific, is harder to use, and has much lower compatibility.
Actually, ichichfly didn't write a GBA emulator. It's a hypervisor which is much harder to do, especially without having a MMU to work with.
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Oh? I am unaware of that one. Mind you, I just bought a DSTwo last November (2012-11), and people on the forum hold Syphurith and me in high regard for "finally" acquiring the source code after what seems like an eternity of failure - so I don't think there's another effort underway. As always, prove me wrong and I shall listen! Maybe I'll learn a couple things along the way.
This emulator's lineage is:
- gpSP 0.9 by Exophase and other GBA developers
- unofficial gpSP Kai 3.3 by Takka
- NDSGBA 1.21 by DarkChen/Supercard
- CATSFC 1.34 GUI, languages by GBAtemp, GUI improvements by ShadauxCat, Nebuleon, BassAceGold
- TempGBA <current version> by Nebuleon, Normmatt, BassAceGold
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Ah, I see, I was thinking of those old original ones, for PSP, that were ported to NDS apparently. My mistake.
So why base it on 1.21? Why not 1.30? I understand there's incompatibilities with the games text file?
So why base it on 1.21? Why not 1.30? I understand there's incompatibilities with the games text file?
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TwoSpikedHands:
yall im torn... ive been hacking away at tales of phantasia GBA (the USA version) and have so many documents of reverse engineering i've done -
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TwoSpikedHands:
I just found out that the EU version is better in literally every way, better sound quality, better lighting, and there's even a patch someone made to make the text look nicer
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TwoSpikedHands:
Do I restart now using what i've learned on the EU version since it's a better overall experience? or do I continue with the US version since that is what ive been using, and if someone decides to play my hack, it would most likely be that version?
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Sicklyboy:
@TwoSpikedHands, I'll preface this with the fact that I know nothing about the game, but, I think it depends on what your goals are. Are you trying to make a definitive version of the game? You may want to refocus your efforts on the EU version then. Or, are you trying to make a better US version? In which case, the only way to make a better US version is to keep on plugging away at that one -
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Sicklyboy:
I'm not familiar with the technicalities of the differences between the two versions, but I'm wondering if at least some of those differences are things that you could port over to the US version in your patch without having to include copyrighted assets from the EU version
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TwoSpikedHands:
@Sicklyboy I am wanting to fully change the game and bend it to my will lol. I would like to eventually have the ability to add more characters, enemies, even have a completely different story if i wanted. I already have the ability to change the tilemaps in the US version, so I can basically make my own map and warp to it in game - so I'm pretty far into it!
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TwoSpikedHands:
I really would like to make a hack that I would enjoy playing, and maybe other people would too. swapping to the EU version would also mean my US friends could not legally play it
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TwoSpikedHands:
I am definitely considering porting over some of the EU features without using the actual ROM itself, tbh that would probably be the best way to go about it... but i'm sad that the voice acting is so.... not good on the US version. May not be a way around that though
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The Real Jdbye:
@TwoSpikedHands just switch, all the knowledge you learned still applies and most of the code and assets should be the same anyway -
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