Homebrew VBA-GX borders

[Extrems]

They go into the meta.xml file, hence the second link.

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<app version="1">
    <name>Enhanced mGBA</name>
    <author>Extrems</author>
    <version>2024-06-18</version>
    <release_date>20240618194430</release_date>
    <short_description>mGBA Game Boy Advance emulator</short_description>
    <arguments>
        <arg>--profile=srgb</arg>
        <arg>--scan-mode=non-interlace</arg>
    </arguments>
    <ahb_access/>
</app>

 

[Krisbies]

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How do I get a border like this?

 

[MeXen]

They go into the meta.xml file, hence the second link.

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<app version="1">
    <name>Enhanced mGBA</name>
    <author>Extrems</author>
    <version>2024-06-18</version>
    <release_date>20240618194430</release_date>
    <short_description>mGBA Game Boy Advance emulator</short_description>
    <arguments>
        <arg>--profile=srgb</arg>
        <arg>--scan-mode=non-interlace</arg>
    </arguments>
    <ahb_access/>
</app>

OK, these are the overlays/borders i wanna use, the first i will use for this emulator

The second one its for regular mGBA (does it allow custom borders, i know the regular mGBA sorta does

Post automatically merged: Jul 6, 2024

Also i tried the XML thing, and it DIDNT WORKED.

Here are my settings.

<app version="1">
<name>Enhanced mGBA</name>
<author>Extrems</author>
<version>2024-06-18</version>
<release_date>20240618194430</release_date>
<short_description>mGBA Game Boy Advance emulator</short_description>
arguments>
<arg>--aspect=4:3<arg>
<arg>--offset=0<arg>
<arg>--zoom=auto<arg>
<arg>--scaler=area</arg>
<arg>--profile=srgb</arg>
<arg>--scan-mode=non-interlace</arg>
</arguments>
<ahb_access/>
</app>

But it still displays wrong and at 480i

When really it should be like this (sample taken from VBAgx with Bilinear Sharp (which isnt really that sharp as does not scale well, look at the grid)

Which is what at least closer to what SNES looks like, more or less. (Yoshi Island has black bars at top and bottom, but scaling looks similar.

Also here's the custom border i made for your needs.

 

[Extrems]

Also i tried the XML thing, and it DIDNT WORKED.

Your file is malformatted. You wrote arguments> instead of <arguments>.

 

[MeXen]

Your file is malformatted. You wrote arguments> instead of <arguments>.

fixed but still didnt worked

 

[Extrems]

Many of your <arg> tags also aren't closed properly. I have no idea how the parser is reacting to this.

 

[MeXen]

Geez.............here's how they look.

I am aiiming to properly scale it to 4:3 without corner blackbars, because VBAgx has issues with 224p scaling and the bilinera sharp filter there does not look good, and i dont liek having playing at 720x240 like this

These screenshots are taken from my crappy VIDBOX7 capture card.

 

[Extrems]

<arg> must be closed with </arg>, not <arg>.

 

[MeXen]

good news, i finally got one step foward, 240p now works!

now on aspect ratio i put 4:3 but still plays badly pillarboxed, aka, is not scaled horizontally just yet.

Oh and every few minutes or so, the music stutters/skips.

 

[MeXen]

Nevermind, Found it! its <arg>--aspect=6:5</arg>

Happy Happy Joy Joy!

Thanks for the help pals, now if only i could figure out to keep the controller mapping universal, i hate having to change the configuration every single time for my SNES mini controller.

 

[MeXen]

In this EmGBA emulator, is there a way to properly set up the controllers globally? so i dont have to change them every time i load a game.

 

[Extrems]

They should save as normal. That portion is handled by mGBA/mGUI.

 

[MeXen]

They should save as normal. That portion is handled by mGBA/mGUI.

I just cant get EmGBA to save THOSE settings for some dumb reason, i am not making this up

 

[Ishi25]

Sorry for the dumb question, but how do you add custom gbc borders on this emulator?
I have been using it with its arguments for years, but never figured how to change them
aside from gba ones under this argument ''<arg>--overlay-id=18</arg>''

 

[MeXen]

Sorry for the dumb question, but how do you add custom gbc borders on this emulator?
I have been using it with its arguments for years, but never figured how to change them
aside from gba ones under this argument ''<arg>--overlay-id=18</arg>''

I suppose you add that argument on the XML file, also for GBA i preffer sticking with regular mGBA but i have to wonder, is it possible to add custom boarders on regular mGBA?