Homebrew [PSA] The lastest mGBA nightly runs pretty fast.

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I actually really like mgba, I use it all the time on my n3ds and vita. Typically I play Pokemon, which runs 55-60fps so if any future builds feature dynarec (not sure if it has it yet or not) or whatever optimizations I'm looking forward to it.
 

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Tried it for the first time in a while and with frameskip set to 1, I've had great luck with all the games (including Gameboy/Gameboy Color) I tried. Thanks Endrift!
 

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Do you have the bios-file and the config.txt in the mGBA folder?
There's a config.ini, but all it contains is the last directory I've tried to open a ROM. I just tried putting in a gbc_bios.bin in that mGBA folder, but no change in behavior.

I've also tried looking around for where instructions for this would be, but have found nothing... Am I being an idiot (quite possible), or are the instructions on how to set this up not immediately apparent? I've checked the website, the readme contained in the Windows download (there is none in the 3DS 7z), and tried some basic Googling, to no avail.

Thanks!
 

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There's a config.ini, but all it contains is the last directory I've tried to open a ROM. I just tried putting in a gbc_bios.bin in that mGBA folder, but no change in behavior.

I've also tried looking around for where instructions for this would be, but have found nothing... Am I being an idiot (quite possible), or are the instructions on how to set this up not immediately apparent? I've checked the website, the readme contained in the Windows download (there is none in the 3DS 7z), and tried some basic Googling, to no avail.

Thanks!
It was just drag and drop over for me. Something's wrong on your side.
 

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It was just drag and drop over for me. Something's wrong on your side.
All I see is this from the main downloads page for the 3DS build. Am I missing something?
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3DSX or CIA?
I'm using the .CIA. Installed with FBI.
 
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All I see is this from the main downloads page for the 3DS build. Am I missing something?
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I'm using the .CIA. Installed with FBI.
A gba BIOS is not required to play games with the Emulator.
Drag and drop is the way to copy the content to your SD Card. Maybe you should delete and install again?
The latest stable is working fine for me.

Edit: For those who are using MGBA 3DS with the original GBA BIOS file.

I asked Endrift in an PM if there are any performance improvements while using the official gba bios over the MGBA HLE BIOS.

Her answer is i quote: " Nope. If anything it will be slower, but not by a large margin."
 
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i know its cool that this is becoming so good, but honestly, if you have real hardware whats the point of emulators, its like emulating PSP on the vita
 
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i know its cool that this is becoming so good, but honestly, if you have real hardware whats the point of emulators, its like emulating PSP on the vita
For me: The 3DS has a much better Screen than the GBA and DS. Everything on 1 Handheld: GB/GBC GBA,NES, SNES, PCE, Megadrive/Genesis Emulator.
 
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For me: The 3DS has a much better Screen than the GBA and DS. Everything on 1 Handheld: GB/GBC GBA,NES, SNES, PCE, Megadrive/Genesis Emulator.
well, non nintendo emulators are on the way to becoming great, but they havent gotten to PSP quality yet, though im confident that they will with due time.
 
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At first I thought to myself that this would be a great replacement for retroarch gpSP.

Then I downloaded the nightly and wondered why it ran like crap.

Then after reading a bit of the last couple pages I realized I'm an idiot because I never pointed mGBA to the GBA BIOS file on my SD card.

Gonna try that tonight and see how much better it performs.
 

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At first I thought to myself that this would be a great replacement for retroarch gpSP.

Then I downloaded the nightly and wondered why it ran like crap.

Then after reading a bit of the last couple pages I realized I'm an idiot because I never pointed mGBA to the GBA BIOS file on my SD card.

Gonna try that tonight and see how much better it performs.
why use retroarch and not an injector? just curious, because i can think of some valid reasons myself
 

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At first I thought to myself that this would be a great replacement for retroarch gpSP.

Then I downloaded the nightly and wondered why it ran like crap.

Then after reading a bit of the last couple pages I realized I'm an idiot because I never pointed mGBA to the GBA BIOS file on my SD card.

Gonna try that tonight and see how much better it performs.
Are you using the Development builds found in the Downloads section?
And yeah be sure to use the BIOS file as well, I am running mGBA in a N3DS and most GBA games run good.
 

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