Homebrew GBARunner2

[RocketRobz]

My GBARunner3 is finally working, sadly the pokemon emerald only shows white screen.

Post automatically merged: Nov 20, 2023

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This is my card, running YSmenu.

That game uses hicode, which means the game contains code placed above the 2MB ROM range.
hicode will be properly supported in the future.

 

[DSoryu]

For those who want to try/test pre-release commits, here are the instructions (Currently only Windows users can build GBARunner3) :

Windows:

Install the latest version of DevKitPRO.

Clone GBARunner3 repo with submodules:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/Gericom/GBARunner3.git

run `make` inside the \code folder.

Then you need:

• TwilightMenu++ 26.1.1 or higher
• GBARunner3.nds inside \_nds\TWiLightMenu\emulators
• GBA bios renamed as "bios.bin" inside \_gba
• Get the configs folder from the repository and copy it inside of the \_gba folder, it should be \_gba\configs.
• GBARUNNER3_TEST = 1 text line under the [SRLOADER] section in \_nds\TWiLightMenu\settings.ini
• If you're using a flashcard, compatibility has been fixed, so will be able to run this as well.

You can check the current status on the compatibility list here (contributors are welcome):

 

[mrmagicm]

Can someone share his build version of GBARunner3 please? So I can test it on a 2DS to see if it's slow?

 

[RocketRobz]

Can someone share his build version of GBARunner3 please? So I can test it on a 2DS to see if it's slow?

Here's the current build: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...1a0395e937c426bc5494b3ff6200b021717eb1b7bdc1&
Be sure to follow the above instructions.

 

[mrmagicm]

Is it possible to have a pack, with all needed files (except bios) inside to make it work?

 

[Lucaskame921]

Just to confirm, GbaRunner3 currently only works on TwilightMenu, right? I tried it on an original R4 with Wood 1.62 firmware and the only thing that happens is the GBA bios logo loading and getting stuck at the end

edit: Oh, now I see that I need to put the rom in the root of the card renamed as "rom.gba". now it worked!

 

[mrmagicm]

Can someone confirm if gbarunner3 works on 2DS with standard speed please?

 

[DSoryu]

Is it possible to have a pack, with all needed files (except bios) inside to make it work?

You just need to follow the instructions I provided above, as long as you have everything inside the /_gba folder in the root of your SD card, there shouldn't be any issues.

Can someone confirm if gbarunner3 works on 2DS with standard speed please?

It should run the same as the DSi, so you can look at the compatibility list to check how most of the games currently run.

 

[mrmagicm]

@Dartz150 Okay thanks!​

 

[DSoryu]

Custom border support for GBArunner3 has been implemented, and Pokémon Emerald boots now in regular DS mode!

 

[JuanMena]

Custom border support for GBArunner3 has been implemented, and Pokémon Emerald boots now in regular DS mode!

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Compatible with ALL flashcards, right?

 

[Gericom]

Compatible with ALL flashcards, right?

Basically. Of course we didn't test ALL flashcards.

 

[SylverReZ]

Compatible with ALL flashcards, right?

Yes, it should work for some; albeit, they haven't been tested for ALL carts yet, so you will need to do your testing and research first.

 

[zandatsu]

Basically. Of course we didn't test ALL flashcards.

What is gbarunner3's framerate?

 

[RocketRobz]

What is gbarunner3's framerate?

Same as the original GBA console.

 

[Trevor_2012]

The audio in golden sun 2 has crackling, and when changing screens.

 

[DSoryu]

The audio in golden sun 2 has crackling, and when changing screens.

Currently expected. This game needs "wram icache" turned off to avoid any sound issues, since its sound mixer uses self modifying code, so cache becomes nonsense for the new modified instructions because of this, producing the sound issues.

Disabling "wram icache" may produce some noticeable performance drops in regular DS models, but currently this is the only available workaround until a way to invalidate cache for self-modyfing code is found (which is difficult).

You can turn off "wram icache" per-game (GBARunner3 supports per-game configurations now), just place your .json configuration file for this game inside the "_gba/configs" folder renamed to "Game TID + Game Revision", for the USA release of this game it should be "AGFE00.json".

Then, inside of your config file, write the following setting option:

{
    "runSettings": {
        "enableWramICache": false
    }
}

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Custom border support for GBArunner3 has been implemented, and Pokémon Emerald boots now in regular DS mode!

Hmm, not sure why, but with latest `develop` build, Emerald doesn't boot for me anymore. I'm on n3DS. I get BIOS splash then whitescreen. Also graphical glitches at bottom of screen (some weird duplication where the black border usually is).

 

[DSoryu]

Hmm, not sure why, but with latest `develop` build, Emerald doesn't boot for me anymore. I'm on n3DS. I get BIOS splash then whitescreen. Also graphical glitches at bottom of screen (some weird duplication where the black border usually is).

You need to build the "cache-hicode" branch for emerald, currently it also has the latest changes from the develop branch. Is still in a separate branch since we're still testing how most of the "hicode" games behave with the current approach.

 

[AkikoKumagara]

You need to build the "cache-hicode" branch for emerald, currently it also has the latest changes from the develop branch. Is still in a separate branch since we're still testing how most of the "hicode" games behave with the current approach.

Gotcha. I did try that to the same result but maybe I'll try with a fresh clone just in case...