No$gba FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

[SCHUMI-4-EVA]

hmm maybe a screenshot to explain what's going (probably best to make your own thread) as this is a brand new error I have never heard of.

[Mynemisbat-Zul]

Originally Posted by Maverik

A second problem I've seen stated here, is in regards to saving options. Specifically the saving of controls. I've seen it said you just click the button for save options for this. But I've looked, and I see no menu or save options.

Save options is on the options tab (under the controls setup).

[arijit_bhaumik]

im playing final fantasy XII revenant wings on no$gba 2.6. its save type is eeprom-64k but it always says that the saved data is corrupted with what ever save type i use. someone please help







PS- is there any way to save diffent sets of options for different roms?

[SCHUMI-4-EVA]

You could use UniverseDDJ's profile manager (just search the forum for it) to set yourself individual options for your games.

[arijit_bhaumik]

thnx a lot man but i tried searching the net & the forum cant find a link to UniverseDDJ's profile manager.
wat do i do with the save type problem.



PS- whats save type TBC?

[SCHUMI-4-EVA]

Basic Profile Manager for No$GBA

Sorry I keep on misspelling the name...it's UniverseJDJ...

There is no save type problem...that's the correct savetype for it no matter what...no idea what might be wrong on your side, but it works for everyone else...

what's TBC supposed to be?

[arijit_bhaumik]

Originally Posted by SCHUMI-4-EVA

Basic Profile Manager for No$GBA

Sorry I keep on misspelling the name...it's UniverseJDJ...

There is no save type problem...that's the correct savetype for it no matter what...no idea what might be wrong on your side, but it works for everyone else...

what's TBC supposed to be?

thnx fr the profile managr.

abt the save problem i frgot to reset aftr changing save type.

[Mynemisbat-Zul]

I hope you don't forgot to memerize to reset it again.

[arijit_bhaumik]

Yeah i'll remembr that.

Hey, does any1 know why Mr. Martin is developing no$gba?
he dsnt seem to be intrested in gaming.

im a noob & i hav a few noobish questions so pls bear with me,

What is the diffrnce b/w firmware & bios?

why r there 2 bioses?

Is there any way to stop the system frm shutting down aftr closing pictochat, download play & setings?

Can we use the gba port in nds in nosgba?

[BeelzemontZero]

Originally Posted by arijit_bhaumik

Hey, does any1 know why Mr. Martin is developing no$gba?
he dsnt seem to be intrested in gaming.

i will only answer this one



that's everyone freedom IMO

you donot always have to do what u like

maybe he like programming ?
or else

that's it his free will

[SCHUMI-4-EVA]

Originally Posted by arijit_bhaumik

Yeah i'll remembr that.

Hey, does any1 know why Mr. Martin is developing no$gba?
he dsnt seem to be intrested in gaming.

im a noob & i hav a few noobish questions so pls bear with me,

What is the diffrnce b/w firmware & bios?

why r there 2 bioses?

Is there any way to stop the system frm shutting down aftr closing pictochat, download play & setings?

Can we use the gba port in nds in nosgba?

Martin is a very skilled programmer that has made various other awesome emus. Obviously developing a GBA/DS emu is just natural progression. He simply seems to have a love for emulating various systems.

Well I am not exactly sure. Let's see, your PC also has a BIOS you know that right? A soon as your startup your PC, your BIOS loads (you know when the PC says press DEL to enter Setup or something like that. Then it goes through POST (where it detects all the hardware that has been set up in the BIOS) and then Windows starts booting up and finally you are in Windows and the startup is just busy loading various programs which you have set to load at startup. So to break it down let's sorta say that the BIOS controls the hardware side of things, whilst firmware is more like an OS and controls the software side of things.

The two bioses are not quite the same, one is for Arm7 and the other is for Arm9...what that means exactly I am not 100% sure, but it's linked to CPU routines in some way.

No, it's meant to turn off and restart when making changes to the firmware, the real hardware works like that. However seeing as no$gba is not the real hardware it simply closes and nothing happens. There is nothing you can do about this. If you want any changes made in the firmware then make them on your DS before redumping it to your PC. Or to change 1 or 2 of the basic options google for a firmware editor.

I have already made it very very clear in countless other topics before that there is no linking of any sort with regards to DS games, this means not DS to DS WiFi link, no DS to Nintendo WiFi link, no DS to GBA link (or inserting a GBA catridge into the GBA slot of a DS to get more pokemon for instance), no nothing if it means linking to a DS game.

[NightwolfAA2k5]

Originally Posted by arijit_bhaumik

Is there any way to stop the system from shutting down after closing pictochat, download play & settings?

I don't believe so, since that's there in the real DS.

Originally Posted by arijit_bhaumik

Can we use the gba port in nds in no$gba?

NO

[arijit_bhaumik]

THNX a lot guys i really apreciate all ur hlp.

[BeelzemontZero]

Originally Posted by arijit_bhaumik

THNX a lot guys i really apreciate all ur hlp.

U'r welcome

[arijit_bhaumik]

Hey guys wat does the slot foldr in nosgbas directory do?
how many games can be put in it?


& can we use the DS browser with nos gba?

does the firmware contain the OS of DS?
can we hack the firmware like we can do with dll & exe filies etc. with res hack?

again THNX fr all ur hlp

EDIT: more questions

how does the solar sensor affect games in nosgba?

when using nosgba in link mode it on ly asks fr 1 rom, how do i select the othr & where r their battery files stored, is thr a diffrnce b/w the battries used by the 2 roms (as in vba link one has extension .SA1 & the othrs hav SA2 & so on)???

THNX alot in advance.

[SCHUMI-4-EVA]

No you can't use the DS Browser in no$gba (and I have no clue why you would even want to......I mean you are running it on PC....you should have access to a WAY better browser....).

Yes, the firmware contains the OS of the DS....I allready said that. However it can't be hacked with Resource Hacker as far as I know....never tried though....why don't you just give it a shot?

The solar sensor only works for GBA games as far as I know and only for ones like Boktai where sunlight basically powers your weapon. It's useless for everything else.

I don't know anything about linking 2 games, it's possible but I have never tried so I have no advice to give on it. Just search the forum.

[Mynemisbat-Zul]

For that linking,here:2 gbas?

[arijit_bhaumik]

Originally Posted by Mynemisbat-Zul

For that linking,here:2 gbas?

thnx a lot this was very helpful.

&thanx schumi & othrs for their hlp

tried a hexeditor Hxd i cant figure out a thing.i dont even know the abcs of this stuff.

i just whish that the ds had some thing like the shell32.dll like windows.

does the ds come in a debug version as well whats the diffrence?

does any one know of a single file exaustive pokesav guide?

[NightwolfAA2k5]

Originally Posted by arijit_bhaumik

does the ds come in a debug version as well what's the difference?

Debug version? most likely not, but if there is it would most likely be in the DS Software Development kit... Which is only available to Game Development Studios and (most likely) costs several thousand dollars...

....

If we are talking about a NO$GBA debug version than the NO$GBA website has more information

Originally Posted by arijit_bhaumik

does any one know of a single file exhaustive pokesav guide?

There's a guide on pokesav.org, not sure if its what you're after though.

[arijit_bhaumik]

Originally Posted by NightwolfAA2k5

Debug version? most likely not, but if there is it would most likely be in the DS Software Development kit... Which is only available to Game Development Studios and (most likely) costs several thousand dollars...

....

If we are talking about a NO$GBA debug version than the NO$GBA website has more information



There's a guide on pokesav.org, not sure if its what you're after though.

too bad i was thinking of getting a debugversion ds(just for fun) cos my ds is history.

i want a single file guide cant find it ny where