Quick question about No$gba

Just wondering, is there a way to resize the window? I've tried to, but it just snaps back to its original, small size.

Resize your desktop resolution.

It has the same basic effect.

I tried that, and while it did help a bit, I was looking more for getting it fullscreen or close to it.

You can only resize it in GBA mode. The author hasn't gotten resize to work with NDS games yet.

Ah, darn. Guess I'll have to make due with screen resizing for now.


Ok, new question. I'm trying to play Pokemon Diamond, and while the video is running fine, the audio is skipping. Is there a way to fix this?

You're expecting the impossible out of this emulator. NDS emulation has not been perfected yet and speed is the biggest issue even on powerful computers. NDS emulation has come about as far as PS2 emulation so it may be a few more years before we see some major speed improvements.

So in other words, there's no fix, right?

Darn it, that topic talking about Diamond and Pearl working didn't mention anything about the audio, unless that was including when it mentioned "lag". I thought it was just talking about video.

It could be that your computer isn't powerful enough for. NDS is a lot more complex then GBA or other systems so a powerful computer is needed to get those kind of speeds.

How much would the amount of RAM my computer has affect this(it has 512MB)?

I'm trying to play Pokemon: Diamond, but whenever I try to load a save file, I just end up with a black screen. How can I fix this?

No$GBA does not save it's settings automatically so you need to set the correct save type in the options and then choose Options->Save Options and then once you save it should be able to load. I find that the only issue with that emulator is ability to be "user friendly". Only problem is that I don't think to author will listen to anyone that doesn't pay him a curtain amount to help him develope it more.

Correct save type? How do I find that what save type I need to use, and how do I change the emulator to use that type?

You can find the save type required for every game in these sites:

http://www.dualscene.net/lists/index...name=Supercard
http://releases.pocketheaven.com/?sy...n=release_list

Well, after searching those pages, I found the game's save type is 512Mbit 4Mbit FLASH, which sounds a lot like one of the settings the Diamond and Pearl topic said to change in order to play it. Why does it still not load the save file?

First read this:
http://forums.ngemu.com/no-gba-discu...swer-here.html

Then this:
http://forums.ngemu.com/no-gba-discu...-fix-them.html

And if you still haven't found the solution, this:
http://forums.ngemu.com/no-gba-discu...ond-pearl.html

No$GBA resets the settings to whatever it's defaults are unless you save the options you set it too. Unlike VBA which uses whatever save type was used when it loads a battery file, No$GBA will try to use whatever save type is chosen in the options when it loads a game which will corrupt an existing save if the current save type is different then what it was when the save was made.

Well, I'm pretty sure I know what my problem is now: I'm lacking the BIOS and firmware files mentioned in that first link.

I thought as much.

Download them from here:
http://www.epforums.org/local_links.php?catid=3

Hmm..... I still seem to be missing the SNAP folder mentioned in the first link, because even with the BIOS and firmware files the game still hits a black screen when loading a save file. What is this folder exactly?

OK...you're forcing me to get No$GBA and try it out myself.

I'll let you know if I figure it out.

A lot of the different folders are generated automatically when you run No$GBA.

If you mean the SNAP folder that's supposed to be created automatically, as far as I know, it's where the savestates/snaps are saved. At least, it was when I played GBA games with No$GBA.

OK it turns out that the firmware in the previous zip file I gave you is old.

Here's the correct firmware (I updated the link):
http://www.epforums.org/local_links.php?catid=3

I don't know if having the latest firmware makes any difference or not, but get it anyway.

Sigh... I've about had it with this thing. I've got the BIOS and the updated firmware, I encrypted and patched the ROM, and I have the settings from the Diamond and Pearl topic here, and yet I STILL get a black screen when trying to load a save file.

What else can I do?

Wait, you encrypted and patched the rom?
I didn't, and got it working and saving just fine.

I tried it both with encryption and patching, and without them, but got the same result.

I'm uploading my rom for you since I know it works.

Should be done in about 7 minutes.

edit--
OK, unrar this to your No$GBA folder:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/cbl9iw

Then start No$GBA, load the rom > then adjust the settings (Options > Emulation Setup > set NDS save type to FLASH 512 KBytes > change what other setting you want in Emulation and Control > then save your settings by going to Options > Save Options.

Now go to File > Reset Cartridge, and start the game.

Woo, it finally works! Thank you so much!

Great. Finally.

I recommend that you make an extra copy of your saves every time you close No$GBA, in case you accidentally corrupt them when you start it up again.

I'm glad we finally got it working for you.

Yeah, that sounds like a smart idea. I've already got the mindset for making backup saves for games(at least on consoles. My PSX memory card had saves corrupt a lot).


One last question, that never really got answered before. I know there's talk about lag in the game and how there isn't much of a fix for it as far as the emulator goes. Would the lag lessen(or possibly disappear) if your computer had more RAM? Mine currently has 512MB, and I'm supposed to get an upgrade soon to make it at LEAST 1GB.

I think it has more to do with your CPU than anything else, but WinXP uses quite a bit of memory and other programs in the background like anti-virus, firewall, etc. also take up memory, so having more RAM will probably help, at least a little.

I've got 2 GB of RAM, but I also have a dual core AMD 4600, so Pokemon Diamond seemed to run at normal speed for me when I tested it.

Ah. Well, if it means anything, my CPU is a Pentium 4 3.00Ghz.

That's pretty good.
Good enough for NDS emulation.

Well that's good to hear. It's probably my RAM or video card that isn't quite powerful enough.

Actually if it's a single thread P4 then it's not very good since my Core2Duo runs twice as fast at 2.16GHz then my old P4 hyper-thread did at 4GHz.

I have no idea what single thread even is, so I don't know if my CPU is that or not.

Look for the P4 icon on your computer and if it's hyper-threaded then it will have an orange HT on the top-right side of the logo. If not then you have a single-threaded processor.

On the computer? As in on the casing of the computer tower itself?