border, to automatically convert from an image file to a border.

The TWLHelper bot on the DS⁽ⁱ⁾ Mode Hacking! Discord server has a command. # Concatenate the '.pal.bin', '.map.bin', and '.img.bin' files togetherĬat > gbaframe.bin Grit $1 -gt -gB8 -mLs -mRf -ftb -fh! -ogbaframe.bin

# Convert an image to 'gbaframe.*.bin', replace $1 with your file name macOS/Linux users can use the following terminal commands for the same results: An example of one can be found in this post.įrescoASF wrote a Google Doc guide on how to make them yourself. GBARunner2 supports custom border frames if put in sd:/_gba/frames.

GBARunner2 is directly compatible with save files from the mGBA emulator, gpsp on 3ds and open_agb_firm.

sav (so the save for mygame.gba is mygame.sav).

If you want to use existing save files, they should have the same name as the GBA ROM but instead of.

They cause problems with the internal patching of GBARunner2 and may actually break saving.

Do NOT use SRAM patches unless stated for that ROM on the wiki.

If you have a folder named 'GBA' on the root of your sd card, this folder will be opened by default when running GBARunner2.

If you are using GBARunner2 with TWiLightMenu on a DSi or 3DS with the SD card, make sure you use the dldi on ARM7 build.

NB! If using Twilightmenu++ GBARunner2 will come bundled with it in the sd:/_nds folder.

nds file anywhere on your SD card, except for in sd:/_gba.

For example, for 3DS pick the one named 'GBARunner2_arm7dldi_ 3ds.nds'.

Pick the one that has your system at the end of the file name. nds file from the link above or the github releases page.

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