VisualBoyAdvance-M

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:03 am**

spacy i tested all the popular games, and checked GBAtemp release list with the save types. All the save types where correct. ill test more later.

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 \Advance Wars 2 - Black Hole Rising (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (64 KiB).

\Advance Wars (U) (v1.1).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (64 KiB).

\Astro Boy - Omega Factor (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses EEPROM.

\Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (E) .gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Castlevania - Circle of the Moon (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance (E).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Final Fantasy I & II - Dawn of Souls (E) .gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Final Fantasy IV Advance (E) .gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (E).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (64 KiB).

\Final Fantasy V (E).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Final Fantasy VI Advance (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Fire Emblem (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\F-Zero - Maximum Velocity (UE).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Golden Sun - The Lost Age (UE).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (64 KiB).

\Golden Sun (UE).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (64 KiB).

\Gunstar Super Heroes.gba
Result: This cartridge uses EEPROM.

\Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Harvest Moon - More Friends of Mineral Town (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Kingdom Hearts - Chain of Memories (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past & Four Swords (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses EEPROM.

\Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga (E).gba
Result: This cartridge uses EEPROM.

\Mario Golf - Advance Tour (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Mario Kart - Super Circuit (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (64 KiB).

\Mario Tennis Power Tour (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Metroid - Zero Mission (E).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Metroid Fusion (E) .gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Mortal Kombat - Deadly Alliance (UE).gba
Result: This cartridge uses EEPROM.

\Mother 3 (J).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (64 KiB).

\Pokemon Emerald (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (128 KiB).

\Pokemon Fire Red.gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (128 KiB).

\Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Red Rescue Team.gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (128 KiB).

\Pokemon Video Volume 1.gba
Result: This cartridge has probably no backup media.

\Riviera - The Promised Land (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Sonic Advance 2 (E) .gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (64 KiB).

\Sonic Advance 3 (E).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (64 KiB).

\Sonic Advance (E).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (64 KiB).

\Super Mario Advance 3 - Yoshi's Island (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses EEPROM.

\Super Mario Advance 4 - Super Mario Bros. 3 (E) (v1.1).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (128 KiB).

\Super Mario Advance (UE).gba
Result: This cartridge uses EEPROM.

\Super Street Fighter II Turbo - Revival (E).gba
Result: This cartridge uses EEPROM.

\Tactics Ogre - The Knight of Lodis (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses FLASH (64 KiB).

\The Legend of Zelda - The Minish Cap.gba
Result: This cartridge uses EEPROM.

\Wario Land 4 (UE).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\WarioWare - Twisted! (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\WarioWare, Inc. - Mega Microgames! (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses SRAM.

\Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper (E).gba
Result: This cartridge uses EEPROM.

\Super Mario Advance 2 - Super Mario World (U).gba
Result: This cartridge uses EEPROM.

i think, i found a little bug with svn896. when you have no game loaded its says "This cartridge has probably no backup media.". shouldnt it be like some like "no cartridge loaded"??

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:52 pm**

I am interested if there are mroe games that use strings I do not know of yet. These will get falsely be detected as no backup media present.

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:00 pm**

im not too sure but wouldn't the vba-over.ini floating about the net be a help? wasnt the vba-over.ini file the way of fixing save problems?

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:04 pm**

vba-over.ini is more like a work-around if you ask me.

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We wouldn#t need that if we had a better auto-detection mechanism.

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vba-ove.rini might still be useful for homebrew that can not be detected right with this code.

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:11 pm**

vba-over is for more then save types, its also for bios per rom, rtc, and mirroring to fix nes classics.

Posted: **Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:36 pm**

Lol, I just found out VBA already has that kind of code in Util.cpp.

It also looks like a real time clock can be identified by the string: "SIIRTC_V"

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However, this code is not used anywhere in VBA.

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void utilGBAFindSave(const u8 *data, const int size)
{

u32 *p = (u32 *)data;

u32 *end = (u32 *)(data + size);

int saveType = 0;

int flashSize = 0x10000;

bool rtcFound = false;

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while(p < end) {
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u32 d = READ32LE(p);
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if(d == 0x52504545) {


  if(memcmp(p, "EEPROM_", 7) == 0) {


    if(saveType == 0)


      saveType = 3;


  }


} else if (d == 0x4D415253) {


  if(memcmp(p, "SRAM_", 5) == 0) {


    if(saveType == 0)


      saveType = 1;


  }


} else if (d == 0x53414C46) {


  if(memcmp(p, "FLASH1M_", 8) == 0) {


    if(saveType == 0) {


      saveType = 2;


      flashSize = 0x20000;


    }


  } else if(memcmp(p, "FLASH", 5) == 0) {


    if(saveType == 0) {


      saveType = 2;


      flashSize = 0x10000;


    }


  }


} else if (d == 0x52494953) {


  if(memcmp(p, "SIIRTC_V", 8) == 0)


    rtcFound = true;


}


p++;
}

// if no matches found, then set it to NONE

if(saveType == 0) {
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saveType = 5;
}

rtcEnable(rtcFound);

cpuSaveType = saveType;

flashSetSize(flashSize);

}

Posted: **Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:18 pm**

It probably corresponded with the enhanced detection function, that apparently didn't work right......

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:49 pm**

i dont know how to add that code to vba, but the list says tactics advance uses 64k flash, i set it to that and it still says error in backup memory when i try to save. I'll try starting a new game.. again..

Otherwise, can anyone help me get my tactics advanced roms to save?

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:52 am**

Is your save path correct?

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Try to move your current save file out of it and start VBA-M without a save file.

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