How to replace black border of GBA games on DS with an image

ph0x · July 30, 2006, 11:45:47 AM

ok guys. no problem.

im letting my finger walk and my brain talk.
i will cook up a program for you this afternoon
that will require no coding skills and is user friendly.
i'm on it..

Thundrestrike · July 30, 2006, 12:02:33 PM

if that works, you definatly have my vote

Scor · July 30, 2006, 01:38:50 PM

Quote from: "ph0x"ok guys. no problem.

im letting my finger walk and my brain talk.
i will cook up a program for you this afternoon
that will require no coding skills and is user friendly.
i'm on it..

JaSgoedHoor

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ph0x · July 30, 2006, 02:18:52 PM

Done!

Check out how simple the guide became

Just download this small tool:
http://people.inf.elte.hu/ph0x/borderds/borderds.zip

There goes my afternoon. And I thought I'd be hanging outside today ^_^

So now that you have a tool, keep the border images coming.
Scor, good job!

754boy · July 30, 2006, 02:28:03 PM

Now that was fast lol, good job

anyway to get it to work with gba roms too?

ph0x · July 30, 2006, 02:49:54 PM

754boy,
that is harder to do. it took me a week to write the rom patcher.
plus: one can argue on if patching back up coppies is fully legal.
that's why i prefer to stick with BorderDS, which only works with original cartridges.

now show me your kung fu border making skills

Scor · July 30, 2006, 03:59:26 PM

Backing up your game is fully legal (depending on where you live).
It is your own responsibility if you obay your contries laws.

p.s. I like to photoshop a bit

, apart from my first border I really like my Cinema GBA

Thundrestrike · July 30, 2006, 08:50:34 PM

is this supposed to work on the supercard, then quickly changing to a gba flashcard?

EDIT: tried everything, even with a real gba cart, i even patched the ds.gba in the sc patcher... nothing seems to work. help?

Devil_Spawn · July 31, 2006, 04:14:58 AM

what!!!!? you dont patch it you rename the .ds.gba to a .nds,

ph0x · July 31, 2006, 05:01:17 AM

yup, what Devil_Spawn said.
Devil_Spawn does it work for you on the supercard?
Thundrestrike let me know if it works for you after you rename it to .nds

ph0x · July 31, 2006, 11:20:34 AM

UPDATE!

ok all,

added rom patcher for your pleasure!
it's in \rompatcher\ directory in borderds.zip (see readme.txt)
it's console app (the original was win32).
live with it.
happy now?

should work on many cards!
also borderds.exe now produces .nds-es \o/

i'm not responsible how or for what you use it!

comments?

754boy · July 31, 2006, 11:39:26 AM

Dude, you totally rock!! I tested it on a random gba rom I had lying arond, AND IT WORKED!!!! LOL COOL!!!

No more UGLY black borders!!!

Now I can start whipping up some borders for the competition lol

ph0x · July 31, 2006, 11:41:39 AM

coolio

..and i can finally go to watch Pirates Of The Caribbean Sea 2 in the cinema (T-30 min) \o/

Scor · July 31, 2006, 11:53:20 AM

Eum, it doesn't work over here.
I've tried both flashing it on my GBA flash card (without anything done to the .nds.gba) and my supercard (direct not through converter).

*edit*
Nevermind, I got it working on my GBA flash card.

Thundrestrike · July 31, 2006, 11:58:46 AM

does the gba rom have to be fresh, or can it be alredy patched by the sc patcher?