Toggle power LED on START+Y

[alexisbietti]

The blue power LED is annoying when playing in the dark.
Map a new input combo (Y+DOWN) to turn it off.

[Arkham-Slayer]

I would consider using a different input combo because people map Y to B, and say they need the led indicator see when the battery's low (as there's no other way to gauge battery life in open_agb_firm that I know of), they're gonna accidentally turn it off when they attack while crouching or in a top down game when they need to face south while attacking. Maybe use something like START+SELECT+L as that seems so specific that I can't envision any other games using this combo in particular.

Also, I don't see it mentioned here, is it possible to maybe make this a toggle (turning it back on because again, no way gauge battery life)?

[alexisbietti]

Thanks for these good suggestions.

About which combo would be best, it's like colors, everybody has an opinion.
I ruled out L and R because they're "native" GBA controls.
But if Y is often remapped, it's the same thing...
SELECT+Y is already mapped to a debugging function.
Maybe START+Y would be OK?

Toggling LED is a good idea.
I wonder what happens when the battery runs low. Does it always turn it on regardless of its previous state? If that is the case, you wouldn't have to worry about that. If a HW expert knows, or I can try to let my battery run out...

[Arkham-Slayer]

START+Y I think is better. From my experience I only know of the led turning red when the battery runs low (even in open_agb_firm), so it's pretty much like gas warning light like "you better fuel up/save right now." But as for if it will turn back on when low regardless of state I don't know, but I would assume it would not. We'd have to test to make sure.

Thanks for your consideration as well as your contribution.