Help me out with save conversion. July 25, 2010 06:46AM | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 5 |
Re: Help me out with save conversion. July 25, 2010 12:59PM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 116 |
Re: Help me out with save conversion. July 25, 2010 01:19PM | Moderator Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 5,075 |
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I.R.on
He's talking about getting an emulator save working with virtual console...
Flip thing he's talking about is changing endianness of data... Possibly Ninty's vc emulator uses big endian but homebrew emulator is using little endian...
You need to do the opposite
1. Extract game save using SaveGame Manager Blah Blah (There are numerous apps for this job)
2. Flip and trim the savefile (trimming is the opposite of padding, I don't know the details so ask that guy you quoted)
3. Use it with the homebrew emulator. Profit!
ps: Don't ask me the details as I don't know, I'm sure someone will respond to you in noob-friendly manner.
Re: Help me out with save conversion. July 25, 2010 04:00PM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 116 |
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SifJar
the OP wanted to go from homebrew emulator to vc, not the other way round.
As for getting this to work: Create a save in the VC version of the game, and dump it with SaveGame Manager. Then "flip" (no idea how to do this step, maybe a feature of hex editors?) your homebrew emulator save. Then open both saves in a hex editor, and add 0x00 bytes to the end of the homebrew emulator save until it is the exact same size as the vc one. Then replace the data.bin of the vc one with the (renamed) homebrew emulator save (leaving the other files from SGM intact) and then use SaveGame Manager again to install it.
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twinkie
I found a guide on how to convert Virtual Console game saves to use with homebrew emulators, but i want to do the exact opposite.
Re: Help me out with save conversion. July 25, 2010 05:09PM | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 5 |
Re: Help me out with save conversion. July 25, 2010 05:18PM | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 5 |
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I.R.on
As for getting this to work: Create a save in the VC version of the game, and dump it with SaveGame Manager. Then "flip" (no idea how to do this step, maybe a feature of hex editors?) your homebrew emulator save. Then open both saves in a hex editor, and add 0x00 bytes to the end of the homebrew emulator save until it is the exact same size as the vc one. Then replace the data.bin of the vc one with the (renamed) homebrew emulator save (leaving the other files from SGM intact) and then use SaveGame Manager again to install it.
Re: Help me out with save conversion. July 25, 2010 08:56PM | Moderator Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 5,075 |
Re: Help me out with save conversion. July 25, 2010 09:13PM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 116 |
Re: Help me out with save conversion. July 26, 2010 06:10PM | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 5 |
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I.R.on
To do that simply,
1. Extract your vc save using savegame tools, I don't have preference over any so can't give you a name...
2. Open vc save using hex workshop
3. Open your Snes blah blah emulator's save in that hex workshop too, flip each two bytes... (it's said that there is such a function in hex workshop)
4. Select whole data in homebrew emulator's save you flipped... then just paste this into the vc save of yours. (remember you opened in hex workshop in step 2)
5. Save the vc save, replace it with the original you extracted from your wii...
6. Use a savegame tool to copy the whole save back to your wii...
ps: I haven't tried this, just following the quoted procedure you posted... Btw, I believe there is such guide at least for N64 saves here in wiibrew forums too... Hmm, found it, it explains the reverse process but there is no mentioning of padding or trimming the savefile... Here