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INeedHelp
Posted on 11-19-20 05:03 AM Link | #2784
ok i need help. i recorded a vid of my problem but its kinda long with explaining, sorry
but basicly i had gone through pokemon diamond and pokemon ranger originally in desmume, and i wanted to switch to melonds so i could do local transfers between games. my diamond .sav file moved over perfectly fine but pokemon ranger is having issues. it wont load my save file and it can't save anything itself. help is greatly appreciated!
(also sorry if the game audio drowns out my voice partly, i forgot to change the volume)

Generic aka RSDuck
Posted on 11-19-20 12:25 PM Link | #2785
1. delete the melonds savefiles for both games
2. either build latest melonds from source (https://github.com/Arisotura/melonDS#windows) or if you have github account you can also just download the latest artefact from our CI (https://github.com/Arisotura/melonDS/runs/1407782997).
3. use the File -> Import savefile function to import your desmume saves into melonds

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INeedHelp
Posted on 11-19-20 02:56 PM Link | #2786
was going through the setup commands and the highlighted one isn't working

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Rayyan
Posted on 11-19-20 05:21 PM Link | #2787

You should have opened the MinGW 64-bit Terminal as said in the instructions, not the MSYS2 terminal.

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INeedHelp
Posted on 11-19-20 07:11 PM Link | #2788
still doesnt work with the 64-bit terminal


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Generic aka RSDuck
Posted on 11-19-20 07:23 PM Link | #2789
you need to enter
pacman -S git make mingw-w64-x86_64-{cmake,mesa,SDL2,toolchain,qt5,libslirp}
first

well here's a build:
https://kuribo64.net/get.php?id=HiPNYMrcjNy4g8kQ

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INeedHelp
Posted on 11-19-20 08:26 PM Link | #2791
thank you! i got through that part now, but uhhh, where's the dist folder?

Generic aka RSDuck
Posted on 11-19-20 08:46 PM (rev. 2 of 11-19-20 09:08 PM) Link | #2792
it's inside the build inside the melonDS folder.


I just noticed that there's a way which is way easier. You can also just use the export backup memory function from desmume to get a savefile compatible with melonds (though it has a bug that it doesn't work with Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Sky)

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INeedHelp
Posted on 11-19-20 10:31 PM Link | #2814
i dont have a melonDS folder though

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and also, I did do the export raw .sav file in desmume, Diamond worked completely fine with it in MelonDS but ranger wont load the save and if I start a new game I cant save, it keeps saying "data could not be written"

Generic aka RSDuck
Posted on 11-19-20 10:41 PM Link | #2815
can you sent me the Pokemon Ranger savefile?

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INeedHelp
Posted on 11-19-20 10:45 PM Link | #2816
ranger file: https://www.sendspace.com/file/fakkdu

Generic aka RSDuck
Posted on 11-19-20 10:56 PM Link | #2817
hm, that's weird. Can you give me the desmume savefile (.dsv) as well?

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INeedHelp
Posted on 11-19-20 11:07 PM (rev. 2 of 11-19-20 11:19 PM) Link | #2818
heres desmume: https://www.sendspace.com/file/qv0mar

Generic aka RSDuck
Posted on 11-19-20 11:17 PM Link | #2819
please remove the link to the rom, as it's a copyrighted file you have no right to distribute.

I managed to get it working by padding it to 256kb (for some reason desmume trims the unused parts, which it shouldn't do for the export backup memory option!)
https://kuribo64.net/get.php?id=59WVlnDTpTrcCozZ

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INeedHelp
Posted on 11-19-20 11:20 PM (rev. 2 of 11-19-20 11:23 PM) Link | #2820
aahh, sorry, i just thaught mabey the rom might have had somthing causin it to not work. n thank you i will try the save


IT WORKS, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!


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