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Member Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 1/10 EXP: 1397 Next: 51 Since: 12-12-18 Last post: 1925 days ago Last view: 1793 days ago |
Hey there, I'm having an issue with trying to import a save from DeSmuMe to Melon. My process has been to take the .dsv from DeSmuMe, trim it where it says to, then save it as a .sav file. However, when I boot up the game, Kingdom Hearts re:Coded, it tells me that the save data is corrupt on the file select menu. I tried messing with some of the text in there, but that's only made the game freak out and not even want to go past an error screen. It could be because DeSmuMe has weird stuff going on with battery saves, but hopefully that doesn't make things fully incompatible. I do have save states from DMM that I could try to use too, but I don't know if those are at all compatible with Melon. I'm currently using Melon 0.7 as 0.7.1 wasn't wanting to run for me, and I can provide any files or further information needed to help as well.
EDIT: I have fixed the issue! I tried opening the file in an online hex editor and noticed that once the DMM footer was removed that a spot was missing on the bottom line. I filled it in with FF, as the save file was entirely that value for a long while before that. After launching in Melon, the save file was completely intact! I hadn't used the second slot, however, and its save data is read as corrupt, but I achieved what I wanted. |
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Member Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 2/10 EXP: 1397 Next: 51 Since: 12-12-18 Last post: 1925 days ago Last view: 1793 days ago |
That makes a lot of sense. I'm not sure if this is true of all .dsvs but it looks like the first pipe in the DeSmuMe footer should be replaced with something after the entire footer is deleted for it to be truly compatible. If it's relevant to you to have a solution people can try for save file transfers I can see if this is a pattern. I saw someone with a similar problem in another thread so that might be a general troubleshooting recommendation you can put if you haven't already. |
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Member Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 3/10 EXP: 1397 Next: 51 Since: 12-12-18 Last post: 1925 days ago Last view: 1793 days ago |
Posted by extherian Exporting from File --> Export Backup Memory worked without a hitch, with the second file being empty rather than corrupt. I'm now wondering if the error I experienced last night {and possibly that others have experienced} came from Notepad {or DeSmuMe} somehow losing a byte, as this time I put the .dsv directly into the hex editor rather than the .sav I made it into by simply trimming the footer, and now instead of the footer's first pipe starting at 0x0000FFFF, it's now at 0x00010000. I'm just going to chalk that up to either my error or Notepad interpreting something wrong due to the encoding. I'm thinking the practical advice here would be to recommend the use of a hex editor instead of a text editor to snip footers from .dsv files or to just press that export button. |
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Member Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 4/10 EXP: 1397 Next: 51 Since: 12-12-18 Last post: 1925 days ago Last view: 1793 days ago |
Posted by StapleButter Welp, you learn something new every day. Now I know to just go with the online hex editor I've found if I need to do that, though maybe I should actually install a program that works better with binary files if I'm going to continue messing around with these. |
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Member Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 5/10 EXP: 1397 Next: 51 Since: 12-12-18 Last post: 1925 days ago Last view: 1793 days ago |
Glad I could help! |
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Member Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 6/10 EXP: 1397 Next: 51 Since: 12-12-18 Last post: 1925 days ago Last view: 1793 days ago |
This is neat! There's actually a little more going on than you claim, since DeSmuME puts their saves in a completely different file format, .dsv. I'd be happy to help you test it with some of my save files once I get a chance. |
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Member Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 7/10 EXP: 1397 Next: 51 Since: 12-12-18 Last post: 1925 days ago Last view: 1793 days ago |
That's fair, but it's still a little something more than he gave himself credit for |
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Member Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 8/10 EXP: 1397 Next: 51 Since: 12-12-18 Last post: 1925 days ago Last view: 1793 days ago |
If you want a specific state's save to be your main save once you toggle that option, just remove the .ml# part of the filename |
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Member Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 9/10 EXP: 1397 Next: 51 Since: 12-12-18 Last post: 1925 days ago Last view: 1793 days ago |
I have heard that the RNG is based on the system clock, though I could just be misremembering. I heard this from a Werster HeartGold speedrun. However, each different game probably has a different RNG system. |
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Member Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 10/10 EXP: 1397 Next: 51 Since: 12-12-18 Last post: 1925 days ago Last view: 1793 days ago |
I imagine it's something worth looking into down the line, but I could only speculate with what little I know. |
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