Hacking Is there any way to insert a save into a retail DS game?

[asdf]

I didn't know where to put this.

So I just bought Spirit Tracks and I want to insert the save from my Acekard into it. How would I do this without using a Wifi method, they never seem to work for me.

 

[twiztidsinz]

Slot-2 device or WiFi.
That's it.


If you want, I can help you with getting the wifi set up.

 

[asdf]

Hmmm, will a 3-in-1 work?

 

[twiztidsinz]

Yep. http://filetrip.net/f894-NDS-Backup-Tool-%...one-ZIP%29.html

Use NDS Backup Tool 3in1 v0.3 (19/8/2007)
If it's anything like the WiFi one, you'll have to press R and then the (A) button to update the save on the cart.

 

[asdf]

Hell yeah. Ok, I managed to backup the actual game, but if I go to save it says "save unrecognized, please check slot-1 cart".

Oh, just read your edit. Thanks!

 

[asdf]

Sorry for the double post.

Ok, I converted the Zelda save to 1MB for the cartridge, but it's still not working. It continues to say "save type not recognized"

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

You might have to manually edit the ini file and specify the save size to get it working.

 

[Destructobot]

Does that program even support 1MB saves? I don't think there were any back in 2007.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

The size of the save is not fixed and is put into NOR not the SRAM, but does defaults to whatever it can detect. I don't have a legit zelda ST to test it out.


From the ini file we can see the line we need to put in the custom size:

Fom the Cheat database XML file, I looked up the 4 letter hex code to be BKIE (USA), so we only need the first 3 letters, BKI.

Now assumming the save is exactly 1 megabyte, 1024 kilobytes would all we would have to put down so the line we enter would look something like this:

BKI:1024

If the size is slightly larger, we just need to adjust it accordingly.



From the NDS backup tool Slot2 file, multi-megabyte save sizes was possible then.

 

[Rascal]

I didn't know where to put this.

So I just bought Spirit Tracks and I want to insert the save from my Acekard into it. How would I do this without using a Wifi method, they never seem to work for me.

The method I use is the NDS Backup Adaptor Plus. It is a USB device that can read/write SAV files from/to a retail cart.