I pressed the home button multiple times as fast as I could and then closed the software
I just did that, and it hung after pressing close on the home screen (yes, I waited 10 seconds...)
The text you quoted literally says "do NOT press home button"...
I will try the power of on the main screen (start up screen) of the game next time...
My setup is emunand (same as system nand). So I haven't updated emunand to 6.3 yet (because I was reading posts about people still ending up on 6.3 system nand).
I'm also having tons of trouble starting up now.. like 1 in 3 times my gateway will actually boot after selecting the ds profile. The other times it hangs with stripes on the screen.
I'm actually thinking about going back to 1.2 fw due to this... But I'll try 6.3 emunand first, and see if that helps...
I'm also having tons of trouble starting up now.. like 1 in 3 times my gateway will actually boot after selecting the ds profile. The other times it hangs with stripes on the screen.
I'm actually thinking about going back to 1.2 fw due to this... But I'll try 6.3 emunand first, and see if that helps...
EmuNAND @ 6.3 (EU) here.
As stated on the first page, I only have saving problems when I enter the GW-Mode not over the new Menu.
If I press "L" on the DS-Settings and then launch the GW-Mode, Zelda saves fine with no crashes. Not even one! And I saved now like 50 times or more.
If I launch the "autodetected" GW-Mode without pressing the L-Button first to get into the Menu, i can barely save. It will crash nearly all the time.
As stated on the first page, I only have saving problems when I enter the GW-Mode not over the new Menu.
If I press "L" on the DS-Settings and then launch the GW-Mode, Zelda saves fine with no crashes. Not even one! And I saved now like 50 times or more.
If I launch the "autodetected" GW-Mode without pressing the L-Button first to get into the Menu, i can barely save. It will crash nearly all the time.
According to my uncertain knowledge from the internet I think the hook is not activated when the game is "suspended" but "closed", that's why you have to press X after press home.
Pressing the power button will terminate the game without prompting, means the OS just did the "pressing X" operation for you automatically, the very operation provokes the hook to do the copy thing.
Anyway, I don't have a card for testing, hope someone can compare the crash possibilities of below 4 means:
1, Press HOME -> Press X
2, Press HOME -> Just wait for 10 sec
3, Press Power -> Touch to power off
4, Press Power -> Press HOME to go back the home screen.
So here's the way I found that works with saving:
Save your game.
When you're ready to leave the game press start and "quit".
At the prompt saying all progress will be lost you say yes. This will send you back to the game's home screen. Wait a few seconds for good measure.
Then press Power and wait a few seconds.
Then I press Power Off.
I have found it's pretty reliable.
I did this with and without emunand and it works very well with both.
If I end up crashing at some point I'll report on it.
Save your game.
When you're ready to leave the game press start and "quit".
At the prompt saying all progress will be lost you say yes. This will send you back to the game's home screen. Wait a few seconds for good measure.
Then press Power and wait a few seconds.
Then I press Power Off.
I have found it's pretty reliable.
I did this with and without emunand and it works very well with both.
If I end up crashing at some point I'll report on it.
I am on normal gateway mode with 4.5 firmware on my 3ds just tried saving 6 times in a row by pressing the power off button and turning it off when prompted. It seems to save every single time. I am certain it saved everytime as I stood near pots and save bird and get 1 rupee each time before saving to know for certain.
Has anyone had any saving issues not using the EMUNAND. I figured I would give that a try (Reformating my sd card) and letting it run like it has in the past. Just curious if anyone else has tried this and has had 100% success rate or not
Ok so playing from 4.5 doesnt seem to effect this saving problem one way or another. I am attempting to save using the power button method as posted earlier in this thread. Ill let you all know if it fails at some point.
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As this problem doesn't occur with Zelda only, I edited the thread's title.
It will prevent one thread per game
It will prevent one thread per game
Noticed a slight problem when using this method usually when I want to save I press power > home > back into game (usually when battery is dying) but I can't do that in this case as the home section is not clickable and I smash home button but it just shows the power off button so I have to restart and relaunch gw
Well as long as it still saves that is the most important thing. Hopefully the Gateway team will address this soon as this is a very annoying bug. I am still incredibly grateful to them for their hard work and hope the rest of you can remain the same even when frustrated.
I tried the power button, and the system just hung after I clicked "power off" (again, after waiting at least 10 seconds).
I updated my emunand to the latest fw (6.3 eu).
Started the game, saved, quit, pressed home, waited for over 10 seconds, pressed close, system still hangs.
So far, not good at all.
But here is what I did find that works:
Boot into gw mode (pick your poison, aka emunand or not).
Start the game, immediately or asap save and quit.
Wait a few seconds, press home.
Wait 10 seconds, press close.
If this doesn't hang your system, then just boot the game up again, and now you can play.
This should be safe, as I've (so far) never had it hang on closing if it worked the first time.
If it does hang, reboot your system and try the whole thing again.
This is a hassle, but at least it seems to save reliably this way (again, if it works the first time, any following time seems to work as well).
For zelda, I also started to close the game more often after saving. That way if it does go wrong (which hasn't happen so far), I've only lost my last sessions...
Happy playing!
I updated my emunand to the latest fw (6.3 eu).
Started the game, saved, quit, pressed home, waited for over 10 seconds, pressed close, system still hangs.
So far, not good at all.
But here is what I did find that works:
Boot into gw mode (pick your poison, aka emunand or not).
Start the game, immediately or asap save and quit.
Wait a few seconds, press home.
Wait 10 seconds, press close.
If this doesn't hang your system, then just boot the game up again, and now you can play.
This should be safe, as I've (so far) never had it hang on closing if it worked the first time.
If it does hang, reboot your system and try the whole thing again.
This is a hassle, but at least it seems to save reliably this way (again, if it works the first time, any following time seems to work as well).
For zelda, I also started to close the game more often after saving. That way if it does go wrong (which hasn't happen so far), I've only lost my last sessions...
Happy playing!
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