use .sav from pre-existing ROMS and use on CIA Game on 3DS

[haddad]

I just got my 3DS Modded, awsome!!

question, I used NSUI to create .cia versions of my favorite gba games, I got the original in-game .sav files from my other GBA emulator on my NDSi (that also works on the gba emulator on my PC and PSP, awsome!)

How do I, and where to I put this .sav in-game save on my 3ds sd card so that my .cia gba game recoongize's it?

 

[godreborn]

I just got my 3DS Modded, awsome!!

question, I used NSUI to create .cia versions of my favorite gba games, I got the original in-game .sav files from my other GBA emulator on my NDSi (that also works on the gba emulator on my PC and PSP, awsome!)

How do I, and where to I put this .sav in-game save on my 3ds sd card so that my .cia gba game recoongize's it?

https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-godmode9-scripts-megathread.482150/page-10#post-8790663

 

[haddad]

And where are the instructions on how to use it?

 

[godreborn]

And where are the instructions on how to use it?

what do you mean? it's backup/inject. that's not hard to understand.

 

[haddad]

what do you mean? it's backup/inject. that's not hard to understand.

I got it on my SD card, launched the script, I get options, Titles, Cache, Misc, Exit...

Dont know how to tell it to inject an existing .cia with a .sav file? both are already on my sd card

 

[godreborn]

select titles, then see what happens.

 

[retrospect]

Incase you don't know, you can use open_agm_firm instead of injects. In that case you just put your saves in the relevant folder. I'd recommend it highly. It also boots quicker than the 3DS firmware.

I cba with injects. A lot of hassle for no net benefit imo.

 

[godreborn]

I did the hard way, when there was no information or tools. I injected the saves one-by-one into agbsave.bin, copies the latest/newest save folder over to my computer, then injected the next save, injected the original save folder back, so that it was overridden. it was a pita, but I got all saves to work this way.

 

[haddad]

Incase you don't know, you can use open_agm_firm instead of injects. In that case you just put your saves in the relevant folder. I'd recommend it highly. It also boots quicker than the 3DS firmware.

I cba with injects. A lot of hassle for no net benefit imo.

how do I use this method?

 

[pistonfish]

how do I use this method?

https://gbatemp.net/threads/open_agb_firm-discussion-thread.570844/

Get the firm build and put it into /luma/payloads. To launch it you have to hold the start button while starting your 3DS and select open_agb_firm

 

[godreborn]

I tried compiling open_agb_firm, but there was an error at the end. not sure how to do the dependencies. they compile okay, but there's no "install," so how does it know they've been created/where does it look???

 

[pistonfish]

You have to make sure the dependencies are in $PATH

 

[godreborn]

You have to make sure the dependencies are in $PATH

didn't make a difference. this is the error:

 

[pistonfish]

The Makefile couldn't find firm_builder. Make sure that firm_builder is compiled and in a folder that is in $PATH.

You should be able to run firm_builder from console if that is set up correctly

 

[godreborn]

The Makefile couldn't find firm_builder. Make sure that firm_builder is compiled and in a folder that is in $PATH.

You should be able to run firm_builder from console if that is set up correctly

still can't get it to find it, no errors compiling the dependencies:

 

[pistonfish]

Do you have compiled programs in these folders?

 

[godreborn]

yes

 

[pistonfish]

Huh, that's weird. Are the names of the executables set correctly? I used Linux to compile everything. You might have more luck using WSL

Edit: I think we are leaving the topic of this thread. Wouldn't it make sense to make a new thread for this problem?

 

[godreborn]

Huh, that's weird. Are the names of the executables set correctly? I used Linux to compile everything. You might have more luck using WSL

Edit: I think we are leaving the topic of this thread. Wouldn't it make sense to make a new thread for this problem?

how do I set the path in linux? I have paths laid out, but they all rely on environmental variables:

 

[pistonfish]

WSL will use the PATH set in Windows. Otherwise, if you want to append something to $PATH, it works like this:

export PATH=/some/folder:$PATH

When being done through the terminal, this change should be temporary. You have to add it to your bashrc to make this change permanent