Hacking Spirit Tracks - convert save

pcmanrules · Dec 14, 2009

I have a fully functional and half way through save from my M3i runng the patched version, is there any way to make this save work on the acekard with a clean rom?

CannonFoddr · Dec 14, 2009

pcmanrules said:
I have a fully functional and half way through save from my M3i running the patched version, is there any way to make this save work on the acekard with a clean rom?

Are you using AKAIO 1.5 (with latest loaders) by any chance ?? (You also say 'Acekard' - is that an AK+,AKRPG or AK2i ??, I don't think it really matters but just like to check)

If so - I had the same problem, until I was told that in AKAIO you can set the sav file size

Here's how:
After Copying the M3i0 sav onto AK2i, I then switched on DSi & booted up, then
> Highlighted the 'Clean' Z:ST (E) game & press [Y]
> Press [Y] (ROM Settings)
> Change 'Save type' from 'unknown/Auto' to '8M'

Then I started the (Clean) Z:ST & it saw my M3i0 sav & I've been playing it ever since on the AK2i

Just remember to make a copy of the sav before copying over etc - just in case anything goes wrong

Sinistral89 · Dec 14, 2009

You could try to use this also: http://www.shunyweb.info/convert.php

CannonFoddr · Dec 14, 2009

Sinistral89 said:
You could try to use this also: http://www.shunyweb.info/convert.php

Actually I'd already tried before - didn't work, as there's no option there to select the file size required (I believe it's got to be a 1M size)

Of course I may've selected the wrong convertion options - perhaps I should've tried 'acekard rpg' instead of 'acekard 2'

faroe · Dec 14, 2009

I have a problem with the save file too. I was playing the game on acekard 2i untill i bought the game yesterday. Now im trying to load my save file to the original game card using NDS Backup Tool wifi but i cant. My save file is 512Kb but i need 1 MB .sav file

. How can i change the .sav file size from 512kb to 1MB? Thanks!

CannonFoddr · Dec 14, 2009

Not sure if this will work exactly as expected but maybe you can try this method out & see if it works
(It worked transferring an ak2 sav into a 1M save file to be used on a M3i0 flashcard)

> Firstly obtain a blank 1M sav file from one of the thread on GBATemp
(I used the one from http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=194840)
> Extract the sav file somewhere (you should have a file called 'lzst.sav')
> Copy your AK2 sav file to the same directory
> Use a hex editor (I used the portable version of HxD) & load BOTH files into it
> In HxD, select the tab that holds your Ak2 sav file
> Hold down [CTRL] & press 'A' to select ALL the code
> Now Hold down [CTRL] and press 'C' to copy the code
> Select the tab that contains the 1M sav file (if you downloaded the one I mentioned it'll be called 'lzst.sav')
> Make sure the cursor is at the very beginning of the file
> Hold down [CTRL] and press 'B' - this will 'write' the ak2 code into the 1M sav file overwrighting the existing code in 'lzst.sav'
Note:- a LOT of code will turn red if done properly (about half of the actual file)
> Click on 'File' and 'Save' to save the now modified 'lzst.sav'

Please note: I don't know anything about the 'NDS Backup Tool' so not sure if this will work with it - but you could now try this new modified 'lzst.sav' to see if it'll work on a genuine game card - but don't hold me responsible if things go wrong

faroe · Dec 14, 2009

YES !!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WORKED !!! THANKS !!!!!!!! I had to do it with an empty save file created from my card, the one u gave me didnt work. Then i had to copy all the data from my original save to the clear save file but i had to select manually the range of memory from 00000000 to 0007FF90 and paste the original data.

THANKS !!

.Darky · Dec 14, 2009

faroe said:
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WORKED !!! THANKS !!!!!!!! I had to do it with an empty save file created from my card, the one u gave me didnt work. Then i had to copy all the data from my original save to the clear save file but i had to select manually the range of memory from 00000000 to 0007FF90 and paste the original data.

THANKS !!

How did you manage to to this?

faroe · Dec 14, 2009

Usé el programa HxD del link de arriba. Lo sé, se tarda bastante en seleccionarlo todo manualmente con el raton, pero funcionó

.Darky · Dec 14, 2009

faroe said:
Usé el programa HxD del link de arriba. Lo sé, se tarda bastante en seleccionarlo todo manualmente con el raton, pero funcionó

Oh, ok. Ya entendí.

Gracias.

CannonFoddr · Dec 14, 2009

.Darky said:
faroe said:

YES !!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WORKED !!! THANKS !!!!!!!! I had to do it with an empty save file created from my card, the one u gave me didnt work. Then i had to copy all the data from my original save to the clear save file but i had to select manually the range of memory from 00000000 to 0007FF90 and paste the original data.

THANKS !!

Click to expand...

How did you manage to to this?

I can think of 2 ways he did this.
1) He left clicked at the first Hex number (in HxD) & while holding the mouse button down, scrolled all the way down to 0007FF90 to highlight what he wanted. Then he 'Copied' the selection & 'Wrote' it into the sav file made by the 'NDS backup Tool'
OR
2) He did [Ctrl] and 'A' to select everything, then released, then held down [Shift] & used the mouse to 'deselect' the last 7 or so lines up to 0007FF90 - then copies/wrote etc etc.. into the NDS backup Tool

I'm a bit puzzled to why he couldn't do the whole file (an Ak2 file is only another 7 lines longer) unless it's something to do with the NDS Backup Tool

.Darky · Dec 14, 2009

Great, it worked!

The save file Cannon provided didn't work for me. I had to delete my current safe file, before copying it to my PC just in case something went wrong, and I followed all the instructions.

Thanks.

EDIT: It wasn't necessary, at least for me, to manually select the codes I wanted to copy.

pcmanrules · Dec 14, 2009

Wow, thanks, all I had to do was change the save type to 8M. Thanks oh and btw it was an Acekard 2i i was just tired and forgot

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CannonFoddr · Dec 14, 2009

To faroe: Glad to see that I pointed you in the right direction to get it to work. Sorry about the sav I mentioned not working - but you sussed it out anyway (must be a difference of the 'NDS Backup tool' or something)

To pcmanrules: Glad the '8m' trick worked for you as well

SillYcoNe · Dec 17, 2009

I recently bought an Acekard 2i the replace that original R4 (very first version) crap.
The problem:
I was playing LoZ:ST through YsMenu and therefore I had a 512KB .sav
We know that the save for LoZ:ST is 1MB.

I had already played quite a lot and didn't want to restart from the beginning.

I'm using AKIO 1.5 and the clean dump (unpatched) on the Acekard.

I tried to put the 512KB .sav on the Acekard, telling it the save is 8Mb (1MB):
The 512KB .sav was replaced by a blank 1MB .sav and lost all my progress.

Here the solution that worked for me:
I just concatenated 2 copies of my 512KB .sav into a 1MB .sav
The very simple way to do it under windows:
- copy your 512K.sav to whatever directory on your HDD (let's assume the name is My512KSav.sav, replace with the name you have)
- get a command line (start -> run -> cmd)
- go to the dir where your .sav is
- now copy your 512KB .sav into a new 1MB .sav (notice the '+' sign):

Code:

COPY /B My512KSav.sav+My512KSav.sav MyNew1MBSav.sav

- you now have a 1MB .sav named MyNew1MBSav.sav
- this this new save to your Acekard with the same name a the .nds file

It worked for me !

For linux users:

Code:

cat My512KSav.sav My512KSav.sav > MyNew1MBSav.sav

Note: to ensure the second slot works I copied (using the game menu) the first slot onto the second (dunno if necessary)

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