Hello guys.
I bought sword/shield physical game cartridge and I also have a SX PRO hacked switch.
I would like to know if it's possible to extract the save file from my physical game with SX PRO so I can use PKHex and then import it again?
I launched SX Pro on my switch but it doesn't recognize the physical game, so I can't launch it, and since it doesn't recognize it, I can't use Edizon to extract the save file.
If I did something wrong, could someone explain in detail how to do it?
The save file is actually not on the physical cart this GEN. I was surprised by this as well. I have four switches, two of which are modified and two for play online. I also have a physical cartridge for both Pokemon sword and Pokemon Shield.
When I play with the physical cartridge in the unmodified switch and then physically insert it into one of the modified switches but have a different save file for the same user the saved game isn't transferred between the consoles. If the game was saved on the cartridge then it would load a different save file when using a different cartridge.
Now, if I select a different user for any switch it acts like it's creating a new game,
So to recap, there are actually multiple differences between the saving of the current generation and older Generations. First being that the saves are on the console rather than the cartridge and the second being that because it's on the console you can actually have more than one saved game provided you have more than one user profile available to save. I'm actually going to try to exploit this tomorrow to get additional promo Meowth with the cherish ball officially on the online switches since, despite having a male and a female, the cherish Ball was never inherited in breeding. If that works, and I don't see why it wouldn't, then you could conceivably do this repeatedly to try and get better stats.
Anyway, back to your question:
With my modified switches, using sxos pro dongle, I have no problems launching physical cartridges or. xci backups. In either case, I would use checkpoint to make the backup.
I haven't actually used any external program to edit the Pokemon. Rather, I used this to duplicate Pokémon like so:
1.) Save your game in modified switch
2.) Fully close the game out.
3.) launch checkpoint And use the L1 button to backup your saved game.
4.) Close checkpoint then relaunch the game.
5.) Trade the Pokemon you want to duplicate to the other switch.
6.) Fully close the game out.
7.) Launch checkpoint, select the saved game you made, then use R1 to restore.
8.) Close checkpoint and relaunch the game. The Pokemon you traded away should be there, and the Pokemon you received in that trade lost to Oblivion. You monster.
Caution! When doing the above to duplicate Pokemon if you accidentally restore instead of backing up this can result in the loss of the Pokemon you want to duplicate when you began by receiving Pokemon from the other switch that may be online.
As far as editing the Pokemon, something similar to the above is why people are now selling modify Pokemon on Etsy and getting away with it.
1.) On a modified switch catch any random Pokemon to be edited.
2.) Save the game and backup using checkpoint. Remember that if the game is on while using checkpoint it won't work so the game has to be off.
3.) Shut off your switch and take your micro SD card to your computer and edit a copy of the save using PC software. You want to backup your save before changing anyting in case it breaks your save file.
4.) When you are done, put that back in your switch and boot the switch back on into emuNAND.
5.) Open checkpoint and restore your save.
6.) Boot up your game and look at your Pokemon. It should be what you changed it to in the editor.
7.) If you want to play this online or trade it with someone else online initiate a local trade with the other switch. You could then follow the above steps to restore your save again and duplicate your edit.
8.) Provided that the edit is legal as in legitimately obtainable there should be no problems sharing it with others online.
As a side note, I wonder if they would ban the switch that trades an illegal Pokemon since they can't prove that the switch having it modified anything themselves. For example, some Pokemon officially removed from the game do exist in the game files meaning that you should be able to create a Pokemon that you shouldn't be able to have it all and if that would let you trade it then you can release it into the wild for others to use.
In any case, for online trading you have to have your official online switch updated to the latest version and you have to have a paid Nintendo subscription. Although interestingly you don't actually have to update your modified switch. This is one of the rare games that actually let you interact between switch consoles of different firmware versions.
Caution : when trading between consoles offline an error code is almost inevitable. Every time you stopped Trading the console that ended the trade is fine, but the console that received the message that treating would stop gets an error code which passes to the system error code list. For a switch that is modified there is always the risk of it rebooting into cisne end and then loading up the list of errors which can lead to a console ban. I have found that as long as both consoles cancel the trade simultaneously then no error codes are produced but that's not going to happen unless you are the one touching both buttons simultaneously. I've already racked up over a dozen error codes on both switches because of this.
Anyway, I hope this all helps.
