Homebrew DS Emulator Question

[tankplanes98]

For No$GBA, where do you put the save file, what format does it need to be, and would should it be named? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

 

[zero383]

Depends on the emulator but usually it's "gamename.sav" and it should be in the same folder as the ROM.

 

[tankplanes98]

I tried that for ACWW and NinjaTown and it didn't work. Ex. NinjaTown.nds NinjaTown.sav (512kb, 9th selection on Shuny Sav converter target format) Files located on MicroSD card.
EDIT: 2nd try, fail: NinjaTown.nds NinjaTown.sav (512kb, 23rd/last selection on Shuny Sav converter target format) Files located on Desktop.

 

[Vague Rant]

There's a couple of things you need to do. Firstly, open up no$gba.ini in your favourite text editor (probably Notepad if you suck). Then scroll down to this section:

SAV/SNA File Format == Uncompressed

And change it to this:

SAV/SNA File Format == Raw

Now NO$GBA saves will be read/written in the same format as your flash card unless your card is weird or old (raw .sav files).

Next, copy the save/s you want to the BATTERY folder in your NO$GBA directory. Load up the game you want and you should be able to resume where you left off on your flash card.

 

[tankplanes98]

3rd try, fail: NinjaTown.nds (Location Desktop:No$gba (folder)) NinjaTown.sav (512kb, 23rd/last selection on Shuny Sav converter target format Location Desktop:no$gba/BATTERY)

I opened up the .ini in Notepad (yes, i suck), and after a bunch of space there was nothing but:

>C:\Documents and Settings\*USER NAME HERE*\Desktop\no$gba\NinjaTown.nds

Then, I found out if you go into No$Gba, and click "Options" then click "Save Options", you can go back to the folder, open up "NO$GBA", the config. file, then you can see all the junk. I changed it to raw, and put the sav in BATTERY and it still didn't work.

 

[Vague Rant]

Once you've set the save format to Raw in the .ini you don't need to use the save converter.

 

[tankplanes98]

NVM about my last post, i found out what was wrong. The "NDS Cartridge Backup Media" under the "Emulation" menu was set to "None". Another question, what is the best option to have it set to?

 

[Vague Rant]

Ideally "Auto", which was added in the latest version, 2.6a. If you're using 2.6, you'll need to select your save types manually for each game.