Hacking Is it possible to move saves from R4 to DS carts?

[Omoikane1979]

1 - Offset 0x2000 can be found by using the command 'Go to' with the address function, am I right?
2 - Cut from offset 0x2000 to the bottom of the Hex Editor means I have to cut downwards to 7E0AE, am I correct?

 

[kazumi213]

Oh, sorry, I'll try to explain.

Yes, any hex editor should have some kind of "Go to address/offset" function to quickly reach any specific point of a file.

Use whatever is called to "go to" 0x2000 or 2000, it depends on how the editor is accepting your input (see its Help menu)

Then just:

1. Press CTRL+SHIFT+END: this will select all data from current cursor position (0x2000) to the end of the file (0x7FFFF)
2. Press CTRL+X: this removes all that unneeded data (probably all zeros or FFs).
3. Save the file (now it will be just 8 kbytes in size) and try to use it with EEPINATOR.

If you still have trouble, you can PM the save to me and I will resize it for you.

 

[Omoikane1979]

Oh, sorry, I'll try to explain.

Yes, any hex editor should have some kind of "Go to address/offset" function to quickly reach any specific point of a file.

Use whatever is called to "go to" 0x2000 or 2000, it depends on how the editor is accepting your input (see its Help menu)

Then just:

1. Press CTRL+SHIFT+END: this will select all data from current cursor position (0x2000) to the end of the file (0x7FFFF)
2. Press CTRL+X: this removes all that unneeded data (probably all zeros or FFs).
3. Save the file (now it will be just 8 kbytes in size) and try to use it with EEPINATOR.

If you still have trouble, you can PM the save to me and I will resize it for you.

I understand, thank you for explaining it more simply. This worked splendidly, and EEPINATOR now did the job.
By the way which program works best to get the save from the retail game (R4 & EZflash V 3-in-1 combo)? And should I convert it before I can use the retail save game on my R4?

 

[kazumi213]

Your R4 always use 512 kbytes saves. Whenever you get a smaller retail save size, you must resize it to 512 kbytes.

Use the online converter here, and select

Source format: RAW Format
Target format: R4

 

[Omoikane1979]

Your R4 always use 512 kbytes saves. Whenever you get a smaller retail save size, you must resize it to 512 kbytes.

Use the online converter here, and select

Source format: RAW Format
Target format: R4

All right now all that's left is finding out how to use my R4 and 3-in-1 combo to get a retail game save file.