Homebrew Lameboy 0.12 wont save.

[alejolink11]

I just got lameboy 0.12 for my acekard2i flashcart.
I got it mainly to play:
LoZ Oracle of Time
LoZ Oracle of Ages

But whenever I go to save each one via the games method (not save state) when i turn my ds off its as if i never saved

is it a lameboy thing? or is there something i forgot to download?

 

[Deleted-236924]

Press X (Or press R then Exit) to write RAM to .sav

 

[Shinigami357]

Press R, then select Save. And remember to always do that before exiting, or else you're gonna do all that stuff over again.

 

[alejolink11]

But i want to use the games saving mchaniism....

not lameboys

 

[Schlupi]

It IS the game's save... dude, just press X after you save. load up the game, it's fine. only takes an extra second. =P

 

[alejolink11]

No, what im using is lameboys save state feature?

I mean pressing start the choosing save from the game menu and starting at the menu whenever i turn my ds off... not where i pressed save using save state

 

[SylvWolf]

Lameboy doesn't automatically update the save file (on your SD card) when you save in-game. Most emulators will do this, but Lameboy does not. Simply press X after saving in-game and you'll be good to go. This is not the save-state feature.

 

[YayMii]

When you save in-game, it's not retained in your microSD card. If you hit the "save" button in the menu when it reads "Save State: None", it should copy the in-game save to your MicroSD card, and it shouldn't make a save state unless you explicitly specify so. (On default settings, pressing X does the same thing)

 

[Hotness1]

No, what im using is lameboys save state feature?

I mean pressing start the choosing save from the game menu and starting at the menu whenever i turn my ds off... not where i pressed save using save state

It does it fine for me. All I did the first time I tried that is press the touch screen the bring up LameB's menu select "Lameboy" at the top and I just set it to save slot: 0(or which ever one you want). I then just selected save(still on the menu) and when it was done I could save with the games save mechanism. Try that and see if it works for you.

 

[alejolink11]

Oh I got it thanks guys.

 

[Crass]

Lol this is one of those "derp derp" threads.

 

[badnat]

Yeah, stupid me, I thought the game was saving when it says "saving game" or whatever on the screen. I don't know how many hours I was into Oracle of Ages, but I just lost my save game. Because, after finally dying for the first time, I get the bright idea to just exit without saving and reload the game... turns out I had been relying on a single not permanent save state this whole time. Oh well.

 

[Schlupi]

Necro'd the thread much?

 

[badnat]

Necro'd the thread much?

It's generally considered better form to revive a thread than make a new one.

 

[jurassicplayer]

It's generally considered better form to revive a thread than make a new one.

It would have been nicer if it had been important as opposed to a personal story.

 

[badnat]

It would have been nicer if it had been important as opposed to a personal story.

I see that you only post relevant and utilitarian things, and never anything flippant or pointlessly insulting.

Should I describe my posting process? I was going to make a thread asking why Lameboy did not save my game when it appeared it should have. I decided to do a quick google search to see if it was a problem with the Oracle games specifically. I came across this thread and saw that it was rather a slightly obtuse design decision of Lameboy itself. In my frustration for having lost several hours of game time I still wished to post something. I thought it would be better to post in this thread than make a new thread merely to vent. There you go.

I make scathing comments at people who necro threads myself, but usually only when it's a response clearly ignorant of the original post date (wondering why a certain game not even released at the time hadn't been mentioned), or just extremely irrelevant and/or short.

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

*turns the hose on this whole mess*