Hacking M3Sakura Ver1.45 X Edition Released

[Densetsu]

144 3 edition ,I miss that one all together O.O What bugs that one had?

RTS was completely broken in that version. No ROMs would load with RTS enabled.

*EDIT*
I'm not sure if this was a separate problem or if it was related to the RTS problem.

 

[Blauhasenpopo]

Hello Guys...

....i did the Update to Sakura 1.45.....what a mess.......

I lost my savefiles for "A Christmas Carol" (E) and "Where's Waldo" (E).....both we're played by my Kids and the want it back,so i have to try my very Best!!!!

Is there somebody out there,who can give me these Sav-Files(Nearly Complete)

THX

Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Tempers and Staff Members !!!!

 

[wilsonramal]

http://handheldsources.com/M3DS/Download_M3DSR.html

It says:

* The Revised edition have solved the bug of break NDS game's SAVE file.

 

[sumarth]

http://handheldsources.com/M3DS/Download_M3DSR.html

It says:

* The Revised edition have solved the bug of break NDS game's SAVE file.

so it works now?

i dont want to play the latest games
is there a good reason to update from 1.43?

 

[powered_by_tux]

I can confirm that in the revised version saving works again. You can safely keep your old save games, even that from Spirit Tracks. Make sure you get the revised version from the link a few posts above, so you don't download the damaged version. Make a backup of all your saves before you upgrade.

 

[Densetsu]

I can confirm that in the revised version saving works again. You can safely keep your old save games, even that from Spirit Tracks. Make sure you get the revised version from the link a few posts above, so you don't download the damaged version. Make a backup of all your saves before you upgrade.

Thanks for testing it, powered_by_tux! I'm uploading the revised version SYSTEM folder right now. It will be ready in a few minutes.

*EDIT*
It's ready.

 

[dEvA_pAiN]

I can confirm that in the revised version saving works again. You can safely keep your old save games, even that from Spirit Tracks. Make sure you get the revised version from the link a few posts above, so you don't download the damaged version. Make a backup of all your saves before you upgrade.

how can u keep ur saved game? i lost mine

(and yeah i got the revised version) btw how can i convert my save (512) to a 1MB save? any ideas/tips?

 

[powered_by_tux]

@dEvA_pAiN

How was your save file created in the beginning? I used Desmume and it carried over flawlessly from 1.44 3rd to 1.45 revised.

About the question of converting, I would try to load the save in Desmume and hope that the emulator automatically extends the save file to about 1MB. If that does not work, I would manually extend it to 1048576 bytes using a UNIX tool called dd as I am using Linux. I have no idea whether there is a Windows equivalent.

 

[temp4746]

Does RTS Work With 1.45 Revised?
Or is it still broken?

Also can it run Zelda: Spirit Tracks clean now, or do I have to still do some patching custom save file or something?

 

[Joe88]

so everything is fine now?

btw people, just back up your .sav files on your comp
very simple

 

[dEvA_pAiN]

here my save


i need help to convert it :s

thx

 

[Freex]

The "Revised" Version Crash my save of Spirit Track....F*** O**

 

[AMPonzi]

I can also confirm that the "Revised" version corrupts my Spirit Tracks save file... thank goodness I read here first and backed it up!

 

[funem]

Anyone know what this is about ?

1. To increase the filename extension *. dsi game and the corresponding operation of the display settings to support treatment;

 

[g6team]

We apologize for all the inconvenience caused by the past 2 Sakura updates. Please backup all your save files before converting it.

 

[Densetsu]

Anyone know what this is about ?

1. To increase the filename extension *. dsi game and the corresponding operation of the display settings to support treatment;It looks like they added support for a new .dsi file. Not sure what that might be though, since the one DSi-only ROM that's been dumped still has an .nds extension.

*EDIT*
QUOTE(powered_by_tux @ Dec 23 2009, 11:53 AM) I can confirm that in the revised version saving works again. You can safely keep your old save games, even that from Spirit Tracks. Make sure you get the revised version from the link a few posts above, so you don't download the damaged version. Make a backup of all your saves before you upgrade.

I also tried the new v1.45 revision and I can confirm that it works perfectly with a clean dump of LoZ:ST, no hacked save file required. Cheats work with the ROM as well, but Soft-Reset and RTS still cause freezing.

I have not tried playing LoZ:ST with the new firmware and an existing save file, but I'll put up a warning about it at the top of the M3 Sakura FAQ for others who haven't upgraded yet.

 

[KingVamp]

Yea to much trouble staying at 144 2nd.

 

[KazoWAR]

My old LoZ:ST sav file is working perfectly on M3 Sakura 1.45x firmware.

I think the problem others are having is that they used the "hacked" sav file that was uploaded for others to use. but that sav file is also a incorrect file size. LoZ:ST uses a 1MB sav file. The "hacked" is 979 KB, 21 KB short of the original sav file. The new version of M3 Sakura sees this mistake and tries to convert it to a 1 MB sav file, but its failing. I would suggest taking your old sav file and increasing its bytes to 1 MB even. When I made my sav file before this update, I took the blank 512 KB sav file M3 Sakura made and added another 512 KB. When I launched LoZ:ST for the first time with this update, there was no message about converting the sav file. It just booted like normal.

 

[Densetsu]

My old LoZ:ST sav file is working perfectly on M3 Sakura 1.45x firmware.

I think the problem others are having is that they used the "hacked" sav file that was uploaded for others to use. but that sav file is also a incorrect file size. LoZ:ST uses a 1MB sav file. The "hacked" is 979 KB, 21 KB short of the original sav file. The new version of M3 Sakura sees this mistake and tries to convert it to a 1 MB sav file, but its failing. I would suggest taking your old sav file and increasing its bytes to 1 MB even. When I made my sav file before this update, I took the blank 512 KB sav file M3 Sakura made and added another 512 KB. When I launched LoZ:ST for the first time with this update, there was no message about converting the sav file. It just booted like normal.

There's a possibility you can get your save files back. Check the WARNING at the top of this thread.

 

[powered_by_tux]

I also tried the new v1.45 revision and I can confirm that it works perfectly with a clean dump of LoZ:ST, no hacked save file required. Cheats work with the ROM as well, but Soft-Reset and RTS still cause freezing.

Interesting, because RTS also does not work but at least, it does not freeze.

QUOTE(KazoWAR @ Dec 23 2009, 11:03 PM) My old LoZ:ST sav file is working perfectly on M3 Sakura 1.45x firmware.

I think the problem others are having is that they used the "hacked" sav file that was uploaded for others to use. but that sav file is also a incorrect file size. LoZ:ST uses a 1MB sav file. The "hacked" is 979 KB, 21 KB short of the original sav file. The new version of M3 Sakura sees this mistake and tries to convert it to a 1 MB sav file, but its failing. I would suggest taking your old sav file and increasing its bytes to 1 MB even. When I made my sav file before this update, I took the blank 512 KB sav file M3 Sakura made and added another 512 KB. When I launched LoZ:ST for the first time with this update, there was no message about converting the sav file. It just booted like normal.

So if anyone's using the original hacked save file by Benighted, their save will be corrupted by the v1.45 because the size of their save doesn't match the 1MB file that the firmware uses.

I can safely confirm that neither the save file size nor the 'hacked' status are really an issue. The file Desmume created for me was about 979 KB and it stayed that way on Sakura 1.44 and 1.45, even the revised version did not ask to convert it. Nevertheless, I expanded the file manually and it still works. I think the fix in Touchpod version 4.7a is mostly for creating the save if there is no beforehand while the conversion only applies to users who had a 512 KB save file before, which nobody should really have because Spirit Tracks does not work with that size.