Hacking Restore game save Gateway question.

[gamesquest1]

no there is no list that I know of that tells you the save size unfortunately so its just a matter of dumping and checking

you can check the required FW version though at 3ds.essh.co

 

[rviperx]

Ok, so I finally got the .3DZ file to work, but the gave save (512kb) will not load with it. are they supposed to be in the same red gateway sd card or the save in the SD card slot? Also I'm just renaming the save file to the titleid (000400000008D300) (Kingdom hearts 3d) right?

 

[rviperx]

NVM. I finally got it. Thank you guys so much for the help.

 

[gamesquest1]

yeah should be 000400000008D300.sav

nvm i see you got it XD

 

[rviperx]

If anyone else needs a step by step guide how to use their retail saves with a backup of their retail game.

- If the game came with 6.0.0 or newer FW on it and has been played on a 6.0.0+ system this will not work.
- If the save file is smaller than 512kb this will not work.
- Game save will only work on the Same Retail Cart back up.

1. Start the 3ds with the retail cart you want to back up and want the sav file of.
2. Open the gateway menu with "L"
3. Select "Backup 3ds Game Cartridge" (file will save to the normal SD card on the side 3ds, make sure its large enough). Finish the backup of game cartridge.
4. Select "Backup 3ds savegame" Finish the backup of savegame
5. Shut off 3DS and plug the SD card into a computer.
6. Rename the Backup 3ds Game Cartridge extension from ".3DS" to ".3DZ"
7. Move ONLY the Backup 3ds Game Cartridge extension to your RED Gateway micro SDcard
8. Find out the "titleid" of the "Backup 3ds Game Cartridge" by going to http://3ds.essh.co/
9. Rename the the "Backup 3ds savegame" to the "titleid" of the "Backup 3ds Game Cartridge", e.g Kingdom hearts NSTC is "000400000008D300" so the save file should look like this, 000400000008D300.sav .
10. Do not move the Sav file from the normal SD card (side of 3ds)
11. Plug the SD card back into the 3DS and power on.
11. Boot Gateway into "Gateway mode".
12. Select the game you just backed up (the .3DZ file).
13. Your save should automatically restore itself.


Thank you, nicko , The Real Jdbye and gamesquest1 for helping me out.

I hope someone finds this step by step guide helpful.

 

[gamesquest1]

if you want to save a bit of time if you have quite a few games to check, just dump the saves from each of the carts, then turn the 3ds off and check the file sizes of each of the saves, from there you can identify which games are worth dumping and which ones wont work anyway rather than dumping the whole cart of all of them as the process takes quite a while

PS you can search what game the dumped saves are from by typing the dumped save filename (i.e AMKP from the AMKP.sav) into essh i.e which will show that it belongs to mario kart