Tricky Save problem

[johs111]

So i'm playing pokemon platinum on Desmume 0.9.7, and i have been useing the quick save(Alt+ F1) feature all game. My last platinum save didn't go so well so i started all over on this one.

Now that i have beat Cynthia, it was my impression the game would save automatically, yet, when the game has reset, i end up having to load back into my oldest game file, which is significantly crappier as it was a long time ago.

All i have of the old save now is a .ds1 file containing the moment before fading out after beating Cynthia. Suggestions, or is my game lost for good?

[Kaphotics]

load state -> select the .ds1

[johs111]

load state -> select the .ds1

No, you have to distinguish between the in-game save function and the quick save function (Alt+F1) on the emulator. If i load the .ds1 i am helpless to do anything because i cant do anything other than wait for the game to fade out and reset.

[Kaphotics]

looks like your issue is similar to this:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110416114529AAxWtNS

get a new rom/emulator, because it should be saving after you beat her

[codemonkey85]

There probably (maybe?) is a way to get the correct .SAV values from the RAM values in that save state. Maybe the people at the Desmume site / forums can help you with that.

Otherwise, I'm afraid you're out of luck.