SDMStaff Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 HELP! Just injected a GBA rom of Pokemon FireRed as a VC cia to my o2DS, running cfw 11.6 and god mode 9. I've fixed the save error you get at the beginning of the game (but message still appears as per usual), and used gm9 to dump the save file to my SD card. I tried to open the save file (linked here) to edit using PkHex but I get this error message, and it just opens to my default save (pokemon sun). I've tried changing the file extension to .pk3, .sav (instead of .gbavc.sav) and even .pk7, but I still get the error. I was hoping someone would know a way of fixing this, or otherwise another way to edit my gba vc save. Cheers 00040000002DEE00.gbavc.sav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enVias Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 You can fix it by opening the save up in a hex editor like HxD and copy-pasting everything, which will of course change the file size from 64 KB to 128 KB. I just did this for your save myself and the result is attached. Every time you dump the save you'll have to do this again. 00040000002DEE00.gbavc.sav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDMStaff Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 On 27/02/2018 at 10:32 AM, enVias said: You can fix it by opening the save up in a hex editor like HxD and copy-pasting everything, which will of course change the file size from 64 KB to 128 KB. I just did this for your save myself and the result is attached. Every time you dump the save you'll have to do this again. 00040000002DEE00.gbavc.sav OH MY GOD IT WORKS THANK YOU SO MUCH; now I can play FireRed with the team I truly want!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enVias Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabresite Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 It should be possible to add support for this in PKHex. I assume it is just a file size issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaphotics Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 45 minutes ago, Sabresite said: It should be possible to add support for this in PKHex. I assume it is just a file size issue. Nope, the save size setting is incorrectly emulated (resulting in a truncated save file without a backup). PKHeX won't support malformed save sizes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enVias Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 (edited) Just a quick update... If you inject Pokemon GBA games with this, the save files work perfectly: https://gbatemp.net/threads/discussion-new-super-ultimate-injector-nsui.500376/ Edited April 7, 2018 by enVias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiS97 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, ajxpk said: I don't get this "Gen 3 games on Virtual Console"-thing... some explanation what this is all about? Is it emulated via Homebrew or something? Or is it similar like the 3DS Ambassador games? As we all know there never was an official GBA VC on the 3DS, so I wonder why this is a thing and why people use the term VC... I don't have a game of the Ambassador program so I don't know how much it was different from the Virtual Console. Already googled about it btw. but couldn't get any decent information about it, hope someone can shed some light into this. Personally I can't imagine it's really attractive, except all the different Pokemon GBA features work and you can link and everything... Actually, the ambassador games do fall under the name Virtual Console, too. However, the way those work is completely different to any other system's VC titles in the sense that GBA games aren't actually emulated at all, they run natively in a "mode" called AGB_FIRM. Basically, in this state, the 3DS acts completely like a GBA and no additional resources are running. The problem is that AGB_FIRM only supports one specific save format and no other special features like RTC. So yeah, it kinda sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonsofPuppies Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 https://www.lifewire.com/game-boy-nintendo-3ds-1126293 This has some info. Also, if you use the Super Injector from enVias' post, they work absolutely flawlessly. When you make the file, you can change a number of things, including the icon shown on the bottom screen, the banner displayed on the top screen and even the title and release date. It legitimately looks like an authentic VC game downloaded from the eShop. You can even add RTC functionality by choosing the RTC save option when creating the file, though this is only necessary with Ruby and Sapphire. FR/LG don't use RTC and in Emerald, the Berry Glitch has been fixed. If anyone would look to try it for themselves, I have the .cia files for all the games that I created myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzehner21 Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 I have injected my ROM into my n2ds and have dumped the save from gm9. I have done some editing on vba and am trying to override my gbavc.sav file using HxD. Only problem is that it changes the file size when I try to do that. How do I fix the issue? Here are both my files if someone could help I'd greatly appreciate it. 000400000094C000.gbavc.sav Pokemon - Leaf Green.sav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSLAYER Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Thread appears to be dead. OP can PM me to unlock the thread, if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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