Changing rtc in emerald with pkhex?

[hacks]

I replaced the battery in emerald now the times wrong. So i dumped the save, but i have no idea how the rtc editing works in pkhex. I want to change the time for example but i can't get it to be the time I want.

[Jollygator]

Someone please help. I’m interested in this too. My berries in my Ruby version will not grow. When I reset the rtc in pkhex, all my berries are gone. Can someone explain what’s happening and how to make berries grow again? Clicking “berry fix” option makes my “elapsed days” to 784 days and does not make the berries grow.

[hacks]

I found a solution go into event flags tick sys reset rtc enable then go to the event constants tab and enable var sys reset rtc enable export the save and restore it to the cart and hold left select and b it will now let you change the time to whatever you want. If you have replaced the battery recently you want to set it to 0 days idk about the berry's disappearing but yeah its probably bug because your never intended to set the days back so you will need to replant the berrys.

Edited September 28, 2019 by hacks

[FuntionalZ]

On 9/28/2019 at 2:26 AM, hacks said:

I found a solution go into event flags tick sys reset rtc enable then go to the event constants tab and enable var sys reset rtc enable export the save and restore it to the cart and hold left select and b it will now let you change the time to whatever you want. If you have replaced the battery recently you want to set it to 0 days idk about the berry's disappearing but yeah its probably bug because your never intended to set the days back so you will need to replant the berrys.

Late to this topic but this helped me get the time synced up and working when I moved my games save from emulator to cart

[KingWizard007]

@FuntionalZ Are you aware if this solution will fix the daily events? I am trying to grow berries and rebattle friends secret bases. 

[AlamosIT]

When you install a new battery, the RTC (real time clock) restarts from 01/01/2000. The game keeps track of played hours, so if you (for example) have played for 10 years and then the battery died you should wait others 10 years to reach the "next day" in-game.

Imho, the best solution is to adjust the RTC and set the actual time, this can be easily done with this little Homebrew software that works with DS/DS lite (the .nds version that works with DS flashcarts, like R4, that access the GBA carts through Slot-2 insertion) or directly with GBA (.gba version with GBA flashcarts, like EZ Flash Omega, and works with cartridge swap).

[FuntionalZ]

On 4/4/2024 at 7:18 PM, KingWizard007 said:

@FuntionalZ Are you aware if this solution will fix the daily events? I am trying to grow berries and rebattle friends secret bases. 

It should since it did for me when I restored to my game cart you are going to need a way to export your save to a PC so you can tick the mentioned RTC flag. You also need to be able to restore that ticked RTC flag save back to the cart so you can then enter the RTC menu using the combination mentioned above on the title screen to reset your game time.