I recently downloaded Citra and PKHex and am having difficulties editing my save.

[kngknwr n]

When i try to copy the "main" file and edit it and replace the original with the edited, there is no difference in my game. I notice however the savefile that shows up in PKHex is an older save and seemingly that is not the one that loads when i load the save in Citra. When i try to load main from the file it shows that the file is empty. I am not really tech savvy at all. its a miracle i can get an emulator running at all. Please help me like you would help a 5 year old.

[theSLAYER]

1 hour ago, kngknwr n said:

When i try to copy the "main" file and edit it and replace the original with the edited, there is no difference in my game

This is what you should do.

1. Close the emulator
2. Make a copy of the save
3. Load the copy into PKHeX
4. Make your edits
5. Save in PKHeX
6. Close PKHeX
7. Reopen PKHeX.
8. Load the edited save. Check that the changes are there.
9. If changes are there (point 8), replace the Citra save with the edited save.
10. Now launch the game in Citra.

[magv]

Same thing happened to me, no changes. Is there a tutorial for citra?

Edit: So I tried to redo it again but this time, instead of overwriting the pokemon and save, I made a copy of the revised pekemon and deleted the original(duplication also seems works) and it made the changes but I'm hoping if there's a more simpler way of overwriting instead of making copies, that would be nice

Edited January 30, 2021 by magv

[theSLAYER]

8 hours ago, magv said:

Same thing happened to me, no changes. Is there a tutorial for citra?

Edit: So I tried to redo it again but this time, instead of overwriting the pokemon and save, I made a copy of the revised pekemon and deleted the original(duplication also seems works) and it made the changes but I'm hoping if there's a more simpler way of overwriting instead of making copies, that would be nice

You could simply overwrite your save instead of making copies, but if you corrupt the save, you'll have no backup.

If you want to do it in a way that you lose your progress permanently if the save is corrupt, then be my guest.

[Shees]

And what if the files are not saved from point 8, what if the changes are not there when you reopen the file on PKHeX

 

[theSLAYER]

3 hours ago, Shees said:

And what if the files are not saved from point 8, what if the changes are not there when you reopen the file on PKHeX

 

The means 

a) you didn’t set your changes into PKHeX or 

b) you didn’t export the save from PKHeX

 

[Shees]

I imported my file, made my change and then exported it and once I imported it back into PKHeX or the game save file directory there were no changes

 

[Shees]

I figured it out thanks anyways tho