I’m getting this error: Attempted to load an unsupported file type/size

[Basic718]

Whenever I am trying to upload my Alpha Sapphire game save (I play on a 3ds) it just says attempted to load an unsupported file type/size. I have browsed through other situations like mine but everyone seems to be using Citra. How can I fix this.

[theSLAYER]

1 hour ago, Basic718 said:

Whenever I am trying to upload my Alpha Sapphire game save (I play on a 3ds) it just says attempted to load an unsupported file type/size. I have browsed through other situations like mine but everyone seems to be using Citra. How can I fix this.

where did you get the save file from?

Is it from your SD folders, and named 00000001.sav?

[Basic718]

6 hours ago, theSLAYER said:

where did you get the save file from?

Is it from your SD folders, and named 00000001.sav?

Yes, and yes

Edited August 20, 2021 by Basic718

[theSLAYER]

9 minutes ago, Basic718 said:

Yes, and yes

that's the wrong way to get a save file. Do you have custom firmware installed on your 3DS?

[Basic718]

1 minute ago, theSLAYER said:

that's the wrong way to get a save file. Do you have custom firmware installed on your 3DS?

I do have custom firmware

[theSLAYER]

2 minutes ago, Basic718 said:

I do have custom firmware

Then use a save manager (like JKSM or Checkpoint) to dump your save.

https://projectpokemon.org/home/tutorials/save-editing/managing-3ds-saves/

[flaming.brockoli]

I used both JKSV and Checkpoint to obtain my main file and tried editing it - no luck. It keeps saying "Input file is too large." and then "File Size: 2904571 bytes". Is that abnormally large? If not, I'm curious what else could be the issue. Maybe I've done something in my game that PKHeX doesn't support yet?

[theSLAYER]

41 minutes ago, flaming.brockoli said:

I used both JKSV and Checkpoint to obtain my main file and tried editing it - no luck. It keeps saying "Input file is too large." and then "File Size: 2904571 bytes". Is that abnormally large? If not, I'm curious what else could be the issue. Maybe I've done something in my game that PKHeX doesn't support yet?

For this save, what progress have you made in the game? Also, what game's save were you trying to grab?

[flaming.brockoli]

9 minutes ago, theSLAYER said:

For this save, what progress have you made in the game? Also, what game's save were you trying to grab?

This is for Shield, latest version, and I've beaten everything including DLC.

[theSLAYER]

11 minutes ago, flaming.brockoli said:

This is for Shield, latest version, and I've beaten everything including DLC.

doesn't sound like you're dumping the right file.

Is your game played on Sysnand, and you're using the save managers on EmuMMC?

[flaming.brockoli]

2 hours ago, theSLAYER said:

doesn't sound like you're dumping the right file.

Is your game played on Sysnand, and you're using the save managers on EmuMMC?

not sure what file it would be then.

I think so and yes.

[theSLAYER]

9 hours ago, flaming.brockoli said:

not sure what file it would be then.

I think so and yes.

I want to try something, so do it for me. Launch the Switch in EmuMMC, then launch the game. What do you see?

[flaming.brockoli]

Same as I normally see, nothing special.

[theSLAYER]

47 minutes ago, flaming.brockoli said:

Same as I normally see, nothing special.

How are you booting into Sysnand and EmuMMC?

Also, upload the dumped save file here. I wanna take a look.

[flaming.brockoli]

On 8/27/2021 at 2:31 PM, theSLAYER said:

How are you booting into Sysnand and EmuMMC?

Also, upload the dumped save file here. I wanna take a look.

I start hekate using a 3D printed piece for grounding the pins along with the Vol + and Power combo. Using the hekate_<whatever>.bin file for the injection from my Android on that NS/NXloader app or whatever its called. I then use Launch to start either the emuMMC or sysnand.

main file is attached.

main

[theSLAYER]

35 minutes ago, flaming.brockoli said:

I start hekate using a 3D printed piece for grounding the pins along with the Vol + and Power combo. Using the hekate_<whatever>.bin file for the injection from my Android on that NS/NXloader app or whatever its called. I then use Launch to start either the emuMMC or sysnand.

main file is attached.

main 2.77 MB · 0 downloads

your save is too big. it doesn't even look like a proper save, it just cuts of randomly.

One other thing I would like you to try, is launch the game, go past the continue screen, then launch EdiZon (while the game is launched), then dump the save from there. What happens?

Also, quick question, how are you transferring the save to your PC?

Looking at your save in hex,

The does seem to have a proper header (at least the copies I own have that same value infront).
And while it's normal for SWSH saves to look like junk cause they're encrypted, I don't think the values BF BD is supposed to appear that frequently. It's like appearing, every other other byte.

[flaming.brockoli]

On 8/31/2021 at 8:52 AM, theSLAYER said:

your save is too big. it doesn't even look like a proper save, it just cuts of randomly.

One other thing I would like you to try, is launch the game, go past the continue screen, then launch EdiZon (while the game is launched), then dump the save from there. What happens?

Also, quick question, how are you transferring the save to your PC?

Looking at your save in hex,

The does seem to have a proper header (at least the copies I own have that same value infront).
And while it's normal for SWSH saves to look like junk cause they're encrypted, I don't think the values BF BD is supposed to appear that frequently. It's like appearing, every other other byte.

Huh. Weird. Wonder what's causing all those.

I got EdiZon up and running, but I'm not sure if I dumped the save 100% right. Did a default search while the game was running (nothing of note happened doing that) and this is what I got. Let me know if I need to do something different, was a bit lost on how to navigate that app. Adding the metadata from EdiZon just in case.

And I'm transferring back and forth using my microSD. Probably should figure out how to do it wirelessly... but too lazy for now.

main edizon_save_metadata.json

[theSLAYER]

@flaming.brockoli Same junk. Are you perhaps launching the game through another app or something?

If one were playing the game normally, it should not be this sized, and that's the only explanation I can come up with..