Correct, there usually is never a need to have older versions of the program. Newest is always latest & greatest.
The Options -> Settings allows you to select a save file version that the program opens up with, and change the startup detection so it doesn't grab your latest savedata to auto-open. Tons of things you can tweak.
The file you posted is entirely garbage data, none of its contents match what is expected for a Diamond save file. Expected size should be 512KB, not 256KB (half).
Sadly, you're not going to recover anything from the dump you've attached.
Update check was broken for slower computers, and was fixed the day after the 22.02.08 release
https://github.com/kwsch/PKHeX/commit/e5c6b769b7eec6aca8559c1d1823437cc8e249d9
> PKHeX, Version=22.2.8.0
Use the latest version (22.03.18 as of this post); a new update was posted a month after that one came out and likely has resolved the issue you are experiencing.
PKHeX allows you to customize everything.
Without consequences? Depends who is checking, and if they care to check.
Any possibility of being banned? OTs have been banned in the past for bulk uploading to multiple accounts on bank, but otherwise no; players can enter whatever OT Name via the software keyboard.
Restore your save file correctly. Fix your errors before assuming it's a problem with the program
Nobody else has complained about BDSP edits being corrupt, so it's likely you're doing something wrong.
KWispsFoundArea0* in the block editor, and you can toggle the individual flags as well. Nobody has tested / documented how they work, so things have not been codified into the program.
the community has not documented gen1/2 event data in a format that can be analyzed by a program, so no.
until the community documents them adequately, there will be no recognition.
Thanks, fixed on latest commit. https://github.com/kwsch/PKHeX/commit/4199a93be1cb4fb52de3ba540cee4d6251358c34
Can try the latest changes with the development build until the next release is stabilized.
Copy it somewhere else and then open it from there. If you're trying to overwrite a read only file, then save it somewhere else and manually move it to the right spot once the destination is no longer locked.
PKHeX does not support ROM hacks that change the savefile structure / expression of values.
Future versions will block loading of this save file; I've added more sanity checks to check if the revision u32 at the start of the save is valid.
What patch? What game? What method of playing?
Just because the odds are 1:X does not mean you'll have a result after X or 2*X tries. Read more about how statistics work: https://daily.pokecommunity.com/2017/07/05/the-numbers-game-shiny-and-perfect-pokemon/