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my r4 does not read my save files anymore!

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by camine, Jan 23, 2011.

  1. camine

    camine New Member

    hello everyone. I wanted to play a newer game but it did not work with my old r4 card system anymroe so i updated it to r4 wood and all went well....that was...until i noticed that everytime when i tried to play one of my older games and wanted to load my save data they were gone!

    i had a look at this myself and this is the deal:
    i always save my games and their save data's on my computer. i copied them to my card but appearantly with the r4 wood version, it does not delete these save files but it CREATES a new extra save file wich causes me to having to fully replay these games and not being able to acces my original save files eventhough they are still on the card. so what can i do about this? or do i need to switch back to an older version and delete the r4 wood? it would be nice if i could play these games with their original save files on the " wood" version because i like it but this is really annoying!

    i hope someone can help me?
     
  2. lewis9191

    lewis9191 Well-Known Member

    I think the sav file changed when you update to wood, I think you need to find a converter. Look at the saves files I think they went from nds.sav to .sav or the otherway round. You might be able to change it easily by renaming but back up if not.
     
  3. moshis

    moshis New Member

    rename ur save files from .sav to .nds.sav and they work.
     
  4. hahahahaha

    hahahahaha Well-Known Member

    Yeah, R4 Wood cannot run .sav files. You need to rename them to .nds.sav
     
  5. Fylgja

    Fylgja High level Neet

    here is a program that does the job for you http://filetrip.net/f13091-%28Wood-R4%29-Save-Converter-1-3-Beta.html
     
  6. funguy

    funguy Well-Known Member

    Since Wood R4 v1.18 was released an option to use .sav was intoduced to the Wood firmware


    Interface:
    • localization for root entries added.
    • option to use .sav instead .nds.sav added.
    • 'safe mode' added. in 'safe mode' you can only play games. all other operations are disabled. to disable 'safe mode' you need to edit /__rpg/globalsettings.ini and remove the line with the word 'safemode'.
    • fixed missing text in rom info dialog then custom icon used.
    • dutch localization updated. tnx to MrDiesel.
    • spanish localization updated. tnx to PabloACZ.
    • romanian localization updated.

    Compatibility:
    • 'super robot taisen l (japan)' fixed.
    • 'harry potter and the deathly hallows - part 1 (europe)' fixed.
    • 'beyblade metal fusion - cyber pegasus (europe)' fixed.
    • 'nine hours - nine persons - nine doors (usa)' fixed.
    • 'harvest moon ds - sunshine islands (europe)' fixed.
    • 'call of duty - black ops (usa)' fixed.
    • 'doctor who - evacuation earth (europe)' fixed.
    • 'tron evolution (europe)' fixed.
    • 'beyblade metal fusion (usa)' fixed.
    • 'golden sun - dark dawn (usa)' fixed.




    Special thanks to YWG for the new release!