Harvest Moon Rune Factory

RedCarpet · September 27th, 2007

Hello, I am new here.

The problem I have with no$gba is with the game rune factory, well I know that there is a problem saving and loading savedgames and I already know how to go beyond that, the problem I have is that the emulator suddenly crashes whenever I try to enter the start menu, sometimes I enter the menu screen and the emulator crashes when I try to return to the normal game, also when I try to enter the shell house-thing in the beach it crashes too.

Since I am the only one with that problem I have tried to fix it changing the setup but failed.

The setup I have right now is Speed: Realtime 16.78MGHZ, Sound Output

igital Stereo Sound Sample:44kHz(best) Nds Backup Media:EEPROM 64kbytes Force 50% step: Enabled/Disabled Force aspect ratio: Enabled/Disabled (I change the screen sizing, it seems to do nothing)

The game runs quite fast and smothly, but there is a risk of crashing not only when trying to enter the start menu but in some rare cases when changing maps (exiting the house etc), and the fact that it takes forever to get the emulator to load a savedgame makes it unplayable for me.

Thanks in advance for any help provided.

Hiei-YYH · September 27th, 2007

are you using cheats?

RedCarpet · September 27th, 2007

I wish I could but I am stuck at the first day (holyday) and the game has been crashing since I first played, so no I am not using cheats. The version im using is v2.4f, btw I also got another image of the game for testing purposes and it crashes as well, I deleted the emulator and downloaded again and nothing. When I say "crash" I mean that the emu suddenly closes w/o any warning given.

Hiei-YYH · September 27th, 2007

make sure you're not pressing alt+x, because programs don't usually closes it self without an error.

RedCarpet · September 27th, 2007

Well it does closes itself and also keeps doing the same even on a fresh folder, and my buttons (A,B,L,R etc) are close to the "m", "," "." on the keyboard so is impossible for me to press alt x. I got FF3 and went quite far on it and never crashed no sign of any error at all ( I dont like ff3 is only for testing purposes), I reinstalled direct X and well... the only problem is with rune factory. I am almost giving up on the game, it keeps closing itself for no reason when I try to enter the menu screen and is very annoying. I tried dualis and dualis works fine, the problem with dualis is its trash-metalic-sound even on the best sample rate.

Disgaea Tactics · September 28th, 2007

Same thing happened to me. Did you go past the beginning yet? Don't press start unless you go past talking to mist and you can walk around fully. I'm not sure how to explain it, but it does that at some point...

Shin01 · September 28th, 2007

I"m having a bit of a problem,when i try to play it doesn't work. I can't even get to the main screen. Just just crash after clicking the icon on the gba bio thing. Anyway to fix it?

Btw how do you save?

RedCarpet · September 28th, 2007

I got my hands on the v2.4e, and now I can access the start menu!!! I been pressing start like for 3 mins or so and no crash at all, thanks to Hiei-YYH for the fast reply and fix. v2.4f you are history!! I will treasure v2.4e instead.

Abantao · September 28th, 2007

what a weired kid,, but this makes sense in the old versions the NDS bios really acted weired,, on some games even encrypted (cause I tried in both decrypted and encrypted games), its crashs and says something like bad rom image I think... well hope martin will fix this bug... thanks for clearing up everything master hiei

Shin01 · September 28th, 2007

How come it takes just so LOoooNG TO load it the save file takes forever to load.

Abantao · September 29th, 2007

try to remove your firmwire from your directory for a mean while (don't delete it just remove it) make sure your keeping your firmwire safe...

hope might help.

Zaraf · October 1st, 2007

IS there a way to make sure that No$GBA always loads the save file properly? I find myself just resetting over and over again until it works. And sometimes it crashes after skipping the intro movie.

RedCarpet · October 1st, 2007

I have noted that no$gba does not update the .sav file whenever you save a game, it seems to update the save file when you CLOSE the emulator, this is extremely frustrating because even if you have saved many times inside the game the emulator does not do the same, and if the emulator/your OS crashes, all data will be lost.

Is there a way to FORCE the emulator to update the .sav file every time you save inside the game?

sigmax · October 1st, 2007

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Originally Posted by RedCarpet

I have noted that no$gba does not update the .sav file whenever you save a game, it seems to update the save file when you CLOSE the emulator, this is extremely frustrating because even if you have saved many times inside the game the emulator does not do the same, and if the emulator/your OS crashes, all data will be lost.

Is there a way to FORCE the emulator to update the .sav file every time you save inside the game?

No there isn't way is better to close the emulator if you know that it will crash soon anyway i got a extrange error last week i've play a game for a hour and when i close the emulator said something like this "Fatal error can't not save"

rfxrlz · October 13th, 2007

2.5 saves better^^
But, for all 2.4f users over there...
once your save is screwed up, youre screwed up, so backup with frecuenc.
Come in your house WALKING... NO TURBO either, save the game... sleep, save the game, get OUT OF YOUR HOUSE, IN AGAIN, save, get out, and then keep playing (id say you should exit the emu after saving to check out if it saved, and not waste gameplay time, guys). This method is used by me and works ^^.

Shin01 · October 13th, 2007

Hm? You can load? I can't load mines.. is there a save problem?

aimless · October 13th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shin01

Hm? You can load? I can't load mines.. is there a save problem?

The save file's supposed to load instantly. If it doesn't, reset and try again. You might need a little patience (One time it took me 2 hours... but don't let that scare you :P)

Game runs peachy on v2.4d...

http://www.ngemu.com/nds/nogba.php?action=get&id=637

It's a good idea to keep backups of your saves handy in case they get corrupted-- copy & paste into another folder will do-- just stuff it back into your Battery folder later... (I do this to bypass Izuna's drop-everything-on-death rule too, but we won't get into that...)

Shin01 · October 13th, 2007

Nope, Still not working for me.. I keep trying over and over agin.. Nothing. Won't load. It still spins but won't load.

aimless · October 13th, 2007

Don't wait for the file to load... if it 'spins' for more than 2 seconds, reset and try again. I meant it when I said instantly.

...Or maybe your save file's corrupted, in which case chuck in a backup or start a new game.

=]Empi3[= · October 15th, 2007

geez. the load thingy sugzzzz.... but i'll try to live with that =P
thx for info =]

September 27th, 2007	#1 (permalink)
RedCarpet Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 10	Harvest Moon Rune Factory Hello, I am new here. The problem I have with no$gba is with the game rune factory, well I know that there is a problem saving and loading savedgames and I already know how to go beyond that, the problem I have is that the emulator suddenly crashes whenever I try to enter the start menu, sometimes I enter the menu screen and the emulator crashes when I try to return to the normal game, also when I try to enter the shell house-thing in the beach it crashes too. Since I am the only one with that problem I have tried to fix it changing the setup but failed. The setup I have right now is Speed: Realtime 16.78MGHZ, Sound Outputigital Stereo Sound Sample:44kHz(best) Nds Backup Media:EEPROM 64kbytes Force 50% step: Enabled/Disabled Force aspect ratio: Enabled/Disabled (I change the screen sizing, it seems to do nothing) The game runs quite fast and smothly, but there is a risk of crashing not only when trying to enter the start menu but in some rare cases when changing maps (exiting the house etc), and the fact that it takes forever to get the emulator to load a savedgame makes it unplayable for me. Thanks in advance for any help provided.

September 27th, 2007	#2 (permalink)
Hiei-YYH THE Hentai M@ster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: MAKAI Posts: 1,424	are you using cheats? __________________ 冥界の王 My NEW Site BEST anime ever!! My Official Code Breaker DS Codes TO THE FANS WHO CAME HERE, WE WILL LET THE SAINT SEIYA IN YOUR HANDS!

September 27th, 2007	#4 (permalink)
Hiei-YYH THE Hentai M@ster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: MAKAI Posts: 1,424	make sure you're not pressing alt+x, because programs don't usually closes it self without an error. __________________ 冥界の王 My NEW Site BEST anime ever!! My Official Code Breaker DS Codes TO THE FANS WHO CAME HERE, WE WILL LET THE SAINT SEIYA IN YOUR HANDS!

September 28th, 2007	#7 (permalink)
Shin01 Riku/Ishida King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 37	I"m having a bit of a problem,when i try to play it doesn't work. I can't even get to the main screen. Just just crash after clicking the icon on the gba bio thing. Anyway to fix it? Btw how do you save? __________________ Hope everyone is having fun... Last edited by Shin01; September 28th, 2007 at 03:58. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

September 28th, 2007	#10 (permalink)
Shin01 Riku/Ishida King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 37	How come it takes just so LOoooNG TO load it the save file takes forever to load. __________________ Hope everyone is having fun...

September 27th, 2007	#3 (permalink)
RedCarpet Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 10	I wish I could but I am stuck at the first day (holyday) and the game has been crashing since I first played, so no I am not using cheats. The version im using is v2.4f, btw I also got another image of the game for testing purposes and it crashes as well, I deleted the emulator and downloaded again and nothing. When I say "crash" I mean that the emu suddenly closes w/o any warning given.

September 27th, 2007	#5 (permalink)
RedCarpet Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 10	Well it does closes itself and also keeps doing the same even on a fresh folder, and my buttons (A,B,L,R etc) are close to the "m", "," "." on the keyboard so is impossible for me to press alt x. I got FF3 and went quite far on it and never crashed no sign of any error at all ( I dont like ff3 is only for testing purposes), I reinstalled direct X and well... the only problem is with rune factory. I am almost giving up on the game, it keeps closing itself for no reason when I try to enter the menu screen and is very annoying. I tried dualis and dualis works fine, the problem with dualis is its trash-metalic-sound even on the best sample rate.

September 28th, 2007	#6 (permalink)
Disgaea Tactics Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Clever Joke Posts: 14	Same thing happened to me. Did you go past the beginning yet? Don't press start unless you go past talking to mist and you can walk around fully. I'm not sure how to explain it, but it does that at some point...

September 28th, 2007	#8 (permalink)
RedCarpet Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 10	I got my hands on the v2.4e, and now I can access the start menu!!! I been pressing start like for 3 mins or so and no crash at all, thanks to Hiei-YYH for the fast reply and fix. v2.4f you are history!! I will treasure v2.4e instead.

October 1st, 2007	#12 (permalink)
Zaraf Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 26	IS there a way to make sure that No$GBA always loads the save file properly? I find myself just resetting over and over again until it works. And sometimes it crashes after skipping the intro movie.

October 1st, 2007	#13 (permalink)
RedCarpet Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 10	I have noted that no$gba does not update the .sav file whenever you save a game, it seems to update the save file when you CLOSE the emulator, this is extremely frustrating because even if you have saved many times inside the game the emulator does not do the same, and if the emulator/your OS crashes, all data will be lost. Is there a way to FORCE the emulator to update the .sav file every time you save inside the game?

October 13th, 2007	#15 (permalink)
rfxrlz Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: somewhere Posts: 3	2.5 saves better^^ But, for all 2.4f users over there... once your save is screwed up, youre screwed up, so backup with frecuenc. Come in your house WALKING... NO TURBO either, save the game... sleep, save the game, get OUT OF YOUR HOUSE, IN AGAIN, save, get out, and then keep playing (id say you should exit the emu after saving to check out if it saved, and not waste gameplay time, guys). This method is used by me and works ^^.

October 13th, 2007	#16 (permalink)
Shin01 Riku/Ishida King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 37	Hm? You can load? I can't load mines.. is there a save problem? __________________ Hope everyone is having fun...

October 13th, 2007	#18 (permalink)
Shin01 Riku/Ishida King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 37	Nope, Still not working for me.. I keep trying over and over agin.. Nothing. Won't load. It still spins but won't load. __________________ Hope everyone is having fun...

October 13th, 2007	#19 (permalink)
aimless Guest Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: in the neighborhood Posts: 2	Don't wait for the file to load... if it 'spins' for more than 2 seconds, reset and try again. I meant it when I said instantly. ...Or maybe your save file's corrupted, in which case chuck in a backup or start a new game.

October 15th, 2007	#20 (permalink)
=]Empi3[= CTC - Anti-Toy Movement! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 50	geez. the load thingy sugzzzz.... but i'll try to live with that =P thx for info =] __________________ My PC Specs ^Here^ [on XFire =]

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