Question about Real Time Clock

Fiddis · August 10th, 2012, 00:33

I've recently made a dump of my Pokemon Ruby save because I wanted to experiment with playing the game on an emulator a bit. It works fine, no error messages and I can grow berries and everything, except after the dump the in game clock is bizarrely off of the real time but otherwise works. I've tried dumping my save back to the original cart and the time fixes itself.

As the clock is dependant upon the cart's hardware (internal battery etc.) to function I presume the time being incorrect while playing in VBA but correct while playing the same save on the original cart is something to do with however VBA implements its RTC functionality. Is there anything I can do to VBA to get the time to line up right while playing my game using the emulator?

Smilley · August 10th, 2012, 07:47

Did you try flipping on Options->Emulator->Real Time Clock?

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Fiddis · August 10th, 2012, 10:22

Yes, I did that, the clock is working; it's just working super out of line with the one on the physical cart. I'm primarily wondering if there's anything to the RTC emulation such that I can adjust it beyond just turning it on or off.

**SCHUMI_4EVER** · August 10th, 2012, 14:03

It runs off your system time as far as I remember.

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August 10th, 2012, 00:33	#1
Fiddis Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2	Question about Real Time Clock I've recently made a dump of my Pokemon Ruby save because I wanted to experiment with playing the game on an emulator a bit. It works fine, no error messages and I can grow berries and everything, except after the dump the in game clock is bizarrely off of the real time but otherwise works. I've tried dumping my save back to the original cart and the time fixes itself. As the clock is dependant upon the cart's hardware (internal battery etc.) to function I presume the time being incorrect while playing in VBA but correct while playing the same save on the original cart is something to do with however VBA implements its RTC functionality. Is there anything I can do to VBA to get the time to line up right while playing my game using the emulator?

August 10th, 2012, 07:47	#2
Smilley Hopeless Optimist Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Austria Posts: 3,005	Did you try flipping on Options->Emulator->Real Time Clock? __________________ No$GBA Quick FAQ: Spoiler: Q1: Savegame doesn't load. A: Set correct save type. Look here, divide by 8! Q2: "Cannot Read Data" error A: See above! Q3: Snapshots? A: Only work for GBA games. Q4: NDS linking, NDS with GBA slot, Picto-Chat, trading, ... A: Not yet available. Q5: When do we get a new version? A: We don't know. Martin won't tell. Q6: Donation down? A: Yes, and we can't do anything about it either. Q7: Game stops without appearent cause. A: Turn the Sound option on. Q8: No$Zoomer problems. A: See here! Q9: What do I need for Pokémon HG/SS? A: This.

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August 10th, 2012, 10:22	#3
Fiddis Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2	Yes, I did that, the clock is working; it's just working super out of line with the one on the physical cart. I'm primarily wondering if there's anything to the RTC emulation such that I can adjust it beyond just turning it on or off.

August 10th, 2012, 14:03	#4
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,318	It runs off your system time as far as I remember. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!