Final Fantasy VIII - Cannot Save Game!

Flegmatica · April 9th, 2009, 11:53

Yeah! Thats the way it is. I just cannot save game! Yesterday i started playing VIII and after i finished that big spider i was like YEAH!!!!

. And today im trying to play where i left off but THERE'S NO DATA ON MEMORY CARD

.Why i cannot save game? Other games save their status succefully, only FFVIII has this issue. The problem exist only with ePSXe, but i dont want to use another emulators so any ideas anyone ?

**jonc2006** · April 9th, 2009, 15:04

how do you exit out of the emulator when you want to stop playing, do you return to the GUI and do file>exit? are you using save states in addition to standard memory card saves?

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Flegmatica · April 10th, 2009, 08:26

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how do you exit out of the emulator when you want to stop playing, do you return to the GUI and do file>exit? are you using save states in addition to standard memory card saves?

Well, i press esc and just close it. And no, i dont use save states.

**jonc2006** · April 10th, 2009, 12:45

you need to press esc and then do file>exit, otherwise your data may be compromised.

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Flegmatica · April 10th, 2009, 18:15

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you need to press esc and then do file>exit, otherwise your data may be compromised.

No dice! Still i cannot save the game. Please help me out here, i rly want to play FFVIII!

**jonc2006** · April 10th, 2009, 18:37

what version of epsxe are you using?

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Flegmatica · April 10th, 2009, 20:10

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what version of epsxe are you using?

1.7.0

**jonc2006** · April 10th, 2009, 20:25

do both slot 1 and slot 2 memory cards do this? are you launching epsxe from a shortcut or directly from the executable?

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Flegmatica · April 11th, 2009, 21:01

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do both slot 1 and slot 2 memory cards do this? are you launching epsxe from a shortcut or directly from the executable?

Both of them! And i open ePSXe directly from exe.

**jonc2006** · April 11th, 2009, 21:07

weird. make sure the memcard directory and the files in it are not set to "read-only". you might want to try doing run>enable logs in the GUI and then checking the output window when you attempt to make or load a memory card save, it will sometimes point out any errors or problems being detected.

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Flegmatica · April 14th, 2009, 13:57

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weird. make sure the memcard directory and the files in it are not set to "read-only". you might want to try doing run>enable logs in the GUI and then checking the output window when you attempt to make or load a memory card save, it will sometimes point out any errors or problems being detected.

Again ... No dice!

Squall-Leonhart · April 18th, 2009, 03:18

Enable the console/log window.

does it say that memory cards will not be written?

Turrebo · April 19th, 2009, 12:00

Had the same problem with FF IX. I solved it doing the following: deleted the two memcard files in the epsxe/memcards folder. Then created two memcards using Delta (the well-known ePSXe auto configuration tool) and formatted them. Then within the game I pressed F5 then F4 (it's mentioned somewhere in the ePSXe helpfile). Solved!

Oh, and if you want to exit the game press ESC, then File - Exit.

April 9th, 2009, 11:53	#1
Flegmatica Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Estonia Posts: 22	Final Fantasy VIII - Cannot Save Game! Yeah! Thats the way it is. I just cannot save game! Yesterday i started playing VIII and after i finished that big spider i was like YEAH!!!! . And today im trying to play where i left off but THERE'S NO DATA ON MEMORY CARD .Why i cannot save game? Other games save their status succefully, only FFVIII has this issue. The problem exist only with ePSXe, but i dont want to use another emulators so any ideas anyone ?

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April 9th, 2009, 15:04	#2
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD Posts: 9,793	how do you exit out of the emulator when you want to stop playing, do you return to the GUI and do file>exit? are you using save states in addition to standard memory card saves? __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

April 10th, 2009, 12:45	#4
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD Posts: 9,793	you need to press esc and then do file>exit, otherwise your data may be compromised. __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

April 10th, 2009, 18:37	#6
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD Posts: 9,793	what version of epsxe are you using? __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

April 10th, 2009, 20:25	#8
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD Posts: 9,793	do both slot 1 and slot 2 memory cards do this? are you launching epsxe from a shortcut or directly from the executable? __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

April 11th, 2009, 21:07	#10
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD Posts: 9,793	weird. make sure the memcard directory and the files in it are not set to "read-only". you might want to try doing run>enable logs in the GUI and then checking the output window when you attempt to make or load a memory card save, it will sometimes point out any errors or problems being detected. __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

April 18th, 2009, 03:18	#12
Squall-Leonhart Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 23,270	Enable the console/log window. does it say that memory cards will not be written?

April 19th, 2009, 12:00	#13
Turrebo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1	Had the same problem with FF IX. I solved it doing the following: deleted the two memcard files in the epsxe/memcards folder. Then created two memcards using Delta (the well-known ePSXe auto configuration tool) and formatted them. Then within the game I pressed F5 then F4 (it's mentioned somewhere in the ePSXe helpfile). Solved! Oh, and if you want to exit the game press ESC, then File - Exit.