Mac OSX version of VBA will not save

yuhyuhyon · July 30th, 2008

I have looked everywhere but no one seems to know how to save games for VBA on Macs. I know that it probably is not an issue concerning file size or format. Everytime I expect an automatic battery save after quitting or try to create a save state during game play, one of two errors comes up, respectively:
Error creating file Battery Saves/[game title].sav
Error creating file Save States/[game title].sgm

The interface for VBA between Macs and Windows are completely different so Windows users need not reply if they don't know what they're talking about.

Is this just the way the program runs, because if so it's definitely not worth keeping.

Squall-Leonhart · July 30th, 2008

the emulator will default to saving in the SAVE and BATTERY sub folders
if these do not exist, create them. and make sure they have write permission,

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Last edited by Squall-Leonhart; November 17th, 2008 at 05:29..

yuhyuhyon · July 30th, 2008

thanks dude, figured it out fine.

btw, FF8 is the best, for sure.

jdawson · August 1st, 2008

hey yuhyuhyon - im having the same problem. how exactly did you get it to work?

thanks

JD1234 · August 2nd, 2008

i looked at the read me for the vba and it says to hold shift and press f1-f9 for the save slots. when i do this it sas it has saved but then when i go to play the game there is no saved game, nor is there anything in the save states or battery states folders. how do i load my saves?????

i'm using a mac and playing pokemon and legend of zelda btw.

huxley9 · November 17th, 2008

im having the same problem with the vba. im running the newest Mac OS. anyone know how to fix this?

Squall-Leonhart · November 17th, 2008

Create the folders yo!

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Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!.
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huxley9 · November 17th, 2008

I created the folders..still not saving

Squall-Leonhart · November 17th, 2008

open of the CFG or INI file in a text editor and type the locations for the following

BatteryDir=
captureDir=
saveDir=

__________________

VBA-M | Xtemu | NGOHQ | Post Impact Productions | TNHW | XBCD 0.2.6 | Satanic666's Emulator Compiles
Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct
Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!.
If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help.
Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

huxley9 · November 17th, 2008

i downloaded a different one. i dont think vba is compatible for macs. maybe it is but this other one worked first try

Duncan Idaho · November 30th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squall-Leonhart

open of the CFG or INI file in a text editor and type the locations for the following

BatteryDir=
captureDir=
saveDir=

ok, now i know how to do it, open the VBA.dmg, now the fodler send it to the applications folder and then voila.

Last edited by Duncan Idaho; December 1st, 2008 at 18:26..

netarver17 · January 9th, 2009

ive done all that and the message still pops up:Error creating file Save States/(game name).sgm

KingTreDay · January 23rd, 2009

Note the sub folders should be called Save States and Battery Saves. Not just Save and Battery.

If all else fails redownload and move the entire folder instead.

Squall-Leonhart · January 23rd, 2009

KingTreDay, if you have successfully setup vba mac, write up a setup guide and i'll have it pinned.

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VBA-M | Xtemu | NGOHQ | Post Impact Productions | TNHW | XBCD 0.2.6 | Satanic666's Emulator Compiles
Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct
Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!.
If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help.
Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

erthboy · February 10th, 2009

I've tried 'opening package contents' and creating "Battery Saves" and "Save States" folders in the Content folder as well as the Content>Mac OS and Content>Resources folders, but nothing works.

Can someone please tell us all where it is trying to save to? KingTreDay?

pokemontrainer · June 14th, 2009

i tried to give the folders write permission but its not an option, how do i give them write permission? really need to save on my visual boy advance!

dranzer123 · July 1st, 2009

i have figured out how to save on VBA for mac all you have to do is right click or CTRL click on the VBA folder and go to configure folder actions then you will have to enable folder actions and it will work

Last edited by dranzer123; July 1st, 2009 at 11:24..

blondegrl · July 2nd, 2009

I just moved the visual advance boy file onto my desktop
I think this works because my hard drive will recognize the VBA as a read only app
My desktop allows the file to read and write

It worked for me at least

Squall-Leonhart · July 3rd, 2009

its because mac's suck.

anyway, you can provide write permissions to the folder using dranzers explanation.

__________________

VBA-M | Xtemu | NGOHQ | Post Impact Productions | TNHW | XBCD 0.2.6 | Satanic666's Emulator Compiles
Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct
Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!.
If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help.
Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

kira1986 · July 11th, 2009

first squall macs suck less than windows the problem is the people writing the programs for the mac are to windows based.

this is help for my gf whom is in the us while im in the uk and so i can't just hop on her mac and fix it by trial and error last night by advising her to do the following steps i got the save to work.

the trick is this move vba and the battery saves and the other save folder to your application and place your rom into the save files folder. this will create your saves.

the problem i currently have is opening the save folder at a later point.
any advice?

July 30th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
yuhyuhyon Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA, RI Posts: 4	Mac OSX version of VBA will not save I have looked everywhere but no one seems to know how to save games for VBA on Macs. I know that it probably is not an issue concerning file size or format. Everytime I expect an automatic battery save after quitting or try to create a save state during game play, one of two errors comes up, respectively: Error creating file Battery Saves/[game title].sav Error creating file Save States/[game title].sgm The interface for VBA between Macs and Windows are completely different so Windows users need not reply if they don't know what they're talking about. Is this just the way the program runs, because if so it's definitely not worth keeping.

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huxley9 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California Posts: 4	Mac wont save VBA im having the same problem with the vba. im running the newest Mac OS. anyone know how to fix this?

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July 30th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,860	the emulator will default to saving in the SAVE and BATTERY sub folders if these do not exist, create them. and make sure they have write permission, __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman. Last edited by Squall-Leonhart; November 17th, 2008 at 05:29..

July 30th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
yuhyuhyon Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA, RI Posts: 4	thanks dude, figured it out fine. btw, FF8 is the best, for sure.

August 1st, 2008	#4 (permalink)
jdawson Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: new york Posts: 1	hey yuhyuhyon - im having the same problem. how exactly did you get it to work? thanks

August 2nd, 2008	#5 (permalink)
JD1234 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: UK Posts: 1	i looked at the read me for the vba and it says to hold shift and press f1-f9 for the save slots. when i do this it sas it has saved but then when i go to play the game there is no saved game, nor is there anything in the save states or battery states folders. how do i load my saves????? i'm using a mac and playing pokemon and legend of zelda btw.

November 17th, 2008	#7 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,860	Create the folders yo! __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

November 17th, 2008	#8 (permalink)
huxley9 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California Posts: 4	I created the folders..still not saving

November 17th, 2008	#9 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,860	open of the CFG or INI file in a text editor and type the locations for the following BatteryDir= captureDir= saveDir= __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

November 17th, 2008	#10 (permalink)
huxley9 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California Posts: 4	i downloaded a different one. i dont think vba is compatible for macs. maybe it is but this other one worked first try

January 9th, 2009	#12 (permalink)
netarver17 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United States, North Carolina Posts: 1	ive done all that and the message still pops up:Error creating file Save States/(game name).sgm

January 23rd, 2009	#13 (permalink)
KingTreDay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Posts: 2	Note the sub folders should be called Save States and Battery Saves. Not just Save and Battery. If all else fails redownload and move the entire folder instead.

January 23rd, 2009	#14 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,860	KingTreDay, if you have successfully setup vba mac, write up a setup guide and i'll have it pinned. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

February 10th, 2009	#15 (permalink)
erthboy ...is earthbound Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 2	I've tried 'opening package contents' and creating "Battery Saves" and "Save States" folders in the Content folder as well as the Content>Mac OS and Content>Resources folders, but nothing works. Can someone please tell us all where it is trying to save to? KingTreDay?

June 14th, 2009	#16 (permalink)
pokemontrainer Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Yugoslavia Posts: 1	i tried to give the folders write permission but its not an option, how do i give them write permission? really need to save on my visual boy advance!

July 1st, 2009	#17 (permalink)
dranzer123 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: england Posts: 1	i have figured out how to save on VBA for mac all you have to do is right click or CTRL click on the VBA folder and go to configure folder actions then you will have to enable folder actions and it will work Last edited by dranzer123; July 1st, 2009 at 11:24..

July 2nd, 2009	#18 (permalink)
blondegrl Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: California Posts: 1	I just moved the visual advance boy file onto my desktop I think this works because my hard drive will recognize the VBA as a read only app My desktop allows the file to read and write It worked for me at least

July 3rd, 2009	#19 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,860	its because mac's suck. anyway, you can provide write permissions to the folder using dranzers explanation. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

July 11th, 2009	#20 (permalink)
kira1986 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: uk/london Posts: 2	first squall macs suck less than windows the problem is the people writing the programs for the mac are to windows based. this is help for my gf whom is in the us while im in the uk and so i can't just hop on her mac and fix it by trial and error last night by advising her to do the following steps i got the save to work. the trick is this move vba and the battery saves and the other save folder to your application and place your rom into the save files folder. this will create your saves. the problem i currently have is opening the save folder at a later point. any advice?