Fix your broken Pokemon FireRed/Leaf Green saves here!

Squall-Leonhart · November 15th, 2008

This is a guide on how to recover Pokemon saves made using the wrong save settings (i.e. Flash 64K instead of Flash 128K). At this moment, I cannot fully guarantee that it will work under all circumstances, but chances are that the following procedure will produce viable results.

Required files

A save state that was made using the Flash 64K save type
An unpatched version of the rom of the game used to create the save state above (note that you may need to re-dump if you patched your existing rom)
A copy of VisualBoyAdvance

Instructions

Create a new folder somewhere on your hard drive
Copy the save state, the rom, and the emulator into the new folder you created in step 1. NO OTHER FILES SHOULD BE IN THAT FOLDER
Open the emulator, but do not load the rom. DO NOT CHANGE ANY SAVE SETTINGS
If you are playing Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, you should turn on the Real Time Clock by going to Options -> Emulator -> Real Time Clock
Load the rom. You may get a white screen - that is normal behavior, so proceed to the next step
Load the save state by going to File -> Load... and selecting the save state (it should show up on the screen without requiring you to change directories)
Your saved game should be loaded. Then change the save type by going to Options -> Emulator -> Save Type -> Flash 128K
Use the in-game save (i.e. press Enter to open the in-game menu and choose Save)
After going through the entire saving process, close the emulator. If you look in the new folder you created in step 1, you should see a 128KB save file corresponding to your rom.
Create another new folder within the folder you made in step 1
Copy the emulator and the rom into the folder you created in step 9. DO NOT COPY ANY OF THE OTHER FILES
Open the copy of the emulator you copied in the last step (i.e. in the newest folder). Do not load the rom
Change the save type to Flash 128K by going to Options -> Emulator -> Save Type -> Flash 128K
If you are playing Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, you should turn on the Real Time Clock by going to Options -> Emulator -> Real Time Clock
Load the copy of the rom found in the newest folder you made - it should be the one that shows up automatically on the screen
There should be NO white screen. Now go to File -> Import -> Battery File... Click on the icon with the folder and an upward-pointing arrow (i.e. go to the folder you created in step 1). Load the 128KB save that was created in step 8. At the confirmation screen, click "Yes"
After the initial intro screen, you should get an error message like "The save file is corrupted. The previous save file will be load." That is correct behavior, so proceed to the next step
Choose to continue with the existing save file
Now use the in-game save again (i.e. press Enter to open the in-game menu and choose Save)
Reset the emulator (File -> Reset)
When the rom loads again, there should be no error message pertaining to the save. If you close the emulator, you will find a 128KB save file corresponding to the rom in the newest folder you made (in step 9). Delete all the files in the folder you made in step 1 so that you don't confuse them with the good saves (don't delete the folder you made in step 9 of course).
Continue playing using the in-game save that was generated in steps 19-22. You may want to make a save state immediately just in case

There seems to be some issues with Fire Red saves that makes them impossible to recover. Recovery with Leaf Green saves seems to be possible.

Note, i ripped this guide from another site, and i don't care if the punk cuts a **** about it, i edited out all his lamer illegal bs and made it ngemu friendly.

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Last edited by Squall-Leonhart; August 16th, 2009 at 23:27..

Marloss · January 3rd, 2009

I have a problem.
In step 8 where I'm going to save I get the error "Save error. Please exchange the backup memory." That save is needed in step 17/18 so I'm stuck.
I would really appreciate help.

Squall-Leonhart · January 4th, 2009

pokemon firered, right?

yeah, im looking into it,
....i'll see if its possible to create a tool to inject a working memory card into a save state.

__________________

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.

Marloss · January 5th, 2009

That's right. Pokémon FireRed. Thanks alot.

Jylnnana · January 13th, 2009

What about MAC users.

Squall-Leonhart · January 14th, 2009

sorry, can't help them.

__________________

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.

Sharkaat · May 9th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squall-Leonhart

pokemon firered, right?

yeah, im looking into it,
....i'll see if its possible to create a tool to inject a working memory card into a save state.

Any news regarding this?

Squall-Leonhart · May 10th, 2009

not until mudlord has net access at home.

__________________

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.

Squall-Leonhart · May 13th, 2009

indeed

If you need anything let me know, Guys in this thread, post your save states so we can hex compare them with a state which includes the battery data

__________________

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.

Unhinged · May 13th, 2009

I've e-mailed this save state to Squall already, but it was a while ago, so here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/file/nlqd1y...- Fire Red.sgm

VBA 1.7.2 (sigh)/64k

I really hope a battery repair patch can be made.

Last edited by Unhinged; August 4th, 2009 at 16:44.. Reason: Removed reference to sacrificing a goat in the name of a former member.

m3n3ld1r · May 14th, 2009

I've also uploaded a file to: MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
Also VBA 1.7.2 and saved using 64K

Squall-Leonhart · May 14th, 2009

thanks guys, this should help.

__________________

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.

m3n3ld1r · May 14th, 2009

thank us? thank you for doing this!

Znex · May 23rd, 2009

More savestates!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/yz0zyi...- Fire Red.sgm

Last edited by Znex; May 23rd, 2009 at 04:18..

zhorippong · May 24th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squall-Leonhart

However, if you have a Leaf Green rom it is possible to fix the firered save using these instructions, with the Leaf Green rom.

Hi.. I was looking for a way to fix my save and I do have Leaf Green rom..
So I tried, but when I open LG rom and try to load the state save thing.. it says it can't because it's FR file...
Maybe I am doing something wrong..? T^T
How should I proceed to fix my FR save with LF rom..?

Thank you..!

erictooth · May 25th, 2009

I've tried this a couple of times using VBA link 1.8 (which I have gotten to save properly with a vba-over.ini on NEW GAMES), but unfortunately I had been making savestates without a vba-over and it was set to flash 64k. I've been trying to convert them, and almost got there by making a gameshark snapshot which made a 128KB .sa1 file (instead of 64!!), but I don't know what to do now. The game just starts as if there is no save (but at least I don't get the 1m circuit board).

What should I try?

Edit: I should note that when saving in game using the steps above it says "Save error. Please exchange the backup memory."

Squall-Leonhart · May 25th, 2009

the savestate contains corrupted battery data, we are looking at creating a patcher which rebuilds the battery area of the state.

__________________

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.

Monkey316 · May 27th, 2009

that would be awsome

Jhong253 · May 28th, 2009

Hi,

First off, thank you for looking into this issue! Is there any news?
I'm new to the forum, just joined yesterday. Being new, I have no idea how to post my save state on here. If any one could show me, it would be helpful...

I have the same issues as rest of these guys -- I beat Elite 4 for first time on FireRed, but because I saved states with 64K (sigh...), I couldn't make any in-game saves. I do happen to have a save state right before beating the Elite 4.

I do have to note that I (n00bishly) downloaded and used VBA-Beta emulator instead of VBA 1.80 that I just downloaded today for the saved state right before Elite4. So the save state files are .sgm files instead of the .sg1 files VBA 1.8 makes.

Squall-Leonhart · May 28th, 2009

sg1 is VBA-Link

__________________

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 15th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	Fix your broken Pokemon FireRed/Leaf Green saves here! This is a guide on how to recover Pokemon saves made using the wrong save settings (i.e. Flash 64K instead of Flash 128K). At this moment, I cannot fully guarantee that it will work under all circumstances, but chances are that the following procedure will produce viable results. Required files A save state that was made using the Flash 64K save type An unpatched version of the rom of the game used to create the save state above (note that you may need to re-dump if you patched your existing rom) A copy of VisualBoyAdvance Instructions Create a new folder somewhere on your hard drive Copy the save state, the rom, and the emulator into the new folder you created in step 1. NO OTHER FILES SHOULD BE IN THAT FOLDER Open the emulator, but do not load the rom. DO NOT CHANGE ANY SAVE SETTINGS If you are playing Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, you should turn on the Real Time Clock by going to Options -> Emulator -> Real Time Clock Load the rom. You may get a white screen - that is normal behavior, so proceed to the next step Load the save state by going to File -> Load... and selecting the save state (it should show up on the screen without requiring you to change directories) Your saved game should be loaded. Then change the save type by going to Options -> Emulator -> Save Type -> Flash 128K Use the in-game save (i.e. press Enter to open the in-game menu and choose Save) After going through the entire saving process, close the emulator. If you look in the new folder you created in step 1, you should see a 128KB save file corresponding to your rom. Create another new folder within the folder you made in step 1 Copy the emulator and the rom into the folder you created in step 9. DO NOT COPY ANY OF THE OTHER FILES Open the copy of the emulator you copied in the last step (i.e. in the newest folder). Do not load the rom Change the save type to Flash 128K by going to Options -> Emulator -> Save Type -> Flash 128K If you are playing Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, you should turn on the Real Time Clock by going to Options -> Emulator -> Real Time Clock Load the copy of the rom found in the newest folder you made - it should be the one that shows up automatically on the screen There should be NO white screen. Now go to File -> Import -> Battery File... Click on the icon with the folder and an upward-pointing arrow (i.e. go to the folder you created in step 1). Load the 128KB save that was created in step 8. At the confirmation screen, click "Yes" After the initial intro screen, you should get an error message like "The save file is corrupted. The previous save file will be load." That is correct behavior, so proceed to the next step Choose to continue with the existing save file Now use the in-game save again (i.e. press Enter to open the in-game menu and choose Save) Reset the emulator (File -> Reset) When the rom loads again, there should be no error message pertaining to the save. If you close the emulator, you will find a 128KB save file corresponding to the rom in the newest folder you made (in step 9). Delete all the files in the folder you made in step 1 so that you don't confuse them with the good saves (don't delete the folder you made in step 9 of course). Continue playing using the in-game save that was generated in steps 19-22. You may want to make a save state immediately just in case There seems to be some issues with Fire Red saves that makes them impossible to recover. Recovery with Leaf Green saves seems to be possible. Note, i ripped this guide from another site, and i don't care if the punk cuts a ** about it, i edited out all his lamer illegal bs and made it ngemu friendly. __________________ 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; August 16th, 2009 at 23:27..

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January 3rd, 2009	#2 (permalink)
Marloss Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 2	I have a problem. In step 8 where I'm going to save I get the error "Save error. Please exchange the backup memory." That save is needed in step 17/18 so I'm stuck. I would really appreciate help.

January 4th, 2009	#3 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	pokemon firered, right? yeah, im looking into it, ....i'll see if its possible to create a tool to inject a working memory card into a save state. __________________ 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.

January 5th, 2009	#4 (permalink)
Marloss Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 2	That's right. Pokémon FireRed. Thanks alot.

January 13th, 2009	#5 (permalink)
Jylnnana Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: virginia Posts: 4	What about MAC users.

January 14th, 2009	#6 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	sorry, can't help them. __________________ 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.

May 10th, 2009	#8 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	not until mudlord has net access at home. __________________ 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.

May 13th, 2009	#9 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	indeed If you need anything let me know, Guys in this thread, post your save states so we can hex compare them with a state which includes the battery data __________________ 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.

May 13th, 2009	#10 (permalink)
Unhinged Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: tangentland Posts: 1	I've e-mailed this save state to Squall already, but it was a while ago, so here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/file/nlqd1y...- Fire Red.sgm VBA 1.7.2 (sigh)/64k I really hope a battery repair patch can be made. Last edited by Unhinged; August 4th, 2009 at 16:44.. Reason: Removed reference to sacrificing a goat in the name of a former member.

May 14th, 2009	#11 (permalink)
m3n3ld1r Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Argentina Posts: 2	I've also uploaded a file to: MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service Also VBA 1.7.2 and saved using 64K

May 14th, 2009	#12 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	thanks guys, this should help. __________________ 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.

May 14th, 2009	#13 (permalink)
m3n3ld1r Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Argentina Posts: 2	thank us? thank you for doing this!

May 23rd, 2009	#14 (permalink)
Znex Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 1	More savestates! http://www.mediafire.com/file/yz0zyi...- Fire Red.sgm Last edited by Znex; May 23rd, 2009 at 04:18..

May 25th, 2009	#16 (permalink)
erictooth Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: United States Posts: 3	I've tried this a couple of times using VBA link 1.8 (which I have gotten to save properly with a vba-over.ini on NEW GAMES), but unfortunately I had been making savestates without a vba-over and it was set to flash 64k. I've been trying to convert them, and almost got there by making a gameshark snapshot which made a 128KB .sa1 file (instead of 64!!), but I don't know what to do now. The game just starts as if there is no save (but at least I don't get the 1m circuit board). What should I try? Edit: I should note that when saving in game using the steps above it says "Save error. Please exchange the backup memory."

May 25th, 2009	#17 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	the savestate contains corrupted battery data, we are looking at creating a patcher which rebuilds the battery area of the state. __________________ 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.

May 27th, 2009	#18 (permalink)
Monkey316 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: NZ Posts: 1	that would be awsome

May 28th, 2009	#19 (permalink)
Jhong253 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: IN Posts: 2	Hi, First off, thank you for looking into this issue! Is there any news? I'm new to the forum, just joined yesterday. Being new, I have no idea how to post my save state on here. If any one could show me, it would be helpful... I have the same issues as rest of these guys -- I beat Elite 4 for first time on FireRed, but because I saved states with 64K (sigh...), I couldn't make any in-game saves. I do happen to have a save state right before beating the Elite 4. I do have to note that I (n00bishly) downloaded and used VBA-Beta emulator instead of VBA 1.80 that I just downloaded today for the saved state right before Elite4. So the save state files are .sgm files instead of the .sg1 files VBA 1.8 makes.

May 28th, 2009	#20 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	sg1 is VBA-Link __________________ 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.