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Advance wars save game, anyone test it ? - sixbras - 02-28-2017 Hi there, I would like to know if someone tested Advance Wars, or Advace Wars 2, with the GBA emulator from Libretro include in the retropie kit from Ed. "Instant saving", using hotkey+L or R shoulder work fine, but "in-game" saving won't. For this game it's a big issue, and it's one of my favorite game, and my goal when i start to build my GPA kit. Can anyone confirm that in-game save for this rom is not working properly ? RE: Advance wars save game, anyone test it ? - Flavor - 03-01-2017 Here's something I might try if I were you. From https://ezflash.sosuke.com/viewtopic.php?t=3165#top Quote:1. download gbata Almost your same question with a simple (maybe useless) reply: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1734/games-won-t-save/2 I'm not sure this is related to your issue, but it's interesting: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/509/how-to-create-game_config-txt-entry-for-gba-emulator Another interesting search result that's somewhat related to this topic: "War Room Challenge 2012 - Advance Wars 2 Hack of Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising" http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/909/ RE: Advance wars save game, anyone test it ? - sixbras - 03-07-2017 Thanks a lot for your help. This week-end i patch my Roms and it work just fine now. By the way it's necessary to perform a clean exit (hotkey + B) to return to the main retropie menu to "validate" the save. If you don't, and just power off , with a long press on power button, save is not available. Same issue with zelda "link to the past" for exemple. Is it a standard behaviour, or do i miss something ? RE: Advance wars save game, anyone test it ? - Flavor - 03-07-2017 (03-07-2017, 12:53 AM)sixbras Wrote: Thanks a lot for your help. This week-end i patch my Roms and it work just fine now. Well, one "problem" with RetroPie is that nothing is quite "standard behavior" because it is a collection of emulators. Most were written by different people, so there is not quite a standard for this type of thing. What is likely happening is that the emulator caches your save. It doesn't actually close/write the file until shutdown. I think you would find that some emulators do write immediately, but I can't say for sure. Yes, I would just recommend that you exit the emulator before shutting down the GPA. In fact, if you made it a habit to use the software shutdown option, that might help you to always exit the emulator first. Code: [Main Menu -> Start Button -> Quit -> Shutdown System] |