Super Mario RPG saves

Jordan06pr · Post by **Jordan06pr** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:54 am

I am having problems with my Super Mario RPG saved file. I have updated to the latest version of ZSNES, I scanned my rom with NSRT Frontend and it is working correctly, Also my checksum is good.

My CRC32: 1B8A0625

My game froze as I finished the fight with the second boss of the sunken ghost ship, and since then it appears that my file was deleted at the load screen when i run the game, when in fact the .srm file is still in my folder.

Oh and did I miss any requirements for a bug report?

Jordan06pr · Post by **Jordan06pr** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:59 am

I see this is a SA-1 game so I'm going to try version 1.42 or before...

Update: Never mind it didn't work

nintendo_nerd · Post by **nintendo_nerd** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:50 pm

Zsnes handles SA-1 games rather horribly; I'd use Snes9x 1.52 since as of right now, it's one of the better SNES emulators.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:57 pm

zsnes 1.36 is best, I played through it all without a single freeze and beat all optional quests as well.

Jordan06pr · Post by **Jordan06pr** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:12 pm

Well i have those so I'll use them but is there anyway to recover my save? I still have the .srm file

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:02 pm

Yes. *.srm files are compatable between emulators, regardless if it's ZSNES to Snes9X, Wii version of Snes9X to bsnes, or bsnes to OSX version of ZSNES, etc etc etc.

Jordan06pr · Post by **Jordan06pr** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:05 pm

Well that's good but the .srm file is not being recognized by the emulator or rom, I'm not sure what the problem is. I run the game and it just shows 4 empty save slots...

Post by **odditude** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:26 pm

search for a second copy of the file in another location. alternatively, your .srm might have been corrupted when the game crashed.

Jordan06pr · Post by **Jordan06pr** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:56 pm

I have a feeling that's what happened, so can I un-corrupt the file? Or should i start over in the game and if I do how would i go about making sure i have a backup for the save file?

Post by **odditude** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:09 pm

Jordan06pr wrote:how would i go about making sure i have a backup for the save file?

make a copy of the file and rename it. lather, rinse, repeat as paranoia demands.

Jordan06pr · Post by **Jordan06pr** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:46 pm

K thank you, I guess that would be the simplest way, I'll post an update if I have any more trouble