I need saving help

Snackhat123 · Post by **Snackhat123** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:23 pm

First of all, I'm sure you guys get these constantly, and I am sorry, but I need help.

I was playing Earthbound yesterday and saved in game (go to phone booth). I came back later and found nothing saved. Realizing I had to save by the emulator's way, I did this today. Later I booted it up again, clicked on the arrow leading to saves, and found "Earthbound". I clicked it and nothing happened. I then moved my emulator to the desktop (it was in "My Documents") and rebooted it. I found EVERY SAVE deleted and the emulator could not find my SNES folder.

I'm stumped. please help!

Snackhat123 · Post by **Snackhat123** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:33 am

Post by **Agozer** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:30 am

ZSNES can't find your saves if you move the emulator somewhere else and do not edit ZSNES' paths to reflect the change. Check Config --> Paths or edit zsnesw.cfg and make sure that ZSNES looks for saves in the right place.

Also, either manually navigate to the right directory where your games are or edit zsnesw.cfg and make sure that the rompath is correct.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:14 am

Furthermore, using in-game saves DOES work. You do NOT need to use save states instead of in-game saves, and relying exclusively on save states is dangerous.

DBzsnes10 · Post by **DBzsnes10** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:31 pm

I really can't figure out saving with zsnes. My controls I set are never saved when i come back if the program has been closed, same for game saves (in game AND save states) Is there a setting somewhere i have to change so that things don't reset from closing the program? I've explored all the options with Zsnes open. Please help!

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:46 pm

I'm not sure why you are bumping this thread, but try Misc->Save Cfg.

If that's not working, it's probably because you don't have full read/write permission for the folder ZSNES is in.

For saves or savestates, make sure you define a save directory that has full read/write permissions. Otherwise, your issues will persist.

For the sake of saying the obvious, make sure you are not running ZSNES from the zip file it comes in. That would cause the same kinds of issues, except in a more dumb fashion.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:24 am

Or, try the simpler approach of running it as an administrator.

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:16 am

Deathlike2 wrote:For the sake of saying the obvious, make sure you are not running ZSNES from the zip file it comes in. That would cause the same kinds of issues, except in a more dumb fashion.

Or from a CD... but yeah, transparent archive support in recent winders is a real pain when left to the clueless.

Post by **odditude** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:50 pm

if a user unpacks zsnes in program files or program files (x86) under vista or 7, all config files etc will be read-only. issue is due to windows enforcing "programs shouldn't be writing to Program Files, settings should be in registry or %appdata%".

workarounds:
1. explicitly run zsnes as administrator each time by right-clicking and choosing "Run as Administrator" or by selecting the same option in the app's shortcut.
2. install zsnes elsewhere, such as c:\emulators\zsnes.

given that the first workaround requires far more effort and is going to go over the heads of most users, i recommend option 2.

sticky for great justice?

<Justice> maybe if more similar reports flood in.

Post by **badinsults** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:24 am

I don't think it needs a sticky. If it becomes a common complaint, we can add it to the FAQs.