Save file conversion

tuntis · Post by **tuntis** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:41 am

I've got this really big bunch of SNES roms with saves on probably every single game (they've been in use for years), but the problem is that they've been played with some real old version of zsnes.

I really don't want to go through every save with 1.42 to "convert" them, what should I do? :/

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:52 am

what type of saves? save states or sram saves? for save states you can try zsnes 1.51

sram saves are compatible with all versions, except maybe the very first public release ever =\

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:17 pm

franpa wrote:sram saves are compatible with all versions, except maybe the very first public release ever =\

Why shouldn't it?

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:19 pm

creaothceann wrote:
franpa wrote:sram saves are compatible with all versions, except maybe the very first public release ever =\
Why shouldn't it?

Completely random comments deserve completely random franpa alerts.

SonGoku1905 · Post by **SonGoku1905** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:37 pm

Deathlike2 wrote:
creaothceann wrote:
franpa wrote:sram saves are compatible with all versions, except maybe the very first public release ever =\
Why shouldn't it?
Completely random comments deserve completely random franpa alerts.

Afaik, sram saves are completely not related to emulators, and created by the rom only. They can be exchanged and used in all builds and versions. You can take a sram created by a 3 year old snes9x and use it on zsnes 1.51 if you like. Isn't it ?

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:49 pm

Unless there was some horrible SRAM saving or loading bug in one of the versions.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:42 pm

SonGoku1905 wrote:
Deathlike2 wrote:
creaothceann wrote:
franpa wrote:sram saves are compatible with all versions, except maybe the very first public release ever =\
Why shouldn't it?
Completely random comments deserve completely random franpa alerts.
Afaik, sram saves are completely not related to emulators, and created by the rom only. They can be exchanged and used in all builds and versions. You can take a sram created by a 3 year old snes9x and use it on zsnes 1.51 if you like. Isn't it ?

I'd like to think people thought more about their responses, but I guess 2 for 2 stupidities today is one too many.

The ROM doesn't "create" the SRAM. The game tells what to modify and the emu (or the actual console) and does its job. Whether or not SRAM is properly created or properly read is a different issue, and I doubt emus (particular SNES emus) have had many (if any) issues dealing with SRAM. SRAM is not an emu specific thing (savestates are emu specific).

Post by **Nach** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:03 am

tuntis, as long as your save was made with 0.600 or after, it should play in 1.51 for the most part. Other wise, you'll need to use 1.42 to convert it. If there was a demand for it, I may make a stand alone convert program.