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[m2pt5]

I'm playing Pokemon Pearl a bit on my Supercard SD. (Mostly Diamond on my R4, but that's beside the point.) I wanted to try using the save from Diamond in Pearl, but it still loaded the Pearl save, even after I overwrote the file. I checked the original Pearl save file, and it's just blank like a newly generated save file. I patched with both saver and ROM position on SD.

I even tried removing the .sav file entirely... the game still loaded, and the same save still loaded! Where the heck is it saving and how can I access it?

Edit: It even loads the save on a different DS with a different game in slot-1, so I know it's not saving to the DS or to the game cart. It couldn't be saving to the GBA RAM space or the SRAM because the same save persists several days later. It must be saving to the SD card, but where?

Edit2: I got it to load the different save by changing the file names. I still want to know where the hell it was keeping the old save.

[dantheman]

Hm, if you had a SC miniSD I would have suggested the battery-backed SRAM, but since it's regular SD, I'm stumped.  Perhaps the card was corrupted in some way or something.

[754boy]

Hm, if you had a SC miniSD I would have suggested the battery-backed SRAM, but since it's regular SD, I'm stumped.  Perhaps the card was corrupted in some way or something.

Nope, wasn't corrupt. I was having the exact same problem and I'm using a SC DS. I don't know where or how the hell it was keeping my original save lol.

[johnny9562001]

LOL, i had the same dam problem in pearl. I wouldnt even save to a new save file, so how was i suppose to back up my save or pokesave it? I started a new directory and game.

[Perseid]

I don't know if this applies to the problem you all are having and I'm not actually playing the games, but I've been reading(I think on the EZ-5 forums) that a lot of flash carts are confusing the two games, combining the same save file. Some people have even been using this as an exploit to cheat.

[m2pt5]

I'm playing Pearl on the Supercard and Diamond on my R4 on a different DS. There's no way it could have been getting the saves mixed up.

[onarum]

SC CF here, did a little test to verify this, changed my Pokemon diamond save for a blank one, and it didn't find any old saves, put the save back on and it loaded fine, so at least for me it's saving on the .sav alright...

[bitblt]

I got it to load the different save by changing the file names. I still want to know where the hell it was keeping the old save.

Very interesting Emtu. I've been scratching my head trying to figure out what's going on with Pokemon not working for some members.  Maybe with a little more troubleshooting on your part you will solve this problem. Let me know if there is something specific I can do to help you.  From the limited testing I've done the games seem to work fine with my Supercards.

[uzumakishade]

this happened to me as well, i backed up my earlier save, and then it got corrupted, so i simply started a new game, i took my backup and tried to overwrite the new sav, but it still loaded it, i tried deleting it entirely and putting my backup on again, yet it still didnt work

if you can explain exactly how you got it to work that would be great

[m2pt5]

I think what you need to start with is not a blank save file, but a started save... or at least an "initialized" save, which makes the Supercard actually use the file on the card rather than the mystery wherever-the-hell-it-is file.

Edit: It seems that, unlike many DS games, Pokemon doesn't actually write to the save file before you manually save the game. What you would need then is a 512k save made just after starting the game, which you then use to start a NEW GAME, forcing the SC to use the file.

[impallion]

what is a battery-backed SRAM? I have a miniSD and i'm trying to get pokemon Daimond and Pearl.

[Maeode]

I would be very interested in a step-by-step explanation ^_^;;

Even though I have the Supercard DS one, this exact thing is happening on mine, and I have no idea where this save is, lol
Would really like to be able to replace the save with whatever one I want ^_^

[uzumakishade]

yes i got kinda confused there, would like a in depth explination

[m2pt5]

More detailed explanation:

It seems the Supercard doesn't like to save Pokemon properly when you start with a blank save. Therefore, you need a save that someone has started (preferably with a non-Supercard device) and played to the point where the game can be saved. That way, you're not starting with a blank save. (For all it really matters, you could grab one of these and run it through this, setting the output to R4 so you get a 512k sav file. Rename the result to match your patched ROM, put both on your Supercard, and start a new game from it.)

[Mota]

I remember people posting a while back about supercards saving into wrong/hard to locate locations... I think it was with Castlevania last time. It happened to me with Warioware once, I always assumed the SC was just a little temperamental.