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[mixinluv2u]

i have a SCDS-1 with the triple OS loader setup. my default goes to YSMenu, and occasionally i will switch to the Supercard OS if i want to use the more advanced features.

most of the time this goes without a hitch, but i noticed something weird yesterday.

i have been playing Space Invaders Extreme via the YSMenu since i got it. the save file is created by YSMenu automatically, named Space Invaders Extreme.sav. when i switched over to the Supercard OS, it created a new save for me and does not recognize my original save.

saves from most other games created by YSMenu worked just fine. but the following does not get recognized by the Supercard OS:

i checked through my whole microSD card, and here are the rest of the games with saves that were generated by YSMenu but does not get recognized by Supercard OS.

Bleach - The Blade of Fate
Daigasso Band Brothers (Original Mix)
Nanostray

since nanostray is also in there i think we can rule out the "file name too long" or "no spaces in file name" possibility. i also tried updating the ndsinfo.dat, didn't help. also tried running the save files through shunny's save converter, and that didn't work either.

has anyone experienced this problem? or have a solution to it?


P.S.
i changed the save file's extension from .sav to captialized .SAV and it still does not work with Supercard.

[jmr]

as long as you match your save name to your rom they should work
also ive never had to change my save extensions to upper (.SAV) but other people say it works

my save names some have been made with DSTTmenu & some with scdsone & renamed with RToolDS & they all work with both loaders

[Dudu.exe]

I usualy put the supercard to create the save, not the others.. and allways work fine..

[mixinluv2u]

i know it's "supposed" to.  and most of my games work just fine.

but some don't.  even though all the saves were created the same way via YSMenu.

any advice?  possible solution?

[jmr]

try using a rom manager like RToolDS which backs up & restores your saves for you it even renames scdsone saves for you
http://www.retrocovers.com/rtoolds/RToolDS_v0.3.1382.exe

[Slingshot]

Make sure to be using the 17th July ndspatch.dat update, don't trust the re-pack as it forgot to actaully use the updated file      it fixes a few save errors


Also update to the latest ndsinfo.dat file available, maybe the save types are set wrong, or try setting the save size to 'unknown' for those certain roms.

[mixinluv2u]

more development:

i changed the problematic saves file name back to 8.3 short name format and guess what?  they are now recognized by the Supercard OS.

of course in exchange, they are no longer working in YSMenu.

i just find it odd that some saves work with long name under Supercard, and some don't.  there's no consistency with how the system works.

are there any solution to this?  so that i can make the saves work in both YSMenu and Supercard at the same time?


P.S.
is the RToolDS renaming function you speak of simply renaming it to 8.3 format?

[jmr]

ive just tested the 3 games from your fist post with scdsone & TTmenu
(i used ttmenu to create the saves first) (i cant test with YSmenu as i dont use it any more)

0325 - Nanostray (EU)Trashman <-- worked after changing .sav to .SAV
2059 - Bleach - The Blade of Fate (EU)XenoPhobia <-- worked after changing .sav to .SAV
2385 - Daigassou! Band Brothers DX (JP)XenoPhobia <---- worked with out doing anything

[mixinluv2u]

i tried changing the extension from .sav to .SAV and it didn't work for me.

i wonder what the actual cause would be, or how i can fix it?

[jmr]

ive attached the 3 saves that are working for me if you want to try them

there for the EU versions if you have them
0325 - Nanostray (EU)Trashman
2059 - Bleach - The Blade of Fate (EU)XenoPhobia
2385 - Daigassou! Band Brothers DX (JP)XenoPhobia

[mixinluv2u]

so weird thiing... i been renaming my saves.  changing from 8.3 to long name and back.  changing .sav to captialized .SAV and back.

now for some reason the bleach save is working in Supercard, but the rest still does not.

they are all back at long name and with lower case .sav

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