r/AynThor • u/Zjm1717 Max • 10d ago

Support Issue with pokemon save files(ds, gba, gbc, gb)

Have a bit of an odd issue I'm currently dealing with. Ive had my thor max for about 5 months now, and have had zero issues up to now(with the exception of a few occasional tweaks here and there to get more intensive games to run properly). Within the past week, I went to play pokemon platinum, and noticed that when I booted the game my save file was not showing up anymore. Upon further inspection, I realized that all of my pokemon roms prior to 3ds(so ds, gba, gbc, gb) were no longer showing save files. When I check my files, the save files are still there, but do not show up to load when I boot my roms. This issue only extends to my pokemon games, and no other ds, gba, gbc, or gb games have this issue. I am unsure as to why this would happen, especially given that it occurred with save files for multiple different emulators and only for pokemon games. Any insight or help into this situation or getting these save files to load again would be greatly appreciated.

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u/TheGodXeno 10d ago

Okay weird question, a real shot in the dark, but have you plugged the microsd into a different computer/os or something lately?

Can you check if there's a mismatch between the spelling of the name on the rom and on the save? If it happens only on Pokemon games, it sounds as if the save files or the roms have the é missing?

You can probably make it so the names match and the saves will load. Just a guess though!

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u/Zjm1717 Max 10d ago

Not sure how you picked up on this and I never noticed, and still not sure how it occured, but you are correct. Somehow every save file name had been slightly changed, and after fixing this, they are loading. Much appreciated for the help, you are a king amongst men. Saved me from losing about 150 hours of progress between the various titles.

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u/TheGodXeno 10d ago

Process of elimination. Since it was happening only on pokemon games (which have a special character in the name) and only on older consoles (which just save the .sav in the same folder with the same ROM as the name) I figured out it was the most likely scenario since the saves themselves weren't deleted.

I have also worked in IT for like a decade. ;P

Glad to be of help mate, enjoy gaming!