I made this project in response to Dolphin Emulator's somewhat rigid memory card management. I have several .gci files of same games, as a result of dumping my GameCube memory cards. I also wanted to manually pick which set of files to use. As a result, I wrote up this project to help manage the files, without extensive use of the command line.
$ python manager.py -h
usage: manager.py [-h] [--slot {A,B}] [--region {E,EUR,J,JAP,U,USA}]
{link,unlink,backup,restore} ...
A simple save manager for Dolphin Emulator. Useful for multiple save files
used in one game.
positional arguments:
{link,unlink,backup,restore}
subcommand help
link link help
unlink unlink help
backup backup help
restore restore help
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--slot {A,B}, -s {A,B}
Destination slot, A or B
--region {E,EUR,J,JAP,U,USA}, -r {E,EUR,J,JAP,U,USA}
Region, by first letter or three letters only
$ python manager.py link -h
usage: manager.py link [-h] [--file FILE] sub_dir
positional arguments:
sub_dir The sub directory containing .gci files, excluding
your save dir root
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--file FILE, -f FILE One file to link
⚠ Note that using the link subcommand will also automatically backup the file to link.
$ python manager.py unlink -h
usage: manager.py unlink [-h] {file,batch} ...
positional arguments:
{file,batch}
file file help
batch batch help
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
⚠ The two blocks below also apply for Backup.
$ python manager.py unlink file -h
usage: manager.py unlink file [-h] [--file FILE] sub_dir
positional arguments:
sub_dir The sub directory containing .gci files, excluding
your save dir root
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--file FILE, -f FILE One file to restore
$ python manager.py unlink batch -h
usage: manager.py unlink batch [-h] (--batch | --batch-region | --batch-all)
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--batch, -b Batch operation on one region and one slot
--batch-region, -R Batch operation on one region and both slots
--batch-all, -A Batch operation on all regions and both slots
$ python manager.py backup -h
usage: manager.py backup [-h] {file,batch} ...
positional arguments:
{file,batch}
file file help
batch batch help
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
⚠ See above in the Unlink section for file and batch operations.
$ python manager.py restore -h
usage: manager.py restore [-h] [--file FILE] [--number NUMBER] sub_dir
positional arguments:
sub_dir The sub directory containing .gci files, excluding
your save dir root
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--file FILE, -f FILE One file to restore
--number NUMBER, -n NUMBER
Backup number to restore
⚠ Note that although this program attempts to manipulate files in a safe manner (using symlinks, for example), restore is a destructive procedure that overwrites the save file with the backup.
This code is designed around the following:
- Python 3.6+
PyYAMLfor config
⚠ Note that this setup has only been tested on Debian-like distros. Other *nix derivatives should work fine, but no guarantees will be made. Windows may work but will remain untested.
Examine the file:
e.g. Your save_dir is ~/GCN/saves (equivalent to /home/user/GCN/saves). If your specific game saves is in game1 in the parent save_dir (full path: /home/user/GCN/saves/game1), then use game1 in the command as sub_dir.
You should configure region as defined in the file. You can override this in the command using -r or --region followed by the region, e.g. -r USA.
You can change max_backup to a number of your choice. If it's invalid, the program will ignore the value and use a default of 1.
This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Dolphin Emulator or Nintendo. See LICENSE for additional detail.