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converting .sav file #12

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joshmarini opened this issue Sep 8, 2013 · 6 comments
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converting .sav file #12

joshmarini opened this issue Sep 8, 2013 · 6 comments
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@joshmarini
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hi, just recently started playing Pokemon crystal, now i'm using a non jailbroken iphone 4, latest IOS version, and got your gearboy app from emu4ios unsure if thats where you get it officially? but anyways i really wanted to get the .sav file off my device so i could edit it using pikasav, which only supports .sav, anyways i got iExplorer and has a search for the .sav file and all ive found is .gearboy, i figured that must be the one, although thats not supported for pikasav, or any other emulator which is slightly disapointing if i want to play it on the computer, is there any way i could convert it to a .sav file?
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drhelius commented Sep 8, 2013

The only official way of getting Gearboy for iOS is by downloading it from Cydia or here: https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy

If you get the sources from Github you'll need a developer account to build it. That's the only way now to install it on non jailbroken phones.

The latest version is now compatible with standard save files but I don't think emu4ios has the latest version.

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thanks for the reply, so is there no way of converting the .gearboy to a save file supported more universally, or is the .sav file compiled inside the .gearboy file?

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drhelius commented Sep 9, 2013

With the latest version you'll have a .gearboy that is identical to the .sav. This conversion will occur automatically if you open your saved game with the latest version.

With your current version you have more bytes in the .gearboy You may be able to strip those bytes by looking at the format in the source code.

@joshmarini
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Is it possible to emulate the new version on the computer, as i don't have/want a jailbroken apple device. Then while emulating is it possible for me to put the save file in for conversion?

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It is possible to open the old the save on the desktop. It will be auto updated. But then there is no way back to open it with an older version of the emulator.

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Would you possibly know how to go about that? I tried opening it with VBA but I didn't have any luck, unless i was doing it wrong?

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