Restoring Save Files to Official NGC Memory Card (Slot A, if it matters)

[suloku]

Restoring Save Files to Official NGC Memory Card (Slot A, if it matters)

[turtleisaac1]

Some additional information: This title was a storage method similar to the modern Pokémon Bank. You would connect your GBA/ GBA SP using a GBA GC Link Cable and move Pokémon from Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red and Leaf Green into the game for storage and exchanging. It also included an additional feature of allowing you to play Ruby and Sapphire on the TV with a GBA GC Link cable without needing a Gameboy Player. (Note: this feature doesn’t work for me.) Also, I am using Nintendont through Homebrew to run it

[suloku]

This is an issue regarding pkhex doing something wrong (probably a checksum on the savefile). The restore process works properly or else the whole savegame would be corrupted (it's a 59 block file after all). Try the latest pkhex update.

Also, you might want to setup dolphin (pc gamecube emulator) and do some tests on it, see if it correctly recognizes the savefile after editing if you want to save some time.

Also, try reopening the edited savegame in pkhex and saving the savefile again, it may fix any missing checksums. Also, try searching in pkhex an option to check the checksums, the option is there at least for th NDS/3DS games and should also be for the GBA/gamecube games (I haven't used pkhex with the new supported games).

Here's pkhex issue reports link: https://github.com/kwsch/PKHeX/issues

Also, It's normal that the ruby/saphire gameplay doesn't work on nintendont. It's actually a GBA emulator running on gamecube and that's not properly "emulated" by nintendont (nintendont isn't an emulator).

[turtleisaac1]

Ok, I’ve moved my USB drive to my computer again and am trying to open the Box Save File but it says it is an unsupported file type. It worked earlier.

[turtleisaac1]

Im trying to use Pokemon Colosseum instead now, and I was able to save the file from PKHeX as the right format and everything. I imported it into Dolphin and the game booted up my save file correctly. Does this mean it will work on the actual GC memory card, or is there something im doing wrong in restoring the file on the memory card from the USB?

[suloku]

If it works on dolphin it should work on nintendont.
It seems your box savefile got corrupted at some point, try again.

Also, you can use virtual memory cards on nintendont (raw files) which is the same forman dolphin uses, you don't need an actual gamecube memory card.

[turtleisaac1]

Im using an actual gamecube memory card because my wii's graphics are broken. I have the colosseum disk, and i prefer using it on the GC anyway

[kwsch]

As stated by @suloku , was because of PKHeX.
kwsch/PKHeX@4778c9c

You can use a build that was posted prior to 2/19 or compile the latest commit data prior to the next release.