B2 Save File Missing / Broken

888Jazzy888 · 2024-12-31 06:54:08

2 years ago now i had a randomized save file of pokemon black 2 where i beat the elite 4. Unfortunatly due to shuffling files on my computer (and/or moving computers) I lost/deleted the saves states that i had been using to save the game.

I know now that save states are *not* how someone should be saving their pokemon games. oops.

the files that i can find left over are a ".nds" files from the original creation - this is blank. and a ".dsv" file that i cannot use(?). My understanding is that this is a save file that the game made automatically. (based on the date of the file (a year after the original) i am assuming this would be the hall of fame.

however previous googling (a year ago now, 2023) i was told that i needed to convert this to a ".sav" file to do anything. however my attempts to run the subsequent file also failed.

I have since shuffled files around again but i can safely say i have 4 files.

a 2021 .nds file
a 2022 .dsv file
and two 2023 .sav files labelled ".dsv.sav" presumably by the conversion software.

I would love to find a way to access the original save again. But at this point i have basically given up hope. I only though to seek out DeSmuMe-specific forums recently but was to depressed to reach out until now.

if someone could please tell me if the save (and my team) are lost for good or if there is still hope. I could look again for the save states but at this point i am confident they are gone.

Edit: as should be obvious i am not tech savy in the slightest and the fact that i managed to download and run an emulator still suprises me to this day

Last edited by 888Jazzy888 (2024-12-31 06:54:52)

zeromus · 2024-12-31 19:25:24

The information that it must be converted to sav is wrong. Here is how to recover your data. It is called "the .dsv transplant".
1. Clear a new directory to work in. Place the .nds and desmume.exe in there
2. Load the NDS in desmume. Start a new game. Save it. Close desmume
3. Hunt for the .dsv desmume created just now
4. Replace it with your hears old .dsv
5. Open desmume and enjoy the old save data

#1 2024-12-31 06:54:08

B2 Save File Missing / Broken

#2 2024-12-31 19:25:24

Re: B2 Save File Missing / Broken

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