I am trying to use a Twilight Princess save I ripped off my gamecube memory card. I have the gci file, I imported it onto a memory card in Dolphin, but whenever I start Twilight Princess, it acts like there is no save present on the memory card. Here is what I did:
I had no .raw memory card file made yet, so I started Twilight Princess and let it "format" the memory card. I went ahead and had it create a game save file. I closed the game, opened the GC Memory Card manager. I opened the .raw file the emulator had made, deleted the Twilight Princess save the game created, and imported the .gci file I ripped from my memory card. It shows correctly in the manager, with the correct title, date, and region. I right clicked and then "Fix Checksums". When I start Twilight Princess, it says it's there is no game save data on the memory card. If I tell it to make new data, it overwrites the data I imported on there, but it will NOT read it. It reads data that it created fine.
I have done any VAST combinations of these steps. I have tried other gci files I downloaded from GameFAQs. Those don't work either. I've tried previous versions of Dolphin. I've tried running as administrator. I've tried running in compatibility mode. I'm STUMPED.
If anyone has any ideas, I would be overjoyed to hear them. Or, if anyone can just take my GCI and put it on a .raw file and send it to me, I would be quite grateful! I'm curious if the program is just not making the .raw file correctly, or if the game isn't reading it correctly.
Thanks in advance!
I had no .raw memory card file made yet, so I started Twilight Princess and let it "format" the memory card. I went ahead and had it create a game save file. I closed the game, opened the GC Memory Card manager. I opened the .raw file the emulator had made, deleted the Twilight Princess save the game created, and imported the .gci file I ripped from my memory card. It shows correctly in the manager, with the correct title, date, and region. I right clicked and then "Fix Checksums". When I start Twilight Princess, it says it's there is no game save data on the memory card. If I tell it to make new data, it overwrites the data I imported on there, but it will NOT read it. It reads data that it created fine.
I have done any VAST combinations of these steps. I have tried other gci files I downloaded from GameFAQs. Those don't work either. I've tried previous versions of Dolphin. I've tried running as administrator. I've tried running in compatibility mode. I'm STUMPED.
If anyone has any ideas, I would be overjoyed to hear them. Or, if anyone can just take my GCI and put it on a .raw file and send it to me, I would be quite grateful! I'm curious if the program is just not making the .raw file correctly, or if the game isn't reading it correctly.
Thanks in advance!