Playing Games Across Multiple Computers

[djotaku]

I'm curious whether the saves are per game or the entire "Wii". Say on computer A I started Game 1 and on computer B I started Game 2. Now I want to continue playing Game 2 on computer A - can I transfer just the save for that game or would it end up over-writing Game 1's save?

[mbc07]

Wii saves goes to <dolphin user folder>\Wii\title\00010000\<gameID>

<dolphin user folder> refer to your personal folder. Assuming that you're using 3.5-2143 or newer (and hadn't created the Dolphin reg keys or a portable.txt file next to Dolphin.exe), it'll be My Documents\Dolphin Emulator. If you've created a portable.txt file and put next to Dolphin.exe, it'll be <folder containing Dolphin.exe>\User. And if you've created the reg key, well, then you know what your folder is. Click here for more details.

<gameID> isn't the same used by Dolphin, it's set by the game creators, but you can easily discover the ID by right-clicking the game in the Dolphin browser and then choosing "Open Wii Save Folder". For example, Just Dance 4 NTSC-U save is located at "Wii\title\00010000\534a5845", so, if you copy the folder 534a5845 to the other computer, you're copying your save for Just Dance 4 NTSC-U

We have also the "Export Wii Save" option, but it doesn't work for some games...

[LPFaint99]

We have also the "Export Wii Save" option, but it doesn't work for some games...

You are correct when going from dolphin -> wii/wiiU, but as far as my testing shows, it should work dolphin <> dolphin transfers, just slower imo than grabbing the directory

[mbc07]

Wow! Exporting saves that have subfolders works now? Nice!

[djotaku]

That's pretty awesome guys! Thanks! It's great to know that it works that way! I'll obviously make backups before overwriting anything, but I'm excited! Sweet!