Can Pyboy load save files?
Hello (yes again), If I were to say make a save file in Pokémon crystal. Would I be able to access that save file on a new instance of emulator?
S(I've tried but pyboy doesn't seem to remember it)
TYes. If you notice, when you save, a .ram file is written to your directory. That SRAM dump will be loaded by pyboy. At least it has with my experience
Syeah, I saw it
Sthe SRAM doesn't seem to load in
TMake sure the ram file is in the same directory you run pyboy in
Snope still doesn't work
THrm. I can experiment later when I'm done with work for the day. You can always use a save state instead
Syeah, that's what I'm living on currently
TI heavily use save states as it is
Sbut the down side is it doesn't support
--soundWhy do you need sound?
SIt's more or so I've been playing around with it than run programs with it
SI've been meaning to run some stuff with it but one side of me said let's complete a game with it first
Sso I kinda ran with it
Sanyways, that's my current predicament
S(p.s. I've wanted to write an emulator of a console for a while as well)
Sanyhow, do you have any idea on why it won't load in the SRAM?
TUsually it's an issue involving the sram file being in the wrong directory
TIf you run it from commandline instead of in a script, what happens? Is there anything in the pyboy help that could be of use?
Swell, I can using the pyboy binary to run
Scurrently the SRAM, ROM and Save State file are all in the same directory
Tso with the pyboy binary it works?
Sand I'm running the pyboy in that same directory
Snope
Sit does not
Sthe binary is the thing I've been using from the start
Twhat if you use --loadstate?
Swell, I get the loadstate but with no sound
Tif you do --loadstate and --sound what happens?
Sthat's what usuall happens, it loads into the state and I get an OS erro. Therefore no sound
S#Save states not functioning properly when sound flag is used
TWhat happens if you pass the .ram file to --loadstate ?
TGitHub
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Shmm never tried that before
TYou should be able to directly get to it after you start the game with something like
Shmm
TI'm kind of guessing at this point. I haven't read that part of the codebase in awhile
Sok
SI'm going through the docs and code as well on this side
BThe save file is always created when you close the emulator properly. If you run it from a script, remember to call
BThe save file will be located next to the ROM file you provided, and automatically loaded
Sah ok
Swell, I've managed to fix it
Swell, the thing that happens is that whenever a save state loads in while the sound flag is enabled it gets the error in #Save states not functioning properly when sound flag is used then when I try to exit the window closses but the terminal process does not exit
Stherefore I need to force exit it, which isn't a proper shut
Sthat's what was happening
Sso, the root cause was #Save states not functioning properly when sound flag is used