Converting an old extracted save to r104 supported save

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Rev 86 says that I have to already have save data.
2.Rev 104 [latest] says that it isn't supported. I tried the converting.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Save files installing.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Latest so far [rev104] and an older one [rev86]

Please provide any additional information below.

A friend and I wanted to trade wiis. Everything is going great until the wii 
save thing starts to mess up. I used an old save game manager by accident 
believing that I had updated to the latest one using homebrew browser. Help is 
very much appreciated.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by nimickin...@gmail.com on 13 Jun 2011 at 1:24

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First, the save need to exist on nand to be overwrited with the new one. So 
play game one time to create save in the Wii.

then, the save need to be in a specifical way to be supported with last r104.
if you own an extracted save "yourPath/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/":
 - open this save on your PC
 - create a file named "index.sgmgx"
 - be sure this file is in the same folder as the "banner.bin"
 - in this file, add for each file (not folders) a line with the nand path of the file:
    (/title/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxx/data/filename)
 - be carreful, if you found an invalid fat character replacement( " * / : < > ? \ | ), report to conversion list below
 - put your sd in your wii, then try to install

here the invalid characters conversion list:
  " : " = "(COLON)"
  " * " = "(STAR)"
  " " " = "(QUOTE)"
  " \ " = "(BSLACH)"
  " / " = "(SLACH)"
  " ? " = "(INTER)"
  " | " = "(VERTICAL)"
  " < " = "(INF)"
  " > " = "(SUP)"

I've linked 2 saves that can be used as examples, one containing subfolders, 
and one with invalid characters replacement.

Original comment by dj_sk...@hotmail.com on 13 Jun 2011 at 3:53

• Changed title: Converting an old extracted save to r104 supported save
• Changed state: Done

Attachments:

• saves_conversion_to_r104_examples.rar

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Is there an easier way? RPG intros are hard to sit through!

Original comment by nimickin...@gmail.com on 13 Jun 2011 at 3:59

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rextract with r104 and install with r104,
or install r86 extracted with r86.
the save format as been modified 2 times(r87 and r89)

Original comment by dj_sk...@hotmail.com on 13 Jun 2011 at 4:16

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Nevermind, I'm already close to halfway setting his saves back to normal.

Original comment by nimickin...@gmail.com on 13 Jun 2011 at 5:06

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you can all extract and all install in one time if all save are existing on the 
destination wii with the ManageAll fonctions

Original comment by dj_sk...@hotmail.com on 13 Jun 2011 at 5:17

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I'm sorry but you guys are talking in hard code, I don't really understand
anything. But I got it barely.

Original comment by nimickin...@gmail.com on 14 Jun 2011 at 1:06

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you can extract all saves in one action in the ManageAllSave Window in my 
app(open manage all window, manage save, extract all, select where on your 
device, confirm, look all banner slideshow while extracting all).
you can too install all saves in one action in the ManageAllSave Window (open 
manage all window, manage save, install all, select from where on your device, 
confirm, look all banner slideshow while installing all).
But for installing a save, the app overwrite existing save in the wii (not 
create new), so you need to load game on wii before start to manage with the 
savegame.
hope to be more explicit.

Original comment by dj_sk...@hotmail.com on 14 Jun 2011 at 1:23

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Okay...

Original comment by nimickin...@gmail.com on 14 Jun 2011 at 1:26

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Issue 123 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by dj_sk...@hotmail.com on 15 Jul 2011 at 6:15

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what does that mean?

Original comment by nimickin...@gmail.com on 16 Jul 2011 at 1:28

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that mean, you could convert one by one save extracted with older revisions of 
SGMGX to be supported by last revision
just need to follow the comment 1 step by step.

Original comment by dj_sk...@hotmail.com on 16 Jul 2011 at 10:30

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I fixed that problem, the only problem is that installing my saves that
arent on the wii

Original comment by nimickin...@gmail.com on 16 Jul 2011 at 11:42