Crash on loading Zelda 3 Savegames in last WIP (05.01.06)

eNc · Post by **eNc** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:29 pm

So... when i'm saving a zelda state... there is no preview picture... furthermore ZSNES crashes on loading...
With the official release 1.42 everything works fine...

(I'm talking about the windows version...)

Post by **Agozer** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:36 pm

I can't reproduce the bug you speak of.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:08 pm

Zelda 3? Wha?

Anyways, it is not possible to load a savestate between 1.42 and most of the post 1.42 WIPs. They are just not compatible. This is not a bug.

Post by **Agozer** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:24 pm

Deathlike2 wrote:Zelda 3? Wha?

Link to the Past.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:44 pm

To OP: Use native saves:

- you can save anywhere
- they are cross-emulator compatible
- uses less disk space
- same saves work on all the Link to the Past games
- cannot be exploited to ruin difficulty
- never mess up.

The game really isn't hard enough to need states all the time.

Post by **Nach** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:04 pm

Clements wrote: - cannot be exploited to ruin difficulty

Um... What?
Are you saying it's not possible to hack a Static RAM file?

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:11 pm

Nach wrote:
Clements wrote: - cannot be exploited to ruin difficulty
Um... What?
Are you saying it's not possible to hack a Static RAM file?

I would guess it's easier to just press F2/F4 to save one step near the final boss on any game, then to hack a sram file.

Post by **Nach** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:01 am

Joe Camacho wrote:
Nach wrote:
Clements wrote: - cannot be exploited to ruin difficulty
Um... What?
Are you saying it's not possible to hack a Static RAM file?
I would guess it's easier to just press F2/F4 to save one step near the final boss on any game, then to hack a sram file.

Perhaps, but if you want extra items, F2/F4 won't help you, where hacking an SRAM can.
And once you've figured out how to hack one SRAM, hacking any other is a piece of cake.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:15 am

Nach wrote:
Clements wrote: - cannot be exploited to ruin difficulty
Um... What?
Are you saying it's not possible to hack a Static RAM file?

Okay, then, I'll refrase it to:

- you can only save where/when developer intended (provided you are not directly hacking the game)

... so that everybody can be satisfied.

-_pentium5.1_- · Post by **-_pentium5.1_-** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:08 pm

I'm having the same problem in Gokujou Parodius:

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---------------------Internal ROM Info----------------------
       File: Gokujou Parodius (J).smc
       Name: GOKUJYOU PARODIUS      Company: Konami
     Header: None                      Bank: LoROM
Interleaved: No                        SRAM: 0 Kb
       Type: Normal                     ROM: 16 Mb
    Country: Japan                    Video: NTSC
  ROM Speed: 120ns (FastROM)       Revision: 1.0
   Checksum: Good 0x967E              CRC32: 04EE98ED
        MD5: D9FA65C567AD9C0E6B8FEF6066E740D8
--------------------------Database--------------------------
   Name: Gokujou Parodius
Country: Japan                  Revision: 1.0
Port 1: Gamepad                  Port 2: Gamepad
Genre 1: Shooter                 Genre 2: Horizontal Scrolling

I don't remember when I last saved the state, but I know that I've been playing this game since late in the "1.36CVS" WIPs (this same problem occurred, then was fixed, and is now broken again). I'm pretty sure that I'm using the latest WIP, and IIRC I was able to successfully load the savestate a few WIPs ago (can't remember exactly when...that's the disadvantage of not actually being at home to do the posting).

Just to clarify, the "crash" is that ZSNES unexpectedly quits with no error message.