SaveFileConverter Wii: Difference between revisions

SaveFileConverter
SaveFileConverter
General
Author	Euan Forrester
Type	PC utilities
Version	0.01
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2022/03/30
Links
	Website
	Source
	Support Author

Latest revision as of 01:07, 14 August 2023

SaveFileConverter is a website that allows you to convert save files for various retro consoles including the Wii. It also includes a tool to help troubleshoot save files, and links to other save file converters.

The tool processes Wii VC saves into files that can be directly loaded into an emulator or written to a cartridge.

The main goal of this project is to allow people to use the various save files that can be found around the Internet: it suppports all common formats for NES/SNES/GBA/N64/TG16/SMS/Genesis/Neo Geo/PS1. It can also decrypt PSP saves.

User guide

If you are having trouble with a particular save file (particularly GBA files, which tend to be problematic), you can specify the save along with a known working save obtained from the emulator or cartridge you are trying to use. The tool will then compare the padding in the two files, and attempt to make the problematic save look more like the known working one.

Emulators with incompatible save formats:

(GBA) Pizza Boy GBA files incompatible with mGBA (believe mGBA uses raw files)
(PS1) Beetle HW incompatible with DuckStation
(Saturn) SSF incompatible with Mednafen/Beetle Saturn
(N64) Mupen64Plus Next files incompatible with Wii64
(32X) Picodrive has its own save format (somewhere around here?)

Useful links

How to copy files from the Nintendo Wii to an SD card.
How to copy files from an SD card to the Nintendo Wii.

Screenshots

External links

Official website - https://savefileconverter.com/#/wii
GitHub - https://github.com/euan-forrester/save-file-converter
WiiBrew - https://wiibrew.org/wiki/SaveFileConverter

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 {{Infobox Wii Homebrews
 |title=SaveFileConverter
-|image=savefileconverterwii.jpg
+|image=savefileconverterwii2.png
 |description=Convert Wii saves into emulator saves.
 |author=Euan Forrester
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 |version=0.01
 |license=Mixed
-|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/wiihomebrews/savefileconverterwii.7z
 |website=https://savefileconverter.com/#/wii
 |source=https://github.com/euan-forrester/save-file-converter
+|donation=https://github.com/euan-forrester/save-file-converter
 }}
-{{#seo:
+[https://savefileconverter.com/#/wii/ SaveFileConverter] is a website that allows you to convert save files for various retro consoles including the Wii. It also includes a tool to help troubleshoot save files, and links to other save file converters.
-|title=Wii Homebrew PC Tools (PC utilities) - GameBrew
-|title_mode=append
+The tool processes Wii VC saves into files that can be directly loaded into an emulator or written to a cartridge.
-|image=savefileconverterwii.jpg
-|image_alt=SaveFileConverter
-}}
-'''[https://savefileconverter.com/#/wii/ SaveFileConverter]''' is a website that allows you to convert save files for various retro consoles including the Wii. It also includes a tool to help troubleshoot save files, and links to other save file converters.
+The main goal of this project is to allow people to use the various save files that can be found around the Internet: it suppports all common formats for NES/SNES/GBA/N64/TG16/SMS/Genesis/Neo Geo/PS1. It can also decrypt PSP saves.
-The tool processes Wii VC saves into files that can be directly loaded into an emulator or written to a cartridge.
+==User guide==
+If you are having trouble with a particular save file (particularly GBA files, which tend to be problematic), you can specify the save along with a known working save obtained from the emulator or cartridge you are trying to use. The tool will then compare the padding in the two files, and attempt to make the problematic save look more like the known working one.
-The main goal of this project is to allow people to use the various save files that can be found around the Internet.
+Emulators with incompatible save formats:
+*(GBA) Pizza Boy GBA files incompatible with mGBA (believe mGBA uses raw files)
+*(PS1) Beetle HW incompatible with DuckStation
+*(Saturn) SSF incompatible with Mednafen/Beetle Saturn
+*(N64) Mupen64Plus Next files incompatible with Wii64
+*(32X) Picodrive has its own save format (somewhere around [https://github.com/notaz/picodrive/blob/1d366b1ad9362fd463c42979c8a687dfc7f46c46/platform/common/emu.c#L873 here]?)
-==Media==
+===Useful links===
-<youtube>Lwg8DuFc7Qs</youtube>
+*How to copy files [https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2709/~/how-to-move-data-from-the-wii-to-an-sd-card from the Nintendo Wii to an SD card.]
+*How to copy files [https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2723/~/how-to-copy-save-data-to-the-wii-from-an-sd-card from an SD card to the Nintendo Wii.]
-== Formats supported ==
+==Screenshots==
-The tool can convert Wii Virtual Console, Retron 5, GameShark (GBA), GameShark SP (GBA), and Action Replay (GBA) saves.
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/wiihomebrews/savefileconverterwii3.png
-== Troubleshooting saves ==
+==External links==
-If the user is having trouble with a particular save file (particularly GBA files, which tend to be problematic), they can specify the save along with a known working save obtained from the emulator or cartridge they're trying to use. The tool will then compare the padding in the two files, and attempt to make the problematic save look more like the known working one.
+* Official website - https://savefileconverter.com/#/wii
+* GitHub - https://github.com/euan-forrester/save-file-converter
+* WiiBrew - https://wiibrew.org/wiki/SaveFileConverter
-==External Links==
+[[Category:Support the author]]
-* Official Website - https://savefileconverter.com/#/wii
-* Github - https://github.com/euan-forrester/save-file-converter
-* Wiibrew - https://wiibrew.org/wiki/SaveFileConverter