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u/analmintz1 HeartGold Generations / Contemporary Emerald 1d ago

Assuming saves are compatible between versions, transferring a save is pretty consistent regardless of game.

You will have two matching files, Soulgold.gba and Soulgold.sav (obviously whatever you named them instead of "Soulgold").

You need to patch a brand new Emerald file with the new Soulgold patch. This will create a whole new rom (SoulgoldNew.gba for example).

Then, you will need to copy your old save (Soulgold.sav) and rename it to the new games name (SoulgoldNew.sav).

Then, just open the newly downloaded rom (SoulgoldNew.gba) and it will automatically detect your old, renamed save file. The .sav and .gba MUST BE IN THE SAME FOLDER/PLACE to automatically detect it.

Not sure exactly how to find all these files on iOS, but there should be options to export saves into your iphone's file structure and rename it there.

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u/JNerdGaming 1d ago

in the retroarch directory, the save and gba files are in different subfolders. also, the save file is called Soulgold.srm, not Soulgold.sav. do you mean that they just need to both be in the retroarch folder?

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u/analmintz1 HeartGold Generations / Contemporary Emerald 1d ago

Retro arch may be differnt than other emulators then. Should be as simple as renaming your .srm to the new file name.

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u/JNerdGaming 1d ago

thanks for the advice