snoopcat

I now understand the problem. It seems that if you start out the game with the 128K option checked, you can load any savestates you make and then save in-game as 128K. I think I started my game as 64K. If I load any savestate from that game and then save, it saves as 64K. Is there any way to alter these old savestates so that they don't force in-game saves to be 64K?

I realize there have been many fixes to the problem I am about to describe in this thread, but nothing seems to work for me. I am playing Pokemon Emerald 386, a hack that allows you to catch every pokemon in the game...as long as you can get past the Elite Four. Unfortunately, when I beat the Elite Four, allow the game to save my achievement, and restart the game to continue playing, the message "The save file has been erased due to corruption or damage" appears. I realize this is because the emulator is saving the file in a 64K flash format, whereas it needs to 128K. However, even though I have the Flash 128K Option checked for the emulator, it is not able to save the game as a 128K flash file. Yes, while saving manually in the game, the file is 128K, but when I am forced to save after beating the Elite Four, the file is overwritten as 64K. I thought maybe placing a vba-over.ini file in the same directory as the VBA would help override the game's tendency to switch back to 64K. I originally took a file linked from the beginning of the thread: Pokemon Emerald (U) [bPEE] rtcEnabled=1 flashSize=131072 But this did not work. I thought maybe the first part was wrong, so I changed it slightly: Pokemon Emerald 386 [bPEE] rtcEnabled=1 flashSize=131072 Again, nothing changed. I could save as 128K until the game automatically switched back to 64K in the save after the Elite Four. I don't think this Emerald 386 rom is different from others. Everything else works perfectly. I've checked the game code, using VBA's Rom Information option, and it is [bPEE]. However, the Rom Information says that the game's title is POKEMON EMER. I have the Real Time Clock setting on, if that matters at all. Well, I've tried to be as specific and thorough as possible to show the exact nature of my problem. Thank you all for your time and trouble.