buildings error

[SHADOlance]

Whenever I play a pokemon game on my emulator (botcott advance), I can't go into any major storyline buildings! Things like pokemart, pokecenter, gyms, and things like that. If there is something I can change in my preferences, please do tell. if you can suggest another emulator, that would be good too. btw, I tried visualboy advance, and I can't save.

if u can fix either of these problems, it would be greatly appreciated!

[Ryu]

Whenever I play a pokemon game on my emulator (botcott advance), I can't go into any major storyline buildings! Things like pokemart, pokecenter, gyms, and things like that. If there is something I can change in my preferences, please do tell. if you can suggest another emulator, that would be good too. btw, I tried visualboy advance, and I can't save.

if u can fix either of these problems, it would be greatly appreciated!
Use Visual Boy Advance and set the save file type to automatic Flash 128k

[SHADOlance]

I already tried putting it on 128, could I try 64?

[Ryu]

I already tried putting it on 128, could I try 64?
Then your ROM is bad, try one of these
http://www.coolrom.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11171

[SHADOlance]

okay, i'll try that. thanks. btw, I also play pokemon ruby destiny and pokemon citrine. do u think u could either find me a working emulator or a rom for those games that work? thanks in advance.

[Ryu]

okay, i'll try that. thanks. btw, I also play pokemon ruby destiny and pokemon citrine. do u think u could either find me a working emulator or a rom for those games that work? thanks in advance.
Yea, VBA. Just set the saves to 128k
You may wanna try P Shiny Gold! too, looks cool.

[SHADOlance]

2 things: one, the roms didn't work. two, I tried that one too, didn't work.
also, how do you change the save settings? I don't see where to change that.
but like I said, can you find me those roms? thanks

[Ryu]

2 things: one, the roms didn't work. two, I tried that one too, didn't work.
also, how do you change the save settings? I don't see where to change that.
but like I said, can you find me those roms? thanks
First you need to patch an original ROM to play the hacks. When you download them you only get the patches, you need to patch the ROM yourself to play.
To set the saves :
Options->Emulator->Save Type->Flash 128k

[SHADOlance]

i have a mac.

[Ryu]

i have a mac.
So ?
http://www.coolrom.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=681&d=1248876326

[SHADOlance]

so I can't say "option"
btw, what's a patch and where can i get one?

[Ryu]

so I can't say "option"
btw, what's a patch and where can i get one?
Even if you have a MAC it should be something similar setting the emu up right?
The patch is probably what you have after you downloaded the hacks. The patch extension should be .isp
There is a lot to say about patches so here is a link
http://www.romhacking.net/faq/?page=faq#question1

[SHADOlance]

thanks, but on the other hand, I just want to fix my emulator,
visual boy- saving problems
boycott- building problems

these are the ones I need to fix. thanx

[Ryu]

thanks, but on the other hand, I just want to fix my emulator,
visual boy- saving problems
boycott- building problems

these are the ones I need to fix. thanx
VBA works just fine as long as you set the saves to Flash 128k
I don't know how to set it in MAC though.

[SHADOlance]

do you know any other emulators besides the ones on this site? for gba btw...

[Ryu]

do you know any other emulators besides the ones on this site? for gba btw...
Have you tried my ROMs in Boycott Advance?

[SHADOlance]

both VBA and BCA

[Ryu]

both VBA and BCA
Look what I found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taGlfiPQ7g8

[SHADOlance]

for some reason, youtube has never worked on this comp. could you just tell me what to do? plz and thks

[Ryu]

for some reason, youtube has never worked on this comp. could you just tell me what to do? plz and thks
It says that you can't save on vba unless you have mac os x leopard (whatever that is)

[SHADOlance]

do u know where i can get that?

[Ryu]

do u know where i can get that?
It think that is the newest operating system from Apple, not just some program.

[SHADOlance]

nevermind, i have that. now what?

[Ryu]

nevermind, i have that. now what?
I don't know. It should work.

[SHADOlance]

just saying, if you find something, it's greatly appreciated. also, do u know anything about my boycott problem with buildings? also, VBA would work if I could figure out how to change it to 128...

[Ryu]

just saying, if you find something, it's greatly appreciated. also, do u know anything about my boycott problem with buildings? also, VBA would work if I could figure out how to change it to 128...
I don't have a clue. I don't have a MAC and never had so I'm a total noob in the matter. Sorry, hopefully someone that knows what to do will read this thread.

[GameGeeks]

Ryu, you need to do some ini editing to save with pokemon, the save isn't exactly 128. Follow the second post in this (http://www.coolrom.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10144&highlight=pokemon+save+problem) topic and you should be fine.

[Ryu]

Ryu, you need to do some ini editing to save with pokemon, the save isn't exactly 128. Follow the second post in this (http://www.coolrom.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10144&highlight=pokemon+save+problem) topic and you should be fine.
Wtf does this supposed to mean?

[GameGeeks]

It means that pokemon saves are slightly bigger then flash 128k.

[Ryu]

It means that pokemon saves are slightly bigger then flash 128k.
We are talking about MAC emulators here.
Also I've been emulating pokemon for quite a while now with no saving problem and you now that. And without any .ini editing too.
So what's with that?

[GameGeeks]

No, we're talking about the way the pokemon games themselves save. It has nothing to do with mac or pc. All I'm saying is that this is a common problem when it comes to pokemon saveing. I had to do it.

[Ryu]

No, we're talking about the way the pokemon games themselves save. It has nothing to do with mac or pc. All I'm saying is that this is a common problem when it comes to pokemon saveing. I had to do it.
Well, I hope that solves his problem.

I'm still not 100% on that post you got me to read though.

[GameGeeks]

I thought it was pretty strait forward, but eh.

[Ryu]

I thought it was pretty strait forward, but eh.
I thought it was overkill, but whatever.

[SHADOlance]

Neither of you understand! On a mac, when you say "option", it doesn't say "emulator" or anything under it. btw, it didn't work.

[GameGeeks]

You don't need to use options for mine. Just create the ini and it should work.

[SHADOlance]

what's an ini? How do u make 1? (Step by step plz)

[SHADOlance]

actually, even if u can tell me, I'd rather just fix the walking into buildings problem w/ boycott. do u know anything to fix that?

[GameGeeks]

Neve used that emulator so I couldn't tell you to create an ini you just create a document using notepad and put .ini at the end. Also don't double post, use the edit button.

[SHADOlance]

okay, but like I said: I HAVE A MAC! I C.A.N.N.O.T. USE NOTEPAD!

[GameGeeks]

Any simple text document will work. Just use .ini at the end.

[SHADOlance]

okay, I got ruby to work w/ VBA. However, I also downloaded a ROM off of rom-gods website called pokemon citrine. how can I save that one?

[codeman]

MACS are just not compatible with most emus anyways, just find an old pc desktop and fix it up to good graphics and get an external drive to save lots of games

[SHADOlance]

actually, I just realized: it only lets you save ONCE. lol... can u fix this?

[GameGeeks]

Nope, that's the way the game is on the GBA.

[SHADOlance]

okay, I figured everything out, and fixed it. topic closed. Now I'm opening a new topic. It won't let me catch pokemon. It freezes and "Quits unexpectedly" can I even fix this?