How do I upload a save file?

omission229

So I bought a gpi case wich uses retroarch and I also bought a cm3+ so it is like a raspberry pi 3. I just got the master sword in ocarina of time. How can I upload that save file to the ocarina of time rom or retroarch? I really don't want to start at the beginning. Please help me.

mitu

If you're using RetroPie, the save file (.srm) for the game should be in the ROMs folder. If you're using something else, then this is the wrong forum to ask.

omission229

The file says SAVE file. It's not for SNES but for N64. It's also seperate on my laptop not on retropie but I want to import it to retropie.

IanDaemon

Could you use a Retroarch save state as a transfer workaround?

You could transfer the emulator save state and save in the new location instead of transferring a save file (which may be saved in the ROM itself).

omission229

It's not in a rom. I download the SAVE file then upload it back to that emulator to continue my progress. Is there a way to merge it to a rom or convert it to a .srm file?

omission229

Wait, where do I transfer the SAVE file? Do I move it somewhere in retropie and if this is what I do, how do I do it?

mitu

@mitu said in How do I upload a save file?:

the save file (.srm) for the game should be in the ROMs folder

The answer was given in the 1st reply.

how do I do it?

Similarly how you transferred your ROMs - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/

omission229

But the SAVE file is not a rom but a gamestate. Is there a website where I can convert it to a .srm file? Or is a SAVE file a .srm file?

Thorr69

@omission229 said in How do I upload a save file?:

But the SAVE file is not a rom but a gamestate. Is there a website where I can convert it to a .srm file? Or is a SAVE file a .srm file?

ROMS are -files-
SAVE files are -FILES- (srm, mem, etc.)

You transfer FILES the same way, no matter its purpose.

omission229

Oh. Thank you so much for clearing that up. So I the SAVE file is a rom? Then I just upload it in the roms section because it is a rom. But everytime wont it start at that point where it was saved?

IanDaemon

The game/rom is a file. The savestate is a file.

You can transfer the savestate FILE just as you would any other FILE (e.g. rom, screenshot, config).

omission229

But where do I transfer it too?

IanDaemon

@omission229 said in How do I upload a save file?:

But where do I transfer it too?

@mitu said in How do I upload a save file?:

If you're using RetroPie, the save file (.srm) for the game should be in the ROMs folder. If you're using something else, then this is the wrong forum to ask.

From the original ROMs folder to the desired ROMs folder.

omission229

So it's in the roms folder. So I put the SAVE file in the roms folder and just treat it like a rom?

IanDaemon

@omission229 "Yes"? Just put the savestate file in the ROMs folder "next to the ROM file". Don't really treat it as anything. It's just another file. The emulator should see it as a savestate and not another game.

omission229

oohhhhhhhh. Thank you so much for all your help. Also will this work on a raspberry pi 4?