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    How do I upload a save file?

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
      last edited by

      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.

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      • omission229O
        omission229
        last edited by

        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.

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        • IanDaemonI
          IanDaemon
          last edited by

          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).

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          • omission229O
            omission229
            last edited by

            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?

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            • omission229O
              omission229
              last edited by

              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?

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator
                last edited by

                @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/

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                • omission229O
                  omission229
                  last edited by

                  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?

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                  • Thorr69T
                    Thorr69 @omission229
                    last edited by

                    @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.

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                    • omission229O
                      omission229
                      last edited by

                      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?

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                      • IanDaemonI
                        IanDaemon
                        last edited by 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).

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                        • omission229O
                          omission229
                          last edited by

                          But where do I transfer it too?

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                          • IanDaemonI
                            IanDaemon @omission229
                            last edited by 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.

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                            • omission229O
                              omission229
                              last edited by

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

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                              • IanDaemonI
                                IanDaemon @omission229
                                last edited by 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.

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                                • omission229O
                                  omission229
                                  last edited by

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

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