For the people who are having an issue with loading save files for player 2. Do know you cannot load states when multiplayer is active. You need to use savegames instead. To create a save just load up your game, select File>Save Games>Export Gameshark Save. Once saved, Launch your ROM in the player 2 window. Here you'll want to go to File>Save Games>Load alternate save game. Now the save file should appear in the player 2 window
saved BOTH games after trading but fire red reads the previousa save. I loaded a temporary save because it was starting a new game in pfire red which is in ther second player mgba. However although I saved both games now in firee red it reads the previous saave so I lostr a charmeleon.....
@@petros-v4w make sure you create another new save file mentioned in the original comment for your save on the player 2 emulator. I know its a hastle, but its so far the only way i know it works. Let me know if this helped😁
Let me know when you find out. I tried the other suggestion in the comments saying that we have to change the file extensions from the 2th game from sav. To sa2. Butt that just erased my file. So let me know brother!
@@tonyxsmax4877 Found it out. You have to have both saves in the same folder with the game files. If one of them is not registering the saved game, then on that same emulator window go to *File > Save games > Load alternate save game*, and click on the save file of the game you want to open in that window. It will then work.
I assume you are using the same rom on both windows? For the first window, it will use the .sav file located next to the rom, and for the second window, it will use the .sa2 file, and if one doesn't exist, it will create one. Do you want to use the "same" save on both windows? Then you will have to make a copy the .sav file and rename the copy to .sa2. But keep in mind, these two save files will go on to have two different lives, they won't continue to be identical.
For me when both saved it was only: "Please Wait ... ... B Button: Cancel" and nothing else happened. This happened to me when I loaded "Pokemon - Fire Red.GBA" into Player 1 and "Pokémon FireRed.gba" into Player 2. Both are the same game but from a different folder (even same file, not different sources, I just copied and renamed one of them after copying.) but I think the problem was they were named different. For me the working solution was: Load the same ROM from the same folder. But if you use different ROMs, load them from the same folder, I think that will solve it. (I used "Load alternative save file" for Player 1 because I wanted to trade into my Retroarch save from an mGBA save (Player 2) [So I was trading starter pokémons into my Retroarch save] so be careful if you also want to trade from FireRed to FireRed because if you created both your save files in Player 1 mGBA slot, you can overwrite it accidentally, this maybe can be avoided to rename one of .sa1 savefile to .sa2, but I didn't test it, so again, be careful)
If anyone is trying this on new multiplayer und it won't work, try resetting mgba(either closing all mgba except one or closing all running mgba) and do the video again. My mgba's version is 0.9.3 btw.
YESSSSS!!!!!!!!! NOW I FINALLY KNOW HOW TO TRADE WITH MYSELF IN GEN 3 ON MGBA!!!!! IVE BEEN WONDERING HOW TO DO THIS FOR SOO LONG TYSM!!!!!!!!!🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
So with FireRed it worked for me the first time I traded which is how I got Squirtle but when I tried to restart the game to get Bulbasaur and try it again it hasn’t been working. On both screens it just says “please wait…” like it doesn’t recognize the “cable” is plugged in.
I've been working on removing FireRed and LeafGreen's pre-National Pokédex trade restrictions with the Hoenn games, so knowing how to trade between two emulators will be very helpful for testing that.
when i open a new multiplayer session it aways starts pokemon from the start and doesn't register the save on the second game. i cant even seem to load a save on the second screen. any idea whats causing this? thanks
The player 2 save file extension need to be changed from .sav to .sa2. Example: If your first window (Player 1) is FireRed, your save file need to be FireRed.sav If your second window (Player 2) is GreenLeaf, your save file need to be GreenLeaf.sa2 Your rom and the .sav or .sa2 need to be in the same folder, otherwise will not work
Great vid man. Time to get that gengar and alakazam hehee boiiii Edit: I thought it wasn't working when i tried it out but it seemed that i needed to split the windows first before opening the rom. Worked absolutely like a charm after that. Thank you for the helpful vid and the comments section. It made me get my gengar and alakazam properly.
Does this also work on Ruby and Sapphire? I’ll try it and see if it works. I’ll update the comment with the results. Edit: Yes, it does work. It’s exactly the same on Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald as it is in Fire Red and Leaf Green. As a side note though, I’m on doing it because I want my Machoke and my Graveler to evolve, and these trade evolutions are something I don’t really like about these games. It’s almost as if it only exists to make an extra profit off of the Gameboy Advance console link.
Pretty lame, i dont even get past the first step; load up the save file. When i load up LeafGreen, the save file is present and i press continue. I press "New multiplayer window", boot up FireRed and no save file is present... (also vice versa) I can save on both, so i guess, when i have to trade, i open up one, do the starter zone untill im in pewter town and then link up both plays, do the trade. I just dont get it why these seperate games wont load their save files simultaneous, they're different games and their save files never overwrite the other. But only 1 can boot up. (same problem occurs with VBA-M) P.S. maybe its windows cuz the save files seem to also be present in an %AppData% folder. So maybe i need 2 computers for this
Example: If your first window (Player 1) is FireRed, your save file need to be FireRed.sav If your second window (Player 2) is GreenLeaf, your save file need to be GreenLeaf.sa2 Your rom and the .sav or .sa2 need to be in the same folder, otherwise will not work
mGBA so trash it always keep creating more save files instead of modifying the current ones, I only play on this bullshit emulator because it has the og GBA color shader
when i open the second rom, the emulator doesnt load my save game, open a totally new game without save, and in my save folder, create a new sav file, "sa2" why
It does not work for me. I am getting communications error. I have followed everything, even found the exact same version that is in this video. That version is doing the exact same thing. Annoying the heck out of me. I have reset the emulator a dozen times, I even closed it and reopened it, nothing is working.
Great vid Used it to evolve pokemon and dupe a few held items. and for some reason it wasn't working all the time, but i figured out as long as i closed it down and started up both windows to the load screen and did like a fresh start for both instances of the game it always worked that way.
Except when I try to do this, the Player 2 window always start a blank game, and even if I play till haviong 2 pokemon and going to the center, it does not load in the trading room, instead puts me on infinite waiting.
IT works! Super easy. I exported save file from Iphone to PC. I have evolved Graveler and imported save to Iphone back. I am fucking genius :D Thanks a lot for video
I did the same steps on emerald and sapphire but it doesn't work so i tried using 2 different emerald rom but both still didnt connect, am i doing something wrong or?
So only need 2 pokemon?? I used the cheat to get the other 2 starters I started with squirtle but also want now 47 hours into the game charmander and bulbasour I wouldn't have to get the national pokedex at all?
Was trying to trade some stuff over using this method, and a Pelliper turned into a bad egg? I reloaded into a previous file, but I think it might have something to do with the FPS not matching during the trades, and glitching it out? Do you know anything of this? The Pellpier wasn't a hacked mon, it was caught randomly and I wanted to transfer over an Aerial Ace.
It's not working. They're not linking with each other. It's not detecting the "connection". Also annoying that there's no way to set the keyboard for different players. Not to mention the game pauses when inactive. Even if it links I wouldn't be able to use the berry blender to make Pokeblocks.
@wert1997 i have done same thing but the first rom i load work properly but when i load second rom using multiplayer window it starts from the starting {starting of game}
I open both Fire Red and leaf green in the multiplayer thing and I get to the trade area, after I save it just says please wait, it doesn't connect, what should I do?
Edit: Ignore my first comment if ever you read it. Try resetting your mgba(either closing all except one or closing all running mgba) and do the video again. It should work by doing this. Note: My mgba's version is 0.9.3 btw.
you need to split the windows first before opening the rom. If you can see the load states options in the first window. it means you're doing it wrong.
saved BOTH games after trading but fire red reads the previousa save. I loaded a temporary save because it was starting a new game in pfire red which is in ther second player mgba. However although I saved both games now in firee red it reads the previous saave so I lostr a charmeleon.....
I just did my trade between leaf green and fire red. i didnt fully understand what you did wrong. but all i can tell you is that, just trade a charmander back to your main account. The traded pokemon will level up way faster and you'll get your charmeleon in no time.
@@astrojade4802 I don't know, I used a temporary save file, and then the game loaded the previous file (before I made the trade), so Charmeleon got lost. What I did was to create a gameshark saved game and then load alternate save file. Then it saved it normally
I'm trying to do this but it won't load the saved game in both, only in one? So I open either FR or LG in player 1 and then for player 2 it keeps going to new game as if the game isn't saved?
For anyone who needs a solution to this problem, I found it: In the window where the save is failing to load, go to File > Save games > Load alternate save game, then click on the save file of the game you want to open in that window. It will then worked. I evolved my Alakazam that way!
Although fire red/ leaf green allow you to catch hoenn Pokémon post game it is not a gen 3 game. Therefore allowing you to complete the Pokédex post game so you still have a reason to play after defeating elite 4 and becoming champion.
I know in the post game you can get the Ruby and Sapphire in the Sevii Isles to allow Pokemon from those games, but I don't think there's a way from Emerald to FRLG directly. Meaning you have to trade around about to get an Emerald Pokemon into FRLG
Example: If your first window (Player 1) is FireRed, your save file need to be FireRed.sav If your second window (Player 2) is GreenLeaf, your save file need to be GreenLeaf.sa2 Your rom and the .sav or .sa2 need to be in the same folder, otherwise will not work
Thank the good Lord, finally someone who talks complete and total sense - thank you so much for this!
No problem man
@@carterdutko how do you config your commands? When I move player 1. Player 2 moves too. I want to use controler and keyboard.
For the people who are having an issue with loading save files for player 2. Do know you cannot load states when multiplayer is active. You need to use savegames instead.
To create a save just load up your game, select File>Save Games>Export Gameshark Save.
Once saved, Launch your ROM in the player 2 window. Here you'll want to go to File>Save Games>Load alternate save game.
Now the save file should appear in the player 2 window
Thank you for being the hero who gives a solution to a problem with such an enlightening explanation, my sincere congratulations.
No all heros wear capes. Thank you very much good sir.
saved BOTH games after trading but fire red reads the previousa save. I loaded a temporary save because it was starting a new game in pfire red which is in ther second player mgba. However although I saved both games now in firee red it reads the previous saave so I lostr a charmeleon.....
You saved me. thanks you so much man 💟
@@petros-v4w make sure you create another new save file mentioned in the original comment for your save on the player 2 emulator. I know its a hastle, but its so far the only way i know it works. Let me know if this helped😁
ohhhh man thank you so much now i can have gengar
hello when I tried to open new multiplayer window the second games saved file does not load how can I fix it?
Let me know when you find out.
I tried the other suggestion in the comments saying that we have to change the file extensions from the 2th game from sav. To sa2. Butt that just erased my file.
So let me know brother!
@@tonyxsmax4877 Found it out. You have to have both saves in the same folder with the game files. If one of them is not registering the saved game, then on that same emulator window go to *File > Save games > Load alternate save game*, and click on the save file of the game you want to open in that window. It will then work.
I assume you are using the same rom on both windows? For the first window, it will use the .sav file located next to the rom, and for the second window, it will use the .sa2 file, and if one doesn't exist, it will create one. Do you want to use the "same" save on both windows? Then you will have to make a copy the .sav file and rename the copy to .sa2. But keep in mind, these two save files will go on to have two different lives, they won't continue to be identical.
anyone faced issue showed “this trainer pokemon cant be trade now” even tho both side i got multiple pokemon
Can you use this feature to batle against a friend on pkmn gen 3 games in general?
thanks a TON!
IT WORRKSSS THANK YOU SO MUCH (FROM INDONESIA
both my save files from emerald and sapphire got deleted
hi, may I know which version of mGBA are you using?
The most recent one I believe
why i've got communication error
Your gettin a sub from me man.thanks
How to do it On retroarch?
Unfortunately I have no idea since I don’t have any experience with that
For me when both saved it was only:
"Please Wait ... ... B Button: Cancel" and nothing else happened.
This happened to me when I loaded "Pokemon - Fire Red.GBA" into Player 1 and "Pokémon FireRed.gba" into Player 2.
Both are the same game but from a different folder (even same file, not different sources, I just copied and renamed one of them after copying.) but I think the problem was they were named different.
For me the working solution was:
Load the same ROM from the same folder.
But if you use different ROMs, load them from the same folder, I think that will solve it.
(I used "Load alternative save file" for Player 1 because I wanted to trade into my Retroarch save from an mGBA save (Player 2) [So I was trading starter pokémons into my Retroarch save] so be careful if you also want to trade from FireRed to FireRed because if you created both your save files in Player 1 mGBA slot, you can overwrite it accidentally, this maybe can be avoided to rename one of .sa1 savefile to .sa2, but I didn't test it, so again, be careful)
Awesome video, thanks! Now I don’t have to pick a starter since I can just pick ALL of them
If anyone is trying this on new multiplayer und it won't work, try resetting mgba(either closing all mgba except one or closing all running mgba) and do the video again. My mgba's version is 0.9.3 btw.
After saving and getting to the Please Wait screen, nothing ever happens. Does this whether pause when inactive is on or not, any ideas why it might?
this is because both plauers have to be at the counter, then it will allow you to connect.
I did one trade normally but when I tried 2nd time it's stuck on "pleas wait"
Try starting both emulators before you load the games.
Can you do this with Retroarch core?
YESSSSS!!!!!!!!! NOW I FINALLY KNOW HOW TO TRADE WITH MYSELF IN GEN 3 ON MGBA!!!!! IVE BEEN WONDERING HOW TO DO THIS FOR SOO LONG TYSM!!!!!!!!!🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
So with FireRed it worked for me the first time I traded which is how I got Squirtle but when I tried to restart the game to get Bulbasaur and try it again it hasn’t been working. On both screens it just says “please wait…” like it doesn’t recognize the “cable” is plugged in.
Same
@@ollie_2469 I “fixed” it by just closing and restarting the emulator. If that doesn’t work just restart the computer and try again.
@@lewisstrongofficial already figured that out
Thx
@@ollie_2469 Glad you got it working!
@@lewisstrongofficial thanks man I managed to evolve my kadabra to alakazam.
I've been working on removing FireRed and LeafGreen's pre-National Pokédex trade restrictions with the Hoenn games, so knowing how to trade between two emulators will be very helpful for testing that.
when i open a new multiplayer session it aways starts pokemon from the start and doesn't register the save on the second game. i cant even seem to load a save on the second screen. any idea whats causing this? thanks
The player 2 save file extension need to be changed from .sav to .sa2.
Example:
If your first window (Player 1) is FireRed, your save file need to be FireRed.sav
If your second window (Player 2) is GreenLeaf, your save file need to be GreenLeaf.sa2
Your rom and the .sav or .sa2 need to be in the same folder, otherwise will not work
@@urafag5564 i did that still dosnt work
am i doing something wrong? I cant do the trade . its stuck on *please wait *
Edit: No problem i was able to it later
Great vid man. Time to get that gengar and alakazam hehee boiiii
Edit:
I thought it wasn't working when i tried it out but it seemed that i needed to split the windows first before opening the rom.
Worked absolutely like a charm after that. Thank you for the helpful vid and the comments section.
It made me get my gengar and alakazam properly.
Does this also work on Ruby and Sapphire? I’ll try it and see if it works. I’ll update the comment with the results.
Edit: Yes, it does work. It’s exactly the same on Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald as it is in Fire Red and Leaf Green. As a side note though, I’m on doing it because I want my Machoke and my Graveler to evolve, and these trade evolutions are something I don’t really like about these games. It’s almost as if it only exists to make an extra profit off of the Gameboy Advance console link.
Pretty lame, i dont even get past the first step; load up the save file.
When i load up LeafGreen, the save file is present and i press continue.
I press "New multiplayer window", boot up FireRed and no save file is present... (also vice versa)
I can save on both, so i guess, when i have to trade, i open up one, do the starter zone untill im in pewter town and then link up both plays, do the trade.
I just dont get it why these seperate games wont load their save files simultaneous, they're different games and their save files never overwrite the other. But only 1 can boot up.
(same problem occurs with VBA-M) P.S. maybe its windows cuz the save files seem to also be present in an %AppData% folder. So maybe i need 2 computers for this
yup same here
Example:
If your first window (Player 1) is FireRed, your save file need to be FireRed.sav
If your second window (Player 2) is GreenLeaf, your save file need to be GreenLeaf.sa2
Your rom and the .sav or .sa2 need to be in the same folder, otherwise will not work
thanks bro, I was going to start a living dex playthrough of emerald and didn't know how to get the trade Pokemon
mGBA so trash it always keep creating more save files instead of modifying the current ones, I only play on this bullshit emulator because it has the og GBA color shader
If you wanna do that for your games of r36s do that and change your save file .srm to .sav make the tutorial and change again
well that just straight up dosn't work
I have exactly the same problem - have you perhaps found a solution and could you tell me how to trade now?
Thanks a bunch. Didn't know I'd have to open up the multiplayer window before loading the rom, that finally made things work.
This won't work unless you do this ^
when i open the second rom, the emulator doesnt load my save game, open a totally new game without save, and in my save folder, create a new sav file, "sa2" why
Can you do this with one rom with one sav file? Basically running the same rom and sav ?
thank u very much salutation from kurdistan
great job, quick video with great explanation
what's the piano song that plays during gen 3 trading?
Yo, this guy's keyboard is CRYING lol
It does not work for me. I am getting communications error. I have followed everything, even found the exact same version that is in this video. That version is doing the exact same thing. Annoying the heck out of me. I have reset the emulator a dozen times, I even closed it and reopened it, nothing is working.
It doesn't work for me either, have you already found a solution?
Just trying it out with VisualBoyAdvance-M 2.1.9
Great vid Used it to evolve pokemon and dupe a few held items. and for some reason it wasn't working all the time, but i figured out as long as i closed it down and started up both windows to the load screen and did like a fresh start for both instances of the game it always worked that way.
why does my save file get glitched on 1 game and not the other
Just tells me we're not allowed to trade with other in a different region, both games are USA/Europe versions
Did you solve it? I'm getting this aswell...
i have a mgba save on retroarch but mgba standalone doesnt take the save file guessing retro arch uses its own format or something?
Thank you very much for the video, it worked for me
mine's not working, i followed the steps exactly. not sure whats happening
edit: trading between firered and leafgreen
It doesn't work for me either, have you already found a solution?
Just trying it out with VisualBoyAdvance-M 2.1.9
W kanye pfp. Can I do this in Gen 4, 7 and 8 emulators?
Thank you and it’s probably a similar process but not the same thing try to find a better vid on that
@@carterdutko cool. I just figured it out for gen 4- it’s the sane process as this vid; onto the others. Thanks. How do you like Vultures 1?
informative thank you (for the algo)
Except when I try to do this, the Player 2 window always start a blank game, and even if I play till haviong 2 pokemon and going to the center, it does not load in the trading room, instead puts me on infinite waiting.
change de version for 0.7.3
@@gelmir123 How do you change it?
the game's always say communication error after we click that the trade is okay.
IT works! Super easy. I exported save file from Iphone to PC. I have evolved Graveler and imported save to Iphone back. I am fucking genius :D Thanks a lot for video
just saving this for the abra i caught in emerald, thanks for the tutorial
I did the same steps on emerald and sapphire but it doesn't work so i tried using 2 different emerald rom but both still didnt connect, am i doing something wrong or?
So only need 2 pokemon?? I used the cheat to get the other 2 starters I started with squirtle but also want now 47 hours into the game charmander and bulbasour I wouldn't have to get the national pokedex at all?
Was trying to trade some stuff over using this method, and a Pelliper turned into a bad egg? I reloaded into a previous file, but I think it might have something to do with the FPS not matching during the trades, and glitching it out? Do you know anything of this? The Pellpier wasn't a hacked mon, it was caught randomly and I wanted to transfer over an Aerial Ace.
Nice tutorial man!
It's not working. They're not linking with each other. It's not detecting the "connection". Also annoying that there's no way to set the keyboard for different players. Not to mention the game pauses when inactive. Even if it links I wouldn't be able to use the berry blender to make Pokeblocks.
@wert1997 i have done same thing but the first rom i load work properly but when i load second rom using multiplayer window it starts from the starting {starting of game}
Yo can anyone help? Trying to use a distribution rom rn and it won't transfer no matter what i do.
Can I effectively do this with the rest of the Pokemon games, like Platinum & Heart Gold?
I open both Fire Red and leaf green in the multiplayer thing and I get to the trade area, after I save it just says please wait, it doesn't connect, what should I do?
Edit: Ignore my first comment if ever you read it.
Try resetting your mgba(either closing all except one or closing all running mgba) and do the video again. It should work by doing this.
Note: My mgba's version is 0.9.3 btw.
@@ailoveu806 I tried restarting it last night, didn't work, I tried again this morning and it magically worked lol
@@ConquerorKikiWell I'm glad it work at the end haha
Thank you for this informative video, I’m definitely going to try this on other games to emulate that gba link cable
You need to be in the same Pokémon center ?
No
now i can finally get gengar😼
Anyone know if this works with gen 2 G/S/C?
ur vid very helpfull
i opened one but when i opened the second game it just said the file doesnt exist but if i load just 1 game its normal pls help
help 1 of the games always has a blank save file pls help
how to trade betwen myself on the same game to duplicate some pokemons ?
Can this be done the same way with the other pokemon games on gba
So i can trade like this in pokemon gold/ silver too?
@@MightGuySevereLeafHurricane Those are DS games, so no you cannot
@@MelancholyJoker19 gold/silver? Those are gameboy color games...
My emulator windows are sinced, as in they both run and register the control at the same time, even when I have one inactive.
You're goated for this, man
so it's automatic? no click link or anything?
Does it work on Soulsilver?
mgba doesnt recongize the second game ....
you need to split the windows first before opening the rom. If you can see the load states options in the first window. it means you're doing it wrong.
@@astrojade4802 i dont have load states option but it took me straight to the new game option ....
nvm , i have to load in the save
saved BOTH games after trading but fire red reads the previousa save. I loaded a temporary save because it was starting a new game in pfire red which is in ther second player mgba. However although I saved both games now in firee red it reads the previous saave so I lostr a charmeleon.....
I just did my trade between leaf green and fire red. i didnt fully understand what you did wrong. but all i can tell you is that, just trade a charmander back to your main account. The traded pokemon will level up way faster and you'll get your charmeleon in no time.
@@astrojade4802 I don't know, I used a temporary save file, and then the game loaded the previous file (before I made the trade), so Charmeleon got lost. What I did was to create a gameshark saved game and then load alternate save file. Then it saved it normally
Much apreciated lil bro
Didn't work for me and j followed the exact same steps, why?
It doesn't work for me either, have you already found a solution?
Just trying it out with VisualBoyAdvance-M 2.1.9
I'm trying to do this but it won't load the saved game in both, only in one? So I open either FR or LG in player 1 and then for player 2 it keeps going to new game as if the game isn't saved?
For anyone who needs a solution to this problem, I found it: In the window where the save is failing to load, go to File > Save games > Load alternate save game, then click on the save file of the game you want to open in that window. It will then worked. I evolved my Alakazam that way!
@@bewilderbeastie8899 thank u so much!!
it worked. Thanku
THANKS BRO....
i love you
Gracias! it helpep me alot
will this also work with gen 1 games?
I don't think so, but TGB Dual will
are there any reasons why it couldnt work between emerald and firered
Although fire red/ leaf green allow you to catch hoenn Pokémon post game it is not a gen 3 game. Therefore allowing you to complete the Pokédex post game so you still have a reason to play after defeating elite 4 and becoming champion.
I know in the post game you can get the Ruby and Sapphire in the Sevii Isles to allow Pokemon from those games, but I don't think there's a way from Emerald to FRLG directly. Meaning you have to trade around about to get an Emerald Pokemon into FRLG
can you show how to trade with gen 2 to gen 3
You can’t
cool vid :)
You're a saint
it just deleted my save :(
Example:
If your first window (Player 1) is FireRed, your save file need to be FireRed.sav
If your second window (Player 2) is GreenLeaf, your save file need to be GreenLeaf.sa2
Your rom and the .sav or .sa2 need to be in the same folder, otherwise will not work
same
thank you sir. Everyone make sure to give your like and sub to such a good video
Thanks so much king
does this work with gold < - > silver ?
i haven't tried it out but its a similar setup
It does not, but you can use TGB Dual to trade on Gen 1 or 2 games.