1. Those of us that grew up on these games are 20-somethings now with disposable income and want to relive our past. 2. We survived Pokérus when everyone was inside and had relatively nothing to do outside of work. We all are going after the same games and after Pokémon cards got popular for scalpers (thanks to Logan Paul spending the big bucks) it opened the eBay flood gates, eBay raises prices? Gamestop and Retro Stores raise prices. Try to look for deals at local garage sales, facebook marketplace and game shops. Hope this helps. I'll link to a video that covered this pretty well!
ruclips.net/video/CB25SjRO8V8/видео.html Goes pretty in depth. The TLDR is either looking for local deals, or waiting. Scalpers get the games FROM SOMEWHERE for cheaper than they sell them for obviously.
The games aren’t being sold anymore. It’s not scalping. It’s selling high demand retro games that have become collector‘s items and thus demand a higher price. Should’ve bought them when they were still in circulation or learn another language like japanese or a euorpean language to get the games for cheap. Also, everdrive, Analogue pocket, emulation. All possible. If you want the originals for your collection than you simply have to pay current market prices or wait until all pokémon games will eventually come to Switch Online.
Your original video was a life saver. It was the most helpful, easy to understand, and accurate source of info I could find on how the RTC actually worked with the game's code. You helped me save my childhood Emerald save file that had over 600 hours on it! Thank you!
I'm not a youtuber, but a hyper adhd pokemon nerd with a masters in engineering and an immeasurable stubbornness to ask the questions "wait why does that work?". Your video was the perfect foundation for me to repeat your experiments to try and both repeat the reaults, and generalize the findings here. The goal being to determine a set of logical rules that will apply to anyone's given situation to apply a solution or understanding of how you got there. My personal goal is to be able to hot swap saves between an EZ flash and gba cart without rtc issies. Both to preserve these games, protect my carts, play without cheats, but also I can't accept not fully understanding a thing integral to the game I love (because I have a problem) After no lifing gen 3 games, learning about rtc and their roles circuts, and about 12 failed experiments over 2 months. I think I've finally determined a fundamental rule set to diagnose the issue based on the symptoms people experience in their game, then apply the appropriate solution. I think this would solve your sapphire not responding properly if I knew a few more details. I'd love to work with you to get a final version of this video together. The fabeled part 3 (or whichever). Regardless, this video is awesome, you're awesome, game freak is cringe, and pokemon has me until the day I die. Thank you!
Great update video. So glad to be able to regrow some Colosseum berries after your previous video. Grateful there's a whole community keeping track of all these things!
Returning to this video to say thank you! I've had a few people come to me asking me to replace the batteries in their games, and without this video I would have never known that you need to also reset the RTC for time to start moving again. I would have been giving people their games back with the same problem that they came to me to fix!
6:10 I actually bought a copy of Emerald on ebay to replace my lost copy, and it came with a dead battery. I only became aware of the problem because I went "Why are my berries taking so long to grow?" Just replaced that battery tonight, and I can confirm, my berries started growing again!
You are able to clone multiple items without having to release any Pokemon. What you need to do is use the "move item" option instead on the pc and give any desired items to any amount of pokemon. Exit the pc and save on the spot. Then, go back to pc's move item and return the items to the bag, exit pc, and walk towards the woman continue the process as you described. Once you have turned on the game, you will see that your original items will be on the bag, but there will be cloned items held by the pokemon on the pc as well. Pro tip: Right after you reset the game, you can withdraw the clone items without saving and go immediately with the woman to begin the process again. When you turn on the game, your items will be cloned once again but now you have doubled the items. You can continue doing this cycle as many times you want. This is how I was able to clone hundreds of luxury balls and rare candy. Pretty neat glitch huh!
For the cloning glitch in the Battle Tower, you can clone items without having to clone the Pokémon so you don’t have to constantly delete them. Just like with cloning Pokémon, all you have to do is give Pokémon in the PC the items you want to clone, exit and save the game, then go back in to withdraw the items, then talk to the lady like normal.
The original video is what brought me to this awesome little channel. Very happy to see this sequel--despite still not actually having the OG GBA game. 😅
You don't need to clone a pokemon to clone an item. You can withdraw the items directly from the pokemon en masse and clear out entire boxes, getting 30 a box in one clone glitch. And you really don't need a working battery for most things in emerald. The only 2 major things are secret base battle cooldowns and secret base planks for crossing holes, which come from a random postgame event that has a 1% chance of proccing after any battle... but then waits 24 hours after the proc to actually appear. Thankfully the former can be solved by re-mixing records, though you can't "collect" secret bases by restarting one cart over and over (say, a fake one) and making a base and mixing records each time. Not without making their trainer battles one time fights considering they make you save. The latter can be solved with the same setup by using the "restartable" cartridge to reset the intro sequence for a trainer id ending in 4 or 5, getting the plank yourself, giving it to the "trader" npc in mauville, then mixing records with the "important save file" cart to send the trader over.
Wow, didn't realize this came out so recently, I had watched the first video ages ago. I was apprehensive to using an R4 card, especially after learning about the time-bomb problems on many of them. I actually was able to fix my emerald's clock using my GBxCart. The interface on the program shows you the time on the cart and lets you backup your saves and roms of the games pretty easily. For anyone wondering how to VERY EASILY fix the clock using the GBxCart as I did, just do this. Backup save, edit save in pkhex to set all clock values to 0 (playtime does not need to be edited), RESET the cartridge save data, implant the backed up save to the cartridge. I didn't want to think hard about having accurate time and trying to get that to work, so I reset and implanted the save at midnight. And because I so happened to get all of these things at this time, I did everything last night, effectively making my game exactly 23 years in the past, how cool! As of now, my berries are growing and the guy in pacifidlog is telling me to wait a week, that's fine. Here's hoping the lottery turns over and lets me try my luck tomorrow :)
Hey, I tried this out using GBoperator, but it did not went perfectly, because old man in paciflid tells me to wait around 278 days. So here's my question: Is "RESETTING cartridge save data" the same as starting a new game file + setting the clock in your room? Or is it enough to delete the save file on the cartridge (via combination of "up+b+select" on starting screen)?
Thanks for clearing things up. My sister just had her Sapphire cartage batt run dry and I referred her to your first video I'll have her watch this one before she gets it back with the new battery.
Oh, and if you change the battery especially fast(IE: Get a professional to do it) you can potentially avoid the need for extra steps. The internal power can last anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or so before crapping out just on residual
RE: Gameboy cart dumper, if you have a GameCube and the Gameboy Player addon, and a way to boot homebrew on the gamecube (i.e. a sd memory card adapter and an action replay disc) you can use the gameboy interface software to dump roms and saves from gba games also. That's another way to get the save into PKHeX that you could have the tools already
Thanks to English being highly butcherable while still being valid, "real clock time" as a phrase or abbreviation communicates the same information "real time clock" does, so I'd be willing to scratch that one as an error XD
Thank you!! I didnt want to change my battery because of RNG manipulation thT i like to do; but I also set my time wrong in my game to access snowrunt. I was trying to figure out if PKHex would let me change my clock and not give me issues and hadnt found any solid answers before now. Ty!!!
I don't think I heard this in either the first or second video but... I'm pretty sure wurmple's evolution to silcoon or cascoon hard stops when the RTC is dead. You can probably check a lot faster, that way, if you make note of what time it was beforehand? I guess any time-based evolution that takes place in a time that you don't have access to because it's stuck at the wrong time of day could be used as a litmus, if you're not willing to wait.
Isn't there a PC box code for resetting the clock in your room using completely stock hardware via the pomeg glitch? How would that work? Idk if it works on Ruby and Sapphire but it's possible thru emerald. I'm a blisy has a video on code execution showing the process if you're interested.
I have an issue with my Pokémon Sapphire copy that didn't happen with Ruby or Emerald. I have a DS flashcard with RTCread, and I have adjusted the RTC as usual. What is happening is essentially that the game recognizes the battery and assumes the RTC works, BUT the time doesn't move as by itself (not even by starting a new save file). Time does pass but only if you adjust it manually with the RTCread. Any suggestions of which problem I may have in this situation? Thanks in advance. P.S.: I posted this comment on the first video without realizing there was a more recent video about the same topic. Apologies.
I was wondering. If you start a fresh game on a fresh battery, after a few years could you replace the battery before it stops working and avoid all of this entirely? Or do you seriously have to wait until the battery completely dies and then go though all of this?
From what I know, using the Berry Glitch patcher (the one you can activate in FRLGE with a button combo at the menu) can forcefully reset Ruby or Sapphire's internal date, allowing berries to grow. This doesn't work for Emerald players, they legitimately would have to wait.
Please reply 😅,so if i replace the old battery, restart my save, when the new battery dies in 5 or so years. What do i do when the new battery dies? Do i just replace it and my save is fine or replace it before it dies?
I need some help. Many months ago I changed battery in my Ruby with my save from childhood and backed up my save to my pc to try and edit etc values in pkhex but I couldn’t get it to work. Recently I found your video and I feel I’ve tried everything you suggested. I’ve tried changing with pkmchest the rtc initial time and elapsed time to all zeros + rtcread from Jan 1 2000 to 2023 (tried everything from 2000-2099) and nothing works. Right now it’s Jan 1 2000 and rtc all zeros and TM guy says 65530 days or something. The clock itself works but not the timed events like lottery and so on. I have all hardware tools and software like gb operator, rtcread etc. Lowest number of days I’ve gotten him down to is 8 but then he says 8 days even after 72 hours passed. Not sure what I’m doing wrong or if I’ve tried too many times with pkhex, chest and rtcread.
Oh no! I'm sorry that none of the methods worked so far. If you can still use PKHeX, maybe try this new method I discovered from Tama Hero. When you import your save in the program, go to the "SAV" tab and click on "Event Flags". A new window will pop up, so click on the "Event Constants" tab, and scroll down to "Days Passed" and it should give you a number. Make sure to remember that value. Then exit the window to go back to the main window and click on "Clock (RTC)" and if the number days in "Time Elapsed" is lower than the "Days Passed" in the Event Constants, update the time elapsed days value to match/surpass the value from the Event Constants. Lemme know if that fixes it.
would setting the time again do anything with the flash card or not? since you can set it again after the initial one, or is that more just that days time and it doesn't do anything to the year etc?
Ok so lets say I have a dry battery in my game and I am in front or rayquaza (ruby/sapphire version). I change the battery and now the clock is fine so the CURRENT TIME is cured (but still the passage of time its not, berries etc.) and I am bored to fix it by resetting the game or by the extra flash card steps. Can I find shiny rayquaza or any shiny legendary now that my CURRENT TIME is cured? or i must have fix also the PASSAGE OF TIME in order to be sure that the shiny frames will not be affected???
Can you make a video with a detailed explanation of how to use/install the RTC software. I've downloaded it to the R4 and when I launch the R4 program on my DS it takes me to a screen that shows all the files on the R4, but the RTC files don't show up. BUT! when I have the R4 plugged into my computer it shows they are on the R4. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Please and thank you.
It’s weird, I replaced my battery about a year ago and have recently started a new save file on my ruby version as I moved all my pokemon to home. I’m currently trying to shiny hunt for mudkip and I’m 10600 SRs in so far without seeing a single shiny… not even an uncatchable pooch. Mathematically speaking if you count the pooches that’s 21200 encounters and still no shiny. I’m not sure if I’m just getting really unlucky or if my game is broken lmao.
Could you just dump your save with the GB operator, replace the battery, reset the save on the cartridge, then reload the backed up save from GB operator?
I know is prob a dumb question, but... If i dump my save file with gba backup tool (r4 nds), then I replace my battery, start a new save file to correct RTC, does restoring my save with gba backup tool makes everything work again?
ik this is super late, but can you connect the games to lets say, pokemon platinum, for slot exclusive pokemon, (like a Solrock on the first lake that you find cyrus)?
This still didn't answer the question on RNG Manipulation and I went back to your other video, and the reddit post you linked has since been deleted. If ruby or sapphire have a working battery as intended, the seed the game starts at is random. If the battery has run dry, the seed starts at 0. So my question is: If the battery has run dry and I replace the battery without doing any of the RTC fixing steps, will the starting seed be random or will it start at 0? I assume it works fine without the RTC stuff but I'm not positive
Hey, so I originally intended these videos to solve the internal clock issues and it wasn’t until later did I found out about RNG manipulation. I tried my best to research the topics as a complete noob, so I’m not the best resource on that topic. You might wanna ask someone directly in the RNG manip community, since I don’t wanna say something I’m not 100% sure about. As for the deleted Reddit post, I’m not sure which one you’re referring to because I checked on both videos’ links and the Reddit posts are all still up.
I tried to get the CR1616 battery holders to work on my copies of R/S/E, but I couldn't get the cartridge cover on after that. Maybe it's just me. Tho I did notice that the battery holder straddles the chip underneath might be an issue.
No issues with the clock, but if I remember it right, I was able to run the screw down all the way, but the plastic top of the cart had sizeable gap between it and the bottom of the cart shell- enough to rub the cartridge port on a GBA or DS. My guess is that the tolerances were super close with the battery riding the chip when Nintendo designed it. But then again, I just did a direct replacement on the old solder points. Plus, I don't really have the time to figure out a way to make the holder work. And it seems everyone uses the tabbed CR1616s by default.
I will warn you that rubbing the cartridge against the slot over and over will ruin part of the game label, so be wary of that. But thank you for letting me know about the battery holder situation. Tabbed batteries seems to be the cleanest way so far.
Assuming I don't care about the clock based events, can I just carefully pry the battery free? I just want to make sure a piece of my collection doesn't run the risk of destroying itself cause an old dead battery's in it that will inevitably leak out and ruin the cart. I just want the game to not literally destroy itself cause while I got alpha sapphire, there's a charm to the quirks of gen 3, same reason why I still play leafgreen despite having let's go eevee. Plus they're still hella fun.
i want to get a cool ID for my file but i cannot replace the battery at the same time. Can i still save my progress after getting the ID but before setting up the time on the clock? would that enable me to change the battery and still preserve my ID and prevent the berry glitch to occour?
ok I really wanna know more about those retainers mentioned at the end, cause I thought you couldn't fit them in a GBA cartridge. If they do, I *want* do install them (it's what I did for my other Gameboy games that use CR1616 batteries). I'm just wondering how you can solder them in cause I'm pretty sure the tabs are nowhere near long enough to reach the PCB from atop the ROM chip. as well, please, do NOT buy those CR1616 retainers from Retro Game Repair Shop. They're mass-produced in China, which means you can get those same retainers on Ali Express. The difference is that RGRS charges $2 per retainer, while on Ali Express, $2 will get you 20 of them if you find the right listing on sale
The video is very useful and interesting, I will try the different solutions to see if I can solve the clock problem. Like for more, greetings from Spain. I got to know your channel from the original video of this topic.
For someone who got a Pokemon Ruby for my wife as a gift that she’s never played before can all I do is replace the battery and reset all save data and berries and time based events will work still? I’m not trying to save old backups so does this whole RTC manipulation apply to my situation?🙃Your video is great it’s just information overload when I just want to know yea or no if the game will work and pass time properly if I change the battery and restart fresh save file.
Yello's Island will i still be able to get the Lilycove city clearance sale after i beat the game if I Just get a new battery for both my Ruby Sapphire, and Emerald? I really want those cool Secret base Decorations
Question why does my in game clock in emerald not match up the time I put in the RTC editor? I changed the battery and I noticed it only changes it between AM and PM
I recently found my long lost gba sp with emerald still inside it! If I don’t care about wiping the current save, will replacing the battery and starting a new file let the game function as intended? I got a little turned around with all the videos I’ve seen about replacing the battery
I've reset my save file with a dead battery and then had the battery replaced and it didnt fix the issue which is what lead me to find your first video, unfortunately i never figured out how to get the homebrew running on my flashcart 😢
Does replacing the battery fix the seed generation, or do you also need to amend the RTC to fix seed generation? That is, I want to soft reset for shiny rayquaza in Ruby, and when the battery is dead, the RNG seed is fixed at 5A0, so i'm wondering if only changing the battery will fix this seed issue, or whether the RTC will also have to be amended in order to fix the seed generation?
Lets say if I used a ds flashcart to fix my replaced battery on a DS Lite, the time works perfectly fine, what will happen if I use the same cartridge on a Gameboy Advance SP? Will the clock stop working due to the absense of the DS Flashcart?
I had a question. So if I can make a save back up of the game. then put a new battery in my game then restart the game so that the clock is working again. then I can just upload my old save and the clock should be working right? or no?
I haven't personally tried that specific method, so you can try it and lemme know how that goes! If your clock still isn't working, you can always use rtc-read after.
PKMN chest looks interesting, but seems to be exclusively on DSi unless I'm missing something? Could I install it as a .ds rom on something like an R4 or a DSTWO?
Does the Pokemon Colosseum Jirachi Bonus Disc fix the berry glitch? When you go to transfer over the Jirachi, it will tell you if your "berry program" needs updating.
Thank you for this amazing follow up to your already really informative first guide on the RTC topic. I have a few more questions though: 1.) Since the RTC is an independent chip on the motherboard and the values of the initial and elapsed time are readable with a save file editor, I assume that the RTC writes the current state of both values to the Flashed RAM Chip of the game? If so, a save file dumped on let's say day 1 and a save file (which hasn't been played at all) dumped on day 1 + 7 should have a different RTC value stored, right? 2.) I swapped the battery of my Emerald copy a few months ago, started a completely new save file und backed up my save on last Monday. I transfered all my Pokémon up to my Platinum version and now want to restore that said save file. Is there anything I should adjust in terms of the RTC values? Cause the current value of my now empty copy of Emerald should differ from the dumped save right? Or are those values overwritten when I rewrite my backed up save to the cart? Thank you so much for the work and please keep it up!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed both videos! To answer your questions: 1. Correct. Save files on day 1 and 7 should have different RTC values, mainly the elapsed time. 2. I'm not 100% certain but whenever I restored my saves, the clock never seemed to break because as long as there is a gap between the current RTC and the RTC value stored from the last save time, it should work. If somehow it messes up, you can always use rtc-read to readjust the date and time.
Is there no way to make time pass in pokemon sapphire on the ds even if the battery is dead? Even if it only happens while the console is on? I do not want to change the battery, I consider it special for me to keep the cartridge as it is and I would like time to pass to have the most diverse Seeds and thus have Pokémon with very random PDI because I think they will make it more unique and special😊
There is no way to edit the time on the DS unless you use a flashcart. The clock battery is inside the cart, so the DS's clock is completely independent from the GBA games.
If I were to have a ds flashcart, and use rtc read, I need to replace the internal battery no matter what right? If so, how do I replace the internal battery the safest way possible? Thank you
Yes, if you want to fix the clock, no matter what, you must replace the battery. The safest way is to use a soldering iron. It may be intimidating at first, but as long as you follow soldering tutorials, it will be an easy swap.
this video confuses me, the other video seemed pretty straight forward, does the other video method still work or do i need to start using other programs to do it right?
Thank you for making this vid and the other vid! I'm trying to get back into playing gen 3 again. I was wondering, where did you obtain the copies of Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald? I'm trying to look for a trustworthy site that doesn't charge 300+ dollars. Thank you! :D
I'm glad that you enjoyed the videos! Well, I lucked out and held onto my sister's copies of Ruby and Emerald since childhood. And I got Sapphire by trading an extra copy of Platinum. I'm sorry that you've been subjected to these ridiculous prices, I don't like them either. Maybe one day, they'll be reasonably priced again.
Someone deleted ll mt emerald progress and now that i tryued to play it again it said about the bartery so im happy and mad tp say that wmif i change the battery i will have to restart a new game regarless so yeah but nice video
forgive me if I am wrong, but doesn't it work something like "the clock has to catch up with the elapsed time in game to continue working properly"? just wait for it to kick in. what's that? the battery dies again as soon as it catches up? that sounds like a SKILL ISSUE my dude -\{o.o}/-
Personally, I haven't tested this out myself, but the clock might give you issues since you are freezing a certain timestamp, which will no longer correlate with the clock battery. Or it could still work. If you decide to try it out, let me know how it goes!
@@tylergaines9612 Did you ever test this? I have a GB Operator also, and wondering what the easiest method of fixing the clock would be with the least amount of steps and additional tools/programs.
@@tylergaines9612 Ah, I see. Thanks for confirming. I think eBay searching CR1616 Tabbed batteries should be all you need, but I haven't replaced mine to know how good the connectors are, only done CR2032s in the GB games.
I haven't done this myself, but I have read that this will still work and maintain your save file. Obviously, there is much more risk to your game and system, but it's doable. I'd still recommend just eating the $30 for a gameboy save back up device, plus they're good to just have in general
Thank you for the helpfull video! I have only a problem... I replaced the battery of my emerald version and started a new game, when i arrived at mossdeep city at the space center the scientist says thats successful launch Number 1190 (one launch equal one week from the creation of the save state). The time based events works fine, but there is sure something wrong in my save, some one can help me to fix this problem? (change to the right date of the creation of the file) p.s. i am playing using the gb operator
If you're using the GB operator, try downloading the save file, and using a save file editor like PKHeX to find out the values of the inital time and time elapsed.
It’s actually simple: 1180 weeks from the 01-01-2000 is rounabout the date you commented. When using GBoperator, the time of your computer will be used as the battery time.
Play time does nothing to the clock battery, it drains at a constant rate The berry glitch is RS only, and it's triggered when the RTC reaches a certain value (one year?)
I haven't personally tested this out, but if I had to guess, it wouldn't fix the issue because the timestamp on save file you're restoring will still be there unless you change the RTC values to correct them. Restoring the save file will essentially override the time values of the fresh save you just made.
I'm so excited for part 3 where you solve the scalping issue with these games.
1. Those of us that grew up on these games are 20-somethings now with disposable income and want to relive our past.
2. We survived Pokérus when everyone was inside and had relatively nothing to do outside of work.
We all are going after the same games and after Pokémon cards got popular for scalpers (thanks to Logan Paul spending the big bucks) it opened the eBay flood gates, eBay raises prices? Gamestop and Retro Stores raise prices. Try to look for deals at local garage sales, facebook marketplace and game shops. Hope this helps. I'll link to a video that covered this pretty well!
ruclips.net/video/CB25SjRO8V8/видео.html
Goes pretty in depth. The TLDR is either looking for local deals, or waiting. Scalpers get the games FROM SOMEWHERE for cheaper than they sell them for obviously.
Please!!! There’s no way Pokémon games are worth more than $60…. Fucking scalpers
The games aren’t being sold anymore. It’s not scalping. It’s selling high demand retro games that have become collector‘s items and thus demand a higher price.
Should’ve bought them when they were still in circulation or learn another language like japanese or a euorpean language to get the games for cheap. Also, everdrive, Analogue pocket, emulation. All possible. If you want the originals for your collection than you simply have to pay current market prices or wait until all pokémon games will eventually come to Switch Online.
@@Lock2002ful"Wait until they come to Switch online" that's some heavy copium
Your original video was a life saver. It was the most helpful, easy to understand, and accurate source of info I could find on how the RTC actually worked with the game's code.
You helped me save my childhood Emerald save file that had over 600 hours on it! Thank you!
I’m glad I could help!
I'm not a youtuber, but a hyper adhd pokemon nerd with a masters in engineering and an immeasurable stubbornness to ask the questions "wait why does that work?". Your video was the perfect foundation for me to repeat your experiments to try and both repeat the reaults, and generalize the findings here. The goal being to determine a set of logical rules that will apply to anyone's given situation to apply a solution or understanding of how you got there.
My personal goal is to be able to hot swap saves between an EZ flash and gba cart without rtc issies. Both to preserve these games, protect my carts, play without cheats, but also I can't accept not fully understanding a thing integral to the game I love (because I have a problem)
After no lifing gen 3 games, learning about rtc and their roles circuts, and about 12 failed experiments over 2 months. I think I've finally determined a fundamental rule set to diagnose the issue based on the symptoms people experience in their game, then apply the appropriate solution.
I think this would solve your sapphire not responding properly if I knew a few more details. I'd love to work with you to get a final version of this video together. The fabeled part 3 (or whichever).
Regardless, this video is awesome, you're awesome, game freak is cringe, and pokemon has me until the day I die. Thank you!
Great update video. So glad to be able to regrow some Colosseum berries after your previous video. Grateful there's a whole community keeping track of all these things!
Excited for part 4. When you basically tell how to create the PCB for any gen 3 game using only a lot of gum, a paper clip and some toothpaste.
If u start a game qith a dead battery already, and then replace battery makes RTC work again! I did it and my berries started growing again
I was about to buy a flash cart until I saw this. Thank you!
@@jdlarrimohi, did it worked?
Returning to this video to say thank you! I've had a few people come to me asking me to replace the batteries in their games, and without this video I would have never known that you need to also reset the RTC for time to start moving again. I would have been giving people their games back with the same problem that they came to me to fix!
My pleasure, I’m glad you were able to help others out and share the info!
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I actually bought a copy of Emerald on ebay to replace my lost copy, and it came with a dead battery. I only became aware of the problem because I went "Why are my berries taking so long to grow?"
Just replaced that battery tonight, and I can confirm, my berries started growing again!
Hi, did it worked changing the battery without any tool or flash card? Or it’s necessary?
@@cabchris06 You will need a soldering iron, but if the battery was dead when you started the game, a flash cart is not necessary.
@@tannerbarnes7392 thank you so much! Luckily I started my game with a dead battery
You are able to clone multiple items without having to release any Pokemon. What you need to do is use the "move item" option instead on the pc and give any desired items to any amount of pokemon. Exit the pc and save on the spot. Then, go back to pc's move item and return the items to the bag, exit pc, and walk towards the woman continue the process as you described. Once you have turned on the game, you will see that your original items will be on the bag, but there will be cloned items held by the pokemon on the pc as well.
Pro tip: Right after you reset the game, you can withdraw the clone items without saving and go immediately with the woman to begin the process again. When you turn on the game, your items will be cloned once again but now you have doubled the items. You can continue doing this cycle as many times you want. This is how I was able to clone hundreds of luxury balls and rare candy. Pretty neat glitch huh!
I don't know why I didn't think of this. Absolute genius. Thank you!!
They have a built in rtc fix on all emerald copies, press down b select on the title screen to fix the berry glitch
Thanks a ton for the first video too still. I managed to find so many uses for that R4 card now. Backed up my save also.
For the cloning glitch in the Battle Tower, you can clone items without having to clone the Pokémon so you don’t have to constantly delete them.
Just like with cloning Pokémon, all you have to do is give Pokémon in the PC the items you want to clone, exit and save the game, then go back in to withdraw the items, then talk to the lady like normal.
The original video is what brought me to this awesome little channel. Very happy to see this sequel--despite still not actually having the OG GBA game. 😅
You don't need to clone a pokemon to clone an item. You can withdraw the items directly from the pokemon en masse and clear out entire boxes, getting 30 a box in one clone glitch.
And you really don't need a working battery for most things in emerald. The only 2 major things are secret base battle cooldowns and secret base planks for crossing holes, which come from a random postgame event that has a 1% chance of proccing after any battle... but then waits 24 hours after the proc to actually appear.
Thankfully the former can be solved by re-mixing records, though you can't "collect" secret bases by restarting one cart over and over (say, a fake one) and making a base and mixing records each time. Not without making their trainer battles one time fights considering they make you save.
The latter can be solved with the same setup by using the "restartable" cartridge to reset the intro sequence for a trainer id ending in 4 or 5, getting the plank yourself, giving it to the "trader" npc in mauville, then mixing records with the "important save file" cart to send the trader over.
How do you not have over 10k subscribers yet??? The quality of this video is amazing! You've earned yourself a sub.
Wow, didn't realize this came out so recently, I had watched the first video ages ago. I was apprehensive to using an R4 card, especially after learning about the time-bomb problems on many of them. I actually was able to fix my emerald's clock using my GBxCart. The interface on the program shows you the time on the cart and lets you backup your saves and roms of the games pretty easily.
For anyone wondering how to VERY EASILY fix the clock using the GBxCart as I did, just do this. Backup save, edit save in pkhex to set all clock values to 0 (playtime does not need to be edited), RESET the cartridge save data, implant the backed up save to the cartridge. I didn't want to think hard about having accurate time and trying to get that to work, so I reset and implanted the save at midnight. And because I so happened to get all of these things at this time, I did everything last night, effectively making my game exactly 23 years in the past, how cool! As of now, my berries are growing and the guy in pacifidlog is telling me to wait a week, that's fine. Here's hoping the lottery turns over and lets me try my luck tomorrow :)
Hey, I tried this out using GBoperator, but it did not went perfectly, because old man in paciflid tells me to wait around 278 days. So here's my question: Is "RESETTING cartridge save data" the same as starting a new game file + setting the clock in your room? Or is it enough to delete the save file on the cartridge (via combination of "up+b+select" on starting screen)?
Thanks for clearing things up. My sister just had her Sapphire cartage batt run dry and I referred her to your first video I'll have her watch this one before she gets it back with the new battery.
The long awaited sequel???
YES!!! Back by POPULAR demand :)
Oh, and if you change the battery especially fast(IE: Get a professional to do it) you can potentially avoid the need for extra steps. The internal power can last anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or so before crapping out just on residual
Thanks so much for doing the battery explanation you really helped me out ❤
I watched the original a while ago, and i honestly followed it easily. I had to replace my sapphire and emerald and it was perfect
Oh wow, that's great to hear. I'm glad you were able to fix them the first time because a lot of other people were confused in the comments.
I love your vids and am impressed at how your GBA is still working 😂
Thanks for so for making another video, your previous one was still great :)
RE: Gameboy cart dumper, if you have a GameCube and the Gameboy Player addon, and a way to boot homebrew on the gamecube (i.e. a sd memory card adapter and an action replay disc) you can use the gameboy interface software to dump roms and saves from gba games also. That's another way to get the save into PKHeX that you could have the tools already
still haven't bothered to do any of the rtc reset stuff, still very helpful for those who do want to get the clock working.
Thanks to English being highly butcherable while still being valid, "real clock time" as a phrase or abbreviation communicates the same information "real time clock" does, so I'd be willing to scratch that one as an error XD
Thank you!! I didnt want to change my battery because of RNG manipulation thT i like to do; but I also set my time wrong in my game to access snowrunt. I was trying to figure out if PKHex would let me change my clock and not give me issues and hadnt found any solid answers before now. Ty!!!
I don't think I heard this in either the first or second video but... I'm pretty sure wurmple's evolution to silcoon or cascoon hard stops when the RTC is dead. You can probably check a lot faster, that way, if you make note of what time it was beforehand?
I guess any time-based evolution that takes place in a time that you don't have access to because it's stuck at the wrong time of day could be used as a litmus, if you're not willing to wait.
Great video my friend!
I actually really liked the yellow yoshi
Ok but i replaced battery, wiped and created a new save and it STILL didnt fix the RTC, it still says 0:00 😢
Thats so fucking weird i Literally JUST watched the first video a little before you uploaded this lol
Isn't there a PC box code for resetting the clock in your room using completely stock hardware via the pomeg glitch? How would that work? Idk if it works on Ruby and Sapphire but it's possible thru emerald. I'm a blisy has a video on code execution showing the process if you're interested.
Oh I didn’t know about that, could send a link to that video? I’m interested.
I have an issue with my Pokémon Sapphire copy that didn't happen with Ruby or Emerald. I have a DS flashcard with RTCread, and I have adjusted the RTC as usual. What is happening is essentially that the game recognizes the battery and assumes the RTC works, BUT the time doesn't move as by itself (not even by starting a new save file). Time does pass but only if you adjust it manually with the RTCread. Any suggestions of which problem I may have in this situation? Thanks in advance.
P.S.: I posted this comment on the first video without realizing there was a more recent video about the same topic. Apologies.
I was wondering. If you start a fresh game on a fresh battery, after a few years could you replace the battery before it stops working and avoid all of this entirely? Or do you seriously have to wait until the battery completely dies and then go though all of this?
From what I know, using the Berry Glitch patcher (the one you can activate in FRLGE with a button combo at the menu) can forcefully reset Ruby or Sapphire's internal date, allowing berries to grow. This doesn't work for Emerald players, they legitimately would have to wait.
Please reply 😅,so if i replace the old battery, restart my save, when the new battery dies in 5 or so years. What do i do when the new battery dies? Do i just replace it and my save is fine or replace it before it dies?
I need some help. Many months ago I changed battery in my Ruby with my save from childhood and backed up my save to my pc to try and edit etc values in pkhex but I couldn’t get it to work. Recently I found your video and I feel I’ve tried everything you suggested. I’ve tried changing with pkmchest the rtc initial time and elapsed time to all zeros + rtcread from Jan 1 2000 to 2023 (tried everything from 2000-2099) and nothing works. Right now it’s Jan 1 2000 and rtc all zeros and TM guy says 65530 days or something. The clock itself works but not the timed events like lottery and so on. I have all hardware tools and software like gb operator, rtcread etc. Lowest number of days I’ve gotten him down to is 8 but then he says 8 days even after 72 hours passed. Not sure what I’m doing wrong or if I’ve tried too many times with pkhex, chest and rtcread.
Oh no! I'm sorry that none of the methods worked so far. If you can still use PKHeX, maybe try this new method I discovered from Tama Hero.
When you import your save in the program, go to the "SAV" tab and click on "Event Flags". A new window will pop up, so click on the "Event Constants" tab, and scroll down to "Days Passed" and it should give you a number. Make sure to remember that value. Then exit the window to go back to the main window and click on "Clock (RTC)" and if the number days in "Time Elapsed" is lower than the "Days Passed" in the Event Constants, update the time elapsed days value to match/surpass the value from the Event Constants. Lemme know if that fixes it.
@@YellosIsland Thanks for replying. I forgot to answer you back. I managed to fix it by playing around a bit. Thanks for the video.
I have sapphire, replaced the battery with new. Still get the error “dry battery” the battery is good. I don’t get it.
Thank. You. Lol I replaced my GBA SP shell and was looking to replay some old games but batteries have all run dry lmao
Won an auction for an sp and all the Pokémon games legit for 200 money well spent.
would setting the time again do anything with the flash card or not? since you can set it again after the initial one, or is that more just that days time and it doesn't do anything to the year etc?
Ok so lets say I have a dry battery in my game and I am in front or rayquaza (ruby/sapphire version). I change the battery and now the clock is fine so the CURRENT TIME is cured (but still the passage of time its not, berries etc.) and I am bored to fix it by resetting the game or by the extra flash card steps. Can I find shiny rayquaza or any shiny legendary now that my CURRENT TIME is cured? or i must have fix also the PASSAGE OF TIME in order to be sure that the shiny frames will not be affected???
Can you make a video with a detailed explanation of how to use/install the RTC software. I've downloaded it to the R4 and when I launch the R4 program on my DS it takes me to a screen that shows all the files on the R4, but the RTC files don't show up. BUT! when I have the R4 plugged into my computer it shows they are on the R4. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Please and thank you.
Is there a way to tweak the rtc on a gha cart using a jailbroken wii and the gba to gc link cable?
It’s weird, I replaced my battery about a year ago and have recently started a new save file on my ruby version as I moved all my pokemon to home. I’m currently trying to shiny hunt for mudkip and I’m 10600 SRs in so far without seeing a single shiny… not even an uncatchable pooch. Mathematically speaking if you count the pooches that’s 21200 encounters and still no shiny. I’m not sure if I’m just getting really unlucky or if my game is broken lmao.
Can someone explain step by step how to fix rtc with pkhex sucessfully?
So I can reset and start a new save and it will keep saving you think?
Could you just dump your save with the GB operator, replace the battery, reset the save on the cartridge, then reload the backed up save from GB operator?
I know is prob a dumb question, but...
If i dump my save file with gba backup tool (r4 nds), then I replace my battery, start a new save file to correct RTC, does restoring my save with gba backup tool makes everything work again?
ik this is super late, but can you connect the games to lets say, pokemon platinum, for slot exclusive pokemon, (like a Solrock on the first lake that you find cyrus)?
@Yello's Island Anyone know if the battery holders fit in a gba cartridge? Id prefer to solder once vs solder every few years.
This still didn't answer the question on RNG Manipulation and I went back to your other video, and the reddit post you linked has since been deleted. If ruby or sapphire have a working battery as intended, the seed the game starts at is random. If the battery has run dry, the seed starts at 0. So my question is: If the battery has run dry and I replace the battery without doing any of the RTC fixing steps, will the starting seed be random or will it start at 0? I assume it works fine without the RTC stuff but I'm not positive
Hey, so I originally intended these videos to solve the internal clock issues and it wasn’t until later did I found out about RNG manipulation. I tried my best to research the topics as a complete noob, so I’m not the best resource on that topic. You might wanna ask someone directly in the RNG manip community, since I don’t wanna say something I’m not 100% sure about.
As for the deleted Reddit post, I’m not sure which one you’re referring to because I checked on both videos’ links and the Reddit posts are all still up.
I tried to get the CR1616 battery holders to work on my copies of R/S/E, but I couldn't get the cartridge cover on after that. Maybe it's just me. Tho I did notice that the battery holder straddles the chip underneath might be an issue.
Oh that's strange. I was actually about to buy one myself. Were there any issues with the clock though?
No issues with the clock, but if I remember it right, I was able to run the screw down all the way, but the plastic top of the cart had sizeable gap between it and the bottom of the cart shell- enough to rub the cartridge port on a GBA or DS. My guess is that the tolerances were super close with the battery riding the chip when Nintendo designed it. But then again, I just did a direct replacement on the old solder points. Plus, I don't really have the time to figure out a way to make the holder work. And it seems everyone uses the tabbed CR1616s by default.
I will warn you that rubbing the cartridge against the slot over and over will ruin part of the game label, so be wary of that. But thank you for letting me know about the battery holder situation. Tabbed batteries seems to be the cleanest way so far.
Assuming I don't care about the clock based events, can I just carefully pry the battery free? I just want to make sure a piece of my collection doesn't run the risk of destroying itself cause an old dead battery's in it that will inevitably leak out and ruin the cart. I just want the game to not literally destroy itself cause while I got alpha sapphire, there's a charm to the quirks of gen 3, same reason why I still play leafgreen despite having let's go eevee. Plus they're still hella fun.
i want to get a cool ID for my file but i cannot replace the battery at the same time. Can i still save my progress after getting the ID but before setting up the time on the clock? would that enable me to change the battery and still preserve my ID and prevent the berry glitch to occour?
ok I really wanna know more about those retainers mentioned at the end, cause I thought you couldn't fit them in a GBA cartridge. If they do, I *want* do install them (it's what I did for my other Gameboy games that use CR1616 batteries). I'm just wondering how you can solder them in cause I'm pretty sure the tabs are nowhere near long enough to reach the PCB from atop the ROM chip.
as well, please, do NOT buy those CR1616 retainers from Retro Game Repair Shop. They're mass-produced in China, which means you can get those same retainers on Ali Express. The difference is that RGRS charges $2 per retainer, while on Ali Express, $2 will get you 20 of them if you find the right listing on sale
Hi! Does a dry battery affect shiny pokemons in any way? Can't get a clear answer online
The video is very useful and interesting, I will try the different solutions to see if I can solve the clock problem. Like for more, greetings from Spain. I got to know your channel from the original video of this topic.
For someone who got a Pokemon Ruby for my wife as a gift that she’s never played before can all I do is replace the battery and reset all save data and berries and time based events will work still? I’m not trying to save old backups so does this whole RTC manipulation apply to my situation?🙃Your video is great it’s just information overload when I just want to know yea or no if the game will work and pass time properly if I change the battery and restart fresh save file.
Yello's Island will i still be able to get the Lilycove city clearance sale after i beat the game if I Just get a new battery for both my Ruby Sapphire, and Emerald? I really want those cool Secret base Decorations
Question why does my in game clock in emerald not match up the time I put in the RTC editor? I changed the battery and I noticed it only changes it between AM and PM
RTC uses military time to keep track. I said this in the video, but the clock not matching up seems to be the initial time value adding a buffer
@@YellosIsland nvm I fixed it using the Pkmn-chest method you mentioned thanks for the info
I recently found my long lost gba sp with emerald still inside it! If I don’t care about wiping the current save, will replacing the battery and starting a new file let the game function as intended? I got a little turned around with all the videos I’ve seen about replacing the battery
I've reset my save file with a dead battery and then had the battery replaced and it didnt fix the issue which is what lead me to find your first video, unfortunately i never figured out how to get the homebrew running on my flashcart 😢
Oh that's unfortunate. Maybe I can help. What flashcart do you have?
Does replacing the battery fix the seed generation, or do you also need to amend the RTC to fix seed generation? That is, I want to soft reset for shiny rayquaza in Ruby, and when the battery is dead, the RNG seed is fixed at 5A0, so i'm wondering if only changing the battery will fix this seed issue, or whether the RTC will also have to be amended in order to fix the seed generation?
Lets say if I used a ds flashcart to fix my replaced battery on a DS Lite, the time works perfectly fine, what will happen if I use the same cartridge on a Gameboy Advance SP? Will the clock stop working due to the absense of the DS Flashcart?
The clock will still work if you use the same cartridge with the fixed time on a GBA. The DS flashcart just modifies the values.
I had a question. So if I can make a save back up of the game. then put a new battery in my game then restart the game so that the clock is working again. then I can just upload my old save and the clock should be working right? or no?
I haven't personally tried that specific method, so you can try it and lemme know how that goes! If your clock still isn't working, you can always use rtc-read after.
PKMN chest looks interesting, but seems to be exclusively on DSi unless I'm missing something? Could I install it as a .ds rom on something like an R4 or a DSTWO?
You can use PKMN chest on an R4 or other flashcart. It's not exclusive to the DSi, thankfully
Does the Pokemon Colosseum Jirachi Bonus Disc fix the berry glitch? When you go to transfer over the Jirachi, it will tell you if your "berry program" needs updating.
Nope. It works the same as the FR/LG/E Berry Patch where it doesn't really fix the clock after the battery dies.
Thank you for this amazing follow up to your already really informative first guide on the RTC topic. I have a few more questions though:
1.) Since the RTC is an independent chip on the motherboard and the values of the initial and elapsed time are readable with a save file editor, I assume that the RTC writes the current state of both values to the Flashed RAM Chip of the game? If so, a save file dumped on let's say day 1 and a save file (which hasn't been played at all) dumped on day 1 + 7 should have a different RTC value stored, right?
2.) I swapped the battery of my Emerald copy a few months ago, started a completely new save file und backed up my save on last Monday. I transfered all my Pokémon up to my Platinum version and now want to restore that said save file. Is there anything I should adjust in terms of the RTC values? Cause the current value of my now empty copy of Emerald should differ from the dumped save right? Or are those values overwritten when I rewrite my backed up save to the cart?
Thank you so much for the work and please keep it up!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed both videos! To answer your questions:
1. Correct. Save files on day 1 and 7 should have different RTC values, mainly the elapsed time.
2. I'm not 100% certain but whenever I restored my saves, the clock never seemed to break because as long as there is a gap between the current RTC and the RTC value stored from the last save time, it should work. If somehow it messes up, you can always use rtc-read to readjust the date and time.
Part 3 when??
Die you somehow managed to fix the Saphire Game? I have similiar Problems with my emerald, using pkhex and gboperator
Is there no way to make time pass in pokemon sapphire on the ds even if the battery is dead? Even if it only happens while the console is on? I do not want to change the battery, I consider it special for me to keep the cartridge as it is and I would like time to pass to have the most diverse Seeds and thus have Pokémon with very random PDI because I think they will make it more unique and special😊
There is no way to edit the time on the DS unless you use a flashcart. The clock battery is inside the cart, so the DS's clock is completely independent from the GBA games.
12:20 “oh hey that rhymed” 😂
If I were to have a ds flashcart, and use rtc read, I need to replace the internal battery no matter what right? If so, how do I replace the internal battery the safest way possible? Thank you
Yes, if you want to fix the clock, no matter what, you must replace the battery. The safest way is to use a soldering iron. It may be intimidating at first, but as long as you follow soldering tutorials, it will be an easy swap.
So with the RTCread ds I should put the current date or put the lowest date?
this video confuses me, the other video seemed pretty straight forward, does the other video method still work or do i need to start using other programs to do it right?
Yes you can still use the original method. I’m just proposing alternatives in case you don’t have a DS and a flashcart
tysm for this video, was wondering if the battery runs out will the in game total time on your trainer card in the save file still increase?
as in the time played data*
I wish there was a rechargeable mod for it.
this is answer my question, why my berry plant wont grow up😞
What should I put in wkday?
So if I don’t want to struggle and deal with all that hassle just get a Nintendo ds lol ?
Thank you for making this vid and the other vid! I'm trying to get back into playing gen 3 again. I was wondering, where did you obtain the copies of Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald? I'm trying to look for a trustworthy site that doesn't charge 300+ dollars. Thank you! :D
I'm glad that you enjoyed the videos! Well, I lucked out and held onto my sister's copies of Ruby and Emerald since childhood. And I got Sapphire by trading an extra copy of Platinum. I'm sorry that you've been subjected to these ridiculous prices, I don't like them either. Maybe one day, they'll be reasonably priced again.
Anyone know how to update an r4 card ?
Someone deleted ll mt emerald progress and now that i tryued to play it again it said about the bartery so im happy and mad tp say that wmif i change the battery i will have to restart a new game regarless so yeah but nice video
I wiped my save after changing the battery, but the error message still pops up..
Is the error message referring to the battery being run dry? Because if so, the new battery you installed might've been dead already.
forgive me if I am wrong, but doesn't it work something like "the clock has to catch up with the elapsed time in game to continue working properly"? just wait for it to kick in. what's that? the battery dies again as soon as it catches up? that sounds like a SKILL ISSUE my dude -\{o.o}/-
I just want to clarify, if I backup my save file, replace the battery, clear the game, and then reload the save file, will the clock issues be fixed?
Personally, I haven't tested this out myself, but the clock might give you issues since you are freezing a certain timestamp, which will no longer correlate with the clock battery. Or it could still work. If you decide to try it out, let me know how it goes!
@@YellosIsland I shall! Thank you. Just waiting on my GB Operator
@@tylergaines9612 Did you ever test this? I have a GB Operator also, and wondering what the easiest method of fixing the clock would be with the least amount of steps and additional tools/programs.
@@WeeAddy I never did.... I need to get different batteries for it as the ones I got don't have brackets long enough to make a good connection.
@@tylergaines9612 Ah, I see. Thanks for confirming. I think eBay searching CR1616 Tabbed batteries should be all you need, but I haven't replaced mine to know how good the connectors are, only done CR2032s in the GB games.
When changing the weekday, the values go from 0 to 6, which day is which value?
The weekday values don't seem to do anything, so you can leave them be.
@@YellosIsland Thanks for the answer. Yeah, I figured since Gen 3 doesn't have day specific events, it doesn't really matter.
I wish it would be possible to simply recharge the battery and it would fix itself that way :(
For Gen 1 and 2, what if you were able to replace the battery while the game was running using one of those fancy battery holders?
I haven't done this myself, but I have read that this will still work and maintain your save file. Obviously, there is much more risk to your game and system, but it's doable. I'd still recommend just eating the $30 for a gameboy save back up device, plus they're good to just have in general
@@queencepha I meant with one of those battery holders.
I just went and corrected the wiki
Thank you for the helpfull video! I have only a problem...
I replaced the battery of my emerald version and started a new game, when i arrived at mossdeep city at the space center the scientist says thats successful launch Number 1190 (one launch equal one week from the creation of the save state). The time based events works fine, but there is sure something wrong in my save, some one can help me to fix this problem? (change to the right date of the creation of the file)
p.s. i am playing using the gb operator
If you're using the GB operator, try downloading the save file, and using a save file editor like PKHeX to find out the values of the inital time and time elapsed.
It’s actually simple: 1180 weeks from the 01-01-2000 is rounabout the date you commented. When using GBoperator, the time of your computer will be used as the battery time.
I replaced the battery and still received the message
Did you check that the new battery itself wasn't dead?
@@YellosIsland yeah, probably was
FINALLY!!!!! I GOT MY SHINY MEW FROM FARAWAY ISLAND 💙✨
Good video
The Problem with Rng, Batterys And Emulators. Seperate Alien Data_ And when once crashes they all do.
It sounds like you’re doing a voice!
I just want to know, if I reach 100 hours in my Pokémon emerald file, am I not able to grow berries anymore due to glitch with the software?
Play time does nothing to the clock battery, it drains at a constant rate
The berry glitch is RS only, and it's triggered when the RTC reaches a certain value (one year?)
Is it possible to backup the save file. Then replace the battery and reset the game and then restore the save file?
I haven't personally tested this out, but if I had to guess, it wouldn't fix the issue because the timestamp on save file you're restoring will still be there unless you change the RTC values to correct them. Restoring the save file will essentially override the time values of the fresh save you just made.