Difference between revisions of "SD Savedata Backups"

Revision as of 08:24, 19 June 2013

Overview

Introduced in 6.0.0-11, users are able to backup savedata for titles installed to SDMC, to a maximum of 30 'slots'. Users can backup savedata while in the Home Menu, available as an option when selecting an application. In System Settings, user are able to backup, restore and delete savedata backups. There are however exclusions, see Exclusions.

Backups

Savedata backups are located in the directory:

sdmc:/Nintendo 3DS/<ID0>/<ID1>/backups

The savedata backup directory structure(this structure is repeated for every slot):

backups
└───XXX
    └───<Application TitleID>

XXX - A three digit hexadecimal number representing the slot number i.e. (000-01d).
<Application TitleID> - The application's full TitleID. This directory contains a verbatim backup of files in the title's "data" directory(where the save file is located).

There can only be one savedata per slot, and details about the slots are stored in System Settings's Extdata and hence cannot manually be created.

Exclusions

Some titles are not allowed to have their saves backed up. This is enforced by the ctr_backup_black_list file in the NS CFA, which contains a list of blacklisted Unique-IDs:

Regular 3DS Titles

JPN UniqueID	USA UniqueID	EUR UniqueID	Title Name
?	000ba8	000ba9	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
?	000465	0004b3	Cubic Ninja
000481	000ae4	000b1d	Monster Hunter 3G
?	00048d	?	Reel Fishing 3D Paradise
?	00066c	00066d	Pokemon Rumble Blast
?	?	000933	Freakyforms Deluxe
?	000ae1	?	Pokemon Dream Radar
0009f6	?	?	Senran Kagura Burst: Guren no Shoujotachi
000a4d	?	?	Sengoku Musou Chronicle 2nd

Virtual Console Titles

JPN UniqueID	USA UniqueID	EUR UniqueID	Title Name
000748	000749	00074a	F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
00074b	00074c	00074d	Mario Kart Super Circuit
00074e	00074f	000750	Wario Land 4
000751	000752	000753	Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
000755	000756	000757	Metroid Fusion
000758	000759	00075a	WarioWare Inc: Mega Microgame
00075b	00075c	00075d	Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
000766	000767	000768	Mario vs Donkey Kong
000769	00076a	00076b	Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
00076c	00076d	00076e	The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

Unsorted

UniqueID	Title Name
000321	?
000343	?
000395	?
000496	?
0004d7	?
000528	?
00055d	?
00055e	?
0005dc	?
0005f6	?
00065e	?
0006a2	?
0006d2	?
00072a	?
000732	?
000775	?
0007fc	?
000862	?
000863	?
000864	?
000865	?
0008c3	?
0008c4	?
0008c5	?
0008c8	?
0008c9	?
0008e3	?
0008fa	?
000913	?
000950	?
0009aa	?
0009d6	?
0009fa	?
000a27	?
000b4a	?
000bae	?
000c34	?
000c6f	?
000c71	?
000c72	?
000c9e	?
000cc5	?
000cc6	?
000cfd	?
000d10	?
000d2e	?
000d4a	?
000e68	?
000edc	?

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
   └───XXX
       └───<Application TitleID>
-          └───00000000.sav
 * '''XXX''' - A three digit hexadecimal number representing the slot number i.e. (000-01d).
-* '''<Application TitleID>''' - The application's full TitleID.
+* '''<Application TitleID>''' - The application's full TitleID. This directory contains a verbatim backup of files in the title's "data" directory(where the save file is located).
-* '''00000000.sav''' - A verbatim copy of the application's savedata at time of backup.
-There can only be one savedata per slot, and details about the backed up savedata are stored by the system and hence cannot manually be created.
+There can only be one savedata per slot, and details about the slots are stored in [[Extdata|System Settings's Extdata]] and hence cannot manually be created.
 == Exclusions ==