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The EZ5 originally emulated the type of save used by the DS rom and as DS save types are not present simply like the GBA there was a file that contained data on the save types for the roms. The main advantage was generally all that was needed was an update to the save list (and they save type could be guessed/found out quickly with brute force) while others would have to wait for an update to the patching mechanisms (something the end user is not likely to be able to do by themselves). The disadvantage was every rom mandated a save list update.

This idea was dropped in later kernels in favour of saving directly to the microSD card but occasionally needing an update to the soft reset list or the main loader.

As such this list is left for the few people using an older loader (not advised as other things like the resetsp.bin format changed and support for other things like download play and cheats have been added) or for those wanting to learn a bit about the EZ5 past. The EZ 3 in 1 was released after the EZ5 so rumble was added to the list meaning this first post is not correct for the later kernels (but prior to the end of the save list). The info on rumble is available in this thread however.

Original post:
Currently you can grab it here: http://www.ezflash.cn/zip/ezsave.zip This is just information for those who are interested.

Text snapshot of my hex editor (I advise setting each line to be 20bytes long if you do the same)


Syntax of the list:

each line is 20bytes
The first 16bytes is the first 16bytes of the rom i.e the internal name padded to 16 bytes with 00's and the middle section of the serial occupying the last 4 bytes (see above for example).
Next comes the fun part:
the next 4 bytes:
FF00 0000 seems to correspond to no save e.g. electroplankton, animaniacs
0100 0000 seems to correspond to EEPROM 64Kbit I.E. most games:
0000 0000 seems to correspond to EEPROM 4 bit
0500 0000 seems to correspond to Flash 2 Mbit
0600 0000 seems to correspond to Flash 4 Mbit (e.g. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl)
0400 0000 seems to be used for TBC titles.

Update 1, Windirt posted a list on ezflash.cn, I will translate it later:
fe 未知存档
ff 无存档
00 EEPROM 4k
01 EEPROM 64k
02 EEPROM 128k
03 EEPROM 256k
04 EEPROM 512k
05 FLASH 2M
06 FLASH 4M

To update the list
use scrawls tool below
Try out sunshinemm's tool:
http://www.ezflash.cn/bbs/cgi-bin/topic ... 411&show=0
by hand you would be advised to create a list of names and saves as above and assign each save type a value (only uppercase ASCII will be used and with the exception of _ no extended set or punctuation should appear), then replace said characters with the correct 4 bytes using the key above.

Data can be obtained from http://www.freewebs.com/emuconnie/ (use the GBAFront version and you will get an MS database file which you can open in Excel) as well as http://www.advanscene.com/ and http://www.advance-power.de/index.php (rapidly updated HTTP sources).
Header viewers such as NDSTS and NDSHV can also be used although save data will not be able to be obtained:
NDSTS:
http://www.gbadat.altervista.org/tools.htm
NDSHV (site currently down):
http://www.nintenren.com/ndshv/

EZ-Saver

A simple tool which converts EZ-Flash V's ezsave.lst file to csv format and back again. ezsave.csv can be edited in Notepad or Excel and most spreadsheets.

This should allow us to maintain an up-to-date list of save types and fix the incorrect ones.

Since this is an early release, consider this an open beta test. Backup your saves.

It's written in Actionscript (Flash), hence the bulky file size. A lightweight C port is on the drawing board.

Thanks goes to Fast for the documentation in the above post.

NOTE: EZ-Saver can no longer handle the EZ-Flash V savelists. Read here for more info

Download EZ-Saver 1.3 (2.4mb)

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Ok, now we know how to edit a wrong save type, but i like know how we can add new games for the ezsave.lst For example the rom 0804 - Dead And Furious (E) is not in the list of the ezsave.lst How i add the game to the list for select the correct save type? Thank you very much, sorry for my poor english.

Mod Edit: There's no need to quote the entire post. Slade

Depending on how you look at it there are two ways to add a new save:
open the ezsave.lst in a hex editor and add a new line, for dead and furious it will probably look something like this (add in the hex section rather than the ASCII conversion):

ADVANsCEne does not have a save type for dead and furious at this time so I am unsure what it will be.
Dead and furious page:
http://www.advanscene.com/html/Releases ... hp?id=0840

The first section before the FF00 is the first 16bytes of the rom so it would probably be easier to grab it form the rom than reconstruct it from data (like I did just then and probably got it wrong as well).

The other way is to use scrawls tool or have a look at sunshinemm's one whereby you can compile a list.

The link in the top of first post has an updated list, D'N'F is in it.

FAST: have you been able to actually get a copy of sunshinemm's tool? It's on the chinese equivalent of rapidshare and I have never had any luck actually getting it.

scrawl:
Just to dip into the kernel source and provide some clarification (you need to add 1 more I think?):
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0 = 4K EEPROM
1 = 64K EEPROM
2 = 128K EEPROM
3 = 256K EEPROM
4 = 512K EEPROM
5 = 2M Flash
6 = 4M Flash
0xFF (-1) = None Save
0xFE = 64K EEPROM (the quote from windirt above claims "unknown file" - likely TBC)

Not sure why there is two for 64k EEPROM, but I know I didnt see 512K EEPROM on your list anywhere...

Updated save list (my last update to it, as of Jan 26/2007, to OLL#827+1):
ezsav.lst
Verified 828 non-duplicates (1 is iQue xxxx Momo Waliou Zhizao, beyond that and the other Momo (CTYoshi) there are no other xxxx).

Only unknowns on the list:

There were only 8 missed in the list. Hopefully I got all the dupes out (visual scan, there were approx 16 dupes).

a tool to update the list yourself by dropping ROMs onto it's exe (updates existing entries or adds new ones):
5save_0.3.zip
Multi drop support, should be limited only by file name length. Source included. Could be better, but does the job at any rate.

Any mistakes in save types included; gratis! Free of charge! My compliments!

Hi cory.
Well according to scorpei wiki :
0224 - Elf Bowling 1 & 2 (US)[67561FBF] = 4k eeprom ? (what a crazy game save not needed for this one i think)
0316 - Chokoken no Omise - Patisserie Sweets Shop Game (JP)[05E64351] = 64k eeprom
0317 - Tsubasa Chronicle (JP)[2F2FBE35] = 64k eeprom
0826 - San Goku Shi Taisen DS (JP)[81CF7995] = 512k eeprom



That's the tool i was waiting for. Thank you very much cory.
In fact, thank you all.

Mbmax: thanks updated those 4 and while I was at it added the ones up to 836. Last time I looked around scorpei's site I didn't see any actual save sizes actually listed (at least, not for the old ones).

If anyone wants a raw list of
# - name [crc32];save type
that corresponds with this ez5 list (before today's update, that is) just let me know.

I've updated EZ-Saver to 1.1.

- Added missing save types
- Improved data integrity check and error output
- Cleaned up and included source

Download is available up top

Updated the linklist~

Thanks for working so hard, guys!

pretty good work here... but, i've a question:

i've updated the savelist to the latest one released, and tried the game Dead n Furious... but, somehow, the game its not saving at all... not even the initial setups... i just dont know why... is it workin for any of you guys?... whats the correct setup for it? (it says its 64k EEPROM but no matter what i do, it doesnt save!)


help anybody?

http://ezflash.sosuke.com/viewtopic.php?t=3445

apparently you need to get past the second level before it saves... though I have never gotten it to save either (aside from if I don't leave the game).

0849 - Lunar Knights is 512KB EEPROM.

AFAIK it is 847... at any rate, updated to OLL 848(+1).

Just to notice that ZOOTYCOONDS,AZTP,eeprom_64kb, is a 2M flash

So that's it : ZOOTYCOONDS,AZTP,flash_2mb,