cyron Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 i downloaded a patch labeled .rar what program do i patch it with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzz94 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 you need unrar to get the patch out of it. http://www.pewtersoftware.com/winunrar.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 .rars are just a fancy .zip file. Get WinRAR or something similar (hell I can't remember any other names) to unzip it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashGordon94 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 You have to extract it with WinRAR first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppy Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I use 7-Zip to extract those files since 7-Zip is free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashGordon94 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I use 7-Zip to extract those files since 7-Zip is free. Well, technically so is WinRAR. It's supposed to be a paid one but you can download the "free" trial version and completely ignore the "40 day" warning, continuing to use it for free. But since I have no experience with 7-Zip I can't really say for sure, it seems to work for you after all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyron Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) thank you i converted the .rar file into an ups file and then used nups to apply the patch to the rom now vba says it cant open the rom becuase the patched rom is a .zip file what do i do Edit: I merged your topics because you don't really need two as this deals with the same stuff. ~ eCut. :) Edited June 17, 2012 by Cyron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celice Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 You said that, after unarchiving the rar, you got a UPS file. Then you say you didn't, but you got a ZIP file. Which is it? All files need to be decompressed before you try to use any patches. If your patch is archived, get it out; if your ROM is archived, get it out. Do not apply patches to archives like 7z, RAR, or ZIP. Do not apply these formats to ROMs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyron Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 i turned a .rar into a .ups then applied it to my rom then tried to play the patched rom but vba did not recognize the file type sorry for being unclear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celice Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 What's the file-type of your rom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Red Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 VBA plays .gba games yo and you don't just rename files to change their type, renaming extensions just changes how programs view them/what programs open them, not how they work itself. You need to extract files out of archives (.ZIP, .RAR, and .7Z files are the most common archive types). In Windows, this is done by right-clicking and hit "extract here" or something similar, though you may need to like, install 7-zip or winRAR or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyron Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 What's the file-type of your rom? the rom was a .rar converted to nups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Glenn Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) the rom was a .rar converted to nups ROMs do not end in a .rar extension. .rar files are archives. If you've got something like Pokemon.rar, then the actual game is contained within that archive and it needs to be extracted. That is, unless you changed the file extension from whatever it was to .rar, which is not what you're supposed to do. That corrupts the file (generally). This is how you do it: - Extract the ROM from the .rar/.zip archive; you'll end up with a .gba file (in this case). - Extract the patch from its archive; you'll end up with a .ups file (in this case). - Use NUPS/etc. to patch the .ups file to the .gba file (see Patching Tutorial) - Load the .gba file in your preferred emulator. It's that simple. If you can't get that, there isn't too much more we can do for you; it's a simple process and that's basically the extent of the hand-holding we can do beyond going step-by-step on the process of extracting something from an archive file, which you could easily look up on Google. We can't give you a pre-patched ROM, either. Edited June 18, 2012 by Lord Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyron Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 problem solved not sure how but 3rd try it worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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