How to Trade Pokémon using VisualBoyAdvance Emulator 2023
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2024
- Updated tutorial 2023
Once again I saw that there aren't a lot of new or updated tutorials for this emulator
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My experience with this on the Virtualboy M 2.1.6 is that when you create and join the server, it allocates one device as "player 1" and the one that joined as "player 2". Once you trade and then save on each game while the connection is still active it will NOT replace your previous save-file when saved like normal. It creates new saves for "player 1" and "2".
If you want to continue from the save after the trade took place when you reload Virtualboy you must look in the folder where the saves are stored - alongside the ROM file, look for the "SAV File" with "-1" or "-2" at the end depending on who was player 1 or 2 and that will be the save from after the trade took place. Look for the save with the most recent date changed and that will likely be the one. Remove the old save that does not have a "-1" or "-2" at the end and then remove the dash and number from the updated save. Then Virtualboy will load and save onto this file like normal, future times its loaded. Alternatively be cheeky and use the save from before you traded and keep your rare traded 'mons on both games.... hope this helps someone.
Thanks for the heads up!
you can do save scum manipulation with this like trading infinite exp shares or master balls if you don't like using game shark
Hello! I just tried doing this and it worked! Thank you :) 🤝
thanks mvp. i thought it wasnt working on mine until i read your comment
Bless you, I was looking for this exact info.
If you run into the “sorry unable to connect restart etc” issue it’s because you need to toggle off the “speed hack” button.
Then after if you get a communication error when entering the room what you need to do is toggle on -input -allow keyboard background input, on one of the screens and use the other screen at the same time. The emulator doesn’t like it when you switch between them! I recommend lining the Pokemon up you want to trade in your respective parties before hand!
Took me like two hours to get that figured out but we did it folks!
you deserves more likes. thx!
u deserves the world bro
This new generation are some straight tech wizards 😅 thanks buddy I finally get to play fire red with Alakazam and Gengar
cheat codes exist
I’m having the same issue 😂
wow kid, you did a great job here. i don't even know how to make a video recording myself and on the computer and you got it down real good. you gonna do great in life! lol pokemon ftw!
I got nicve xbox one controller for pc. You click xbox button or alt+windows+g and you just start recording high quality desktop and gaming videos. :P I prefer that kinda controller. Good to play Dolphin emulator and gamecube/wii games. And so on.
Nice, you saved my life man 😭 I was scouring through the old videos for help and my VBA wasn’t even up to date aswell. Great video man!
Glad I could help!
man i almost cried when i got both blaziken and sceptile in one game thank you so much king. I subscribed for good!!!
But swampert is the best
It's all working until the lady said, "Sorry, we have a link error... Please reset and try again."
same with me
same here@@Noturprob123
Same for me
I found a solution:
OPTIONS > INPUT > ALLOW BACKGROUND INPUT
That helped me move both windows at the same time (like in the video), and suddenly it worked. Also, don't speed up, my game crashed like 5 times before it worked.
And place the pokemons you want to trade in the first spot, so you don't have to move around while sending some input to both windows.
I also had to add one more step: the new save file has the wrong name so it won't be recognized as the latest one. Change the name by deleting "-2". I moved the old save file to another folder.
I was a little sceptical listening to a kids voice. But, this tutorial was superb. With this tutorial the link connection worked without a problem.
Keep on your good work!
To be fair, they are the ones that have more time to spare than us
Very helpful video! Well done! This helped us trade Gravelers in Pokemon Emerald to evolve them for a Soul Link Nuzlocke we are working on! Thank you!!
Glad I could help!
Dude, this finally worked after several tries using other methods. Thank you so much.
For those who had problems like me (on firered/leafgreen) where it would say that the Pokémon trading centre is “currently under maintenance”, it could be because you haven’t obtained 2 Pokémon and the Pokédex yet, which are required to be able to trade. I was trying to give myself all 3 starters so I rushed straight to the centre, and because of that it wouldn’t let me trade. Caught a couple random Pokémon and claimed the Pokédex by talking to the shopkeeper and delivering the package to professor oak and now it works fine.
THANK YOU SO MUCH DAWGGG THE EXACT REASON I WAS SCOURING THE COMMENTS LMFAOOOO
@@nick2505 glad to hear it man. It’s so simple but it still took me forever lol
@@jimbo899 yeah it worked well, I started last night when I initially commented but I’m already on the 4th gym of fire red and all the starters just evolved into charizard, blastoise, and venasaur
Only thing could have made it better is if you’d of turned down the game music, great job kid. I’ve watched about 6 others made by adults and none of their methods worked but you went into much better usage of the softwares tools so fingers crossed this method will work. Thank you!
Thanks so much! I played these games religiously as a kid and wanted to see how to get my Alakazam on the emulator :D
Glad I could help!
cheats exist
I will hold this video close to my heart, always. Thanks to this I managed to evolve my Kadabra into Alakazam and my Graveler into Golem. Thank you so much!
Never knew you could do this. I'm checking for ds emulators so I can do it with those gens too but wow.
Yo. Thanks a bunch :) Really really helpful.
YOU ARE THE MAN !!!!!!!! THANKS SO MUCH
As He said, you must come as a child lol and I thank you kind sir for helping this old fart recapture his childhood. You helped, not directly, in solving my issue, but watching your screencap did assist in me figuring it out. Be easy, breezy lol
Thank you so much. You're a legend !!
i tried on gen 2 between silver and crystal and it does not work it says friend is not waiting help
I tried this, it didn't work then I lost my save for both games thanks alot genius
Yo bro, I'm on macOS and I have no idea how to open two games at the same time. I could do it on the older version but the newer versions I cant figure out, got any ideas?
I also can't open both games at the same time. When i open the second one, it closes the first one
Make a copy of visual boy advanced then you should be able to load one game from the original file. Then the second game from the copy. Hope this helps!
This really helped, thanks
thx man i got machamp deeserves a sub!
Thank you, this helped a lot!
thank you man ! im happy it worked this easily lol
I tried this and got it working only to find out that I have to beat the FireRed Pokemon League to trade with my Emerald file.
Does that mean that you have to beat The league in Fire red if i can trade from Leaf Green?
@@lucasfjellberg6903 I think it's only to trade between Hoenn and Kanto and you ca trade within the region without beating the Pokémon league.
thanks for the video little homie
Playing firered and emerald... Getting "Sorry. We are unable to connect. Please reset link and try again".. Why is that?
Thanks this was really helpful
BRO THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I could evolve my golem and haunter
Glad I could help!
hello i just want to give some insight: first of all if you started a playthrough in singleplayer your save will look like this: [insert rom name].sav. if you started in multiplayer it will look like this: [insert rom name]-[wich player you are from 1 - 4].sav. Example: with a rom called "pokemon ruby" it looks like this in singleplayer: pokemon ruby.sav but if you started it in multiplayer with player one it looks like this: pokemon ruby-1.sav. this is important because you can start local multiplayer with wireless adapter instead of cable if you want to play the berry crush minigame too. so if you want to do all that change the settings to emulation -> link -> type -> wireless adapter and emulation-> link -> local mode. Afterwards make sure your first file is called something like pokemon ruby-1.sav and your file on player two is called something like pokemon saphire-2.sav so vba can load them correctly. hope that helped the 2 people that actually want to play that button masher game :D. Have a great one
This has been very helpful.lam very greatful
Muito obrigado mano eu sei que voce nao vai entender nada do que eu vou falar, porem muito obrigado, eu baixei esse emulador e nao sabia que era mais simples e diferente dos outros que usamos aqui.
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I can't control both games at the same time, even with the option "pause when inactive" disabled. Only the active window is controllable, the other one (not paused) is not receiving any commands =(
Configure both Player1 and Player2 to the same controller.
Thanks fella. Quick question, how did you move both emulators in sync?
I can't seem to do the same thing; it buffers frames and lags and messes up my audio. But the trading works.
I checked my version and downloaded the exact version you have. However, yours have more clarity (in terms of the audio), and able to use speed hack in the process of trading.
Thanks works perfectly
Legend, cheers!!
It worked. I wuv you
I don't understand why I can't get them to use different keys though. I've already set the buttons for Player 2 but the instance clearly labelled as Player 2 is not using it. It kinda sucks since when background keyboard is enable, pressing the same keys would trigger both windows.
I've found no$gba to be faster and easier to use and yes, I've used those for the berry blender and secret bases years ago. I'm playing Emerald again and the only problem is the .SAV written by no$gba can't be read by GBA emulators on Android. So now I'm trying to use VisualBoy.
OK so what I did is just for Player 2 window, I just set a different set keys but on the Player 1 side . I've managed to link them but now it's saying link error so we never get to go inside the trade room...
@@nunyabiznes33 You could need a Newer Version, or you could try this. Go to Options > Emulator > Save Type, make sure you mark "Automatic" and "Flash 64K" on BOTH the emulators. Make sure your not pressing the Turbo key while trading.
i love you, thanks
I'm playing on the original Red and Green and I set link cable emulator to Gameboy, am using the latest version of the emulator, and it still won't let me trade when I talk to the cable club lady. She tellls me "This area is reserved for two friends who are linked by cable." Somebody please help. Edit: It works on Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, but not on Pokemon Red and Green. Somebody please help me.
Same issue here
Keeps give me a communication error when I click between screens to control the second game
I have version M2.1.6 and followed your instructions.
After the players enter the room and make a swap I get an error you have a problem with a cable and the emulator needs to be restarted.
I have this problem too, Manectric77 do you have a solution to this?
@@hiuhoijihoj same problem
it keeps saying smth with a link error how do i fix this?
it says it has a link error
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Thanks kid :)
No problem!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
So I went to do this and I had trouble, but luckily, I could use Pokemon Stadium via Simple64 and that worked amazingly well, you just need to configure controllers eg. 2 and 3 to have transfer paks, then use controller 1 and it lets you trade anything, its really effortless, a bit easier than this... Of course, that won't work for Gen 3 I realise, anyway. Gen 1 and 2 I suppose via Stadium 1 and 2 respectively.
Can anyone help me? I git the emulator but don’t know how to open it twice on MacBook ….
also, it keeps saying "communication error" as soon as both characters enter the trade room
Disable "Pause when inactive window" only if it has a check mark next to it, do this for both windows before you start the link. If this doesn't work try getting a newer version of the emulator.
@@Manectric77 Perfect.. i had the same error but the pause inactive change helped. Amazing!
You are a god and legend. Honoré
It could be the version I am using (For RetroAchievements) but I experienced various issues trying to start the server.
First few times it gave me a vague error, then it was just trying to start it indefinitely.
Any ideas?
I don't have the option for the 'start network link..' why is that? I've checked everything and got 2 screens open as well
You Might have an Older version of this Emulator, if so just get the Newest version. You could also be using an older version with the "Link" add on.
I have the 2.1.5 version but i managed to figure it out in the end. all good now
@@jimbojombs bro how did you solve it, i have the same issue
you need to make sure the link tybe is "Game Boy" , its set as "nothing" as standard, if you set i to game boy the start network link option opens@@SirKlobuerste
I love you little guy
Does anyone know if this method also works for Red/Blue/Yellow or if there's something extra you have to do? I just set it up exactly like in the tutorial but in game, the ladies at the counter in the PC still say "this area is reserved for two friends connected via link cable" and won't initiate a trade (even though I get the message on the screen saying I'm connected)
thanks for the tutorial!
although i have an error which is, every time i try to trade, my game gets a save error screen
I’m trying it with gen 1 between red and blue version and it’s not working…😢 it’s still as if talking to the person without a cable link….
yea same :/
its been 3 months but in case you still need a solution: it worked for me with an emulator called TGB Dual
thanks dude
tried this with gold and silver and managed to link up and all but then after getting to "please wait" with the trading lady the game kept saying "your friend is not ready". what am i doing wrong? im suspecting that the confirmation menu is different? so maybe i have to press something in order to confirm while it says "please wait"? can someone help? :(
I don't think you can Trade Pokémon in Gen2 games using Visualboy Advance. Sometimes this error occurs on original hardware.
@@Manectric77 yeah, did some more research and you're correct. no trading possible, it is what it is :(
So how can we trade on gold and silver?
@@nadavgover6017☝️
I use emerald and fire red and when I'm about to trade it says "we're not set up to conduct trades with trainers far away in another region" ho do you fix this
or it says sorry we have a link error plz reset and try again later
Thanks for the vid! Does this method work using 2PCs?
How did you get two windows open? I'm using Mac and there isn't any options to do even open a second window to attempt multiplayer.
did you ever find out how to do it?
@@Chrissywissy247 Make a copy of visual boy advanced then you should be able to load one game from the original file. Then the second game from the copy. Hope this helps!
I'm trying to figure out you're able to control both games at the same time. Let's say i hit the Spacebar (which i configured to the start button), but it only does it for the selected game, but not the other one. Is there a way to fix that, thanks
To control both games at the same time, go to "emulation", and check off "Pause when Inactive". I also configured both games to one controller
@@Manectric77 I had the Pause While Inactive not checked. Should I select the check and then remove the check to see if that helps
@@ChrisGeeReacts Check off "Pause when inactive" for both windows
@@Manectric77 wait do you mean there needs to be a checkmark next to it on both Windows
@@ChrisGeeReacts Did you watch the Video?
Tanks . I love you ❤️
When i do this it says in both games your friend is not ready
Hi there! I am trying to do this on two different save files of Pokémon Blue and I did all these steps but it says this area is reserved for 2 friends who are linked by cable. What am I doing wrong?
on game boy/game boy color files try Options > Link > Type > Game Boy (instead of Cable)
Would this work the same way if I use a phone emulator with an emulator on my laptop dude?
So after trading these pokemon from fire red to leaf green and from leaf green to fire red, I saved both games but when I close the games afterwards, it did not save and the trades apparently did not happen. What am I doing wrong? Normally I am playing with the normal VBA but for this trade I used VBA-M (current version)
The same thing has happened to me
I have the same problem. Did you happen to find a solution for this? Thanks in advance
@@maasghanistansfinest6321 Yes. But I dont remember correctly. I think it saves the game as a different file. So the save file that you normally have stays the same and when you use this other Emulator it creates another save file
What if my emulator is on the nentindo wii. Could i just have one emulator running on the wii and on on my pc ?
Dude i cannot get it work.. :( so many comments in here saying they got it. I wanna trade between my Fire Red and Leaf Green
when i save on one game it says the they cannot do it
my game gets communication error all the time
I wish to do this on Silver, Gold and Crystal coz like I wanna evolve poliwhirl to Politoad coz in crystal u can find King's Rock and I would also wanna evolve graveler, haunter and Machoke. So if there any way to do it over crystal I would be very happy.
I am playing Crystal rn too and wanna trade my Onix to get a steelix… maybe gengar at some point too but I like her as a haunter for now. If u find a way to trade w crystal on vba lmk
Is it not working with gold? I tried and couldn't get it
You can't use this method, but you *can* use TGB Dual.
@@nadavgover6017☝️
@@jj3665 why?
Its possible trade pokemons between real gameboy advance device and emulator in PC ?
How did you get both windows open next to each other mine won’t let me make the windows smaller than most of the screen
Never mind I figured it out
@@stevethecameraman2592 hoW?
mine still doesn't work
iam getting an error occurred please try again
doen't work just apperad all connected
hey I'm confused how you get to this step... when I try to open two games at once it won't allow me. how do I get both games going at once? I'm playing on Mac
open two VBAs, then in each one you select each rom that will take part in the trade
darn i dont have those options,guess no trade evo's for me haha
When can i trade pokemon to my emerald from Fire Red?
Im playing mainly emerald and wanted to complete my dex there.
Do i really have to fight 3x times trough the entire game past the pkmn leauge in fire red to trade all 3 starters??? The connection isnt working, but with 2x times emerald its working.
Firered requires you to beat the game and Sevii Islands. By obtaining both the Ruby and the Sapphire.
I can't trade my pokemon because of getting the same error "link error" and i even have the latest version of the vba
Same issue. Have you figured out?
@@RayRay-hh8pd no, i haven't.
Ive gotten the furthest with this video so far, ive connected to the network, but when i talk to the lady it keeps me waiting and it doesnt connect, no idea why, using VBA M 2.1.8.
oh, managed to connect but then lady says theres link error :/
omg i tried it on different version and now i got into the room and then it said theres communication error on black screen
@@myiurimochizuki1284 Were you able to figure it out? I got stuck at the lady and it kept me waiting. Haven't been able to get past that so far.
When I open a second vba window it won’t load any roms for me? Just white screen
You might be using the "Flash 64K" save type. In this case you'll have to change it to "Flash 128K".
i got connected with both pokemon emerald and fire red but she said that he cannot connect with different region..
on fire red you need to get bring both ruby and sapphire to Celio at sevi islands to be able to trade with hoen
Not working in 2024 😢
it said they don't allow trading with different regions yet, do I need to get further in the game or something ?
You need to Beat the Game and get the National Dex
@@Manectric77 thanks
Ok what version do you have because I got the latest version and apparently that link is not the same and for me I tried trading on a ROM hack and it froze I can't even get it to work I'm terribly frustrated because nothing is working
Which ROM Hack are you trying to Trade in?
I'm on 2.1.7 and half the time it doesn't let me enter the room and the other half it crashes halfway through a trade. I've used the same settings as you. Any ideas?
Did you find a solution? Same thing for me
not really just kept trying and occasionally it will complete a trade before crashing.@@nadavgover6017
did you find solution? i have same problem
Sort of, I think it's more an internet issue. Some days I can trade no problems others it's a bit stop start. @@romancerny1738
I found a solution eventually. Download mGBA emulator, load your ROM, then click file and on the bottom you'll have "open new multiplayer window", click it. Load your other ROM, and then it will start but you'll see it doesn't have your save file. Go to file, save file, load alternate save file, and pick your save file. You will now be able to trade. I traded like this between gold and silver and between gold and yellow with time capsule on gold, it works. Let me know how it feels the first time you enter the trading room lol
Start network link is greyed out
How are the two Games playing on one screen I'm on Mac btw
The network link thing isnt working. I have the most recent version too so I don’t understand.
Could be Many Things, if you try Trading Pokémon in ROM Hacks it Doesn't work
@@Manectric77k nvm it works now I have another problem
When I try to trade it says I get a trading error
when i try it on the first game (leaf green in my case) everything goes well but when i try it on the second game it says error can anybody help me
nvm i rewatched the tutorial i put start server on both of them you need to put one on server and the other on client great vid tho it works
Thank u
it doesnt work after i trade my pokemon. everything goes well and i save my game so i can save my progress and get my pokemon. but when i close and re-open the game, it doesnt show up anymore. do you have any way to help?
You might need a newer version of the Emulator. However, you might be using the "Flash 64K" save type. In this case you'll have to change it to "Flash 128K".
@@Manectric77 thanks i got it to work!
@@Manectric77 Do you perhaps have another solution? This didn't work for me
Tried it and it keeps saying "your friend isn't ready"
did you figure it out? I have the same problem
If you're using a Gen 1 or 2 game, you'll need to use TGB Dual
@@urossavatovic3481☝️
I don't have a port.. how do you find that?
Not working. Says "Player is not ready".
Same problem. Mismo problema
any solve? alguna solucion?
@@iamgams I ended up using TGB Dual.
how do i stop controlling both games at once so i can trade different pokemon slots
You can Configure a Second Player in the Joypad Settings.