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Virtual SD Card Guide: Difference between revisions
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The built-in generation is handled in the Options => Configuration => Wii menu along with the other SD card options. It will look something like this with the user having to manually configure the paths. | The built-in generation is handled in the Options => Configuration => Wii menu along with the other SD card options. It will look something like this with the user having to manually configure the paths. | ||
{{Image|SDCardGeneration.jpg|SD Card Settings as of 5.0- | {{Image|SDCardGeneration.jpg|SD Card Settings as of 5.0-16912|br}} | ||
The options do as follows: | The options do as follows: | ||
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* <b>Insert SD Card</b>: Tells the emulated Wii that an SD card is inserted. | * <b>Insert SD Card</b>: Tells the emulated Wii that an SD card is inserted. | ||
* <b>Allow Writes to SD Card</b>: Allows the emulated Wii to make changes to the SD Card. This should only be unchecked if you are using the SD card for Netplay/TASing or other experiments outside of normal use. | * <b>Allow Writes to SD Card</b>: Allows the emulated Wii to make changes to the SD Card. This should only be unchecked if you are using the SD card for Netplay/TASing or other experiments outside of normal use. | ||
* <b>Automatically Sync with Folder | * <b>Automatically Sync with Folder</b>: This means that Dolphin will generate the SD card based on your configured folder on *every* Wii game start, and then resync the folder *after* emulation. <b>Warning</b>: May be extremely slow with large Virtual SD Cards. | ||
* <b>Convert Folder to File | * <b>Convert Folder to File Now</b>: Will use the configured SD Sync Folder to generate an SD card in the configured SD Card Path. <b>Warning</b>: Will overwrite any existing SD Card. | ||
* <b>Convert File to Folder | * <b>Convert File to Folder Now</b>: Will extract the configured SD Card to generate a folder based on the SD Sync Folder path. <b>Warning</b>: Will delete all files previously in the SD Sync Folder! | ||
Dolphin can still only use the SD Card file during emulation, but these options make it much easier to generate an SD card without the use of Third Party tools. | Dolphin can still only use the SD Card file during emulation, but these options make it much easier to generate an SD card without the use of Third Party tools. | ||