Temporal Flux Not Loading ROM

[Magus]

Apparently Temporal Flux cannot load my chrono Trigger ROM... I'm not sure why, unless it only loads a specific ROM?

EDIT: Sorry if this is in the wrong board.

[Geiger]

Temporal Flux should tell you in the status bar at the bottom what the problem is.  It will not open a file if it:

A) Is open in write mode by another program (like a hex editor)
B) Has a header and you decline to remove it
C) Does not have "CHRONO TRIGGER       " as the ROM title
D) Is not version 1.0

Interestingly enough, it will open an interleaved ROM even if you decline to de-interleave it, which should probably not be the case.

---T.Geiger

[Magus]

It says: " This does not appear to be a Chrono Trigger ROM" which is odd, because both ROMs are indeed Chrono Trigger. 

[Geiger]

It says: " This does not appear to be a Chrono Trigger ROM"

Then its failing test C.  This means either your ROM has an incorrect internal title or is interleaved in an unusual format.  Also make sure you're not trying to open a compressed file.

---T.Geiger

[Magus]

Strange. Its a SMC format, and works fine with Emulators like ZNES...Does it matter which site I got it from? Or maybe a certain version of CT?

[DMagusEdwards]

Do you got your ROM in a Winzip file (folder with zipper thingy on it)? You need to decompress it, like Gieger said. I'd make an extra copy in case decompression screws around with it, dont want your emulator to play a wonky ROM...

[Magus]

Do not worry, I am not Ignorant in Computer terms  I know what a ZIP folder is, and no. It is not compressed, it is expanded.

Could it be the savestates in the same folder that are causing the trouble?

[Geiger]

works fine with Emulators like ZNES

The internal title should be displayed in the lower left corner when you open the file in ZSNES.  Make sure it looks like the title above.

Does it matter which site I got it from?

It matters less what site you got it from and more that you got a good dump.  Try downloading GoodSNES and having it check the ROM for you.

---T.Geiger

[LatiasLord]

If it doesn't have CHRONO TRIGGER as the internal name, I believe there's a utility on the site that changes the name for Chrono Trigger Roms. That's what I think anyway.