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It is capable of displaying the town name and names of residents in ACWW saves, and it names each backup after the town name and current date. It can also restore saved data from a SLOT-2 device to such a Game Card. | It is capable of displaying the town name and names of residents in ACWW saves, and it names each backup after the town name and current date. It can also restore saved data from a SLOT-2 device to such a Game Card. | ||
===About saves=== | |||
* RAC does not back up the game itself, only your town. | * RAC does not back up the game itself, only your town. | ||
* RAC cannot back up save sizes other than 2 Mbit (256 KiB). | * RAC cannot back up save sizes other than 2 Mbit (256 KiB). | ||
* RAC can back up and restore save data of other games with 2 Mbit save, e.g. Oideyo Doubutsu no Mori (おいでよどうぶつの森, the Japanese version of ACWW) and Mario Kart DS, however it cannot display info from these games, except for Drawn to Life (U) and March of the Minis (U), which use the town name "Non-ACWW save" when saving backups. | * RAC can back up and restore save data of other games with 2 Mbit save, e.g. Oideyo Doubutsu no Mori (おいでよどうぶつの森, the Japanese version of ACWW) and Mario Kart DS, however it cannot display info from these games, except for Drawn to Life (U) and March of the Minis (U), which use the town name "Non-ACWW save" when saving backups. | ||
===Limitations=== | |||
* RAC cannot backup to SLOT-1 storage devices due to [http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?p=121271#121271 limitations in the ability of the devices to support card swapping]. | * RAC cannot backup to SLOT-1 storage devices due to [http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?p=121271#121271 limitations in the ability of the devices to support card swapping]. | ||
** It does work on GBA Movie Player CF and SuperCard SD. | ** It does work on GBA Movie Player CF and SuperCard SD. | ||
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** These cards, sold during the Game Boy Advance era (2001 through 2004), include Flash2Advance, EZ-Flash, and EFA-Linker (Extreme Flash Advance). | ** These cards, sold during the Game Boy Advance era (2001 through 2004), include Flash2Advance, EZ-Flash, and EFA-Linker (Extreme Flash Advance). | ||
** For these cards, developer recommended using [http://www.aibohack.com/nds/ac_trainer2.htm Animala], which saves the town in a compressed format that AnimalMap can decompress. | ** For these cards, developer recommended using [http://www.aibohack.com/nds/ac_trainer2.htm Animala], which saves the town in a compressed format that AnimalMap can decompress. | ||
'''Note:''' Use RAC at your own risk. If you have a SLOT-2 device that can also use another backup tool such as [http://dl.qj.net/Rein-r17-Nintendo-DS/pg/12/fid/9853/catid/220 REIN r17], use it in parallel with RAC for a few weeks and compare the backups using md5sum before relying on RAC. It is also encouraged to back up the SLOT-2 device itself to a PC regularly. | |||
==Compatibility== | ==Compatibility== | ||
