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Weird Emerald problem?

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I do liek mudkipz.
A day or two ago I noticed a weird thing going on my Emerald - I can't use the lottery anymore and the berries don't grow either. I thought it might be the battery running dry, but weirdly enough, I checked the clock in my Emerald and it is working.

When I did back-up my save and inserted it into the emulator however, everything worked fine - lottery was available all again and the berries were growing.

It is battery running dry or something else is wrong?
(not to mention a gold Battle Pyramid symbol appeared on my trainer card out of nowhere... I haven't played Battle Pyramid even once)
 
Well, lucky that you got a gold symbol in the Pyramid for free :D

By the looks of it, your internal battery is running dry. It's not completely dead yet, just about to die... But imho, if you lose the timed events, it's not a big deal, most of the fun stuff can still be played and you can clone new berries anyway :)
 
And free 2 BP too. :)

Haha, well. You may be right about the battery - I will try changing it and see if it will help. I hope it will. Sine basically all the timed events I want is the clear-out sale. I restarted my Emerald some time ago so still didn't get it.
It is a bit weird that the battery is running dry so fast - I've bought my Emerald only... around 4 years ago? Or 3? And it was from the store, brand new.

Well, at least you got me calmed down - I thought I might have screwed up my save with cheats (I do not use AR, inserted them in the emulator: but to anyone who is going to call me a cheater - I used them only to get the event tickets, since even if the event still lasted, I don't live in the US.) but since everything works well on the emulator it must be the battery, as you said.
 
Oh by the way, I forgot to mention: if you exchange the battery then afaik the save state will not be affected. So you should be able to keep your save.
... and if you have Pokerus, then with a dry battery it will NEVER vanish :D
 
I don't have pokerus but will get it soon - my friend has some infected Pokemon on his Sapphire. :)

I know about the save not being affected by battery, but thanks for mentioning it - I had a backup anyway. I just changed the battery today and... it still doesn't seem to work. Maybe I have to wait until midnight and see the effects.

Browsing through the net, I discovered that this looks exactly like the Berry Glitch found in R/S. The weird thing is, I heard that it was removed from Emerald's programming... really strange, I don't get it. Clock itself works, but events do not. The tide in Shoal cave stays the same, lottery lady wants me to come back tomorrow forever, and I can't get that clear-out sale I've been waiting for.

Whew...

EDIT: STILL DOESN'T FRICKEN WORK.
 
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Are you sure you replaced the battery correctly?
 
Yes. I didn't replace it myself, gave it to a store and they did it for me. I think my save might be screwed because of doing a back-up of it and then restoring on the cart. I deleted it and started a new game, planted a berry on the route before Petalburg and waiting to see if it will sprout. If it will, then there was something wrong with my save. If it won't... well, I don't know.
 
Ooph, I dont think it's healthy for the game to be backed up/restored all the time.
 
Yes, probably. Well, not really all the time, as I did it once and the problem appeared.

Okay now - the berries sprouted. So it turns out the save was just messed up. Anyway I've traded my important Pokemon to my friend's Sapphire, so I haven't lost anything. Whew, now only beating the game once more left. ;)
 
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