Legend of Dragoon Save with playlist

I’m currently using PCSX ReARMed to play Legend of Dragoon. I reached the end of disc 1 with no major issues and attempted to load disc 2, only to find it is unable to locate my save file. I created a backup copy and renamed it similarly to what the game would search for in regards to disc 2, and still have had no luck.

I then combined all of the discs in a .m3u playlist. I can launch the game, but it doesn’t find my disc 1 save. I made another copy of the disc 1 save file, and renamed it to what I believe it will search for and no luck. I can go back and load a single disc version of disc 1 and it finds my save and asks me to insert disc 2.

I’m including a screenshot of my file directory. I understand I can simply restart the game using the .m3u but would like to avoid that if possible.

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