diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Src/State.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Src/State.cpp
index 0facf2f387..773d757337 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Src/State.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Src/State.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static Common::Event g_compressAndDumpStateSyncEvent;
 static std::thread g_save_thread;
 
 // Don't forget to increase this after doing changes on the savestate system
-static const u32 STATE_VERSION = 14;
+static const u32 STATE_VERSION = 15;
 
 struct StateHeader
 {
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/MainBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/MainBase.cpp
index 726ef71b38..a881bebfb2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/MainBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/MainBase.cpp
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ void VideoBackendHardware::InitializeShared()
 // Run from the CPU thread
 void VideoBackendHardware::DoState(PointerWrap& p)
 {
+	bool software = false;
+	p.Do(software);
+	if (p.GetMode() == PointerWrap::MODE_READ && software == true)
+		// change mode to abort load of incompatible save state.
+		p.SetMode(PointerWrap::MODE_VERIFY);
 	VideoCommon_DoState(p);
 	p.DoMarker("VideoCommon");
 
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Clipper.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Clipper.cpp
index e9a3525d84..c4755b50bf 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Clipper.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Clipper.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ namespace Clipper
     OutputVertexData ClippedVertices[NUM_CLIPPED_VERTICES];
     OutputVertexData *Vertices[NUM_INDICES];
 
+	void DoState(PointerWrap &p)
+	{
+		p.DoArray(m_ViewOffset,2);
+		for (int i = 0; i< NUM_CLIPPED_VERTICES; ++i)
+			ClippedVertices[i].DoState(p);
+	}
+
     void Init()
     {
         for (int i = 0; i < NUM_CLIPPED_VERTICES; ++i)
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Clipper.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Clipper.h
index 5e5dd4d02c..babc8b4e88 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Clipper.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Clipper.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "Common.h"
 #include "NativeVertexFormat.h"
+#include "ChunkFile.h"
 
 
 namespace Clipper
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ namespace Clipper
     bool CullTest(OutputVertexData *v0, OutputVertexData *v1, OutputVertexData *v2, bool &backface);
 
     void PerspectiveDivide(OutputVertexData *vertex);
+
+	void DoState(PointerWrap &p);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.cpp
index 6722ec7935..8fdc0425a4 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ u8 efb[EFB_WIDTH*EFB_HEIGHT*6];
 
 namespace EfbInterface
 {
+
     u8 efbColorTexture[EFB_WIDTH*EFB_HEIGHT*4];
 
     inline u32 GetColorOffset(u16 x, u16 y)
@@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ namespace EfbInterface
         return (x + y * EFB_WIDTH) * 3 + DEPTH_BUFFER_START;
     }
 
+	void DoState(PointerWrap &p)
+	{
+		p.DoArray(efb, EFB_WIDTH*EFB_HEIGHT*6);
+		p.DoArray(efbColorTexture, EFB_WIDTH*EFB_HEIGHT*4);
+	}
+
     void SetPixelAlphaOnly(u32 offset, u8 a)
     {
          switch (bpmem.zcontrol.pixel_format)
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.h
index 15d19e7783..fdad69567c 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ namespace EfbInterface
 
     void UpdateColorTexture();
     extern u8 efbColorTexture[EFB_WIDTH*EFB_HEIGHT*4]; // RGBA format
+	void DoState(PointerWrap &p);
 }
     
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/NativeVertexFormat.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/NativeVertexFormat.h
index d19844105f..e2d87e207e 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/NativeVertexFormat.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/NativeVertexFormat.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define _NATIVEVERTEXFORMAT_H
 
 #include "Vec3.h"
+#include "ChunkFile.h"
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 #define LOADERDECL __cdecl
@@ -92,6 +93,18 @@ struct OutputVertexData
         #undef LINTERP
         #undef LINTERP_INT
     }
+	void DoState(PointerWrap &p)
+	{
+		mvPosition.DoState(p);
+		p.Do(projectedPosition);
+		screenPosition.DoState(p);
+		for (int i = 0; i < 3;++i)
+			normal[i].DoState(p);
+		p.DoArray(color, sizeof color);
+		for (int i = 0; i < 8;++i)
+			texCoords[i].DoState(p);
+	}
+
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/OpcodeDecoder.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/OpcodeDecoder.cpp
index 032ff9d74a..4848cb4d43 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/OpcodeDecoder.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/OpcodeDecoder.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ typedef void (*DecodingFunction)(u32);
 
 namespace OpcodeDecoder
 {
-
 static DecodingFunction currentFunction = NULL;
 static u32 minCommandSize;
 static u16 streamSize;
@@ -46,6 +45,20 @@ static bool inObjectStream;
 static u8 lastPrimCmd;
 
 
+void DoState(PointerWrap &p)
+{
+	p.Do(minCommandSize);
+	// Not sure what is wrong with this. Something(s) in here is causing dolphin to crash/hang when loading states saved from another run of dolphin. Doesn't seem too important anyway...
+	//vertexLoader.DoState(p);
+	p.Do(readOpcode);
+	p.Do(inObjectStream);
+	p.Do(lastPrimCmd);
+	p.Do(streamSize);
+	p.Do(streamAddress);
+	if (p.GetMode() == PointerWrap::MODE_READ)
+		  ResetDecoding();
+}
+
 void DecodePrimitiveStream(u32 iBufferSize)
 {
     u32 vertexSize = vertexLoader.GetVertexSize();
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/OpcodeDecoder.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/OpcodeDecoder.h
index 635fcc24ee..53715b2832 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/OpcodeDecoder.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/OpcodeDecoder.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define _OPCODEDECODER_H_
 
 #include "CommonTypes.h"
+#include "ChunkFile.h"
 
 namespace OpcodeDecoder
 {
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ namespace OpcodeDecoder
     bool CommandRunnable(u32 iBufferSize);
 
     void Run(u32 iBufferSize);
+
+	void DoState(PointerWrap &p);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Rasterizer.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Rasterizer.cpp
index 225400e08b..5eed912dcb 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Rasterizer.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Rasterizer.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,28 @@ s32 scissorBottom = 0;
 Tev tev;
 RasterBlock rasterBlock;
 
+void DoState(PointerWrap &p)
+{
+	ZSlope.DoState(p);
+	WSlope.DoState(p);
+	for (int i=0;i<2;++i)
+		for (int n=0; n<4; ++n)
+			ColorSlopes[i][n].DoState(p);
+	for (int i=0;i<8;++i)
+		for (int n=0; n<3; ++n)
+			TexSlopes[i][n].DoState(p);
+	p.Do(vertex0X);
+	p.Do(vertex0Y);
+	p.Do(vertexOffsetX);
+	p.Do(vertexOffsetY);
+	p.Do(scissorLeft);
+	p.Do(scissorTop);
+	p.Do(scissorRight);
+	p.Do(scissorBottom);
+	tev.DoState(p);
+	p.Do(rasterBlock);
+}
+
 void Init()
 {
 	tev.Init();
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Rasterizer.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Rasterizer.h
index f8850571a9..784c4a8d62 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Rasterizer.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Rasterizer.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define _RASTERIZER_H_
 
 #include "NativeVertexFormat.h"
+#include "ChunkFile.h"
 
 namespace Rasterizer
 {
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ namespace Rasterizer
         float f0;
 
 		float GetValue(float dx, float dy) { return f0 + (dfdx * dx) + (dfdy * dy); }
+		void DoState(PointerWrap &p)
+		{
+			p.Do(dfdx);
+			p.Do(dfdy);
+			p.Do(f0);
+		}
     };
 
 	struct RasterBlockPixel
@@ -53,6 +60,8 @@ namespace Rasterizer
 		s32 TextureLod[16];
 		bool TextureLinear[16];
 	};
+
+	void DoState(PointerWrap &p);
     
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWCommandProcessor.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWCommandProcessor.cpp
index 72b26338b5..6cc4ee4dc8 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWCommandProcessor.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWCommandProcessor.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ CPReg cpreg; // shared between gfx and emulator thread
 void DoState(PointerWrap &p)
 {
 	p.Do(cpreg);
+	p.DoArray(commandBuffer, commandBufferSize);
+	p.Do(readPos);
+	p.Do(writePos);
+	p.Do(et_UpdateInterrupts);
+	p.Do(interruptSet);
+	p.Do(interruptWaiting);
+
+	// Is this right?
+	p.DoArray(g_pVideoData,writePos);
 }
 
 // does it matter that there is no synchronization between threads during writes?
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWPixelEngine.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWPixelEngine.cpp
index 33a6164b01..e9d2c1fe96 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWPixelEngine.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWPixelEngine.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ void DoState(PointerWrap &p)
     p.Do(pereg);
 	p.Do(g_bSignalTokenInterrupt);
 	p.Do(g_bSignalFinishInterrupt);
+	p.Do(et_SetTokenOnMainThread);
+	p.Do(et_SetFinishOnMainThread);
 }
 
 void UpdateInterrupts();
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVertexLoader.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVertexLoader.cpp
index cc5ee66772..1c1eeb2005 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVertexLoader.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVertexLoader.cpp
@@ -328,4 +328,15 @@ void SWVertexLoader::LoadTexCoord(SWVertexLoader *vertexLoader, InputVertexData
     vertexLoader->m_texCoordLoader[index]();
 }
 
-
+void SWVertexLoader::DoState(PointerWrap &p)
+{
+	p.DoArray(m_AttributeLoaders, sizeof m_AttributeLoaders);
+	p.Do(m_VertexSize);
+	p.Do(*m_CurrentVat);
+	p.Do(m_positionLoader);
+	p.Do(m_normalLoader);
+	p.DoArray(m_colorLoader, sizeof m_colorLoader);
+	p.Do(m_NumAttributeLoaders);
+	m_SetupUnit->DoState(p);
+	p.Do(m_TexGenSpecialCase);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVertexLoader.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVertexLoader.h
index 91a0d8e911..e05346a7a5 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVertexLoader.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVertexLoader.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "NativeVertexFormat.h"
 #include "CPMemLoader.h"
+#include "ChunkFile.h"
 
 class SetupUnit;
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ public:
     u32 GetVertexSize() { return m_VertexSize; }
 
     void LoadVertex();   
-
+	void DoState(PointerWrap &p);
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWmain.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWmain.cpp
index 332e83d0e8..0e2d6afa72 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWmain.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWmain.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 #include "FileUtil.h"
 #include "VideoBackend.h"
 #include "Core.h"
+#include "OpcodeDecoder.h"
+#include "SWVertexLoader.h"
+#include "SWStatistics.h"
 
 #define VSYNC_ENABLED 0
 
@@ -93,9 +96,33 @@ bool VideoSoftware::Initialize(void *&window_handle)
 	return true;
 }
 
-void VideoSoftware::DoState(PointerWrap&)
+void VideoSoftware::DoState(PointerWrap& p)
 {
-	// NYI
+	bool software = true;
+	p.Do(software);
+	if (p.GetMode() == PointerWrap::MODE_READ && software == false)
+		// change mode to abort load of incompatible save state.
+		p.SetMode(PointerWrap::MODE_VERIFY);
+
+	// TODO: incomplete?
+	SWCommandProcessor::DoState(p);
+	SWPixelEngine::DoState(p);
+	EfbInterface::DoState(p);
+	OpcodeDecoder::DoState(p);
+	Clipper::DoState(p);
+	p.Do(swxfregs);
+    p.Do(bpmem);
+	p.Do(swstats);
+
+	// CP Memory
+    p.DoArray(arraybases, 16);
+    p.DoArray(arraystrides, 16);
+    p.Do(MatrixIndexA);
+    p.Do(MatrixIndexB);
+    p.Do(g_VtxDesc.Hex);
+	p.DoArray(g_VtxAttr, 8);
+	p.DoMarker("CP Memory");
+
 }
 
 void VideoSoftware::CheckInvalidState()
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SetupUnit.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SetupUnit.cpp
index 6e0fab57d8..d2185e31d5 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SetupUnit.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SetupUnit.cpp
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
 void SetupUnit::Init(u8 primitiveType)
 {
-    m_PrimType = primitiveType;
+	m_PrimType = primitiveType;
 
-    m_VertexCounter = 0;    
-    m_VertPointer[0] = &m_Vertices[0];
-    m_VertPointer[1] = &m_Vertices[1];
-    m_VertPointer[2] = &m_Vertices[2];
-    m_VertWritePointer = m_VertPointer[0];
+	m_VertexCounter = 0;    
+	m_VertPointer[0] = &m_Vertices[0];
+	m_VertPointer[1] = &m_Vertices[1];
+	m_VertPointer[2] = &m_Vertices[2];
+	m_VertWritePointer = m_VertPointer[0];
 }
 
 void SetupUnit::SetupVertex()
@@ -169,3 +169,21 @@ void SetupUnit::SetupLineStrip()
 
 void SetupUnit::SetupPoint()
 {}
+
+void SetupUnit::DoState(PointerWrap &p)
+{
+	// TODO: some or all of this is making the save states stop working once dolphin is closed...sometimes (usually)
+	// I have no idea what specifically is wrong, or if this is even important. Disabling it doesn't seem to make any noticible difference...
+/*	p.Do(m_PrimType);
+	p.Do(m_VertexCounter);
+	for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
+		m_Vertices[i].DoState(p);
+
+	if (p.GetMode() == PointerWrap::MODE_READ)
+	{
+		m_VertPointer[0] = &m_Vertices[0];
+		m_VertPointer[1] = &m_Vertices[1];
+		m_VertPointer[2] = &m_Vertices[2];
+		m_VertWritePointer = m_VertPointer[0];
+	}*/
+}
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SetupUnit.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SetupUnit.h
index 45a575afcb..f337de21a2 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SetupUnit.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SetupUnit.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "Common.h"
 #include "NativeVertexFormat.h"
+#include "ChunkFile.h"
 
 class SetupUnit
 {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ public:
     OutputVertexData* GetVertex() { return m_VertWritePointer; }
 
     void SetupVertex();
+	void DoState(PointerWrap &p);
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Tev.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Tev.cpp
index 927f8931e9..0f4b4fce20 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Tev.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Tev.cpp
@@ -827,3 +827,31 @@ void Tev::SetRegColor(int reg, int comp, bool konst, s16 color)
         Reg[reg][comp] = color;
     }
 }
+
+void Tev::DoState(PointerWrap &p)
+{
+	p.DoArray(Reg, sizeof(Reg));
+	
+	p.DoArray(KonstantColors, sizeof(KonstantColors));
+	p.DoArray(TexColor,4);
+	p.DoArray(RasColor,4);
+	p.DoArray(StageKonst,4);
+    p.DoArray(Zero16,4);
+    
+	p.DoArray(FixedConstants,9);
+	p.Do(AlphaBump);
+	p.DoArray(IndirectTex, sizeof(IndirectTex));
+	p.Do(TexCoord);
+
+	p.DoArray(m_BiasLUT,4);
+    p.DoArray(m_ScaleLShiftLUT,4);
+    p.DoArray(m_ScaleRShiftLUT,4);
+
+	p.DoArray(Position,3);
+    p.DoArray(Color, sizeof(Color));
+    p.DoArray(Uv, 8);
+    p.DoArray(IndirectLod,4);
+	p.DoArray(IndirectLinear,4);
+	p.DoArray(TextureLod,16);
+	p.DoArray(TextureLinear,16);
+}
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Tev.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Tev.h
index bdd265170c..1d1bc8d2ba 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Tev.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Tev.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define _TEV_H_
 
 #include "BPMemLoader.h"
+#include "ChunkFile.h"
 
 class Tev
 { 
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ public:
     void SetRegColor(int reg, int comp, bool konst, s16 color);
 
 	enum { ALP_C, BLU_C, GRN_C, RED_C };
+
+	void DoState(PointerWrap &p);
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Vec3.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Vec3.h
index 3a36a13307..80460edd60 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Vec3.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/Vec3.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <math.h>
+#include "ChunkFile.h"
 
 class Vec3
 {
@@ -111,6 +112,12 @@ public:
 	{
 		memset((void *)this,0,sizeof(float)*3);
 	}
+	void DoState(PointerWrap &p)
+	{
+		p.Do(x);
+		p.Do(y);
+		p.Do(z);
+	}
 };
 
 #endif