Announcing - DL Savegame Editor
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:44 am
I just completed the first release of my savegame editor for Dungeon Lords. At this point, the editor does one thing, and one thing only. It will allow you to inspect and change the status of your Quests.
For example, say that you have killed Minas Taw, and now you can't find Falen. (This is what happened to me). You are basically stuck - unless you have a decent savegame, or a lot of luck, or a lot of patience to start over again - then you are screwed.
That's where this editor comes in. Just locate the Quest you need to tweak, change the status to whatever it should be, and save your file. Viola! You should be back in business.
I should mention the standard warnings that this program is basically untested on anything other than my own files. It automatically makes a backup of the file you are editing, but you are a fool if you don't make your own backups first. Don't cry to me if the editor ruins something and you don't have a backup. Also, it was written in .NET, and will require the .NET runtime to be installed. Those not wishing to install .NET may simply avoid using the editor.
I will try to add more features in the future as time allows, but I just wanted to "get it out there", as I keep seeing posts with unsolveable quest problems, and this will help a lot.
Big thanks go out to the guys on Typhoon Games forums who listed a bunch of hex editing tricks just I just modded into "this simpler to use" form.
You can download the program here:
http://www.SeaburyDesign.com/DLEdit.zip
For example, say that you have killed Minas Taw, and now you can't find Falen. (This is what happened to me). You are basically stuck - unless you have a decent savegame, or a lot of luck, or a lot of patience to start over again - then you are screwed.
That's where this editor comes in. Just locate the Quest you need to tweak, change the status to whatever it should be, and save your file. Viola! You should be back in business.
I should mention the standard warnings that this program is basically untested on anything other than my own files. It automatically makes a backup of the file you are editing, but you are a fool if you don't make your own backups first. Don't cry to me if the editor ruins something and you don't have a backup. Also, it was written in .NET, and will require the .NET runtime to be installed. Those not wishing to install .NET may simply avoid using the editor.
I will try to add more features in the future as time allows, but I just wanted to "get it out there", as I keep seeing posts with unsolveable quest problems, and this will help a lot.
Big thanks go out to the guys on Typhoon Games forums who listed a bunch of hex editing tricks just I just modded into "this simpler to use" form.
You can download the program here:
http://www.SeaburyDesign.com/DLEdit.zip