Rick's Game Stuff » Hacking http://blog.gib.me Games, mods & modding. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:37:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Borderlands Save Editor (Revision 10) http://blog.gib.me/2009/10/31/borderlands-save-editor-revision-10/ http://blog.gib.me/2009/10/31/borderlands-save-editor-revision-10/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:42:45 +0000 Rick http://blog.gib.me/?p=204 Newer build of my Borderlands save editor, fixes the problem with editing Roland (Soldier) saves, as well as several other minor changes and fixes.

Borderlands Save Editor

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If you encounter any problems (crashes, etc), feel free to comment this post.

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Borderlands Save Editor

Download See new post for a new build.

If you encounter any problems (crashes, etc), feel free to comment this post.

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  1. Extract preorder_hack.zip to your game directory. It should not overwrite any files.
  2. Set PreferLocalFiles in Engine.ini to 1. This file can be found on Vista/Win7 in C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Ubisoft\Anno1404\Config\Engine.ini. It’s probably something like C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Ubisoft\Anno1404\Config\Engine.ini on XP.
  3. Start any game, rename one of your ships to the The Silver Ship. If you are playing the game in a different locale than English, you will need to extract change_achievement_name.zip to your game directory as well.
  4. You should see at least one achievement unlock.
  5. Silver Ship and Preorder Emblem should now be enabled. Silver Ship toggle is in game options, Preorder Emblem is listed with all other unlocked emblems.
  6. Remove the extract file(s) after you’ve saved and exited the game.
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My favorite being prototypef.exe Level=manhattanTest which starts the game in a game with all upgrades unlocked, no missions, and no infected & military.

  • Autotester
  • BatchMode
  • DebugCam2Controller
  • DebugCamAvailable
  • DebugCamFreeze
  • DebugCamInvertX
  • DebugCamInvertY
  • DebugFilter=?
  • DebugLevel=?
  • Demo
  • DesyncHunt
  • DesyncHunt2
  • Difficulty=?
  • DisableAmbientManager
  • DisableWOI
  • EnableAllControllers
  • ExportHelpFile
  • ExportSchema
  • FERenderTest
  • FrameRateTest
  • GameSkuValue=?
  • GameVersionValue=?
  • HardwareProfile
  • HideHUD
  • IncreaseArtHeaps
  • Level=?
  • LockTimeOfDay=?
  • MSAA4x
  • MissionSelect
  • Monkey=?
  • MonkeyOptions=? ; AllowStart,StayInFE
  • MonkeyTimeout=?
  • NVShaderCompile=?
  • NoAutoSave
  • NoBootup
  • NoFELoadingPrompt
  • NoGameState
  • NoMovie
  • NoMusic
  • NoSleepOnLostFocus
  • NoSmartHints
  • NoSound
  • NoSubtitle
  • NoVSync
  • Paranoid
  • Replay=?
  • ReplayDesync
  • ReplayMode=? ; recordCRC
  • ShaderTune
  • SimpleShaders
  • SingleTest
  • SkipMovies
  • SkipTopLevelMipMap
  • SoundDebug
  • TimedExit=?
  • VSync
  • Windowed
  • WorldTest
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edit3d

It’s working pretty good, the big brunt of the work will be researching & writing code to serialize/deserialize the many, many different types of data in the Pure3D files. I did a test texture replacement of alex_body_dm.dds with good success:

prototypef 2009-06-21 18-19-15-08

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I havn’t written any code for repacking yet, and I havn’t tested if the game reads unpacked files at all yet. If you encounter any problems feel free to comment this post.

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UPDATE: There was a bug with the campaign in the profile, redownload the ZIP for a fixed version. The readme will mention the update if you already have the updated profile.

I created a profile save that has all of the planes & missions unlocked, but leaves all other stats, etc as if the profile were just created. It also unlocks the following additional planes that are not normally accessible (since they are for VIP, DLC, which is not supported in the PC version):

  • FB-22 STRIKE RAPTOR
  • F-18 HARV
  • Mig-31 Foxhound
  • Mig-MFI
  • Rafale M
  • Saab-37 Viggen
  • F-4E Phantom II
  • MIRAGE 2000 N
  • RF-15 PeakEagle
  • Su-39 Frogfoot
  • Mig-23 Flogger
  • A-12 Avenger II
  • XA-20 Razorback
  • MIRAGE 4000
  • F-111F AARDVARK
  • SR-71 BLACKBIRD
  • Saab-35 Draken

This is for the retail game (any version, physical, Steam, etc), not the demo!

HAWXAllUnlocks.zip

Be sure to follow the instructions! :)

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