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* Wizardry V for the SNES- Save state hacking guide *
* Version 1.00 *
* September 10th, 2002 *
* Author: SG81 of the GameFAQs Message Boards *
* Contact:
[email protected] *
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CONTENTS
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[1] Stuff to get out of the way first
[2] Introduction
[3] How to use this guide
[4] Things that can be edited
[5] Hex offset locations
[6] Frequently Asked Questions
[7] Conclusion/Credits
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[1] STUFF TO GET OUT OF THE WAY FIRST
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DISCLAIMER:
The author of this document claims absolutely no responsibility whatsoever for
whatever you do with this guide. Basically, if you make a thousand hard-copies
and attempt to give somebody ancient paper cut torture, It will be your fault
and not mine. Besides if you think something is going to happen to your
computer for reading this, you shouldn't be around a computer very much :)
COPYRIGHT:
This document is NOT (c) SG81. I don't think this would be worthy of the 20 or
so bucks it takes to copyright something. I'm not about to waste a stamp and
make a poor-man's copyright either :) I would, basically call this public
domain. Personally, I don't care what you do with it. If you decide to use it,
however, a nice mention wouldn't hurt. If you do decide to use it any way other
than personally, give me an email so I know at least one person has gotten use
of it.
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[2] INTRODUCTION
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I've been hex editing everything from emulation save states, to PC save games
for a while now, but mostly for personal use. A few years later I decide to
publish my first guide at a great place called GameFAQs, and here it is.
Basically, I've had all the offset locations for the stats and stuff. All I
needed was a few more things and it was complete. Just today I started looking
at various other FAQs got motivated, looked through my little journal game save
state offsets and decided on the first one I saw: Wizardry V. Well, after some
digging around, I present to you, the Wizardry V save state hacking guide.
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[3] HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
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Before we begin here, I assume you already know a few things:
1)You know what I'm talking about when I say, 'Save state hacking'.
2)You know what a hex offset is.
3)You already have/know what a Hex Editor is.
4)You can use the Windows calculator/Hex Editor's built-in tools to
convert decimal-to-hex and vice versa.
5)You can actually edit hex locations within the editor without
screwing up too bad :)
6)You have common computer knowledge.
..And you can follow a couple of simple guidelines:
1)Unless you are experienced with hex editing, or you don't really care
how bad you mess something up, backup any file you edit. In the case
of emulation save states... Load the game, switch save slots and then
save it. There's your backup :)
2)Document everything you change, just in case. This includes the
location and the previous value.
Also, the SNES emulator I was using was ZSNES 1.35. I am not sure if all
emulators save states the exact same way. If you aren't sure, download ZSNES
and take a simple save state (of anything) and compare the *DOS* file sizes to
see if they are the same size. The reason I say to use DOS, is that Windows
(which I assume you are using) displays file sizes in Kilobytes, and rounds
out. DOS displays file sizes in bytes and, therefore, is more accurate. Even if
the files are only a few bytes apart, I would still try. Some emulators might
add a few extra info, like the emulator version. An alternative method is to
open up the save state file, look at offset 1C15, and see if the first letter
of the first character's name is there. If not, you can still look around for
your characters' names and then just add or subtract that many (in hex) from
the values I give in section [5].
Now that we've gotten that our of the way, the best way to go about using this
guide would be this:
Look through section [4] to see what you want to edit. Each element in the game
that is covered in this guide will have a description, as well as the format
used to edit it. How many bytes long and what the values mean, for example.
Then, go to section [5] to see where exactly you want to apply it to.
Let's say, for example, you want change the 4th character's amount of gold. You
look up the description to see exactly how to change the amount of gold (from
section [4]) and then you go onto section [5] to see what hex offset stores the
value of the 4th character's amount of gold. Simple enough, no? Good. Let's get
started :)
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[4] THINGS THAT CAN BE EDITED
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Here, I will describe everything that can be edited with the help of this
guide, as well as TRY to give some insight on what you are editing the values
for. Bear with me, as I haven't played this game in awhile.
Basically, each character is exactly 128 bytes apart from the start of the next
character. This is perfect, as all (or at least they should) hex editors
display characters 16 bytes wide which, in turn, means all the characters' data
will be perfectly aligned. This is useful because you can just scroll down 8
lines in order to edit the next character, in the same offset. That probably
didn't make much sense but you'll see what I mean when you start editing for
all characters at once.
The 128 block of data for each character looks something like this:
Byte Position |
from start of |
character. | What is stored in the value.
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1-8 | Character Name
9 | Alignment/Class/Race (compressed)
10 | Strength
11 | IQ
12 | Devotion
13 | Vitality
14 | Agility
15 | Luck
16-21 | Gold
22-27 | E.P (Experience Points)
28-29 | Current Hit Points
30-31 | Maximum Hit Points
32-33 | Level
34 | Status
35 | Age
36 | ???
37 | AC (Armor Class)
38-44 | Mage spell points
45-51 | Cleric spell points
52-58 | Mage spells
59-65 | Cleric spells
66-73 | Inventory status indicator
74-81 | Inventory slots 1-8
82 | Max inventory indicator
83 | Poison strength?
84-86 | ???
87 | Symbol next to name?
88-97 | ???
98-103 | Marks (Kills)
104-105 | RIPs (Deaths)
106-128 | ???
There are a few gaps within the majority of the data block, and a large one at
the end until you reach the next character. I don't know what these do exactly,
and I don't think I want to experiment around. They might be objective flags,
but I'm not too sure.
And now, for the breakdown
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CHARACTER NAME:
-8 bytes
-Alphanumeric string (using in-game character set)
-Range: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99
Probably a useless value to change, since you can always modify your name in
the game normally, You can, however, use some other special symbols that are
within the game's character set, like Japanese symbols and others (probably
left in when it was imported). For fun, try some values in the E0-F0 hex range.
Because it is an alphanumeric string, it shares some of the ASCII values that
we use. This is why you can look in the file and see your name in plain
English, and not a lot of hex gibberish :)
ALIGNMENT/CLASS/RACE:
-1 byte
-Hex value
-Range: 00-9F (untested results after 9F)
As noted from the table above, the A/C/R value has been compressed. Sort of.
Instead of a value for each, it can represent every possible combination of
character's alignment, class and race into 1 value. Although it seems
impossible it works quite well. Basically, every time you change this value by
one, you change the alignment. For every 4 steps, you change the class type
(Fighter, Thief, Mage, etc.) and end up with the same alignment. For every 32
steps, you change the race, but the alignment and class remains the same. With
the above information we can use this procedure to completely change a
character's a/c/r (we will be using decimal for this example, just add along
the numbers):
First, determine the Race-
Human - Add 0
Elf - Add 32
Dwarf - Add 64
Gnome - Add 96
Hobbit - Add 128
Second, determine the Class-
Fighter - Add 0
Mage - Add 4
Cleric - Add 8
Thief - Add 12
Wizard - Add 16
Samurai - Add 20
Lord - Add 24
Ninja - Add 28
Finally, determine the alignment-
Good - Add 0
Neutral - Add 1
Evil - Add 2
? - Add 3
Then, all you have to do, is convert the finally decimal value into hex and use
that value. EXAMPLE: We want an Elf (32) Lord (24) who is Neutral (1). 32 + 24
+ 1 = 57. Convert it into hex and we get 39. So, if we wanted to change
character 1, we slap the value 39 in offset address 1C1D and boom. We now have
a neutral Elf Lord. At level 1 :) The '?' alignment I decided to keep in even
though I didn't experiment with it any. My guess is that it's kind of like
Type-O blood. It can hang around other people with a '?' alignment, as well as
G-N-E characters. I could be wrong, though.
Also, You probably would only want to change someone's alignment, so you can
mix good/evil characters in one party (unless you have patience enough to do
that one trick that does the same job). In that case, just use the third table
above and +/- the hex value accordingly. Have a good character that needs a
touch of evil? Increase the value by 2. How about a neutral character that
wants to be good? Decrease it by 1. Same with races and classes. Just
add/subtract 32 or 4 from the value, respectively. Remember to use hex when
just changing the a/c/r.
STRENGTH, IQ, DEVOTION, VITALITY, AGILITY and LUCK:
-1 byte each, 6 total
-Hex values
-Range: 00-5F (unpredictable results after 5F)
I've decided to group these together because it seems logical to. Basically,
just change the value to whatever you want it to be. Naturally, one's stats
increase as it's level increases until it hits a maximum, pre-determined by the
race. Of course, what's stopping us from having godly stats? :) The highest the
game seems to be able to handle correctly, in terms of display, is 95 (5F hex).
Any higher and the numbers turn into symbols. At a value of FF, the game still
displays 95 but, whether or not that actually has an impact on the game,
remains to be seen. I've tested this only once so I am not sure but having a
value of 5E seems to be more effective than FF.
GOLD:
-6 bytes
-Decimal value
-Range: 000000000000-999999999999
Unlike most of the other values, which are in hex, the gold value is a straight
decimal representation. You want 500,000 gold? It would be... 500000 and not
20A107. The game reads the decimal from left to right and takes all values into
consideration, so it would actually be something like 000000500000. The only
explanation I can give you is that the game doesn't use standard arithmetic to
count your gold. Instead, it uses some sort of slot-calculation. Explaining how
this works is beyond this guide. This is probably the only way the game can
keep track of huge numbers that it wouldn't normally be able to. I don't know
how high the SNES is capable of counting to, but my guess is probably a 4-byte
unsigned integer (4,294,967,295) much less than what the game, using this
method, can handle (999,999,999,999). I haven't tried letter values.
E.P (EXPERIENCE POINTS):
-6 bytes
-Decimal value
-Range: 000000000000-999999999999
Same deal as above, but for EP. At first I thought it was a bit overkill having
over 999 billion EP but then I saw that levels went in the triple digits. Have
fun with this one.
CURRENT HIT POINTS and MAXIMUM HIT POINTS:
-2 bytes each
-Hex values
-Range: 0000-FFFF
Seems simple enough. Change the amount of HP you have and how much you can
handle.
LEVEL:
-2 bytes
-Hex value
-Range: 0000-E703 or FFFF?
From the range seen above, it can either go to level 999 (E703) or it can go to
the maximum of 65,535 (FFFF), but only the last three digits will show. In this
case, you would have the level of 535.
STATUS:
-1 byte
-Hex value
-Range: 00-08 (unpredictable results after 08)
The status shown on your character, which usually replaces a number in the
'hits' column, in the party window.
00 - Normal (OK)
01 - Afraid
02 - Asleep
03 - Paralyzed
04 - Petrified
05 - Doom
06 - Ashes
07 - Lost
08 - Poison
AGE:
-1 byte
-Hex value
-Range: 00-FF
Be young or be old, basically :)
AC (Armor Class):
-1 byte
-Hex value
-Range: 00-FF (some restrictions)
This value starts at 0 (00) and then increases to 99 at 63 hex. Afterwards,
there is some untested and undocumented stuff until 9F hex which starts at AC
-99. After each increase, the AC drops by one (A0 = -98, A1 = -97, etc.),
eventually it gets to FF and -1 AC.
It's easy to get a positive AC: Just enter the value in hex. To get a negative
value: Take the negative number you want (but make it positive), subtract 1 and
then convert it to hex. Then, using hex arithmetic, subtract that from FF to
get your AC value. EXAMPLE: You want a -65 AC. 65 - 1 = 64 = 40 hex. FF - 40 =
BF hex. BF would be the value you use for a -65 AC value. Oh, and I think the
lower, the better. So a -99 (9F) value is probably what you want, anyway.
MAGE SPELL POINTS and CLERIC SPELL POINTS:
-7 bytes each (representing each spell level)
-Decimal values
-Range: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-99 99 99 99 99 99 99
Just like gold and EP, this value is in decimal. Only that each byte represents
the number of spell points for each spell level. Also, for some strange reason
I can't figure out yet...
99 value = 9 spell points
90 value = 9 spell points
09 value = 0 spell points
The game seems to want to use double digits for the spell levels and I don't
know why. If it seems that the game only wants to read the first digit, it
should just be 90, 80, 70, and so on. So, a hex value of 99 88 55 99 00 22 00
would give you 9 level one spell points, 8 level two spell points, 5 level
three spell points, etc... I'm not sure if using letters would give you
higher/infinite/negative spell point values.
MAGE SPELLS and CLERIC SPELLS:
-7 bytes each
-Hex values
-Range: 00-0F or FF?
I haven't figured out how exactly the spells work. It looks as if:
00 = No spells
01 = The first spell
0F = all spells for that particular level
Everything in between 02 and 0E I'm not sure. I got mixed results. FF seems to
do the same thing as 0F, but sometimes I get no spells when I try different
high-ranged values. Just use 0F if you want all the spells for that level.
INVENTORY STATUS INDICATORS:
-8 bytes
-Hex values
-Range: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-A0 A0 A0 A0 A0 A0 A0 A0
Each 'slot' has a code that will determine the status of the item in you
inventory:
00 - Unequipped and identified
20 - Unidentified
40 - "-" and unidentified
60 - "-" and identified
80 - Equipped and identified
A0 - Equipped and unidentified
As you can guess, the first byte will determine the status of the first item in
your inventory and so on. The only one you will probably be interested in, is
00, which leaves the item unequipped and identified. It would be handy to use
the value 80 for the items that characters wouldn't be able to normally use,
but I don't think your AC changes when you try to equip armor. I think it only
calculates your AC when you equip or un-equip.
MAX INVENTORY INDICATOR:
-1 byte
-Hex value
-Range: 00-08
If you notice the table in the beginning of this section, the max inventory
indicator comes *after* the inventory slots, and there is a good reason I put
this before it. When you buy items in the game, and your inventory increases,
so does this value. As you sell or drop items, this value decreases. Basically,
you set this value to however many items you have in your inventory. If you
have eight items, and this value is set to 6, then you will only see the first
6.
INVENTORY SLOTS:
-8 bytes
-Hex values
-Range: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-87 78 87 87 87 87 87 87
These values will determine what's in your inventory. Everything from hard to
find weapons, to quest items. Get ready for this list:
00 Broken Item 2D Robinsword 5A Staff of Doom
01 Torch 2E Sword of Fire 5B *S* of Katana
02 Lantern 2F Master Katana 5C *S* of Petrifying
03 Rubber Duck 30 Soulstealer 5D *S* of Fire
04 Dagger 31 Silver Axe 5E *S* of Conjuring
05 Staff 32 Axe of Doom 5F *P* of Dios
06 Short Sword 33 Solemn Basher 60 *P* of Charming
07 Long Sword 34 Faust Halberd 61 *P* of Latumofis
08 Mage 35 Silver Hammer 62 *P* of Dialko
09 Hand Axe 36 Mage's Yew Bow 63 *P* of Wounding
0A Pike 37 Hv. Crossbow 64 *P* of Madi
0B War Hammer 38 Treated Leather 65 King of Diamonds
0C Super Basher 39 Silver Chain 66 Queen of Hearts
0D Long Bow 3A Master Scale 67 Jack of Spades
0E Thieve's Bow 3B Armor of Master 68 Ace of Clubs
0F Robes 3C Scarlet Robes 69 Munke Wand
10 Leather Armor 3D Emerald Robes 6A Lightning Rod
11 Chain Mail 3E Tower Shield 6B Lark in a Cage
12 Scale Mail 3F Bacinet 6C Staff of Water
13 Plate Mail 40 Cone of Fire 6D Staff of Fire
14 Target Shield 41 Silver Gloves 6E Staff of Air
15 Heater Shield 42 Knight's Bracers 6F Staff of Earth
16 Leather Sallet 43 Blade Cusinart 70 *P* of Demon-Out
17 Leather Gloves 44 Armor of Defense 71 Gold Medallion
18 Robber's Sword 45 Shield of Magic 72 Ice Key
19 Sword of Knights 46 Jeweled Arnet 73 Ticket Stubs
1A Blackblade 47 Wizard's Cap 74 Tickets
1B Katana 48 Gloves of Myrdall 75 Skeleton Key
1C Battle Axe 49 Cloak of Capricorn 76 Pocketwatch
1D Morning Star 4A Sylvan Bow 77 Battery
1E Runed Flail 4B Muramasa Katana 78 Petrified Demon
1F Halberd 4C Odinsword 79 Gold Key
20 Lt. Crossbow 4D Gold Plate 7A Blue Candle
21 Padded Leather 4E Ring of Frozz 7B Jeweled Scepter
22 Shiny Chain 4F Ring of Skulls 7C *P* of Ghost-Away
23 Bushi Scale 50 Ring of Madi 7D Hacksaw
24 Armor of Knights 51 Ring of Jade 7E Bottle of Soda
25 Silver Mail 52 Ring of Solitude 7F Silver Key
26 Padded Target 53 Ankh of Wonder 80 Bag of Tokens
27 Knight's Shield 54 Ankh of Power 81 Brass Key
28 Crystal Shield 55 Ankh of Life 82 Orb of Llylgamyn
29 Brass Sallet 56 Ankh of Intellect 83 Love of Abriel
2A Iron Gloves 57 Ankh of Sanctity 84 Solemn Talisman
2B Bracers 58 Ankh of Youth 85 Amulet of Rainbows
2C Sword of Master 59 Staff of Summoning 86 Amulet of Screens
87 Amulet of Flames
*S* = Scroll *P* = Potion/Powder
Whew! Quite a list. Everything after 87 hex is just random garbage and, in the
game, Love of Abriel is actually a heart symbol, of Abriel.
POISON STRENGTH:
-1 byte
-Hex value
-Range: 00-FF?
This value, I am not too sure of. Whenever it's set to anything but 00,it
changes your characters' status to Poison. As stated above, there is a separate
value for the characters' status. Right now I think, if no matter what you
change it to (other than 00) makes you become poisoned, it must have some sort
of impact on poison. This is why I called it "poison strength". I haven't
tested it extensively, however, but a value of 01 or FF doesn't seem to do any
damage. Feel free to experiment.
SYMBOL NEXT TO NAME:
-1 byte
-Hex value
-Range: 00-FF?
This is another value I'm not too sure about. All I know is that it produces a
symbol next to your name when you are inspecting someone. It could be a
blessing/enchantment/curse or whatever. I was too lazy to find any real effects
:)
MARKS (Kills):
-6 bytes
-Decimal value
-Range: 000000000000-999999999999
Not totally sure if it's the number of kills you have, but it's next to the
death count, and it has a very large maximum. The marks value has the same
principles as gold and E.P.
RIPs (deaths):
-2 bytes
-Hex value
-Range: 0000-FFFF
Don't like that little blemish on you permanent record? No worry... Just edit
this little value. Simple.
OTHER STUFF:
A lot of the values are still not known and they could do anything. I could
probably look into what, if anything, they do but I have to leave a little to
the imagination, right? :D
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[5] HEX OFFSET LOCATIONS
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Here are all the hex address locations for everything that was explained in
section [4], for each of the six characters. Remember: Because each character
is a perfect 128 bytes away, you can go down 8 lines to reach the exact same
spot for the next character, if you decided to edit the same stat for each
person.
The numbers in parentheses, "()", are how many bytes long a stat is, for quick
reference.
Character 1-
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1C15-1C1C Character Name (8)
1C1D Alignment/Class/Race
1C1E Strength
1C1F IQ
1C20 Devotion
1C21 Vitality
1C22 Agility
1C23 Luck
1C24-1C29 Gold (6)
1C2A-1C2F E.P (6)
1C30-1C31 Current Hit Points (2)
1C32-1C33 Maximum Hit Points (2)
1C34-1C35 Level (2)
1C36 Status
1C37 Age
1C39 AC
1C3A-1C40 Mage Spell Points (7)
1C41-1C47 Cleric Spell Points (7)
1C48-1C4E Mage Spells (7)
1C4F-1C55 Cleric Spells (7)
1C56-1C5D Inventory Status Indicators (8)
1C5E-1C65 Inventory Slots (8)
1C66 Max Inventory Indicator
1C67 Poison Strength
1C6B Symbol next to name
1C76-1C7B Marks (6)
1C7C-1C7D RIPs (2)
Character 2-
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1C95-1C9C Character Name (8)
1C9D Alignment/Class/Race
1C9E Strength
1C9F IQ
1CA0 Devotion
1CA1 Vitality
1CA2 Agility
1CA3 Luck
1CA4-1CA9 Gold (6)
1CAA-1CAF E.P (6)
1CB0-1CB1 Current Hit Points (2)
1CB2-1CB3 Maximum Hit Points (2)
1CB4-1CB5 Level (2)
1CB6 Status
1CB7 Age
1CB9 AC
1CBA-1CC0 Mage Spell Points (7)
1CC1-1CC7 Cleric Spell Points (7)
1CC8-1CCE Mage Spells (7)
1CCF-1CD5 Cleric Spells (7)
1CD6-1CDD Inventory Status Indicators (8)
1CDE-1CE5 Inventory Slots (8)
1CE6 Max Inventory Indicator
1CE7 Poison Strength
1CEB Symbol next to name
1CF6-1CFB Marks (6)
1CFC-1CFD RIPs (2)
Character 3-
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1D15-1D1C Character Name (8)
1D1D Alignment/Class/Race
1D1E Strength
1D1F IQ
1D20 Devotion
1D21 Vitality
1D22 Agility
1D23 Luck
1D24-1D29 Gold (6)
1D2A-1D2F E.P (6)
1D30-1D31 Current Hit Points (2)
1D32-1D33 Maximum Hit Points (2)
1D34-1D35 Level (2)
1D36 Status
1D37 Age
1D39 AC
1D3A-1D40 Mage Spell Points (7)
1D41-1D47 Cleric Spell Points (7)
1D48-1D4E Mage Spells (7)
1D4F-1D55 Cleric Spells (7)
1D56-1D5D Inventory Status Indicators (8)
1D5E-1D65 Inventory Slots (8)
1D66 Max Inventory Indicator
1D67 Poison Strength
1D6B Symbol next to name
1D76-1D7B Marks (6)
1D7C-1D7D RIPs (2)
Character 4-
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1D95-1D9C Character Name (8)
1D9D Alignment/Class/Race
1D9E Strength
1D9F IQ
1DA0 Devotion
1DA1 Vitality
1DA2 Agility
1DA3 Luck
1DA4-1DA9 Gold (6)
1DAA-1DAF E.P (6)
1DB0-1DB1 Current Hit Points (2)
1DB2-1DB3 Maximum Hit Points (2)
1DB4-1DB5 Level (2)
1DB6 Status
1DB7 Age
1DB9 AC
1DBA-ADC0 Mage Spell Points (7)
1DC1-1DC7 Cleric Spell Points (7)
1DC8-1DCE Mage Spells (7)
1DCF-1DD5 Cleric Spells (7)
1DD6-1DDD Inventory Status Indicators (8)
1DDE-1DE5 Inventory Slots (8)
1DE6 Max Inventory Indicator
1DE7 Poison Strength
1DEB Symbol next to name
1DF6-1DFB Marks (6)
1DFC-1DFD RIPs (2)
Character 5-
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1E15-1E1C Character Name (8)
1E1D Alignment/Class/Race
1E1E Strength
1E1F IQ
1E20 Devotion
1E21 Vitality
1E22 Agility
1E23 Luck
1E24-1E29 Gold (6)
1E2A-1E2F E.P (6)
1E30-1E31 Current Hit Points (2)
1E32-1E33 Maximum Hit Points (2)
1E34-1E35 Level (2)
1E36 Status
1E37 Age
1E39 AC
1E3A-1E40 Mage Spell Points (7)
1E41-1E47 Cleric Spell Points (7)
1E48-1E4E Mage Spells (7)
1E4F-1E55 Cleric Spells (7)
1E56-1E5D Inventory Status Indicators (8)
1E5E-1E65 Inventory Slots (8)
1E66 Max Inventory Indicator
1E67 Poison Strength
1E6B Symbol next to name
1E76-1E7B Marks (6)
1E7C-1E7D RIPs (2)
Character 6-
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1E95-1E9C Character Name (8)
1E9D Alignment/Class/Race
1E9E Strength
1E9F IQ
1EA0 Devotion
1EA1 Vitality
1EA2 Agility
1EA3 Luck
1EA4-1EA9 Gold (6)
1EAA-1EAF E.P (6)
1EB0-1EB1 Current Hit Points (2)
1EB2-1EB3 Maximum Hit Points (2)
1EB4-1EB5 Level (2)
1EB6 Status
1EB7 Age
1EB9 AC
1EBA-1EC0 Mage Spell Points (7)
1EC1-1EC7 Cleric Spell Points (7)
1EC8-1ECE Mage Spells (7)
1ECF-1ED5 Cleric Spells (7)
1ED6-1EDD Inventory Status Indicators (8)
1EDE-1EE5 Inventory Slots (8)
1EE6 Max Inventory Indicator
1EE7 Poison Strength
1EEB Symbol next to name
1EF6-1EFB Marks (6)
1EFC-1EFD RIPs (2)
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[6] FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Since this is only the first version of this guide there hasn't been any
questions sent in to me, but I figure I should add a few questions that might
pop into your head.
Q. In the gold example, you stated that 500,000 in hex was 20A107, but using
Window's scientific-mode calculator the value turns out to be 7A120. Any
explanation?
A. Before I answer this question I would like to get one thing out of the way.
In hex (if you don't know), 2 hex digits = 1 byte. so 0F = 1 byte, EF20 = 2
bytes, etc.
When programs record a non-string value (numerical, for example) they record it
from right-to left. This seems logical to do, since programs also read it from
right-to-left. Therefore, when searching or editing hex values, we reverse the
hex digits. When I say reverse, I mean splitting the entire hex value into
2-digit chunks, and reversing the chunk positions, so:
FE 30 2B CC
becomes...
CC 2B 30 FE
or...
2E 66 9B 0F 0E
becomes...
0E 0F 9B 66 2E
In the case of an odd number of digits, add a zero to the front of the hex
value:
7D0
becomes...
07D0 (07 D0)
and then...
D0 07
I hope this explains a bit.
Q. Can you recommend a good hex editor?
A. Sure. The one I am currently using, and am very pleased with, is WinHex by
X-Ways Software (
http://www.x-ways.com). It's got a ton of features and it's
easy to use. If you are looking for something else, just look around
www.cnet.com or www.zdnet.com.
Q. I would like to learn more about hex/hex editing. Can you direct me to a
good site?
A. Well, a general search on google will bring up good results. I didn't learn
on the internet so I can't suggest a good site.
Q. I've noticed, in many instances, that you would use 00 00 instead of 0000
and vice-versa. Any particular reason?
A. For some examples I used the xx xx format, for sake of example only. When I
was explaining the ranges for certain stats within the game, it was either
because the value wasn't a numerical value (continuous 'xxxx' format) or it was
because the value was non-numerical like a text string, or each value within
the range has it's own 'slot', like inventory or spell points (separated 'xx
xx' format). Other than that, there really is no difference.
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[7] CONCLUSION/CREDITS
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Well, it was fun and I hope you enjoyed reading/using this guide as much as had
creating it.
The future? I 'm not too sure. I've found out that writing/composing/editing a
guide is much more work that I thought. I really have to commend those other
people who write FAQs or guides that are much more in-depth and better
constructed than mine.
Still... I really like hex editing stuff and there might be more of these
guides in the near future.
I would like to thank...
-www.GameFAQs.com for hosting tons of great guides to games and an excellent
message board.
-Robert Woodhead and Sir-Tech software for making a great gaming series that
set the standard for text-based dungeon-crawl games.
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