File: Save file editing guide for Shining Force 3, Scenario 2
Author: James Ferguson (Fergybug)
Email:
[email protected]
Site: www.btinternet.com/~shiningforce
Date: 9/8/03
Version: 0.81
This is a guide to editing the save file for Shining Force 3 Scenario 2 in the
SSF v 0.06 saturn emulator. It may be compatible with later versions and other
emulators as well.
A Scenario 2 Offsets
B Character Section Offsets
C Scenario 2 Values
D Instructions
Although I have put the instructions at the end it is important to read them
first. It is at the end so it doesn't get in the way when you are looking up
things quickly once you're familiar with the system.
The above titles are written in capital letters at the start of each section. Try
a word search to find a section more quickly.
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================================A SCENARIO 2 OFFSETS===============================
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For the meanings of #,%,+ see instructions.
Checksum: %CA, %CC, %CE
Range: starts at %D3 and counts for #81A0 bytes
So, for SSF files, subtract 81A0*FF/2=#408f30 from checksum 16
For last four digits, this is equivalent to adding #70D0 to checksum 16.
Location: %FA
Last Church: %102
Does this hold the number of the last church to have been visited?
Inventory: %828
To use Scenario 1's inventory. Double the item number of the item you're interested
in (get this from the value guide). Add this to the above number. The byte this
takes you to holds the number of that item you have stored. This works differently
from scenario 3.
Start of first enemy file: %1A20
Subsequent enemy files can be found by using the fact that each enemy has #160 or #168
bytes devoted to it (including the #FF bytes)
Team Roster
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Synbios/Dantares: %420
Masqurin/Grace: %422
Hayward/Obright: %424
Irene/Julian: %426
Cybel/Eldar: %428
Kahn/Noon: %24A
Justin/Horst: %42C
Penn/Ratchet: %42E
Frank/Hagane: %430
Murasame/Fynnding: %432
Medion/Campbell: %434
Syntesis/Uryudo: %436
Waltz/Rock: %438
Barnard/Zero: %43A
Hazuki/David: %43C
Hedoba/*Julian*: %43E
Donhart/Hera: %440
Robby/Arthur: %442
Garosh/Jade: %444
Penko/Papesh: %446
The second character in each pair uses the first digit and vice versa.
The possibilities for each digit in Scenario 2 are:
0: not found
1: in Synbios's active team
2: in Medion's active team
9: in Synbios' reserve team
A: in Medion's reserve team/David's team.
Note: Two Julian's in Scenario 2. first is in Synbios' team, second is in
Medion's team. To have Julian as an active character, use the second. You may have
noticed that if you use a Scenario 2 save file from when Julian is in the team as
the source of a Premium Disc force, you get Gracia instead of Julian. This is because
the first Julian is used in Scenario 3, and the second one is used for Gracia instead.
Character Sections
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Synbios: %4940
Dantares: %4AA0
Masqurin: %4C08
Grace: %4D68
Hayward: %4Ec8
Obright: %5030
Irene: %5190
Julian: %52F0
Cybel: %5458
Eldar: %55B8
Kahn: %5718
Noon: %5880
Justin: %59E0
Horst: %5B40
Penn: %5CA8
Ratchet: %5E08
Frank: %5F68
Hagane: %60D0
Murasame: %6230
Fynnding: %6390
Medion: %64F8
Campbell: %6658
Syntesis: %67B8
Uryudo: %6920
Waltz: %6A80
Rock: %6BE0
Barnard: %6D48
Zero: %6EA8
Hazuki: %7010
David: %7170
Hedoba: %72D0
Julian: %7438
Donhort: %7598
Hera: %76F8
Robby: %7860
Arthur: %79C0
Garosh: %7B20
Jade: %7C88
Penko: %7DE8
Papesh: %7F48
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============================B CHARACTER SECTION OFFSETS============================
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All scenarios actually use exactly the same layout for their character sections,
but I've included this information at the end of every file map.
Start of name: +0 (up to twelve characters)
Gender: +1E (Male=1, Female=2)
Max HP: +22
Max MP: +24
Level: +26 (this is level number,it does not affect promoted/unpromoted, that's +F0)
Attack: +28
Defence: +2A
Agility: +2C
Speed: +2E
Luck: +30
Magical resistances (numbers below #80 are positve, above are negative):
Fire: +3A
Ice: +3C
Lightning: +3E
Wind: +40
Light: +42
Dark: +44
Spell 1:
Type: +48
Level: +4A
Spell 2:
Type: +4C
Level: +4E
Spell 3
Type: +50
Level: +52
Bonus spell:
Type: +54
Level: +56
Equipped weapon: +58, +5A
Equipped accessory: +5C, +5E
Item slot 1: +60, +62
Item slot 2: +64, +66
Item slot 3: +68, +6A
Item slot 4: +6C, +6E
Weapon 1 special atacks:
Level 1: +70
Level 2: +72
Level 3: +74
Weapon 2 special atacks:
Level 1: +76
Level 2: +78
Level 3: +7A
Weapon 3 special atacks:
Level 1: +7C
Level 2: +7E
Level 3: +80
Weapon 4 special atacks:
Level 1: +82
Level 2: +84
Level 3: +86
Weapon 1 type: +B4 and +C4 (they should have the same value)
Weapon 2 type: +B6 and +CC
Weapon 3 type: +B8 and +D4
Weapon 4 type: +BA and +DC
Weapon 1 level: +c6 (i.e after the second of the two weapon 1 types)
Weapon 2 level: +CE
Weapon 3 level: +D6
Weapon 4 level: +DE
Class: +F0
Current HP: +106
Current MP: +108
Character control type: +12E
In battle: #0 Player controlled, #1 Enemy,
#3 Passive Enemy (eg Benetram Impostor),
#5 uncontrolled friend (eg Garosh on Saraband Pier),
#6 uncontrolled Ally (eg Hayward)
Character status:
#0 character is afflicted by condition; #1 character is not afflicted
Alive: +130 (ie 0 is alive, 1 is dead)
Sleep: +13C
Confusion: +13E
Illusion: +140
Silence: +142
Paralysis: +144
Poison: +146
Charm: +148
Missing goes: +14A
Cursed: +14C
Berserk: +14E
Ice Storm (can't move): +150
Bonus special attack: +15C
Note 1
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Enemy files follow exactly the same pattern except:
1 They do not store their names; instead they all begin #06.
2 They do not have classes. Instead +F0 defines their type: ie Goblin,
Mask Monk, Colossus etc.
Note 2 (VERY IMPORTANT!!!)
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Although all characters' sections follow this layout, some have an
extra 8 bytes inserted into them somewhere. There doesn't appear to be any
pattern to where these extra bytes appear. They are invariably zero, and I
suspect they may be a bug in the emulator. Most character have a section
#160 bytes long; if a section is #168 bytes long then it has these bytes in it.
In such a section, all offsets after the extra bytes need to be increased by
eight.
To deal with this, if you go to a position you wish to change but the value in
it bears no relation to what you think should be in it, simply advance 8 bytes
and see if that makes more sense.
I've written a piece of code to work all of this out for you, which I've put up
on my website. It's only for Scenario 1 and only deals with the main stats.
Additionally, it is heavily scripted and will only run on Internet Explorer v4+.
Note 3
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Although it seems you can change the skills a character can perform with
a weapon, this doesn't appear to be the case. Changing the number of the three
learned weapons skills only changes their name and their camera angles; the
character still performs the same move. Changing the bonus special attack does
make a difference, though, and sometimes you can have a swordsman perform mace
skills and the like.
Note 4
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The bytes which determine whether or not characters have joined the team
are not in these sections. They are all grouped together earlier in the file.
Also, I don't know where friendships are stored.
Note 5
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The byte after each weapon's level is the weapon experience. With a bit
of patience it is now possible for someone to work out how weapon experience
works.
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================================C SCENARIO 2 VALUES================================
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1 Location Numbers
2 Item Numbers
3 Spell Numbers
4 Character Classes
To find a section quickly, search for the above titles written in capital letters
=================================1 LOCATION NUMBERS================================
Order of locations is:
Non-game areas (a few test areas, logo screen, complete...)
Battles, in order
Towns, almost in order. Anafect and Lineside are mixed together. Some external areas:
Saraband - 36
Balsamo - 48
Dusty Village - 50
Anafect - 62
Lineside - 5D
Stamp Village - 6E
Barrand - 77
Barrand, Holy Road and Elbesem areas, inc. Temple
Elbesem Village - 84
Seagate
Saraband - 90
Airo Village - A5
Swampland - AA
Storich - B5
Storich and Aspia areas, inc. Tank and walkable Aspia town
Ruins and Ancient Dungeon, inc. two secret ruins, unfinished town.
Use C2 (Epilogue) to create a Complete save game file. Editing the location
number to be a battle in this game will allow you to fight the battle.
NON-GAME AREAS
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00 Measurement Test
01 Store Test
02 Opening Movie
03 Logo Screen
04 Sleepy Wise Man
05 Complete
06 Ending
BATTLES
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07 Saraband Docks
08 Balsamo East Plains
09 Dusty West Plains
0A Dusty Mountain trail
0B Switching Point South Hills
0C Anafect Docks
0D Anafect North Area
0E Waterfall Cave
0F Lineside North Plain
10 Border Bridge South West
11 Big Tree Chamber
12 Treetop Platform
13 Barrand West Plains
14 Barrand Beach
15 Elbesem Road
16 Elbesem Plains
17 Elbesem Temple Forecourt
18 Elbesem Temple
19 Seagate
1A Seagate and Executor
1B saraband Jail
1C Garvin's Mansion
1D Headland Wilderness
1E Swampland Cave
1F Swampland Marsh
20 Aspinia Volcano South Hole
21 Storich Underground Ruins
22 In Front of Aspia Castle Wall
23 Aspia Castle Gate - CD read error
24 Underground Ruins 1st Floor
25 Underground Ruins 2nd Floor
26 Underground Ruins 3rd Floor
27 Underground Ruins 4th Floor
28 Underground Ruins 5th Floor
29 Underground Ruins 6th Floor
2A Underground Ruins 7th Floor
2B Underground Ruins Bottom Floor
2C ? (Just messed up version of 2B)
2D ? (Just messed up version of 2B)
2E Opening Title
SARABAND - 36
(West is Imperial side; East is Republic)
2F Saraband Docks
30 Saraband West Side
31 Saraband West Side
32 Saraband West Side
33 Saraband West HQ
34 Saraband Centre District
35 Saraband East Side
36 Saraband Church
37 Saraband Inn
38 Saraband Indoors 1 (Imperial base)
39 Saraband Indoors 2
3A Saraband Indoors 1 (Republic base, was indoors 1 in Scenario 1)
3B Saraband Indoors 2
3C Saraband Indoors 3
3D Saraband Pier
BALSAMO - 48
3E Balsamo Town
3F Balsamo Indoors 1 (Chief's house)
40 Balsamo Indoors 2 (Duncan's house)
41 Balsamo Indoors 3 (Lodge)
42 Balsamo Indoors 4
43 Balsamo Indoors 5
44 Balsamo Indoors 6 (Neurotic girl's house)
45 Balsamo Indoors 7 (Obright's HQ)
46 Balsamo Indoors 8 (Rock & Waltz HQ)
47 Balsamo Indoors 9 (Shops)
48 Balsamo Church
49 Balsamo Headquarters
4A Balsamo East Plains (Actually Dusty South Plains battlefield)
4B Dusty South Plains
4C Chapter 1 Ruins
DUSTY VILLAGE - 50
4D Dusty Village
4E Dusty Indoors 1 (Shiraf's House)
4F Dusty Indoors 2
50 Dusty Village Church
51 Dusty Village HQ
52 Dusty Mountain Trail
53 Switching Point
54 Switching Point Battlefield
ANAFECT - 62
55 Anafect Village
56 Aanfect Indoors
57 Anafect Outer Docks
58 Cuts out (Barrand Plain)
59 Waterfall Cave
LINESIDE - 5D
5A Lineside Plains
5B Lineside Village
5C Lineside HQ
5D Lineside Church
5E Lineside Indoors 1
5F Lineside Republic HQ
ANAFECT (cntd) - 62
60 Outside Anafect Village
61 Anafect Village (Same as 55?)
62 Anafect Church
63 Anafect HQ
NORTH BARRAND AREA
64 Edmund's Army Camp (Barrand North Plains?)
65 Suspension Bridge Area (Large scale)
66 Ambushing Edmund's Army (...Event)
67 Suspension Bridge Meeting (Small scale)
STAMP VILLAGE - 6E
68 Stamp Village (Ground)
69 Stamp Village (arrival)
6A Stamp Village (above canopy)
6B Stamp Village Treetop
6C Stamp Village Indoors (Unable to move in black space)
6D Stamp Village HQ
6E Stamp Village Church
6F error
70 error (same location as above)
71 Treetop (where you fight Hedoba)
72 Barrand Marshland
BARRAND - 77
73 Barrand
74 Barrand Indoors - House
75 Barrand Governer's Mansion Upstairs
76 Barrand Prison
77 Barrand Church
78 Barrand HQ
79 Barrand Lighthouse
BARRAND AND ELBESEM AREAS
7A Barrand Beach
7B Elbesem Road (The Holy Road)
7C Elbesem Plains
7D Elbesem Temple Plaza
7E Elbesem Temple Treasure Room (Chapter 4 Ruins)
7F Elbesem Temple Inside, top floor (Push the High Priests and the Rainbloods about!!)
80 Elbesem Temple Inside, bottom floor
ELBESEM VILLAGE - 84
81 Elbesem Village
82 Elbesem Indoors (Tavern)
83 Elbesem Indoors 2 (Elder's house)
84 Elbesem Church
85 Elbesem HQ
SEAGATE
86 Seagate Inside
87 Seagate HQ
88 Trouble at Sea
89 Seagate tied to Executor
8A Seagate after battles
8B Executor Deck after battle
SARABAND - 90
8C Saraband West Side
8D Saraband HQ
8E Saraband Centre District
8F Saraband East Side
90 Saraband Church
91 Saraband Inn
92 Saraband Republic HQ
93 West Saraband Indoors 1
94 West Saraband Indoors 2
95 East Saraband Indoors 1 (King Benetram's building)
96 East Saraband Indoors 2
97 East Saraband Indoors 3
98 Saraband Government Building 1F
99 Saraband Government Building 2F
9A Saraband Government Building Passageway
9B Saraband Government Building Saloon
9C Saraband Pier
9D Saraband Prison
9E Garvin's Mansion Garden
9F Inside Garvin's Mansion
A0 Headland Wilderness
A1 Headland Wilderness (Explorable)
A2 Headland Wilderness (Arrival in boats)
AIRO VILLAGE - A5
A3 Airo Village
A4 Airo Village Indoors
A5 Airo Vilage church
A6 Airo Village HQ
A7 Swampland Cave
SWAMPLAND - AA
A8 Swampland Town
A9 Swampland Indoors
AA Swampland Church
AB Swampland HQ
AC Swampland Indoors (castle)
AD Swampland Swampland (It's a hell of a town!)
AE Aspinia Volcano South Hole
AF Swampland Swampland (So good they numbered it twice. Cave leads to Storich HQ!)
STORICH - B5
B0 Storich (Saraband side)
B1 Storich Indoors (Station ground floor)
B2 Storich Indoors (Station first floor - second if you're a yankee)
B3 Storich (Republic side)
B4 Storich Indoors (Republic house)
B5 Storich Church
B6 Storich HQ
STORICH AND ASPIA AREAS
B7 Aspinia Volcano South Hole
B8 Tank Pursuit
B9 Aspia Castle Wall (with Tank)
BA Tank (Outside)
BB Inside Tank
BC Storich Underground Ruins
BD Aspia South Gate
BE Aspia
BF Ending 1
C0 Ending 2
C1 Ending 3
C2 Epilogue
RUINS AND ANCIENT DUNGEON
C3 Chapter ? Ruins
C4 Unused Sewer Level
C5 Scenario 3 Chapter 3 Ruins (Soup?)
C6 Chapter 3 Ruins
C7 Chapter 5 Ruins
C8 Chapter 6 Ruins
C9 Ancient Dungeon (Staircase)
CA Ancient Dungeon (Bottom Floor)
CB Town (Incomplete)
CC Town
CD Town
===================================2 ITEM NUMBERS==================================
All items in Scenario 2 use only the second of the two bytes devoted to item
storage. Changing the first byte (I think) can affect whether or not an item is
broken.
Scenario 2 contains several items which are not normally found. I've seperated
them into three types:
Enemy: Weapons only used by enemies. Many of them can be equipped.
Unused: Items which cannot be found in the game. Many can be used, but most are
just hangers on from Shining the Holy Ark.
Early: A lot of items not found until Scenario 3 are in this game. Sometimes their
abilities change.
The order is roughly:
01-42 Basic Weapons
44-6E Healing items, power-up items and apparel
6F-DD Mithril (or better) weapons, and all wings, anchors and shurikens
DE-EF Other items like maps, keys, Elbesem Orb. Also Volcano Wand, Mitra Ankh
F0-FF Items and weapons new to Scenario 2
00 Blank
01 Bronze Knife
02 Steel Knife
03 Hunter Knife
04 Steel Sword
05 Broad Sword
06 Bastard Sword
07 Great Sword
08 Epee
09 Foil
0A Rapier
0B Iron Blade
0C Battle Blade
0D Steel Blade
0E Booty Sword (Small Katana)
0F Iron Ninjato (next best Katana)
10 Steel Ninjato
11 Bronze Lance
12 Iron Lance
13 Heavy Lance
14 Steel Lance
15 Spear
16 Power Spear
17 Battle Spear
18 Halberd
19 Heavy Halberd
1A Poleaxe
1B Small Axe
1C Power Axe
1D Battle Axe
1E Great Axe
1F Hand Axe
20 Iron Hand Axe
21 Steel Hand Axe
22 Mace
23 Flail
24 Maul
25 Bronze Claw
26 Iron Claw
27 Steel Claw
28 Battle Claw
29 Cloth Glove
2A Iron Glove
2B Steel Glove
2C Cestus
2D Iron Cestus
2E Steel Cestus
2F Wooden Rod
30 Bronze Rod
31 Talisman Rod
32 Small Wand
33 Magic Wand
34 Angel Wand
35 Power Ankh
36 Saint Ankh
37 Misty Ankh
38 Small Bow
39 Short Bow
3A Faerie Bow
3B King's Bow
3C Light Crossbow
3D Heavy Crossbow
3E Arbalest
3F Long Bow
40 Heavy Long Bow
41 Elven Bow
42 Scimitar (Enemy - Sword)
43 Chaos Ring
44 Power Ring
45 Protect Ring
46 Magic Ring
47 Gale Ring
48 Attack Ring
49 Master Ring
4A Silver Ring
4B Life Ring
4C Nimble Ring
4D White Ring
4E Black Ring
4F Iburu Ring
50 Artemis Pin
51 Apollo Pin
52 Iron Bracer
53 Steel bracer
54 Medical Herb
55 Healing Drop
56 Potion
57 Healing Rain
58 Goddess Tear
59 Hope Light
5A Antidote Herb
5B Fairy Powder
5C Angel's Wing
5D Power Wine
5E Armour Milk
5F Quick Chicken
60 Nimble Onion
61 Happy Cookie
62 Health Bread
63 Brain Food
64 Brave Apple
65 Large Mithril
66 Small Mithril
67 Dark Matter
68 Iron Circlet
69 Steel Tiara
6A Swift Boots
6B Shadow Bowl
6C Dark Bowl
6D Loincloth
6E Power Undies
6F Mithril Dirk
70 Butter Knife
71 Killer Knife
72 Sneaky Knife (Unused) ("Thief's Knife" I think)
73 Joker Knife (Unused)
74 Counter Sword
75 Shiva Sword
76 Leviathan
77 Dark Sword
78 Phoenix Sword
79 Justice Sword
7A Magic Rapier
7B Mist Rapier
7C Shiny Rapier
7D Final Rapier
7E Luster Blade
7F Rune Blade
80 Photon Blade
81 Venom Blade
82 Force Blade
83 Nelson Lance
84 Holy Lance
85 Dragon Lance
86 Ultra Lance
87 Silver Spear
88 Counter Spear
89 Rune Spear
8A Beast Spear (Unused)
8B Comet Spear (Unused, works)
8C Holy Halberd
8D Star Halberd
8E Arc Halberd
8F Dark Halberd
90 Fire Axe
91 Gigantic Axe
92 Sharp Axe
93 Gaia Axe
94 Sorrow Axe
95 Accurate Axe
96 Super Axe
97 Arrow Axe
98 Ultra Axe (Unused, works)
99 Saint's Mace
9A Revenge Mace
9B Power Hammer
9C Macho Maul
9D Mithril Claw
9E Tiger Claw
9F Berserk Claw
A0 Pokey Claw
A1 Spiked Glove
A2 Muscle Glove
A3 Spark Glove
A4 Magna Glove
A5 Pretty Glove
A6 Giant Cestus
A7 Mist Cestus
A8 Wire Cestus
A9 Holy Cestus (Unused, works) ("Dragon Knuckle")
AA Torture Rod
AB Sleepy Rod
AC Soul Rod
AD Tiamat Rod
AE Demon Rod
AF Jester Wand
B0 Jewel Wand
B1 Witch Wand
B2 Spark Wand (Unused, works) ("Merlin's Wand")
B3 Wendigo Wand
B4 Tornado Ankh
B5 Silence Ankh
B6 Blessed Ankh
B7 Holy Ankh
B8 Moon Bow
B9 Dragon Bow
BA Breaker Bow
BB Kantar's Bow
BC Caylon's Bow (Unused, works)
BD Hunter Crossbow
BE Flame Crossbow
BF Sonic Crossbow
C0 Needle Crossbow (Unused, works)
C1 Magnum Bow
C2 Storm Bow
C3 Meteor Bow
C4 Cool Braid (replaces Pulsar Bow from Scen1, looks like Elven Bow, "Cools the Blood")
C5 Wind Cutter
C6 Bone Eater
C7 Rumbling Sea
C8 Kusanagi
C9 Muramasa
CA Cross Star
CB Fox Shuriken
CC Shaken
CD Deadly Star
CE Octagon Star
CF Wind Star
D0 Metal Wing
D1 Silver Wing
D2 Battle Wing
D3 Silk Wing
D4 Sonic Wing
D5 Cosmic Wing
D6 Zero Wing
D7 Stealth Wing (Unused, works)
D8 Light Anchor (Unused, works but not worth a look)
D9 Heavy Anchor
DA Power Anchor
DB Spin Anchor
DC Crash Anchor
DD Grav Anchor
DE Cut Flowers
DF Chicken Feed
E0 Volcano Wand ("Volcanon Wand")
E1 Penko Egg
E2 Ship's Key
E3 Statue Gem
E4 Mitra Ankh ("Ankh of Mitula")
E5 Saraband Prison Key
E6 Divine Cane (Enemy - Wand)
E7 Hell Rod (Enemy - Rod)
E8 Penko Beak
E9 Ruin Map
EA Ruin Map
EB Ruin Map
EC Ruin Map
ED Ruin Map
EE Ruin Map
EF Elbesem Orb
F0 Barrand Prison Key
F1 Robot Eyes
F2 Crewart's Key
F3 Freeze Ball
F4 God Rapier
F5 Arc Wand
F6 Dragon Rod
F7 Earth Rod
F8 Chain Whip
F9 Queen Whip
FA Love Whip
FB whip (Don't know name)
FC Silver Beak
FD Gold Beak
FE Penn Beak
FF Remove
===================================3 SPELL NUMBERS=================================
Not all spells work. I've only listed the proper spells here. Pleae note that to
make this list I have taken Scenario 3's values and cut out the innappropriate ones.
Inferno works in Scenario 1, so it and other spells from Scenario 3 may work in this
game.
Spells are stored in two bytes. The first byte identifies the spell using the
numbers below. The second byte determines the spell's level 1-4. Making the level
too high (eg Wendigo level 4) will not work. Levels 1 and 2 will be okay, but levels
3 and 4 will have 0 casting cost and will never be able to find a target.
00 Blank
01 Blaze
02 Freeze
03 Spark
04 Tornado
05 Soul Steal
06 Inferno
07 Support
08 Slow
0A Resist
0B Attack
0C Dispell
0D Confuse
0E Sleep
0F Charm
11 Heal
12 Aura
14 Antidote
15 Return
26 Phoenix
27 Wendigo
28 Tiamat
29 Tanatos
34 Thor
35 Zephyrus
36 Golem
37 Hell Dragon
================================4 CHARACTER CLASSES================================
Name of characters which follow the progression
00-1F Unpromoted Class
20-47 Promoted Class
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Synbios, Medion, Julian
00 Soldier
20 Swordsman
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Dantares, Cybel, Campbell, Donhart, Arthur
01 Knight
21 Cavalier/Paladin
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Obright, Horst, Rock
02 Warrior/Senshi
22 Gladiator/Warrior
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Grace, Uryudo
03 Priest
23 Cleric
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Masqurin, Noon, Syntesis
04 Magician
24 Wizard
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Hayward, Barnard, Garosh
05 Archer
25 Marksman
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Irene, Kahn, Hera
06 Monk
26 Master Monk
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Eldar, Fynnding, Zero
07 Birdsoldier/Birdman
27 Birdknight
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Justin, Waltz
08 Bow Cavalry
28 Bow Knight
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Penn
09 Penguin
29 Emperor Penguin/Flare Penguin
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Ratchet
2A Steam Knight
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Frank
2B Werewolf/Wolf Baron
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Hagane, Murasame
2C Ninja
Hazuki
0D Kuno
2D Master Kuno
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David
0E Ranger
2E Commando
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Hedoba
0F Shaman
2F Summoner
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Robbie
30 Mecha Soldier
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Jade
31 Metal Gunner
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Penko
12 Penguin
32 Samba Penguin
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Papesh
33 Tamer
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===================================D INSTRUCTIONS==================================
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1. The File
2. Checksums
3. Information I Will Give
4. How My system Works
The File
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This is a guide to altering a Saturn emulator's save game file for Shining Force 3
(all parts). The emulator I have used for this is SSF and I don't know if this
guide will be helpful for any other saturn emulator.
The save file in question is not a windows file, but a file on the emulator's
virtual RAM cartridge. In version 0.06 this is called E_Backup.RAM. I will be
providing two types of information: the first is the offset of a byte in that game
file which stores a particular piece of information, and the second is the meaning
of the values which you can put into that byte.
Every Shining Force 3 file begins SF. In the SSF emulator it is convenient to
search for the string of digits: 53FF46.
Offsets: the offset of a byte is how many bytes into the file it is. In order to
use this kind of information you will need a hex editor program like Hex Workshop,
which is available from www.bpsoft.com, which presents each byte as a pair of
hexadecimal digits and tells you the offset of the cursor, or lets you move the
cursor to a particular offset.
The editor will give you the offset from the start of the windows file, but this
will not be the start of the game's file (in fact, you can have more than one
game file in the windows file). as a result, I will have to use relative offsets
in this guide. I will use the following notation (numbers will always be in hex):
%: For example %1B, where 1B is the hexadecimal number twenty-seven. This type of
offset is relative to the start of the game file. The start of the game file is
taken to be the S in the phrase SFORCE which is the start of every file. Add the
number after the % sign to the offset of the 'S' to reach the byte in question.
For instance, say Synbios' section in a scenario 1 file starts at %4924, and
the 'S' is at offset C09 in the .RAM file. Then the start of Synbios section is at
offset 552D in the .RAM file. At this point is the 'S' in 'Synbios'.
+: For example +1B, where 1B is the hexadecimal number twenty-seven. Every
character gets a section to themselves in the file, which holds their attack power,
defence, items, spells etc. Since these are all laid out the same way, I will only
describe the layout once. The number after the + sign is how many bytes after the
start of the character's section the byte in question is. The start here is taken
to be the first letter of their name.
For instance, in the above example the 'S' in Synbios was at offset 552D. Suppose
that my guide says that in the character section a character's class is stored at
+F0. Then Synbios' class is stored at 552D+F0=561D bytes from the start of the
windows file.
Note: Hex Workshop has a counter which tells you how many bytes you are selecting
if you drag the cursor or move the arrow keys with shift held down. It is often
is easier to use this feature to work with relative offsets than to use a
calculator to work out the absolute offsets.
Not all SF3 have the layout I have described in my guides. NEVER use Gabriel to
copy a file; he will insert some extra information at the start, upsetting the
offsets. If you want two copies of the data, go to a church. The Premium Disc
save game creator also adds in these bits sometimes. Try naming every character
in Roman letters as this seems to help.
Checksums - aah! Very Important!!!!!!!
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These things are a real pain, and made working out how to edit the save file
very difficult. Fortunately, they are easy enough to work with once you get used to
them.
The checksum is a means of testing if the data in a file has degraded over time. It
is a defence measure designed to save you from loading up a game file in which the
information has been spoilt. However, it also detects if you have edited the file.
If the checksum is wrong, Gabriel (or Ishahacut if you like) will not let you
load the file.
My offsets sections will tell you where the checksum is. It is a 3 byte (that is
a six-digit hex) number which stores the sum of a range of bytes in the file. My
guides will also tell you the range it counts over. You can then use Hex Workshop to
recalculate the checksum after you make some changes.
To do this, select the range I specify, and go to the tools menu, and calculate
(or generate) checksum. When you calculate it, you will be given a whole host of
different checksum. The one you are interested in is Checksum-16, which adds the
values of each individual byte together.
However, you may have noticed that every other byte in the save file is FF. These
FF's are not part of the game's file, and you will need to correct for them. I
will explain this in the Map guides. Basically, though, you subtract a number to
compensate for them. However, Hex Workshop only calculates four-digit checksums,
so this method will only give you the last four digits of the file's six-digit
checksum. This shouldn't be too much of a problem, as it is likely the higher two
didigtes will not change, and if they do it will only be by plus or minus one.
It should be easy to work out if this has happened just be looking at the new and
old checksums. (This applies to SSF and the old Satourne. I believe the new
Satourne has every other byte as 00, so you don't need to correct for them. I
can't test this because Satourne does not work on my computer.)
For smaller changes you may find it more convenient to simply keep a calculator
handy and keep track of how much you are adding and subtracting from each byte,
and when you are done use this tally to modify the checksum by the same amount.
Basically, if you add 5 to a byte in the file, you must add 5 to the checksum
as well. It's that simple.
(You may be unimpressed by me saying how important this is, and that's fair
enough. But finding the checksums, and indeed working out that I was even
looking for a checksum in the first place, was one of the trickiest parts of
workingout how to edit the files. Maybe I'm still traumatised from that...)
Information I will give
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Location
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A single byte in the file determines where in the world you will start from
when you load up the save file. If you change this you can go anywhere you
want in the game! Skip straight to Malorie or go back to Quonus. This is a
fun thing to change. Because the game also stores your coordinates in that
location, when you change this value you may end up somewhere odd, such as in
the black space around a building when you are indoors, or maybe trapped inside
a wall. For this reason I find it convenient to make a save in a church, and when
I change towns I put myself in the new town's church. This way Synbios (or whoever)
will be standing at the altar of that church.
If you do end up in the black space, you should know that most 'indoors' areas
have more than one building in them. Try to head for the corners of the level to
reach them. Walk into the doorway and you will exit the buidling and reach the
town. This does not work in Scenario 3 though. If you end up in space, you will
be stuck.
Inventory
---------
By this I mean the huge quantity of stuff King Benetram keeps in his pockets
at HQ. Each item has either byte or half a byte which stores how many of that
item you have deposited. All that is required is that you add to this byte or
half byte to increase the number you have. What do I mean by half a byte? That's
just a single hexadecimal digit. Each offset section will explain in more detail.
There are many items available in this way which cannot be found just by
playing the game - most new weapons!
Team Roster
-----------
Each character who can join the force has a half-byte devoted to storing their
status as a team member. Each file map will explain precisely how it works, but
you can have characters in your team before you can normally meet them, or keep
Julian and Donhort in after they should leave. You can have both Jade and Garosh
as well, for instance. Also, there is an unused character in Scenario 3 and the
Premium Disc!
Items
-----
Each character has bytes which show what they have equipped and what they are
carrying. Each item slot has two bytes, and stores the identifying number
of an item. (Remember there is an FF between these two bytes.) The two bytes
function is a four digit hex number, but the leftmost byte should only by
00 or 01. One byte can distinguish between 256 items; as a result Scenarios
1 and 2 only use the least significant byte; scenario 3 can have 00 or 01 in
the higher byte to open up more combinations.
Spells
------
Each character has four spells slots. Spells are also stored in two bytes.
The first byte determines the type of spell and the second the level. Very
simple. There are many hidden spells, but most don't work.
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