Hey All,
First off, just wanted to say that this save editor is amazing. I spent a few hours looking over the code, and it's truly great - thanks so much for making this. I was actually brought to the forum because I wanted to create the same thing, then I realized someone else already did it =] I have two questions though:
1.) How did you find out how to decode all the save data? There's a few variables and whatnot that you haven't figured out yet, but most of it you've managed to figure out how to decipher and manipulate, and I think there's WAY to much info for you to just and have trial/error'd your way through it.
2.) I'm having some trouble using it: I have a save file from the PS3 version, and I wanted to transfer it over to use through the Steam version on PC. I tried putting the file into the directory, opening with Hyne, right-clicking and converting to a PC version. That seems to have converted it, but even when I used the "Sign saves for the cloud" feature, I can't access the file from within the Steam version of FFVIII - it hasn't been added to any slots, and I don't see it in the meta data. I tried changing the name to slot1_save01 format as well, but no luck. Once it's converted to PC version, how to actually access it from within Steam FFVIII?
I also tried simply copy/pasting the hex code between the two, and although select-all -> copy works, select-all -> paste doesn't. It'll paste, but the formatting get's messed up. I tried using Notepad++ as a middle-man as well to take out /n's but that doesn't seem to help either.
Finally, I tried simply creating a new PC save in Steam FFVIII, saving in Garden as soon as I leave the infirmary, then going into Hyne and changing every single value to exactly what's in my PS3 save version, including items, magic, etc to be exactly the same. From Hyne's POV, they're identical. Then I boot up that save in Steam FFVIII and the Garden is in the middle of the water (floating though...) and Squall is running below it on top of the water... I cannot enter the garden either unfortunately. (If it helps, my PS3 save, Squall was in the field immediately outside Centra Ruins, and the Garden was next to him). I checked the save file with Hyne and found out that all the values in the Position segment of the Party tab were changed. I was running Hyne as administrator at all times, in advanced mode, and used the Sign Saves for the Cloud... option always as well. Everytime I change those values, I log into the game and find nothing has changed, log back out, and find the values were reset to something else (the same thing each time).
Any ideas? I'd love to get my PS3 save into Steam somehow since the graphics are so much better, and my PS3 is dying XD
Thanks for your time and help. This is truly an amazing show of fandom and great clean code!