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donkEpunch
03-04-2011, 03:45 AM
I have CONFIRMED that Dragon Age 2 saves use the same setup as Dragon Age Origins & Awakenings. I have SUCCESSFULLY edited my save using the same method described by Minuos (using unknown v2 resigner). So far, I have changed my character's name in Dragon Age 2 (savegame.das, savegame.met). I know its not much to brag about, BUT, the save did not corrupt.

FYI....I used Xplorer USB to extract save from drive, Horizon to get the contents, Hex Workshop to edit, unknown v2 resigner, and Xbox 360 Hash Block Calc to check if proper was "true" (I did not calculate).

DJ XHUNTER
03-04-2011, 03:50 AM
post some saves probobly we can make an editor or something before game releases to the world
edit: Just Pm Some Saves With Some status

CloudStrife7x
03-04-2011, 04:33 AM
it would be awesome if someone could make an editor for this game

eLif
03-04-2011, 04:50 AM
Nice to hear, just started game, will send my save later this morning if needed ^^

sproksha
03-04-2011, 07:36 AM
Nice to hear, thanks!

Dante
03-04-2011, 08:36 AM
What are the offsets in HxD for sovereigns(gold)? Thanks for confirming and very nice find.

eric22
03-04-2011, 09:07 AM
already you people talking about the editor wow so fast. keep it up !!!!!!!!!!!!

edgarsla
03-04-2011, 09:48 AM
Yes. It would be very helpful.

pureIso
03-04-2011, 09:54 AM
xboxhunter199962 you working on the editor?

eLif
03-04-2011, 12:36 PM
Playing game, and damn it feels like Mass Effect xD

Male Warrior
(Default dragon age origins option)

lvl 3
XP1750/3000

Specialization Points 0
Ability Points 0

Atributes
16 Strength
11 Dexterity
11 Magic
11 Cunning
11 Willpower
12 Constitution


Abilities
Two-Handed
Mighty Blow / Giants reach are open rest locked


Weapon in use
Fereldan BroadAxe

Armor
Fereldan Field Gloves/Armor/Boots


Dunno whats it is (not really played dragon age)
I call it silver and Bronze (top right on inventory)

Silver 4
Bronze 11



If need more info or more saves, let me know

4541090B (Save is after firts chapter)
http://www.multiupload.com/586SGOFWAZ


-------------------------------------------------------

Second Save with Money and points
Level 4 xp1520/4000


Attribute points 3
Abilities points 1

2Gold
5Silver
16Bronze

rest Same as other save
http://www.multiupload.com/QKLPAMY2I3

ioritree
03-04-2011, 04:54 PM
Nice! waitting for save editor.

eLif
03-04-2011, 05:54 PM
Nice! waitting for save editor.
Same here :) or a easy part to hex it, will be great ^^

cybersam
03-04-2011, 06:40 PM
well... this is interesting...
the values in the saves move around ^-^
i still need to confirm it... but i think i've found the pointer to those values
so a save editor would definitely be possible ^-^

eLif
03-04-2011, 06:51 PM
Great news, to bad i'm a noob on hex/coding :P
If needed some saves or testing modded saves let me know.

cybersam
03-04-2011, 06:56 PM
lol... this one was really easy... ^-^'
it works perfectly...
at least with those 2 save games ^-^'''
but with more save games i could make sure the pointer i've found works 100% ^-^


@xboxhunter199962
so if its ok with we could work together on a save editor
or anyone else for that matter

as this game has quite a lot of things that could be edited ^-^

donkEpunch
03-04-2011, 07:03 PM
lol... this one was really easy... ^-^'
it works perfectly...
at least with those 2 save games ^-^'''
but with more save games i could make sure the pointer i've found works 100% ^-^

Please share what the "pointer" is...

eLif
03-04-2011, 08:07 PM
Please share what the "pointer" is...

Yes pls or can you share the save you modded xD
Or /me slaps himself because he needs to w8 :P

cybersam
03-04-2011, 08:14 PM
oh come on.... just wait a bit ^-^
first i want to find out what the second pointer is used for... (as i found 2 of them ^-^)
and besides.. i still haven't done anything (i'm a bit lazy to read through the tutorials)...

i was going to create a small editor to edit the money (just as a proof of concept) till more people are willing to help
as i said this is a big game with a lot of stuff that can be edited ^-^'''

Anmsem
03-04-2011, 08:33 PM
man!!! very nice!!! :D

Dante
03-04-2011, 08:46 PM
Good blasted job cybersam once we have the money editor It'll be just about all I need looking forward to this!

eLif
03-04-2011, 08:59 PM
Btw money is not enough to buy nice shizzle
You need to have gold,silver and bronze for buying a armor/axe/sword etc

cybersam
03-04-2011, 09:04 PM
lol... ^-^
yea well.. gold,silver and bronze is saved at the same place
you can add them to gether 100 bronze = 1 silver and 100 silver = 1 gold
so if you have 1 gold 2 silver and 3 bronze

then you would search for 10203 (big endian)
which means... you have 10203 Cr. ^-^
so what does it matter if you have gold/solver/bronze or Cr. or $ or €or what ever else for that matter ^-^

eLif
03-04-2011, 09:15 PM
lol... ^-^
yea well.. gold,silver and bronze is save at the same place
so what dose it matter if you have gold/solver/bronze or Cr. or $ or €or what ever else for that matter ^-^

rofl :P
didn't know's that xD

cybersam
03-04-2011, 09:21 PM
now you know that...
and you should now be able edit your money even without an editor ^-^

sproksha
03-04-2011, 09:30 PM
I just tried lookin for money with no luck. I'll keep at it tho.

game0606
03-04-2011, 09:31 PM
can't wait for a tool but im hex editing the money now as im typing this

cybersam
03-04-2011, 09:36 PM
and i'm going for a few tests with the first small editor... need to test it as i implemented a checksum fix and rehash/resign function... ^-^

eLif
03-04-2011, 09:36 PM
now you know that...
and you should now be able edit your money even without an editor ^-^

Thx, only cant find it xD
I'm not good at hex :(

game0606
03-04-2011, 09:40 PM
yes i modded my money just like the first one sweet im going to play around with the stats and see if i can get that going

cybersam
03-04-2011, 09:59 PM
crap... if i new why it would fix the checksum i could already release that damn tool ^-^'

DJ XHUNTER
03-04-2011, 10:05 PM
Im Just Looking Around The Saves i See There Is Alot Of Strings

Sephiroth
03-04-2011, 10:49 PM
Can someone upload unknowns resigner.
I've been playing this game for few hours and.. well, it looks fun lol.

eric22
03-04-2011, 10:51 PM
Can someone upload unknowns resigner.
I've been playing this game for few hours and.. well, it looks fun lol.

yeah me too i need that tool, i like this game !!!!!!

eLif
03-04-2011, 11:01 PM
Can someone upload unknowns resigner.
I've been playing this game for few hours and.. well, it looks fun lol.

http://www.multiupload.com/X63IEDUEM4
This one?

donkEpunch
03-04-2011, 11:01 PM
Can someone upload unknowns resigner.
I've been playing this game for few hours and.. well, it looks fun lol.

Here you go460

donkEpunch
03-04-2011, 11:50 PM
Can those who have edited items/weapons/stats/money successfully give a brief tutorial? Are the ID's the same? I have the tools but I can't find any values. Please give answer in non-vague way.

P.S. I know how to edit Origins & Awakenings....i can't find values on Dragon Age 2

cybersam
03-05-2011, 12:15 AM
finally...
here is the money editor i promised ^-^

i tested it with a few save files and they worked just fine...
i hope it works for everyone ^-^

PS. this editor will fix the checksum and rehash/resign the save file when saving

Dante
03-05-2011, 12:21 AM
I love you cyber thank you so much hopefully this editor becomes into a fully seasoned one in due time I'm sure we can make this as great as even Fable 2 editors or even GTA ones!

Anmsem
03-05-2011, 12:24 AM
you're beautiful!!! :) if you were in front of me, I gave you a kiss.... :D (¬¬ joke!)

cybersam
03-05-2011, 12:28 AM
well i hope so too...
but first i want to see if it's really working for everyone...
and to see if the pointer i've found works for everyone then we can start researching the hell out of this game ^-^'''
so reports are appreciated

in the mean time i'm going to see if the money is saved at the same place in the dragon age origins/awakening
if it is then we could make an editor that works for all the dragon age games ^-^

eLif
03-05-2011, 12:37 AM
Respect, great work you are doing ^^

Little notice: if you fill in 999,999,999 at your editor. Ingame gold will have 9999 silver 99 bronze 99

pureIso
03-05-2011, 12:40 AM
finally...
here is the money editor i promised ^-^

i tested it with a few save files and they worked just fine...
i hope it works for everyone ^-^

PS. this editor will fix the checksum and rehash/resign the save file when saving

Well done mate. I will take it that you are offically the DOA II mod maker :).
Mark it in the workshop forum.

cybersam
03-05-2011, 12:40 AM
that's right...
999,999,999 = gold 99,999/silver 99/bronze 99

@pureIso
thanks and...
lol... ^-^
i'd prefer it if this is a community project ^-^'''
cause of all the things that can be edited...

as far as i've seen it could be possible to even change the appearance of the character... but that's only a guess never tried it ^-^'''

and as i'm researching Infinite Undiscovery and Operation Darkness
i'm not sure if i could do the whole Dragon Age 2 project on my own ^-^'''

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 12:51 AM
I cant get it to work...it corrupts my saves

cybersam
03-05-2011, 01:05 AM
hmm... weird... cause i tried it with saves i found here and with my own saves and it worked...
can you send me you save file ?!

pureIso
03-05-2011, 01:05 AM
When I get my hands on the game, I will be able to give you a hand finding offsets

cybersam
03-05-2011, 01:08 AM
that would definitely be great help ^-^
i hope others who wouldn't mind helping out as well ^-^
when we get more people working on this we could create a group for it ^-^

GeNeTiiCs
03-05-2011, 01:15 AM
has ne one been able to find the attributes

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 01:17 AM
hmm... weird... cause i tried it with saves i found here and with my own saves and it worked...
can you send me you save file ?!

As requested 462

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 01:18 AM
has ne one been able to find the attributes

Thats what I really want to know...

Punker
03-05-2011, 01:23 AM
Just tested the editor out too works great
thanks cybersam

cybersam
03-05-2011, 01:28 AM
@donkEpunch
hmmm weird.... did you change your money in that save ?! o_O
because it shows normaly (like nothing has changed)

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 01:32 AM
@donkEpunch
hmmm weird.... did you change your money in that save ?! o_O
because it shows normaly (like nothing has changed)

no, I didn't change my money (I gave you unedited save)...

sproksha
03-05-2011, 01:34 AM
works great

cybersam
03-05-2011, 01:35 AM
hmm... well you could try one thing...
try editing the save with the editor and see if you can loaded in-game
if it's not possible then tell me what message you see... like where is the message about the corrupted save is
is it directly seen in the loading screen or is it shown after you try to load the file

Game Wizard
03-05-2011, 01:42 AM
is there anyway someone can make a rogue, warrior and mage at begginning with max money i would do it myself but i dont have game :( so if anyone can do that thanks in advance please

CloudStrife7x
03-05-2011, 01:53 AM
nice editor cyber, now i just have to wait until i get the game on tuesday

eLif
03-05-2011, 02:00 AM
Playing it now with alot of money xD, and if you dont have enough silver/bronze any more. Try buy a item that needs more silver/bronze than what you really got in your inventory.

You still can buy xD
Great work,

Hope next one is the attributes ^^

Dante
03-05-2011, 02:29 AM
The editor is certainly a success if it comes up corrupted make sure you rehash and resign with another program (horizon or modio) after saving with the tool provided. The money mod was certainly a big success cyber hopefully if you can find skill points and attributes we can mod the hell out of the game.

cybersam
03-05-2011, 02:31 AM
hrhr...
i think i found something that will the trick ^-^

i still haven't found the attributes... but i was able to reset the attribute points ^-^
in my test save i had 6 points... i used them all up in hope to find one of those attributes...
but... i found where those points are stored...
now i just need to confirm that they can be found with the same pointer ^-^


=============
that is definitely weird with the resign/rehash thing.... maybe my rehasher doesnt work with certain consoles... which is weird... as there are not many reports about it not working...

Dante
03-05-2011, 02:33 AM
That was lighting fast cyber holy crap at this rate you might be able to make the ultimate DA set of tools even a AIO for both games. Good luck finding adding attributes and skill points! IF you need any test saves I'm a bit further in game let me know. :)

cybersam
03-05-2011, 02:53 AM
well... attributes seem to be quite hard to get...
they are probably calculated in a way that we don't recognize...
same goes for the attribute points...
here is "proof" image had to crop it quite a bit... to keep the resolution
but it shows that my test save i'm lvl 3 and got already 1000 attribute points to spend ^-^
http://www.undiscoveredland.net/xbox/DragonAge2/IMG_0119.png

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oh crap... this has the same restriction as the origins and awakening...
if have too much points you can really upgrade...
in that pic it shows that i have 1000 points... but i just tried spending them... and the didn't drop... it looks like i got a lot more than that 1000 as i maxed all the attributes and the number still doesn't want to drop ^-^'''

ah well... more testing ^-^'

DJ XHUNTER
03-05-2011, 03:14 AM
Gimmeh 2 Or 3 More Saves Cause 2 Saves Aint Much And Please be further in the game and status higher Thank You

Nerox
03-05-2011, 03:23 AM
This is great great news :D

cybersam
03-05-2011, 03:33 AM
ok... now i'm able to change each single attribute point without going over the top with the points ^-^
but as it is right now it wont be so easy to find the values as the pointer doesnt work for this... need to look for another pointer...
so save games are aprriciated here... i need save games where you guys didnt spend your attribute points ^-^

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 03:36 AM
Thanks Cybersam...i got the save to work. I had to use Xbox 360 Hash Block Calculator to rehash.

I'll supply some saves with unused attribute points
463



ok... now i'm able to change each single attribute point without going over the top with the points ^-^
but as it is right now it wont be so easy to find the values as the pointer doesnt work for this... need to look for another pointer...
so save games are aprriciated here... i need save games where you guys didnt spend your attribute points ^-^

How does line start for 3 attribute points? Is it "03" or "0003" or "00000003" ?

eLif
03-05-2011, 03:58 AM
Cybersam, On firts page i edited my post about second save early today,
http://www.multiupload.com/QKLPAMY2I3
Its got 3 attributes points to spent and 1 abillity point

Will roll some weed, and play bit more to get rest higher as stats.

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 04:17 AM
Here's another save with 6 attribute points
464

cybersam
03-05-2011, 04:18 AM
@donkEpunch
well this one is bit different...
it's saved as a float... so you will need to search for a float value 3. (easy to search for in hexworkshop)
but hard to find if you got only 3
as far as i could pin point it in all the save files i've tested so far its somewhere between 0x20000 and 0x30000
i know its a big but it should be too many hits when search at that area...
besides you could find it a bit easier if you search for the hex string... hex string for float 3 is "40 40 00 00"
but you would want to search for "FF FF 40 40 00 00"
because in the saves i've looked in so far it always has "FF FF" in front of it

if you find the right value then you can go 4 more bytes right after the next "FF FF" you should find the value for the Ability points ^-^

but the pointer for this one seems a bit hard to get... in my save the position didn't change much so i was able to find it with the second pointer...
but with the other save there was something added and made the second "cluster" bigger and that shifted the position of the values a bit...
there must be something that points to the correct address...
bioware did a great job hiding all the values ^-^'''


============= edit
ok... time to get some sleep...
i probably wont be able to work on this very long tomorrow... as i have a lot to do in rl ^-^'''

Dante
03-05-2011, 04:46 AM
Thanks for everything so far cyber good luck with it tomorrow.

GeNeTiiCs
03-05-2011, 05:00 AM
465

Level 12 Rogue

Buddah
03-05-2011, 06:33 AM
nevermind...

Azrael
03-05-2011, 06:50 AM
That's a good news! :)
By the time I'll have the game (and time to play it) I'm sure it'll be a save editor :P

sukhish
03-05-2011, 08:54 AM
Looking forward to it!!! :)

cybersam
03-05-2011, 02:11 PM
ok guys... i couldn't really sleep.. after a few hours in i bed thought i should look further in to this before my day started...
and here is a small update...
i found the pointer to the Attribute Block
means i can now freely find and edit Attribute and Ability points... still need to confirm it but i thing the Attributes are saved in the same block...
but with the good news there are always bad news (or almost always) ^-^'''
the bad news is...
the block size dynamic
so if you get attributes points in-game they will be added to this block
but if you don't have any attribute points then it will be removed from the block

so it will be a bit hard to edit attributes and ability points if you don't have them to begin with
but if i can confirm that the attributes are saved there as well then we wont be needing those attribute points anyway ^-^

Punker
03-05-2011, 03:01 PM
Great work cybersam very much appreciate

cybersam
03-05-2011, 03:17 PM
ok... i got the attributes...
no more need to worry about the points ^-^'''
but i'm running out of time...
so i'll update the editor when i get back
i hope you giys can wait that long ^-^'''

eLif
03-05-2011, 04:20 PM
Niceeee :) Really love your work what you doing for us and for your self ofc ^^
Also cant w8 for the atrribute update xD

Respect :bigsmile2:

sukhish
03-05-2011, 04:51 PM
ok... i got the attributes...
no more need to worry about the points ^-^'''
but i'm running out of time...
so i'll update the editor when i get back
i hope you giys can wait that long ^-^'''

Wow man...really really appreciate your work!!! God bless you mate! :)

unknowhuman
03-05-2011, 05:45 PM
cybersam .. you are the man !!

thank you a lot

Dante
03-05-2011, 07:11 PM
Damn, talk about smacking the nail to the wall cybersam is really on a hotstreak with this game I wish he was around when DA:O came along.

Nerox
03-05-2011, 07:27 PM
cyber thanks so much bro for doing this hard work :-c

righi
03-05-2011, 08:15 PM
hi there

any chance I'll upload my save and you guys could have it modded for cash, lots of cash?

thx in advance

eLif
03-05-2011, 08:20 PM
hi there

any chance I'll upload my save and you guys could have it modded for cash, lots of cash?

thx in advance

You can do it by your self, Cybersam created a little money editor. Its on page4

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 08:33 PM
NOW WITH PICTURES

HERE IS A STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL ON EDITING YOUR ATTRIBUTE & ABILITY POINTS
(YOU HAVE TO HAVE UNSPENT POINTS & WORKS BETTER IF YOU ARE THE ONLY CHARACTER WITH AVAILABLE POINTS & U WON'T HAVE PROBLEMS IF YOU FOLLOW MY DIRECTIONS)


1) Extract your save (for example "0x70ff0009_1_u!0")

2) Open save with Hex Workshop.

3) Now we search for your attribute & ability points. It's going to be float value...so at first level up you have 3 attribute points and 2 ability points. The 3 attribute points = 40400000 the 2 ability points = 40000000. NO MATTER WHAT THESE VALUES WILL HAVE FF FF IN FRONT OF THEM. Therefore when you search for 3 points it will be FFFF40400000. When you search for 2 points it will be FFFF40000000.

4) http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/3102/availablepoints.th.jpg (http://img829.imageshack.us/i/availablepoints.jpg/)
Your search will come up with a few results but this is how you know which one is correct. You will have your available attribute points immediately followed by your available ability points. EXAMPLE: 3 attribute points & 2 ability points looks like FFFF40400000002BFFFF40000000. No exceptions...Attributes followed immediately by ability.

5) Before we change the values, you have to know that attributes max at 100 (Strength,Magic,etc=100 max) so don't give yourself 1,000 attribute points. Give yourself like 450 attribute points max, this way you can max some stats and leave room for future level up points. As far as ability points, I did 10 points because certain ability have level restrictions.

6) http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/17/changedpoints.th.jpg (http://img42.imageshack.us/i/changedpoints.jpg/)
Now we are going to change our 3 attribute points to 450 & 2 ability points to 10. It's float...so 450 = 43E10000 & 10 = 41200000. After you edit, it should look like FFFF43E10000002BFFFF41200000. Save the file.

7) http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2707/editor.th.jpg (http://img853.imageshack.us/i/editor.jpg/)
Open the save with the Dragon Age 2 money editor (thanks cybersam) that is in this thread. Once open, just hit save and close the program. (I'm using this tool because when you save, it fixes the checksum for you)

8) Open the save with Xbox 360 Hash Block Calculator hit "Tools" then "Calculate Hash Blocks". I know most folks use Horizon, LeFluffie, Modio, etc...This is what works for me.

9) Place save back on your memory device and have fun...

ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WORK FOR ME...(Don't 4get to hit thanks) Also thanks to cybersam for the program...

righi
03-05-2011, 08:41 PM
freaking awesome!

now it's much easier for a full editor to come along

I'm terribly stupid at hex editing! thx for the findings and for sharing!

:-c

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 08:48 PM
freaking awesome!

now it's much easier for a full editor to come along

I'm terribly stupid at hex editing! thx for the findings and for sharing!

:-c

Anytime! I'm a total noob when it comes to making editors, but I'm pretty good at Hex editing. I made this tutorial because I really get sick of people giving vague answers. Do tutorials that the experienced and non-experienced can both understand...

Dante
03-05-2011, 08:50 PM
Very nice find on attribute and ability hopefully this encourages rapid development for the editor.

eLif
03-05-2011, 09:04 PM
Nice one donkEpunch
Did you also find the specialization points? :)

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 09:08 PM
Nice one donkEpunch
Did you also find the specialization points? :)

Not yet, I'll keep you all posted...

Punker
03-05-2011, 09:22 PM
Anytime! I'm a total noob when it comes to making editors, but I'm pretty good at Hex editing. I made this tutorial because I really get sick of people giving vague answers. Do tutorials that the experienced and non-experienced can both understand...

Great tut done what you said and it working. Thanks donkEpunch and cybersam

Dante
03-05-2011, 10:04 PM
I'm a disappointment when it comes to hex but I found the offset for the ability and attribute is it by any chance 000204D0? I used HxD and I ran a search for hex value "FFFF40400000002BFFFF" and that offset popped up am I doing this right? So from here I edit like you said and presto?

righi
03-05-2011, 10:09 PM
can't get the editor to work...

so i have to extract savegame.das and thats the one we can mod, right?

but then the editor says that is UNABLE TO REHASH LARGER THAN 112MB

every other file I try to open the editor crashes

regardless of the warning if I put it back onto the file using modio, use its rehash & resign option, when I try to load the save it says it's corrupted therefore cannot be used

I think it might have to do with block hash calculator, but I'm no sure

please help

here's my unmodded save btw

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YEMJYW0U

thx again

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I'm stuck here, when I put the file back together, it goes from a 5mb to a 600kb, so I'm pretty sure I'm doing something wrong since the savegame.das only weighs 147kb

mrgodai
03-05-2011, 10:11 PM
I found way too many value when doing a search, however the ones starts with HEX

25FFFF = stat

and

26FFFF = ability points



well, this seems to work only for the character you recruited, not the character you created. 25FFFF and 26FFFF should be together

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 10:21 PM
can't get the editor to work...

I ran into this problem too...HERE IS THE WAY TO USE THE EDITOR

1) Extract gamesave from memory device (USB stick, Hard Drive, etc)

2) Open gamesave with Dragon Age 2 money editor

3) Change the money amount to what you desire.

4) Hit the save button. You will not get any confirmation...just wait a few seconds after hitting save. Close the editor.

5) Open gamesave with Xbox 360 Hash Block Calculator. Hit "Tools" then "Calculate Hash Blocks". Close program.

6) Insert gamesave onto memory device and have fun. If you aren't using the programs I named, I can't help...Good luck!

Dante
03-05-2011, 10:28 PM
donkEpunch when I try doing your little tutorial it doesn't work could you possibly explain it with pictures? Because I'm not very familiar with hex workshop. :/

righi
03-05-2011, 10:29 PM
wow what a mess, I wasnt supposed to extract anything, at first it wasnt working with the full save, now it did!

thx for the help!

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 10:29 PM
I'm a disappointment when it comes to hex but I found the offset for the ability and attribute is it by any chance 000204D0? I used HxD and I ran a search for hex value "FFFF40400000002BFFFF" and that offset popped up am I doing this right? So from here I edit like you said and presto?

1) I don't believe it's the same offset each time...

2) The "002B" may not be the same for everyone BUT it will always be FF FF "available attribute points" 00 2B FF FF "available ability points"...
The "002B" isn't your focus because it may be something different, but there should be only one result that shows attribute followed by ability

3) You should be good to go if you keep this in mind

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 10:31 PM
donkEpunch when I try doing your little tutorial it doesn't work could you possibly explain it with pictures? Because I'm not very familiar with hex workshop. :/

Ok..give me a few

Dante
03-05-2011, 10:40 PM
Oh yeah you said "2 ability points = 40000000" so what's the hex value for 1 then? (I'm sorry big noob at this shit)

GeNeTiiCs
03-05-2011, 10:42 PM
Oh yeah you said "2 ability points = 40000000" so what's the hex value for 1 then? (I'm sorry big noob at this shit)

I think 1 ability point is 3F 80 00 00

Members in the party is 0025FFFF

Main player is 0022FFFF

Dante
03-05-2011, 11:01 PM
Good news I've found the most efficient way to also edit party members while using donkE's method basically just when your party levels save game and run a search for "FFFF40400000" if they all have 3 attribute points and in hex workshop tick on find all instances basically find all the instances that relate to "FFFF40400000002BFFFF40000000" but not exactly this just the same format you should be able to find all other party members and edit them to your liking. :)

Edit: Genetiics the easiest way to find your own is to make yourself the ONLY person in your party that has "level up" or whatever when you save every other is on stand by or just make a party on your own (not full).

donkEpunch
03-05-2011, 11:33 PM
NOW WITH PICTURES

HERE IS A STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL ON EDITING YOUR ATTRIBUTE & ABILITY POINTS
(YOU HAVE TO HAVE UNSPENT POINTS & WORKS BETTER IF YOU ARE THE ONLY CHARACTER WITH AVAILABLE POINTS & U WON'T HAVE PROBLEMS IF YOU FOLLOW MY DIRECTIONS)


1) Extract your save (for example "0x70ff0009_1_u!0")

2) Open save with Hex Workshop.

3) Now we search for your attribute & ability points. It's going to be float value...so at first level up you have 3 attribute points and 2 ability points. The 3 attribute points = 40400000 the 2 ability points = 40000000. NO MATTER WHAT THESE VALUES WILL HAVE FF FF IN FRONT OF THEM. Therefore when you search for 3 points it will be FFFF40400000. When you search for 2 points it will be FFFF40000000.

4) http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/3102/availablepoints.th.jpg (http://img829.imageshack.us/i/availablepoints.jpg/)
Your search will come up with a few results but this is how you know which one is correct. You will have your available attribute points immediately followed by your available ability points. EXAMPLE: 3 attribute points & 2 ability points looks like FFFF40400000002BFFFF40000000. No exceptions...Attributes followed immediately by ability.

5) Before we change the values, you have to know that attributes max at 100 (Strength,Magic,etc=100 max) so don't give yourself 1,000 attribute points. Give yourself like 450 attribute points max, this way you can max some stats and leave room for future level up points. As far as ability points, I did 10 points because certain ability have level restrictions.

6) http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/17/changedpoints.th.jpg (http://img42.imageshack.us/i/changedpoints.jpg/)
Now we are going to change our 3 attribute points to 450 & 2 ability points to 10. It's float...so 450 = 43E10000 & 10 = 41200000. After you edit, it should look like FFFF43E10000002BFFFF41200000. Save the file.

7) http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2707/editor.th.jpg (http://img853.imageshack.us/i/editor.jpg/)
Open the save with the Dragon Age 2 money editor (thanks cybersam) that is in this thread. Once open, just hit save and close the program. (I'm using this tool because when you save, it fixes the checksum for you)

8) Open the save with Xbox 360 Hash Block Calculator hit "Tools" then "Calculate Hash Blocks". I know most folks use Horizon, LeFluffie, Modio, etc...This is what works for me.

9) Place save back on your memory device and have fun...

ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WORK FOR ME...(Don't 4get to hit thanks) Also thanks to cybersam for the program...

Dante
03-05-2011, 11:39 PM
Thank you very much donkE, practically noob proof now (including me)

eLif
03-05-2011, 11:56 PM
Thank you very much donkE, practically noob proof now (including me)
Same here, And i got it working. xD


btw i got one dude in my party thats got 6 attribute points :P whats the value of it? any one? Thx

donkEpunch
03-06-2011, 12:20 AM
Same here, And i got it working. xD


btw i got one dude in my party thats got 6 attribute points :P whats the value of it? any one? Thx

6 = 40C00000

Use the base converter in Hex Workshop...its icon looks like a gear

GeNeTiiCs
03-06-2011, 12:27 AM
6 = 40C00000

Use the base converter in Hex Workshop...its icon looks like a gear

make sure under data type u put it on float (32bit) when using the base converter

cybersam
03-06-2011, 01:10 AM
wow... what the heck... i wasn't there for a while and so many pages got added to this thread ^-^'''

in any case... now that i'm back i'll start on the editor update so you guys can change the attributes (not the points)...

game0606
03-06-2011, 01:20 AM
wow... what the heck... i wasn't there for a while and so many pages got added to this thread ^-^'''

in any case... now that i'm back i'll start on the editor update so you guys can change the attributes (not the points)...
i guess i will wait for you then

mrgodai
03-06-2011, 03:25 AM
Nice one donkEpunch
Did you also find the specialization points? :)

I found the specialization points in my save file, search 2AFFFF around these address

address hex type
00074E19 35FFFF: ability
00074EAC 27FFFF: stat
00074E89 2AFFFF: specialization

cybersam
03-06-2011, 04:03 AM
@mrgodai
you should note that those points can almost always only be edited once you have at least 1 point on them ^-^


in any case
i finished up the editor
you can find it either in the modding program section of this forum
i created a new topic there
this thread should be kept for researching purpose