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fairchild
10-15-2011, 11:27 AM

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Batman: Arkham City Compression Toolkit by fairchild
================================================== ===== version 0.2.5 ===

Usage: batman.exe [options] <input> <output>

Options:
-d - Decompress.
-c - Compress.


Release notes:

Yet again a compression toolkit, this time for Batman: Arkham City!

To use this toolkit you must first extract the savegame from within the
xbox 360 container (CON), then use this toolkit on the extracted file.
If you try to use this on the CON file itself it will give you a warning.

To use it you will need to copy/move/extract the following files to
a directory of your choice:

* Toolkit ("batman.exe").
* Your savegame that your extracted from its CON file.


Updates:

* Support for additional compressed blocks, this solves the issue with 4 compressed
blocks in a savegame.

* No more need of the lzo1.dll, now using lzopro to create the compressed block as
1:1 as possible.

* Compression now works 100%, no more fatal crashes :)


NOTE: If you are using the xbdm.xex plugin for dashlaunch, this is whats causing the
game to freeze, disable the plugin and you can run the game as usual on your JTAG


Decompress
==========

Now to decompress a savegame you run the application by entering the following:

* <PTEF> = the path to the extracted files, ex: c:\test

<PTEF>\batman.exe -d <PTEF>\<my savegame filename> <PTEF>\save.decompressed

The toolkit will process the savegame and decompress it's compressed data blocks
to the file names "save.decompressed<block number>".

Open "save.decompressed<block number>" in your favorite hex editor :-)


Compress
========

To compress and inject the uncompressed blocks back into your savegame use the
following command:

NOTE: !! make a copy of your orginal savegame !!

* <PTEF> = the path to the extracted files, ex: c:\test

<PTEF>\batman.exe -c <PTEF>\save.decompressed <PTEF>\<my savegame filename>

This will take the decompressed blocks, named "save.decompressed<block number>" and
compress them, then inject them back into your savegame.

This is still in beta phase so expect bugs and things to not work as planed!


NOTE:

Always make backup of your savegames!!

Have fun :-)


Greetings goes to the following people:

unknown_v2, aluigi, Dualla, feudalnate, Renegade, Sephiroth, pureIso
Nathan, Mojobojo, dvs, and those i forgot...



The latest version is an experimental build to allow compression and injection, as i don't own the game testing is needed to figure out if this is working or if some modifications has to be done.

Update: v2.5, multiple compressed blocks support.
Update: v2.0, compression now works 100%.
Update: v1.5, code fix and added padding fix.

Download the latest version: 3570
Download older versions:
* 3548
* 3510
* 3504
* 3438

Renegade
10-15-2011, 11:45 AM
Damn fair, you are popping out these toolkits like toadstool babies! lawl, Nice work as usual :)

donkEpunch
10-15-2011, 03:37 PM
Most Excellent work Fairchild!!!!

eLif
10-15-2011, 03:45 PM
Awesome work XD
Here is my save (post from request section)

At begin save (including catwoman dlc, normal mode)
1420/2000 (after this you get a level up. This level can be used for upgrades)
Save1 (http://www.mediafire.com/?gnet3r7bfdn8e5x)

1770/2000
Save2 (http://www.mediafire.com/?awdqkb27d5une8r)

Upgrade available (x1) (2000/2000? you can't see this, display shows 'Upgrade available')
Save3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?ybu214v2v66dehb)

After upgrade 260/2000
Save4 (http://www.mediafire.com/?y2clzu589g7w49o)

fivehunnit
10-15-2011, 04:31 PM
nice work man keep it up...

CloudStrife7x
10-15-2011, 04:48 PM
Awesome work as always fairchild :bigsmile:, keep up the great job you do :)

Serious_M
10-15-2011, 04:57 PM
You did great fairchild with this toolkit

AmyGrrl
10-15-2011, 05:46 PM
Thanks for this! Can't wait until its finished. One question. Does this work with Batman Arkham Asylum as well? If not, can it be updated to work with the first game? Reason I ask is the first game lacks any mods for it as well. Would be great to have both games supported. Again! Thank You!

BrayWyatt
10-15-2011, 07:22 PM
im pretty sure its for arkham city only.

AmyGrrl
10-15-2011, 09:29 PM
im pretty sure its for arkham city only.

Yes, I know that. That's why I was asking if it would work with the previous game. I thought maybe they would be the same or similar in the way they save. Plus nothing has been done with the previous game. It would really be nice to have a tool that works with both games.

ismaelcatalin
10-15-2011, 10:22 PM
Gracias chaval

kill_seth
10-15-2011, 10:32 PM
I've been trying to get it working with c# all day, haven't had any luck.

Buddah
10-15-2011, 10:42 PM
are you trying to shell a cmd and type into it?

kill_seth
10-15-2011, 10:55 PM
No I was trying to get LZO to work. I know how to read the save for all values you need, I just can't find a working function.

h34dc4s3_r3lo4d3d
10-16-2011, 01:44 AM
sorry for my noobness but can i ask what the purpose of this tool is? thanks, it just ive got arkham and whatto know about it, thanks alot

Renegade
10-16-2011, 02:42 PM
Added a GUI version of fair's application to his main post, this is purely for the people who don't know how to use command prompt, Fairchild sorry if you are against this, i will remove at your request if you wish.

fivehunnit
10-16-2011, 11:07 PM
i cant seem to get the gui to open keep get gui has stop working error

BrayWyatt
10-16-2011, 11:17 PM
i just tried it and it opens fine for me. make sure your running the latest .net framework.

here is what im running

win7 home premium 64 bit service pack 1
.net framework 4.0

kill_seth
10-16-2011, 11:18 PM
i cant seem to get the gui to open keep get gui has stop working error

I confirm this, just got the same thing.

Renegade
10-16-2011, 11:31 PM
The GUI is compiled for 3.5, so if you have that or above, it should open regardless, try running as Admin if you are on Win7, it works fine for me, and confirmed by Sterling.

EDIT - Uploaded a new compilation, maybe it will work for you guys now.

Paulinho
10-17-2011, 03:41 AM
Win7 Ultimate .net framework 4.0 running as Admin and does'nt work

Renegade
10-17-2011, 12:02 PM
Win7 Ultimate .net framework 4.0 running as Admin and does'nt workWell it's working fine for me and numerous other people, I'm not sure what the problem is :s

slinkmunkee
10-17-2011, 12:13 PM
Well it's working fine for me and numerous other people, I'm not sure what the problem is :s

it too will not work for me, i've tried on two different computers with the same result. im on windows 7 w/net framework 4 installed. below i'll paste what i get in the problem details box that pops up.

Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: D0HQHGCYVQFPRSNGEPXYPTBBGOJQFQRQ
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.1
Problem Signature 03: 4e9b6be1
Problem Signature 04: Batman Arkham City Compression GUI
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.1
Problem Signature 06: 4e9b6be1
Problem Signature 07: 67
Problem Signature 08: ff
Problem Signature 09: System.InvalidOperationException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

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whiityp
10-17-2011, 12:34 PM
Sorry for being a noob, but what the hell does this program do? I'm trying to edit my batman save.

Renegade
10-17-2011, 01:12 PM
Okay, re-done the app, seems like it was the .net components not wanting to work with you guys. I have updated the app and it seems to be working now for a lot of people now.

@whiityp - This decompresses the encryption on the gamesave, so you can edit your gamesave in a hex editor or save editor (soon). However it's no use to anyone wanting to use the save now, as fairchild has not implemented the Compression function yet.

fairchild
10-17-2011, 09:33 PM
Compression is coming along nicely, will be ready for testing real soon, and hopefully it will work as i don't have the game and can't test it (blind coding deluxe).

kill_seth
10-17-2011, 09:35 PM
Compression is coming along nicely, will be ready for testing real soon, and hopefully it will work as i don't have the game and can't test it (blind coding deluxe).

I have it, just let me know if you need me to test anything.

maak3000
10-17-2011, 09:58 PM
Sorry to be rude but has anybody given a point of this tool.

gawl
10-17-2011, 10:27 PM
I have it, just let me know if you need me to test anything.

I have the game as well and am also willing to help test this.

Renegade
10-17-2011, 11:01 PM
Sorry to be rude but has anybody given a point of this tool.If you read through the pages, i state what it's for ;)

Not to mention fair, states in his OP what it does...

fairchild
10-18-2011, 09:44 AM
Added version 1.1, this version has experimental compression support, expect problems and make proper backup of your savegames.

perico85
10-18-2011, 10:45 AM
Thanks for the tool.

Skullkeeper
10-18-2011, 12:06 PM
Tool seems to be doing the job just fine. I edited my level and the game freezes and resets to dash. Maybe a checksum?

Just used the tool to decompress and compress a non edited save file. Does the same thing. Also Horizon seems to double the container size when rehashing/resigning. I used Le fluffie and also tried hash block. No luck. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

fairchild
10-18-2011, 12:40 PM
Tool seems to be doing the job just fine. I edited my level and the game freezes and resets to dash. Maybe a checksum?

Just used the tool to decompress and compress a non edited save file. Does the same thing. Also Horizon seems to double the container size when rehashing/resigning. I used Le fluffie and also tried hash block. No luck. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Thanks for testing, i will investigate the cause for the problem. It seems that i use higher compression level (might be the problem) or padding issues (might also be the problem). Also i have no idea what the initial bytes are so might be a check or offset values to compressed blocks there aswell, who knows...

Update: Added version 1.5 that should fix corrupt compression and added padding fix, hope this works now :)

gawl
10-18-2011, 04:32 PM
Just tried 1.5 and there's still an issue, namely a fatal crash when the game attempts to load the new save.

I didn't make any changes just decompressed and re-compressed the extracted Save0.sgd file and rebuilt the con using le fluffie.

When simply extracting the Save0.sgd from the con and replacing it (without trying to decompress or anything) using le fluffie it loads fine.

I attached the extracted Save0.sgd before (clean.rar) and after (compressed.rar) using your program.

jackblackjack2009
10-18-2011, 04:55 PM
is there a tool just to edit the xp so we could get the upgrades
thanks

donkEpunch
10-18-2011, 05:16 PM
is there a tool just to edit the xp so we could get the upgrades
thanks Im having the hardest time figuring out the xp value. At the first autosave, I have 175 out of 2000 xp points, but after decompressing, I can't find 175 (00AF=no, AF00=no, text=no)

Skullkeeper
10-18-2011, 05:30 PM
Im having the hardest time figuring out the xp value. At the first autosave, I have 175 out of 2000 xp points, but after decompressing, I can't find 175 (00AF=no, AF00=no, text=no)

I couldn't find exp value either but the location for your level is in the second decompressed file on the first line I believe. Fairchild, I tried using 1.5 and am having same trouble as poster above with freezing so I can't check to see if this is correct. Here is a pic where I think level is located. I have gained levels and compared and this seems to change accordingly with levels at currently in game.

3513

gawl
10-18-2011, 05:58 PM
I couldn't find exp value either but the location for your level is in the second decompressed file on the first line I believe. Fairchild, I tried using 1.5 and am having same trouble as poster above with freezing so I can't check to see if this is correct. Here is a pic where I think level is located. I have gained levels and compared and this seems to change accordingly with levels at currently in game.

3513
I don't think so, not unless I'm level 75:

fairchild
10-18-2011, 06:49 PM
Just tried 1.5 and there's still an issue, namely a fatal crash when the game attempts to load the new save.

Can you try the attached file, it's your compressed with a little fix to see if i have some error in my code, thanks

3515

Skullkeeper
10-18-2011, 07:32 PM
I don't think so, not unless I'm level 75:

Ok good to know I probably was wrong lol. Just used compare in hex workshop and it seemed to match my level each time I looked after leveling up and comparing to the previous saves. If anyone can help with the locations of anything please post your answers so we can actually test these when Fairchild fixes the compression tool.
Thanks fairchild for all your work!

Fairchild here is my extracted save non edited. Would you try the same thing with my save so I can test.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mr5c9u43zb7eu76

stubbly
10-18-2011, 11:00 PM
The XP is at the bottom of the 2nd decompressed file and is a float. The values are consistent across multiple save but the offsets are dynamic as the file continuously changes size as more riddler triophies and upgrades are acquired.

This is how it arranged when the save has an upgrade available appear to have 4 different values:
3519

And this is when current xp mid level only 2 values:
3520

Hope this helps somebody, I have not tested changing the values as everytime I have tried to compress, inject and test i get a fatal crash when loading.

fairchild
10-20-2011, 08:28 AM
Spent the night reversing the xex and now i know why the game fails to load the recompressed savegames, will fix this if i survive the day at the office, only 4 hours of sleep sucks.

@Skullkeeper: I have decompressed and recompressed your last savegame without making any changes, hopefully all issues should be solved now (fingers crossed). Attached the recompressed file: 3547

Edit: Compression now works 100%, release real soon!

donkEpunch
10-20-2011, 09:38 AM
Spent the night reversing the xex and now i know why the game fails to load the recompressed savegames, will fix this if i survive the day at the office, only 4 hours of sleep sucks.
Thanks in advance!!! We all appreciate your hard work

bigfateric
10-20-2011, 10:46 AM
Can I ask a really silly question. Where about is the save held. For every other game my save (using Xport360) has always been in

partion 3\content\user profile name\then the game. There is not a batman arkham city save there.

However under


partion 3\content\00000000000\ there is a batman arkham city folder. Within that there is a big long gobblydigook file name with a .data extension.
Is this what I am supposed to use.

Thanks in advance

Jappi88
10-20-2011, 11:20 AM
Can I ask a really silly question. Where about is the save held. For every other game my save (using Xport360) has always been in

partion 3\content\user profile name\then the game. There is not a batman arkham city save there.

However under


partion 3\content\00000000000\ there is a batman arkham city folder. Within that there is a big long gobblydigook file name with a .data extension.
Is this what I am supposed to use.

Thanks in advance

no its not the file you should use... files at content 0000000000000 is only addon/game dlc/TU updates/ ect

but can you upload that file ? if its not too big that is...

fairchild
10-20-2011, 11:35 AM
Added version 2.0 in the first post, now compression works 100%! Verified working by decompressing and the recompressing the savegame without any changes.

Happy modding :)

gamer546
10-20-2011, 01:57 PM
So im total noob but the XP seems to add the total xp so if u have upgrades it would be 2000+ the ammount it show in game......like mine is 1505 but made a upgrade so in editor it shows 3505 or 455B1000.


that seem right? hmmm oh well i changed that to 22000 my game crashed :o every time i edit sumthing the save file change size after reinjecting to the con so a checksum is prolly needed?

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 02:42 PM
Spent the night reversing the xex and now i know why the game fails to load the recompressed savegames, will fix this if i survive the day at the office, only 4 hours of sleep sucks.

@Skullkeeper: I have decompressed and recompressed your last savegame without making any changes, hopefully all issues should be solved now (fingers crossed). Attached the recompressed file: 3547

Edit: Compression now works 100%, release real soon!

Thanks for the hard work. Just tested save and works great. Now just need to find what to edit lol.

Also Horizon seems to double the file size when replacing into container. So I used le fluffie to inject and hash block to resign/rehash.

gamer546
10-20-2011, 03:19 PM
skull can u post link for the tools u useing cause i tried many apps including lefluff and hash block but every time i inject back to con the file size changes

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 03:27 PM
I use le fluffie to inject, but don't click fix. Just exit out and use hash block to resign/rehash. Just successfully hex edited my save woohoo. No checksum. Loaded just fine. Now to see if you have to add in increments or if you can add a lot at one time.

Gimme a few minutes will report back.

Edit this location here to whatever you want. I edited mine to 47AFC800 and got 17 upgrades available. Can't even use them all yet lol.
Thanks Stubbly for the location! As posted the location is not the same it may slightly differ if you have upgrades available or not. But if you edit the first one it will be fine. Use hex workshop base converter set on motorola and float 32 to get correct numbers to input.

3553

gamer546
10-20-2011, 03:48 PM
i cant get it to work on my jtag i dont have that addon that is said to crash game i got file size to be correct still crash for me even if unedited.Can it be cause i have the DLC and or jtag?

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 03:53 PM
i cant get it to work on my jtag i dont have that addon that is said to crash game i got file size to be correct still crash for me even if unedited.Can it be cause i have the DLC and or jtag?

I don't have the DLC yet but I'm running on Jtag without that addon either. No problems. Upload your untouched save and let me try it if you don't mind.

gamer546
10-20-2011, 04:03 PM
ok here is untouched save

35563556

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 04:15 PM
Ok Gamer546 try this.

3557

gamer546
10-20-2011, 04:27 PM
OMG that worked thanks alot.....wonder what i am doing wrong

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 04:29 PM
OMG that worked thanks alot.....wonder what i am doing wrong

Not sure, but glad it worked for you.

Anyone else want your save edited post it.

gawl
10-20-2011, 05:38 PM
I have to be doing something wrong.

I extract with le fluffie and then replace the Save0.sgd within the con with the extracted one (without doing anything to it), choose rebuild and the save boots fine. I try that same method using a decompressed/compressed Save0.sgd and the game crashes when trying to find the save.

Are these commands right?


batman.exe -d Save0.sgd savegame.decompressed


batman.exe -c savegame.decompressed Save0.sgd

Buddah
10-20-2011, 05:52 PM
extract fv\rom package

Paulinho
10-20-2011, 05:58 PM
I have to be doing something wrong.

I extract with le fluffie and then replace the Save0.sgd within the con with the extracted one (without doing anything to it), choose rebuild and the save boots fine. I try that same method using a decompressed/compressed Save0.sgd and the game crashes when trying to find the save.

Are these commands right?

Yes, it's save.decompressed and not savegame.decompressed

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 06:00 PM
I have to be doing something wrong.

I extract with le fluffie and then replace the Save0.sgd within the con with the extracted one (without doing anything to it), choose rebuild and the save boots fine. I try that same method using a decompressed/compressed Save0.sgd and the game crashes when trying to find the save.

Are these commands right?

These are the commands i use.
Batman.exe -d Save0.sgd save.decompressed
Batman.exe -c save.decompressed Save0.sgd

To make things easier I place everything in a folder in root of c: drive

gawl
10-20-2011, 06:00 PM
extract fv\rom package

I did, I extracted the Save0.sgd file from the Save0.sgd container using le fluffie.

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 06:04 PM
I did, I extracted the Save0.sgd file from the Save0.sgd container using le fluffie.

Don't use replace use inject. Most of the time replace doubles the file size. Also use hash block to rehash/resign because Lefluffie and horizon double the file size when doing this.

gawl
10-20-2011, 06:29 PM
Don't use replace use inject. Most of the time replace doubles the file size. Also use hash block to rehash/resign because Lefluffie and horizon double the file size when doing this.

I was choosing the "rebuild" option in le fluffie for that reason, and it worked so far. Just not when I use this program. Choosing insert and rehashing/resigning with Hash Block doesn't help though, but it does get the file the right size rather than 4kb smaller.

Could the fact that I have several DLCs be causing the problem?

Here's a clean version of the save I'm trying to change, could you increase the upgrade points for me to 30?

Also on the off chance it helps here is the extracted save and the compressed version of that extracted save.

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 06:48 PM
I was choosing the "rebuild" option in le fluffie for that reason, and it worked so far. Just not when I use this program. Choosing insert and rehashing/resigning with Hash Block doesn't help though, but it does get the file the right size rather than 4kb smaller.

Could the fact that I have several DLCs be causing the problem?

Here's a clean version of the save I'm trying to change, could you increase the upgrade points for me to 30?

Also on the off chance it helps here is the extracted save and the compressed version of that extracted save.


Ok try this. Not sure how many points I gave you haven't worked out total exp needed to max out. Playing the game too much lol.

3561


Well just added 999,999 exp to a save that I had at 1% and it gave me 25 upgrade points so its a start. Going to increase further to try find max.

lopezaguero
10-20-2011, 07:03 PM
Added version 2.0 in the first post, now compression works 100%! Verified working by decompressing and the recompressing the savegame without any changes.

Happy modding :)

Awesome work!!!!

gawl
10-20-2011, 07:09 PM
Ok try this. Not sure how many points I gave you haven't worked out total exp needed to max out. Playing the game too much lol.

3561


Well just added 999,999 exp to a save that I had at 1% and it gave me 25 upgrade points so its a start. Going to increase further to try find max.

No joy, I think the DLC might causing the problem since it's the only thing I can think of that might be different between consoles.

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 07:14 PM
No joy, I think the DLC might causing the problem since it's the only thing I can think of that might be different between consoles.

Well that sucks, I did notice you had 4 files when decompressed instead of 3 like I have been seeing. Don't know if something was added in those or if its cause you are further in game and have more upgrades. I have no DLC installed yet so I can't test that. Looks like 25 points could be the cap. I just put 9 mil in exp and still get 25 upgrade points.

Just noticed something. If you have upgrade points to spend you can click the left and right bumper back and forth you can see your level and with 9 mil exp I am at level 1341 lol.

fairchild
10-20-2011, 08:09 PM
Well that sucks, I did notice you had 4 files when decompressed instead of 3 like I have been seeing. Don't know if something was added in those or if its cause you are further in game and have more upgrades. I have no DLC installed yet so I can't test that. Looks like 25 points could be the cap. I just put 9 mil in exp and still get 25 upgrade points.

Just noticed something. If you have upgrade points to spend you can click the left and right bumper back and forth you can see your level and with 9 mil exp I am at level 1341 lol.

Will look into that tomorrow, i was wondering if they would add more compressed blocks to the savegames, can you point out what savegame has 4 blocks? it's just a matter of fixing the header (easy fix i presume).

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 08:12 PM
Will look into that tomorrow, i was wondering if they would add more compressed blocks to the savegames, can you point out what savegame has 4 blocks? it's just a matter of fixing the header (easy fix i presume).

Gawl's save that he posted couple posts up. I know it will work with just catwoman dlc but with others don't think it will. Or maybe it doesn't matter what dlc just if you have too many that adds that extra decompressed file.

Here it is

3564

Hey gawl how many dlc do you have just curious and what are they?

gawl
10-20-2011, 08:31 PM
The Catwoman DLC, the Joker Carnival DLC, the Batman Beyond skin and the Dark Knight Returns skin.

I removed them all and started a new game and I was able to edit the save without any problems. Unfortunately simply removing the content without starting a new game doesn't work.

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 08:36 PM
The Catwoman DLC, the Joker Carnival DLC, the Batman Beyond skin and the Dark Knight Returns skin.

I removed them all and started a new game and I was able to edit the save without any problems. Unfortunately simply removing the content without starting a new game doesn't work.

Well at least we know it was causing the problems and hopefully Fairchild will have an easy fix for his app for this problem. I only have catwoman dlc so far, waiting for the others to be uploaded for download for jtag. Haven't put mine on yet was waiting for all dlc's at once. Thanks for info.

Deus Ex
10-20-2011, 08:58 PM
I cant seem to get this work the only DLC on it is Cat Women

I just wanted to Edit my Skill points

Can somebody do it for me? this is my Save

http://www.mediafire.com/?anbl5vuc4c081uz

fairchild
10-20-2011, 09:01 PM
@gawd: What happens if you change the first bytes in the newly compressed file to "00 00 00 03 00 00 00 01 00 00 02 54" instead of "00 00 00 03 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 10" that the compressor adds to the header? The change is the 02 54 instead of 00 10.

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 09:09 PM
I cant seem to get this work the only DLC on it is Cat Women

I just wanted to Edit my Skill points

Can somebody do it for me? this is my Save

http://www.mediafire.com/?anbl5vuc4c081uz

Try this 3566

Just letting you know, I only know how to edit Exp and in turn that gives you upgrade points. Should be max with this save. Doing this on mine did not pop any achievements for gaining levels.

gawl
10-20-2011, 09:17 PM
@gawd: What happens if you change the first bytes in the newly compressed file to "00 00 00 03 00 00 00 01 00 00 02 54" instead of "00 00 00 03 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 10" that the compressor adds to the header? The change is the 02 54 instead of 00 10.

It still crashes.

Skullkeeper
10-20-2011, 09:24 PM
@gawd: What happens if you change the first bytes in the newly compressed file to "00 00 00 03 00 00 00 01 00 00 02 54" instead of "00 00 00 03 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 10" that the compressor adds to the header? The change is the 02 54 instead of 00 10.

Hey gawl here is that same save with this edited see if it works. 3567

Ok nevermind you must've been doing the same while I was lol.

gawl
10-20-2011, 09:53 PM
At least the DLC is not the problem, I just started a new game with it installed and had no trouble modding the save.

Deus Ex
10-20-2011, 10:25 PM
yes it did work but Can i upgrade all? since i wont get any more Skillpoints.

GDRDRDG
10-20-2011, 10:39 PM
can anyone help me because everytime i open it, it just closes straight away!

gawl
10-20-2011, 11:12 PM
can anyone help me because everytime i open it, it just closes straight away!
That's because it's a command line tool.

Try these batch files, just place them in the same folder as the batman.exe and your Save0.sgd.

They're self-explanatory.

GDRDRDG
10-20-2011, 11:26 PM
Thank you!!!

Flippo
10-20-2011, 11:28 PM
Any chance of a tutorial on how to mod xp? I have to say that I've looked everywhere.

technoobie
10-21-2011, 02:37 AM
hey peoples, noob question here lol. but i guess if i dont ask i wont get the answer. is this only for jtag?

gawl
10-21-2011, 02:51 AM
hey peoples, noob question here lol. but i guess if i dont ask i wont get the answer. is this only for jtag?

It's has nothing to do with JTAG 360s, so don't worry about that.

fairchild
10-21-2011, 08:01 AM
Working on next update of the tool, this will include a fix for the 4 block (and more) problem, release soon!

edit: Released new version (v2.5) in first post, solves multiple compressed blocks issue.

Skullkeeper
10-21-2011, 02:43 PM
yes it did work but Can i upgrade all? since i wont get any more Skillpoints.

It seems 25 upgrade points is the max and you will not be able to upgrade everything with those few. Maybe someone can figure out how to edit the points also.

gawl
10-21-2011, 09:48 PM
Working on next update of the tool, this will include a fix for the 4 block (and more) problem, release soon!

edit: Released new version (v2.5) in first post, solves multiple compressed blocks issue.

Working great with my save files.

Thank you for all the effort you put into this.

007sonic
10-22-2011, 01:21 PM
so confusing, i cant find my batman.exe anywhere all i have is a save.sdg
EDIT: nvm found it

Skullkeeper
10-25-2011, 10:56 AM
Just in case anyone wanted to know. If you have scores or medals you want to gain by editing they are located in the first decompressed file. The score shows up twice for each level right next to each other and the medals unlocked for that same level right after the score. Changing the score really does nothing to get the medal though only changes the value in game. If you want to look legit though I recommend changing score anyway. You have to have a score already in the level so you can see where to edit in the file. Seems to be no particular pattern. I'm not sure how to add scores for levels not done yet, or medals either.

Wottstar83
10-27-2011, 06:28 PM
Just in case anyone wanted to know. If you have scores or medals you want to gain by editing they are located in the first decompressed file. The score shows up twice for each level right next to each other and the medals unlocked for that same level right after the score. Changing the score really does nothing to get the medal though only changes the value in game. If you want to look legit though I recommend changing score anyway. You have to have a score already in the level so you can see where to edit in the file. Seems to be no particular pattern. I'm not sure how to add scores for levels not done yet, or medals either.

Do you have any info on this - I've looked through the first file but cant find my scores to be able to modify them? Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated.

Skullkeeper
10-27-2011, 06:32 PM
Do you have any info on this - I've looked through the first file but cant find my scores to be able to modify them? Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated.

You have to have a score in the level already for it to show in save. If you have some scores and medals post your save and I will edit it.

You can compare afterward to see what was edited.

Wottstar83
10-27-2011, 10:47 PM
Here you go - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DBHG5PTV

I have two combat maps with 2 stars. Im keen to do this myself as part of the learning curve so would be great to compare before and after. I should point out I have catwoman and robin dlc (it shouldnt matter but just in case).

Thanks for your help on this

Skullkeeper
10-28-2011, 02:23 PM
Here you go - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DBHG5PTV

I have two combat maps with 2 stars. Im keen to do this myself as part of the learning curve so would be great to compare before and after. I should point out I have catwoman and robin dlc (it shouldnt matter but just in case).

Thanks for your help on this

Since you want to learn I didn't edit the scores just the medals so you might want to change the scores to look legit. Ok open your first decompressed file in hex editor and search for 7C0B (31755 in hex). There should be 2 instances, you need to edit both to an amount that would have gained you the medal. Ok 9 bytes after this number is your medals earned. It was 2 I changed to 3. Next search for 61CB (25035 in hex) and change both instances also. 9 bytes after this is your medals earned for this one also. I changed to 3. Your other ones already had 3 medals so no changes, but you can change the scores if you want. All your scores should show up twice. Hope this helps.

3717

Wottstar83
10-28-2011, 08:14 PM
Thanks so much - it makes sense now. Going to have a go with an updated save with more medals and see how I get on.

Wottstar83
10-28-2011, 11:23 PM
Your tutorial was very useful. I've actually hit an error which I think is to do with re-compression/re-hash. As a simple recompressed file it isnt accepted in Horizon, so I have to load the original save and replace the file inside with the modified one. When I do that though, all appears fine except the file size doubles (even though it only shows one 288k file) from 344k to about 600k, and up to 900k if i try and re-do (you get the picture). It then crashes the game when i try to load it and i think its because the file isnt 344k any more.

Have you seen this before? Any help or advice you can give would be greatly appreciated

keyonie
11-02-2011, 03:33 PM
After you Decompress the file with the toolkit do you know which save.decompressed<block number> file and location the Level & Experience are at? Please Message me?

Crackerboy
11-09-2011, 10:05 PM
I had a game save in arkham city...and I turned the xbox off...when I went back the game save was gone.
However if I hook the harddrive from the 360 up to my pc I can still see the save...

Can this utility help me out at all or is there something else?

I assume what I am looking at is a gamesave on partition 3.

rick_torr
11-21-2011, 08:23 AM
can any one please mod mi xp to 999,999 cause i try and try and just can't change it please :tristedepart: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xv3g644dn433344

Jamez88
11-28-2011, 10:09 PM
How do I use this thing? It don't wanna save for me any when I run "Batman.exe" it won't open! Can any1 plz explain it to me a lil better the readme is Japanese to me!

laserloui
11-30-2011, 08:47 PM
i have a problem.
When i decompress my savefile and compress it again the game will no longer find my save game. The List of available Saves within the game are empty.

My goal is to delete some part of the savegame.
The Unlocked_ResonatorRange is causing a bug where you are unable to access wonder tower. So my idea was to delete this part so i do not have this upgrade.

Am i doing something wrong or why does the game do not accept my decompressed -> compressed save0.sgd file ?

PS: i play on PC so there is no way to Rehash, and Resign my save0.sgd file. or is there a way? is this necessary?

spriteright
12-02-2011, 04:52 PM
great work cant wait for my batman to get here so i can check it out

reebok325
12-18-2011, 03:15 PM
nice work, thanks for the Compression Tool

quake317
12-21-2011, 03:56 PM
I cant figure this out.

quake317
12-21-2011, 04:38 PM
I cant figure this out.

I got it not as hard as i thought

xMMIII
02-04-2012, 09:00 PM
Thnx. for the toolkit...keep up the good work.

darkshyre
02-11-2012, 12:02 PM
Thanks a lot man!

NoPublic
02-28-2012, 11:24 PM
Hello


The tool kit not working for me i have try all but no succsess

pleas can someone modding my save withe the SaveGame Editor

here is my savegame please modding to lvl 50 and Xp/EP 99999

http://www.file-upload.net/download-4155354/Save0.sgd.html

I_Bang_Fat_Chicks
04-07-2012, 06:14 AM
Im sure this may be a very stupid question.. But Is this done by using Horizon? I've never used a "compression" toolkit before.. So can someone give me a quick lesson it would be greatly appreciated.. And thx for the hard work.

chaazin
04-10-2012, 11:41 PM
thanks a lot.

Jaccez
07-22-2012, 03:29 PM
Doesn't work for me, The screen pops up and then disappears, no error messages or nothing. I'm using Windows 7 64.

Idlehands88
07-22-2012, 03:32 PM
Doesn't work for me, The screen pops up and then disappears, no error messages or nothing. I'm using Windows 7 64.

Once again, this is not a program, it is a Command Prompt Application and needs to be ran by entering the command into Command Prompt...

WolfFlamekindle
11-11-2015, 01:17 AM
Thanks so much! I only recently got and beat the game, now to do it with all the stuff i couldn't get... lol.