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    Re: Dark Souls Modding with Hex Workshop

    i did as it said also but it still corrupt my save for some reason after my 2nd stop and play session


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    Re: Dark Souls Modding with Hex Workshop

    same problem for me...the filesize dropped under the half from its original size....

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    Re: Dark Souls Modding with Hex Workshop

    Quote Originally Posted by Doom Eye View Post
    same problem for me...the filesize dropped under the half from its original size....
    Anytime you insert into the game file, or use horizon to sign, it will half the filesize. I have figured out how to do it by editing the container, and may throw together a tutorial, but its more complicated.

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    Re: Dark Souls Modding with Hex Workshop

    In my opinion it can not go any more further complicated xD

    I find some strings i want and made it to edit the strings to my like, the savegame works but i didnt want to play with it because its going to be corrupted sometime during playing with it...

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    Re: Dark Souls Modding with Hex Workshop

    Quote Originally Posted by hk11 View Post
    Anytime you insert into the game file, or use horizon to sign, it will half the filesize. I have figured out how to do it by editing the container, and may throw together a tutorial, but its more complicated.
    I will wait patiently for your tutorial, Sensie!

    I am in desperate need of keeping the filesize the same! lol

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    Re: Dark Souls Modding with Hex Workshop

    @hk11, So I was checking on the "Dark Souls Modding Discussion Only" but I couldn't seem to find the posts where you ask about where to locate the sections you need to alter in the filesave as opposed to the user_data. If you could provide some more assistance with this it would be appreciated. Thanks.

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    Re: Dark Souls Modding with Hex Workshop

    Quote Originally Posted by Doom Eye View Post
    In my opinion it can not go any more further complicated xD

    I find some strings i want and made it to edit the strings to my like, the savegame works but i didnt want to play with it because its going to be corrupted sometime during playing with it...
    Quote Originally Posted by m3sims View Post
    I will wait patiently for your tutorial, Sensie!

    I am in desperate need of keeping the filesize the same! lol
    Here's the method I have been using to Hex edit Dark Souls saves. This method does not change file size and I have never had a save corrupt.

    1) Transfer save you want to edit from 360 to USB Stick.

    2) Use whatever program on your PC you normally use to extract a 360 save from a USB Stick. I use XTaf.

    3) Use whatever program on your PC you normally use to open a 360 save and open your extracted save. I use Horizon.

    4) Extract the USER_DATA from the opened DRAK0005 save.

    5) Open both the extracted USER_DATA and original DRAK0005 full save in Hex Workshop

    6) Simultaneously edit both the USER_DATA and DRAK0005.** To find the correct locations in the DRAK0005 file you need to edit, search for your name in the DRAK0005 file using "Text String" and set to "Unicode". You are looking for your name that has your attributes above it. It my save, it is the SECOND occurrence of my name in the DRAK0005 file.

    7) Edit you attributes, level, souls, etc. in both the USER_DATA and DRAK0005 file as you desire. Edit/add items in both the USER_DATA and DRAK0005 file as you desire.

    8) Copy your original checksum in the USER_DATA file and search for it in your DRAK0005 file.

    9) Calculate new checksum in the edited USER_DATA and paste that into the edited DRAK0005 over the original checksum you found in Step 8).

    10) Save both your edited USER_DATA and edited DRAK0005.

    11) Rehash and Resign your edited DRAK0005 filed using whatever program you usually use. I used Horizon.

    12) Inject your rehashed, resigned, and edited DRAK0005 back onto your USB Stick. I use XTaf.

    13) Move edited DRAK0005 to your 360.

    14) Profit.

    This has worked for me repeatedly to edit my Dark Souls saves while maintaining file size. I don't go into detail in the above steps on how to edit attributes/level/souls, edit/add items, calculate checksums, etc. because those things have been discussed ad nauseum in this and the other thread(s). These are just the general steps I use to edit saves and keep the original file size and not risk eventual corruption. The key here is that you don't want to try and overwrite, replace, etc. the USER_DATA in a DRAK0005 container because that will ALWAYS decrease the file size. You have to edit the DRAK0005 file directly, but the only way to do that without corruption is to also edit the extracted USER_DATA in order to calculate a new checksum.

    Hope this helps. I'm no expert, but thanks to guys like Idle, Magnus, Turk, etc. who have posted TONS of useful information, I've been successful editing my Dark Souls saves using this method.

    ** You can do this one of two ways. 1) Literally edit both USER_DATA and DRAK0005 side-by-side. Make a change to USER_DATA, make the same change to DRAK0005. Repeat for every change you make. 2) The other method is to edit your USER_DATA completely and then copy and paste your edits into the DRAK0005 file. This is faster, but it's more difficult because you have to paste over the exact number of bytes (in the correct location(s)) in the DRAK0005 file that you copied from USER_DATA. For items, this could be a HUGE section, making it difficult to determine exactly where in the DRAK0005 file your last item is since it will probably be one of the repeating FFFFF...0000000....FFFFFF....00000 sections if you didn't have a lot of items in your original save.

    NOTE: I've found that if the save shows as corrupt or doesn't work on the 360, it's very likely because the checksum is wrong or you didn't rehash/resign properly.

    NOTE 2: This is essentially the same method Idlehands88 posted in the first post of the Modding Dark Souls Discussion thread. All credit goes to him, not me. I'm just trying to add a little more detail to what he posted.

    NOTE 3: I HIGHLY recommend keeping multiple backups of a good, base save where you are at the Bonfire the Crow takes you to after the tutorial. Play around with editing that until you get it down. Then, you can start editing current saves where you are further along in the game.

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    Re: Dark Souls Modding with Hex Workshop

    Quote Originally Posted by Dragjendaer View Post
    @hk11, So I was checking on the "Dark Souls Modding Discussion Only" but I couldn't seem to find the posts where you ask about where to locate the sections you need to alter in the filesave as opposed to the user_data. If you could provide some more assistance with this it would be appreciated. Thanks.
    Search for your name in the file save as a Text String set to Unicode. You are looking for the occurrence of your name that has your attributes, level, souls, etc. above it in the file save. Then, scroll down from there until you find the section with your keys/key items. Scroll down further from there to find the rest of your items (consumables, armor, weapons, upgrade items, etc.).

 

 
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