Little hex editing help please

I am having a great time playing Alternate reality and Battletech using the amiga forever prem and all its goodies I recently purchased.

However I forgot what a pain battletech is in the beginning in regards to money, been trying to hex edit my save game but honestly not sure if I gave myself more money or just added a 3rd arm!

Is there anyone that might be able to edit a save game for me or point me in the direction of a "hex editing for dummys" site?


Thanks

[CodyJarrett]

Instead of editing the save game files you can change the cash value directly in memory using WinUAE's debugger.


To enter the debugger, use Shift+F12 and to continue the emulation use g<return>.

Use the following steps to locate the memory address containing the value you're looking for:

C value<Return> [where value is the value you're searching for]

The debugger will report that it has found x addresses

g [continue emulation]

In the game, do something to change the value

Re-enter the debugger

C newvalue<Return> [where newvalue is the new value you're searching for]

Keep doing this until you find your memory address. To reset the C command use just C on its own.


Now, once you have the memory address use

Use the "m" command to view the value at an address:

m address

The "W" is used to write a hex value to an address.

W address hexvalue

[demoniac]

There's Battletech hex offset info at http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/rpg-form.txt

Another thing you could do is save the game, put a lot of money into the high risk stocks, then play a while, re-check stocks. If you made money, save. Otherwise, reload save game.

Originally Posted by CodyJarrett

Instead of editing the save game files you can change the cash value directly in memory using WinUAE's debugger.


To enter the debugger, use Shift+F12 and to continue the emulation use g<return>.

Use the following steps to locate the memory address containing the value you're looking for:

C value<Return> [where value is the value you're searching for]

The debugger will report that it has found x addresses

g [continue emulation]

In the game, do something to change the value

Re-enter the debugger

C newvalue<Return> [where newvalue is the new value you're searching for]

Keep doing this until you find your memory address. To reset the C command use just C on its own.


Now, once you have the memory address use

Use the "m" command to view the value at an address:

m address

The "W" is used to write a hex value to an address.

W address hexvalue

Thank you for this info soon as I drink a pot of coffee I might even try it!

Originally Posted by demoniac

There's Battletech hex offset info at http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/rpg-form.txt

Another thing you could do is save the game, put a lot of money into the high risk stocks, then play a while, re-check stocks. If you made money, save. Otherwise, reload save game.

I have been doing this with limited success, I have around 20k now but game appears to punish me if I place more then 5k in the high risk stock even when it should be going up it always fails. But I will keep at it thank you for the suggestions.

[demoniac]

Originally Posted by Aria

I have been doing this with limited success, I have around 20k now but game appears to punish me if I place more then 5k in the high risk stock even when it should be going up it always fails. But I will keep at it thank you for the suggestions.

It doesn't always gain -- that's why it's a stock market. If it doesn't work after reloading a few times, put the money on the next tier of stable stocks. Also when you have a lot of money (from memory like 1 million), the game seems to always loss on the higher risk stocks.