Broken Profile File

[kerrin]

I downloaded the patch on Friday, played all weekend, the game worked great :D , with only minor issues, but Sunday on save and exiting the game crashed big time. Now I find out the patch was not meant to be used.

Now I've lost my profile completely! :cry:

I had completed the first 9 scenarios fully.

I have lots of save games, and I've created a new profile and copied all the save games over, but the game only updates your profile when you complete a skill level, so all my saves after completion are useless.

Anyone know a way to hack a profile file so it says I've completed the first 9 scenarios? I had a play with a hex editor, but it's not obvious, and if it's even slightly wrong it throws you out the game on the menu screen.

I believe the relevant part is at the very end of the profile file, around where it stores your name.

Of course, I won't be playing the game again until the 'real' patch is released, as the game is very broken anyway.

Kerrin

[kerrin]

I figured it out my self.

For anyone who is intersted here is what to do:

Create a new profile in the game, and exit.
Find the campaigns directory (usually My Documents\RCT3\Campaigns)
Open the campaign xxxx.prf file in a hex editor (the highest numbered one)
At the end of the file there will be a repeating pattern that looks like this
04 00 00 00 EF EF EF EF 00 00 00 00
It will repeat 18 times (there are 18 scenarios)
Change the first 00 after the last EF to 05 to complete a scenario e.g.
04 00 00 00 EF EF EF EF 05 00 00 00


It is more difficult to edit campaigns that you have played in the game, as it starts to insert more data, so always work on a new campaign file.

I take no responsibility for anything if things go wrong.

[Fluxx]

Cheers.......:tup: