Anonymouse Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 So, once again, I had a shot at decoding the save files. The results were disastrous (no crashes but absolutely no progress save for one thing: the .dat files are actually BMPs which contain those screenshots that you see when loading a save file.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acmex Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Are the from files in the WADs, or are they taken ingame? When, if so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 The WADs are uneditable by the game I'm guessing you never saved your game or loaded one. in the saves folder, in your game folder (XP) or AppData (Vista+) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 The WADs are uneditable by the game I'm guessing you never saved your game or loaded one. How the HELL are you supposed to save if the game can't write/edit it's own files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 The WADs are uneditable by the game I'm guessing you never saved your game or loaded one. How the heck are you supposed to save if the game can't write/edit it's own files? I said it can't edit the WADs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 The WADs are uneditable by the game I'm guessing you never saved your game or loaded one. How the heck are you supposed to save if the game can't write/edit it's own files? I said it can't edit the WADs. Correct my if I'm wrong, but are the saves NOT in the wad? How can the game NOT edit the wad and still save your progress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 The WADs are uneditable by the game I'm guessing you never saved your game or loaded one. How the heck are you supposed to save if the game can't write/edit it's own files? I said it can't edit the WADs. Correct my if I'm wrong, but are the saves NOT in the wad? How can the game NOT edit the wad and still save your progress? You are wrong. I belive I stated this several posts back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cirevam Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Data\Saves\#.sav Are those not the save files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acmex Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Yes, they are. Everyone has taken what I said in an incorrect direction, I was speaking of the .dat files Are they BMPs taken from the WADs, or taken while you're playing in-mission. I know that the saves are the .sav files, sheesh. On an unrelated note, you can't transfer saves from one comp to another, it just doesn't work. Dunno why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Yes, they are. Everyone has taken what I said in an incorrect direction, I was speaking of the .dat files Are they BMPs taken from the WADs, or taken while you're playing in-mission. I know that the saves are the .sav files, sheesh. On an unrelated note, you can't transfer saves from one comp to another, it just doesn't work. Dunno why. Imma gonna say itsa registry entries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 It isn't in Program files in Vista or 7, it's in AppData Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acmex Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Guess what, doc, Now I have to look it up. Darn you. EDIT Not in the registry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 or taken while you're playing in-mission. Correct. They are taken while you play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 The last thing you see on screen before the teleport out is the photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 So if the game takes a picture of the level, and saves it as a .dat file, how can the game do that and NOT edit the wads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Why WOULD it need to edit the WADs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 The saves are NOT STORED IN THE WADS. The .dat files are saved in the DATA folder, in the SAVES subfolder. NEVER in the wads, even if you do use them. NOTHING to do with ANY wads. I hope that's clear enough. Other than that, I found two things: .sav defines level progress and .osf defines your raiders. Now, how to edit them, I have not the faintest clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 On XP and below: C:\Program Files\LEGO Media\Games\Rock Raiders\Data\Saves On Vista and 7: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\LEGO Media\Games\Rock Raiders\Data\Saves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Is it not a possibiltiy to open those damned files in a Hex Editor? Maybe that might crop up some results... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Is it not a possibiltiy to open those damned files in a Hex Editor? Maybe that might crop up some results... Duuuh. What do you think I did first? That's how I found out what I know, but I can't find any more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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