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Hex-Editing
the Gamesave File for "Command Aces of the Deep - Ver.1.1"
**Copyright(C)2000 by Steven L. Hildebrand**
Yes, you can Hex-Edit the Command AOD
game-save file to give yourself any sub type you want, as well as
giving yourself a promotion, a medal, or changing your home port...wanna
try a Mediterranean career without running the British ASW gauntlet at
Gibralter?? No prob, hex edit your home port and load the edited
gamesave file...instant Med Cruise! ;)
The reader uses this info at their own risk, I
cannot be responsible if you manage to trash your files, or if your
computer becomes possessed by the unclean spirit of Richard Nixon.
Not my problem, dudes...
The following file addresses are in HEX, not Decimal:
48 = Rank
49 = Medals
4A = Sub Insignia
4B = Homeport
4C-4F = Assigned Patrol Grid
56 = # of Patrols
57-59 = Total Tonnage Sunk (See Notes Below)
5B-5D = Career Score (See Notes Below)
69 = Sub Type
Values for Sub Type:
00 = Type IIC
01 = Type IID
02 = Type VIIB
03 = Type VIIC
04 - TypeVIIC/41
05 = Type IXB
06 = Type IXC/40
07 = Type XXI
Values for Home Port:
00 = Bergen, Norway (11th Flotilla)
01 = Trondheim, Norway (13th Flotilla)
02 = Kiel (1st Flotilla)
03 = Wilhelmshaven
04 = Brest, France (9th Flotilla)
05 = Lorient, France
06 = St. Nazaire, France (6th Flotilla)
07 = La Rochelle, France (3rd Flotilla)
08 = Bordeaux, France
09 = La Spezia, Italy
0A = Salamis, Greece
Values for Rank:
00 = Leutnant
01 = Oberleutnant
02 = Kapitanleutnant
03 = Korvettenkapitan
04 = Fregattenkapitan
Values for Medals:
01 = Knights Cross
02 = Knights Cross w/Oak Leaves
03 = Knights Cross w/Oak Leaves & Swords
04 = Knights Cross w/Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds
Notes:
First, I can find no
value/location for a sub crew's level of experience (green, veteran,
etc.)...and since it has nothing to do with the number of patrols, I can
only assume that it is determined by the number of ships you've sunk.
Pity, since it would be nice to start a "career" in 1939 with
a veteran crew.
Also, no location for the number of ships
sunk, so the game must count the number of sunk-ship records in
the game-save file. Speaking of which, my next task is to decode
the sunk-ship portion of the career record.
**Very Important** -- the Hex values for total
tonnage and career score are actually expressed backward. Let me
explain...
On the save file I used for exploration, my
total tonnage sunk was 181,244. This value, expressed in
Hexidecimal, is "02 C3 FC" but in the gamesave file, it was
written as "FC C3 02." My career score was 92270, or "01
68 6E" but it was written as "6E 68 01."
Weird, eh?? I remembered this from decoding the gamesave files
from many other games.
Don't know how to convert Decimal values into
Hexidecimal?? It's easy if you have Win95 or Win98. Open up
the Windows Calculator ... under "View," select
"Scientific." Then select "Dec" from the
toolbar, and type in your Decimal value (181244), then select
"Hex" on the toolbar...your Decimal value will be converted
into a Hex value (02C3FC).
Check Baffles!!
Steven ".High*Ping*Drifter." Hildebrand
Chicago, IL. [[ HighPingDrifter@hotmail.com
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"And a thousand, thousand slimy things lived on...and so did
I..."
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