NSS2 Save game editor

[Lawrence]

i edited my saved game with somthing called metapad. It looks like notepad but its not. I now have top stats

[bennitto]

the editor i used and its very great cuz i got full stats and over 90 billion in my bank but since i'm very young i dont have a card to pay for NSS2 and my parents wont allow me. All i need is a code but i cant get one so i keep starting over and over again.

[JJU]

the editor i used and its very great cuz i got full stats and over 90 billion in my bank but since i'm very young i dont have a card to pay for NSS2 and my parents wont allow me. All i need is a code but i cant get one so i keep starting over and over again.

Shame on them :oops: , tell them it's a worthwhile and engaging game and you get great value for your (small amount of) money!

[Dan Atkinson]

Terribly sorry for not replying for so long.

List of excuses:
University started a huge Java based project
They also started a rather large web design project
I spend most of my time at my girlsfriend which means two things (very little time to work (should be obvious why! 8) , and no inkernet!)
Last Friday my laptop decided not to boot (due to Longhorn being more unstable than I anticipated (and not having a good enough ghost)
I managed to retrieve the editor files (via ERM Commander) but I forgot to get my .pst files from Outlook and NSS. Which means one of several things. I have had to re-download NSS, and I no longer have the confirm e-mail to re-register my copy. Damnit. I'll have to look into that ASAP.

I've just got my laptop back and running now (via Win 98) and I'm getting everything back to where it was.


A couple of things to mention right now...

The editor still has a huge problem which is bewildering me. If I chose to save a file, it insists on putting the new data right at the beginning or at the end. This is infuriating me beyond reason.

Several people have kindly sent me their save games to hack for them. I am willing to participate with a few requests to adjust stats but please don't send me any more of them.

Another problem with this is that I see a number of people using the same name in their game. Surely there can't be THAT many <censored>?

To even the odds, I have taken the step of testing for this name when each file is loaded. This way, anyone wanting to use the editor with <censored> as their name, will not be able to as the editor will exit as soon as the condition is found to be true.

Apologies to any real <censored> out there!

I don't like piracy, especially when it's a nice guy like Si Read who's getting robbed out of his hard earned cash.

Anyways, Si has kindly sent me some vital info on what the stats are. But I feel that to write this all in will take time. So I think subsequent versions will gradually include this info along with the necessary boxes to edit them.

[JJU]

great work Dan, and a good idea to ween out the reg code stealers...

any clue when the editor may be released now?

[Dan Atkinson]

Warning:

This is still in beta.

I DO NOT recommend using the Save or Save as. I've only re-started work on this today.

In fact... If you imagine that it's a save game reader, you'll see just how good it is! 8)

Hehe!

The box at the bottom is really for my benefit only!

http://www.dan-atkinson.com/nss/nsssge.exe

Probably lots of other things I need to tell you but have forgotten. Oh yeah, the Mike Radlowski thing was enabled. People using the program with that name will find that the editor shuts down immediately.

Because of these anti-piracy measures, the source code will not be available to anyone except Si Read and a selected few.

I will make the source code available to him upon request.

Also, if you know of other names in existance which are in widespread use, please give me them and I'll code them into the editor. Thanks.

[Dan Atkinson]

Has anyone got any problems with the program? Only I've noticed couple of problems in the last day or so with stats being reported incorrectly.

[JJU]

Has anyone got any problems with the program? Only I've noticed couple of problems in the last day or so with stats being reported incorrectly.

Now had the chance to download it yet, and it looks good.. but I assume by your earlier comments that it isn't fully functional yet as you have no way to save the save game file?

If I'm correct in said assumption, when will we be able to save and use the ediited files?

[Dan Atkinson]

you can save the files, but... there is a problem with the editor saving. Thus you cannot properly open the files in NSS2.

As for an ETA on a fixed version, I have non. Only a promise that I'm working on a way around it. My aim right now is to get all of the info I have there, working. After that, then I'll start adding other stats and features.

[JJU]

I meant to do that before but had a lazy moment...

[Dan Atkinson]

Have you tried closing the game before you open the file in editor?

[Dan Atkinson]

You need to MS .net 1.1 framework for the program to run.

You can get this through Windows Update if you look through the recommended updates in the custom install option.

[Dan Atkinson]

Does anyone have legitimate savegame that I can look at and test please?

I'm hoping to upload a new version of the editor (still in beta) which will solve the problems with the sponsors. Currently when a save game is loaded, the sponsor only loads as a value. The next version should fix it.

[JJU]

Have you tried closing the game before you open the file in editor?

I didn't have the game open when I editted the file, so that's no an issue.

Exactly what do you mean by needing .net 1.1 Framework for the program to run? It ran fine for me and I don't have this update installed. Are you saying it will work correctly and save the file with it?! :?

[Dan Atkinson]

There are no if's or buts on this issue but you do need MS .net 1.1 framework installed. If you say it's not installed but your program is working ok, then the framework is installed.

Can you please send me your save game so I can have a look at it please?

Thanks.