I edited money in a japanese rpgm game save and now when i load in i cant save anymore. What should i do
Edited RPGM save
- Thread starter J0r3ung4rd
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- Jun 10, 2017
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Revert to none edited saves. And if you don't have one, restart the game.
morphnet
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- Aug 3, 2017
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Also before editing anything in a game always make a back up so you can restore or test other options.
Which game prevents you from saving after changing the save file? Thats the first time I hear something like that.
I know older RPGM versions can get wacky when you give yourself too much money. Might not be intentional.
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I assume it's like the conditional logic in the code going all haywire, because for a certain shopkeeper to charge X amount of money, and if the player usually has some exorbitant amount that would transcend acceptable upper limits/thresholds, older RPGM games algorithm can just freak out and cause the game to crash. Possibly when you change certain integer variables or whatever that might cause some save file corruption, thus not allowing OP to save.
As others mentioned, best to use a fallback save or just have a backup handy before trying to modify any of the in-game variables.
- Jun 10, 2017
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It's probably more a question of variable type, with a DWord (32 bits integer) in place of a Word (16bits integer) by example. (Too) often values are validated when wrote in the save (here it's a string, here a Byte, etc.), but not when read from it. This simply because the guy who wrote the code expect whatever is in the save file to be correct, since it's expected to have been validated.
Therefore the save file can be read, but like the value have the incorrect time, it can't be wrote.