i'm currently taking a programming course and i was jus wondering if you can hack save files with visual basic c++....

Our dear moderator Wyv is the expert hacker in this forum. She has a thread somewhere about editing save games with a hex editor. I´ll see if I can drag that one up for you [img]smile.gif[/img] And here it is: http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/cg...c;f=4;t=007364 [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 11-13-2002, 03:12 PM: Message edited by: WillowIX ]

I've always used HexEdit to hack save files. Basically you're just altering the data being saved, not actually programming so you don't need to use a programming language such as C++.

Wyv

thanx people...i figured that i could do the same thing with visual basic because i remember something with wyv talking about 01 and 05 and a whole mess of numbers and when i opened one of my save files up with visual c++ i got the same thing so i wuz just wondering if i could hack without the hexedit...anywayz thanx again

Actually, what you're opening them up with is a C++ editor, and not with C++. I strongly suspect that if you save it with that editor, you will be unable to use the savegame -- it will be saved as text, and not as the hex data it was.

To edit and save them safely, you really need a hex editor.

[ 11-14-2002, 01:22 AM: Message edited by: Bungleau ]

So I can't hack save files with C++...So does anyone know where i would find a Hex Editor?

[ 11-18-2002, 12:48 PM: Message edited by: So So ]

I think there are several different ones out there. Wyv can surely link you to the one she´s using otherwise google for one [img]smile.gif[/img]

Try looking for a hex editor at:

http://www.zdnet.com/

or

http://www.download.com/

Wyv

[ 11-18-2002, 05:29 PM: Message edited by: Wyvern ]

thanx wyv ur a help like alwayz [img]smile.gif[/img] ...time to start having fun with new "god-like" weaponry...hehehehe...

LOL!!!

Have fun hacking but remember to BACK UP YOUR SAVE FILE FIRST!!!!

Always make a back up, always always always!! :D

Wyv