Cave Story Saved Games Manager

I threw this together the other day, thought it was kinda useful given that i'm juggling several games at the moment. Put the program (and all your .dat files) inside your main cave story folder, and right click on any game to run it; the current profile.dat is automatically backed up.

If you play mods, or have some form of hacked profile.dat around, csProfiler will adjust the column sizing and so forth to allow viewing seven weapons. It also supports large health values.

Download csProfiler v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 v1.3

 

I would actually use it if I bothered to have more than one Profile.dat X3

Thanks for sharing though.

Edit - I think I'll actually use it sometime. But could you upload it somewhere else, like SendSpace or MediaFire?

My computer isn't MegaUpload and Rapidshare friendly.

 

Really nice.
Thanks for making this
That's really what we need
Can I upload it on the FTP?

 

Edit edit edit! too my self! sorry guess!

 

I love the sound of this. I have a ton of saves myself.

Love ya. <3

 

Now this is a must-have for every CS fan. Although it could use some sort of manual or help...

 

There's not really much to explain about the program that warrants a manual, but i've updated the header post with a sendspace link and a brief overview.

S. P. Gardebiter: If you think it's useful, you can put it on the FTP

 

Uh you may need to make a slight change. Profile.dat can store up to 7 weapons at once, can this be reflected in your program?

I'll get you the offsets in profile.dat for the sixth and seventh weapon slots if you want.

Not entirely sure where your post went, but the offsets for weapons 1-5 are a fixed distance apart so i guessed the others. They're not documented anywhere that i've noticed, though.

 

Wow. A pioneer at long last!

And one who made something really useful as well!

It would be easier to mod now that you get to save at diff sections in game to test for bugs without time wasting =P

 

Not entirely sure where your post went, but the offsets for weapons 1-5 are a fixed distance apart so i guessed the others. They're not documented anywhere that i've noticed, though.

Yes they are the same distance apart as the others.

 

Wait I just tested the 7 weapons one and it only seems to show 5.

Test it with this:
http://cavestory.org/saves/05-002.zip

 

Nice dud. But I guess what I really need is a good profile.dat hacking program, but without requiring the ability to hack, or viewing the .dat hacking faq. But I guess it would be a hassle to anyone who cares to make one.

 

andwhyisit: Thanks for spotting that... i checked it out; simple mistake. Try 1.2

freezit4: Item and weapon modification's easy enough, but I don't think there's enough documentation on the game flags, etc. to make a very useful program

 

andwhyisit: Thanks for spotting that... i checked it out; simple mistake. Try 1.2

Cool. Oh and I have uploaded the last two versions to the tribute site, is this okay?

freezit4: Item and weapon modification's easy enough, but I don't think there's enough documentation on the game flags, etc. to make a very useful program

http://cavestory.org/guides/save_hacking.txt (the basics)
http://lotlot.net/misc/doukutsu/tsc.txt (mostly tsc notes but also contains advanced profile.dat hacking)

 

freezit4: Item and weapon modification's easy enough, but I don't think there's enough documentation on the game flags, etc. to make a very useful program

There is enough documentation to make a working editor for weapons, npcs, maps and so on. (In the game itself)
But sadly all editors have discontinued yet :/

 

There is enough documentation to make a working editor for weapons, npcs, maps and so on. (In the game itself)
But sadly all editors have discontinued yet :/

He is talking about editing save data, not the executable. Check freezit's post.

 

He is talking about editing save data, not the executable. Check freezit's post.

And I was talking about the executable, check my post.
It was a semi-relation.
All I was talking about is: There is enough documentation for almost everything <_<;
We could edit everything, we just would need a editor.
Because hex-editors and assembly is a pain in the ass.

 

And I was talking about the executable, check my post.
It was a semi-relation.
All I was talking about is: There is enough documentation for almost everything <_<;
We could edit everything, we just would need a editor.
Because hex-editors and assembly is a pain in the ass.

We have enough documentation for most save hacking needs but we are lacking offsets for chests, story progression, etc. Some of the more advanced stuff.

 

We have enough documentation for most save hacking needs but we are lacking offsets for chests, story progression, etc. Some of the more advanced stuff.

Yeah, this is more what i was meaning, offsets for story progression, current map and so forth.

In other news, csProfiler 1.3 automatically detects whether to display five or seven weapons, now supports large amounts of health, and links to this thread. Thus, the program is tentatively 'finished'

 

current map and so forth.

We already have current map, current position, current music playing, current direction faced, max and current hp, equipped items, weapons, weapon stats, and items.

Basically all we need is story progression and chests.

In other news, csProfiler 1.3 automatically detects whether to display five or seven weapons, now supports large amounts of health, and links to this thread. Thus, the program is tentatively 'finished'

Congrats.