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I have been trying to Hex Edit my game file so i can get an extra 500 skill points. I've followed the instructions and can't get it to work. If someone who can do this is willing to help, I'll email my save files to you so you can Hex it for me.

Thanks in advance.

You can zip and email it to me (divineone@shaw.ca). I only really need the data.000 file.
Are you still in act 1? Was that 500 skill points per character, or total?

Thanks Raze, I'm emailing it to you now and yes i'm still in act one but only need 500 skill points for my character, not the DK.

I edited the file and emailed it back.

If you are so inclined, you can check out the file in a hex editor, to see if you can spot what you were doing wrong. Since your characters have 264723 experience points you can search for the reversed hex value of that, '13 0A 04 00'. There will be 4 instances of this string (2 per character); the third one is just above the 'Base' term as described in the hex editing topic. After the experience points, there are four more bytes (though unlike the example not all zeros), after which is the 3 byte value of your hero's skill points. I edited the first 2 bytes from '00 00' to 'F4 01' (ie the reversed hex value of 500).

Sorry, I still don't understand it. I've searched for PartyV and gone down 8 rows from 'a', but i find an 'o' with 2 dots above it instead of FF FF FF

I'm using XVI32.

btw, what would i put in if i want 50,000 skill points and how would i do it for the after game BF?

The ö symbol corresponds to the hex value F6, which I see in your data.000 file 4 rows above the 'a' in PartyV, as well as 15 rows below. Is this in the act 1 save you sent me the file from? Are you sure you have XVI32 set to display 16 columns?
In the example, as well as your own file, the hero has no spare stat points, so the hex side should be '00 00 00', while the ASCII side displays blanks. The 'FF FF FF' is what I changed the hero's stat points to (ie 16777215), which is the maximum possible value.

The stat points are found from the PartyV term, while skill points located elsewhere (the Deathknight and Base terms). I have not tried hex editing in the after game BF, but there are likely differences (especially for finding the unused skill points). Presumably most people have their hero strong enough by the end of the game they don't really need a boost for the after game BF. It wouldn't be too hard to check the after game BF if it was required. Are you there yet (ie from a previous game)?

The Windows Calculator in scientific mode can convert between normal decimal values and hex values. Typing in 50000 and switching to hex gives you C3 50, so for the hex edit procedure you would change the stat/skill points to 50 C3.

Yeah, one of my characters is in the after game BF and yes it it the same file you sent back to me. I still have 131 skill points, but need more and I have no idea if my XVI32 is set at 16 columns of not.

EDIT: I've ste it to 16 columns.

[color:"orange"]one of my characters is in the after game BF[/color]

I was afraid of that. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> I'll check hex editing in act 5. I may not get to it today, but should before the weekend is out.

sorry if i confused your Raze. One of my files in at the after game bf but the one you edited for me is still in act one.

I wasn't confused. I was pretty sure you had another character in the after game BF, but didn't want to do any work checking the hex edit procedures before confirming that.
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Ok, cool! I managed to give my character 50,000 skill points, but not stat points....

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I finally did it!!!! Thanks for all your help Raze!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

[color:"orange"]I finally did it!!!![/color]

Was that for the game in act 1, or the after-game BF?

Just act 1. I'm in act 2 now, so i'm going to try hexing in act 2 as well!!