SAVE GAME EDITOR (FOR GOLD BOX GAMES)
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http://gbc.zorbus.net
joonas.hirvonen@pp.inet.fi


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*  BACKUP YOUR SAVE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING WITH SGE  *
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INTRODUCTION
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SGE is a tool for AD&D Gold Box games. You can edit party compositions and inventories. Unlike Gold Box Companion, SGE does not need 
to have DOSBox or the game running but is more just a file manager. SGE however needs many of the same data files that GBC uses so 
keep in the same folder as GBC.

There are no "Are you sure?" -prompts so be careful!


NOTE ABOUT THE DARK QUEEN OF KRYNN / UNLIMITED ADVENTURES
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You can not replace/add characters or add items but can replace/edit existing items & effects.


USAGE
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- Backup your save files. Easiest way is just to make a copy of the whole SAVE-folder of the game.
- Select a game from the list.
- Set the game folder by clicking on the "Click this to set game folder"-button.
- Save game slots should appear, select one you want to edit.

If all goes well, you should now see a list of the characters of the save slot.

You can now:

Saved games / Save game storage:
- STORE SAVE: stores the whole save game. 
- RESTORE: restores a selected stored save game to the selected save slot.
- DELETE: deletes a selected stored save game.

Party characters / Character storage:
- STORE CHARACTER: select a party member, click the button and it makes a copy of the character files. 
- DELETE STORED CHARACTER: deletes a selected character from the Character storage - list.
- REPLACE CHARACTER: select a party member, select a character from the Character storage - list, click the button
  and the character should be replaced.
- ADD CHARACTER: adds a selected character from the Character storage - list to the party (if party size is under 8 characters).
- RENAME CHARACTER: does just that. Renaming might break something in some of the games.

Character inventory / Item storage:
- STORE ITEM: stores an selected Character inventory - item to Item storage. 
- DELETE STORED ITEM: deletes a selected Item storage - item. 
- REPLACE ITEM: select a Chararacter inventory - item, select an Item storage - item, click the button and the item should be
  replaced.
- ADD ITEM: adds an Character inventory - item to the Character inventory.

When you select an item from Character inventory, the statistics of the item is filled in the Item properties - area.
These can be edited and then saved by APPLY CHANGES.

Stored save games / characters are located in the game folder. Stored items are located under GBC's corresponding game folder.

Do not edit inventories which have scroll bundles as SGE can not handle them!

For more info about the item fields see the Resources-folder.

Effects:
- Effects can be added/deleted/modified. 


DUPLICATE INVENTORY
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- With this you can copy the inventory of one character to another character of the same save slot.
- Items are unreadied because you have to ready them in game to get possible item effects working.
- It's best to unready items of the target character in the game so that item effects are set off.
- Encumbrance is probably off until you ready some item in the game.
- Disabled for Dark Queen of Krynn and Unlimited Adventures.


SAVE SLOT TO SAVE SLOT - INVENTORY DUPLICATOR
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- With this you can copy full inventories of all characters from one save slot to another slot. 
- It's mainly meant to be used with Pools of Darkness where most items get destroyed when you move through the Limbo.
- Does not check for character names or anything. Just copies the inventory files. So keep the party composition the same when duplicating.
- Items are unreadied because you have to ready them in game to get possible item effects working.
- It's best to unready items in the game in the target save slot so that item effects are set off.
- Encumbrance is probably off until you ready some item in the game.
- Disabled for Dark Queen of Krynn and Unlimited Adventures.
- Instructions: 
  - Backup the save folder first!
  - Unready all items in the game to set possible item effects off. Save to slot X. This is the source save slot.
    (In Pools of Darkness this save is probably before you have moved through the Limbo.)
  - If you don't already have a destination save slot make one by saving to slot Y.
    (In Pools of Darkness this save is probably after you have moved through the Limbo.)
  - Use SGE to copy items from slot X to slot Y. 
  - Load save Y in the game. Ready items.


THINGS TO KNOW
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- There are no "Are you sure?" -prompts so be careful!
- Probably goes without saying that it's easy to corrupt your save games if something goes wrong.
- Using 7 or 8 party members or powerful items breaks the game balance.
- You can add the same character several times to the party, even 8 times. I don't know how this works in the long run. 
  The Savage Frontier - games seem more picky about the same named characters.


TROUBLESHOOTING
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- Try to run SGE as an administrator.
- Try placing the files outside the "Program Files"-folder, instead to a folder like "C:\GBC".

