SAVE GAME EDITOR (FOR GOLD BOX GAMES)
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Version 0.2 (25-September-2015)


http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jhirvonen/gbc
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.



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.

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



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".

