@zShxck@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml • 8 months agoI am trying to edit a game save with an Hex editor but it doesn't allow me to change anything, it's frustratingmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up121file-text
arrow-up121message-squareI am trying to edit a game save with an Hex editor but it doesn't allow me to change anything, it's frustrating@zShxck@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml • 8 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
I am using Ghex and Bless and both of them display the value of my gold but I cannot edit it. I am missing something?
minus-square@Diplomjodler@feddit.delinkfedilink7•8 months agoThe file could be digitally signed. By editing you change the hash value that will be computed when the file is checked for integrity. Just a wild guess.
minus-square@zShxck@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilink2•8 months agoI don’t know I tried ImHex and with it I am able to change values now… I don’t know why
minus-square@Diplomjodler@feddit.delinkfedilink3•8 months agoMaybe your other editor messed up the encoding?
minus-square@zShxck@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilink4•8 months agoI think you are right, I saw a different set of numbers in the left bar, but with ImHex the numbers were “correct”
The file could be digitally signed. By editing you change the hash value that will be computed when the file is checked for integrity. Just a wild guess.
I don’t know I tried ImHex and with it I am able to change values now… I don’t know why
Maybe your other editor messed up the encoding?
I think you are right, I saw a different set of numbers in the left bar, but with ImHex the numbers were “correct”