Savegames in different Versions

[Tschordi]

Hi
once again I installed different DM and CSB Versions. Well, CSBWin seems to be great.
However, I have a old savegame from the DOS-DM Version, which I'd like to use in CSBWin, without playin DM in CSBWin once again. (I could do it with eyes closed)
So I tried the most simply way. I took the dmsave.dat file, renamed it to csbgame.dat, copied it in the right place. => SaveGameError. While browsing the forums, I realized the problem with the little and big endian. However, as the savegame doesnt consist of eg integers alone, simply byteswapping doesn't help. So, two questions:
1. Is there an Editor for CSBWin? I could then make a new Party and change the stuff according to my savegame.
2. Is there an explanation of the savegamestoring in CSBWin? I could then create my own savegame-file.

Greetings

Tschordi

[Paul Stevens]

Have you tried Christophe's Dungeon Converter?
See the Misc Files Upload Forum.

[ChristopheF]

My converter only works with dungeons, not with savegames.
When I have time, I'll study the savegame format and try to make such a converter.

[Paul Stevens]

OK, Christophe. Thanks for the information.

I posted CSBuild version 0.71 at
webpages.charter.net/pstevens1

It can read PC-formatted DM savegames. Sorta.
The characters are still messed up. The text (like
scrolls) does not work. And probably many other
things. But if it is valuable then I can try to make
it work better. It saves the game in a format for
CSBwin and I don't know if that works at all yet.

If anyone wants to try it and thinks it would be
a nice thing to have then tell me. And at the same
time you can tell me all the things you find that
are broken.

[Tschordi]

I'll betatest the 0.71 Version of CSBuild. I'll let you know, how it does.

[ChristopheF]

Paul, the download link is broken.

[Paul Stevens]

It figures. When I check it, it is OK. When I fail to
check it, it fails. Murphy!

But perhaps it is for the best. I wen ahead and
fixed a lot of things. Version 0.72 is much better.

PAul

[Tschordi]

well the link worked, and i got version 0.7.
This version however doesn load in the PC-DM-Savegames
an error saying max levels > 16 occurs.
I try the 0.72

[Paul Stevens]

The 'File' menu in version 0.72 has an option
for loading a LitttleEndian SaveGame. That
option must be selected before loading a
PC-formatted savegame file.

[ChristopheF]

The link is OK now, but when I launch csbuild.exe, an error message appears because it does not find the file "MFC42D.DLL". Is it a debug version?

[Paul Stevens]

If all went well then version 0.73 fixes the missing DLLs and
also allows for more than one character in the savegame.

PAul