Desperatly seeking save editor info

[Joe Montana]

A massive oversight on my part has threatened to ruin a complete Alette replay all the way from BS1. (TLDR at bottom)

I replayed this whole series when 3 came out. I've already done Rook to completion. On my Rook playthru I built an Iver that was an almost unhittable regenerating whirlwind of death. Naturally, I wanted to copy this Iver for the Alette version as I really dont care for those other heros in that part of the story anyway (am I the only one who thinks Folka sucks?) and just want my whirlwind Iver to wreck the warped.

So imagine my horror when I play my first Iver warped battle in Alette playthru and reach for my Tempest and find.....♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Forge Ahead. I must not have chosen his second talent in my Alette BS2 (I didnt focus on him because i was expecting him to autolevel to 8 and figured i could PICK the damn second skill. but it must autopick?)

Anyway I need to edit this because I dont have the patience to play all the way from BS2 when Iver leaves again. Any suggestions?

(TLDR: i need to switch Ivers forge ahead skill to tempest. is it possible?)

[Troll]

While there are no real save editors, you can "easily" edit your save by opening it with a text editor.

I imagine you will have to search for Iver and find the skill line for him. A more knowledgeable modder will most likely know.
I think it can be done.

[Aleonymous]

Easy. Open your Resume save-file (JSON) w/ a text edit and search for

"id": "abl_forgeahead"

make sure it's under Iver's name and replace it with

"id": "abl_tempest"

[Joe Montana]

Originally posted by Aleonymous:

Easy. Open your Resume save-file (JSON) w/ a text edit and search for

"id": "abl_forgeahead"

make sure it's under Iver's name and replace it with

"id": "abl_tempest"

Thanks so much. One slight hiccup: I can't seem to find this specific file. I'm looking in my steamapps/common/tbs3 folders, and i find a saves folder but its full of png pic files is all. i see lots of json files in other folders but nothing "save" looking.

EDIT: i found it. typical windows nonsense. it is of course in your C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ folder, and you'll probably have to set it to show hidden files, because of course it makes sense to hide files from the user.

[Aleonymous]

Correct! Good luck and do report back if everything works properly.

[shugarossa]

Helped me fix the same mistake. Had to type the path directly into file explorer. Thanks, all! Hakon has now realized his full potential.