Player made fix/patch for crash/300k save file limit

[jagd]

I visited official forum after THQ auction and saw this player made fix/patch for crash/300k save file limit http://community.darksiders.com/go/thread/view/138731/29631011/Fix_Increase_the_size_of_Save_File_%28PcSteam%29?pg=1 copy/pasting here to incase official forum goes down .All credit goes to orginal posters and people made fix

Basically, what you have to do is edit the executable of DSII with a hex editor to increase the size of the save the game manage. This what you have to do( I used HxD hex editor):

1)Open Darksiders2.exe or Darksiders2.exe.bak

2)Click On Search and on Goto

3)Goto offset 0xFC0328 inside the executable with a hex editor.

4)You will see that the cursor is positioned on the numbre 00. Next to it are the two positions that we need to change: B0 and 04

5)Change B0 to 04 and 04 to 06

6)Save it and you are done.

With this, you should be able to play the dlc and/or main game without freezing.


Here are some pics of the process:
http://i.imgur.com/Asubo.png step 1-2-3

http://i.imgur.com/KwK2H.png step 4-5

http://i.imgur.com/62T1R.png step 6


You can Also use this .exe to fix it too without messing with Hex editors: https://code.google.com/p/ds2fix/downloads/list


PD: Thanks to Ikoala and HampsterStyle for finding this fix.


Don't forget to turn off automatic Steam updating for Darksiders II. If in the unlikely event the game is patched the edited .exe may cause problems. You may have to restore the unmodified .exe prior to downloading any new patch

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If that does not work for you




Download a Hex Editor (Like HxD editor, use google search to find it) and follow this steps:

1)Open Darksiders2.exe or Darksiders2.exe.bak


2)Click On Search and on Goto


3)Goto offset 0xFC0328 inside the executable with a hex editor.


4)You will see that the cursor is positioned on the numbre 00. Next to it are the two positions that we need to change: B0 and 04


5)Change B0 to 04 and 04 to 06


6)Save it and you are done.


It should be easy. There are pics if you dont understand the steps.

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Copy/pasted from gojinku's postf rom official forum ,Thanks to Ikoala and HampsterStyle for finding this fix

[VictorNex]

Works like a charm. Thanks!

[gorkilla]

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[Nicholas Steel]

I played through the entire game and encountered no issue that didn't resolve itself by simply progressing further in to the game (No crashing). I have not yet played much of New Game+ and did not try any DLC (Dunno how to access the DLC lol). I do own the DLC of course.

[Malidictus]

This only becomes an issue towards the end of a second playthrough as the save file bloats with items and stats. I've made two complete playthroughs of the game, and faced a crashing issue in both cases. One was right towards the end of the Demon Lord Belial DLC and one was towards the end of the Argul's Tomb DLC. In both cases, I found my save file and noticed it exactly at the 300K limit.

Why there's even a limit for save file size I do not know.

[Nicholas Steel]

kk thanks, so it happens during 2nd playthrough.

[Plaid]

İlk olarak Malidictus tarafından gönderildi:

This only becomes an issue towards the end of a second playthrough as the save file bloats with items and stats. I've made two complete playthroughs of the game, and faced a crashing issue in both cases. One was right towards the end of the Demon Lord Belial DLC and one was towards the end of the Argul's Tomb DLC. In both cases, I found my save file and noticed it exactly at the 300K limit.

Why there's even a limit for save file size I do not know.

Because nobody will ever need more than 300K...

[PancakeWizard]

Save file size limit has already made the dev fix list, FYI

[Nicholas Steel]

The EXE program will very likely not work anymore if the game EXE is ever changed via an update, because the patch very likely includes a checksum check and the checksum for the games EXE file will change whenever it gets modified.

Thankfully the manual steps are provided so we can still apply the fix, it will just be harder to do (Unless someone makes a new EXE with an updated CRC checker).

[Uber Soldat]

Started playing this couple months back and only just now finished off apocalyptic level. By the time I got to the Well of Souls I had nothing extra carrying around but my save file was still at 599.44KB which meant I couldn't autosave or collect any game rewards for killing things.

This fix took me 2 minutes including the installation of Hex editor, made the changes and was able to play and pass the 600KB limit.

My heartfelt thanks for all those involoved in working it out even before the Devs did.

Just FYI:

When I finished the game and chose to replay as my lvl 22 character at Nightmare mode the save file was reset to 100KB. This did not include anything I had collected along the way only my weapons and armor...and the Crucible passes.

If you read my post and you're having crashes before the 600KB size (more like the 300KB size) turn off antialiasing.

If you get to fight Belial and can't figure out why you cannot hit the blue circular target because the reticle/camera is all over the place try dropping your aim sensitivity to about 10% in your options/settings.

Belial is the most annoying boss in the whole game I can safely attribute 80 deaths to his hands :( before I realised what I was doing wrong.

[Zet]

Thank you so much for preserving this thread. I just thought, I couldn't finish my old Darksiders 2 save after a _long_ hiatus and had to start over again with Deathinitive.

It always crashed for me at the same scene; afterwards I realized that it wasn't the scene but saving itself to cause the crash. When I found the solution, I tried it out although hex editing the .exe seemed a bit stary first. Tried again and got past the fight that had crashed my game numerous times before. :)

Even though this game is now considered obsolete by the devs, this thread deservers to be sticky as quite a number of people who still play this version will encounter when they want to go for the sidequests.

[76561198082584953]

You have got to be friggin kidding me. This worked . All this time I've been struggling and changing options,this easy to follow instructions fixed it all. Crazy good., I thought I might have to stop playing this all together. Even though I'm finished the regualr game and now on the game+. Thanks a bunch for all the help

[fur1yaa]

No B0 and 04
that what i have - https://prnt.sc/ll7f6p

[Nicholas Steel]

İlk olarak fur1yaa tarafından gönderildi:

No B0 and 04
that what i have - https://prnt.sc/ll7f6p

You want offset 0xFC0328, not 0xFC0320.

If that offset is missing (which it seems it is) than are you playing the original Darksiders 2 or Deathinitive Edition? Deathinitive Edition doesn't need this fix.

Edit: After a closer look at your screenshot you're trying to edit the Deathinitive Edition which doesn't need this fix.

[Malidictus]

Good to hear they fixed the issue in the re-release.