[Release] Crusader Kings II Save Editor and Pruner

[Cheryl]

Here is the save game editor + pruner I am making it's purpose is to prune dead characters from saves (using specific rules etc) to makes saves work fresh and fast after thousands of years of playing. And also to edit every aspect of the save games.

It is incomplete but slowly getting good.

So far it prunes vanished and stillborn deaths and has guis to filter people to prune and filter death types to prune etc and has very basic character editing and a complete bloodline editor.

Current version 0.08 Pre Alpha
(If version number above changes then download newest from link below)

Download link
http://ubersoft.org/ck2edit/ck2edit008.rar

Source
https://github.com/UberFoX/CK2Edit

Screenshots:
https://i.gyazo.com/514996c2a2d9dd87647eecf00dfd34f0.png
https://i.gyazo.com/10483307adc17466d493b877b31319be.png
https://i.gyazo.com/0e04375cd1e3bfcdaeb35c0c280169b0.png
https://i.gyazo.com/4125979876d7571169c3833c5a7c79b2.png

How to use:

Step 1: Save your game "uncompressed" rename it to "save"
Step 2: Place the "save.ck2" in the programs folder
Step 3: Press "Load" button to load the "save.ck2"
Step 4: Open the "Character Pruner"
Step 5: Go to the top of the window and from the dropdown select "Lowborn" now hit "Refresh" then "Prune"
Step 6: When finished press "Save" and it will create a new "modified.ck2" of your save game you can now load that

Of course you can tweak the settings on the pruner window to be as aggressive it needs to be the "Lowborn" is a default filter setting (you can save your own filters) so the default is good enough to safely remove characters without breaking the save.

When the editor is 100% finished it will edit every single aspect of a game save and feature comprehensive pruning. Right now it is very incomplete and many buttons/features are either empty or dont work. However it gets better constantly!

Let me know what you think!.


--- What's New ---
0.08 - Char pruner has new filters for active wars and combat just to be more accurate
------ Added a little fix when saves contain =4 instead of just 4 and so on (paradox wtf)
------ More information on characters is displayed in the character editor also it shows dead/alive rate
------ Multi-select and delete for several list boxes
------ Help button that goes to forum link added
------ Various bug fixes
0.07 - Char filter renamed to Char Pruner
------ Dozens of new filters to nail down unimportant characters as good as possible
------ Pruning can now remove about 73% of the dead characters from a save game (in non-aggressive mode)
------ Finished Artifact Editor it can even be used to change the name/description and duplicate artifacts
------ Bug fixes on Bloodline Editor
------ Added a rare exception to parser so it can handle rare =} issues
------ Char Pruner has ability to prune selected chars, you can also prune by age and death type
------ Death Finder removed since its features are part of the Char Pruner now
------ More use of threads to avoid lockups of the GUI
------ Performance speed ups
0.06 - Added a metric shitton of filters to the Character Filter window
------- Various performance tweaks
------- Added average/min/max age for death finder and other information
------- Made a start on title editor (does nothing yet)
------- Childless pruning is automatic now and doesnt need to be ticked
------- Finished Bloodline Editor it can edit all facets of bloodlines and even duplicate/create new ones and even edit flags
0.05 - Added a new GUI "Death Finder" it can list all the deaths in the save and sort it by type or age in neat ordered lists so you can prune everything you choose to
------- Added a new GUI "Character Filter" its purpose is to make it easy to filter characters that you would be cool with pruning from the game the window is very incomplete right now and does not feature anything useful (It is best to stick to death finder and regular prune buttons instead)
------- Added ability for the prune buttons to not prune characters that had children
0.04 - Added ability to prune characters who died of a custom death type.

[YourAdHere]

Would you consider going open source with this? I'm learning c# and dotnet and I'd love to see how you're doing this and tinker with it, perhaps even collaborate if I'm able to.

[Cheryl]

Originally posted by YourAdHere:

Would you consider going open source with this? I'm learning c# and dotnet and I'd love to see how you're doing this and tinker with it, perhaps even collaborate if I'm able to.

I tend to use Pitbull (chat+filesharing app I made) for that kind of thing you can find it here
http://ubersoft.org/pitbullpro/

So I can always be reached there for chatting I usually dont see stuff in steam......... It can take weeks for steam to tell me somebody sent a message.

[Roofus]

My edited saves always cause the game to crash to desktop. Any idea what the problem could be?

[Cheryl]

Originally posted by Roofus:

My edited saves always cause the game to crash to desktop. Any idea what the problem could be?

Incorrect editing--- deleting a character that is important to the game. Make sure to use the guided options by following the steps.

[Handy]

Nvm I found my answer.

[Homosapien1]

when you say programs folder, you mean AppData\Local\Programs? I've changed my ck2 save and put it in the folder and it just says it can't find it

[Cheryl]

"Programs Folder" = the APPs folder itself

[Cheryl]

Source code released
https://github.com/UberFoX/CK2Edit

So since im too busy to work on C2Edit (the char pruner/editor) i release the github for it with complete compilable source code and all commit/revision history (makes it easy to see how things were added/removed) if anybody wants to take over just make a branch and have fun -- its made in C#

[Handy]

Where do pruned saved go? "I open the character pruner > refresh > prune lowborn characters > Click on "save current state" > Name it" and then one it's named, nothing really happens and it doesn't appear to be saved anywhere. How do you get the edited version off the program and into your files? Or am I misunderstanding completely and it doesn't rename the file, it just overwrites the file you uploaded to the pruner? If it's the latter, do you just copy and paste the new save from the pruner's folder to the game's save folder?

I just tested it on a random Sunspear game I loaded and saved instantly so I can't observe any changes or improvements to know it worked.

[Fiannma]

Hello! can i use this to remove a title from my character? somehow i became the pope and i was playing normal, then when i want to load my save, the endgame screen shows telling me i cannot play anymore because of that title...

[Sevarics]

Good evening. I am trying the links but they are all not working. Is there a new link for the pruner ?

[Cheryl]

Originally posted by Sevarics:

Good evening. I am trying the links but they are all not working. Is there a new link for the pruner ?

This one works fine http://ubersoft.org/ck2edit/ck2edit008.rar

[Sevarics]

Originally posted by Cheryl:

Originally posted by Sevarics:

Good evening. I am trying the links but they are all not working. Is there a new link for the pruner ?

This one works fine http://ubersoft.org/ck2edit/ck2edit008.rar

Thank you. I think I got it to work

[warlordavid]

link not working.

[Cheryl]

Originally posted by warlordavid:

link not working.

It is.... Its just the server was down when you tried.