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How-To: Modifying your Avadon iPad Save Game


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Disclaimer: I have only tested this out on a Macintosh, but the necessary program - iExplorer - is also available for Windows. If someone is willing to test this out on a Windows machine, then I will update this.

 

One of the great things about Jeff's games is that you can freely mod them via his scripting language. This is particularly useful at getting your self out of tight situations. Want to make that town no longer angry at you? How about giving yourself a few extra gold? Or reset a quest you botched?

 

Unfortunately, the iPad is locked down and this is not possible. However, you can do the next best thing: you can load an iPad saved game on your computer and modify it there.

 

To perform this experiment, you will need the following:

 

1. One copy of Avadon on the iPad

2. One copy of Avadon on the computer of your choice

3. One (free) copy of iExplorer

 

Avadon Saved Games

 

Before you begin, it is important to understand how save files work in Avadon (and other Spiderweb games). On the Macintosh, they are stored in a game specific subdirectory of "Documents/Spiderweb Software". You will note that the save files are stored in folders names SaveX, where X is a number between 0 and 19. However, saves 18 and 19 are special, as they are quick save and autosave, respectively.

 

In each folder are the files "data", "header", "items" and "journal". You want to keep these together to keep from corrupting your saved game.

 

The iPad uses exactly the save structure for its saved games, with a few caveats. On the iPad, the saves are numbered 0 through 20, where 19 and 20 are the special ones. Save 18, the old quick save, has been repurposed as a traditional save. Saves 19 and 20 appear to be tied to the autosave, though I cannot figure out what the difference is. More importantly, these saves are handled very, very differently and are actually cached in two different locations. To keep from corrupting your game, I highly recommend against using them. In fact, it is generally best to stay focused on saves 0 through 17 as they are structurally similar in each version.

 

Extracting Your Saved Game

 

To access the save files, first make sure that Avadon has been completely stopped on the iPad. Double tap the home button to pull up the currently running apps at the bottom. If the Avadon icon is not there, you are fine. Otherwise, hold down on the icon (the one at the bottom, not the actual app icon) until the minus sign shows. Tap the minus to stop the game.

 

Once you have done this, connect your iPad and launch iExplorer. Follow the directory path "[iPad name]/Apps/Avadon HD". You will see three folders here: "Documents", "Library", and "tmp". At first glance, it would seem as if you want the folder "Documents", as that even has a folder "Spiderweb Software" with saved game folders, just like the Macintosh version. But this is a red herring; the only active saved games are the special 19 and 20 saves here.

 

The actual saves are in "Library/Caches/Spiderweb Software/Avadon Saved Games". For the saved game you want, simply drag the four files ( "data", "header", "items" and "journal") from the saved folder slot in the iExplorer window to the appropriate saved game folder on your computer. Load up your copy of Avadon and play a modded game to, um, enhance your character. Then save, and copy the four files back to your iPad (preferably in the original slot). When you start Avadon back up on the iPad, it wiil be appropriately modified.

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  • 7 months later...

None of that is necessary on Windows. All you have to do is locate the game's scripts, which will be in a scripts or resources directory (depending on how the game is packaged for Steam), and you can either mod them yourself or install the character editor.

 

Note that the editors are unofficial. Back up your files before altering them in any way, back up your saved game before using the editors, and use at your own risk. smile

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