YS SAVE STATE HACKING GUIDE Ultimaflare99 INTRO To hack savestates you need a Hex Editor, I use XVI32, which you can find at http://www.chmaas.handshake.de BASIC TUTORIAL Hex is system with 15 digits in "each place" from 0 - F, F being "15" For example AA = 170. *Hex Workshop comes with a converter* 20B0 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 20C0 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 FF00 0000 Most editors have the address located at the left hand column i.e. 20B0 or 20C0. Each "byte" consists of two dights. So 11 is located at address 20B0, while FF is located at 20CC. So if say wanted to change your level, to 21 You would go to the address that it's located in: 20C7, Then you would replace 01, with the number that you wanted (in this case 33). Also for numbers requiring more than 1 byte,the bytes are entered in reverse. For example 9999 = 270f. So you would enter it as 0f27, NOT f072. note: For XVI32, it has the address location of the byte highlighted; displayed at the bottom of the screen. ADDRESS LOCATION 16F - Strength 170 - Defense *note - your total strength and defense is the previous value, plus the values located in the next 3 addresses: 171 - str bonus of sword equipped 172 - def bonus of shield equipped 173 - def bonus of armor equipped changing these values, do nothing, so if the total value exceeds 255, you values will start over from 0 again. 458 - Current HP 549 - Max HP changing your max HP also, does nothing, as it is a function of your level 45A - Experience 45C - Next Level For max level, just enter FF for 45A - 45B EQUIPMENT possible address values 00 - don't have item, weapon etc. 0F - have item, weapon, etc 8F - weapon, item etc. is equipped SWORDS 5FA - short sword 5FB - long sword 5FC - talwar 5FD - silver sword 5FE - flame sword SHIELDS 602 - small shield 603 - middle shield 604 - large shield 605 - silver shield 606 - battle shield ARMOR 60A - chain mail 60B - platemail 60C - reflex 60D - silver armor 60E - battle armor ITEM 612 - heal potion 613 - mirror 614 - blue necklace 615 - wings 616 - mask of the eyes RINGS 61A - power ring 61B - ring mail 61C - time ring 61D - heal ring 61E - evil ring YS Books 624 - first ys book 625 - second ys book 626 - third ys book 627 - fourth ys book 628 - fifth ys book 629 - sixth ys book IVENTORY 62C - ruby 62D - necklace 62E - gold pedastal 62F - sapphire ring 630 - crystal 631 - shrine key 632 - treasure box key 633 - prison key 634 - ivory key 635 - marble key 636 - dara key 637 - silver bell 638 - roda seed 639 - silver harmonica 63A - idol 63B - rod 63C - glasses 63D - blue amulet 63E - flute of light 63F - staff of sarana 640 - mirror of fact CREDITS makoknight, and anybody else who I don't know about for translating this game. you can see the full list here: http://www.geocities.com/makoknight.geo/ys1credits.html CjayC, for accepting my FAQ My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for saving me and providing me with the ability and time to write this faq. E-MAIL POLICY I would perfer that you direct any questions you have to the message board itself. I only sporadically check my mail, and I check the boards much more often. With that said, here's my e-mail address faqs@ultimaflare99.zzn.com Ys(C) Nihon Falcon? and Hudson? This guide (C) 2002 Brian Shen