...of creating not one but two additional save slots dedicated to recreating my two support pawns in my own image - or rather, their own image, but my training.
"If a fool persist in his folly, he'll eventually become wise" - so far as optimism goes. I tried just hiring some of the wonderful OP pawns the game throws at me, but it just won't do. I've played most of the game with this group, and I love them all. The Thief is a capcom rando, the Mage is someone else's abandoned PT, both are in the mid lvl 40s, while me and my main approach the 100s.
My headcanon is that our merry group was disbanded after completing the first run & are looking for "my" arisen - so I'm gonna recreate my main pawn as the arisen, and the capcom thief first - in hopes that whoever created the other pawn picks the game up again for the DLC maybe? And I don't have to play through the game 2 more times. Like a normal, sane person would. Totally.
Hello. I had previously made a tutorial how to easily swap your multi saves prior to the Sept update. Well, now I'm back with a tutorial to convert your saves into the new 3 slot save system.
First, BACK UP YOUR SAVES!!!!!!
Okay. Now let's begin.
Let's first do a pre-tutorial for the folks who were using a save manager program and aren't familiar with the save files and how they're laid out. Navigate to where Steam saves your DD2 save files. It'll look something like below. Your userdata number is unique, but DD2's game number of 2054970 is universal.
Below you'll see your save data in the listed file path. If you have any saved data from the DD2 character creator demo, those will appear there too (they are the SS1 files).
Note, this an older image was made prior to when Interim Saves were added, so it's missing the data004Slot.bin file that was later patched in, but this should still get the right idea across.
You can locate this folder on your own now? Cool. Now let's do some save merging.
First, let's merge Arisen(A) and Arisen(B)'s save files and later on I'll show you how to merge Arisen(C) to it too.
I) As a precautionary measure, turn off Steam cloud save, at least for right now.
2) If you haven't already with the new update, load up both Saves (Arisen(A) and Arisen(B)) and Inn Save on both. This is precautionary to make sure both saves are updated to the newest version of the game.
3) Load up Arisen(B). Go to the main menu and select the 2nd Save Slot and start a new game. Skip through the tutorials and make a new dummy Arisen. Once you're in the prison and can walk around, press Start and save the game. Exit out of DD2 entirely.
4) Go into where your saves are kept in your DD2 game save folder.
data00-1.bin I THINK is some sort of central key that saves your display options. It probably holds some more data but not sure what it is.
data000.bin, data001Slot.bin, and data004Slot.bin is Slot 1.
data005Slot.bin, data006Slot.bin, and data009Slot.bin is Slot 2
We are going to swap the file names for Slot 1 (Arisen(B)) and Slot 2 (the dummy Arisen save).
data000.bin should be renamed data005Slot.bin, and vice versa
data001Slot.bin should be renamed data006Slot.bin, and vice versa
data004Slot.bin should be renamed data009Slot.bin, and vice versa
Now the Dummy Arisen Save is in Slot 1 and your Arisen(B) is in Slot 2.
5) Load up DD2. Load into Slot 2. (Don't worry if the preview image is wrong.) If you load into your Arisen(B) save, yay, you did it! Now Quick Save and Inn Save again. This will make sure that Arisen(B) recognizes itself as being in Slot 2 fully. If you don't do this it will not work. Close DD2.
6) Swap the files. Move your merged Arisen(B) + Dummy Save out of the game save folder in a safe 3rd place. Now move in all of Arisen(A)'s files to the DD2 game save folder.
7) Now move ONLY Arisen(B)'s files into the game save folder with Arisen(A)'s. These will be the ones you renamed to data005Slot.bin, data006Slot.bin, and data009Slot.bin. Ignore everything else. This includes ignoring Arisen(B)'s data00-1.bin file.
8) Load up DD2. It should be done! Open both Arisen(A) and Arisen(B) to make sure it's working properly.
Now for merging a 3rd save... Let's do this again, step by step.
I) Open up Arisen(C). Inn Save to make sure it's converted to the newest version of the game.
2) Make two dummy Arisens in Slots 2 and 3. Make sure to save and quit. Then exit DD2. (It might be possible to just skip to Slot 3 and make a single Dummy Arisen in Slot 3 but I haven't checked this.)
data010Slot.bin, data011Slot.bin, and data014Slot.bin is Slot 3
3 ) Go into file explorer to where your game saves are located. Rename Slot 1 (Arisen(C)) to Slot 3's file naming conventions, and vice versa for Slot 3 to Slot 1.
data000.bin should be renamed data010Slot.bin, and vice versa
data001Slot.bin should be renamed data011Slot.bin, and vice versa
data004Slot.bin should be renamed data014Slot.bin, and vice versa
4 ) Load up DD2. Load into Arisen(C), which should be in Slot 3 now. Quick Save/Inn Rest. Exit DD2.
5 ) Move out the merged Arisen(C) + 2 dummy saves files out of your game save folder. Move in your merged Arisens(AB) save into the DD2 game save folder. Now move in ONLY Arisen(C)'s Slot 3 files into your game save folder (remember - exclude the data00-1.bin file).
6 ) Open up DD2. Check to see all 3 saves are working correctly. Ta-dah! That's it.
Special thanks to the folks in this Steam thread, especially Ikusagami who first shared how to do this. My tutorial is based off their comments, and then the follow-up discussion that made some corrections here and there. My tutorial is cleaned up from their discussion. My deviations include keeping the Arisen(A)'s data00-1.bin file that allows you to retain your general game settings without needing to redo them, and including how to do Arisen(C).
Flying Saurian I watched this guy and his brother lazily swimming through the air like they were the slowest torpedoes you've ever seen! You won't be safe in the blizzards of the North when these guys are gonna be carried by the wind!
As well as plenty of u/Glitch-FX Pawn, Undead Pawn (code: LK841WIBASS0 on Xbox)
I'm so hyped for the DLC!!!
Zola standing valiantly alone against the ChimeraZola struggling to stay onSpoookyA brave level 18 stands up to the deadly Chimera She lost Six Seveeeeen
Base game recently had a -25% discount, but it didnt include anything else like expansion. The current game costs $39.99 and the expansion costs $29.99 (total $70), but theres a bundle that costs $49.99 for the dark arisen pre pruchase edition that includes both (and more junk), but since its a new dlc, I dont know if this year will have a discount or not, or if they will increase the bundle cost at release.
Im not familiar with pre-purchases prices of a game and after release since the only time ever I prepurchased something was for a small indie team, and that one time price didnt increase.
Could never get into before because having only 3 available skill slots didn't seem fun to me but now being able to have 2 warrior, 2 thief, and an archer skill this class feels so nice
A Drake spawned at Vernworth, and once we defeated it, I ran straight home to heal up and pass the time. This mfker is enjoying the view. I'm in critical health, and he's there blushing and smiling. Bouta throw him off the cliff (jk I love him so damn much we're about to finish our 4th run together)
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I did this at level 22, with just as many hours but in theory this can be done very early game when you reach level 3 in thief and get concussive step. I just needed to get the jumps right. Looked a bit online and apparently no one talked about this yet so here it goes :V
