Post by: djzander on July 29, 2005, 03:41:00 PM
Post by: Zdemon29958 on July 29, 2005, 04:35:00 PM
Post by: gothi on July 29, 2005, 05:07:00 PM
First delete the first 20 bytes of the Xbox save
Now change the sixth byte to 0x75 (u in ascii)
Now update the Checksum-32 at the end of the file by selecting all the file except the last 4 bytes, use something like Hex Workshop to calculate the Checksum-32 and insert this new value into the checksum location (the last 4 bytes) in the correct byte order.
Finally rename the file to GTASAsf1.b (this is the first save slot, replace the 1 with any number up to 9 to change the save slot the save appears in)
It's a simple job, if it works I could knock up a tool in minutes, however as I said earlier I don't have the PC version to try this with so if you do try it make sure you keep a backup of your Xbox save
Post by: gothi on July 29, 2005, 05:13:00 PM
Post by: Zdemon29958 on July 29, 2005, 05:24:00 PM
Post by: djzander on July 29, 2005, 10:07:00 PM
Post by: gothi on July 30, 2005, 07:50:00 AM
Until we figure out which part of the save determines it's version ID it's unlikely we'll be able to do a straight forward conversion
Post by: djzander on July 30, 2005, 08:44:00 AM
Post by: gothi on July 30, 2005, 10:28:00 AM
Send the save to gothiremovethisherebecauseit'sjunk[at]ps2savetools.com
Post by: Tioe on August 01, 2005, 06:33:00 AM
I've been playing GTA SA for some time on my PC and now that I have a modded xbox, I want to convert the PC Saves to Xbox ones...
Any advice?
Post by: Tioe on August 01, 2005, 07:34:00 AM
This is what i did:
I took my PC Saves, added 20 bytes from an Xbox save
Changed the 26th byte to 0x4C (L in ascii) (also saw that in the Xbox save)
And updated the 4 last bytes in the opposit byte order with the Checksum-32 from the 21th byte till the 5 last byte. (I checked the Xbox savegame for that and noticed that it's checksum wasn't from the beginning and was in the opposit byte order)
So... what did I do wrong?
Post by: gothi on August 01, 2005, 03:50:00 PM
QUOTE(Tioe @ Aug 1 2005, 03:45 PM)
So I tried to reverse-engineer what Gothi said, but it didn't work.
This is what i did:
I took my PC Saves, added 20 bytes from an Xbox save
Changed the 26th byte to 0x4C (L in ascii) (also saw that in the Xbox save)
And updated the 4 last bytes in the opposit byte order with the Checksum-32 from the 21th byte till the 5 last byte. (I checked the Xbox savegame for that and noticed that it's checksum wasn't from the beginning and was in the opposit byte order)
So... what did I do wrong?
This is what i did:
I took my PC Saves, added 20 bytes from an Xbox save
Changed the 26th byte to 0x4C (L in ascii) (also saw that in the Xbox save)
And updated the 4 last bytes in the opposit byte order with the Checksum-32 from the 21th byte till the 5 last byte. (I checked the Xbox savegame for that and noticed that it's checksum wasn't from the beginning and was in the opposit byte order)
So... what did I do wrong?
Easy way to make a (non working at this time) Xbox save out of a PC save is to add the 20 bytes to the beginning of the file, change the 26th byte to 0x4C (ascii L) and change the filename to GTA_SA.xsv as you already have done.
Now all you need do is open the save with GTA: SA Censor Remover and choose the correct region for your version of GTA and press the 'Set Status' button. This will fix the Xbox sig (the first 20 bytes you added earlier) and also fix the checksum at the end of the file :)
Post by: HIGHPLAINSDRIFTER on August 09, 2005, 05:50:00 PM
QUOTE(gothi @ Aug 1 2005, 06:25 PM)
Easy way to make a (non working at this time) Xbox save out of a PC save is to add the 20 bytes to the beginning of the file, change the 26th byte to 0x4C (ascii L)
Hello everyone,
I am also interested in converting my Pc San Andreas game saves into xbox game saves. The problem i have is that when i try to open the gtasaf.b (or gta_sa.xsv) file with notepad all i get is jibberish. Which leads to my question, how do i view the actual code so that i can edit it? Do I need an ansii text editor? Sorry if my question seems dumb, i am a noob to the world of programming code. Here is an example of what i see when i open with notepad this is the first line or so:
BLOCKuÚ5Up, Up and Away! ý" H°/ $ý" smT°/$ý" $ý" <°/$ý" äkH°/$ý" 0°/$ý" Üm<°/$ý" $ý" °/ k ÓÑCÇ ES?Aè pPÎ
Also once i get the to the point of changing the 26th bit to 0x4C (ascii L), how do i go about doing this? And wher is the 26th bit? Any help is greatly appreciated :beer:
This post has been edited by HIGHPLAINSDRIFTER: Aug 10 2005, 01:01 AM
Post by: gothi on August 10, 2005, 10:15:00 AM
Post by: aruaru on August 11, 2005, 05:51:00 AM
Post by: pcween on August 13, 2005, 07:37:00 AM
Post by: zetski210 on January 17, 2007, 02:47:00 PM
Post by: rockdeman on February 18, 2007, 09:41:00 AM
lets say I want this save game (http://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=1641 - everything maxed out 100%) on my xbox. Could anybody help me out?
also why arent there any xbox-game-saves available? Why convert PC save games to xbox when w ecould simply swap directly the xbox game saves?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
QUOTE(zetski210 @ Jan 17 2007, 10:54 PM)
Post by: zetski210 on February 25, 2007, 08:39:00 PM
QUOTE(rockdeman @ Feb 19 2007, 03:12 AM)
so did anybody ever get a working xbox save game together?
I'm designing a save game editor that will work for both PC & Xbox.
I'm about 1/2 way through and it will be capable of editing the following:
weapon & driving stats
weapons & ammo
oysters, horseshoes, snapshots & tags
unique jumps
cars in garages
parked cars
anything else I discover.
I haven't tested conversion, but to do so, you will need a valid Xbox save from your hardware to create the data for the 1st 20 bytes. I have no idea what this data is yet, but I'll be testing it soon.
I'll create a new thread on it's progress.