Hacking Hyrule Warriors save editing

BtEtta · Jun 1, 2016

There are two ways to edit things. You can changes values in memory while the game is running, using TCPGecko. It can often be fewer steps, but the memory locations change between regions and between updates.
Or you can dump the unencrypted save file using Saviine, edit it on your PC (currently there are no ready-made editors so you'd be getting your hands slightly dirty in a hex editor) and inject it back onto the console (again using saviine.)

The address you have would seem to be for TCPGecko so it's going to be specific to a particular region and update. This thread is mostly focused on editing your save. You can't do things like fixing your damage taken during an adventure mode mission, but what you can do works for all regions and updates.

I've kept the first post up-to-date with everything we know about the save file.

RPD490 · Jun 3, 2016

Okay I ever since I got the updated JGeckoU, I been having a hard time trying to find some of the cheats that worked.

The only codes I got working are the No Damage Taken, Max Magic, Max KOs, and Max Rupees Earned.

However, I tried looking in the location for the Rupees are kept normally, even after adding 1CC0 to the end, I only got entries of 0000000s. And the Material codes I used and updated for 1.9.0 no longer work as I tried finding where they were normally and now the Materials are gone off the Memory Viewer.

Plus when I tried to change some things with my save using Saviine, namely to Ganon's Rage in editing and a couple small things, I tried to inject my save back but when it tried to inject it back in, I got this:

injecting files
-> file: /APP.BIN size: 3145728
-> newpath: /vol/save/80000003/APP.BIN
-> journal or storage is full, flushing it now.
-> success
-> injected 1 files
-> Flushing data now
-> success

After this, it just started the game as if I started a new game. I tried several times to get the save to inject, even using the APP.BIN I dumped prior to hex editing it and still got this result. And when the game finished going through the update annoucements, it told me that my storage space is full to even save, which doesn't make sense since I have 15GB of space on my Wii U and the save file was only 7.6MB (7680KB).

Anyone have had this issue when they injected their saves back into HW?

EarlAB · Jun 3, 2016

You're also installing the .bak backup, delete or move it.

RPD490 · Jun 3, 2016

There wasn't any other .bak file in the inject folder with my save, just the save file itself.

EarlAB · Jun 3, 2016

Then it's either a hidden file (the .bak), or you did some edits that changed the file size.

Tomy Sakazaki · Jun 3, 2016

RPD490 said:
Okay I ever since I got the updated JGeckoU, I been having a hard time trying to find some of the cheats that worked.

The only codes I got working are the No Damage Taken, Max Magic, Max KOs, and Max Rupees Earned.

However, I tried looking in the location for the Rupees are kept normally, even after adding 1CC0 to the end, I only got entries of 0000000s. And the Material codes I used and updated for 1.9.0 no longer work as I tried finding where they were normally and now the Materials are gone off the Memory Viewer.

Plus when I tried to change some things with my save using Saviine, namely to Ganon's Rage in editing and a couple small things, I tried to inject my save back but when it tried to inject it back in, I got this:

injecting files
-> file: /APP.BIN size: 3145728
-> newpath: /vol/save/80000003/APP.BIN
-> journal or storage is full, flushing it now.
-> success
-> injected 1 files
-> Flushing data now
-> success

After this, it just started the game as if I started a new game. I tried several times to get the save to inject, even using the APP.BIN I dumped prior to hex editing it and still got this result. And when the game finished going through the update annoucements, it told me that my storage space is full to even save, which doesn't make sense since I have 15GB of space on my Wii U and the save file was only 7.6MB (7680KB).

Anyone have had this issue when they injected their saves back into HW?

Your directory in your pc should be:
..\inject\00050000-1017D800\XXXXXXXX\ProjectZ-SAVEDATA\APP.BIN
Normally people delete the ProjectZ-SAVEDATA subdir in the proccess.

RPD490 · Jun 3, 2016

Tomy Sakazaki said:
Your directory in your pc should be:
..\inject\00050000-1017D800\XXXXXXXX\ProjectZ-SAVEDATA\APP.BIN
Normally people delete the ProjectZ-SAVEDATA subdir in the proccess.

Oh it worked. Thanks XD

Amani · Jun 4, 2016

Could I get invincibility?

Woody8275 · Jun 4, 2016

Amani said:
Could I get invincibility?

No but you can overpower your character by making weapons with impossible skill combinations and increasing level to the max

fireguy85 · Jun 5, 2016

So I dumped my save while on 1.8. I skipped the update prompt with the "Start Software" option. I then edited my save and tried to inject it back. Upon loading Hyrule Warriors my game updated to 1.9 without me having the option to skip this time. Now my game is as if I'm starting all over... I have the original save along with the edited save still, but I don't know what to do with them to make them work with 1.9. I really don't want to lose all the legitimate time I've logged into this. Any ideas? I'm not really good with hex editing either-I'm pretty sure I edited the right values for the materials I edited, but I didn't understand the rupee one..

Tomy Sakazaki · Jun 6, 2016

fireguy85 said:
So I dumped my save while on 1.8. I skipped the update prompt with the "Start Software" option. I then edited my save and tried to inject it back. Upon loading Hyrule Warriors my game updated to 1.9 without me having the option to skip this time. Now my game is as if I'm starting all over... I have the original save along with the edited save still, but I don't know what to do with them to make them work with 1.9. I really don't want to lose all the legitimate time I've logged into this. Any ideas? I'm not really good with hex editing either-I'm pretty sure I edited the right values for the materials I edited, but I didn't understand the rupee one..

Did you actually tried to re-inject the saves after updating to 1.9? I dunno about the wiiu version, but when my 3DS version got updated (to receive Medli) I had to reinject the save to make her appear properly.

About rupee editing, the value is large, so it uses 4bytes on the file, in HxD you hit ctrl+g, put the offset as 14C set to "begin" in "offset relative to". It'll jump to line 140, column 0C, in there start hitting 98967F. Then save.

fireguy85 · Jun 6, 2016

Tomy Sakazaki said:
Did you actually tried to re-inject the saves after updating to 1.9? I dunno about the wiiu version, but when my 3DS version got updated (to receive Medli) I had to reinject the save to make her appear properly.

About rupee editing, the value is large, so it uses 4bytes on the file, in HxD you hit ctrl+g, put the offset as 14C set to "begin" in "offset relative to". It'll jump to line 140, column 0C, in there start hitting 98967F. Then save.View attachment 51874

Thanks for the clarification on the rupee values!

Yes, I'm pretty sure I injected the file back. Upon starting up Hyrule Warriors, I was forced to update on the spot (I didn't get the "Start Software" option like I did when I dumped the save), then the splash screen loaded, as it should. On my PC, the inject.bat went through some stuff and then upon completion the splash screen passed and I got like 50+ notifications about such and such being unlocked and how update 1.2-1.9 added more features. Then I get the "There is not enough free space to create save data" error.

Once I got to the main menu, I can see that only Legend Mode/Story Mode is unlocked.. I feel like something is off. I thought I read somewhere (maybe earlier in this thread) that the offsets shifted from 1.8 to 1.9 so the values I dumped from 1.8 don't quite match up with where they should be when trying to inject it into 1.9.

Tomy Sakazaki · Jun 6, 2016

fireguy85 said:
Thanks for the clarification on the rupee values!

Yes, I'm pretty sure I injected the file back. Upon starting up Hyrule Warriors, I was forced to update on the spot (I didn't get the "Start Software" option like I did when I dumped the save), then the splash screen loaded, as it should. On my PC, the inject.bat went through some stuff and then upon completion the splash screen passed and I got like 50+ notifications about such and such being unlocked and how update 1.2-1.9 added more features. Once I got to the main menu, I can see that only Legend Mode/Story Mode is unlocked.. I feel like something is off. I thought I read somewhere (maybe earlier in this thread) that the offsets shifted from 1.8 to 1.9 so the values I dumped from 1.8 don't quite match up with where they should be when trying to inject it into 1.9.

The known savegame layout is actually the same (what was mapped on OP), what got shifted were the addresses in RAM (and this will happen in every update), this affects only those who use TCPGecko and similar RAM editing programs.
I'm not saying that there isn't any marker or something similar in the savegame that says from what version they are, but what was mapped on 1.8 works the same way on 1.9 in the savegames.

And I'll ask again, after your game updated, did you tried to re-inject the save again? That is, after the 1st time after update where your progress disapeared.

fireguy85 · Jun 6, 2016

Tomy Sakazaki said:
The known savegame layout is actually the same (what was mapped on OP), what got shifted were the addresses in RAM (and this will happen in every update), this affects only those who use TCPGecko and similar RAM editing programs.
I'm not saying that there isn't any marker or something similar in the savegame that says from what version they are, but what was mapped on 1.8 works the same way on 1.9 in the savegames.

And I'll ask again, after your game updated, did you tried to re-inject the save again? That is, after the 1st time after update where your progress disapeared.

The update is installed before the game actually runs. After selecting Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U Home screen, it went right into "installing update to USB" before the game even started. I will try to reinject now though. What you said sounds promising.

EDIT: Inject.bat doesn't seem to do anything now. I'm not sure if it's due to the "not able to create save data" error or if I need to complete the first mission to create save data or something else.

2nd EDIT: Beating the first level did nothing of importance. I'm still getting the "not able to create save data". I guess I'm going to try to delete the save data from the console and USB and then create new save data. Then reinject the app.bin. I'm not really sure if it'll work, but I'm not sure what else to try.

EarlAB · Jun 6, 2016

Make sure you didn't change the file size.
It should be 3072 kb, according to Saviine.

fireguy85 · Jun 6, 2016

EarlAB said:
Make sure you didn't change the file size.
It should be 3072 kb, according to Saviine.

Both my original app.bin and the edited one are 3072 KB as you can see. Does this inject.bat log look correct?

I have tried deleting the save data off of the console and the USB ( I copied it to HDD before dumping). Also, I wasn't sure if the save was dumped from the HDD or the console so I moved the Hyrule Warriors Update/DLC to the USB only and injecting my edited save and then also moving the Update/DLC to console only and then injecting. I keep getting the same result - It's like I'm starting over, almost endless list of new features added upon boot, and then the "not enough space to create save data" error.

EarlAB · Jun 6, 2016

LOL. Move the .bak file out of the dump folder.

fireguy85 · Jun 6, 2016

EarlAB said:
LOL. Move the .bak file out of the dump folder.

Alright, I did so. However, now after injecting I get a new error. It says current save data cannot be used. Delete current save data and create new data? I cannot continue if I say no.

EarlAB · Jun 6, 2016

Delete it and then re-inject.

fireguy85 · Jun 6, 2016

EarlAB said:
Delete it and then re-inject.

Woot, back in business! Thanks you two. IDK how I was supposed to know that the .bak wasn't supposed to be in the dump when I'm injecting.

Also, apparently I still fail at editing hexadecimal.. I thought I changed the gold materials to quantity of 50 by entering in 32 for all of them, but instead I now have 2,850 of each. SMH..

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