Hacking Cult of the Lamb Save Decryptor
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Are you looking to increase the current amount of devotion it has, or the amount of devotion levels you have?
After reading all this trying to edit Nintendo Switch saves I figured it out by myself. Turns out saves are just gzip files with a single unencrypted JSON file in them. Probably needs a very specific way of compression or it won't work. The uncompressed JSON did not work and resulted in an endless loading screen for me.
Here's how to edit Switch saves:
EDIT: I believe it's possible to set a better editor in the 7-zip options (e.g. N++) to edit the file.
Here's how to edit Switch saves:
- Download 7-zip
- Use JKSV to create a new dump for the game
- Transfer the "slot_x" file from the dump of the slot you want to edit to your PC
- Open the save using 7-zip
- Select the only entry in the file named "slot_x~" and hit F4 or choose edit from the file menu
- Notepad pops up (awfully unformatted)
- Make your edits
- Save Notepad
- 7-zip asks whether to update the archive, choose Yes
- Upload save back to Switch, replace "slot_x" in the dump dir and restore using JKSV
EDIT: I believe it's possible to set a better editor in the 7-zip options (e.g. N++) to edit the file.
Last edited by Quimbo,
Holy shit lets go! I'm actually interested, how did you work this out? Because this is how all the console editions "encrypt" their saves. (Sony, Nintendo [and I assume Xbox])
The 7-zip part was luck. I'm a software dev and many formats I deal with are secretly archives, so I just tried and 7-zip handles many formats pretty well. The app says says it's gzip but based on the file header, I'm not so sure. And I figured if I can't re-compress properly, I'll just let 7-zip update the archive.
Appreciate the insight. With one line change I was able to port my PC save to switch, and JEEZ is it laggy on switch. Glad I didn't purchase it here.
Even the twitch specific skins are in the switch version of the game, only, their colors are off. Should be noted that I didn't play the game the same way a lot of other people did, I did a full twitch intergrated based gameplay, and to my suprise their names carried over. Just happy to see it working.
And to note the line change, when copying over your save data you just have to add
"VersionNumber":1, inbetween the curly bracket and "AllowSaving":true, so it looks like this at the very beginning.
Code:
{"VersionNumber":1,"AllowSaving":true, ...
You guys rock! I was able to transfer my PC save over to the PS4 version. The Twitch Skins work too but also have the same issue as the Switch where it is all white out. I also have this odd notification that won't go away, It literally says "This is a Notification. Faith". I will be testing this method of editing for consoles and see what breaks/doesn't.
I tried to follow your steps to transfert my switch save to play on PC but I can't get it to work. What should I change inside the file to make it compatible ? Pc saves are shown as Json but switch version have no extension. When I add .json it doesn't work.
Can you help me ?
Follow the same steps until step 5. Instead of opening the file inside the zip file, drag the file inside to your desktop/location of your choosing, and add .json to the end of it so it should look like slot_x.json and it should work for you then.I tried to follow your steps to transfert my switch save to play on PC but I can't get it to work. What should I change inside the file to make it compatible ? Pc saves are shown as Json but switch version have no extension. When I add .json it doesn't work.
Can you help me ?
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