Gamecube save file structure

EfrainMan · 3 Weeks Ago

Can't seem to find any detailed info, does anyone know if the save file structure of GC saves are similar to that of PS2 files, in that you have to extract the BASLUS file from within to get to the actual save data? I'm thinking of hex hacking a save and I would like to know this. Thanks.

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SeraphiPod · 1 Week Ago

So,

You're saying, you're like getting a save, and inserting it to the memory card, or vice versa? I've posted, I think, and here it is.

If not, I think you're saying, you're going to modify the save of GC?

~SeraphiPod

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EfrainMan · 1 Week Ago

The latter, yes. I want to open a save and hack it to alter the data. I've done this with FF12. Inside a PS2 save file is another file, a BASLUS file which actually contains the save data. I'm wondering if GC saves are like that, because opening a GCI file with a hex editor doesn't seem to give me what I want, so I'm wondering if it's like a PS2 save, and if there's a file to see it's contents, like PS2 Save Builder does. Fun, huh?

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SeraphiPod · 1 Week Ago

I haven't tried other GC Emulators,
But here, try Dolphin:
Dolphin -> Tools -> MemCard Manager

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EfrainMan · 1 Week Ago

Naw, Dolphin's memcard manager only does import/export of .gci's into/out of memory card files. It doesn't get into .gci's.

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SeraphiPod · 1 Week Ago

Get into GCI?
what do you mean?
I don't quite understand.

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EfrainMan · 1 Week Ago

That's basically my question. Is a .gci file like a zip file, containing within it more files that are able to be examined individually? Or is the .gci the furthest down the rabbit hole goes and if I want to hack the save, that's where I'd do it?

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SeraphiPod · 1 Week Ago

Aah, so meaning, it's like a pack, where you can see what it [gci] "CONTAINS"?
I haven't seen/read something related to that yet, if I have found one, I'll PM, or reply.

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EfrainMan · 1 Week Ago

Exactly. I was e-mailing someone whom I was working with hacking FF12 save games, and he said that chances are, GCI's are compressed files containing the raw save data, too. Thanks for your reply, I'll search around, or maybe god forbid make my own.

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EfrainMan Scourge of the Seven Seas Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,411	Gamecube save file structure Can't seem to find any detailed info, does anyone know if the save file structure of GC saves are similar to that of PS2 files, in that you have to extract the BASLUS file from within to get to the actual save data? I'm thinking of hex hacking a save and I would like to know this. Thanks. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.4 GHz, 8GB DDR2, ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2, Asus P5E Deluxe, Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Just an ol' Batard.

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1 Week Ago	#2 (permalink)
SeraphiPod Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 53	So, You're saying, you're like getting a save, and inserting it to the memory card, or vice versa? I've posted, I think, and here it is. If not, I think you're saying, you're going to modify the save of GC? ~SeraphiPod __________________ Last edited by SeraphiPod; 1 Week Ago at 15:40..

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EfrainMan Scourge of the Seven Seas Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,411	The latter, yes. I want to open a save and hack it to alter the data. I've done this with FF12. Inside a PS2 save file is another file, a BASLUS file which actually contains the save data. I'm wondering if GC saves are like that, because opening a GCI file with a hex editor doesn't seem to give me what I want, so I'm wondering if it's like a PS2 save, and if there's a file to see it's contents, like PS2 Save Builder does. Fun, huh? __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.4 GHz, 8GB DDR2, ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2, Asus P5E Deluxe, Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Just an ol' Batard.

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SeraphiPod Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 53	I haven't tried other GC Emulators, But here, try Dolphin: Dolphin -> Tools -> MemCard Manager __________________

1 Week Ago	#5 (permalink)
EfrainMan Scourge of the Seven Seas Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,411	Naw, Dolphin's memcard manager only does import/export of .gci's into/out of memory card files. It doesn't get into .gci's. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.4 GHz, 8GB DDR2, ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2, Asus P5E Deluxe, Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Just an ol' Batard.

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SeraphiPod Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 53	Get into GCI? what do you mean? I don't quite understand. __________________

1 Week Ago	#7 (permalink)
EfrainMan Scourge of the Seven Seas Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,411	That's basically my question. Is a .gci file like a zip file, containing within it more files that are able to be examined individually? Or is the .gci the furthest down the rabbit hole goes and if I want to hack the save, that's where I'd do it? __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.4 GHz, 8GB DDR2, ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2, Asus P5E Deluxe, Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Just an ol' Batard.

1 Week Ago	#8 (permalink)
SeraphiPod Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 53	Aah, so meaning, it's like a pack, where you can see what it [gci] "CONTAINS"? I haven't seen/read something related to that yet, if I have found one, I'll PM, or reply. __________________

1 Week Ago	#9 (permalink)
EfrainMan Scourge of the Seven Seas Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,411	Exactly. I was e-mailing someone whom I was working with hacking FF12 save games, and he said that chances are, GCI's are compressed files containing the raw save data, too. Thanks for your reply, I'll search around, or maybe god forbid make my own. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.4 GHz, 8GB DDR2, ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2, Asus P5E Deluxe, Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Just an ol' Batard.