Zelda Skyward Sword
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| Game Information | |
| About Skyward Sword: | |
| Date Released: | EU Nov 18, 2011 NA Nov 20, 2011 |
| Genre: | Action-Adventure |
| Developer: | Nintendo EAD Nintendo SPD |
| Publisher: | Nintendo |
| ESRB Rating: | E10+ |
| Platform(s): | Wii |
Save Format
Skyward Sword uses an 0xFBE0 byte file for it's save data, with a complementary file called "skip.dat" which contains data about which cutscenes the current player is allowed to skip. The file itself is called "wiiking2.sav" and is the source of Antidote's domain name.
The save file is broken up into 3 "chunks" the first chunk is the header, which is 0x20(32) bytes in length, the save data itself (3 0x5BC0 byte "adventures"), and a second copy of skip.dat. The redundant skip data is used to replace either version incase of corruption (I) have thoroughly tested this).
Save Header
| Address | Size (in bytes) | Typical Value | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0x0000 | 4 | SOU [E,J,P,K] | Identifies which region the save is from. |
| 0x0004 | 27 | 0x00 | Padding? |
| 0x001F | 1 | 0x1D | Appears to be the size of the header in bytes minus 2 |
Adventure File
The adventure starts after the 0x20(32) byte header, each "Adventure" is 0x53BC bytes in size followed by a 4 byte checksum, and is structured as follows:
| Address | Size (in bytes) | Typical Value | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0x0000 | 8 | Varies | Holds the current playtime in ticks. |
| 0x0008 | 8 | Varies | Holds the last save date and time in ticks since 1-1-2000 12AM |
| 0x0010 | 24 | Varies | Player Origin |
| 0x0028 | 24 | Varies | Camera Origin |
| 0x0040 | 2195 | 0x00 | Unknown (Seems to simply be a RAM area used by the game, editing these doesn't do anything appreciable) |
| 0x08D3 | 1 | 0x00 - 0x45 | Location ID |
| 0x08D4 | 16 | Link | Hero's name in Big Endian UTF-16 |
| 0x08E6 | 1 | Varies | Not much is known, seems to pertain to cutscenes. |
| 0x08E7 | 1 | Varies | Ditto (not the Pokemon) |
| 0x08E8 | 1 | 0x00 - 0xFF | Controls scenes, as well as whether or not you can select weapons |
| 0x08E9 | 1 | 0x00 - 0xFF | Controls scenes, as well as whether you have the Hero's Tunic or not. |
| 0x08EA | 2 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08EC | 1 | Varies | Stolen Items Need to research more |
| 0x08ED | 2 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08EF | 1 | Varies | Stolen Items Need to research more |
| 0x08F0 | 1 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08F1 | 1 | Varies | Event Flags, needs research |
| 0x08F2 | 3 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08F6 | 1 | Varies | Possibly Scene flags, also has Deku Hornet (or by 0x80 to enable) |
| 0x08F7 | 1 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08F8 | 1 | Varies | Scene flags, needs more research |
| 0x08F9 | 2 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08FB | 1 | Varies | Scene Flags, needs more research |
| 0x08FC | 1 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08FE | 1 | varies | Scene flags, Hero Mode (or by 0x08 to enable) |
| 0x08FF | 12 | varies | Undocumented |
| 0x090C | 1 | Varies | Stolen Items, Item Interface |
| 0x090D | 1 | Varies | Stolen Items |
| 0x090E | 10 | Varies | I Have a hunch to what these do, but need more research |
| 0x0919 | 1 | Varies | Rattle, needs more research |
| 0x091A | 2 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x091D | 1 | Varies | Beedle's Insect Cage, needs more research |
| 0x091E | 4 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x0922 | 1 | Varies | Crawlin's Letter |
| 0x0923 | 16 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x0934 | 1 | Varies | Treasure |
| 0x0935 | 1 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x0936 | 1 | Varies | Treasure |
| 0x0937 | 1 | Varies | Treasure |
| 0x0938 | 9 | Varies | Undocumented? o.0 |
| 0x0941 | 1 | Varies | Cutscene related |
| 0x0942 | 90 (holy shit O.O) | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x09D2 | 1 | 0x00, 0x20, 0x40, or those values or'd by 0x08 | Interface type. |
| 0x09D3 | 17 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x09E4 | 1 | Varies | Items (i have more information on this) |
| 0x09E5 | 1 | Varies | Cutscene/Tutorial related. |
| 0x09E6 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09E7 | 1 | Varies | Cutscene/Tutorial related |
| 0x09E8 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09E9 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09EA | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene releated?) |
| 0x09EB | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09EC | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09ED | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09EE | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09EF | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F0 | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09F1 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F2 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F3 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F4 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F5 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F6 | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09F7 | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09F8 | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09F9 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09FA | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09FB | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09FC | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09FD | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09FE | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09FF | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x0A00 | 51 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x0A34 | 2 | Varies | Golden skull and Goddess Plume quantities |
| 0x0A36 | 2 | Varies | Evil Crystal and Blue Bird Feather quantities |
| 0x0A38 | 2 | Varies | Monster Horn and Ornamental Skull quantities |
| 0x0A3A | 2 | Varies | Jelly Blob and Monster Claw quantities |
| 0x0A3C | 2 | Varies | Amber Relic and Dusk Relic quantities |
| 0x0A3E | 2 | Varies | Eldin Ore and Ancient Flower quantities |
| 0x0A40 | 2 | Varies | Tumble Weed and Lizard Tail quantities |
| 0x0A42 | 2 | Varies | Deku Hornet Larvae and Bird Feather quantities |
| 0x0A44 | 2 | Varies | Sky Stag beetle and Starry Firefly quantities |
| 0x0A46 | 2 | Varies | Gerudo DragonFly and Eldin Roller quantities |
| 0x0A48 | 2 | Varies | Sand Cicada and Lanayru Ant quantities |
| 0x0A4A | 2 | Varies | Blessed Butterfly and Volcanic Ladybug quantities |
| 0x0A4C | 2 | Varies | Deku Hornet and Skyloft Mantis quantities |
| 0x0A4E | 2 | Varies | Faron Grasshopper and Woodland Rhino Beetle quantities |
| 0x0A50 | 2 | Varies | Gratitude Crystals |
| 0x0A52 | 2 (?) | Varies | Unknown |
| 0x0A54 | 2 (?) | Varies | Unknown |
| 0x0A56 | 2 (?) | Varies | Unknown |
| 0x0A5E | 2 | Varies | Rupees |
| 0x0A60 | 2 | Varies | Slingshot ammo |
| 0x0A62 | 4,099 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x1A66 | 1 | varies | Cutscene/tutorial flags |
| 0x1A67 | 1 | Varies | Undocumented (fairly certain it pertains to cutscene stuff) |
| 0x1A68 | 1 | Varies | Cutscene flags |
| 0x1A69 | 1 | Varies | Skyloft cutscene flags |
| 0x1A6A | 1 | Varies | Unknown (probably cutscene related) |
| 0x1A6B | 1 | varies | Cutscene/Character interaction flags |
| 0x1A6C | 275 | Varies | Undocumented |
| This | seems | to be | scratchpad |
| 0x30F5 | 1 | Varies | Skyloft cutscene flags |
| This | seems | to be | scratchpad |
| 0x30FB | 1 | Varies | Rupee in links closet/cutscene flags |
| This | seems | to be | scratchpad |
| 0x5302 | 2 | 0x00 to 0x50 | Total Health |
| 0x5304 | 2 | 0x00 to 0x50 | Unknown health information (Counter?) |
| 0x5306 | 2 | 0x00 to 0x50 | Current Health |
| 0x5309 | 2 | Varies (need to research each area) | Current Room |
| 0x530A | 17 | Varies | Seems to be related to items, a bunch of the Potion+/++ data is here |
| 0x531C | variable null terminated | F000 | Current Map String |
| 0x533C | variable null terminated | F000 | Current Location String |
| 0x535C | variable null terminated | F000 | Current Location String (copy of 0x533C?) |
| 0x53AD | 1 | 0 or 1 | isNew flag (if non zero the file is new (why non zero nintendo?!?!?!!?)) |
| 0x53AE | 2 | 0x00 to 0x09 (0x09 is the harp it does absolutely jack) | Equipped Item |
| 0x53BC | 4 | varies | Checksum |
