![]() ![]() ![]() It appears to be stored as a standard null-terminated C string. ![]() If you wish to change to a shorter name (instead of one of the same length) you can make the change with a hex editor, and overwrite the rest of the string with zeroes. Sent in by another reader for those of you who know how to use a hex editor: Find the "First name" variable, and change it to whatever you like. Expand the player-menu in, after loading your savegame into the editor.Ģ. When you go to import, the name will be blank on the first selection screen, but will be filled in once you view the details and it should import fine from there.ĭownload gibbed's Save Editor from the mods list.ġ. When you rename it, you may also have to tell windows to display extensions (it's a toggle in folder options) or it might not let you get rid of the. Easiest thing to do in Windows 7 is to select the two files, right click, and select send to -> compressed folder, which will create something called player.zip or state.zip, depending on which you selected first. Note that it must be a zip, not a rar or anything else. Copy it back to the directory you used in step 2 (Which should be the parent directory of the one with the two. Re-zip the contents of the folder, and rename the zip file so it matches the original. in the example file above the hero was named Lydia, and I wanted her to be Jane, so if you use Notepad press Ctrl-H for easy search-and-replace, then save.Ħ. If you know the "name" of the hero, do a search and replace i.e. Go into the directory and open the file called "player.sav" with Notepad ĥ. Extract the file with 7-Zip or Winrar (it works) to a directory that is named as the fileĮasy example: - File is called "Char_01-60-2-1-0-9-1-.MassEffectSave"Įxtract it to a directory called: Char_01-60-2-1-0-9-1-Ĥ. \My Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect 2\Save\ME1 for windows XP, or C:\Users\ \Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect 2\Save\ME1 for Vista / 7ģ. If the downloaded Shepard's name is German, then your new Shepard's name should have 6 letters, etc.Ģ. So if the save's name is John, you must rename it another name with 4 letters in it. *NOTE* - I've been told this ONLY WORKS if you rename the character something that has the same number letters as the original character. If I start hearing this is common, I'll take down the page, though I know a few people have tried it without problems so far. If it seems too complicated, don't try it - Especially the Hex editing solution.ģ) If doing this ends up glitching your save out somehow, I'm sorry, but there's really nothing I can do about it. I am not "supporting" any of them, please don't ask me questions about the processes because I'll probably pretty much just say "I don't know." I haven't done any of these myself. RENAME SHEPARD | SCREENSHOTS | SUBMIT SAVE/MOD | HELPFUL LINKS | XBOX 360 | ABOUT/CONTACT | TWITTERġ) Always back up your saves before attempting this, especially if it's a character I'm not hosting,Ģ) I was sent the options below. MID-GAME ME1 SAVES | FAQ | IMPORT WALKTHROUGH | ME1 DECISIONS IN ME2 | MEDIA MENTIONS | MOD LIST
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