Posted April 20, 2024
Hi everyone.
At some point in the game, you arrive at an island, where you can raise your attributes permanently by standing in certain spots (Goddess Flowers) for one in-game hour. There is one spot for each of the 8 main attributes and once you have used them, they take some time (a couple of in-game days) to recharge. You can only use each flower a maximum of 10 times.
I personally always like to max out my stats as much as possible, but waiting for the flowers to recharge has always been too much trouble for me. Of course, I could just use a savegame editor to give myself the stats, but that felt a little too much like cheating. Therefore, I created a little mod by hex-editing the game's files in order to remove the necessary waiting time:
1. Open game.gog (contains the CD-Image) in 7-Zip and extract the file \ALBION\XLDLIBS\MAPDATA3.XLD to the folder XDLIBS in your game's main directory. The game will automatically use this copy instead of the file on the CD.
2. Open MAPDATA3.XLD in a hex-editor and replace 01 by 00 in the following byte sequences. This removes the waiting time between usages of the Goddess Flowers.
Magic Resistance: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2E 00 00 00 FF FF
Luck: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2D 00 00 00 FF FF
Magic Talent: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2F 00 00 00 FF FF
Strength: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2A 00 00 00 FF FF
Intelligence: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 29 00 00 00 FF FF
Dexterity: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2B 00 00 00 FF FF
Stamina: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 35 00 00 00 FF FF
Speed: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2C 00 00 00 FF FF
3. (optional) Replace 64 by a smaller value (e.g. 10) in the following byte sequences to reduce the time that you need to "meditate" on the flowers:
Magic Resistance: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF A6 00
Luck: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF 93 00
Magic Talent: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF B9 00
Strength: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF 4E 00
Intelligence: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF 3A 00
Dexterity: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF 6D 00
Stamina: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF E3 00
Speed: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF 80 00
Note that this does not remove the total maximum numer of 10 uses per flower ;)
At some point in the game, you arrive at an island, where you can raise your attributes permanently by standing in certain spots (Goddess Flowers) for one in-game hour. There is one spot for each of the 8 main attributes and once you have used them, they take some time (a couple of in-game days) to recharge. You can only use each flower a maximum of 10 times.
I personally always like to max out my stats as much as possible, but waiting for the flowers to recharge has always been too much trouble for me. Of course, I could just use a savegame editor to give myself the stats, but that felt a little too much like cheating. Therefore, I created a little mod by hex-editing the game's files in order to remove the necessary waiting time:
1. Open game.gog (contains the CD-Image) in 7-Zip and extract the file \ALBION\XLDLIBS\MAPDATA3.XLD to the folder XDLIBS in your game's main directory. The game will automatically use this copy instead of the file on the CD.
2. Open MAPDATA3.XLD in a hex-editor and replace 01 by 00 in the following byte sequences. This removes the waiting time between usages of the Goddess Flowers.
Magic Resistance: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2E 00 00 00 FF FF
Luck: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2D 00 00 00 FF FF
Magic Talent: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2F 00 00 00 FF FF
Strength: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2A 00 00 00 FF FF
Intelligence: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 29 00 00 00 FF FF
Dexterity: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2B 00 00 00 FF FF
Stamina: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 35 00 00 00 FF FF
Speed: 0D 00 01 00 00 00 2C 00 00 00 FF FF
3. (optional) Replace 64 by a smaller value (e.g. 10) in the following byte sequences to reduce the time that you need to "meditate" on the flowers:
Magic Resistance: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF A6 00
Luck: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF 93 00
Magic Talent: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF B9 00
Strength: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF 4E 00
Intelligence: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF 3A 00
Dexterity: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF 6D 00
Stamina: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF E3 00
Speed: 0C 1C 04 64 00 00 96 00 FF FF 80 00
Note that this does not remove the total maximum numer of 10 uses per flower ;)