Wing Commander Save Game Format
| Format type | Saved game |
|---|---|
| Save locations | Unknown |
| Elements saved | Mission, Sorties, Kills, Time, Badges, Aces met |
| Games |
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All the numbers shown here are decimal. All information present here was reverse-engineered by using the WCSAV editor by David S. "Center" Raley. The file data is not complete. If you add up offsets and lengths, you will recognize gaps.
Wing Commander supports eight savegames, one savegame is 828 bytes in length. The following offsets are known so far. For savegame #2, add 828 (and so on).
| Description | Offset | Length | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | 0 | 14 | 0-terminated string |
| Savegame slot used? | 17 | 1 | 0=empty slot, 1=used slot (empty slots seem to contain garbage) |
| Scoreboard | 18 | 56 per pilot. | The scoreboard is contained in the savegame file fully (including names, ranks, etc) |
The Scoreboard block is repeated 8 times, the player being the last entry
| Description | Offset | Length | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Name | 0 | 13 | Offset is relative to the one described for "Scoreboard". |
| Callsign | 14 | 13 | Changing Callsign is visible on the Scoreboard, but not in the rest of the game. Changing name is visible nowhere, I think. |
| Rank | 16 | 2 | |
| Sorties | 18 | 2 | |
| Kills | 20 | 2 |
| Description | Offset | Length | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nr of Bronze Stars | 364 | 1 | (in WCSAV, the maximum is 20) |
| Nr of Silver Stars | 365 | 1 | (in WCSAV, the maximum is 20) |
| Nr of Gold Stars | 366 | 1 | (in WCSAV, the maximum is 20) |
| Golden Sun received | 367 | 1 | |
| Status Pilot 1 | 392 | 2 | the pilot order is the same as with name and callsigns above. |
| Status Pilot 2 | 394 | 2 | so you should be able to find out easily, who is who |
| Status Pilot 3 | 396 | 2 | |
| Status Pilot 4 | 398 | 2 | |
| Status Pilot 5 | 400 | 2 | |
| Status Pilot 6 | 402 | 2 | |
| Status Pilot 7 | 404 | 2 | |
| Status Pilot 8 | 406 | 2 | |
| Current Day | 412 | 2? | |
| Promotion | 420 | 2 | Are these Promotion points? |
| Current Mission | 381 | 1 | Zero-Based. ie S1M1 is 0, S1M2 is 1, etc |
| Current Series | 382 | 1 | One-Based. ie S1M1 is 1, S2M1 is 2, etc |
| Status of Ace Bhurak | 408 | 1 | 0A=KIA, 01=not seen, 29=fled |
| Status of Ace Dakhath | 409 | 1 | 0A=KIA, 01=not seen, 29=fled |
| Status of Ace Khajja | 410 | 1 | 0A=KIA, 01=not seen, 29=fled |
| Status of Ace Baktosh | 411 | 1 | 0A=KIA, 01=not seen, 29=fled |
| Victory Points | 424 | 2 | |
| Campaign | 426 | 1 | 0=Vega Campaign, 1=Secret Missions. Haven't checked yet which value SM2 is |
Credits
This file format was reverse engineered by Martin Gutenbrunner. If you find this information helpful in a project you're working on, please give credit where credit is due. (A link back to this wiki would be nice too!)