The Unexplored World of Quicksave Editing

[Lt. Snakestrike]

A lot of you know how to create planets with the planet editor, or how to edit blueprints by changing the files themselves (something I've never attempted...).

However, while these are common tools in the game of SFS, one which isn't taken advantage of nearly as much is Quicksave editing.

TtTOtW and myself deal with it mainly, as it allows a lot of flexibility, without the drawbacks of simple file sharing (ie, only one person being able to work on it at a time). The only other people I've seen doing it are SupremeDorian and Altaïr to change object locations.

That's one of quicksave editing's handier features, although it's extremely difficult to get right. The easier one, the one which I always use, which's helped me out immensely, is in taking ships from one save to another.
It's opened up worlds for me, both for factions and for being able to access my saves again... I couldn't do that now, so I just cut it down. The only thing on the save I'm using is my Titan Station and the Tenebrous, Unbound, and Radiant. Yet I still have my other ships as well, and my phone can actually run right now.

Anyway, I plan to mess around with this power a little bit (hence the thread). Also, if anyone wants to learn, I can help you along the way.

 

[SupremeDorian]

It's also useful for testing a custom planet.

 

[dezway]

It's also useful for testing a custom planet.

i'm kidding

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Dorian even reached Light Speed with that

 

[Lt. Snakestrike]

Yeah... I have a couple things planned... If I apply Keplers law and start at Point 0 going horizontal on an orbit, I might even be able to edit a ship into a certain orbit around a certain body. For now I'm gonna be throwing something different in here though.

 

[Danny Batten]

Yeah... I have a couple things planned... If I apply Keplers law and start at Point 0 going horizontal on an orbit, I might even be able to edit a ship into a certain orbit around a certain body. For now I'm gonna be throwing something different in here though.

Actually what app do you use?

 

[Tony]

quickedit version pro without ads. the basic version works very well

 

[SupremeDorian]

Personally I use ES File Explorer for going through and managing files, and I use DroidEdit for text editing.

 

[Danny Batten]

Personally I use ES File Explorer for going through and managing files, and I use DroidEdit for text editing.

Yeah they deleted that....

 

[SupremeDorian]

Yeah they deleted that....

I didn't. Besides, it's still available on the Amazon app store.

 

[Tony]

Personally I use ES File Explorer for going through and managing files, and I use DroidEdit for text editing.

The problem with ES File Explorer. he controls too much about our mobiles. we are not exactly what. free choice to users.

 

[Lt. Snakestrike]

I use TextEdit on my Computer. Best software I've ever see for editing coding... Makes it so easy.

 

[Tony]

the problem with TextEdit. problems when the file is too big to resume after a change. It's an editor. simple and efficient

 

[Tony]

on pc you have the editor geany which is great and free
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geany?wprov=sfla1

 

[Lt. Snakestrike]

the problem with TextEdit. problems when the file is too big to resume after a change. It's an editor. simple and efficient

Yeah, that makes sense. I've never really had to edit more than 160k lines at once though, so that's probably the reason.

 

[Tony]

most known by the programs on Windows is notepad ++

 

[Tony]

Yeah, that makes sense. I've never really had to edit more than 160k lines at once though, so that's probably the reason.

I can understand your humor. but the problem is not the number of lines. modify a file. bp on mobile. you will understand the problem alone

 

[Tony]

free choice of each user

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

I got a question. I got a large Persistant.qks file...
How can I find a specific ship that I want to edit?

 

[Tony]

on this question I do not know how to answer

 

[Lt. Snakestrike]

I got a question. I got a large Persistant.qks file...
How can I find a specific ship that I want to edit?

I usually use a word find and match the ship to its location and achievements. Wordfind helps with this.
For instance, my Earth station PI has the location of Earth, but has a lomg list of achievements due the to Radiant and other ships docking to it.
It helps to not have a loaded save file too.

 

[Lt. Snakestrike]

I can understand your humor. but the problem is not the number of lines. modify a file. bp on mobile. you will understand the problem alone

Yeah, that's what TtTOtW does... There's a reason I only edit on my computer.

 

[Tony]

For it's late for me. this is my last post. when you work 8 to 9 hours a day to type code. you need a quick editor. and that's the difference between different character encodings. utf8 utg16 iso .. See you later!

 

[Chara-cter]

Me reading this thread
*sad iOS noise*
Btw, I prefer the iOS keyboard

 

[Danny Batten]

Me reading this thread
*sad iOS noise*
Btw, I prefer the iOS keyboard

Lol one of the only good thing about iOS