07-14-2004, 12:50 PM
A little late, but better than never ;-)
Not to mention that I believe the .sv files were encrypted to prevent players from editing their saved games (see: "Another Blizzard Folly"). So a simple editor wouldn't get you very far anyway.
If the original poster is still around, try this. Freeze your system clock (there are utilities out there, I have a few) and play a bunch of different games doing everything under the sun you can think of. Bet your drops are all the same and not different in the slightest. Not only that, I bet the dungeons and monsters are all the same too. Want to know how we know that? Because we've done testing on the game for years and know how it works.
Not to mention that I believe the .sv files were encrypted to prevent players from editing their saved games (see: "Another Blizzard Folly"). So a simple editor wouldn't get you very far anyway.
If the original poster is still around, try this. Freeze your system clock (there are utilities out there, I have a few) and play a bunch of different games doing everything under the sun you can think of. Bet your drops are all the same and not different in the slightest. Not only that, I bet the dungeons and monsters are all the same too. Want to know how we know that? Because we've done testing on the game for years and know how it works.