Any chance of getting something like LIOS for the Android version?
I hope so, I already have the game on my phone :) ! it's cool that it doesnt have the delay problem like on PSP and, more over the atk animation is faster than the PSX version. i'd love an editor too and some hacking tools too.
It looks like the Android save file format is the same as the iOS save file format, so LiOS editor should work fine for the Android version.
The FFTSAVE.BIN file should be located in /data/data/com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFT_en2/files/
If you try to edit the file directly on the device, you may get access errors, so I recommend copying the save file to your PC before doing any editing. As always, remember to back up your FFTSAVE.BIN before making changes.
cannot seem to find the alleged save file on android, nor can i find any relevant help.
Me neither i followed the path but there is no file in "Files"
I have a rooted phone and the game works fine on it, but The Files here referring to do not appear even after various searches on my phone and through the pc i did not see any of the files listed. The save location is either different, or require a special software to view :/ if you know something i dont please inform me otherwise.
In order to access the file on Android, your phone will need to be rooted. If you need information on doing that I suggest checking out the xda-developers.com forums or the appropriate reddit.com subreddit for your particular device.
Personally, I use an LG G3. It's shipped with KitKat 4.0 but has received the 5.0 Lollipop update. I personally am still on KitKat but I believe rooting is possible on almost all (if not all) Lollipop devices at this point.
Once you're rooted and have installed SuperSu, which allows you to give specific applications root access, then you will be able to access the area where the save file is stored.
After SuperSu is installed, install a root file manager (I personally use ES File Explorer for no particular reason other than it works) and after you give it root permissions (it will automatically request them from SuperSu once you attempt to access the non-sdcard portion of your device, i.e. the /data/data path).
Once you're in the /data/data/ path with root permissions, you'll see the folder and files I referred to. Copy the FFTSAVE.BIN to your SD card and then you can edit it from there and copy it back when you're finished.
You may have to enable viewing "hidden files" in ES File Explorer, but should not have to do so.
I've included a screenshot of the path below:
After typing a big wall-o-text about my experience I see some1 has already answered some of my questions, unfortunately SM-900V N900VVRUEOB6 seems to be the only Note 3 model that can't be rooted at the moment, guess I gotta put it on hold till some1 makes a Lios for unrooted androids or a root for my specific model of Note 3.
Gonna go out on a limb here... can some1 please provide a "vanilla" save from startup that I can edit to my desire. I'm hoping that even if I can't SEE the file, once I put the modified save in the right directory it should overwrite? All I really want is for JP not to decrease, and since theres no gameshark for this I'll Just have to edit the JP at startup and Stick with that team of characters. Funny thing is I just started a new playthrough with epsxe and fft rebirth mkII like 2 days before it was released but now that I got a taste of the sweet HD and reworked writing and animations I can't go back and have been trying to find a solution to mod this or root my phone ever since but its looking like a forlorn hope right now.
And yes, I've tried all the SuperSU and SuperSU Pro, Oneclickroot, Kingoroot23
, etc. spent entire days on this but like I said my model is the only Lollipop firmware that can't be done like that for some reason, all other Note 3s except SM-900V CAN be rooted in the above manner.
after re updating both my supersu and es file explorer, i found the file only by a button that was added on the new version of es file explorer called root explorer. then i went to data data and the folder and boom there it was !
I still cannot find it :( !!! my cellphone is rooted, Root Checker app say it is. But still cant find this data/data path;
The path i can find is Android/data/com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFT_en2/files .... but there is nothin on files folder, it's empty.
I've installed both iExplorer and LIOS, but whenever I open the former and go to the Final Fantasy Tactics folder, it just shows "Loading" and nothing appears. Does this have anything to do with the recent iOS 8.3 update? It also says "This app does not have iTunes file-sharing enabled. On devices with 8.3, the developer of the app must enable file sharing in order to access the app contents.".
Ok everyone on android i have found a way that helps edit the game stats. i have used it for gold and jp. this can take some time if you never done this before. I searched for memory editors that will work for lollipop and i found one. you need root to do this tho i am using my lg -v496 that i got from tmobile on a fathers day deal. Also my version of FFT is a cracked version. I googled memory editors and found one called Gamekiller i dled it and it works very very well. hxxp://game-killer.com/download/ this is the link change the xx's to tt's. I you are not familiar with memory editors look up a tutorial for a program of old called game cih it work identical and let me edit the memory of my jp to 9999 and let me edit the amount of gil. it can take some time to find the values but it definitely works. i attached a screen shot of the value that is for gold. as you can see in the photo i am in the very begining of the game. how i found this was i searched the value of my current gil. i spent some gil searched again. and repeated untill i found the value. now once i found it all i did was add a zero at the end to make sure that the game didnt crash after wards. and it didnt and i edited it to a massive amount and now im good. baically you can do the same with jp all i did was make sure i had a couple hundred points prior to editing because the value might need to be lowered a few times. hope this helps inbox me if you need help. oh and does anyone have lag on the android version?
So I installed LionEditor and extracted my FFTSAVE.BIN, I then editted my save game, and replaced the file but no save games are available after replacing.
I then read I had to use a hex editor to copy line 27984 - 279c3 to the modded FFTSAVE.BIN from the original save game, but after completing that, and replacing again, no save games are available..
Damn...
Anyone have any insight on this???
I tried many different permissions, but so far nothing is working.. Perhaps it's because I am using the LionEditor? Should I be using LiOS Editor?
Is there no way to use LiOS editor on android without having a rooted phone?
Yup maybe moded/hack apk to easy job lvl up
im happy to confirm that the ios editor works perfect with android saves!!
Funny how there is no GIL change option in the editor though.
So i end up equip the females with crocodile bags etc and sell them for high $$ :)
Cheers~
found the offsets for the war funds it is 2434 - 2437 change it to FF E0 F5 05
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Hopefully someone can answer this..
But what happens if I for example were to change phones? how would I go about backing up my saves or some such if I cannot access them?
If I upgrade to the Galaxy S7 at some point id rather not have to go through the entire game grinding again..
Is there a way for google to back it up or what? im confused
As I'm new to actually owning a normal game on my phone I'm not sure as to how it would work
That I'm actually not sure of. None of my games have saves that can be backed up or transferred, as all the save data is in restricted space and the only way to access that data is to root the phone and use a root-only app to get at the save data so it can be rescued. The problem with that is, rooting the phone deletes that data, so you need to already have root before you save your game. So, unless someone who actually has the game can confirm otherwise, you're screwed.
Well..
That sucks.. aight thanks for the reply
Quote from: aliguu on December 07, 2015, 05:57:02 pm
im happy to confirm that the ios editor works perfect with android saves!!
Funny how there is no GIL change option in the editor though.
So i end up equip the females with crocodile bags etc and sell them for high $$ :)
Cheers~
hi, sorry if its a old treath but how you make it work? i try every lioneditor version and neither work
root android, back up save works well. not sure why but when edited the android app stop recognizing the new file data
This post has a link for lion editor version 1.0.0 (http://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=9530.0), which is the only one I've had work for me with my android saves. It isn't as robust as some other versions of the editor, but hopefully it works for you.
Hi, im using that. i copy both the settuings file and the bin file, go to my computer, use that version, copy back to android but only says new game, only the original file (without editing) its working not sure why. :S
I'm fairly certain Square-Enix released an update for the game in the last 3 or 4 months. It caused strange black squares covering parts of the screen on my modded save I had, but new saves did not have the same issue. It might be the issue you are having. If you are not afraid of potentially downloading viruses or malware I would search the web for an earlier version of the .apk file, replace the installed version with the downloaded apk, then in the playstore options elect to not automatically update apps via wifi etc. to prevent the newest update from automatically overwriting your earlier version. I'm pretty sure that is what I had to do to use lios with it . . . and honestly in my opinion the update botched more than it helped anyways so good riddance.
Hi folks, I've recently rooted my Galaxy s7 in order to use LiOS, but like others in this thread I have not been able to find the FFTSAVE.bin file, even using ESexplorer and granting root permissions and checking every data folder in existence. Anyone had any luck overcoming this obstacle?
For what it's worth, I solved the problem myself: after rooting the phone, you should purchase "root explorer" in order to access the FFTSAVE.BIN file.
Of course, after tinkering with the very limited capabilities of the LiOS editor, I decided FFT hacking is better left to either the PSP or PSX versions! lol
better left to the PSX version! -FTFY
I didn't want to start a new thread for my issue. It seems like this is the best place for it anyway. I recently bought FFT from the android store shortly after seeing that it was moddable. HOwever I am having no luck in modding this . I googled as much as I could to try to find a solution. I can extract my save from my rooted device. LIOS seems to read the file properly and save properly. but once I place the file back into the android folder, the game no longer sees the Save file despite the file being in the correct folder. I did some low level troubleshooting by trying to see where in the process my file corrupts. I extracted the FFTSAVE.BIN , placed it in another folder, then moved it back to the original folder without editing the file at all. and the game does not see the save at all. so somewhere between extraction and insertion corruption happens. I read that the newer version of FFT wasn't allowing modding, so I googled a Modded apk @ version 1.1.0 and modded version 1.0.0 . the MOdded 1.1.0 gave me the same results as the updated game, which I'm not really sure what the game version is on the most current version from the store. i tried the 1.0.0 version, and still got the same results. Is there ANYONE who is able to take their FFTSAVE.BIN and mod it successfully on the android platform?
Yeah, no, the Android version has no modding tools available other than a save editor which you can't use unless your device is rooted. And it's a save editor, which means what you can actually edit isn't all that impressive. Unless you have a degree in computer science and a strong history in ARM, don't even fucking bother looking into modding Android WotL.
For that matter, don't even look into modding WotL, period. Stick to PlayStation, for the love of God. Everyone wants to mod the worst, least accessible, least friendly, most painful version of the game. It passes so far beyond infuriating that I don't even understand it anymore..
What rubbish post above lol.
Anyway, to save ppl confusing, I'm listing out steps of how to get the save file.
1. Yes, your phone need to be already rooted, and you're playing fft on it, with at least 1 save.
2. Download a file Explorer that can access your system files (not Internal Memory files), I use Solid Explorer.
3. Open Solid Explorer, and from the side menu, you should have 2 partitions, a ROOT(system) directory and INTERNAL MEMORY directory.
4. Click to the following folder
ROOT > data > data > com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFT_en2 > files
5. There should be 2 files, but we only need the "FFTSAVE.BIN" for editing.
GG have fun.
Note*
I'm using ios editor v.1.0.0 and its all working today ;)
I can still edit a lot more using ps1 or wotl psp version and their respective emulators for android . . .
I'm not writing about hacking FFT save files for Android, BUT there's a lot of people on the internet looking for where to find them (for backups or transfers to new devices) and after a fair bit of work, I *have* found the save files for FFT WotL 1.1 on Android 7. It's a totally different place than it was on my previous phone with Android 6 and FFT WotL 1.0. (And just to clarify, WotL 1.0 won't work on Android 7 - you have to have the newest update (done sometime in late 2016, I believe) to WotL 1.1 in order to get it to work on Android 7.
So, if you've been backing up your save files from previous versions of WotL 1.0 on Android 6 or lower (backing up is always a good idea), then follow the path people have posted above:
ROOT > data > data > com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFT_en2 > files
But NOW, to restore them on Android 7 / WotL 1.1 (or to access them if you want to make a backup), you need to go to a much more obscure path (and you need a rooted file explorer to do this either way):
ROOT > mnt > expand > ######### > user > 0 > com.squre_enix.android_googleplay.FFT_en2 > files
whereas ######### should be the name of your disk, mine is a long hexadecimal string, but I only have one choice so this should be easy for you too
All of this may also be affected by the way I have my external sdcard set up (I have it set up as mixed adopted and portable storage), so others may not actually find this in the same place or the same way. If you're wanting to restore save files from a backup to a fresh install, then you'll have to load the game first and play through the first intro battle and save your game in order for this folder to be there and for you to overwrite it with your backed-up saves from a previous installation/device.
You may also be able to find your unique save path above (after starting a quick game and saving after the intro), by simply searching for FFTSAVE.BIN - but for some reason I couldn't find that in my root search that I ran, and I had to search alternatively.
On another note, my saves from WotL 1.0 seem to load and work just great on WotL 1.1 so that's good news. (I haven't really played much at all since figuring this out, so it's possible I'll run into glitches later from loading a 1.0 save to a 1.1 game, but so far, so good.)
I successfully edited the save.bin file and saved it in the the proper folder. The only issue is, when I try save after loading the modded save file. It says saved but when I go back in is never really saved.
If you don't mind paying a few bucks to support the guys who work on this I would suggest helium premium. They manage to get around the root owned files issue without root so it is worth the money.
This might not be relevant to the thread, but well... Since this thread got the most attention on the Android version of FFT WoTL, I'm just going to post it here.
I just bought the game like a week ago. When I tried to run it, it said "Mount Data File Failed" just right after the app opened. I don't know what's wrong with it, is it the game which has been updated to detect rooted phone/cheat app (since I installed Lucky Patcher & Game Guardian on my phone) so it shouldn't run. Or simply the game is not compatible with Nougat version of Android (anyone can confirm this?). I had tried lots of things to make the game run, like uninstalling my Game Guardian & Lucky Patcher. I was like gonna refund the game. I reinstalled all my 'cheat' tools. Right before refunding the game, I tried to open the game once more times just to make sure. And guess what? The game ran just fine! It's so freaking weird.
After several times of trials and errors, I noticed the game COULD ONLY RUN on my phone after I installed Lucky Patcher. Just install the Lucky Patcher, no need for patching / any kind of stuff. And only Lucky Patcher, trying to install other apps doesn't work either. That's so freaking weird once again. If my phone got restarted, the game could not run again (Mount Data File Failed error). So I need to repeat Lucky Patcher installation process (uninstall - install) again. It's annoying.
I've tried a pirated version of FFT before, on unrooted Android and it ran just fine (Lollipop version of stock Samsung ROM). Now I got my phone rooted (Nougat version of LineageOS).
P.S.: For people who couldn't find the save file, you need to go to 'data' directory twice.
`/data/data/com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFT_en2/files/FFTSAVE.BIN`
instead of
`/data/com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFT_en2/...`
(I think I've heard somewhere in StackOverflow that the application data directory is migrated since Marshmellow, so you might not be able to find it there if you're running older version of Android)
the LIOS save editor works with flying colors on my phone. Also, please notice the file permission. In my case, if the file permission is RW_,___,___, the game doesn't detect the save file. But if I change the permission into RW_,RW_,RW_, it works just fine. No error, no bug, no glitch, just no problem at all. And my game is updated to the latest version. "I just bought it about a week ago".
For me I found I get "Mount Data File Failed" Error depending on the rom. Most roms i get that If I am rooted with Magisk and SuperSU won't work on 8.1 Android. The only work around I found was to unroot when I want to play FFT. I have to unroot when going to play it. So I would root to edit the save.bin file and after I save the new file I just unroot and FFT will have the changes made and will be able to play it. Just need to root if you wish to edit it again.
Quote from: Zehlek on January 12, 2018, 03:11:19 pm
For me I found I get "Mount Data File Failed" Error depending on the rom. Most roms i get that If I am rooted with Magisk and SuperSU won't work on 8.1 Android. The only work around I found was to unroot when I want to play FFT. I have to unroot when going to play it. So I would root to edit the save.bin file and after I save the new file I just unroot and FFT will have the changes made and will be able to play it. Just need to root if you wish to edit it again.
I found the culprit. The ROM is not the problem. It's magisk. If I remove my magisk completely, the game runs just fine. No 'Mount Data File Failed' error message. I've tried removing and reinstalling magisk like 3 times just to make sure.
The game runs just fine on Lineage OS. Even the Lineage Super SU root doesn't cause the 'Mount Data File Failed', but it does break my safetynet. I think I'll keep my magisk, I can still play FFT by reinstalling Lucky Patcher anyway, that's my workaround. I can't stand to have my safetynet broken. Also, root access is very important for me. It's kinda interesting though seeing the interaction between FFT, Magisk, and LuckyPatcher.
It is weird how no matter what permission I set it either crashes going into party menu, a scene, or a battle. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Maybe I need a different lios editor?