Provide Example Save / Cross-Platform

[ReverseTelnet]

In release 1.1.5, you mentioned fixing the base64 padding error from earlier releases.
In your _quarantine folder, you have a save file that appears to still be in that broken state.

If that is the "before", could you please check in a fixed "after" file?
I was reading through your commitmsg.txt text, and I understand most of it, but a before and after would help really solidify it.

Thanks for the great work. I was recently working on trying to port KiameV editor from Go to Python so it would run on macOS.

By the way, you make your editor work with PS4 saves with an easy tweak:

For PC Decrypt:

• Strip BOM
• Base64 Decode
• Decrypt JSON Bytes
• Uncompress to JSO

For PS4 Decrypt:

• Decrypt JSON Bytes
• Uncompress to JSON

For PC Encrypt:

• Compress JSON
• Encrypt JSON Bytes
• Base64 Encode
• Add BOM (or write as utf-8-sig)

For PS4 Encrypt:

• Compress JSON
• Encrypt JSON Bytes
• Write as Binary

Based on the work from turtle-insect, it looks like the Nintendo Switch uses the same save format as PC.
We already have cross-save compatibility between PC and PS4, and it may also be possible with the switch as well.

[GiulioSamp]

Hi, thanks for the info, I'm planning to sort all the issues this weekend, I do not have, however a modded ps4 to test a possible integration on consoles, so I won't make any promises.

[ReverseTelnet]

I mentioned different platforms because most other FF-PR editors have support across multiple platforms.
At their core, the save files are JSON. Some platforms, encode, compress, etc, other don't. However, the core JSON is the same. I've tested it and tried it, at least from PC to PS4. It looks like the switch uses the exact same format as the PC.

The underlying challenge is that your code is hard-coded to look at a single save type (PC). A very small change would give expand your audience.

If you are familiar with Python, check out this PC <-> PS encrypt/decrypt tool I made and this other tool I made for wrapping and unwrapping the JSON data. They might give you a head start in your work.

Final Fantasy Save Decrypter

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[GiulioSamp]

Thanks, I'm gonna look into this, as for providing an "after" example you can literally take that quarantined file, open it with the editor and get a "fixed"version since now it basically fixes the padding when opening and re- saving the file, sorry if I didn't tell you this sooner but it was pretty late last night and I was kinda doozy

[ReverseTelnet]

By the way, the Switch uses the same format as the Playstation. I just tested a switch save, and it decrypts just like the PS saves, but interestingly, they use the PC naming scheme.