LcfSaveData

LcfSaveData, or LSD for short, is the file-format for save-slots of games made with RPG Maker 2000/2003. When no big patches are involved, an LSD-file contains everything necessary to continue where the game was previously saved as the engine is able to reconstruct its entire state with it when loading. In case the current map was edited since last time (determinded by different save-counter value in the LcfMapUnit), it will load the changed map-data instead of the backup saved to the LSD-file.

Header

Each savefile starts with a byte that defines how long the format-identifying string next to it will be. Normally, this is always 11 (0x0B), followed by the text "LcfSaveData".

File Content

This is the file's core-structure.

		Content	Delphi Class	Details
100	0x64	Preview Data	TLcfgSaveHeader	TimeStamp, PartyLeader, Faces
101	0x65	System Data	TLcfgSystem	Scene, FrameCount, Windowskin, Switches, Variables, BGMs, SEs, Transitions, Flags, BattleBackground, SaveCount, LastSlot, ATB-Mode (2003)
102	0x66	Screen	TLcfgScreen	Tint, Flash, Shake, MapScreen, Animation, Weather
103	0x67	Pictures	TLcfgPicture TLcfgPictureItem
104	0x68	Player	TLcfgParty	All Eventoid Data of the Player (Current Map, Position, etc.)
105	0x69	Boat	TLcfgShip	All Eventoid Data of the Boat
106	0x6A	Ship	TLcfgShip	All Eventoid Data of the Ship
107	0x6B	Airship	TLcfgShip	All Eventoid Data of the Airship
108	0x6C	Actors	TLcfgPlayer TLcfgPlayerItem	All Actors' Data altered from Database
109	0x6D	Party	TLcfgPartyInfo	PartyActors, Inventory, Money, Timers, Statistics, StepCount
110	0x6E	Teleport List	TLcfgTeleport TLcfgTeleportItem	All saved Locations for Escape and Teleport Skills
111	0x6F	Current Map	TLcfgMap	Backup of entire Map's Data where Game was saved
112	0x70	Panorama	TLcfgPanorama	Current State of Map's Panorama
113	0x71	Events	TLcfgScripter	Current State of EventProcessing on current Map
114	0x72	CommonEvents	TLcfgCommonEvent TLcfgCommonEventItem

Preview Data

This structure contains data about everything the player will see in the engine's default file-menu.

		Content	DataType	Details
1	0x01	TimeStamp	Double	Uses Format of Delphi Class TDateTime
11	0x0B	Name	String	The PartyLeader's current Name
12	0x0C	Level	BER	The PartyLeader's current Level
13	0x0D	HP	BER	The PartyLeader's current HP
21	0x15	FaceSet 1	String
22	0x16	FaceIndex 1	BER
23	0x17	FaceSet 2	String
24	0x18	FaceIndex 2	BER
25	0x19	FaceSet 3	String
26	0x1A	FaceIndex 3	BER
27	0x1B	FaceSet 4	String
28	0x1C	FaceIndex 4	BER

Teleport List

This structure contains data about target-locations for escape- and teleport-skills (escape always is at the first index). The following table contains the substructure of how a single entry is built.

		Content	DataType	Details
1	0x01	MapID	BER
2	0x02	X	BER
3	0x03	Y	BER
4	0x04	SwitchFlag	Boolean	Activate Switch after Teleport?
5	0x05	SwitchID	BER	ID of Switch to activate if Flag was set