Question about savegame architecture

[ywhtptgtfo]

Hi all,

A friend I know is writing a save game editor. He would like me to ask the following questions:
1. Do the ordering of variables matter?
2. For certain values, do the presence of quotations matter? i.e. "yes" instead of just yes or "1399.1.1" instead of just 1399.1.1

He said he tested for these factors and found that they don't matter but would like some confirmation from others (especially devs). It probably shouldn't, but it all depends on how the game parses these values.

 

[badger_ken]

Hi all,

A friend I know is writing a save game editor. He would like me to ask the following questions:
1. Do the ordering of variables matter?
2. For certain values, do the presence of quotations matter? i.e. "yes" instead of just yes or "1399.1.1" instead of just 1399.1.1

He said he tested for these factors and found that they don't matter but would like some confirmation from others (especially devs). It probably shouldn't, but it all depends on how the game parses these values.

I spent a ridiculous amount of time studying the saved-game-file format for Victoria 2 (see my sig), and for that the answer would be "sometimes" - the sometimes being if the thing in quotes has a special character in it, like '{', '}', ',', ':', and probably a few others.

It looks, based on a very very cursory inspection, that this will be true for CK2 as well, most Paradox games use the same file format -- thank you Paradox devs!