Word Rescue Saved Game Format
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Word Rescue Saved Game Format
| Format type | Saved game |
|---|---|
| Save locations | Returned to level start |
| Elements saved | Score, gender, word list, difficulty, key assignments |
| Games |
There is one file in Word Rescue Saved Game Format for each person who has created a player in Word Rescue. The files are the same as the player's name, with a .wr1 extension, so a player called "Bob" will have a file called bob.wr1.
A player cannot have the name "High" as this conflicts with the high-scores file high.wr1. Giving a player this name will crash the game.
File format
The file is arranged as follows:
| Data type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| UINT16LE | level | Level number the player is in, starting from zero. |
| UINT16LE | gender | 0=male player, 1=female player |
| UINT32LE | wordoffset | Offset into the word list file form where the next words are to be read |
| UINT32LE | score | Current score |
| ASCIIZ[7] | words | Seven variable-length null-terminated words |
| UINT16LE | difficulty | 0=easy, 1=medium, 2=hard |
| UINT16LE | keys | 0=default keys, 1=custom keys follow |
| BYTE[5] | scancodes | Custom key scancodes. If keys=0, this field not present at all. |
| BYTE | joystick | 0=joystick off, 1=joystick on |
Notes:
- The level number is zero-based, so a value of 0x01 means the player is in the second level.
- The score is updated when exiting the game, even though restoring a saved game starts the level from the beginning.
- Changing the unknown value seems to have no effect.
- The files are overwritten rather than truncated, so often there are a few extra 0x00 bytes at the end from earlier longer versions
Credits
This file format was reverse engineered by Malvineous. If you find this information helpful in a project you're working on, please give credit where credit is due. (A link back to this wiki would be nice too!)