Random Notes - MoonlitDeath/Disgaea-5-Notes GitHub Wiki

This is just a bunch of random ass notes I had or collected, some may need testing to verify if they still work after the full version was released or after updates.

1- Save File-
- Every byte is nybble-swapped, then XORed with 0xF0

To decode:

- XOR with 0xF0. 0xE0 = 0×10, 0×80 = 0×70, etc.
- Swap the two parts of the byte. 0×7F = 0xF7, 0×3C = 0xC3

Repeat this in reverse order to re-encode.

If you do this properly, the save file will be (mostly) plain text. You can search through it and see a bunch of text:

2- FlagListDatabase.dat- (haven’t tested these/not my notes)

27 05 00 00
00 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 0D 67 00 00 11 00 00 00 1D 67 00 00
02 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 52 67 00 00 13 00 00 00 67 67 00 00
03 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 A2 67 00 00 15 00 00 00 B7 67 00 00

The first four bytes are the number of flags in the game (27 05 → 0×527 → 1319 flags)
first 4 bytes are Flag value/ID/location?
next 4 are some sort of type indicator (16 = scenario clear flags)
next 4 are where in the file the flag name begins (-4 bytes due to header)
next 4 are some sort of type indicator (06 and 07 = scenario clear flags)
last 4 are where in the file the flag name ends (-4 bytes again)

from the demo- The bits at the bottom are the flag data for the first 6 chapter clear flags, 1~6 in order. Interestingly, the “flag value” (first three values) are all 199, 299, 399.. and so on, up to 1699 (A3 06, or rather, 06A3 in hex) for the 16th episode clear. Flags in between these have differing numbers but seem to follow the same pattern: a flag between chapters 12 and 13, in chapter 13, has 1310 (05 1E) as a value. Some events that occur in chapter 3 (32 01 to 34 01) take 306 (Item World Tutorial 1), 307 (Item World Tutorial 1 Clear), 308 (Item World Tutorial 2 Clear). Some chapter 2 events take 222 (Tutorial Battle 3 End) and 223 (Tutorial Scenario 2 Start). And so on.

Of note is that although there are events “in between” those flag sections of Chapters 1, 2 and 3.. there aren’t any more after that. It goes straight to 16 (except for a minor flag in chapter 12), then postgame, then DLC. There are, of course, many many many other flags (for example FLAG_TOWN_TALK_FUNCTION_FIRST_TIME_SKILL, _QUEST, _TORTURE, etc).

Flag list Spreadsheet and Pastebin

3- TownFuncCharCenter.dat- (needs testing)
each initial town NPC is defined like this:

QQ AA BB CC DD FF FF FF HH

Dimensional Guide – 00 00 00 00 B9 0B 00 00 1E 00 00 00 4C FF FF FF 1A 01 00 00 E4 01 00 00 50 8C 1E 00 05 00 00 00

QQ = NPC ID in file
AA = Sprite & Voice
BB = Unknown
CC = ? (Default facing? NPC faces southeast with 4C after talking….)
DD = X Coordinate
FF = FUNCTION – all 3 must be set
HH = Overhead icon

Setting the three “FF” to the other NPCs’ functions lets you use the NPC as if it were the other one. For example, if I change “50 8C 1E” to “00 BD 1F” (Fashion Manager), little Zombie maid pops up when I talk to the Dimensional Guide and asks if I want to change Seraphina into a bunny outfit.

4. Skills-

The actual animation itself is bound to a particular skill ID. To be exact, the script that is run for some skill with ID X is script ID 12000000 + X. So Triple Strike, a skill with ID 101, will run script 12000101. I have confirmed this by unpacking the Script.dat table, swapping scripts 12000101 and 12000106 (Big Bang), and repacking. As expected, using Triple Strike will then play Big Bang’s animation. The targets will be the same targets that would normally be hit by Triple Strike, though: the animation and targeting systems appear completely independent. My assumption is that the targeting process passes a list of targets to the script for use in the animation. Additionally, the script is what handles the final character positions (among other things), so Triple Strike with Big Bang’s script will NOT knock back the selected target.

5. Overload Scripts-

Unlike skills, the event each overload calls is specified by the last 4 bytes of its entry in overlordskill.dat.
So Sinful Snatcher (which is in the game but unused) apparently calls script 16100900, which appears to exist but doesn’t actually seem to do anything.

6- Tyrant Valvatorez-

The first thing I’m going to do is point out that even if you recruit Tyrant Valvatorez, EVERYTHING special about him is contigent on actually having his unique 3-turn Overload activated: he doesn’t get the “resurrect doods” passive ability.
He does not have access to Valvatorez’s skills (though they are learned), and although he does have the Tyrant skills,
he cannot use them unless he has activated his overload (during which, the resurrect thing works fine). Furthermore,
if Tyrant Valvatorez goes into overload, at the end of it or clearing the stage, he will be reverted back to normal Valvatorez.
So, there’s that. Which sucks, a lot. However, you can give him someone else’s Overload (through the Assembly + postgame, such as Izuna’s) and it’ll work fine. I’m pretty sure they just straight-up copy-pasted Valvatorez into a new unit and changed his portrait/sprite, everything special is in the Overload.

However, yeah, all that is garbage. But what you can do is teach Valvatorez his Overload as a normal skill, which’ll just let you use it on demand (and not take up a turn).
find a scroll you don’t want or need, and edit the ID of the skill using Cheat Engine to the ID of Val’s Overload. This skill is unique to Valvatorez and will cast his current overload on himself (..so if you do it with Comet Disaster, he’ll self-cast CD but it’ll Miss) – all Overloads have a skill version but it’s buggy if that character doesn’t actually have that Overload equipped. From there, just teach it to Valvatorez, then in battle just cast it. It’ll still only last 3 turns (even though you won’t be in Revenge or have the Transformation particles), but you can reuse it when it wears off, it’ll let him resurrect dead people, it’ll let him use his special skills, etc.

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