To enable a Toggleable version of Force Save:
Go to [galactic_adventures_install_directory]/ Data/Config. Here you will find three files.
Properties.txt:
- Open this file with a text editor (Run the editor as Administrator and load the file if necessary).
- Go to the very bottom of the file, and append the following:
property disableValidation 0x055d7ca1 bool false
- Save the file (repeating the process in Administrator mode if necessary).
Doing this will allow you to use the Prop cheat to change this property between true and false via the cheat console at any point during the process of creating, preferrably when the creation is already named and ready to be saved.
ConfigManager.txt:
- Open this file with a text editor (Run the editor as Administrator and load the file if necessary).
- Go to the very bottom of the file, and append the following:
boolProp disableValidation false
- Save the file (repeating the process in Administrator mode if necessary).
Doing this is will make certain the value is set to false by default upon starting the game, ensuring against accidental saves.
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To test that this has worked:
- Go to Spore and into the creature Editor.
- Attempt to save the empty body that appears.
- It should return the error informing the player that the creation cannot be saved. If it does save, then you may have a mod that includes Force Save installed. Uninstall that mod and try again.
- In the case that it returns the error as expected, open the cheat console with [Ctrl + Shift + C] and enter the following:
prop disableValidation
- If the tweak was made correctly, it should return:
disableValidation = false (bool)
- If the tweak was not made correctly, it would return:
no such property; disableValidation
in command ‘prop disableValidation’
- In the case that it returns that error, return to Properties.txt and ensure the property’s field is correct.
- In the case that it returns the ‘false’ value, the tweak has been made successfully.
- In order to toggle the cheat, retype the command into the console and append < true > or < 1 > (1 being ‘true’ in boolean). (Do not include the < > symbols).
- Attempt again to save the creation.
- If the creation saves, the tweak was successful.
- To toggle the property to stop forceable saving, simply repeat the process, but append the command with < false > or < 0 > (0 being ‘false’ in boolean). (Do not include the < > symbols).
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Closing and then returning to Spore will reset the property and enable Validation.