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Savegames

Savegames are located in a XVD container on partition [XTE:] aka. Temporary Storage partition.

See XCrdUtil for partition mapping.

XVD Container filepaths:

  • [XTE:]\ConnectedStorage-retail (Retail)
  • [XTE:]\ConnectedStorage (XDK)

Mounting

  • Unmount container
  • Mount container
  • Make a junction from the DevicePath to a local folder (f.e. on the T drive)

File format

BLOB_TYPE

Enum Value
Binary 0x1
Json 0x2
Config 0x3

SAVEGAME_TYPE

Enum Value
User 0x1
Machine 0x5

CONTAINER_INDEX_FILE

Structure of containers.index file.

Offset Length Type Information
0x00 0x04 uint32 Type
0x08 0x04 uint32 FileCount
0x0C 0x04 uint32 NameLength
0x10 var WCHAR[NameLength] Name
var 0x04 uint32 AumIdLength
var var WCHAR[AumIdLength] AumId
var 0x08 FILETIME Timestamp
var 0x04 uint32 Unknown (seen 0, 1, 3 so far)
var 0x04 uint32 IdLength
var var WCHAR[IdLength] Id
var 0x04 uint32 AumIdLength
var var CONTAINER_INDEX_FILE[FileCount] Files

CONTAINER_INDEX_ENTRY

Offset Length Type Information
0x00 0x04 uint32 FilenameLength
0x04 var WCHAR[FilenameLength] Filename
var 0x04 uint32 FilenameAltLength
var var WCHAR[FilenameAltLength] FilenameAlt
var 0x04 uint32 TextLength
var var WCHAR[TextLength] Text
var 0x01 byte BlobNumber
var 0x04 uint32 SaveType
var 0x10 byte[] FolderGuid
var 0x08 FILETIME Timestamp
var 0x08 uint64 Unknown
var 0x04 uint32 FileSize
var 0x04 uint32 Unknown

CONTAINER_BLOB

Offset Length Type Information
0x00 0x04 uint32 Unknown
0x04 0x04 uint32 Unknown
0x08 0x08 WCHAR[] Magic (Blob)
0x10 0x88 byte[] Data
0x98 0x10 byte[] GUID

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