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[TheShyGuy]

binary reader / writer doesn't deal in bits, you should never need to play with them for a modern game unless your doing very low level work. (or your using flags or doing some specialised math)
C# dont use unsafe pointers, reference types (class / array) do the job of pointers and unsafe code as the name suggests is not a common practice in C#.

Oh i know about binary reader/writer. Bitshifting and pointers are actaully much faster and just as easy as using those classes. Its mostly just preference for me.

int num = 5;
BinaryWriter.Write(num)

int index = 0;
byte[] buffer = new byte[4]
BinaryDataHelper.Write(buffer,ref index, num);

Spoiler

class BinaryDataHelper
{
public void Write(byte[] buffer, ref int index, int num)
{
buffer[index++] = (byte)(num >> 0);
buffer[index++] = (byte)(num >> 8);
buffer[index++] = (byte)(num >> 16);
buffer[index++] = (byte)(num >> 24);
}
public void Write(byte* buffer, ref int index, int num)
{
buffer[index++] = (byte)(num >> 0);
buffer[index++] = (byte)(num >> 8);
buffer[index++] = (byte)(num >> 16);
buffer[index++] = (byte)(num >> 24);
}
public void Read(byte[] buffer, ref int index,out int num)
{
num = buffer[index++] << 0 |
buffer[index++] << 8 |
buffer[index++] << 16 |
buffer[index++] << 24;
}
}

size of file you dont need, so long as your save and load loops aren't all over the place your load loop should never even have the option of reading past the end of file.
relocation table? I'm not familiar with the concept, if it offsets loaded positions then forget it, single floating point values will suffice, just save the original positions.

You're right, im just stuck in the mindset of ssbb =/. I actually did just that the first time but it was a bit messy and i didn't like it. Oh yeah, i did move the bit shifting and pointer stuff to a helper class, so it looks and works just like a binary reader/writer. Using the helper classes, i can make custom methods to easily read/write out other types like vectors, rectangles, etc, with a single call (although you can just write extension methods for the binary reader/writer also...sooo its still preference lol)