08-12-2015, 10:39 PM
I apologize for the rather delayed reply as well as the double post but this is beginning to drive me nuts. I figured it'd be as easy as just going into a folder and getting the files but haha, nope. Once again I feel another apology is warranted for my rather condescending tone but I just feel mentally drained. @_@
See Gungho doesn't seem to know the meaning of the words, "offline play" and that has caused quite a few more problems than it should have. Instead of having P&D's files in a simple folder like every other game on the market they decided it's be cool to essentially bury them in a place that only people willing to risk bricking their devices would look. Not only this but most of the game's information is checked by and stored on the servers rather than your device. With these revelations comes good news and bad news:
The Good News:
It seems that all of the game's files (or copies thereof) are stored on the device as well as the servers (or something to that extent). A tool known as Puzzle & Dragons Bin Editor was created to exploit this to edit saved game data. Thankfully, while the tool itself is useless to us, the information it has provided is not. According to a post on Codecall.net the files are located in the following directory on Android:
data/data/jp.gungho.padEN/files/
The Bad News:
I've tried everything in my power but I just cannot get to that folder. Some posts I've read seem to imply that you need to "root" your device in order to access them (I tried to do so on an old phone to no avail). Since this is likely where our sprites are stored it seems I'm going to need to enlist the help of any willing friends to obtain these files for me which will most likely add a few more days to this process but at least we're getting there (if only slowly).
I forgot half the things I even wanted to say while typing this but I think I really need a break. Somehow the process of collecting and testing this information has left me feeling like I need to take a long nap. I feel sorry for apologizing so much but in an effort to sound less whiny I'm just going to lie down and pick up where I left off tomorrow. Hopefully this "status report" proves useful in the meantime.
See Gungho doesn't seem to know the meaning of the words, "offline play" and that has caused quite a few more problems than it should have. Instead of having P&D's files in a simple folder like every other game on the market they decided it's be cool to essentially bury them in a place that only people willing to risk bricking their devices would look. Not only this but most of the game's information is checked by and stored on the servers rather than your device. With these revelations comes good news and bad news:
The Good News:
It seems that all of the game's files (or copies thereof) are stored on the device as well as the servers (or something to that extent). A tool known as Puzzle & Dragons Bin Editor was created to exploit this to edit saved game data. Thankfully, while the tool itself is useless to us, the information it has provided is not. According to a post on Codecall.net the files are located in the following directory on Android:
data/data/jp.gungho.padEN/files/
The Bad News:
I've tried everything in my power but I just cannot get to that folder. Some posts I've read seem to imply that you need to "root" your device in order to access them (I tried to do so on an old phone to no avail). Since this is likely where our sprites are stored it seems I'm going to need to enlist the help of any willing friends to obtain these files for me which will most likely add a few more days to this process but at least we're getting there (if only slowly).
I forgot half the things I even wanted to say while typing this but I think I really need a break. Somehow the process of collecting and testing this information has left me feeling like I need to take a long nap. I feel sorry for apologizing so much but in an effort to sound less whiny I'm just going to lie down and pick up where I left off tomorrow. Hopefully this "status report" proves useful in the meantime.