MHW Iceborne Save Editor

A save editor for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

TODO

• Investigation Editor
• Crown Size normalisation
• Clear arena records
• A way to open multiple saves?
• Seige completion?
• Allow crafting any gear in-game?
• Allow editing all mantles?
• Add a save on exit prompt

Translation

If you would like to help translate the editor into other languages, you can follow these instructions:

1. Download and install the QT Linguist package.
2. Goto res/translations/ in the Save Editor's files (where the exe is located).
3. Make a copy of the file mhwisaveeditor_template.ts and name it mhwisaveeditor_<language>.ts, where <language> is the language you're translating to.
4. In QT Linguist open the file: mhwisaveeditor_<language>.ts
5. Goto Edit->Translation File Settings...
6. Change the Target Language to the language you want to translate to.
7. Optional: Change Country/Region to an appropriate value.
8. Press OK.
9. Translate all the strings you can.
10. Repeat step 9 until satisfied.

To load the translation into the editor:

1. In QT Linguist with the file loaded.
2. Goto File->Release, this will create a file called mhwisaveeditor_<language>.qm.
3. Now in the save editor, goto Tools->Settings and change the UI language to the language you're working on.

Credits

• AsteriskAmpersand - for the previous save editor and the python rewrite.
• LEGENDFF - for the reference implementation for decrypting/encrypting the save files.
• Synthlight - for the .itm template that I adapted to dump the items.
• Marcus101RR - for the tables that have helped me map out the save structure.
• hzh - for HTOS - allowing ps4 save decryption.
• Ahmed - for cracking the MHW 2nd encryption layer.
• Radu - for help on the PS4 3rd slot decryption.
• Anna - for testing the encryption.

Translators

• Narugakuruga - for the Simplified Chinese translation.

Important Links:

• LEGENDFF/mhw-Savecrypt
• alfizari/Monster-Hunter-World-Save-Decrypt-PS4
• Fusion86/Cirilla
• Synthlight/MHW-Editor
• TanukiSharp/MHWSaveUtils
• Ambytes/MHW
• Emanem/mhw-save-editor
• AsteriskAmpersand/MHW-Save-Editor
• AsteriskAmpersand/MHW-Python-Save-Editor
• TheCrazyT/MHW-Research
• Ezekial711/MonsterHunterWorldModding
• Aradi147/MHW-Quest
• Marcus101RR/MHW Tables
• ChaosFred/Guiding Lands Level Cap Analysis
• ChaosFred/Guiding Lands Level Cap Analysis Backup

Instructions for the curious

To build this project you first need to install vcpkg.<br/> Then you can install the required packages:

vcpkg install cryptopp:x64-windows curl:x64-windows

In Visual Studio Installer you only need Desktop Development with C++

Additionally you need to install a version of QT, the project currently uses QT 6.7.3.<br/> In the QT installer you only need to install the component: QT/QT 6.7.3/MSVC 2019 64-bit.

Next install the QT Visual Studio Tools extension.<br/> Then in the QT Version settings of the extension set version to 6.5.3_msvc2019_64 and set the path to wherever you installed QT.<br/> Restart Visual Studio once this is done, so QT sets up the appropriate environment variables.

That's it, you should be able to build it now.