Getting Corrupter back after tampering with files

[Parcae]

A while back, I was having difficulty connecting to the online server. I removed (and backed up) the online and offline profiles to see if that helped, which it did - but I soon discovered that I had lost my precious Corrupter unlock. I could revert to the previous files, but, in the interim, I unlocked Yeek and Mindslayer, which I wanted to keep. How do I edit the appropriate files to re-unlock Corrupter? I'm not trying to cheat here, just get the classes I already unlocked.

[Devorius]

%USERDIR%\T-Engine\4.0\Profiles\(both online and offline)\Modules\Tome\allow_build.profile

Open that in a text editor and copy over the missing lines from the backup. Make sure you do it to both online and offline profiles.

[Parcae]

Thanks for the suggestion, but that doesn't work. When I start Tome and go to New Game, I see 0 unlocked character options. Then when I go back to the start screen and then return to New Game, I see the prior 17 unlocks, which doesn't include Corrupter.

[Devorius]

Weird. You made sure both online and offline had matching allow_build.profile files? If so, I'm not sure what the problem would be.

You could try deleting the whole settings folder, letting Tome recreate it, then copy in the unlocks? Other than that, I'm currently at a loss. Maybe someone else could shed some light on it.

[porkzar]

You can unlock Corrupter by adding the following line to the file mentioned earlier:

corrupter_corruptor = true

[Parcae]

Already tried that, thanks.

I think that what happens is that my online profile stores my unlocks and keeps overwriting those files. I'll just have to unlock Corrupter again, I guess (assuming that I ever play a game where Mark of the Spellblaze doesn't disappear.)

[TheMorris]

One thing I found, is that if you edit those files with just notepad, it won't work.

Instead, download and install Vim -- http://www.vim.org/

If you use this, you'll notice that instead of the text being one long line in notepad, it will be separated into lines. This is because there is a newline character that notepad does not use after each one of these segments. When you try to edit that file using notepad, it doesn't add the newline after you copy and paste it in.

So go use vim, open it, and then after all the previous unlocks, add the line:

corrupter_corruptor = true

in both the offline and online allow_build files.

It worked for me, let me know if it works for you.

[Devorius]

I like Notepad++ It's perfect for editing any Tome files, as it supports syntax highlighting for many languages, including Lua. Plus it's at least as fast as notepad, tabbed files, extensive search and replace, and quite a few other features.