Interpreting a Savegame File

[OldThrashbarg]

Hello,

i'm on and off playing oolite for serveral years, currently v1.88. I have a Savegame (967 Kills, currently Galaxy 5) and i have lost of track of wich missions i allready have accomplished. I seem to have a cloaking device installed and i have a hint of having somehow crossed the Constrictor Hunt mission scince my commanders name appears to be "AfterConstrictorHunt". Also i have a screenshot of the mission-briefing of the Constrictur Hunt mission but i'm not sure from wich savegame that is.

Anyhow, the Savegame survived serveral re-installations of the game even in different versions and i have no idea why the commanders name is as mentioned above scince i most certainly intended the savegames label to be named like that rather the commanders name itself.

So after a long pause i fired up the game and found myself somehow lost in galaxy 5 without any clue of what to do. Shouldn't there be a note in the 'Ship's Manifest' screen if a mission was active? All i know is that i was eager to complete the native missions first in order to avoid a mess like this.
Right now i am trying to read the savegame file in an attempt to find hints of what missions are complete or if there's currently a 'open' mission in the game but it's not that simple.

Worst case is that i accepted the Constrictor Hunt and lost track of it or that the savegame-file itself was corrupted. It says on the wiki page that i need 1281 kills before i can start the constrictor-mission so i couldn't have accepted the mission with 967 Kills. Were there any differences on those numbers depending on the version of the game?

I'm glad for any ideas how to fix this

[Cody]

The Constrictor hunt requies 256 kills - the Thargoid Plans mission requires 1281 kills.

[OldThrashbarg]

The Constrictor hunt requies 256 kills - the Thargoid Plans mission requires 1281 kills.

Thanks, what a relief. That means there's a chance that i allready completed the constrictor hunt mission. On the other hand - wouldn't i have a reward if it was successfully accomplished? The only equipment i have that is not available on regular market is the cloaking device.

Edit: I just found the reward for the constrictor hunt here in the forums. I believe all is well and i'll just have to roam a few anarchy systems in order to get my 1281 kills

[Cody]

... wouldn't i have a reward if it was successfully accomplished?

Edit seen.

[OldThrashbarg]

... wouldn't i have a reward if it was successfully accomplished?

No... the reward is 256 kills added to your tally.

thanks, see 'Edit'. Do i somehow mark that thread as solved?

[OldThrashbarg]

Just one more question: how do i change the commanders name?

[dybal]

Just one more question: how do i change the commanders name?

By editing the savefile?

Look for the key player_name and edit the value associated to it.

In-game, look for Ship Registration in the Interfaces Screen (F4).

[OldThrashbarg]

Thank you, i meant in game. I don't want to cheat or modify anything, this savegame was meant to be plain skills...

Anyhow, serveral passenger contracts and kills later i realize why i took those breaks from playing again. why did it have to be 1281 kills, that is so demanding...

And: in classic elite you could rely on a constant bunch of pirates in anarchy systems to gather kills but in oolite it's either deadly swarms of head hunters and sometimes nothing along the whole corridor

Edit: sorry for OT