bringing back kelvin through file editing?
i asked in general on ways to bring him back and the best way seems to edit a file but the video i found was old and doesnt seem to work anymore so im simply asking what file it is to edit to bring him back
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I am also curious.. hes so fragile and hard to control, editing json files is too much, but the guides I find mention changing his health back to 100 but I can't find it anywhere
Copied from a website (unsure if links are allowed):
1. Open File Explorer on your PC and enter "%AppData%..\LocalLow\Endnight\SonsOfTheForest\Saves" (without the quotation marks) in the address bar.
2. Click on the folder titled with a string of numbers, followed by SinglePlayer or MultiPlayer (depending on the mode you're playing), and then select the save folder that you want to modify. The folder is also named as a string of numbers and will contain the name of the save within the folder.
3. Open the SaveData.zip file, and within the .zip file, open the file named 'GameStateSaveData.json' with notepad.
4: Locate the text that reads "IsRobbyDead":true or "IsVirginiaDead":true, depending on which companion you want to revive. The Robby line refers to Kelvin's current status, and the Virginia line more clearly refers to her dead/alive status.
5. Depending on which companion you want to revive, change their respective text to "IsRobbyDead":false or "IsVirginiaDead":false.
6. Save the 'GameStateSaveData.json' file and exit back to the save folder. Make sure to save the changes to the .zip file too.
7. Next, open the 'SaveData.json' file. Search the file for a snippet of text that reads "TypeId":9 (for Kelvin) or "TypeId":10 (for Virginia).
8. From there, read along until you find some text further along that reads "State":6. Change this piece of text to "State":2.
9. Continue along until you find the text that reads "Stats":, and if you see "Health":0.0, Change it to read "Health":100.0. This changes Kelvin's health. If "Health":0.0 is not present, add it in. It should look like: "Stats":{"Health":100.0, You can remove the "Anger":100.0,"Fear":100.0 if present. Keep in mind the syntax.
10. Save the 'SaveData.json' file and close all of the files down.
11. Reload Sons Of The Forest and enter your save to find Virginia and/or Kelvin alive once again.
There's also a github mod called SOTFedit which can edit save game files automatically which you can search for
I tried the above steps and now my save doesn't appear