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FTL: Faster Than Light

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Manage a spaceship and its crew on a dangerous journey across the galaxy.

Windows / desktop Advanced EditionProfile v9 and run v11

Where to find your save

Use ae_prof.sav for unlocks and profile progress, or continue.sav for the current run.

Documents\My Games\FasterThanLight

Save-location reference

File
ae_prof.sav or continue.sav

What you can edit

Save Editor Online

Vanilla Advanced Edition profile v9 and run v11. Multiverse and other modified formats are not generally covered.

Editable values and their limits
Run resourcesHull, fuel, missiles, drone parts, scrap and reactor capacity in continue.sav.
CrewExisting crew health, skills, mastery and stored statistics.

Names can change only when their encoded length stays the same.

Profile unlocksShip layouts, in-game achievements, victory difficulty and profile statistics in ae_prof.sav.

Type B layouts depend on the relevant ship achievements.

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