Battlespire:Hacking Guide

This page contains technical and hacking information on the game of Battlespire.

TXT.BSA Format

Useful information, options, and formats gleaned from the TXT.BSA file configuration file are covered at TXT.BSA Format.

Save Game Offset List

A partial list of save game offsets for the SAVETREE.DAT file are provided in Save Game Offset List.

RAW File Format

The RAW screenshot files found in the PICS directory are simply the RGB components of each pixel in the 640x480 window (640x480x3 = 921,600 bytes). Each color component is a byte ranging from 0 to 255 (which is in essence a 24 bit file even though Battlespire is only a 15 bit game).