[From chat:] Can we edit the save file offline? My understanding is the exported save file is encrypted, so this isn't the kind of thing folks can go into with a text editor?
Jacob WardGameplay Programmer, Squadron 42 Feature Team
Yeah, right now, the save file is an encrypted and compressed binary file. It's not an easy thing to read. It's designed to be as small as possible and is just designed to be specifically read by our systems. So right now, the only things that can read the file are the character customizer and the actor systems that actually implement that file onto a character. So we've got no plans to actually roll out anything to aid the community in reading the files.
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