

We also use the 3rd party as found in the TAB install. This tool is formed of 2 C# projects, the main application: TABSAT.exe and a sister binary TABReflector.exe that is stored compressed within the main assembly. The incomplete nature of this TAB instance is why it mistakenly presents a warning pop-up about corrupted game data files, rather than the main game window, but the data files are unchanged. TABSAT ironically launches a zombie incomplete instance of TAB to then coerce into helping extract and repack save files for our needs, before terminating it.

TAB saves are Zipped folders of XML files, and encrypted with user-unknown passwords, yet TAB itself evidently can regenerate these passwords and access these files. There is also a simple ideas list of some considered changes. bat file here that can be modified to do so (and is also for seeing console output should you be experiencing other issues), and serves as an example for creating your own shortcut or integrating with a launcher.Ī second path argument can be passed to provide a non-default TAB saves location.įor more information about the goals of this project, please see TABSAT.txt.įor reporting bugs or providing suggestions (Feature Requests), please use the GitHub Issues system. via Origin, you will need to pass TABSAT the path to your TAB install as a command line argument. Here is a Guide to the Save Modification Features that make the game easier/different/harder, as well as the Auto-Backup functionality.ĭownload a Release and launch TABSAT.exe to be presented with the Graphical User Interface:įor those who purchased TAB outside of Steam, e.g.

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