Hey, everyone!

Modding has slowed down quite a bit considering most modders live in the United States, which has recently relaxed a lot of its quarantine restrictions, allowing us to get back to our lives somewhat. However, fret not, prospective modders, for we are here to help. While the nitty-gritty stuff is best left explained by Keaton, I'll help you guys out with the very basics of savegame modding.

First off, it's important to have a Hex Editor, as always. I personally use Hex Editor Neo, which you can download here https://www.hhdsoftware.com/Downloads

To find the Savegame files, they're probably located in your documents (or equivalent) folder under KUF2 Crusaders.

Alright, cool, now you have a Hex Editor. As an aside, troop editing is pretty much all you can do here. Troop editing in this context will primarily be defined as:

• Modifying the troop job;
  
• Modifying the equipment of the troop;
  
• Modifying the skills of the troop;
  
• Modifying the in-game models of the troop, and;
  
• Getting that sweet, sweet, Battaloon or Bone Dragon. (So far, to actually get this through savegame modding, you also must use a method we will discuss further along in the guide in conjunction with Gideon's CheatEngine script.)
  
  Now lets talk about some of the stuff you're likely wanting to change. For this example, I'll be editing Gerald's troop.
  https://gyazo.com/a7d0c58126a858214cec36b0af118ff5 here's what we're starting off with. Don't worry, it may look a bit overwhelming (I know I was overwhelmed) but with my help you won't have to go through the hours of troubleshooting I did.
  
  So, according to the picture here's what we're looking at: https://gyazo.com/32d9f219eb79bd1e6adc5acc9f27e659. (Note, my term "Equipment Traits" refers to the buffs applicable to items. I.e. adding Autoblock or Curse to Attacks; NOT basic things like Melee skill.) Here is the general formula for how troops are structured in the savegame files. Every troop will follow this formula. Some things I've omitted are Skills, Troop Equipment, and Equipment variations, because they're a tad more complex and will be gotten to later (and not because I forgot to include them in the screenshot!)
  
  As you can see, for Gerald's troop, there is [20 00 00 00] [20 00 00 00]. The first [20] is how he's displayed in the Barracks, and the latter [20] is what model he in-game. If I changed the latter-most [20] to say, [21], I'd still have Gerald in the Barracks Menu but Ellen in-game, and vise-versa. Take a look. I'll change the 2nd [20] to a [21], and in-game I'll have Ellen. https://gyazo.com/0137d12d3ed064d5b4c000b17f9e6a88
  
  Okay, I've changed Gerald to Ellen, and now I want to turn my regular Infantry into, say, a bunch of badass Black Knights or Golden Paladins! What do I do? Well, luckily for us, Infantry/H.Infantry/Knights use the same skeleton (Paladins use a separate base skeleton). So, I'll change the hexes at 000005b0 from [00 00 00 00] to [0c 00 00 00], and... voila - Black Knight troops. Check it out: https://gyazo.com/76958a8d86331274500a57cf2f508960
  
  But say you want to have Kendal along with some Paladins (the cool gold ones) to beat back Regnier? No problem, here's what you change: at the address 000005ac you have [01 00 00 00]. That hex indicates the troop; so by changing that, you get a different one. Firstly, as described earlier, I'll change from Ellen to Kendal ([21 > 25]) and my Infantry to Paladins ([01 > 0d]). But we're not done yet. We still have to change the models so the Paladins dawn their badass gold armor. At the address we went to earlier, 000005b0, we'll change from the Black Knights to Golden Paladins ([0c > 02]). Paladins use a separate model hierarchy than Infantry. ......and.... done! I've applied the changes in the Hex Editor - let's see what we have: https://gyazo.com/7003d0fe07b2668b9e9906ecf7ab5e76
  
  Alright, alright! Here's a cheat sheet for you guys detailing all the models and corresponding hex values for you to mix and match.
  (NOTE: trying to use Officers will break the Barracks Menu, so be careful. The game will allow to have Ellen as troops if you want, but will crash if you try to enter the Barracks. Also, if you want to use regular troops like Cavalry as officers, the game will either crash or do nothing if you want them to use what would be their "officer ability," so beware of that as well.) Anyways, here's the values:
  
  Barracks Menu Mercenary/Officer Hex Orders:
  Merc/Officer 2 starts at 00000783
  Merc/Officer 3 = 00000966
  Merc/Officer 4 = 00000b49
  Merc/Officer 5 = 00000d2c
  Merc/Officer 6 = 00000f0f
  Merc/Officer 7 = 000010f2
  Merc/Officer 8 = 000012d5
  Merc/Officer 9 = 000014d1
  
  Troop Hexes:
  01 = Infantry
  02 = H.Infantry
  03 = Sapper
  04 = Archer
  05 = Spearman
  06 = Cavalry
  07 = Pyro
  08 = Ballista
  09 = Javelineer
  0a = Knight
  0b = Battaloon
  0c = Mortar
  0d = Paladin
  0e = Storm Rider (X)
  0f = Bomber Wing (X)
  10 = Catapult
  11 = D.Archer
  12 = D.Fighter
  13 = D.Cavalry
  14 = Cav. Archer
  15 = Dirigible (X)
  16 = Black Wyvern (X)
  17 = Ghoul
  18 = Bone Dragon
  19 = Orc Infantry
  1a = Urukubarr
  1b = Orc Sapper
  1c = Orc Rider
  1d = Orc Axeman
  1e = Scorpion
  1f = Swamp Mammoth
  20 = Gerald
  21 = Ellen
  22 = Rengier
  23 = Morene
  24 = Rupert
  25 = Kendal
  26 = Cirith
  27 = Encablossa (X)
  28 = Castle Guard
  29 = Catapult?
  2a = Ballista?
  2b = Lucretia
  2c = Leinhart
  2d = Elf
  2e = Thomas
  2f = Duane
  30 = Wizard
  31 = Dark Elf Male
  32 = Flagman
  33 = Orc Flagman
  34 = Dark Elf Flagman
  35 = Dwarf
  36 = Lich
  37 = Encablossa
  38 = Leader?
  39 = Orc Leader
  3a = Dark Elf Leader
  3b = Knight Leader
  3c = Castle Archer
  3d = Encablossa (Crashes Game in Barracks Menu)
  3e = Crashes Game
  3f = Crashes Game
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  Troop Armor model hexes:
  00 = Brown Armor
  01 = Light Armor
  02 = Heavy Armor
  03 = Knight Armor
  04 = Tyrone Armor
  05 = Smith Armor
  06 = Andrew Armor
  07 = Eldric Armor
  08 = Byron Armor
  09 = Gabriel Armor
  0a = Rygar Armor
  0b = Gavald Armor
  0c = Garbrand Armor
  0d = Hugh Armor
  0e = King Armor
  0f = Patriarch Armor
  10 = Walden Armor
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  Paladin armor model hexes:
  00 = Paladin Armor
  01 = Edward Armor
  02 = Harold Armor
  03 = Otho Armor
  04 = Walter Armor
  ====================
  Troop Armor model hexes (Dark Elf)
  00 = Light Armor
  01 = Knight Armor
  02 = Endith Armor
  03 = Rothaal Armor
  04 = Khelzahaar Armor
  05 = Vowiel Armor
  06 = Hathiel Armor
  07 = Rumen Armor
  ====================
  Troop Armor model hexes (Orc)
  00 = Rag Armor
  01 = Light Armor
  02 = Heavy Armor
  To be added
  
  Hope this helps guys!