Android Tutorial How to modify .csv files from an Android game

[ThePianoGuy 2.8k]

Hello dear community,

 

 

 

 

I will show you how to edit .csv files using Notepad++. It is very easy to mod.

 

 

 

 

 

Please note that not all games are made in CSV.

 

 

 

 

 

First of all, you need:

 

 

 

 

 

Notepad++ installed on your computer. Download it from here:

 

 

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/

 

 

 

 

 

WinRAR installed on your computer. Download it from here:

 

 

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

 

 

 

 

 

App Backup & Restore app installed on your Android device. Download it from here:

 

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.appbackup

 

 

 

 

 

Understand how CSV files work. You can read about it here:

 

 

http://creativyst.com/Doc/Articles/CSV/CSV01.htm

 

 

 

 

 

Part 1: Extract CSV files from the APK file

 

 

 

 

 

In this tutorial, the app "Piano Tiles 2" will be used as example.

 

 

 

 

 

Backup the APK file using App Backup & Restore, connect your device to your computer, and transfer the APK file to your computer

 

 

 

 

 

Right click on the APK file, select Open with -> Choose another app (see screenshot below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now click on "More apps" and look for another app on your PC (see screenshots below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Find the path where WinRAR is installed (usually C:/Program Files/WinRAR)  and click "Open". This way, WinRar will show you the content of the .apk file (see screenshot below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part 2: Extract .csv files

 

 

 

 

 

Find the .csv files inside the APK file. If you find it, select all .csv files and copy them into a path (or folder) that you can easily access (see screenshot below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part 3: Open .csv files with Notepad++

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT: Do not open .csv files with Excel because it will ruin the whole .csv format.

 

 

 

 

 

Right click on a .csv file and select Edit with Notepad++ (see screenshot below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the .csv file will open inside Notepad++.

 

 

 

 

 

exp.csv

 

 

 

 

 

Remember how CSV file works. I drawed red lines so you can easliy understand how it works. If you still don't understand, please read: http://creativyst.com/Doc/Articles/CSV/CSV01.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

change them all to 9999 except Lv (see screenshot below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This way you'll get 9999 exp after every song (see screenshot below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life.csv

 

 

In LifeRecovery data, change all to 3 which means the game gives you 1 life every 3 seconds, or you can change Life data to 999999 (see screenshots below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gold.csv

 

 

Change all to 999999 to get Unlimited Coins (see screenshots below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

task.csv

 

 

This csv file is about daily rewards. Change life, gold and exp data to 999999 and claim the daily rewards to get unlimited everything (see screenshots below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

level.csv

 

 

Now this is a bit harder. You have to manually count the columns one by one to find the correct data (see screenshot below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example: I count up to NeedDiamond and the NeedDiamond is #8 (see screenshot below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And in data values section, I counted up to 8 and i see there is the value "10" in NeedDiamond which means a song costs 10 diamond. Remove the 10 or replace it as 0 so it costs nothing (see screenshot below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take a look at those data. This is stars. When you get higher score, you got more stars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So if you change all values to 1, the game will instantly give you 6 stars even your score isn't high enough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Save all changes you made in .csv files

 

 

 

 

 

Part 4: Replace .csv files and create modded APK

 

 

 

 

 

Open the APK file with WinRAR again and replace all modded .csv into the APK file

 

 

 

 

 

Place the APK file into APK tool re-sign it, or you can keep it unsigned for rooted devices which allow FB and Google+ sign in

 

 

 

 

 

Credits:

 

 

AndnixSH

 

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