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+This guide assumes that your Operating System is Linux (Should be the same on *BSD). It may work on Windows but it wasn't tested. 
+
+# Downloading and bulding xcomsave
+1. Clone xcomsave: `git clone https://github.com/tracktwo/xcomsave.git; cd xcomsave`
+2. Clone json11: `rm -rf json11;git clone https://github.com/dropbox/json11.git`
+3. Build xcomsave: `mkdir build; cd build; cmake ../.;`
+4. Compile: `make; cd ..`
+5. Copy **json2xcom** and **xcom2json** to a new directory. Those are the only files you need.
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+This is a list of known strings in the savegame file.
+
+# Funds:
+look for the line containing `"name": "m_iCash", "kind": "IntProperty",`.
+
+# Items:
+Most of the items (Weapons, Alloys etc.) are located in an array called **m_arrItems**. 
+
+Meld is located in an array after `Meld "Command1.TheWorld:PersistentLevel.XGBattleDesc_0"`. 
+Please note that this array hold the amount you found since the beginning of the game and not your current amount. 
+
+# Team members
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+# General
+In order to edit a save, you need to:
+1. Locate your savegame folder. In steam on Linux it's: `~/.local/share/feral-interactive/XCOM/XEW/savedata/`
+2. Convert the target save file to json with xcom2json.
+3. Edit the file with your favorite text editor (Atom, gedit, KWrite etc.).
+4. Convert the save file back to xcom format with json2xcom.
+
+# xcom2json
+Use `xcom2json <savegame_file>`.
+
+The result will be an editable text file.
+
+# json2xcom
+Use `json2xcom <savegame_file>.json`.
+
+You may use the "o" option to define the output file name: `json2xcom -o <output> <savegame_file>.json`
+
+**Note**: XCOM:EW savegame files have no extension.
+
+
+