Pokémon Dream Radar Save File Structure

Pokémon Dream Radar Save Data

Offset	Description
0x00-0x03	"0DSC" header tag
0x04-0x67	Unknown
0x68-0x6B	Current orbs
0x6C-0x6F	Total orbs collected (highscore data)
0x70	Unknown
0x71	Beam upgrade lvl (Value range 0x00-0x04)
0x72	Battery pack upgrade lvl (Value range 0x00-0x04)
0x73	Visoscope upgrade lvl (Value range 0x00-0x04)
0x74	Number of recharged clouds when game was saved
0x75-0x25C	Unknown. Transferable pokemon/item data?
0x25D-261	Save date? Unknown format.
0x261-267	Unknown.
0x268	Vortex Charge stored # (range 0x00-0x63)
0x269	Dragnet Charge stored # (range 0x00-0x63)
0x26A	Energy Recharge stored # (range 0x00-0x63)
0x26B	Unknown.
0x26C	Unknown. 0x00 before tutorial, seems to be fixed to 0xFA after tutorial is completed
0x26D-0x26F	Extension Unlock Flags
0x271	Unknown.
0x272-0x273	Legendary Catched Flags
0x274-0x277	Has something to do with pink orbs and preferred orb color
0x278-0x27B	Has something to do with green orbs and preferred orb color
0x27C-0x27F	Has something to do with orange orbs and preferred orb color
0x284-0x283	Has something to do with blue orbs and preferred orb color
0x244-0x287	Unknown.
0x288-0x28B	Orb Count until next story event* Resets to 0 after Tornadus, Thundurus or Landorus are catched
0x28C-0x28F	Number of searches (highscore data)
0x290-0x293	Number of examined clouds (highscore data)
0x294-0x297	Number of captured Pokémon (highscore data)
0x298-0x29B	Number of recovered items (highscore data)
0x29C-0x29F	Tornadus capture time (highscore data)
0x2A0-0x2A3	Thundurus capture time (highscore data)
0x2A4-0x2A7	Landorus capture time (highscore data)
0x2A8-0x2AF	Unknown
0x2B0-0x2B3	"1DSC" end of file tag

• *Story events are: Tornadus catched, Thundurus catched, Landorus catched.

Note: The game stores somewhere the timestamp when it was saved, so it knows if clouds have been recharged.

Flags

Pokémon Dream Radar handles unlockable data trough bit flags.

Generation V Extension Unlocked Flags

Offset 0x26D

• Bits are represented in the following order: 76543210
• 0 = locked,
• 1 = unlocked,
• x = unknown bit

 ?
 | Eureka G completed?
 | | Eureka B completed?
 | | | Eureka A completed?
 | | | |
 x x x x  x x 1 1
          | | | |
          | | | Game Completed flag (unlocks highscores and credits)
          | | Eureka A?
          | Eureka B?
          Eureka G?

note: except the game completed flag, the others are linked to story events stored elsewhere; unseting them won't restart the corresponding events.

Generation IV Extension Unlocked Flags

Offset 0x26E

• Bits are represented in the following order: 76543210
• 0 = locked,
• 1 = unlocked,
• x = unknown bit

 ?
 | Diving
 | | Rainbow
 | | | Renegade
 | | | |
 x 1 1 1  1 1 x x
          | | | |
          | | | Gets set after completing tutorial
          | | ?
          | Temporal
          Spatial

Extension flags

Offset 0x26F

• Bits are represented in the following order: 76543210
• 0 = locked,
• 1 = unlocked,
• x = unknown bit

 Gets set after tutorial is completed
 | Retrieval
 | | ?
 | | | ?
 | | | |
 1 1 x x  1 1 x x
          | | | |
          | | | ?
          | | ?
          | Dowsing
          Simulator A,B,G

note: even if simulator A,B,G flag is set they won't appear if other game events aren't flagged.

Legendary catched flags

offset 0x272-0x273

• Bits are represented in the following order: 76543210
• 0 = locked,
• 1 = unlocked,
• x = unknown bit

0x272

1  1  1  1  x  x  x  x
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  ?  ?  ?  ?
|  |  |  Dialga
|  |  Palkia
|  Giratina
Ho-Oh

0x273

 x  x  x  x  1  1  1  1
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 ?  ?  ?  ?  |  |  |  |
             |  |  |  Lugia
             |  |  Tornadus
             |  Thundurus
             Landorus

Note: the corresponding extension needs to be available to catch the Pokémon, for Tornadus, Landorus, Thundurus this means the corresponding extension has to be re-enabled.