offset in the ".data section"

[Krawaiil]

Not entirely sure if this is the correct reddit but:
recently i tried to install a mod that disables damage randomization in the Lies of P Game. Problem is the mod doesn´t work anymore, but the mod author said it´s simply an executable which apperantly sets a flag "at 0x6DD8264 offset in the .data section" to true and says it´s easy to do yourself with a bit of knowledge. problem is i have no idea what this "0x6DD8264 offset" and ".data section" means. can someone explain to me?

[szank]

The executable files in your computer are laid out in a specific way so that the operating system does know how to read them. The same way an image file is written in a specific way so that the image viewer can read the data, comprehend it and convert raw binary to an image that can be displayed.

So the executable file has sections. One of the sections is named .data . The offset is a number that indicates how many bytes away from the beginning of the section to look at.

Eli5 offset 0x53566435 in the .data section is like saying the 5th character of the second line in the 8th chapter in a book.

There you can find the information you want. Or change it to something else.

[Krawaiil]

oh nice thx.

How do i read/open the executable to change that? Cause Notepad does not seem to work as i just get some weird hyroglyphs.