From 98f753f62e31847691fad49296fe87c6f4769d93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GogoVang <46242309+GogoVang@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 19:29:24 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update README.release.md

---
 post_build/README.release.md | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/post_build/README.release.md b/post_build/README.release.md
index 42be4980..df51e15e 100644
--- a/post_build/README.release.md
+++ b/post_build/README.release.md
@@ -190,16 +190,23 @@ An example can be found in `steam_settings.EXAMPLE`
 ## Stats:
 By default this emulator assumes all stats do not exist unless the option `allow_unknown_stats` in `configs.main.ini` is set to 1.  
 
-To properly define the stats of a game, put a `stats.txt` file in the `steam_settings` folder.  
+To properly define the stats of a game, put a `stats.json` file in the `steam_settings` folder.  
 The format is:  
-`stat_name=type=default value`  
+`{
+  "name": "stat_name",
+  "type": "stat_type",
+  "default": "default_value",
+  "global": "global_value"
+}`  
 
 The type can be
 * int
 * float
 * avgrate
 
-The default value is simply a number that represents the default value for the stat.  
+The default value is simply a number that represents the default value for the stat.
+
+The "global" value sets the global (shared) value of a specific stat, used by some games for features like DLC unlocks.
 
 You can use the command line tool `generate_emu_config` to generate a stats config
 

From 5c397d48fb560742168bd771fd49846faa0351c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GogoVang <46242309+GogoVang@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 19:36:54 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update and rename stats.EXAMPLE.txt to stats.EXAMPLE.json

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 .../steam_settings.EXAMPLE/stats.EXAMPLE.json | 44 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../steam_settings.EXAMPLE/stats.EXAMPLE.txt  |  7 ---
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 post_build/steam_settings.EXAMPLE/stats.EXAMPLE.json
 delete mode 100644 post_build/steam_settings.EXAMPLE/stats.EXAMPLE.txt

diff --git a/post_build/steam_settings.EXAMPLE/stats.EXAMPLE.json b/post_build/steam_settings.EXAMPLE/stats.EXAMPLE.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c61074bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post_build/steam_settings.EXAMPLE/stats.EXAMPLE.json
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+[
+  {
+    "default": "0",
+    "global": "0",
+    "name": "lifetime_experience",
+    "type": "int"
+  },
+  {
+    "default": "0",
+    "global": "0",
+    "name": "experience",
+    "type": "int"
+  },
+  {
+    "default": "3.5",
+    "global": "0",
+    "name": "stat_example_name1",
+    "type": "float"
+  },
+  {
+    "default": "1337",
+    "global": "250000",
+    "name": "stat_example_name2",
+    "type": "int"
+  },
+  {
+    "default": "5",
+    "global": "5",
+    "name": "stat_example_name3",
+    "type": "int"
+  },
+  {
+    "default": "0",
+    "global": "0",
+    "name": "stat_example_name4",
+    "type": "float"
+  },
+  {
+    "default": "0",
+    "global": "0",
+    "name": "stat_example_name5",
+    "type": "avgrate"
+  }
+]
diff --git a/post_build/steam_settings.EXAMPLE/stats.EXAMPLE.txt b/post_build/steam_settings.EXAMPLE/stats.EXAMPLE.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7263d563..00000000
--- a/post_build/steam_settings.EXAMPLE/stats.EXAMPLE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-lifetime_experience=int=0
-experience=int=0
-stat_example_name1=float=3.5
-stat_example_name2=int=1337
-stat_example_name3=int=0
-stat_example_name4=float=0
-stat_example_name5=avgrate=0