I would like to save the character files in a different format, such as what Graham did in Rs2HD by making them XML files. I want to do this so that I can add the members/free player flag into it and set it as a variable and change it when I want to. I'm trying to make it so that when you log in for the first time, it sends the value 0, which is a free player. Then, the player can go to an NPC or something in-game and that will give them the option to change it to 1, which is members. However, I need to figure out how to check if the player is logging in for the first time and how to make the character files load like they did in Rs2HD, from XML files. Any help would be appreciated greatly.