| Re: C64 Wizardry: GPs "Formula" In New Char Creation? [message #208993 is a reply to message #208963] |
Thu, 11 August 2011 00:55   |
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Originally posted by: WinstonSmith6079
On Aug 2, 11:32 pm, "Anton Treuenfels" <teamtemp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "WinstonSmith6079" <winstonsmith6...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 31, 3:03 pm, "Anton Treuenfels" <teamtemp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> "WinstonSmith6079" <winstonsmith6...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> news:e88dfe6e-2cdb-4fab-a5ca-f648d649f13f@h14g2000yqd.googlegroups.com....
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>>> I'm playing the C64 version of 'Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad
>>> Overlord' and I need to know by what "formula" the game uses to
>>> determine how many Gold Pieces a brand new char starts with in the
>>> process of the char being created?
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>>> Are there any stats, etc. that affect exactly how many GPS a char
>>> gets? If so what are they and how, specifically, do they effect that?
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>>> If nothing else, maybe some coder could like break into the program
>>> and read the code and figure it out that way or something?
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>>> Please help me with the answer! It's important!
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>> Why is it important?
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>> IIRC, new character stats - and by extension everything else they get -
>> are
>> randomly generated by the equivalent of dice rolls. You can create a new
>> character with whatever stats you like if you're patient enough to
>> continue
>> "re-rolling" until you get them.
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>> Most people don't bother.
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>> To "read the code" you'd have to start with a UCSD Pascal p-code
>> decompiler.
>> Got one handy?
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>> - Anton Treuenfels
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> These chars are already created. I need to give them back their
> Gold. Or, at least, a proper amount. I do not know exactly how much
> they actually did start with.
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> Pascal? I never knew that the C64 version of the first 'Wizardry'
> game was written in that language. :/ Well, okay. I'll Google for
> that. But before I do, I gotta ask: Are you serious? I mean that if
> I actually do find such a thing availabe for use, would you--or
> whomever is able (I'm not picky)--use it to find the answer to my
> question?
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> The first five "Wizardry" games are all written in UCSD Pascal, partly
> because it was capable of overlays (and thus a game larger than available
> memory) and partly because porting to different platforms was simply a
> matter of writing an interpreter for that platform. All the Apple II and
> C64/128 versions used the same 6502 p-code interpreter on the same compiled
> code, with all hardware differences accounted for at a lower level 'under'
> the intepreter.
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> As far as your question goes, no, I would not dig into the compiled code. If
> I was really curious to know the details I would ask the original
> programmer. But even knowing wouldn't help much to accomplish what you want
> to do anyway. What you really seem to want is a character editor. Try
> Googling for that.
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> - Anton Treuenfels- Hide quoted text -
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Well, okay. I don't think that's what I actually need, really. But
I'll look.
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