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| Filename: | L/+NOTPAY |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0994 bytes |
| Load address: | 2B204556 |
| Exec address: | 50544F4E |
File contents
NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO YOUR ELECTRON USERS
WHOEVER unsuccessfully adapted Mr Gunness' solution to SAVAGE ISLAND
PART ONE last issue - and stated the game was bugged when they couldn't
find the beach - got it wrong! There is NO bug in any version of SAVAGE
ISLAND for the BBC and Electron; getting to the beach is only possible
if a random event generator (when you are SAILing about) happens on one
particular number. Something like IF RND(200)=1 THEN GOTO beach.
This does make the game infuriating as you do die many times and have
to keep reloading a saved position. It was THIS that ELECTRON USER kept
pointing out, it never said the game was impossible! The writer's memory
is playing tricks on him if he remembers anything else. The best way
around the problem is to define say *KEY 0 with "Y|MY|MGO RAFT|MSAIL|MGO
BEACH|MSAIL|MGO BEACH|MSAIL..." etc. SAVE the position just before you
attempt to find the beach and then tap the defined key. If you hit the
right location, GO BEACH will put you on it. If not, GO BEACH will have
no effect and you will SAIL again and try again. If you die, wait until
you get the "Play again (Y/N)" prompt and just tap the same key again.
Alternatively, you could just load in the saved position I've sub-
mitted.
Josef Williams
OOPS! AFTER replaying the adventure I've found your assertations are
completely correct. After only one hour of "playing" and loading, I came
across the location I thought wasn't there! It's a very strange adven-
ture that tries this hard to stop you completing it.
The solution published last issue is correct in all but its claims
that progression is impossible from the place where it 'ends'. However,
on constructing the full solution taking your saved position into
account, I have discovered that you actually have to LEAVE the beach and
find it all over again then re-SAVE this second position.
As we're coming to the end - Hoorah! - of this series, I've decided
to wait a while before publishing both this 'amended' solution and the
two saved positions. As SAVAGE ISLAND PART ONE is in the Public Domain
now (Well not technically, but its author says anyone may enjoy the
adventures free of charge!) I will probably publish the game itself
accompanied by a detailed walkthrough in a future EUG magazine...
(The) Dave, EUG #56
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There | 000000f0 69 73 20 4e 4f 20 62 75 67 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 79 |is NO bug in any| 00000100 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 53 41 56 41 | version of SAVA| 00000110 47 45 0d 49 53 4c 41 4e 44 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 |GE.ISLAND for th| 00000120 65 20 42 42 43 20 61 6e 64 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 |e BBC and Electr| 00000130 6f 6e 3b 20 67 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 74 |on; getting to t| 00000140 68 65 20 62 65 61 63 68 20 69 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 |he beach is only| 00000150 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 0d 69 66 20 61 20 72 | possible.if a r| 00000160 61 6e 64 6f 6d 20 65 76 65 6e 74 20 67 65 6e 65 |andom event gene| 00000170 72 61 74 6f 72 20 28 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 |rator (when you | 00000180 61 72 65 20 53 41 49 4c 69 6e 67 20 61 62 6f 75 |are SAILing abou| 00000190 74 29 20 68 61 70 70 65 6e 73 20 6f 6e 20 6f 6e |t) happens on on| 000001a0 65 0d 70 61 72 74 69 63 75 6c 61 72 20 6e 75 6d |e.particular num| 000001b0 62 65 72 2e 20 53 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 20 6c |ber. Something l| 000001c0 69 6b 65 20 49 46 20 52 4e 44 28 32 30 30 29 3d |ike IF RND(200)=| 000001d0 31 20 54 48 45 4e 20 47 4f 54 4f 20 62 65 61 63 |1 THEN GOTO beac| 000001e0 68 2e 0d 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 64 6f 65 73 20 |h.. This does | 000001f0 6d 61 6b 65 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 69 6e |make the game in| 00000200 66 75 72 69 61 74 69 6e 67 20 61 73 20 79 6f 75 |furiating as you| 00000210 20 64 6f 20 64 69 65 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 74 69 6d | do die many tim| 00000220 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 68 61 76 65 0d 74 6f 20 6b |es and have.to k| 00000230 65 65 70 20 72 65 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 61 20 |eep reloading a | 00000240 73 61 76 65 64 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 |saved position. | 00000250 49 74 20 77 61 73 20 54 48 49 53 20 74 68 61 74 |It was THIS that| 00000260 20 45 4c 45 43 54 52 4f 4e 20 55 53 45 52 20 6b | ELECTRON USER k| 00000270 65 70 74 0d 70 6f 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 6f 75 74 |ept.pointing out| 00000280 2c 20 69 74 20 6e 65 76 65 72 20 73 61 69 64 20 |, it never said | 00000290 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 77 61 73 20 69 6d 70 |the game was imp| 000002a0 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 21 20 54 68 65 20 77 72 69 |ossible! The wri| 000002b0 74 65 72 27 73 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 0d 69 73 20 |ter's memory.is | 000002c0 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 74 72 69 63 6b 73 20 6f |playing tricks o| 000002d0 6e 20 68 69 6d 20 69 66 20 68 65 20 72 65 6d 65 |n him if he reme| 000002e0 6d 62 65 72 73 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 65 |mbers anything e| 000002f0 6c 73 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 62 65 73 74 20 77 61 |lse. The best wa| 00000300 79 20 0d 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 |y .around the pr| 00000310 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 64 65 66 69 |oblem is to defi| 00000320 6e 65 20 73 61 79 20 2a 4b 45 59 20 30 20 77 69 |ne say *KEY 0 wi| 00000330 74 68 20 22 59 7c 4d 59 7c 4d 47 4f 20 52 41 46 |th "Y|MY|MGO RAF| 00000340 54 7c 4d 53 41 49 4c 7c 4d 47 4f 0d 42 45 41 43 |T|MSAIL|MGO.BEAC| 00000350 48 7c 4d 53 41 49 4c 7c 4d 47 4f 20 42 45 41 43 |H|MSAIL|MGO BEAC| 00000360 48 7c 4d 53 41 49 4c 2e 2e 2e 22 20 65 74 63 2e |H|MSAIL..." etc.| 00000370 20 53 41 56 45 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 | SAVE the positi| 00000380 6f 6e 20 6a 75 73 74 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 79 |on just before y| 00000390 6f 75 0d 61 74 74 65 6d 70 74 20 74 6f 20 66 69 |ou.attempt to fi| 000003a0 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 61 63 68 20 61 6e 64 |nd the beach and| 000003b0 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 61 70 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 | then tap the de| 000003c0 66 69 6e 65 64 20 6b 65 79 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f |fined key. If yo| 000003d0 75 20 68 69 74 20 74 68 65 0d 72 69 67 68 74 20 |u hit the.right | 000003e0 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 47 4f 20 42 45 41 |location, GO BEA| 000003f0 43 48 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 75 74 20 79 6f 75 20 |CH will put you | 00000400 6f 6e 20 69 74 2e 20 49 66 20 6e 6f 74 2c 20 47 |on it. If not, G| 00000410 4f 20 42 45 41 43 48 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 |O BEACH will hav| 00000420 65 0d 6e 6f 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 20 61 6e 64 20 |e.no effect and | 00000430 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 53 41 49 4c 20 61 67 |you will SAIL ag| 00000440 61 69 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 74 72 79 20 61 67 61 69 |ain and try agai| 00000450 6e 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 64 69 65 2c 20 77 |n. If you die, w| 00000460 61 69 74 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 0d 79 6f 75 20 67 65 |ait until.you ge| 00000470 74 20 74 68 65 20 22 50 6c 61 79 20 61 67 61 69 |t the "Play agai| 00000480 6e 20 28 59 2f 4e 29 22 20 70 72 6f 6d 70 74 20 |n (Y/N)" prompt | 00000490 61 6e 64 20 6a 75 73 74 20 74 61 70 20 74 68 65 |and just tap the| 000004a0 20 73 61 6d 65 20 6b 65 79 20 61 67 61 69 6e 2e | same key again.| 000004b0 0d 20 20 20 41 6c 74 65 72 6e 61 74 69 76 65 6c |. Alternativel| 000004c0 79 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 6a 75 73 |y, you could jus| 000004d0 74 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 |t load in the sa| 000004e0 76 65 64 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 49 27 76 |ved position I'v| 000004f0 65 20 73 75 62 2d 0d 6d 69 74 74 65 64 2e 0d 20 |e sub-.mitted.. | 00000500 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000530 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4a 6f 73 65 66 20 57 | Josef W| 00000540 69 6c 6c 69 61 6d 73 0d 0d 4f 4f 50 53 21 20 41 |illiams..OOPS! A| 00000550 46 54 45 52 20 72 65 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 74 |FTER replaying t| 00000560 68 65 20 61 64 76 65 6e 74 75 72 65 20 49 27 76 |he adventure I'v| 00000570 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 72 20 61 73 73 |e found your ass| 00000580 65 72 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 61 72 65 20 0d 63 |ertations are .c| 00000590 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 6c 79 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 |ompletely correc| 000005a0 74 2e 20 41 66 74 65 72 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6f 6e |t. After only on| 000005b0 65 20 68 6f 75 72 20 6f 66 20 22 70 6c 61 79 69 |e hour of "playi| 000005c0 6e 67 22 20 61 6e 64 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 2c |ng" and loading,| 000005d0 20 49 20 63 61 6d 65 0d 61 63 72 6f 73 73 20 74 | I came.across t| 000005e0 68 65 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 49 20 74 68 |he location I th| 000005f0 6f 75 67 68 74 20 77 61 73 6e 27 74 20 74 68 65 |ought wasn't the| 00000600 72 65 21 20 49 74 27 73 20 61 20 76 65 72 79 20 |re! It's a very | 00000610 73 74 72 61 6e 67 65 20 61 64 76 65 6e 2d 0d 74 |strange adven-.t| 00000620 75 72 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 72 69 65 73 20 74 |ure that tries t| 00000630 68 69 73 20 68 61 72 64 20 74 6f 20 73 74 6f 70 |his hard to stop| 00000640 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 69 6e 67 20 | you completing | 00000650 69 74 2e 0d 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 73 6f 6c 75 74 |it.. The solut| 00000660 69 6f 6e 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 65 64 20 6c 61 |ion published la| 00000670 73 74 20 69 73 73 75 65 20 69 73 20 63 6f 72 72 |st issue is corr| 00000680 65 63 74 20 69 6e 20 61 6c 6c 20 62 75 74 20 69 |ect in all but i| 00000690 74 73 20 63 6c 61 69 6d 73 20 0d 74 68 61 74 20 |ts claims .that | 000006a0 70 72 6f 67 72 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 69 |progression is i| 000006b0 6d 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 |mpossible from t| 000006c0 68 65 20 70 6c 61 63 65 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 69 |he place where i| 000006d0 74 20 27 65 6e 64 73 27 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 |t 'ends'. Howeve| 000006e0 72 2c 0d 6f 6e 20 63 6f 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 |r,.on constructi| 000006f0 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 73 6f 6c 75 |ng the full solu| 00000700 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 79 6f 75 72 |tion taking your| 00000710 20 73 61 76 65 64 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 | saved position | 00000720 69 6e 74 6f 20 0d 61 63 63 6f 75 6e 74 2c 20 49 |into .account, I| 00000730 20 68 61 76 65 20 64 69 73 63 6f 76 65 72 65 64 | have discovered| 00000740 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 61 63 74 75 61 6c | that you actual| 00000750 6c 79 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 4c 45 41 56 45 |ly have to LEAVE| 00000760 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 61 63 68 20 61 6e 64 0d 66 | the beach and.f| 00000770 69 6e 64 20 69 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 6f 76 65 72 20 |ind it all over | 00000780 61 67 61 69 6e 20 74 68 65 6e 20 72 65 2d 53 41 |again then re-SA| 00000790 56 45 20 74 68 69 73 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 70 |VE this second p| 000007a0 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 0d 20 20 20 41 73 20 |osition. . As | 000007b0 77 65 27 72 65 20 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 |we're coming to | 000007c0 74 68 65 20 65 6e 64 20 2d 20 48 6f 6f 72 61 68 |the end - Hoorah| 000007d0 21 20 2d 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 73 65 72 69 |! - of this seri| 000007e0 65 73 2c 20 49 27 76 65 20 64 65 63 69 64 65 64 |es, I've decided| 000007f0 0d 74 6f 20 77 61 69 74 20 61 20 77 68 69 6c 65 |.to wait a while| 00000800 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 69 | before publishi| 00000810 6e 67 20 62 6f 74 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 27 61 6d |ng both this 'am| 00000820 65 6e 64 65 64 27 20 73 6f 6c 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 |ended' solution | 00000830 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 0d 74 77 6f 20 73 61 76 65 |and the.two save| 00000840 64 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e 20 41 73 20 |d positions. As | 00000850 53 41 56 41 47 45 20 49 53 4c 41 4e 44 20 50 41 |SAVAGE ISLAND PA| 00000860 52 54 20 4f 4e 45 20 69 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |RT ONE is in the| 00000870 20 50 75 62 6c 69 63 20 44 6f 6d 61 69 6e 0d 6e | Public Domain.n| 00000880 6f 77 20 28 57 65 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 65 63 |ow (Well not tec| 00000890 68 6e 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 2c 20 62 75 74 20 69 74 |hnically, but it| 000008a0 73 20 61 75 74 68 6f 72 20 73 61 79 73 20 61 6e |s author says an| 000008b0 79 6f 6e 65 20 6d 61 79 20 65 6e 6a 6f 79 20 74 |yone may enjoy t| 000008c0 68 65 20 0d 61 64 76 65 6e 74 75 72 65 73 20 66 |he .adventures f| 000008d0 72 65 65 20 6f 66 20 63 68 61 72 67 65 21 29 20 |ree of charge!) | 000008e0 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c 79 20 |I will probably | 000008f0 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 |publish the game| 00000900 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 0d 61 63 63 6f 6d 70 61 | itself .accompa| 00000910 6e 69 65 64 20 62 79 20 61 20 64 65 74 61 69 6c |nied by a detail| 00000920 65 64 20 77 61 6c 6b 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 69 |ed walkthrough i| 00000930 6e 20 61 20 66 75 74 75 72 65 20 45 55 47 20 6d |n a future EUG m| 00000940 61 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 2e 2e 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 |agazine.... | 00000950 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000980 28 54 68 65 29 20 44 61 76 65 2c 20 45 55 47 20 |(The) Dave, EUG | 00000990 23 35 36 0d |#56.| 00000994
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