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!EliteEdit/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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| Filename: | !EliteEdit/!Help |
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| File size: | 0AEF bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
!Help file for Elite Edit by Chris Davis (16/8/95) ================================================== Purpose ------- Elite Edit allows you to edit commander files from the game 'Elite'. This is effectively a cheat that allows you to have whatever equipment, cargo, etc. you want. Use --- To load a commander file drag it to the Elite Edit icon or one of it's windows. Clicking with select on the icon bar brings up the general details editor window. Clicking with menu on the icon bar brings up the main menu. Clicking with adjust on the icon bar brings up all four edit windows. To save a commander file go to the save window off the main menu and drag the icon to a directory viewer, or enter a full path name and click 'OK'. Misc ---- Increasing the number of kills increases your combat rating. Your legal status is given numerically, the lower the cleaner. Bad news -------- Unfortunately I was unable to find out what part of the file gave infinite missiles (as was mentioned in the September 1995 issue of AU)...if there even is that option!! Also, setting the number of missles to anything higher than 4 causes the game to crash, and setting it to less the 0 just means you have no missles (so you're not allowed to do this). For the techies --------------- I was unable to find out what all the words in the commander files were used for. Some of them seemed to have no effect whatsoever. The 'trade seed' is used by the main game to calculate the trade prices using some psuedo random number system, and also to encrypt the file. The 'mystery word' is ..err. a bit of a mystery. It might have been used for testing or something..dunno. It needs to be either -1 (FFFFFFFF) or 1 for the game to work properly. Setting it to anything else causes you to come out in a funny place when you launch and/or the planets and suns to go haywire. The mission words are used by the main game to determine how far you are through a mission or if you have completed/failed it. Some common values: 0 - Has not yet been informed of the mission 88888 - Have failed the mission 99999 - Completed the mission sucessfully -999 - Have just completed the mission succesfully -998 ) -997 ) - Just failed the mission (for various reasons) -996 ) You can refer to the 'Notes.Module' source, from the Sep '95 AU cover disk, for more information. Disclaimer ---------- I will not be responsible for any loss or damage this program may cause.. (ie. don't blame me if the damn thing crashes and you loose all yer data!) Contacting me ------------- Contact me at one of the following e-mail addresses: Fidonet : Chris Davis at 2:253/417.6 Fidonet : Chris Davis at 2:257/501.7 Internet: chris@armadilo.demon.co.uk BBS : Chris Davis at Highlander (01452 384557 or 01452 384702)
00000000 21 48 65 6c 70 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 45 |!Help file for E| 00000010 6c 69 74 65 20 45 64 69 74 20 62 79 20 43 68 72 |lite Edit by Chr| 00000020 69 73 20 44 61 76 69 73 20 28 31 36 2f 38 2f 39 |is Davis (16/8/9| 00000030 35 29 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |5).=============| 00000040 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |================| * 00000060 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 50 75 72 70 6f 73 65 0a 2d |=====..Purpose.-| 00000070 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 45 6c 69 74 65 20 45 64 |------..Elite Ed| 00000080 69 74 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f |it allows you to| 00000090 20 65 64 69 74 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 65 72 20 | edit commander | 000000a0 66 69 6c 65 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 67 |files from the g| 000000b0 61 6d 65 20 27 45 6c 69 74 65 27 2e 20 54 68 69 |ame 'Elite'. Thi| 000000c0 73 0a 69 73 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 69 76 65 6c 79 |s.is effectively| 000000d0 20 61 20 63 68 65 61 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 6c | a cheat that al| 000000e0 6c 6f 77 73 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 68 61 76 65 |lows you to have| 000000f0 20 77 68 61 74 65 76 65 72 20 65 71 75 69 70 6d | whatever equipm| 00000100 65 6e 74 2c 20 63 61 72 67 6f 2c 0a 65 74 63 2e |ent, cargo,.etc.| 00000110 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 2e 0a 0a 55 73 65 0a | you want...Use.| 00000120 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 54 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 61 20 63 |---..To load a c| 00000130 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 65 72 20 66 69 6c 65 20 64 72 |ommander file dr| 00000140 61 67 20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 69 |ag it to the Eli| 00000150 74 65 20 45 64 69 74 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 6f 72 20 |te Edit icon or | 00000160 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 69 74 27 73 0a 77 69 6e 64 |one of it's.wind| 00000170 6f 77 73 2e 0a 0a 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 77 |ows...Clicking w| 00000180 69 74 68 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |ith select on th| 00000190 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 20 62 72 69 6e 67 |e icon bar bring| 000001a0 73 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 67 65 6e 65 72 61 6c |s up the general| 000001b0 20 64 65 74 61 69 6c 73 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 0a | details editor.| 000001c0 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 0a 0a 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e |window...Clickin| 000001d0 67 20 77 69 74 68 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 6f 6e 20 74 |g with menu on t| 000001e0 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 20 62 72 69 6e |he icon bar brin| 000001f0 67 73 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 6d |gs up the main m| 00000200 65 6e 75 2e 0a 0a 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 77 |enu...Clicking w| 00000210 69 74 68 20 61 64 6a 75 73 74 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |ith adjust on th| 00000220 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 20 62 72 69 6e 67 |e icon bar bring| 00000230 73 20 75 70 20 61 6c 6c 20 66 6f 75 72 20 65 64 |s up all four ed| 00000240 69 74 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 2e 0a 0a 54 6f 20 |it windows...To | 00000250 73 61 76 65 20 61 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 65 72 |save a commander| 00000260 20 66 69 6c 65 20 67 6f 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 | file go to the | 00000270 73 61 76 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 6f 66 66 20 |save window off | 00000280 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 61 6e |the main menu an| 00000290 64 20 64 72 61 67 20 74 68 65 0a 69 63 6f 6e 20 |d drag the.icon | 000002a0 74 6f 20 61 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 76 |to a directory v| 000002b0 69 65 77 65 72 2c 20 6f 72 20 65 6e 74 65 72 20 |iewer, or enter | 000002c0 61 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 70 61 74 68 20 6e 61 6d 65 |a full path name| 000002d0 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 27 4f 4b 27 2e | and click 'OK'.| 000002e0 0a 0a 4d 69 73 63 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 49 6e 63 |..Misc.----..Inc| 000002f0 72 65 61 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 |reasing the numb| 00000300 65 72 20 6f 66 20 6b 69 6c 6c 73 20 69 6e 63 72 |er of kills incr| 00000310 65 61 73 65 73 20 79 6f 75 72 20 63 6f 6d 62 61 |eases your comba| 00000320 74 20 72 61 74 69 6e 67 2e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 72 20 |t rating...Your | 00000330 6c 65 67 61 6c 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Some of the| 00000560 6d 20 73 65 65 6d 65 64 20 74 6f 20 68 61 76 65 |m seemed to have| 00000570 20 6e 6f 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 20 77 68 61 74 73 | no effect whats| 00000580 6f 65 76 65 72 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 27 74 72 61 |oever...The 'tra| 00000590 64 65 20 73 65 65 64 27 20 69 73 20 75 73 65 64 |de seed' is used| 000005a0 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 67 61 6d | by the main gam| 000005b0 65 20 74 6f 20 63 61 6c 63 75 6c 61 74 65 20 74 |e to calculate t| 000005c0 68 65 20 74 72 61 64 65 20 70 72 69 63 65 73 20 |he trade prices | 000005d0 75 73 69 6e 67 0a 73 6f 6d 65 20 70 73 75 65 64 |using.some psued| 000005e0 6f 20 72 61 6e 64 6f 6d 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 |o random number | 000005f0 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6c 73 6f |system, and also| 00000600 20 74 6f 20 65 6e 63 72 79 70 74 20 74 68 65 20 | to encrypt the | 00000610 66 69 6c 65 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 27 6d 79 73 74 |file...The 'myst| 00000620 65 72 79 20 77 6f 72 64 27 20 69 73 20 2e 2e 65 |ery word' is ..e| 00000630 72 72 2e 20 61 20 62 69 74 20 6f 66 20 61 20 6d |rr. a bit of a m| 00000640 79 73 74 65 72 79 2e 20 49 74 20 6d 69 67 68 74 |ystery. 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Some com| 000007d0 6d 6f 6e 20 76 61 6c 75 65 73 3a 0a 0a 30 20 20 |mon values:..0 | 000007e0 20 20 20 2d 20 48 61 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 79 65 74 | - Has not yet| 000007f0 20 62 65 65 6e 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 65 64 20 6f | been informed o| 00000800 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 0a 38 38 |f the mission.88| 00000810 38 38 38 20 2d 20 48 61 76 65 20 66 61 69 6c 65 |888 - Have faile| 00000820 64 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 0a 39 39 |d the mission.99| 00000830 39 39 39 20 2d 20 43 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 64 20 |999 - Completed | 00000840 74 68 65 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 73 75 63 65 |the mission suce| 00000850 73 73 66 75 6c 6c 79 0a 2d 39 39 39 20 20 2d 20 |ssfully.-999 - | 00000860 48 61 76 65 20 6a 75 73 74 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 |Have just comple| 00000870 74 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 |ted the mission | 00000880 73 75 63 63 65 73 66 75 6c 6c 79 0a 2d 39 39 38 |succesfully.-998| 00000890 20 20 29 0a 2d 39 39 37 20 20 20 29 20 2d 20 4a | ).-997 ) - J| 000008a0 75 73 74 20 66 61 69 6c 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 6d |ust failed the m| 000008b0 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 28 66 6f 72 20 76 61 72 69 |ission (for vari| 000008c0 6f 75 73 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 73 29 0a 2d 39 39 |ous reasons).-99| 000008d0 36 20 20 29 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 72 65 |6 )..You can re| 000008e0 66 65 72 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 27 4e 6f 74 65 |fer to the 'Note| 000008f0 73 2e 4d 6f 64 75 6c 65 27 20 73 6f 75 72 63 65 |s.Module' source| 00000900 2c 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 53 65 70 20 27 |, from the Sep '| 00000910 39 35 20 41 55 20 63 6f 76 65 72 0a 64 69 73 6b |95 AU cover.disk| 00000920 2c 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 |, for more infor| 00000930 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 44 69 73 63 6c 61 69 |mation...Disclai| 00000940 6d 65 72 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a |mer.----------..| 00000950 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 72 65 |I will not be re| 00000960 73 70 6f 6e 73 69 62 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e |sponsible for an| 00000970 79 20 6c 6f 73 73 20 6f 72 20 64 61 6d 61 67 65 |y loss or damage| 00000980 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 6d 61 | this program ma| 00000990 79 20 63 61 75 73 65 2e 2e 0a 28 69 65 2e 20 64 |y cause...(ie. d| 000009a0 6f 6e 27 74 20 62 6c 61 6d 65 20 6d 65 20 69 66 |on't blame me if| 000009b0 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 6d 6e 20 74 68 69 6e 67 20 | the damn thing | 000009c0 63 72 61 73 68 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 20 |crashes and you | 000009d0 6c 6f 6f 73 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 79 65 72 20 64 61 |loose all yer da| 000009e0 74 61 21 29 0a 0a 43 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 69 6e 67 |ta!)..Contacting| 000009f0 20 6d 65 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | me.------------| 00000a00 2d 0a 0a 43 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 20 6d 65 20 61 74 |-..Contact me at| 00000a10 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c | one of the foll| 00000a20 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 65 2d 6d 61 69 6c 20 61 64 64 |owing e-mail add| 00000a30 72 65 73 73 65 73 3a 0a 0a 46 69 64 6f 6e 65 74 |resses:..Fidonet| 00000a40 20 3a 20 20 43 68 72 69 73 20 44 61 76 69 73 20 | : Chris Davis | 00000a50 61 74 20 32 3a 32 35 33 2f 34 31 37 2e 36 0a 46 |at 2:253/417.6.F| 00000a60 69 64 6f 6e 65 74 20 3a 20 20 43 68 72 69 73 20 |idonet : Chris | 00000a70 44 61 76 69 73 20 61 74 20 32 3a 32 35 37 2f 35 |Davis at 2:257/5| 00000a80 30 31 2e 37 0a 49 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 3a 20 20 |01.7.Internet: | 00000a90 63 68 72 69 73 40 61 72 6d 61 64 69 6c 6f 2e 64 |chris@armadilo.d| 00000aa0 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 0a 42 42 53 20 20 |emon.co.uk.BBS | 00000ab0 20 20 20 3a 20 20 43 68 72 69 73 20 44 61 76 69 | : Chris Davi| 00000ac0 73 20 61 74 20 48 69 67 68 6c 61 6e 64 65 72 20 |s at Highlander | 00000ad0 28 30 31 34 35 32 20 33 38 34 35 35 37 20 6f 72 |(01452 384557 or| 00000ae0 20 30 31 34 35 32 20 33 38 34 37 30 32 29 0a | 01452 384702).| 00000aef
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