Download Dragon Wars12/29/2023 ![]() ![]() If the name is less than the full 12 characters then generally the next character is a null, and the rest are random, but they don't need to be. So, the string ends after the first character that does not have the high bit set. They are allocated 12 bytes, and the high bit of every byte except the last character of the name is set. Name Strings for items and characters are stored a little unusually. ![]() The order they are displayed on screen is the order they are in the savegame. The characters are stored at 2E26, 3036, 3226, 3426, 3626 and I presume onwards if you have more than 5 characters in your party. For DragonWars, nowhere seems to have it, so here is what I could find out.Įach character's info is 200Hex bytes long. For Bard's Tale 1-3 it's a matter of record and plenty of places have it. There are limits to even my gamer-masochism.īut I thought I'd save what I'd done so far here, just in case anyone else was feeling masochistic.įirst, the savegame format. but I think I'll just go play something more interesting instead. ![]() distracting, I just want to play the game! I have both the manual and a PDF of it, but still. I spent 20 minutes clicking buttons for one combat - and got 4XP for the party at the end!Ĥ) script an automap for the three that don't have one (feasible) DragonWars has a nice enough automap, the others don't, and I can't be bothered with graph paper nowadays.ĥ) script a paragraph-display for Dragonwars (tricky) this is because it occasionally pops up "read paragraph 287" or somesuch, and you have to flip through the manual to find it. In order to play all 4 games I intended to (Dragon Wars, Bard's Tale 1-3) and enjoy the game plots and story arcs without being bored to tears, I'd have to:Ģ) write a savegame-backup script (they have only one save slot!) (done) ģ) hotkey the whole tedious combat experience (could do easily) because combat really gets old fast, two or three combats and I'm sick of them already. ![]()
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