UFO (X-COM) Saved Game editor, v1.0 by JL Enterprises, 1994 Introduction ------------ UFO is an ingenious game by Microprose that does not take much time at all to master. The game itself, however, sometimes becomes difficult because you must manage your resources carefully. This simple little program allows you to edit various items stored in the saved game files created by UFO, such as your total money, the various items in your storehouses, the types of buildings you have on your different bases, and also the statistics of any soldier that you have recruited. The advantage of the first two options are obvious, but one might ask why you'd need to create buildings when you can do that in the game. Well, for one thing, it won't require any money to create buildings inside my editor, and also, the construction is instantaneous. The last option is especially useful because you can greatly improve the accuracy of your soldiers and can even put any type of armour available in the game on your men. You can promote your soldiers to any rank, reanimate dead soldiers, and even do immediate (and free) transfers to your other bases. This editor requires a VGA monitor and a mouse to run (the requirements of the game anyways). You need to at least place the exe file of the editor in your main UFO directory and run it from there. Comments -------- This editor was written and tested with the UK version of the game (marketed as UFO). It has not yet been tested with the final US release (marketed as X-COM), but there should be no problems unless the file formats have changed. When editing your money, I'd recommend not maxing it out, since you get quite a bit each month and your money will wrap around and you'll have negative money. The best thing to do is to hit "max", and then edit the amount so that the most significant digit is one less to give the game plenty of "elbow room". When you're editing the stocks that you have in your inventory, be aware that it is possible to edit your saved game so that you'll have more than you have storage for. This will not be a problem unless you try to get more items in the game. You will also run into a problem if you assign weapons on one of your ships and then try to unassign weapons from it (there won't be any room in your base to relocate it). Registration ------------ The usage of this program is not free. I require that if you use this program more than once, you should register. Registration only costs US $5 and will remove the 'enter the number' prompt upon startup and will also display that the program is registered to you--to give you something to be proud of. :) To register, simply send US $5 along with your name, telephone number, and a self-addressed stamped envelope (so I can mail your registration number to you without having to figure out the correct postage) to the below address (note somewhere that you are registering UFOEDIT). If you have an e-mail address, feel free to enclose it instead of the envelope (saves you a couple stamps) and I will send your code to you that way. How to reach the author ----------------------- I can reached via Snail-mail at: Jeff Lawson 1893 Kaweah Drive Pasadena, CA 91105-2174 USA or through E-mail at: Jeff.Lawson@easyst.com also via phone at: (213) 258-5604