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Pillage version 0.0 alpha release (c) Copyright 1995,1996 by Chris Busch Dreaming of wealth, you decide to visit a far away land and loot it! But be warned there are many "baddies" that want to stop you from doing that! o Tips: The object of each level is to get to the pink orb that will teleport you to the next level. You will need to utilize the keys that you find wisely. Also you can learn of mysterious "tricks" that you can perform to benefit your travels. One example is "H"elp "M"e, press H and M at the same time. Most of all, have fun! o Disclaimer: (I'm sorry but I must have the nitty-gritty) In no event will the author be liable for any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential loss or damages arising out of the use or of the inability to use this program -- even if the author has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The author will in no event be held liable for direct, indirect, or incidental damages resulting from the omission of any part of this product, including this document. The author makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, respecting the software, its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. o Notice: A limited license is granted to all users of this program, to make copies of this program and distribute them to other users, on the following conditions: 1. The program and associated files may not be distributed in a modified form. 2. No fees are to be collected from the distribution of the program without written permission from the author. o System Requirements: A 386 or better with a VGA or better video board. o How to Register: You can register the ALPHA version of this program in several ways. The lowest numbered items are better ways to register. 1. Hire me for a computer science career. 2. Send me some money. 3. Send me a postcard saying thank you. 4. Send me email saying thank you. o My Address: Chris Busch 1132 Woodland Trail Northfield, MN 55057 email: cbusch@d.umn.edu -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SPOILERS AHEAD -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The rest of this document contains information on how to edit levels. This information can "spoil" the game for some folks. Since this release of Pillage is not complete, I decided to include documentation on how to edit levels. If you create some levels and want to share them with me, please do. You can email them uuencoded to cbusch@d.umn.edu. Pillage Level editing documentation Tricks (Spells): The caps are the keypresses. Cast Blast Next Level Kill Me Zap All Bad Guys FiZzle Help Me Make Boulder Remember some spells have score requirements. To enable cheat give xyzzy as an argument. I think you might press 0 for more energy... Level editing notes: o do: pillage edit To automagically run level editor. o During game play level editing is F12. o Remember to save the level before you run it! This is largely handled by the prompting of load and save before and after editing. o The right side border tiles and bottom border tiles sometimes are not collided with if the actor is beyond the map. o Dont allow actors to go off the map. o Have a wall type border probably at least 2 tiles thick around the edge of the map. o When placing solid tiles that have no clear spots be sure they have the 255 type tile beneath it. This makes the game far more efficient. o Copper keys are for chests. Silver and gold for doors. o Boulders destroy shallow water and weak walls. o f,R,r commands are all related, ie done with the same source code How to draw levels: 1-5 tile select 6-9 sign sentence enter. The 1st sign message is also the opening message. y place you the player **be sure to do** o Outside border m mark used for fill Block and Copying e end mark, used for copying (must be after mark) n set background to 255 (more efficient then, wont draw background) B Block fill rect (fills from current pt _back_ to mark.) C Copy block d toggle line drawing s save level l load level S show numbers p pick up tile SPACE put tile ENTER redraw screen Arrows move around Control fast move around ESC back to game !@# show various maps (shift 1,2,3) K to a key audit, show if you need more keys f search for tile#0 (1st tile along bottom). Press y to continue searching. Moves mark to 0,0. R query replace on whole map. Replaces tile#0 with selected tile. Moves mark to 0,0. r query replace in mark to position area. (y/n/Y/N/S) (y) means replace this one, (n) dont replace this one, (N) replace none and return to old x y, (C) stop now and stay. Info on tiles: item types: Name Comments none should not be used? floor wall wallweak weak walls are destroyed by boulders poison1 decreases health, doesnt disappear after use poison2 disapears after use poison3 boost1 increases health boost2 boost3 treas1 increases score treas2 treas3 doorsilver doorgold doorcopper box1 chest1 keysilver keygold keycopper bomb generates a fire spitting volcano genfighter genbuddy gensmoke genflame clrpoison poison that you can walk through monstfence an invisible barrier to monsters genfish genslug genboulder eraser not sure what this is good for info0 info1 info2 info3 gensnake slippery icy water shallow boulders will fill in shallow water nowfighter the now types generate monsters on level startup nowbuddy nowsmoke nowflame nowfish nowslug nowsnake newlevel nowguard lever1 lever2 doorl1 doorl2 leveron this is a switched on lever from lever 1 or 2 Tile Types: number picture type comments 0 solid black none dont use it 1 sand floor 2 grass floor 3 wood floor floor 4 red tile floor 5 brick wall 6 red marble wall 7 gray marble wall 8 water water 9 web weak wall breakable by boulders 10 boulder wall 11 window weak wall 12 pool wall 13 sign sign 0 14 gold key gold key 15 silver key silver key 16 copper key copper key 17 red bottle boost 2 18 green bottle poison 3 19 blue bottle boost 3 20 red gem treasure 1 21 blue gem treasure 2 22 door silver door 23 door gold door 24 chest chest 1 random goodies, need copper key 25 box box 1 random goodies, small trap chance 26 well boost 1 27 magic stone boost 2 28 fire poison 1 29 boom poison 1 30 bomb bomb creates a boom 31 doorway floor 32 water shallow water destroyed by boulder 33 brick weak wall 34 chest gen fighter creates fighter 35 smoke weak wall 36 smoke clr poison 37 box gen buddy buddies are weak monsters 38 blank weak wall blanks are clear 39 blank gen figher 40 blank gen buddy 41 blank gen smoke 42 boom gen flame 43 bomb gen flame 44 blank wall invisible wall 45 blank floor used to make secret passages 46 blank gen flame 47 smoke gen smoke 48 blank monster fence monsters cant go past 49 fish clr poison doesnt move 50 slug clr poison doesnt move 51 fish gen fish 52 blank gen slug 53 slug gen slug 54 boulder gen boulder 55 solid black eraser type if touch then just vanishes 56 sign info sign 1 57 sign info sign 2 58 sign info sign 3 59 fish info sign 3 talking fish 60 boulder gen snake 61 blank slippery 62 tree weak wall 63 ice slippery 64 mark? now fighter 65 mark? now buddy 66 mark? now smoke 67 mark? now flame 68 mark? now fish 69 mark? now slug 70 mark? now snake 71-96 letters wall 97 new level new level 98 fighter now guard 99 lever 1 lever 1 100 lever 1 lever 2 101 door door for lever 1 102 door door for lever 2 103 lever2 lever on lever already switched 104 gun gen bullet 105 table wall 106? blank eraser 107? spider gen spider Monster types: name comment slug fairly weak fighter swoops in to attack guard patrolling motion flame1 weaker flame flame2 stronger flame, deadly smoke pretty weak bullet hurts bad guys boulder can be moved by player spider big bad dude buddy small tough creatures who are fairly harmless fish man eating fishes, not always restricted by water you the player snake a multiply segmented creature that is nasty