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- BardsMaker II
-
- The Bards Tale II Character Editor By Alan Bell. 5/2/89
- Written for ST/AMIGA FORMAT
-
- Note: If you are familiar with BardsMaker you may skip these instructions
-
- This program allows the user to edit or create from scratch a
- standard Bards Tale II character file, which can be loaded into
- 'The Bards Tale II' by Electronic Arts.
-
- On loading, you will be presented with a default status form.
- At the top of the screen is a customary menu bar containing 6 Menus.
- These are as follows;
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- 1:- Project Menu
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- 2:- Race Menu
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- 3:- Class Menu
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- 4:- Attributes Menu
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- 5:- Statistics Menu
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- 6:- Spell Levels Menu
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- The Project Menu
-
- This menu follows the usual format, allowing the loading and saving
- of character files. The 'Save' option only operates after a previous
- 'Open' or 'Save as' operation. It is also disabled after 'New',
- which resets the values to the default character setting.
-
- Character Files in 'The Bards Tale II' are saved with a prefix
- of 'TPW.' and a suffix of '.C'.
-
- eg. The character MARKUS is saved as 'TPW.MARKUS.C'
-
- Fortunately, this program recognises this fact and adds these pieces on.
- All you need to do is supply the name of the character and, on single
- drive machines, swap disks whenever prompted.
-
- Race Menu
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- Using this menu, you can select the race of your character simply by
- highlighting it with the pointer. A mark will be placed by the side to
- indicate the current selection.
-
- Class Menu
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- This menu operates in exactly the same way as the race menu just
- described.
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- Attributes Menu
-
- All the parameters in this menu require a numerical input. Just choose
- the option you wish to change and type in the new value at the
- prompt, followed by <RETURN>. Minimum and maximum values are displayed
- in brackets.
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- Statistics Menu
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- This menu operates in exactly the same way as the Attributes menu
- just described.
- Note: If your character is non-magical, you will not be able
- to select options relating to spells.
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- Spell Level Menu
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- Providing your character has a magical class, you can use this
- menu to adjust the spell levels of each of the five mage levels.
- This menu operates in the same way as the attributes menu.
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- Should you have any difficulties in using this program, send a S.A.E. to;
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- Alan Bell,
- 21 Cromer Street,
- Middlesbrough,
- Cleveland.
- England.
- TS4 2DN
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- HAPPY ADVENTURING!
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