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Game Wizard Version 2.60 Shareware THE ULTIMATE GAME CHEATING EXPERIENCE Copyright (c) 1994 by Ray Hsu & Gerald Ryckman All rights reserved. Licensed to: Enhanced Software Design Inc. P.O. Box 92241 2900 Warden Ave. Scarborough, ON Canada M1W 3Y9 BBS No. (416) 497-8337 Voice support is available for registered users only Table of Contents ───────────────── Disclaimer and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Licensing and Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Number Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Using Game Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Memory Address Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Result of Memory Address Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Table of Memory Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Edit Memory Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 File Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Game Playing Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Protect Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Boss Screen with Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 View Current Program Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Load Previous Saved Program from Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Save Current Program to Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Crash Back to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 DOS Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Miscellaneous Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Searching Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Command Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Questions & Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Disclaimer and Warranty ─────────────────────── Game Wizard is distributed "AS IS". The authors specifically disclaim all warranties, expressed or implied. In no event shall the authors be liable for any damages either from the direct use of this product or as a consequence of the use of this product. Because of the various hardware and software environments in which Game Wizard may be used, no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered. Licensing and Distribution ────────────────────────── Game Wizard is NOT public domain. It is copyrighted software distributed as shareware. Game Wizard may not be changed or modified in any way except by the authors. This shareware version may be freely distributed as long as it remains in its complete form with all support and documentation files. Please note that a great deal of time and effort has been invested in the development of this program. You are granted a license to try Game Wizard for a 30 day trial period. If, after this time, you are satisfied with this program and intend to continue using it; you must register it. The payment of this registration fee entitles the user to receive the release of Game Wizard with additional features and a printed manual. Please refer to the REGISTER.DOC file for further information on registration and pricing. If you obtained this program from a shareware disk distributor, then you have only paid for the service of copying this disk; but you have not paid for the program itself. The authors have received no proceeds from the payment already paid to the shareware disk distributor for this program. All products or services mentioned in this manual, including: PC, AT, PS/2, PENTIUM, IBM, VGA, VESA, TRIDENT, SOUND BLASTER, GRAVIS ULTRASOUND, ADLIB, PRO AUDIO SPECTRUM, MS-DOS, DR-DOS, EMM386, QEMM386, 386MAX, NETROOM, DOS4GW MS WINDOWS, DESQVIEW, OS/2, WINDOWS NT, VCPI, STACKER, DOUBLE SPACE, SIMCITY 2000, WOLFENSTEIN 3-D, CIVILIZATION, and DOOM are trademarks, registered trademarks, service marks, or registered service marks of their respective companies or organizations. System Requirements ─────────────────── ■ 80286 or better processors. ■ DOS 3.1 or higher. ■ VGA Graphic Card. ■ 100% IBM compatible computer. ■ Hard Drive. Game Wizard v2.3 - 2 - Reference Guide Features ──────── Game Wizard currently supports the following features: ■ Compatible with: - 286/386/486/Pentium Systems. - MS-DOS versions from 3.1 to 6.2 and DR-DOS 5 to 6. *- DOS Extender support under all popular memory managers *- Search and Edit any extended memory address. - Disk compression utilities, such as STACKER, DOUBLE SPACE, etc. - AdLib/Sound Blaster, Pro Audio Spectrum compatible cards. - Memory managers, such as QEMM386, 386MAX, NETROOM, and EMM386. - Different video cards supporting VGA implementation. *- SVGA VESA v1.0+ Support. - Different mouse drivers. ■ Ability to use EMS/XMS for super fast program operation. ■ Requires 10K of conventional memory. ■ Requires no conventional memory on systems with memory managers that are capable of loading programs high. ■ Math Co-Processor support. ■ Fully configurable with the ability to unload itself from memory. *■ ENHANCED Search Engine capable of finding almost anything imaginable. ■ Ability to alter and freeze the parameters of the game. ■ Ability to create personal cheat files for games that can be reused at a later date or traded with other people. *■ Ability to view any text file (i.e. hints or solutions) within games. ■ Adjusts game speed for optimal playability. ■ Built-in screen saver to prolong the longevity of your monitor. ■ BOSS screen with password option to prevent your boss or your mom :=) from realizing that you are playing games instead of working. ■ Ability to pause and view the screen so that subsequent moves can be more carefully planned. *■ Ability to Save and Load most games, anytime or anywhere, regardless of whether or not the game has its own save/load functions. (Some games only permit saving/loading at a certain time or place, or NOT at all). ■ Ability to Crash to DOS from within any game (i.e. enables one to exit from the game into DOS). *■ Ability to Shell to DOS from within any game. * REGISTERED VERSION ONLY Game Wizard v2.3 - 3 - Reference Guide Introduction ──────────── Game Wizard is an innovative and versatile program which will allow the user to participate more intelligently in computer games. What is particularly useful is that Game Wizard's features may be applied to any program or game. Game Wizard permits the user to enhance the features of the game as well as the speed of the game. The user is also able to save and load a program at a later time, regardless of whether or not this was originally a feature in the game. Any modification made to the game will not alter the program stored on disk, but only the game currently in memory. By experimenting with Game Wizard, you will be able to increase your knowledge of how games and other computer programs work. More complex modifications or enhancements can then be made to those programs. Game Wizard can be applied to almost all existing games, or future games without the need to purchase additional codes or modules. Getting Started ─────────────── Game Wizard can be installed onto your computer very easily, simply copy or extract all the .EXE, .DOC and .OV1 files from the compressed file into a directory that is defined in your DOS PATH. You may optionally create a new directory to hold the Game Wizard files (i.e. C:\GW). If you choose this option, you must EITHER add the new directory name to your DOS PATH in your AUTOEXEC.BAT, OR ALWAYS start Game Wizard from the new directory you have created. After copying or extracting the files to the directory of your choice, type in GWSHARE and press the Enter key at the DOS prompt. This will allow Game Wizard to become TSR (Terminate & Stay Resident). Game Wizard can then be activated at anytime by pressing the ` key (i.e. the key next to the 1 and above the tab). Now that Game Wizard is resident in memory, you may want to try our interactive demo (GWTUTOR.EXE) for a quick introduction to Game Wizard. Number Systems ────────────── Although most people are familiar with the decimal number system, it is by no means the only type of number system. The decimal number system cannot be easily incorporated into computer systems. Since computers can only tell whether a signal is high or low, on or off, a system of 1 or 0 must be used by the computer internally. This is known as the binary number system. With only 1 or 0, it is impossible to store large quantities of information. Only two separate things can be represented at once (this is known as a bit). Fortunatly, binary digits can be grouped together to represent more information. A group of 8 binary digits (8 bits) are commonly known as a byte. A byte can represents up to 256 different pieces of information. If 2 bytes or 16 bits are grouped together (commonly known as a word), a whopping 65536 pieces of information can be represented at once. The following table demonstrates the first few binary numbers and their equivalents in decimals and hexadecimal. Game Wizard v2.3 - 4 - Reference Guide ┌───────────────────────┬───────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┐ │ BINARY │ DECIMAL │ HEXADECIMAL │ ├───────────────────────┼───────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ 0000 │ 0 │ 00 │ │ 0001 │ 1 │ 01 │ │ 0010 │ 2 │ 02 │ │ 0011 │ 3 │ 03 │ │ 0100 │ 4 │ 04 │ │ 0101 │ 5 │ 05 │ │ 0110 │ 6 │ 06 │ │ 0111 │ 7 │ 07 │ │ 1000 │ 8 │ 08 │ │ 1001 │ 9 │ 09 │ │ 1010 │ 10 │ 0A │ │ 1011 │ 11 │ 0B │ │ 1100 │ 12 │ 0C │ │ 1101 │ 13 │ 0D │ │ 1110 │ 14 │ 0E │ │ 1111 │ 15 │ 0F │ │ 1 0000 │ 16 │ 10 │ │ 1 0001 │ 17 │ 11 │ │ 0110 0100 │ 100 │ 64 │ │ 1100 1000 │ 200 │ C8 │ │ 1111 1111 │ 255 │ FF │ │ 1 0000 0000 │ 256 │ 01 00 │ └───────────────────────┴───────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘ As binary numbers increase in size, humans experience greater difficulty in reading them. Hence, a hexadecimal number system was developed to address this problem. Hexadecimal is a base 16 number system. Its digits are represented by 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Using Game Wizard ───────────────── The following sections contain detailed information on the operation and usage of each of the features within Game Wizard. Memory Address Search ───────────────────── The Memory Address Search option will enable you to find items within a game (i.e. lives, ammunition, coordinates, money, invulnerability, etc.). There are three search methods: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. The Intermediate and Advanced search options are only available in the registered version of Game Wizard. After the Memory Address Search is selected, input the number you are trying to locate into the search slot and press the Enter key to begin searching. Game Wizard v2.3 - 5 - Reference Guide Function Keys ───────────── Ctrl-E This is used when you have completed the current search and wish to begin a new search session. Ctrl-P This option is invoked when an incorrect number was entered in the previous search attempt. This only allows you to return to the previous search attempt and cannot be used consecutively. Search Methods ────────────── Each of the search methods is explained in the following sections. Basic ───── The Basic search method should be used if you know exactly what you are looking for (i.e. money, lives, bullets, etc.). For example, suppose the game begins with ten lives. Activate Game Wizard; select Memory Address Search; choose the Basic option; type the number of lives in the search slot and press the Enter key to begin searching. After returning to the Main Menu, press ESC to exit Game Wizard and return to the game. Play the game until the number of lives has changed, then activate Game Wizard again. Select the Memory Address Search, and type in the new number of lives. If it has found 8 possibilities or less, it will automatically go to the Result of Memory Address Search screen and wait for you to make a selection. The above process of returning to the game and activating Game Wizard to input new search values should be repeated until a reasonable address has been found. When searching for an item, Game Wizard will also look for the value that is 1 less than the actual value entered. This is done since sometimes the value that is stored in memory is one less than the number displayed by the game. Some game programmers commonly use this method for storing items. Intermediate & Advanced (Registered Version ONLY) ─────────────────────── These options are used when the actual value of the items you wish to search for are unknown (i.e. energy bars, coordinates in a game, inventory items, invulnerability, etc.). Sometimes the programmers purposely store the data in an unconventional manner. Game Wizard also has the capability of locating those types of data using the Intermediate and Advanced search methods. Game Wizard v2.3 - 6 - Reference Guide Result of Memory Address Search ─────────────────────────────── After using the Memory Address Search to locate possible addresses for an item, the user must select the Result of Memory Address Search function in order to determine the correct address. When searching for an item with the Basic option, only a few possible addresses will usually be found. However, there may be more possible addresses when using the Intermediate and Advanced options. The Result of Memory Address Search function will allow the user to browse through up to 100 memory addresses using the cursor keys. A selection can be made by moving the black highlight bar over the memory address that best matches the search criteria that was used and then pressing the Enter key. If more than 100 addresses were found, the message "More searches are required to determine the exact address..." will be displayed. The memory location that was selected becomes the Selected Address which is used in both the Table of Memory Locations and Edit Memory Contents functions. Sometimes more than one memory address will be found that matches the search criteria. If this is the case, trial and error must be used to determine the actual address where the data is stored. Table of Memory Locations ───────────────────────── After using the Result of Memory Address Search to select the possible addresses of items in memory, the user should input the Selected Address into the Table of Memory Locations. By creating an entry in the Table of Memory Locations, the value of that address can be modified or frozen. Each entry consists of four columns: Freeze (first column) which shows whether the item is frozen or not; Description (second column) which is used to identify the entry; Address (third column) or the memory location of the item; and Value (fourth column) which shows the current value of the Specified Address for this entry. Please note that the Address column is in hexadecimal while the Value column is in decimal format. Keys ──── 0 Edit the value of the entry in the table. C Clear (remove) the entry from the table. E Create/Edit an entry. Once you are in the Edit mode, the following commands can be found at the bottom of the screen: Tab - To move to the next column. Ctrl-S - Input the Selected Address into the entry (necessary only if the Address column is not 0000:0000). Enter - Save changes made to the entry. Esc - Abort all changes made. Game Wizard v2.3 - 7 - Reference Guide F Toggles whether a particular entry in the table is frozen or not. Freezing a particular memory address prevents its value from being modified. When frozen, the entry will be highlighted white and a dot will appear in the brackets to the left of the description. Ctrl-L Loads a previously saved table into memory. Tables should ONLY be loaded inside a game. When a table is loaded, it is recalculated based on criteria within that particular game. If it is loaded outside the game, the table may not function properly. Ctrl-S Save all of the entries in a table to disk. Tables should only be saved inside a game. If the table is NOT saved inside the game, it may not function correctly when loaded. When saving the table, you will be prompted for a filename (no extension needed) and a brief description. Esc Return to the Main Menu. Edit Memory Contents ──────────────────── This feature allows the user to easily edit a selected memory region. This is especially useful in adventure games when large quantities of data need to be modified. It can also be used to locate and alter names, descriptions, patterns, etc. within games. Keys ──── E Edit the memory region currently displayed on the screen. Once in Edit mode, you will be presented with the following commands: Tab - Switch between hex/ASCII editing modes. Ctrl-S - Save changes made to memory. Esc - Return from editing memory G Allows the user to directly move to a particular address rather than scrolling through memory using the cursor keys. H Allows the user to convert from hexadecimal to decimal or decimal to hexadecimal. Once in the hex converter, the following commands are available: Tab - Switch between hex/decimal entry modes. Enter - Convert the value entered. Esc - Return from hex/decimal converter. N Repeat a previous search. Game Wizard v2.3 - 8 - Reference Guide S Search for a hexadecimal or ASCII string from the current position in the memory editor. When searching, the following commands are available: Tab - Switch between hex/ASCII search modes. Ctrl-C - Toggle case sensitivity when searching for data. When the dot is displayed, case sensitivity is on. Enter - Commence searching for the data entered. Esc - Return from search . Ctrl-G Go to the address that was selected in the Result of Memory Address Search. Sometimes you may wish to edit a particular memory location only once. If this is the case, it may be faster and easier to modify it by using the Edit Memory Contents rather than using the Table of Memory Locations. This is achieved by pressing Ctrl-G to go to the Selected Address and then using the E key (edit function) to modify this particular value. Esc Return to the Main Menu File Viewer - Display Text File (Registered Version ONLY) ─────────────────────────────── This option in Game Wizard can be used to view any text file (i.e. game hints or solutions) within any game. This file viewer also contains a super fast search option. Game Playing Speed ────────────────── Game Wizard can slow down and speed up your game playing speed. It was designed to allow increased playabililty of older games on modern fast computers. Use the cursor keys to adjust the speed index and press the Enter key to activate it. This feature may not work with all games. The speed of most games can be decreased but only in some games can the speed be increased. Whether the speed can be adjusted depends on how the game was programmed. Some games were designed to run at a specific speed. Altering their speed may cause them to crash or behave abnormally. The speed index is only calibrated the very first time Game Wizard is executed. To recalibrate the delay factor for the speed index, use the /recalc command line option. This may be necessary when using different memory managers. Game Wizard v2.3 - 9 - Reference Guide Protect Screen ────────────── This feature blanks the screen to prevent screen burn in. Game Wizard will also protect the screen if it is activated and no key is pressed for a specific length of time. The default screen blanking time is 3 minutes. This blanking time can be in the range of 1 - 60 minutes. The default delay may be adjusted and saved with the /b= command line option. i.e. To set the screen blanking delay to 10 minutes use GWSHARE /b=10 at the command line. Boss Screen ─────────── Any text screen and password can be used by Game Wizard to hide the current game screen. It can be used to hide a game from your boss or prevent a nosy person from playing with your computer while you are away! In order to create a new Boss Screen, you must first delete the existing GWSHARE.BOS file from the Game Wizard directory. You may then capture the currently displayed text screen by activating Game Wizard and selecting the Boss Screen option. This screen will then be shown everytime the Boss Screen option is used. Remember that a correct password must be entered in order to exit the Boss Screen. The default password is GW (you must press the Enter key after typing the password). To adjust and save a new default password (maximum 8 characters), use the /p= command line option. i.e. To set the default password to book use GWSHARE /p=book at the command line. View Current Program Screen ─────────────────────────── This allows the user to view the current game screen. In the excitement of the game, a player may not be aware of the exact details (i.e. lives, ammunition, etc.) of the game. These details can be easily verified with this option. Prior to searching or editing memory, it may also be a good idea to confirm the items you plan to search for or edit by using this feature. Save & Load (Registered Version ONLY) ─────────── Game Wizard will allow the user to save and load programs for use at a later time even though this feature may not be built into the game. This is not a substitute for the internal save and load feature within games. It is designed for games that do not have save/load features or games that only allow you to save at a certain time or place. Game Wizard v2.3 - 10 - Reference Guide Crash to DOS ──────────── This feature will terminate the program that is currently running and return the user to the DOS prompt. Game Wizard's Crash to DOS was designed to be used with programs that do not have their own exit to DOS function. It also allows the user to exit back to DOS from a system crash which was caused by a poorly programmed game. After selecting this function, all of the memory and the devices that were used after running Game Wizard will be reset and the system will return to its original configuration. Crash to DOS will NOT terminate a batch file already in progress, but will clear the program that is currently being executed. It will then proceed to the next command in the batch file. DOS Shell (Registered Version ONLY) ───────── Game Wizard's DOS Shell function was designed to allow programs to shell to DOS by swapping the program that is currently being executed into EMS/XMS/DISK. This will free most of the conventional memory and allow the user to perform everyday tasks. The user can return from the DOS Shell back to the game anytime they choose. Miscellaneous Commands ────────────────────── In the Main Menu, there are a few hidden keys that are included to increase the compatibility with certain programs. The following keys are available: Keys (on the numeric pad) ───────────────────────── Grey Minus - On some slow systems, a game might become slightly slower after returning from Game Wizard. To solve this problem, activate Game Wizard and press the Grey Minus key a few times to adjust the speed of the game back to its original state. Grey * - This is equivalent to the Esc key in the Main Menu. This is provided because in some poorly programmed games, the Esc key that was used to exit Game Wizard is also acknowledged by the game (i.e. it might cause the game to exit prematurely). In some games you may wish to automatically repeat a certain key. This can be accomplished by holding down that key while activating Game Wizard. To disable this feature, press the "auto repeat" key again. Game Wizard v2.3 - 11 - Reference Guide Searching Techniques ──────────────────── Games that contain items with known values can be located quickly using the Basic Memory Address Search. The Basic search method operates under the principle of eliminating addresses that do not match the search criteria specified. The most efficient way to accomplish this is by searching for memory values that were changed since the previous search. In some games, after an address is modified or frozen, its values may not be changed on the screen. You may have to wait until the program updates the value on the screen to see the change. We will illustrate the process of using the Basic Search Method in the following games: Wolfenstein 3-D and Civilization. Wolfenstein 3-D ─────────────── In this game, suppose you wanted to find the location of your health in memory. The following procedure may be used: 1. Make sure that Game Wizard is resident in memory. 2. Run Wolfenstein 3-D. 3. When starting a level, wait until 100% health is displayed on the screen. 4. Activate Game Wizard by pressing the ` key (i.e. the key next to the 1 and above the tab). Select Memory Address Search in the Main Menu. 5. When prompted by "Search for:", enter 100 which is the value of the health, and then press the Enter key. 6. In the Main Menu, press Esc to return to the game. Play the game until you get hit. 7. Activate Game Wizard. Select Memory Address Search in the Main Menu. 8. Input the new value of the health and press the Enter key. 9. At this point Game Wizard should be able to determine the memory address where the health is stored. 10. Game Wizard will then automatically go to the Result of Memory Address Search option. A selection can then be made by moving the black highlight bar over the memory address and pressing the Enter key. 11. Now that an address has been selected, go to the Table of Memory Locations. Begin a new table by pressing E to edit the entry. Type in "Health" for the Description, and press either the Enter or the Tab key to go to the next column (address column). The Selected Address should already be entered automatically in the address column by Game Wizard (if not, press Ctrl-S to input it). Then press either the Enter or the Tab key to move to the next column (value column). Now enter in 100 (for 100% in health) and press the Enter key to save the entry. 12. You should then freeze the value of the health so that the value cannot be modified by the program. This is done by pressing the F key. 13. Return to the game and you should now be invulnerable. Game Wizard v2.3 - 12 - Reference Guide Civilization ──────────── In this game, suppose you wanted to find the location of the money in memory. The following procedure may be used: 1. Make sure that Game Wizard is resident in memory. 2. Run Civilization and begin a new game. 3. Activate Game Wizard by pressing the ` key (the key next to the 1 and above the tab). Select Memory Address Search in the Main Menu. 4. When prompted by "Search for:", enter 0 which is the value of the money, and then press the Enter key. 5. In the Main Menu, press Esc to return to the game. Play the game until you get some money. 6. Activate Game Wizard. Select Memory Address Search in the Main Menu. 7. Input the new value of the money and press the Enter key (Repeat steps 5 to 7 as many times as necessary). 8. At this point Game Wizard should be able to determine the memory address where the money is stored. 9. Game Wizard will then automatically go to the Result of Memory Address Search option. A selection can then be made by moving the black highlight bar over the memory address and pressing the Enter key. 10. Now that an address has been selected, go to the Table of Memory Locations. Begin a new table by pressing E to edit the entry. Type in "Money" for the Description, and press either the Enter or the Tab key to go to the next column (address column). The Selected Address should already be entered automatically in the address column by Game Wizard (if not, press Ctrl-S to input it). However, since the money is stored using 2 bytes within Civilization, it is only necessary to freeze the most significant byte of this value. In other words, if the address found was at 4000:135F, you should enter 4000:1360 into the Address column of the Table of Memory Locations (Keep in mind that the addresses are stored in hexadecimal). Then press either the Enter or the Tab key to move to the next column (Value column). Now enter in 80 (around 20,000 in money) and press the Enter key to save the entry. 11. You should then freeze the value of the money so that the value cannot be modified by the program. This is done by pressing the F key. 12. Return to the game and you should now have an infinite amount of money. Command Line Options ──────────────────── Multiple command line options can be used simultaneously (i.e. GWSHARE /b=12 /sx /p=book). The following are the command line options available for Game Wizard: Basic Command Line Options ────────────────────────── /b=# Set screen blanking delay in minutes, range: 1 - 60. i.e. to set the screen blanking delay to 10 minutes: GWSHARE /b=10 /i=# Alternate interrupt setting, range: 1 - 9. i.e. to change the alternate interrupt setting to 5: GWSHARE /i=5 Game Wizard v2.3 - 13 - Reference Guide /k=N Use a different activation key. N is the new KEYNAME. i.e. to change the activation key to F1 use: GWSHARE /k=f1 KEYNAME Actual Key ─────── ────────── RSHIFT Right Shift GMINUS Grey Minus (on Num. pad) GPLUS Grey Plus (on Num. pad) CTRL Right or left Ctrl ALT Right or left Alt TAB Tab F1 F1 F2 F2 F3 F3 F4 F4 F5 F5 F6 F6 F7 F7 F8 F8 F9 F9 F10 F10 /p= Set a new password for boss screen. The maximum length is 8 characters. i.e. to set the password to cloud use: GWSHARE /p=cloud /sN Set swapping to (d)isk, (e)ms, or (x)ms. Where N is d,e or x i.e. to swap to disk use: GWSHARE /sd /t This option prevents the system time from being updated while inside Game Wizard (necessary for some games). /u This option will remove Game Wizard from memory. This is only possible if no other TSR programs are loaded after Game Wizard. /vN Set video swapping to (f)ast or (s)low. Where N is f or s. If you experience video problems, try the alternate option. i.e. to use slow video swapping use: GWSHARE /vs Advanced Command Line Options ───────────────────────────── /delay This option sets a new delay factor for the game playing speed in case it wasn't calculated properly when Game Wizard was initially installed. The following are suitable delay factors for different systems: System Delay Factor ────── ──────────── 286-20 784 (different scale) 386-25 336 486-33 1344 486-66 3584 The Delay Factor for the 286 is larger than that of the 386 since the 286 uses a calculation method that is different from the 386/486 and Pentium. Special numbers are used to calculate the delay factor for the 286 because of its slower speed. Some experimentation will be required when adjusting these numbers. Game Wizard v2.3 - 14 - Reference Guide /install This option will allow Game Wizard to install regardless of whether or not it is already in memory. /recalc This option is used to recalculate a new delay factor. This may be necessary when running different memory managers. /sbirq This option is used to set the IRQ that is used by the Sound Blaster compatible card in case Game Wizard is unable to detect it properly. This value will be saved in the configuration file. i.e. to set the IRQ to 7: GWSHARE /sbirq=7 /sbport This option is used to set the port that is used by the Sound Blaster compatible card in case Game Wizard is unable to detect it properly. This value will be saved in the configuration file. i.e. to set the port to 220 use: GWSHARE /sbport=220' /trident This option is used to correct the hardware bugs found in certain Trident VGA cards. This option should be used when the top of the game screen gets corrupted when using Game Wizard. The N can be on or off. Once the /trident=on command line option has been used, Game Wizard will configure itself to use this option permanently. If you wish to disable this feature you must use the /trident=off command line option. i.e. to enable Trident bug fix mode use: GWSHARE /trident=on Questions & Answers ─────────────────── Q Why are the game screens corrupted after activating Game Wizard and returning to a SUPER VGA game or application? A A VESA driver must be loaded PRIOR to running Game Wizard if you wish to use Game Wizard inside SVGA programs. If Game Wizard detects a VESA driver when it is first installed, the message "Super VGA (VESA present)" is displayed for the Video Adapter Type, and VESA SuperVGA BIOS extensions will be used for its functions. * SVGA support is only available in the registered version. Q Why are my game screens corrupted after I return from Game Wizard? A Your video card may not support the new fast video swapping method. Try setting the video swapping speed to slow with the /vs command line option. Q Why are the screens corrupted when running Game Wizard? A Some poorly designed or older EMS Managers do not allow direct transfers to and from video memory. This problem can be solved by either upgrading your existing EMS manager or by using the /sd or /sx command option within Game Wizard. Game Wizard v2.3 - 15 - Reference Guide Q I have a Trident graphics card. Why does the screen sometimes get corrupted when using Game Wizard? A Some of the Trident VGA cards are not 100% VGA compatible on both the hardware and bios levels. We have successfully resolved most of these incompatiblity problems but a few might still exist. If the game screen gets corrupted when using Game Wizard, try using the /trident=on command line option. Refer to the Advanced Command Line Options section of the manual for more detailed information. Q Why do some games crash when I run them while Game Wizard is resident in memory? A This unregistered version of Game Wizard is incompatible with the DOS4GW Extender (i.e. DOOM and SIMCITY 2000), and may conflict with other extenders as well. * The registered version of Game Wizard includes an alternate activation method that should run with most well behaved DOS extenders. Q I have tried searching for a particular item in a game but have been unable to find it? A There are 3 different search methods in the registered version of Game Wizard. Each is designed to search for a particular type of data. If the incorrect search method is used, Game Wizard will not be able to find the item. Q I have a Sound Blaster compatible card, why was Game Wizard unable to detect it? A Your card may not be 100% compatible with the Sound Blaster, or a non standard port or IRQ is used by your sound card. This problem can be solved by using the command line options /sbport and /sbirq. Q How do I get the Gravis Ultrasound to run with Game Wizard? A For the Ultrasound to function corrrectly with Game Wizard, the SBOS driver or any other relevant sound driver for Ultrasound must be loaded prior to running Game Wizard. Game Wizard v2.3 - 16 - Reference Guide Q I copied an installed version of Game Wizard to a friends computer, but it doesn't seem to work at all. Why? A When Game Wizard is installed, it configures itself to run at optimum performance on that particular computer. Changing hardware configurations without reinstalling Game Wizard will cause it to behave incorrectly. Game Wizard should only be installed from the distributed package. Q Why do I get the following message "Error: VM86 mode without VCPI"? A This error is usually caused by a memory manager that has had its EMS services disabled. To solve this problem, enable EMS services by referring to the manual that was supplied with your memory manager. If EMS services can not be enabled, removing the memory manager will also solve this problem. Q Why can't I use a table that I copied from a friend of mine? A Some tables may not work on other computers if they use different game configurations. If you are running the VGA version of a game while your friend is running the SVGA version, the game might use two separate executable files, or different memory allocation schemes. Q I saved some tables on my machine and loaded them at a later date, why doesn't it work? A Tables should only be saved/loaded inside a game. If the table is NOT saved inside the game, it may not function correctly when loaded. This is because the table is calculated based on criteria within that particular game when loaded. Q What are the Alternate interrupt settings for? A Certain programs/drivers may conflict with the default interrupts used by Game Wizard. If Game Wizard crashes upon installation, a different interrupt setting may be used to solve this problem. The different setting can only be determined by trial and error. Q Why can Game Wizard only edit memory starting after a certain address? A Game Wizard will not allow the user to edit memory regions that were allocated prior to it becoming resident in memory. This is to eliminate potential problems that may be caused by editing DOS/DRIVERS/TSRs and other critical memory regions. Q Why can't I search for the same number twice consecutively? A This will only occur when you try to enter the same value in the first and second searches. This is done in order to increase the speed of the searching process. Game Wizard v2.3 - 17 - Reference Guide Q Why doesn't Game Wizard automatically put the Selected Address in the Address column? A Game Wizard will only automatically put the Selected Address in the Address column if the address is 0000:0000. You may either clear the entry before editing it, or use CTRL-S when in editing mode to input the new Selected Address into the Address column. Q Why can't I adjust the speed of the program? A Make sure you use the cursor keys to adjust the speed index and then press the Enter key to make it effective. This is not guaranteed to work with all games, since it depends on how the game was programmed. Some games were designed to run at a specific speed. Altering their speed may cause them to crash or behave abnormally. Q Why doesn't Game Wizard run with MS Windows? A Due to the fact that Game Wizard directly accesses the same hardware used by multitasking software, it is incompatible with MS Windows as well as OS/2, DesQview and Windows NT. Q Why won't Game Wizard activate after I exit MS Windows? A If you run MS Windows after Game Wizard has been loaded, Game Wizard will not activate. You must remove Game Wizard from memory and reload it in order to use it again. Q How do I edit large number in memory? A Editing a large number in memory may require you to increase the memory address by 1 or more. The following table contains a list of ranges. 0 - 255 MEMORY ADDRESS 256 - 65,535 MEMORY ADDRESS + 1 65,536 - 16,777,215 MEMORY ADDRESS + 2 16,777,216 - 2,147,483,647 MEMORY ADDRESS + 3 e.g. If the memory address found was at 1000:2349 and you wish to change the value to a number between 16,777,216 - 2,147,483,647. You must edit the memory address at 1000:234C (1000:2349 + 3) to accomplish this. Game Wizard v2.3 - 18 - Reference Guide