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TRADE WARS 2002 EDITOR DOCUMENTATION VERSION 1.00 (C) Copyright 1990, 1991 Martech Software, Inc. MAIN MENU OPTIONS <A> Aliens Editor. Allows you to change the information about each alien. Enter the alien's number and you will be allowed to change the name, ship name, ship make and class, current location, fighters, shields, corbomite level, holds, credits, alignment points and experience points. Setting the location of the Alien to 0 (zero) will de-activate the ship. List Outstanding Federal Bounties. List all the bounties, on whom they are posted and who posted them. You can also see the amount of the bounty and who has claimed it. You cannot change any of these values. If you have a problem with this file, you will have to delete the entire file. The game will re-create the file, but none of the previous bounties will be there. <F> Ferrengi Editor. This option allows you to change the names or power of the Ferrengi in the game. Enter the Ferrengi ship number and you can change the name, ship name, location and other information as well. Detailed instructions on this portion of the editor can be found later in this document. <G> General Information and Setup, Screen One. This allows you to change the game set up. This is the screen where you enter your Registration Code. The options on this screen are detailed later in this document. <H> General Information and Setup, Screen Two. This screen allows you to change additional setup information. This is the screen that contains the location of the Class 0 ports and the Ferrengi Homeworld. If you are playing the game and you do not wish to have this information, don't use this screen. All the options on this screen are detailed later in this document. <L> List Current Users. This is a listing only. None of the values here can be changed. You can use this listing to see the player number, name, current sector location, fighters, shields, ship type, turns remaining and corporation number of every player in the game. This can be very useful information. The listing may contain unused player records but you can abort the display by pressing the space bar. <N> Planet Editor. This enables you to edit all the information of any planet in the game. You must know the planet number to use this option. The fields of this screen are detailed later in this document. Port Editor. This enables you to alter the information about any port in the game. You enter the sector number where the port is located to access the port record. This portion of the editor is explained in greater detail later in this document. <S> Sector Editor. This allows you to change the nebulae name, add or modify the marker beacon and change information about everything contained in the sector. Additional information about this screen can be found later in this document. <T> Corporation Editor. This allows you to view and edit the information for each corporation. Enter the corporation number and you can change the name, captain, date of creation and password. Options <E> Rank and <F> Kills are reserved for future versions. User Editor. This enables you to change all the information about a specific user. You can enter all or part of the user's name and the user list will be searched to find a match. Additional information about the fields in this portion of the editor is detailed later in this document. <Q> Quit Editor and Exit to the BBS. FERRENGI EDITOR <A> Ferrengi Name. You can choose to use a new system generated name or enter one of your own creations. The length of this field is 25 characters. Ship Name. You can choose to use a system generated name or enter one of your own creations. The length of this field is 25 characters. <C> Location. Enter the sector number where you want to locate this Ferrengi ship. Entering a 0 (zero) in this field will de-activate this ship. <D> Fighters OH. Enter the number of fighters you want this ship to have on hand. <E> Shields OH. Enter the number of shields you want this ship to have on hand. <F> Corbomite Lvl. Enter the Corbomite level (number of corbomite devices) you want to have on this ship. <G> Destination. Reserved for use in a future version of the game. <H> -<J> Grudges #1, #2 and #3. These fields contain the names of users or corporations who have encountered the Ferrengi. If the Ferrengi cross the user's path again, they will attack. These options will be used more extensively in future versions of the game. <K> Operating Mode. <0> Scouting. This is the default mode. The ship just wanders around the universe. <1> Attacking. This ship has been attacked and it will act aggressively against any trader it meets. <2> Blood Hunt. This ship will be going after one of the Traders marked in the Grudge fields. <3> Invading. Reserved for future use. <4> Raiding. Reserved for future use. <5> Retreating. Reserved for future use. <6> Trapped. Reserved for future use. <7> Defending. Reserved for future use. GENERAL INFORMATION AND SETUP, SCREEN ONE <Z> Registration Code. Enter your registration code exactly as shown in your registration letter. This will enable all the features of the game. <A> Turns per Day. This is the base number of turns per day for a Merchant Cruiser. The number of turns for all other ships are based on this number. Initial Fighters. This is the number of fighters given to new players entering the game. <C> Initial Credits. This is the number of credits given to new players entering the game. <D> Initial Holds. This is the number of holds on the Merchant Cruiser given to new players entering the game. <E> Days until an inactive user is deleted. This option lets you keep only the active players in your user file. External Maintenance Last Ran: This option is informational only. If maintenance does not run, several components of the game (such as Port Construction) will not take place. Max # of Players, sectors, ports and planets: This is informational only. <G> Ferrengi regeneration percentage. The entry here will be a percentage (from 1 to 100) of the maximum number of Ferrengi that can be regenerated each night. The maximum (100%) will cause 10% of the total possible number of Ferrengi to be added to the game every night when maintenance is run. <H> Terran Colonist Reproduction Rate. This is the number of colonists that will reproduce every day. The number of colonists is updated constantly - not during maintenance. Daily log Limit in lines. Enter the number of lines you want to maintain in your daily log. The bigger the file, the more the users can review the history of the game by using option <D> from the Computer Menu. Be aware that larger the file, the more hard disc space you will be using. <J> - <L> StarShip Locations. These are the sectors where the three Federation StarShips are located. <M> Maximum num of planets in a sector. If there are more than this number of planets in a sector when maintenance is run, there is a possibility that one or more of the planets will be destroyed due to planetary gravitational conflict. <N> Maximum num of Traders on a Corp. Use of this option can change the amount of interaction between the players. <O> Underground Password Phrase. Enter the phrase you want as the password to the Underground. The phrase can be up to 41 characters long. Age of Game in days. The number of days since the game began. The number of Ferrengi and Aliens in the game is calculated using this number. <R> Locked Modem rate. Locked DTE (serial connection between the computer and the modem) This option is normally only used with modems that have data compression (v.42, MNP- 5). If you are unsure if you need to use this setting or not, leave it OFF. <S> The Local Display is (on/off) while remote users play. Some SysOps that play the game prefer to have the console off while remote users are playing the game so they do not have an unfair advantage. <T> Use CTS/RTS Hardware Flow Control. Used only when running higher-speed modems. If you are unsure whether or not to use this setting, leave it OFF. GENERAL INFORMATION AND SETUP, SCREEN TWO <A> TriCron Champion. Enter the user who is the current TriCron Champion. TriCron Jackpot. Enter the current number of credits in the TriCron Jackpot. <C> TriCron HiScore. Enter the current high score in TriCron. <D> Ferrengi Homebase. The option for the Ferrengi Homeworld is informational only. It is reserved for use in future versions of the game. <E> StarDock Sector. Current location of the StarDock. <F> 2nd Port0 Sector. Current location of the second Class 0 Port. (The first Class 0 Port is always in sector 1.) <G> 3rd Port0 Sector. Current location of the third Class 0 Port. <H> Ferrengi %moveCh. You can set the chance for the Ferrengi to move around while a user is in the game. More information about how to set this for your particular configuration will be displayed when you choose option <H>. Aliens %moveCh. You can set the chance for the Aliens to move around while a suer is in the game. More information about how to set this for your particular configuration will be displayed when you choose option . <J> Gfiles ScoresDir. Gfiles ScoresDir allows you to specify the subdirectory for the player rankings. This allows users to display the scoreboard without entering the game. This file will be updated each time a user chooses the <L> List Players option from the Computer Menu. <K> Sysop Sec Level. SysOps have the ability to send messages from the Federation or Ferrengi, erase the writing on the bathroom wall, clear the conversations in the Tavern, etc. Set this to the security level of the users you wish to have these options. <L> Lock our Aliases? You can decide whether or not to allow your users the option of using an alias in the game. <M> Display StarDock. This option will determine whether the location of the StarDock will be displayed on the Game Configuration Screen (option <V> from the Main Menu). <O> FedSpaceShipLimit. This sets the number of ships that are allowed to remain in any FedSpace sector. If there are more than this number of ships in a sector when maintenance runs, then ships will be towed out (randomly) until there are only this many left. Photon Wave Dur. This is the number of seconds that a Photon Missile will neutralize defenses in a sector. Please use discretion when setting this component. A lot of damage can be done in just a few seconds. We recommend you set this at no more than 30 seconds. PLANET EDITOR <A> Planet Name. The name of this planet. This field is 41 characters long. <H> Class. This field is reserved for use in future versions of the game. <O> Location. The sector where this planet is located. <M> Made By. This is the person who launched the Genesis Torpedo to create this planet. This information is only used in the Planet Display. You can enter up to 41 characters here. <L> Owned by. This is the current owner of the planet. A positive number indicates the planet is a personal one owned by that user number. A negative one (-1) designates the Ferrengi as the owners. Negative eleven through negative sixty (-11 through -60) indicates that the planet is owned by a corporation (-11 = Corp #1, -60 = Corp #50). Ore OnHand. The number of units of Fuel Ore available on the planet. <C> Organics OH. The number of units of Organics available on the planet. <D> Equipment OH. The number of units of Equipment available on the planet. Fighters OH. The number of fighters stationed on the planet. <E> Fuel Ore (Colonists/Productivity). This will allow you to enter the number of colonists groups (1000 per group) assigned to the production of Fuel Ore. The Productivity (or units per day) will be calculated using the number of colonists. <F> Organics (Colonists/Productivity). This will allow you to enter the number of colonists groups (1000 per group) assigned to the production of Organics. The Productivity (or units per day) will be calculated using the number of colonists. <G> Equipment (Colonists/Productivity). This will allow you to enter the number of colonists groups (1000 per group) assigned to the production of Equipment. The Productivity (or units per day) will be calculated using the number of colonists. Fighters (Production). This fields is informational only. The number of fighters produced per day is calculated using the units per day fields from the other commodities produced on the planet. <J> Defenses. This option will let you set which defenses are available on the planet (Level 1 through 5 Citadel). <T> Military Control. This enables you to change the Military Reaction Level (the same as option <M> on the Planet Menu). Quasar Atmos. This enables you to change the Quasar Cannon Reaction Level - Atmospheric setting. This is the same as option <Q> from the Citadel Menu. <V> Quasar Sector. This enables you to change the Quasar Cannon Reaction Level - Sector setting. This is the same as option <Q> from the Citadel Menu. <K> Treasury Credits. This allows you to change the number of credits stored in the citadel on this planet. PORT EDITOR <A> Name. The name of this port. This fields is 41 characters long. <W> Last ship to port. This is the name of the last ship to port here. The Merchant Marines is the value in this field if no user has yet ported here. This field is 41 characters long. <T> Last robbed by. This is the name of the last user to rob this port. This information is used when a player attempts to rob the same port more than once. You can enter all or part of a user's name and it will check the user file to find a match. Class. This is normally determined by the buy/sell setup that occurred in INITPORT. We strongly recommend that you do not change this field. <C> - <E> Ore, Org. and Equ. This is the amount of each of these commodities currently available for trade at the port. The amount cannot exceed 20 times the production rate (see below). If it does exceed this amount, the game will return the value to what it should be. <F> - <H> Productivity. This is the production rate the port will produce in one day. The maximum allowed at the port is 20 times this rate. We strongly recommend that you do not change these fields. - <K> Maximum change in cost (percent). This is the variance percentage (from the list price) that the port will charge/pay for goods. If the number is negative, the port is buying that commodity. If the number is positive, the port is selling that commodity. We strongly recommend that you do not change these fields. Accumulated Trading Credits. This field is informational only and the value cannot be changed. This is the number of credits that have been accumulated as a result of trading at this port. This is the maximum amount of credits available for evil players to rob from the port. SECTOR EDITOR <Z> Nebulae. This is the name of the nebulae in which this sector is located. This name can be up to 41 characters long. <N> Beacon. This is what is on the marker beacon in this sector. You may enter up to 41 characters in this field. <G> Port. This is the name of the port in this sector. If you choose this option, you will be taken to the Port Editor. <H> Fighters. This is the number of fighters in the sector and the name of their owner. If you select this option, you will be asked how many fighters to put in the sector and to whom they should belong. If you enter a positive number, they will be personal fighters belonging to the user with that user number. A negative one (-1) means they belong to the Ferrengi. A negative eleven through negative sixty (-11 through -60) means they are Corporate fighters belonging to Corp. #1 through Corp #50. (Example: If you enter a -15 as the owner, the fighters will belong to Corporation #4). <V> Mode. This is the mode the fighters are in - 0=Defensive, 1=Toll and 2=Offensive. <T> Toll Collected. If the fighters are set to Toll mode, this option will appear. This is the number of credits that the fighters have collected. Planets. This is the name and number of the planet(s) located in this sector. If you choose this option, you will be taken to the Planet Editor. <J> Mines. This is the number of mines in the sector and the name of the owner. If you select this option, you will be asked how many mines to put in the sector and to whom they should belong. See <H> Fighters to see how to designate the owner. <K> Traders. This is a list of the traders located in this sector. If you choose this option, you will be taken to the User Editor. <L> Ferrengi. This is a list of the Ferrengi located in this sector. If you choose this option, you will be taken to the Ferrengi Editor. <M> Aliens. This is a list of the Aliens located in this sector. If you choose this option you will be taken to the Aliens Editor. USER EDITOR <A> Name. This is the name the user has chosen for his/her character in the game. The name entered here can be up to 41 characters long. BBS Name. This is the BBS name of this player. Be very careful about changing this. You could have a user that can no longer play the game. This name can be up to 41 characters long. <C> Ship Name. This is the name the user has chosen for his/her ship. This can be up to 45 characters long. Ports is the number of times this ship has docked at a port in the game. Kills is the number of other ships the player has destroyed while using this ship. Ports and Kills are informational only and cannot be changed. These two fields are used to determine the trade-in value for this ship. <D> Ship Make and Class. This is the make and model of this user's ship. If you want to change this, you will be given a list of ships from which to choose. After you have selected the ship, you will be given a list of Manufacturers. <E> Last Day On. This is the last day this user was in the game. If you choose this option, entering a positive number indicates the number of days since the player last played, 0 (zero) indicates the user was in the game today, and a negative number will prevent the user from entering the game for that number of days. <F> Killed by. This is the name of the user who last destroyed this player's ship. A positive number indicates an active user. Negative 99 (-99) means the record will be initialized. Negative 98 (-98) means the player was destroyed by a user who has been deleted from the game. Negative 1 (-1) means the user was destroyed by the Ferrengi. <G> Turns Left. This is the number of turns available for this user today. <H> Location. This is the current location of this user. Numbers 1 through 1000 mean the user is in that sector. Numbers 1001 through 2000 mean the user is on a planet in the sector (number-1000). For example - the location of a user is 1599; this means the user is on a planet in sector 599. Numbers 2001 through 3000 mean that the user is cloaked in sector (number - 2000). For example - the location of a user is 2444; this means the user is cloaked in sector 444. - <M> Fighters, Shields, Genesis Torps, Mines, and Marker Beacons. This is the amount of each of these items the player has on the ship. <N> Long Range Scan. This shows whether or not the user has a long range scanner. If you wish to change this, you can specify 0 for no scanner, 1 for Density Scanner or 2 for Holographic Scanner. <O> Cargo Holds. This is the number of holds available on this ship. If you change this number or change the numbers for Ore, <Q> Org, <R> Equ or <S> Colonists, be sure the total of P+Q+R+S is less than or equal to the number in O. If you have more commodities than holds, when the player enters the game, the commodities will be deleted beginning with Equipment and ending with Colonists. <T> Credits. This is the number of credits on this player's ship. Last Sector in. This is the last sector the user was in before his/her current location. This is used when calculating escape routes. <V> Member of Corp. This is the number of the corporation to which this player belongs. <W> Experience Pts. This is the number of experience points this user has accumulated. The title associated with the experience is also displayed. <Y> Morals Ranking. This is the number of alignment points this user has accumulated. The name associated with this level of morals is also displayed. <1> - <5> Atomic Detonators, Corbomite Device, Ether Probes, Mine Disrupters, Photon Missiles. This is the quantity of each of these hardware items found on this ship. <6> - <9> Psychic Probe, Planet Scanner, Ship Transfer Lock, Transwarp Drive. These selections can toggle whether or not this ship has each of these devices. <Z> Cloaking Devices. This is the number of cloaking devices contained on this ship. <@> Times Blown Up. This is how many times this player has had his/her ship destroyed. <!> Delete this user. Deletes this user from the player file.