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X-Wing Editor PRO V1.06
Welcome to XP, this is my first attempt at writing a game editor. However
so far I'm happy with the results; I've got a very simple interface, which
uses the cursor, hotkeys, ENTER, and ESC to navigate the entire interface.
-= Files =-
XP.EXE - The Xwing Editor
XP.DOC - This file (Documentation)
XP.UPD - Revision and Future Enhancements List
ORIGINAL.XPC - The Default settings for all of the Ships
REGISTER.ME - Registration Form
-= About the Author =-
Currently I have only a few games I really Enjoy: WOLF-3D, XWING, Lemmings 2.
Since their is already many great editors for WOLF3D, I decided to do one after
looking at the editors that are out there. Most of them either were a pain to
use, Buggy, or incomplete.
I spent many, many, many hours deciphering the Pilot, Mission, Briefing, and
select locations in other XWING files (The Briefing was the hardest). There is
very little I don't know about these files(See HELP), I have several programs I
programmed inhouse that I use to make sure that the files are deciphered
correctly. Also the "XWING Official Stratagy Guide" was helpful by making sure
that the first three TOD's were deciphered correctly.
-= BUGS =-
Hopefully you wont find any bugs, but if you manage to find a bug that I
missed during the Beta Testing cycle, Please let me know via the addresses
below.
-= Shareware =-
Since I spent so much time on this project (I never guessed it would take
me this much time), I'm releasing it as shareware for $15.
What I've done to the shareware version is deactivated Tour 4 editing,
Diactivated Mission Saving, and Removed the copy protection removal.
Otherwise it's fully working.
-= Letting Me Know =-
If you have any questions you can Mail me a letter via:
U.S. Post Office = 1997 Cluster Pine Rd. Colton, Ca 92324-8400
Software Creations = email "Nathan Anderson" at 1-508-368-7139
The Prime Connection = email "Nathan Anderson" at 1-909-274-9634
-= Command Line =-
XP can be started be a varity of ways. Starting XP without any parameters,
will start you in the main menu. Starting XP with a '/P' or '-P' will stick
place you in a listing of pilots that you can edit. Starting XP with a '/M'
will place you into a listing of Mission files. Starting XP with a '/O' will
stick you in the Other Menu. Starting XP with a '/T' will stick you in the
TOD menu. Starting XP with a '/B' will stick you in the Briefing Listing.
Starting XP with any of the above plus the name of the file will stick you
in their respected editors. Starting XP '-P' plus a file will open the
file and check to see if the pilot is dead/captured if it is it will revive
the pilot and quit to dos. Otherwise it will stick you in the pilot editor.
Starting XP '-E' plus a file will force XP to stick you in the pilot editor.
And last but not least, XP *.PLT or XP NA?HAN?.PLT will revive all pilots
matching the wildcards.
Summary:
XP - Main Menu
XP /P - Pilot file Listing
XP /M - Mission file Listings
XP /O - Other Menu
XP /B - Briefing file Listings <NOT AVAILABLE YET>
XP /T - Tour of Duty file Listings <NOT AVAILABLE YET>
XP /A - Applies a TOD file to XWING <NOT AVAILABLE YET>
XP /P <NAME> - Checks if pilot is dead, if so revives pilot. If Not Edits.
XP /E <NAME> - Forces XP to Edit pilot.
XP /M <NAME> - Opens Mission file and Edits it.
XP /B <NAME> - Opens Briefing file and Edits it. <NOT AVAILABLE YET>
XP /T <NAME> - Opens Tour of Duty file and edits it. <NOT AVAILABLE YET>
XP /A <NAME> - Applies TOD file to XWING <NOT AVAILABLE YET>
XP *.PLT - Revives all Dead Pilots
XP NAT?.PLT - Revives all pilots matching the Wildcards.
-= Main Menu =-
The Main Menu will give you 6 choices, you may either move the cursor up/down
or hit the first letter thats highlighted to select it.
Options:
P) Pilot Editor - Will Stick you in the Pilot Listing
M) Mission Editor - Will Stick you in the Mission Listing
B) Briefing Editor - Will Stick you in the Briefing Listing
O) Other Xwing Stuff - Will Stick you in the Other Menu
T) TOD Editor - Will Stick you in the TOD Listing
ESC) Return to Dos - Quits XP
-= Pilot Listing =-
The Listings are probably one of my favorite things in xp, they display
fifty file names in a list that you can choose one by using the cursor keys
(Up/Down/Left/Right) and the <ENTER> to select one. Upon selecting one
you will be put into the Pilot Editor.
If there are more than fifty pilot files in the directory, another option
will appear. By hitting 'N' you will go to the next page of files or by
hitting 'P' you will go to the prior Page.
Also available in the Pilot Listing is the 'R' command, it will revive a
dead/Captured pilot (You may notice that the names are not all the same color,
if a name is in red that means the pilot is captured, if in black it means the
pilot is dead, otherwise the pilot is healthy.)
And Then you may also use '2' - Change to Mission Listing, '3' - Change to
Briefing Listings.
-= Mission Listings =-
This listing acts the same way that the Pilot one does except for two things
One is that there is no 'R'evive command, and two is if you highlight a file
that is a Original Xwing Mission (Tours 1-4) it bring up a window with the
mission Full Name, Mission Tour Number, and Mission Number.
-= Briefing Listings =-
Identical to the Mission Listings. Except that its for briefings.
-= Other Menu =-
This menu is very simular to the main menu except it has two new items.
1. Remove Copy Protection - Will Remove the Copy protection from Xwing, So far I
can remove it from the three versions that I have (Original V1.0, Tour 4 V1.1,
and Tour 4 V1.1a with bugs removed). When the game askes you for the copy
protection you just hit <ENTER>.
2. Edit Ships - This will allow you to edit the Ships attributes (Like Speed,
Firepower, Shields, ect...).
-= Pilot Editor =-
Basicly these menus are self explantory, However I will point out one thing.
the "2) Edit Tours" & "3) Edit Pilot by Tours" I implemented this system twice
one by a menu and the second you scroll thru the names of the tours/Missions.
-= Mission Editor/Briefing Editor =-
Basicly you have on the Top part of the menu 16 Crafts (On the Left) and
16 Object (on the right), by hitting <ENTER> on any one you will go into
their respected editor. By Hitting <DELETE> you will delete one, and by
hitting <ENTER> on a Unused spot you will add on.
<NOTICE>
Currently I don't support the LEVEL?.XWI files they have over 16 objects.
and have no crafts. (I wasn't about to add in all of the programming to
support the 8 training ground files)
-= Letting Me Know =-
If you have any questions you can Mail me a letter via:
U.S. Post Office = 1997 Cluster Pine Rd. Colton, Ca 92324-8400
Software Creations = email "Nathan Anderson" at 1-508-368-7139
The Prime Connection = email "Nathan Anderson" at 1-909-274-9634
-= Help =-
I'm willing to SWAP information on file formats, I currently don't know:
Pilot File: Locations 19-38
Pilot File: Locations 51-134 (I suspect it has to do with the PG's) *
Pilot File: Loctaions 138-158 (I suspect it also has to do with PG's) *
Pilot File: Locations 353-544 (I suspect it has to do with the HIST's) *
Pilot File: Locations 593-640 (I suspect it has to do with the HIST's) *
Pilot File: Locations 642-647
Pilot File: Locations 649-736
Pilot File: Locations 1561-1584
Mission File: Locations 7-8
Mission File: Craft Locations 140-141
Mission File: Haven't figured out the difference between Multi-Starts & Gotos
in the Coords system
Mission File: Object Locations 48-49
Mission File: Object Loctaions 64-69
Ship Editor Locations Starts at Start of Craft Info in File
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 36-39
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 46-47
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 50-51
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 56-61
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 66-77
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 80-98
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 101
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 108-145
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 149-153
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 156-161
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 164-169
FLIGHT.OVL: Locations 172-224
* - I pretty sure what they do, but can't confirm (These locations i'm not
in need of, however any of the other spots I would love to find out)