Changing the Code 

Experienced computer users can change almost any aspect of Deathground. We have made it especially easy to change the numbers that drive the game (The Atmosphere settings.) 

Be careful!  Making changes incorrectly may crash your computer with unpredictable consequences. Always keep a back up of the program when working on it, and never leave anything unsaved and important running in the background when modifying Deathground.

That said, it's actually a lot like HTML, so if you're familiar with that you should be able to modify Deathground.


Here is an explanation of some of the commands in the atmosphere file:

 	UnownedLandDefend 2 
  <lose two guys to take one unowned hood> 

  CardChance 30 
  <30% chance each turn for a bullet to appear somewhere> 

   TurnsToMaxIncrease 5 
   <It takes 5 turns for the increase (the amount a hood increases
   in value pr turn) to top. before and after the fifth turn it is owned
    by the same player it increases less> 

  Value 100 increase 50 
	<each hood is worth $100 when you first own it, and 
  then it increases gradually and the peak (in the fifth turn) is 
  the value increases by 50

Owned 
turns		Value
1		100
2		110 (100 + 50/5)
3		122 (110 + 50/4)
4		138 (122 + 50/3)
5		163 (138 + 50/2)
6		213 (163 + 50/1)
7		238 (213 + 50/2)
8		256 (238 + 50/3)
9     etc...>

	Begin Army "Wiseguy" price 300  
	<each wiseguy costs $300> 

	strength 1 Initial 1 pr country + 7 
	<each player starts with 8 wiseguys> 

Begin WorldPart "Manhattan" 
				Begin settings OwnValue 3000 
				<the borough of Manhattan is worth $3000 (10 guys)> 

and so on.... Just change the numbers to change the game!


HOW TO ACCESS THE ATMOSPHERE FILES:

* To get an Atmosphere file 

Press option-shift-F12 to copy the current Atmosphere to the clipboard. 

Then you can paste it into any word processing program and modify it there.  When you're done, select all and copy the modified Atmosphere to the  clipboard. BE SURE TO GET THE ENTIRE Atmosphere. If you insert a partial Atmosphere, bad things may happen. 

* To paste an altered Atmosphere file back into Deathground 

You can have up to eight user Atmosphere files. To save the file you just modified, press option-shift and a function key between 1 and 8. Pressing alt-shift-F1 saves the clipboard contents to user atmosphere 1, pressing alt-shift-F2 saves it to user atmosphere 2, and so on. 

* Changing other things 

You can also change the pictures and almost anything else in Deathground by modifying the Deathground Data file with programmer's resources such as Resourcer 2.0. Remember, if you modify the code and something goes wrong, it's not our fault. 

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