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DO IT YOURSELF STEP-BY-STEP 4 CRYSTALS OF TRAZERE CHARACTER EDITOR ------------------------------------ Why do it yourself character editor? Well, for a couple of reasons. I have all the "hacking" skills necessary to make a character editor, but i am not a programmer, and at this stage i don't know anyone that knows enough programming to put a quality character editor together, who is close to my home. And two, it enables me to get the material out to the general public a lot faster, and it should be very easy for even novice computer users to edit the game(at least most of them, anyway) because i tried to make the instructions as easy to comprehend and follow as possible. And i feel that having the character editor as quickly as possible is important, mainly because some of the material (such as a needed key) can help you past a part you are truly stuck on, and after being stuck for a while you generally lose the addictive fire towards the game. So, for these two reasons, you are going to have to edit the character yourself, which could be an adventure in itself, depending on your sucess or lack of it. All the data presented should be accurate(i will put a notice out if any bugs are found) and if you do not get it at first, try, try again. REMEMBER TO EITHER ZIP YOUR SAVE GAMES UP INTO A ZIP FILE, OR COPY THEM INTO A SEPERATE DIRECTORY, FOR COPYING OVER THE HACKED SAVE GAMES IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG!!!! This can be very important, as if you insert the data into the wrong place, bad things can happen(such as the game not loading). This is very unlikely, but a possibility. You are most likely going to need a good utilities program, or a text editor with the HEX EDIT function, as this is in which we are going to be performing the hacking. There is information included in this text file for editing your items(and that means EVERYTHING, including all the keys, weapons, armor, and even weird stuff like the corpses, and the Four Crystals of Trazere!!), money(up to the hundreds of millions), & more experience than you'll know what to do with! I didn't include things like the magic runes, and stats(str, dex) because these can be easily affected by the others, as in with money you can buy the runes, and with experience & then training your character, your stats will go up. Remember to try not to make a "super character" from the start unless you haven't finished it yet and are starting over, as quite a bit of the fun and challenge will go out of the game. I'm providing this material mainly for helping characters past tough spots, but in any case its up to you what you wish to do with it. If you find this material of some use and you are not a "hacker" then please make a small donation($5 or so) to the address at the end of the file to cover some of the time i spent working on this to give to you. And I invite fellow hackers to send a disk or whatever with your latest hack description in the same detail to me instead of a contribution. Thanks, and enjoy! Remember, perserverance is the key to excellence! STARTING OFF -------------------- *NOTE: The names of the characters i will be using are the generic computer generated ones that you get when you first start off, before you name change if you wish. Here is a translation of names to classes: Slyzaar: Barbarian Tunarle: Troubadour Thai-Chai: Assasin Zothen: Runemaster First of all, you novice hackers are going to need to know a few basic things about hex editing & hacking, and i'll teach it in as basic terms as i can manage. FIRST THINGS FIRST: Copy your save-games onto a floppy disk, subdirectory, or just zip them up, as a backup just in case!!!!! Then, enter a utilities or text-editing program that has a HEX-EDIT feature(MS-DOS's 5.0 is NOT one, PC-Tool's PC-Shell, and probably Norton Utilities are). While in the program select the Trazere directory, and a list of Trazere's files should show up, among them your original save games(eg:Legend07.sav). Select the save game you wish to edit, then select the Hex-Edit command. It doesn't matter which save game, any one will do, as all store the data in the same place. Now that you are Hex-Editing the program, a new screen should pop up with rows of "hex" numbers and letters two by two, and a side screen may be there as well, with "text" in it. Sometimes the text-screen may contain actual words and sentences ,but more often then not it will be "machine language", which looks like garbage to the uninitiated. (CAUTION, if you are far enough in the game, when looking down the text column you may see some answers to puzzles in the game) If you see the Hex portion then you are on the right track. It may look some what like this(as in PC-Shell) File Edit (name of file) Relative Sector 0000000 Clust 00068 Disk Abs Sec 000062 0000(0000) 1F 2E 3D 4C 07 (and so on with the hex) (machine language, mostly ASCII characters) If it looks somewhat like this(the hex characters doen't matter) then you are ready to go! SECTORS & OFFSETS: Right about now a few of you are probably saying "What?". That is understandable because there are no reasons you would have to know about this, unless you are a hacker or just enjoy looking at file innards in machine language. The relative sectors of a file is how the file is split up initially, then into smaller components with the offsets. Somewhere on your screen, (up top with PC-Shell as in example) you will see the words "Relative Sector" or something close, followed by seven digits. The beginning of a program always starts at sector 0000000, going up as you progress through the program. We will be doing the hacking in sector 0000000, which means you will not have to move down a screen if you are only hacking Slyzaar & Tunarle and only down one screen(but still in sector 0000000) if you wish to edit Thai-Chai and Zothen. The Offset is a set of two hex characters. The beginning offset in the example is 1F. The next offset is 2E. The data we will be changing, and therefore editing is the offsets. The changes will be very unremarkable while you are hex-editing, a digit or two changed. But when you enter Trazere you will certainly notice the difference! As they say, the proof is in the pudding. The offsets are numbered in the program, so you know which offset you need to change. The offset "number" i give you is NOT the data you need to change, it is simply the location of the offset you need to insert the data to. The example offsets below show what i mean, The offset below(0016, where the arrow is pointing) is the starting offset in | the row, thus 1F is offset 16, 2E is offset 17, 3D is offset \ | / 18 and so on. To find the offset i am referring to, simply | count across the row. Remember to be careful and double-check \|/ as if you are mistaken then the result will not be the one | desired. \ / 0016(0010) 1F 2E 3D 4C 07 To edit the offsets, simply select the edit command from the Hex-Edit screen (in PC-Shell, at the bottom of the screen, F5 i believe, or you can click on it with your mouse, it may be different with other programs. Now, you have enough to start, i will be helping you as we go along... MONEY ------------- Ok, you will need to be in sector 0000000, as always. First off, i will give you the list of the offsets you will need to change, and their function... THE OFFSETS: The different player-characters have different offsets you will be required to change, here is the list: Slyzaar(Beserker): His offsets are 70,71,72, and 73. Tunarle(Troubadour): Offsets 198, 199, 200, 201 Thai-Chai(Assasin): Offsets 326, 327, 328, 329 Zothen(Runemaster): Offsets 454, 455, 456, 457 THE OFFSETS FUNCTIONS: We will use the Berserker as an example: Offsets: 70, 71, 72, 73: Money Data:12 34 56 78 (yours may differ, probably will) The first digit of offset 70 is 1 in this case. This is the one dollars column The second digit of offset 70 is 2 again. These are the tens of dollars. The first digit of offset 71 is 3. These are the hundreds of dollars. The second digit of offset 71 is 4. These are the thousands of dollars. The first digit of offset 72 is 5. These are the tens of thousands. The second digit of offset 72 is 6. These are the hundreds of thousands. The first digit of offset 73 is 7. These are the millions. The second digit of offset 73 is 8. These are the tens of millions. If you are brave, you may experiment with these, inserting random numbers into the offsets. You may not get the desired result, but nothing bad will happen as long as you stay within the given offsets. But one word about this, the numbers you insert into the offset will be different than the amount of money you then have in the game. For example, the berserker above will not necesarily have 87,564,321 dollars. Sometimes even letters are used! But for the people who want a specific amount of money, here are some examples that will work: (the examples are rounded off, if you are close, you've done it right) For $12,000: Insert C3(select edit, move over to the correct offset, type in, no capitals needed, done automatically) into the first offset given(in this case, 70), and 30 into the second offset given(in this case 71).(Same rules apply for the other amounts of money) For $25,000: Insert 86 into the first offset, and insert 61 into the second offset. For $50,000: Insert 0C into the first offset, and then insert 32 into the second offset. For 70,000,000+: Insert 38 into the first offset, 96 into the second offset, 5C into the third offset, and 04 into the final offset. If you entered this above money amount into your berserker, the offsets would look like this: 38 96 5C 04 the first offset being 70, second 71, third 72, and the fourth being 73. Now load up your game and see the results(keep your fingers crossed!) EXPERIENCE -------------- The next topic we'll tackle is that of experience. You will not get extra levels immediatly after adding experience, you will have to train as normal in the game(bring LOTS of money if you gave yourself a lot of experience) The format and technique is basically the same as in the Money section. If you have not already read the Money section, please do. OFFSETS: Slyzaar(Berserker) 74,75,76, and 77 Tunarle(Troubadour) 202, 203, 204, and 205 Thai Chai(Assasin) 330, 331, 332, and 333 Zothen(Runemaster) 458, 459, 460, and 461 If you haven't noticed, these offsets are immediatly after the fourth money offset. Now, same basic technique and format in this as in with Money: First digit, First Offset: Tens of experience points Second digit, First Offset: Hundreds of experience points First digit, Second Offset: Thousands of experience points Second digit, Second Offsets: Tens of Thousands experience points First digit, Third Offset: Hundreds of Thousands Second digit, Third Offset: Millions First digit, Fourth Offset: Tens of Millions Second digit, Fourth Offset: Hundreds of Millions So you brave ones can explore and experiment again,but remember to stay within the offsets! And for you less adventuresome people, here are some pre-fabricated examples, enjoy!: 133,053 experience points for Slyzaar: Offset 74: EE Offset 75: 3D Offset 76: 10 Offset 77: 00 33,685,995 experience points for Slyzaar: Offset 74: 5F Offset 75: 0F Offset 76: 10 Offset 77: 10 If you people who are using the examples are feeling a bit more confident now, you may want to experiment to try and get near where you want the total to be. ITEMS ----------- If you have not already read the Money portion, please do, same technique applies here. We come now to the most lengthy part of the file, the items list ,and where to put them. I will give an explanation and example at the begining , then start the list. The original programmers have it arranged already in order, so it should not be hard to find what you wish. This items list is complete, you cannot get anything more than what is on here(except if you tinker past the hex characters i give you, that can produce some humorous although somewhat disformed results, although not actual items to be used, just mutations and the like that do nothing except look and sound weird, you cannot get these items in the game). OFFSETS: Each Character has a total of 16 offsets, one for each item, the 1st offset = the 1st item carried, 2nd offset = 2nd item carried and so on. Berserker: Offsets 42 up to & including 57 Troubadour: Offsets 170 up to & including 185 Assasin: Offsets 298 up to & including 313 Runemaster: Offsets 426 up to & including 441 All you have to do to give yourself a certain item is: 1. Find the item 2. Insert the hex characters that are given beside the item, as done before in the money & or experience sections into one of the offsets given. You may wish to try and find and offset among those given which is blank(a 00)so you do not overwrite the original item. EXAMPLE: To give your Berserker a Golden Helm(hex 02 on the list) in the first item slot, insert 02 into offset 42(the first offset). Items List ---------------- Hex Item --- ---------------- 01 Helm 02 Golden Helm 03 Frost Helm 04 Mithril Helm 05 Blood Helm 06 Cloud Helm 07 Angel Helm 08 Dragon Helm 09 Holy Helm 0A Winged Helm 0B Serpent Helm 0C Hero(n?) Helm 0D War Helm 0E Doom Helm 0F Chaos Helm 10 Death Helm 11 Sun amulet 12 Moon amulet 13 Serpent amulet 14 Amber amulet 15 Dragon amulet 16 Cloud amulet 17 Leather boots 18 Iron boots 19 Elf boots 1A Golden boots 1B Crystal boots 1C Cloud boots 1D Leather buckler 1E Buckler 1F Arc Shield 20 Battle Bane 21 Iron Shield 22 Golden Shield 23 Bane Shield 24 Dragon Shield 25 War Shield 26 Serpent Shield 27 Heron Shield 28 Robes 29 Leathers 2A Chain Mail 2B Plate Mail 2C Bracers 2D Arcane Bracers 2E Mithril Chain 2F Mithril Plate 30 Stealth Bracers 31 Blood Leathers 32 Crystal Chain 33 Crystal Plate 34 Holy Crystal 35 Leather Gloves 36 Amber Ring 37 Gauntlets 38 Chaos Gloves 39 Serpent Ring 3A Cloud Ring 3B Dragon Ring 3C Blood Ring 3D Stealth Gloves 3E Sun Ring 3F Moon Ring 40 Mithril Gloves 41 Battle Gloves 42 Dagger 43 Shortsword 44 Staff 45 Broad Sword 46 Mithril Dagger 47 Battle Staff 48 Battle Axe 49 Mithril Blade 4A Mithril Sword 4B Mithril Axe 4C Broad Axe 4D Hero Staff 4E Heron Blade 4F Death Axe 50 Stealth Blade 51 Death Blade 52 Arcane Sword 53 Doom Blade 54 Blood Axe 55 Vorpal Blade 56 Slugger 57 Crystal Blade 58 Ancient Staff 59 Mystic Axe 5A Mystic Sword 5B Mystic Dagger 5C Mystic Staff 5D Bag of Gold 5E Bag of Batwings 5F Bag of Sulphur 60 Bag of Roots 61 Bag of Crystals 62 Bag of Venom Sacs 63 Bag of Ugly Teeth 64 Bag of berries 65 Bag of Fiery claws 66 Amber Staff 67 Moon Staff 68 Crystal Staff 69 Serpent Staff 6A Sun Staff 6B Dragon Staff 6C Amber Wand 6D Moon Wand 6E Cloud Wand 6F Dragon Wand 70 Serpent Wand 71 Sun Wand 72 Crystal Wand 73 Scroll(small heal) 74 Scroll(forward, dispell) 75 Scroll(surround, thrall) 76 Scroll(make weapon) 77 Scroll(surround, paralyze) 78 Scroll(forward, paralyze) 79 Scroll(medium heal) 7A Scroll(surround, damage) 7B Scroll(Hero Scroll) 7C Scroll(antimage, surround, antimage) 7D Scroll(forward, damage) 7E Scroll(major heal) 7F Scroll(regeneration, surround,regeneration) 80 Scroll(forward, disrupt) 81 Scroll(heal, surround, heal) 82 Scroll(forward, vivify) 83 Craven Image 84 Holy Relic 85 Skull Key 86 Iron Key 87 Silver Key 88 Bronze Key 89 Gold Key 8A Diamond Key 8B Crystal Key 8C Azure Key 8D Emerald Key 8E Ruby Key 8F Topaz Key 90 Ornate Key 91 Dark Key 92 Moon Key 93 UnKey 94 Permit 95 Serpent Crystal 96 Moon Crystal 97 Dragon Crystal 98 Chaos Crystal 99 Slyzaar's Corpse 9A Tunarle's Corpse 9B Thai-Chai's Corpse 9C Zothen's Corpse 9D Serpent Potion(weak) 9E Power Potion 9F Cloud Potion A0 Moon Potion A1 Amber Potion A2 Serpent Potion(medium) A3 Hero Potion A4 Golden Potion A5 Serpent Potion(strong) A6 Bronze Potion A7 Serpent Potion (strongest) A8 Dragon Potion A9 Horn AA Lyre AB Mandolin AC Harmonic Lyre AD Crystal Mandolin AE Diamond Horn AF Battle Horn B0 Arcane Mandolin B1 Angel Harp B2 Mixing Bowl Thats all folks! Hope you had a blast, and remember to please send around $5 or so to the following address, or some of your own hacking text! Thanks! Send to: Geoff Northcott 46003 Ivy Ave. Sardis B.C. Canada V2R 2C5 And feel free to leave any correspondence on Compuserve! Compuserve Address: 71511,514