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THE PIT v4.17 - PLAYER EDITOR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SYSOP'S MANUAL Written By James Berry Copyright (c) 1990-95 by Midas Touch Software, all rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1990-95 by James R. Berry, all rights reserved. TABLE OF CONTENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction Pg. 3 Multiline Use Pg. 3 Program Layout Pg. 3 List of Players To Edit Pg. 4 Editing Player Information Pg. 4 BBS Player Account Information Pg. 4 Game Alias Pg. 4 Condition Pg. 4 Level Pg. 5 Score Pg. 5 Health Pg. 5 Hand Weapon Pg. 6 Range Weapon Pg. 6 Projectiles Pg. 6 Armor Pg. 6 Magic/Technology Pg. 6 Wins/Losses Pg. 6 Wealth Pg. 6 Attack Phrase Pg. 6 Losing Phrase Pg. 6 System Status Pg. 7 Optional Settings Pg. 7 Date/Time Settings Pg. 7 2 Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the player editor for The Pit v4.x. Use this program to edit the possessions and other information of any player in the game. Multiline Use ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We recommend that you do not attempt to edit users while someone is playing the game. This can have an adverse effect on the data files, and might actually cause unrepairable damage to the game files. Program Layout ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Use the standard control keys (Arrows, Pg Up, Pg Down) to move to the item you wish to change and press Enter. The area will be highlighted while you're working on it. When you're done, just press ESC. 3 LIST OF PLAYERS TO EDIT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you initially enter the program, a complete player listing is displayed. You can scroll through this list editing or deleting any player you wish. Occasionally you may encounter a corrupted player account. The only way to repair this damage is to delete the account from the player list. EDITING PLAYER INFORMATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section provides you with a given player's information. You can edit anything listed. Notice that items such as weapons and magic items are dependent upon the GAME FILE setting in the CONTROL program. These items will differ depending on which set of game files you are utilizing. More detailed information on each item follows. 1. BBS Player Account Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the truncated real name of the user on the BBS system. This account information is here primarily for reference only. There is no need to edit it since it performs no function. It only exists so that you know which user you are editing. 2. Game Alias ~~~~~~~~~~ This item is the name that the player is known as in the game. Both you and the player can easily edit this information. You can edit it from this program, and the player can edit it from the options menu of THE PIT. 3. Condition ~~~~~~~~~ A. PLAYER IS DEAD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This condition normally occurs only after the player has been defeated in the CHALLENGE section of THE PIT. A player is never truly dead even after losing a battle in the ARENA. The healers always slightly heal the player at the end of each losing battle. However, when a player leaves the game, another opposing player can challenge them while they are not in the game and defeat them. This results in their status being set to "DEAD". B. PLAYER IS ALIVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the default setting for the player when they enter the game. The player is considered alive and well. 4 C. PLAYER HAS A BATTLE PENDING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This condition occurs when the player has either hung up or has run out of time when in the middle of a battle with ARENA ENEMIES. The enemies were powerful enough to require the game to be saved for continuation. The next time the player enters the game the battle will continue right where it left off. D. PLAYER IS BEING CHALLENGED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The player's data file is being used to represent an opponent that another player is online battling in the ARENA. The affected player cannot enter THE PIT until the battle has been completed. E. PLAYER IS ONLINE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The player's multiline status is listed as being online. It will change to "PLAYER IS ALIVE" when the player leaves the game. 4. Level ~~~~~ A player's level of skill can be edited to any number from 1 to 499. Editing this value may affect the value of the SCORE and the TOTAL HEALTH of the player. 5. Score ~~~~~ A player's score can effect their level and health. The number has its effect based on a chart listed below. The score can range from 0 to 49,063,999. LEVEL SCORE ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 0 - 249 2 250 - 499 3 500 - 999 4 1,000 - 1,999 5 2,000 - 3,999 6 4,000 - 7,999 7 8,000 - 15,999 8 16,000 - 31,999 9 32,000 - 63,999 10 64,000 - 163,999 +1 Level +100,000 6. Health ~~~~~~ A player's health is controlled by their level. A player can never have a TOTAL HEALTH value less than their LEVEL. And the maximum HEALTH can never exceed 10 times their level. The player's CURRENT HEALTH can range from 0 to the TOTAL HEALTH of the player. 5 7. Hand Weapon ~~~~~~~~~~~ Selecting this option will pop up a scrollable list of hand weapons to choose from. Simply press enter on the weapon you want this player to own. 8. Range Weapon ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Selecting this option will pop up a scrollable list of range weapons to choose from. Just press enter on the weapon you wish this player to have. 9. Projectiles ~~~~~~~~~~~ This selection is dependent upon the type of range weapon you choose for this player to have. The number of projectiles can never exceed 999. 10. Armor ~~~~~ Selecting this option pops up a scrollable list of armors. Choose which one you wish the player to own. 11. Magic/Technology ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Selecting this option allows you to toggle on or off the possession of specific magical/technical items. A scrollable list is displayed and pressing <ENTER> will toggle the selection as owned or not owned. 12. Wins/Losses ~~~~~~~~~~~ These numbers represent the wins and losses the player has experienced while playing the game. They have little effect other than to demonstrate the fighting efficiency of the player. They are used to determine the rank of a player if any scores match. 13. Wealth ~~~~~~ These numbers represent the total wealth of the player. The player has money in their hand as well as in the bank. Neither number can exceed 99,999,999 monetary units. 14. Attack Phrase ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the attack phrase of the player. When an opponent fights the player in combat this information will be displayed to them. 15. Losing Phrase ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the losing phrase of the player. When an opponent defeats the player in combat this information will be displayed to them. 6 16. System Status ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section will turn on or off specific flags that affect the player. A. Player is Poisoned ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If this flag is on, the player will lose one point of health for every move they make in the ARENA. It can be cured in the HEALING SHOP in THE PIT. B. Player is Diseased ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If this flag is on, the player will lose an additional point of health for every move made in the ARENA. It can be cured in the HEALING SHOP. C. Player is Blind ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blindness results in the player being unable to see the exit from the ARENA as well as all enemies. This is a tough disadvantage to compensate for. It can be healed in the HEALING SHOP. D. Hang Up Penalty Active ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is an individual flag the sysop can set to result in a player being PENALIZED for hanging up in THE PIT. This flag being turned on will result in a penalty if the GLOBAL HANG UP PENALTY FLAG is OFF (See Control.exe). This allows you to individually control the penalty. Some rather hateful users might require this action to prevent cheating. 17. Optional Settings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These are the settings that effect what the player sees and controls on their remote end. A. Color Monitor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The user either has a color or non-color screen. B. BBS Music ~~~~~~~~~ If this is on, then ANSI MUSIC is sent to the remote user when they are playing in ANSI mode. ANSI MUSIC is used by both TELEMATE and QMODEM. It is somewhat similar to ANSI COLOR codes, but produces musical notes instead. C. Adlib/Snd Blaster Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If this is on, the remote PIT Terminal user is utilizing their ADLIB or SOUND BLASTER cards to listen to music. 7 D. Sound Effects ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If this is on, the remote PIT Terminal user is using their sound card or pc speaker to hear sound effects. E. Status WIndow After Win ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If this flag is on, a status window will display the items won after each enemy is defeated. This option allows slower users (2400 baud or less) to avoid getting a pop-up status window after each win. F. Menus Displayed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are three types of menu modes; NONE, Regular ANSI, and Super ANSI. "NONE" displays no menus at all. "Regular ANSI" was designed for slower users (2400 baud or less) so that the menu display time could be reduced. Single color menus are displayed and require only minimal ANSI code inclusion to display. "Super ANSI" is the default setting. This displays colorful menus and makes the game more eye-appealing. Fast modem users are not usually bothered by the additional ANSI code required to acheive this effect. G. Mouse ~~~~~ When this flag is turned on, the remote Pit Terminal user wishes to use their mouse to play THE PIT. H. Joystick ~~~~~~~~ When this flag is turned on, the remote PIT Terminal user goes through a joystick calibation process and then is allowed to use the joystick to fight in the ARENA. 18. Date/Time Settings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section displays the date the player was last in THE PIT. The only editable feature is the player's Time Left. This value represents how much time the user has left in the game today. Notice that the value resets itself, when the user plays daily, to either the callers time left on the BBS or the "Max Time In Game" (See Control.exe), whichever is smallest. 8