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- The Alternative Presents...
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- Might & Magic ]I[ Editor
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- By The Byter
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- Introduction
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- This morning, Fairlight / USA released Might and Magic ]I[, the
- long-awaited RPG game based on the Wizardy model. Might and Magic ]I[ has
- some very nicely done 320x200x256 graphics (the 640x200x16 suck, don't bother)
- and very good sound. Even users without sound boards get quite decent
- sounding digitized effects.
- With this release, Fairlight / USA has proven that it can and will
- release high-quality games, contrary to the belief most people have about new
- groups. With the Xmas season upon us, I will expect more such releases from
- Fairlight / USA.
- Although cheating can make the game less enjoyable, there are many
- folks who prefer to cheat to see a bit more of the game quickly without the
- assorted hassles which go along with playing normally. Thus, I present this
- cheat which allows you to boost your characters up a little and make survival
- a little easier.
- Remember - ALWAYS take precautions when running a cheat. Some kids
- like to write trojan horses disguised as cheats. Take the precaution of
- running Norton's Disk Monitor or NOX before running a cheat the first time, to
- make things a little safer.
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- Version 1.0
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- Version 1.0 is rather basic, but I wanted to get it out the same day
- that the game was released. It uses the MegaTraveller ][ engine, so if you
- were familiar with that editor, this one will come quickly. It allows you to
- change a character's name, level, attributes, armour class modifier, age
- modifier, and maybe one or two other things.
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- To run the editor, simply run MM3CHT. Enter the pathname of your
- saved game file (no need to enter the full path if the save game is in your
- current directory). If you leave this blank, it will use SAVE00.MM3 by
- default. You will then be asked for the character to edit. This is
- important: enter enough of the character's name to be unique. Entering
- "Resur" should be sufficient to edit Resurectia, but just "Re" may not be. If
- you get into the editor and the name shown is NOT the correct character, do
- not edit anything and exit. It IS possible to edit data other than characters
- with this editor, so be careful and make backups of your save file.
- A new version will be issued in a few days which will give more
- control over your character, and hopefully party gold/gems as well.
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- Commentary
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- You've got my cheat, so you can listen to my complaints. BBS ads in
- zips. They're stupid, asinine, and nobody reads them. All sysops who do this
- are accomplshing is making zips larger and larger, and telling any potential
- users out there "Hey! I'm a lamer! I've got a cheap board! It's so cheap,
- I've gotta BEG for users in ZIP files!". Be cool, fellow sysops, dump the ZIP
- crap.
- Another development is the Red October, which many of you have heard
- was busted by Novell. Novell apparently got his number off of a ZIP ad in a
- file downloaded from The Wish List. Be careful.
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- CAE
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- For those of you who haven't experienced The Lexicon CAE, it's pretty
- damn cool if I say so myself. Distribution of wares via the CAE is incredible.
- As of the writing of this file, Might and Magic ]I[ has been downloaded from the
- CAE 19 times in the space of six hours. Multiply that by 5 disks and you can
- see how much transfering is going on, and can see the value to couriers that
- the CAE brings. The CAE will be the only place I'll upload these cheats to,
- but I'm sure they'll spread like wildfire from it anyway. Check it out - it's
- the latest craze in the pirate community. Appropriate defference goes to the
- great AE's and Cat-Fur's of the 1981-84 era.
- Also call the MidPoint Void CAE in 303 and the Crack in Time CAE in
- 201.
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- Closing Notes
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- If you have any comments, I can be reached through E-mail on The
- Lexicon of the Cabal. I can be reached via private Netmail on CelerityNet,
- and via chat on The Lexicon of the Cabal and The Lexicon CAE.
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- A nod to the following folks..
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- R. Bubba Magillicutty : I didn't beleive you completely last night, but I
- guess you were right..
- Fairlight PC / USA : Best of luck with the new group. You're off to a
- good start.
- Genesis : Gonna get USA Dox out for this one soon?
- Silencer : Mucho thanks for sending MM3 to the Lexicon CAE
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- Brendon / The Byter
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