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[Rogerwilco]

In the off chance anyone out there is playing World of Xeen, here's a quick & dirty money & gems cheat . . .. in Basic, of course, but you've got the byte locations, so in any language.....


Assuming you're modifying the first file . . ..

Num& = Whatever number you want

OPEN "dark01.sav" FOR BINARY AS #1

PUT #1, 14848, Num&
PUT #1, 14844, Num&

CLOSE

[Talin]

or you could use the UGE module.

[sgtboat]

The bloody thing works fine until i go to the inn and try and talk to the innkeeper. Is that the sound running funny again. Or is it something else?

[Elward]

Sound is the problem if the game freezes when NPCs should talk, like at a town's gate or a temple.

This is my comment about Might & Magic World of Xeen.

Maybe since it was the "first" RPG that I played when I was 13 years old, but this game is my oldie favorite. The game had very nice graphics for 1993 / 1994 (I say nice because they were drawn and not an attempt at ugly vector or 3d graphics). Also, the game comprised everything I wanted in RPG :
swords, axes, full plate, scale armor.... (classic equipment),

liches, dragons, dwarves, elves, goblins, orcs, mages, insect swarms, golems, giants, werewolves, ... (many types of "classic D&D" monsters).

The game sported EXCELLENT music for its time (the music gets you addicted).

Maybe the best part is that since MM World of Xeen, the ONLY other games where I've been able to lead a party of > 4 adventurers have been the Baldur's Gate series (those using Infinity Engine of Bioware, aka Icewind Dale,...) So, that best part is that you can control from 1 to 8 characters at a time. That means that after exploring a gigantic world and leveling from level 1 to level 255, you'll love and get attached to your characters.

Enjoy that game and share with others !

Philippe, Montreal

[Xebarsis]

I'm thinking of tackling this game with a single character, would anyone have a suggestion as to which class would be best for soloing?

I know that if my character isn't a robber or a ninja I'm gonna have a really hard time getting loot, but I won't have the ability to teleport which may be a requirement to complete the game.

[kmonster]

A solo character is a little annoying since you need 2 pathfinders or mountaineers to cross forest or mountains and won't have much space for carrying stuff around, but it's doable.
You can add a dead character for being able to use those skills if this is too uncomfortable for you, but you don't have to.

If you don't have a thief or ninja you won't be able to open the chest containing the key to Necropolis which will also make it impossible to do the 3 statuettes quest or entering the NWC Dungeon, but you can finish the game without those sidequests.

You need the jump and teleport spell for finishing the game, but you can use items to cast them and others.

I guess the best races for soloing are ninja, robber or archer but every class should be soloable, knight and barbarian are the hardest. I've successfully soloed a half-orc ninja and human archer (no relaod) myself.

I'd make luck the highest and accuracy the second highest stat at creation, the others can be raised to 255 easily.

[Xebarsis]

Hmmm.. no pathfinding and no swimming... that would make things really interesting. How would I get to Darzog's tower without being able to swim?

[kmonster]

For swimming not 2 but all party members have to know that skill, so that's no problem for a solo character.

[Xebarsis]

Alright, I've decided for the first time around (and perhaps the last) doing a solo character I'm going to make a Ninja. If I were to make him a half-orc would his thievery be noticeabley handicapped?