jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener) (12/28/87)
Sorry this took so long, but here it is. At offset 0x5328 in the
executable for Astrotit is the initial value of the delay process. By
modifying the executable at this location, the game will start with the
delay you specify, and no more hitting the 'P' key.
If you have a disk editor or debug you can make the change quite
easily. The following steps will work for debug.
At DOS:
ren astrotit.exe astro ; remove the file's extension so that
debug astro ; it won't be treated as an executable
In debug:
-e 0x5428 ; loaded at offset 100h, so add 100h
24.?? ; ?? your new value in hex
-w ; write the file back out from memory
; # of bytes to write are in cx. EC00.
-q ; exit debug
At DOS:
ren astro astrotit.exe ; rename it back so you can run it.
That worked on my copy of the game, flame me via e-mail if it doesn't work.
Be careful with making the numbers less, there's a threshold just below 24
which gives a long delay.
Good luck,
--j
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