wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) (11/28/90)
Anyone played it? Seen it? heard a review? information please... b.bum b.bumgarner | Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are my own. wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu | I officially don't represent anyone unless I NeXT Campus Consultant | explicity say I am doing so. So there. <Thpppt!> "I ride tandem with the random/Things don't run the way I planned them.."
esht_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eran) (12/07/90)
About having to transfer Wizardry characters to Wizardry II; how are the characters stored. Are they just a file? If they are then would it not be simple to someone to transfer a bunch of beginner characters from Wizardry and post it to comp.binaries so that people do not have to buy Wizardry? Eran Shtiegman -- |\/\/\/| ____________________________________________ | | / | | (o)(o) / Eran Shtiegman | C _) o |
deichman@cod.NOSC.MIL (Shane D. Deichman) (12/07/90)
In article <10851@ur-cc.UUCP> esht_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eran) writes: >About having to transfer Wizardry characters to Wizardry II; how are >the characters stored. Are they just a file? If they are then would >it not be simple to someone to transfer a bunch of beginner characters >from Wizardry and post it to comp.binaries so that people do not have >to buy Wizardry? > >Eran Shtiegman > >-- > |\/\/\/| ____________________________________________ > | | / | > | (o)(o) / Eran Shtiegman | > C _) o | Actually, characters in Wiz can be stored in "Backup" files. Your idea would be a good one if Wiz II could read these; however, it will only read the characters from the Scenario file of the original Wizardry. Those cheapskates really got all bases covered, no? -shane |\/\/\/\/| | | "I'm outta here, man!" | | | (o o) / c _) / | ,____/ | / /______\
jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) (12/08/90)
In article <10851@ur-cc.UUCP> esht_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eran) writes: >About having to transfer Wizardry characters to Wizardry II; how are >the characters stored. Are they just a file? If they are then would >it not be simple to someone to transfer a bunch of beginner characters >from Wizardry and post it to comp.binaries so that people do not have >to buy Wizardry? The characters are stored in a File, but you can't play Wizardry II with just beginners. I have Wizardry II only for the Apple II, but I think you needed level 13 or 12 characters for the transfer. Most of the fun in playing Wizardry is between levels 1 and 14, since that's when it is most difficult. It's possible, but it will ruin Wizardry for those who would use the files. A lot of personal effort goes into building a character. There are also a lot of different ways to build characters. I personally like fighters that have all mage and priest spells available. Lords are not bad either, but they require a lot of points to advance from one level to another. Ninjas are kind of fun, since they have some looting capability. Maybe we should pressure the publisher of Wizardry to make a special deal for those who accidentally bough Wizardry II without knowing that it requires the first scenario. Robert Woodhead at least used to be on the net, but I haven't seen him post in a long while. Robert Woodhead == Trebor. (The mad overlord from wiz I.) ____________________________________________________________________________ / Juri Munkki / Helsinki University of Technology / Wind / Project / / jmunkki@hut.fi / Computing Center Macintosh Support / Surf / STORM / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) (12/08/90)
jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) writes: >Maybe we should pressure the publisher of Wizardry to make a special deal >for those who accidentally bough Wizardry II without knowing that it >requires the first scenario. Robert Woodhead at least used to be on the >net, but I haven't seen him post in a long while. Robert Woodhead == Trebor. >(The mad overlord from wiz I.) That sounds like a good idea. Their phone # is 315-393-6633. I am not connected with Sir-tech in any way now, except that I recieve royalties from Wizardry products. While I started the Wizardry Mac project and did the original port of Wiz I to the Mac, I did not do the conversion of Wiz II, or the update (Terry Monks did them) and I had no control over their content. If the Wiz II box doesn't say "Needs chars from Wiz I" then that is a major oversight on Sir-tech's part. -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Robert J Woodhead, Biar Games, Inc. !uunet!biar!trebor trebor@biar.UUCP | | "Does this include a gratuity?" --- Agent Cooper, "Twin Peaks," 9/30/90 |
tel@adimail.UUCP (Terry Monks) (12/15/90)
In article <10851@ur-cc.UUCP>, esht_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eran) writes: > About having to transfer Wizardry characters to Wizardry II; how are > the characters stored. Are they just a file? If they are then would > it not be simple to someone to transfer a bunch of beginner characters > from Wizardry and post it to comp.binaries so that people do not have > to buy Wizardry? > Characters in Wizardry are stored in the Scenario Files, but not easily. You are advised to use only higher level characters in Wizardry II, the Knight of Diamonds, because - well, just because you have to. [Can't give too much away...I did the Mac port for the program.] -- Terry Monks Automata Design Inc (703) 472-9400
tel@adimail.UUCP (Terry Monks) (12/15/90)
In article <2550@cod.NOSC.MIL>, deichman@cod.NOSC.MIL (Shane D. Deichman) writes: > > Actually, characters in Wiz can be stored in "Backup" files. Your > idea would be a good one if Wiz II could read these; however, it > will only read the characters from the Scenario file of the original > Wizardry. Those cheapskates really got all bases covered, no? > No comment on the "cheap-skates" thing, I did this under contract...The original reason why you could not read from Backup files, was to make it a little harder for players to fill their dungeons with virtual duplicates of high level players, win the game, and then say that it was too easy. -- Terry Monks Automata Design Inc (703) 472-9400