space@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org (Lars Soltau) (10/27/90)
In article <5636@abaa.UUCP> cardwell@abaa.uucp (Jon Cardwell) writes: >Does anybody know of a way to cheat at this game, or have suggestions >on how to do it? > >--Jon. Yes, though it's quite a bother. Use Aztec db. Start it up, then start Moria. Look at your experience, translate it into hex and search the memory for that hex string. If you find it (be sure that it's not just the string that db stores for the search operation! :-) change it to a really high value (not too high at a time though). Then switch to Moria and press ^L for a screen redraw. Repeat as needed. You should end up with a 50th level character that eats anything in them dungeons for breakfast. -- Lars Soltau bang: <insert ridiculously long path> Bix: -- no bucks -- smart: space@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, where dreams come true: Heaven is Eleven!
billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) (11/01/90)
In article <26314.272621a1@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2flntopaz@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: :In article <5636@abaa.UUCP>, cardwell@abaa.uucp (Jon Cardwell) writes: :: I've been playing MORIA3.0 for the amiga off-and-on for :: a few weeks now, and I never seem to get beyond a 15th :: or so level character (run out of torches, starve to death, :: killed by powerful monsters, etc). I'd like to just finish :: the game ONCE AND FOR ALL. I've decided to cheat at the game :: so I can finally beat it! I've looked at the character :: save-files by doing a hex-dump, and I can't figure out :: the format for the equipment stats (e.g. creating a super :: weapon, or a set of mega armor). Near the beginning of character :: files is a block of data that seems to be encypted somehow. :: This block of bytes may contain the parameters I need to change :: to create a "god" character to walk through the dungeon. Also, :: I suspect that the bytes may be "checksummed" to prevent tampering... :: :: Does anybody know of a way to cheat at this game, or have suggestions :: on how to do it? :: :: --Jon. : :Well, if you really want to cheat... : :Just make a copy of character save. That's it. If something happens to :your character (killed, nuked by acid, etc.) just do something like: : :copy character.backup to character : :Then re-run the game and pick up where you left off. : :David Poland :2flntopaz@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Or if you *really* need to cheat, look at the saved game files for interesting weapons of items. These are actually what's stored in the levels, not on your person. (You're right in thinking the encrypted stuff at the first is your personal stats and items.) Try things like dropping one of an item in a place, and two next to it. Then look at the save file to see where quantities are stored. You could also look through the executable for interesting items you don't see just laying around. After hacking a saved game, you can go back in and just pick up all the nice things that are laying around. You could also look at attributes of things like potions and scrolls. You may be able to merge several items together to create new, more powerful items. (Potion of Raise Everything?) -- -Bill Seymour billsey@agora ***** American People/Link Amiga Zone Hardware Specialist NES*BILL ***** Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. Northwest Amiga Group At Home Sometimes (503) 281-8153 (503) 246-9311 (503) 656-7393 BBS (503) 640-0842
cardwell@abaa.uucp (Jon Cardwell) (11/08/90)
Thanx to everybody that responded with possible ways to cheat at MORIA 3.0. After experimenting, it seems that the easiest way to create a pumped-up character is to drop a weapon on the dungeon floor, and then save the game. Then use a file editor program such as "NewZap" to find where in the character save file the weapon is that you dropped on the floor. When you find the record that is the weapon's object structure in the binary save file, change the amount of damage the weapon does. For example, I had a character with a Longsword (+0,+0), and when I found the structure for the weapon, I changed the amount of damage it does from "1d10" to "44d100", then wrote the new, hacked save file back out to disc. Finally, when I re-started the saved games, the weapon was still there on the floor, and I picked it up. When I wielded the Longsword, I now had in my hands a SUPER WEAPON that does incredible damage. Even with a SUPER WEAPON, your character is still vulnerable though, as I later found out when fighting multiple Ancient dragons!!! -- | cardwell@sun.aa.ab.com Jon Cardwell Allen-Bradley, CIS | | 72760.1507@Compuserve.com (313) 998-2439 555 Briarwood Circle | | ..!mailrus!umich!abaa!cardwell Ann Arbor, MI 48105 |