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David Dunham — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:29:31 GMT

I've been enjoying the ongoing game being played by forum discussion at . For me at least

Re: Savegame editing

David Dunham — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:05:55 GMT

Alex ... I think they all came from King of Sartar, which was then the definitive sourcebook on the Dragon Pass region. -- David Dunham A Sharp, LLC

Re: Savegame editing

Alexander G. M. Smith — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:16:56 GMT

... I wonder how the original authors came up with all those names. Were there some rules inspired by real world clan names? Names of adventurers in games of

Re: Savegame editing

outis02 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:12:45 GMT

Might as well just post the whole thing. Here is the included KoDPinc.bt, which is just a list of variable names, event tags, treasures and names. Not

Re: Savegame editing

outis02 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:59:28 GMT

Oh, forgot to mention a few things. First of all, sorry that the code is terribly commented. Feel free to ask any questions though. In general, all variables

Re: Savegame editing

Alexander G. M. Smith — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:34 GMT

... Not too often that you see a GOD structure in code :-) Looks like you must have spent quite a while figuring out that many details! So, what do you

Re: Savegame editing

outis02 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:50:38 GMT

Anyway, before there's a better suggestion, I'm just gonna post what I've got so far. Below is the content of my KoDP.bt file, you can run it on any save file

Re: Savegame editing

outis02 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:12:17 GMT

... It certainly breaks the "game experience" as it is originally intended, but for some, breaking the game is quite an experience all in itself. Some kids

Re: Savegame editing

James Casey — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:35:46 GMT

... Me too. I'm very unlikely to actually edit my own saves, but I am very curious as to exactly what *is* saved.

Re: Savegame editing

David Dunham — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:13:48 GMT

... I don't *like* it, because frequently people end up breaking the game experience (no, we never tested with 30,000 cows). But it's your game, so I don't

Re: Savegame editing

donmoody@... — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:10:46 GMT

... Like Alex, I am curious. DonMoody

Re: Savegame editing

Alexander G. M. Smith — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:49:07 GMT

... I'd be interested, mostly from a curiosity point of view. But first, any objections from A-Sharp? - Alex

Savegame editing

outis02 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:27:16 GMT

...or hacking if you prefer. So having played KoDP on and off for half a decade now, I've taken up hacking the savegame files. Just out of curiosity really.

Something completely different

David Dunham — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:27:03 GMT

Not at all related to KoDP, but I am in the process of bringing my first published game to iPhone/iPod touch (it was originally on Newton). See

Re: KODP in my hand

donmoody@... — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:44:55 GMT

Hi All, I just want to be able to run KoDP (as it is) on my hand-held. DonMoody