~Solar Winds A variety of edit cheats (and info for beginners and lamers) ~By Simon Burrows `Here's a selection of edits for Epic Megagame's great shoot'em'up/ `role-playing shareware game: Solar Winds. The game is similar in `style to Safari's "Traffic Department 2092" but is set in a huge `expanse of the universe rather than a futuristic city. `To make the edits you will first need a save-game file, so if you `haven't already, press [F1] to get up the menu, then select the `save-game option. From the save menu, select the top slot as your `file's destination, then give it any description you fancy. `Now quit back to DOS and load up a hex-editor. When that's `loaded, pop-up the file HSAV01.DAT from your main Solar Winds `directory, and then make any of the following edits as required :- ~`Edit 1 - Changing the Power Distribution in your Ship ~`컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� `As you will probably know already, one feature of this game allows `you to change the distribution of power in your ship. This allows `you to boost certain sections of your ship which may be especially `important during certain intervals of the game. The different `ship-sections which you can change the power distribution to are: `weapons, life support, engines, sensors, fore shield, aft shield, `left shield and right shield. As you go through the game you will `gain more power to distribute around your ship, so you can then `increase the power each section of your ship receives. `Each section of your ship has its own maximum amount of power `which it can handle. Trying to give sections more power then `their respective maxima whilst in the game will do nothing! `However, by editing your save-game file you can boost the amount `of power sections of your ship have, to above the maxima laid out `in the game. For example, in the game your shields can only have `a total of 111gw of power, but if you change how much power they `get with my edit, you can give them 222gw and have twice as `effective shields! `Below are two edits you might use. Whichever one you do (the top `one or the bottom one) you would do it at the same hex-offset in `the save-game file. The top string of bytes will set the amount `of power each section of your ship can have to the maximum it `should be allowed to reach in the game, and the bottom string puts `the power in each section to the absolute maximum it could reach `even when cheating :- ~` Goto hex-offset 3BB1 and change the 16 bytes there to :- ` 4A 00 4A 00 DE 00 25 00 6F 00 6F 00 6F 00 6F 00 ~` - or - ` DE 00 DE 00 DE 00 DE 00 DE 00 DE 00 DE 00 DE 00 ~`Edit 2 - Increasing the Effectiveness of your Weapons ~`컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� `As you may know, your ship can fire 10 different types of missiles `and 10 different types of pulse cannons when it is at its most `powerful. However, at the beginning of the game only two `varieties of each will be at your disposal which will limit the `effectiveness of your shots. `It you are shooting a ship with no shield it doesn't matter which `type of pulse cannon or missile you use, as all cannons and `missiles have the same power. However, if your target does have a `shield then which type of cannon or missile you fire can be very `important. `Each shield is made up of high-intensity empion waves. Different `shields' waves are configured to different waveforms. The shots `from your cannons and missile-launchers also have their own `waveforms. If the shield you are shooting has the same waveform `as the missile/cannon you are shooting with, your shot will be far `more effective. Likewise, if your shot has a different waveform `to the target shield, the shot will be less effective. `As you go through the game you will be able to shoot more and more `different waveforms from your cannon and missile launchers. You `choose which waveform you shoot from the 'Weapons' menu. However, `after carrying out the two edits below your ship will have the `ability to shoot all 10 different waveforms of missiles and `cannons straight away, giving you a better chance against shielded `enemies. `Another thing you will find is that although you have unlimited `ammunition in your cannon, you have a very restricted number of `missiles to shoot. To get round this problem, the edit for giving `your ship all 10 different waveforms of missiles (below) will also `give you the maximum number of missiles it's possible to have at `once. `By entering the top sting of bytes below, you will equip your ship `with all 10 types of pulse cannon, and by using the bottom one you `will do the same for your missiles (and give yourself max `missiles into the bargain) :- ~` Goto hex-offset 34CA and change the 16 bytes there to :- ` 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 ~` Goto hex-offset 34EE and change the 16 bytes there to :- ` FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 ~`Edit 3 - Increasing the Effectiveness of your Shields ~`컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� `This edit is really an extension of the one above. As well as `wanting different waveforms of shots from your cannons/missile `launchers, it is also useful to have different waveforms of `shields at your disposal too, so you can protect yourself against `the different waveforms of shots that your enemies might have. `By looking at the statistics of an enemy ship by selecting `'Science' from the menu, or whilst in war mode, you can see what `types of waveforms their guns can fire. Once you know this you `can change the type of waveform your shield uses in order to give `yourself maximum protection. However, at the start of the game `you have only one type of shield at your disposal, so you have no `choice over which one you use. If you use this edit you will be `given all 7 types of shield giving you maximum protection against `all types of shot waveforms. ~` Goto hex-offset 3506 and change the 12 bytes there to :- ` 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 ~`袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� ` Auf Wiedersehn.... ` 컴컴컴컴컴컴� ~` Simon Burrows ` 컴컴컴컴컴컴�