~Heretic 

Hints and Cheat Codes.


~Command line options
~--------------------

It looks like Heretic's command line options are pretty much the same 
as DOOM's. See the readme file with the official shareware version.
Or have a browse through an old issue of Cheet Sheets.


~Inventory Items
~---------------

Morph Ovum - changes opponents into Chickens (see below).
Quartz Flasks - heal you.
Ring of Invincibility - temporary
Shadowsphere - temporary invisibility
Time Bomb of the Ancients - use this, and run away quickly.
Tome of Power - boosts your weapon; or changes back to normal if 
                chickenised.
Torch - as you'd expect.
Wings of Wrath - enable you to fly (see help for relevant keys).



~Other Items
~-----------

Bag of Holding - increases carrying capacity
Claw Orb - ammunition for the Dragon Claw
Dragon Claw - weapon #4
Ethereal Arrow - ammunition for the Ethereal Crossbow
Ethereal Crossbow - weapon #3
Gauntlets of the Necromancer - weapon (replaces staff as weapon #1)
Map Scroll - shows you the whole map
Silver Shield - ??
Wand Crystal - ammunition for the elvenwand


~Other features
~--------------

Water sounds, also there is a current which makes navigation slightly 
tricky


~"Chickenising"
~--------------

I think the "official" name for the Mighty Morphing Ovum (or whatever 
it's really called) should be the KFC-9000*.

* (KFC stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken).

Okay, some notes on the KFC-9000

1:  Chickenized players loose their armor and their health goes down 
    to 30 (I think it goes back to 100 after they return to human 
    form)

2:  The Tome of Power can de-chickenize players

3:  If you stand under a ceiling too low for a player to stand and 
    then de-chickenize yourself you will die

4:  Chickenized players (and monsters) have only _one_ weapon, the 
    (shudder) Beak of Death (gasp!), but players can still cast 
    spells

5:  Chickens sink in water

6:  Chickenized monsters do not respawn

7:  Chickens can't fly (real ones can (a little))

8:  Chickenized monsters leave no treasure after death - even if 
    their "natural" form would have.


Concerning using the book to change back into Elf mode from Chicken 
mode, I found that if you wait a bit, you will eventually change 
back into your normal self.  Also, as far as I know, when you are a 
chicken, you can't pick up anything, including the book that everyone 
claims is used to switch you back to normal mode.

Also, I've sat in water as a chicken, and made splashing sounds and 
moved around without any problem.

Also, you can fly as a chicken if you are already flying when you 
got turned into  a chicken. I don't remeber if I could use the wings 
after being turned into a chicken or not.

Also, you aren't completely defenseless as a chicken.  After my 
friend chickenized me, I swarmed around him, pecking away until he 
died by my beak. 


~"Feature"
~---------

This is a pretty interesting bug I noticed... on level 3 of the 
beta, there is a spot where you wade across this big lake and when 
you reach the land on the other side, a bunch of axe throwers appear 
and start a-chucking..  When their axes get over the water... they 
start flying back at them!  The current of the water affects flying 
things too, so missile weapons like that are affected.. it's pretty 
neat.  (of course, it can also speed up their axes quite a bit in 
certain spots) 

This should mean interesting things for heretic level design if they
leave this 'wind' bug in there.


~Cheat Codes
~-----------

ravquicken - god mode (iddqd)
ravrambo - all weapons (idkfa)
ravskel - all keys
ravmap - cycles through map information just like doom (iddt)
ravkitty - no clipping
ravcockadoodledoo - discover your true inner self

`ravgimme<a-i><1-9> - acquire <a-i> spell of <1-9> number
`                     (for some reason, ravgimmed<1-9> doesn't work?)
`
`        x being =>  a - temporary invincibility
`                    b - partial invisibility
`                    c - healing potion
`                    e - magic book
`                    f - torch
`                    g - time bomb
`                    h - magic eggs
`                    i - wings

Temporary Invincibility - tints the view to an amber shade and no 
                          damage substained for a limited time
Partial invisibilty - renders you partially invisible
Healing Potions - pink liquid that heals some health
Magic Book - using it powers up weapons
Torch - light amplification
Time Bomb - drop; run away QUICKLY to avoid blast
Magic Eggs - using it fires out a volley of eggs which upon contact 
             with a monster turns it into a chicken. Use healing 
             potion to change yourself back to normal if you get 
             "chickenised" in DM. 
Flying Wings - use this to fly (see help for keys to use in flight)


And if you haven't already, be sure to try the old standbyes: iddqd and 
idkfa