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HARTMAN GAME UTILITIES presents GU-PE a Game Utility for PLANET'S EDGE Copyright 1992 by Jack Hartman For product support I can be reached at: CompuServe I.D. 70761,2761 Prodigy I.D. VJPH45A or HARTMAN GAME UTILITIES P. O. Box 73706 Houston, Texas 77273-3706 Copyright Notice and Disclaimer of Warranty ------------------------------------------- This product is licensed "as is" without any warranty, either express or implied, of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. All warranties are expressly disclaimed. By using this product, you agree that neither the copyright holder nor any related parties will be liable to you or any third party for any use of (or inability to use) this product, or for any damages arising from the use of this product. (Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damage, so the preceeding limitation may not apply to you.) You may not reverse-engineer, disassemble, modify, decompile or create derivative works of the product. You acknowledge that the product contains confidential information and is the property of the copyright holder. HARTMAN GAME UTILITIES for Planet's Edge is copyright (c) 1992 by Jack Hartman, all rights reserved. Planet's Edge is copyright (c) 1991 by New World Computing, Inc. HARTMAN GAME UTILITIES is not affiliated with New World Computing, Inc. Licensing Information --------------------- This product is being distributed as shareware. This means that you are granted the right to evaluate this program without charge. If you don't like this software, then don't pay for it. If you do like it, please register your copy. Registration will unlock the Extended Feature of this program, and will entitle you to product support and notices of release of future products. You are encouraged to give copies of this program to your friends to evaluate, and to upload it to Electronic Bulletin Board Systems (BBS), so long as the following restrictions are observed: 1. This program must be distributed whole and unmodified. Neither the program nor the documentation may be altered or renamed. 2. You may not charge a fee or remuneration, except for reasonable disk duplication costs. 3. This program may not be distributed as part of another software package. TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installation and Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . 1 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Edit Crew Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Edit Raw Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 EXTENDED FEATURE: Edit Crew Backpacks. . . . . . . . 3 Appendix A (Ordering Information and Order Form) . . 5 HARTMAN GAME UTILITIES for Planet's Edge Page 1 Overview -------- This program is a game utility for Planet's Edge: The Point of No Return (copyright 1991 by New World Computing, Inc.). This program will allow you to change many aspects of your game. Many of the restrictions placed on your game by PE (Planet's Edge) are removed with this program. For example, you may have up to 127 Hit Points and 100% in all Skills for each of your crew. Intelligence, Agility and Luck may range from 0-127, although only limited testing has been done with scores above 25. Feel free to experiment, but as always SAVE YOUR CURRENT GAME BEFORE EXPERIMENTING! If you register this copy, you will receive a key that will unlock the Extended Feature of this program. The Extended Feature is a crewmember's backpack editor. This editor will let you add, delete or recharge any item in your backpack. This includes ANY item that can be carried in a backpack. You may add any item to your backpack, even the eight parts of the Centauri Drive! You could win the game without ever leaving Moonbase (but that wouldn't be any fun). You may add Ship Plans and Technical Plans, and get a jump on those nasty pirates. Any item that is used in the game can be added to your backpack. Likewise, unwanted items in your backpack may be deleted. Items with charges may be recharged. Installation and Getting Started -------------------------------- WARNING: SAVE YOUR CURRENT GAME BEFORE USING THIS PROGRAM!!!! THIS PROGRAM CHANGES THE CURRENT GAME FILE FOR YOUR GAME. PLEASE SAVE YOUR GAME BEFORE EDITING YOUR GAME. THE ONLY FILE THAT THIS PROGRAM CHANGES IS MAP.CC. Copy the file GU-PE.EXE to your PE directory (C:\PE or whatever). The current saved game file (MAP.CC) must be present for this program to work. Change to your PE directory and type GU-PE and hit <ENTER> to start the program. HARTMAN GAME UTILITIES for Planet's Edge Page 2 Main Menu ---------------------------- When you start this program, you will be taken immediately to the Main Menu. There are three choices on the Main Menu: Edit Crew Stats Edit Raw Materials Edit Crew Backpacks A selection bar will highlight the current menu item. Move the selection bar with the up and down cursor keys. Press the <ENTER> key when the selection bar is on the menu item of your choice, or <ESC> to exit this program. NOTE: If your copy of GU-PE is not registered, you will not be able to access menu item 3: Edit Crew Backpacks. Edit Crew Stats ------------------ When you access this Main Menu item, you will be presented with the Crew Editing screen. There will be 3 windows. The active window will be the "Choose A Crewmember" window in the upper right part of the screen, where you will be able to choose which crewmember to edit. The bottom right window is a Help Window and contains useful information on your current operation. The left side of the screen is taken up by the Edit Window and will be blank until you choose which crewmember you want to edit. Choose a crewmember to edit by using the cursor keys to position the selection bar on a crewmember's name, then hit <ENTER> to edit or <ESC> to return to the Main Menu. Once you have chosen which crewmember to edit, the Edit Window on the left half of the screen will be active. It will contain all of the characteristics that you may alter. The selection bar will be placed at the top of the list on Maximum Hit Points. Use the cursor keys to move the selection bar to the stat you want to edit, then type in a new value for that stat. If you hit <ESC>, any changes you have made will be saved, and you will once again be at the "Choose A Character" screen. If you make a mistake, simply go back and correct that mistake. Maximum Hit Points may range from 0-127. Current Hit Points are shown in brackets to the side of Maximum Hit Points. If this crewmember is injured, Current Hit Points will be less than Maximum Hit Points. If Current Hit Points are [0], then that crewmember is dead. If you enter any value for Maximum Hit Points, Current Hit Points will be changed to be equal to Maximum Hit Points. If that crewmember was dead, he/she will be resurrected and fully healed. If you wish to heal an injured crewmember and you don't want to change Maximum Hit Points, then re-enter the same value for Maximum Hit Points and your crewmember will be healed to that value. Intelligence, Agility and Luck may range from 0-127, but only limited testing has been done with values above 25. HARTMAN GAME UTILITIES for Planet's Edge Page 3 Crewmember Skills may range from 0-100. If a skill value is 0 it means that the crewmember does not possess that skill. The game normally allows a maximum of 6 skills for each crewmember. With this editor you may give each crewmember 100% in all skills. When you are playing the game, only the first several skills that a crewmember possesses will fit on the display, but all skills that have a value greater than 0 will be active. NOTE: If you experience problems with the game after editing your crewmembers, the most likely source is having too many skills for each crewmember. The game expects to have a maximum of 6 skills each, but you may edit in all 16 skills. If your game locks up or exits to DOS, try reducing the number of skills or bringing Hit Points, Intelligence, Agility and/or Luck closer to normal values. Edit Raw Materials --------------------- You may edit the quantity of Raw Materials in storage on Moonbase. Raw Materials are used to build ships, engines, weapons, armor, etc. Some materials are plentiful in the game, while others are extremely limited. You may have from 0-32500 of each Raw Material. * * EXTENDED FEATURE AVAILABLE WITH REGISTRATION * * ====================================================== The following feature is available in the registered version only. For registration information and a registration form, see Appendix A at the end of this document. Edit Crew Backpacks ------------------- When you choose this item from the Main Menu, you will be presented with a screen that is almost identical to the Edit Crew Stats screen. The active window will be the "Choose A Crewmember" window in the upper right corner of the screen. Choose a crewmember whose backpack you want to edit by moving the selection bar to that crewmember's name, then hit <ENTER> to confirm or <ESC> to exit back to the Main Menu. Once you have chosen which crewmember you want to edit, the Edit Window on the left half of the screen will be active. The currently selected crewmember's backpack will be displayed, with the selection bar at the top of the list. If you hit <ESC> from the Backpack Edit Window you will be taken back to the "Choose A Crewmember" window, and any changes you have made to the backpack will be saved. Backpacks can contain up to 40 items, so the backpack list is scrollable. The Edit Window shows each backpack position, the item in that position (if any), the current number of charges for that item and the armor value for that item. If the item does not have charges or armor values, then these fields will contain zeros. If that item is equipped, there will be 2 asterisks (**) in front of the item name. Use the cursor keys to put the selection bar on the backpack position that you wish to edit, then hit the <ENTER> key to change that position, the <DELETE> key to delete that item, or the letter "R" (or "r") to recharge the charges or armor value for that item. Note that equipped items may not be changed or deleted. You must unequip an item if you wish to change or delete that item. HARTMAN GAME UTILITIES for Planet's Edge Page 4 If you hit <ENTER>, a pop-up scrollable picklist containing all 219 items available in the game will replace the Help Window in the lower right part of the screen. You may navigate this list using the cursor keys. You may also type in any letter and the selection bar will go to the first item that begins with that letter. When the selection bar is on the item that you want, hit <ENTER> to add that item to your backpack. If the backpack position that you have chosen to edit is already filled, then the selection bar will start out on that item in the item list. You may choose another item to replace the one currently in that slot in your backpack. If you choose that same item, it will be recharged. If the backpack position you are editing is empty, then the selection bar will start at the top of the item list. You may fill each backpack position with any item in the game. This includes but is not limited to: All 8 parts of the Centauri Drive (Algiebian Crystal, etc.) *Ship Plans* *Technical Plans* Weapons Armor Misc. Items (Doorspiker, Sonic Pincers, etc.). Do not worry about blank positions in your backpacks. When you exit the Edit Window, all of the items in your backpack are moved to the top of the backpack list, then written out to the saved game file. NOTE: Ships and ship systems cannot be added to a backpack (obviously). But Ship Plans and Technical Plans can be added. Then when you get back to Moonbase, new ship types, engines, and weapons will be available. You may edit your Raw Materials and build any ship, engines and weapons that you wish. ALSO NOTE: If you bring more than one Ship Plans or Technical Plans back to Moonbase in one trip, the game may tell you that you have found the Algiebian Crystal. But if you look at the diagram of the Centauri Drive, the Algiebian Crystal is still missing. There don't seem to be any problems associated with this bug. HARTMAN GAME UTILITIES for Planet's Edge APPENDIX A Page 5 If you would like to register your copy of HARTMAN GAME UTILITIES for Planet's Edge, please send a check or money order for $10 in US dollars to: HARTMAN GAME UTILITIES P. O. 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