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DOCUMENTATION FILE FOR PREASY VER 1.0
PREASY is a utility written for Privateer by Origin. It "fixes" a data file,
OBJECTS.TRE, which contains the objects for all space vehicles. PREASY alters
the game vehicle records in this file in order to make the space combat
sequences EASIER. Note that NONE OF THE ALTERATIONS AFFECT THE PLAYER'S SHIP!
This is a good "trainer" program for Privateer, and its also great when you
want to explore the star bases and not worry so much about being killed quickly.
(Its great for those pilots like me who don't live very long in most missions.)
This routine will selectively cripple vehicle SHIELDS, MISSILES and GUNS. The
following lists the disabled levels:
SHIELDS -- Disabled to Level 1
MISSILES -- None Fired
GUNS -- All reduced to LASER fire power
Note that these changes affect ALL ships -- FRIENDLY and ENEMY, except when
you throw the "alien" switch on the command line. The "alien" switch selects
alien ships ONLY for disabling (I put this in especially for that nasty
alien "pod" that keeps chasing me around. The pod still chases me but fires
only lasers now -- not STELTEK guns.)
You can "tailor" the disabling level you want by selecting the vehicle
components via the command line switches. Alternatively, you can throw the
"all" switch to disable everything on all ships (including aliens).
As previously stated, this program works by altering the OBJECTS.TRE file. I
put quite a few checks in PREASY to ensure that only the ORIGINAL version of
the file is altered. Future versions of Privateer will require a new PREASY
if Origin changes the contents of OBJECTS.TRE. Once the changes are made
to the file, there is no turning back. PLEASE BACKUP OBJECTS.TRE BEFORE YOU
RUN PREASY. Copy it to any backup name. PREASY will make only one alteration
on the file, so if you disable missiles, and then later want to disable guns
too, you'll have to restore your original OBJECTS.TRE and then run PREASY on
it again. PREASY will try to stop you if it detects changes in the original
file. You can force the edits to be done, but you may wind up with a corrupted
OBJECTS.TRE file. NOTE: The version of OBJECTS.TRE that PREASY was written
for has a time/date stamp of: 9/9/93 7:09pm, 3850988 bytes.
PREASY WILL NOT HARM YOUR SHIP or any SAV files. If you wish to edit your
SAV files (and therefore your ship), use PREDIT. It lets you selectively
alter numerous ship parameters including shields (up to level 11), engines,
start locations, cash credits, etc. I wrote PREDIT specifically for SAV
file editing.
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INSTALLATION
Installation is easy. Just copy PREASY.EXE, and this text file (if desired)
to your Privateer directory (\privater, usually). Run PREASY by typing the
filename, "preasy", followed by the command line switches you want. Note
that you can enter several switches together. The following summarizes the
comand line switches:
all = cripple ALL game vehicle components (not yours though)
missile = cripple ALL game vehicle MISSILES (None shot)
gun = cripple ALL game vehicle GUNS (LASERS)
shield = cripple ALL game vehicle SHIELDS (Level 1)
alien = cripple ALL alien vehicles
For example, if you enter "preasy missile", no friendly or enemy vehicles
will shoot missiles. "preasy shield" will reduce all friendly/enemy shield
levels to Level 1. "preasy gun missile" will cripple all guns and missiles.
If you just want to make that nasty alien "pod" a little tamer, enter
"preasy alien".
PREASY will inform you of the status of the modifications. It will prompt
you for halting if it detects errors or a non-original OBJECTS.TRE file.
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FINAL COMMENTS
PREASY was not written to allow one to cheat his/her way through Privateer.
It is intended as a tool to allow your progression through Privateer in a
shorter-than-normal time span while still giving you LOTS of enjoyment and
fun with experimentation. Please use it with this attitude in mind.
If you have any questions or comments concerning this program, or YOU WISH TO
MAKE A DONATION of $5 (please make any checks payable to WAYNE SIKES), please
contact me at:
Wayne Sikes
435 Sego Lily
Bosque Farms, NM 87068
CompuServe: 70733,1562
Internet E-Mail Address: sikes@meediv.lanl.gov
Phone: (505)-869-3522
Feel free to distribute copies of this program. The only thing I ask is
that you DO NOT MODIFY this text file or the PREASY.EXE program. When
distributing, PLEASE ALWAYS INCLUDE A COPY OF THIS TEXT FILE ALONG WITH
THE EXECUTABLE. If you include this program in any retail or wholesale
software packages, compilations, libraries, archives, etc. please contact
me. As with all my analysis and engineering software, this program is
copywritten by K & W Computer Works.
Thank you for using PREASY and enjoy Privateer!
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