Instructions For Upgrading Any Vessel To Class 5 Engines And Shields ==================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A COMMUNIQUE FROM WITHIN THE GUILD. MESSAGE AS FOLLOWS: It has come to our attention that elements from within the Mercenaries Guild have conspired to withhold information on recent developments in the fields of power and shield technology. Furthermore, the afore-mentioned elements have formed a cadre to keep these developments out of the hands of our Guild of Merchants. Utilizing clandestine contacts within the Cyberspace Guild we have obtained the following information from the Mercenaries' files. This information, as well as its origin, is not to be distributed outside of the Merchants Guild. Penalty for which is permanent expulsion from the Guild and banning of all professional contacts with the offending merchant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>CONFIDENTIAL<<<< >>>>CONFIDENTIAL<<<< >>>>CONFIDENTIAL<<<< Steps-by-step instructions for upgrading your ship to Class 5 Engines and Shields, regardless of ship type. Step 1. Identify the .SAV file that you wish to have your ship upgraded in and copy it to another file name. This will provide a backup in case you make an error or the modification is rejected by the game. A good idea would be to copy it to the same file name with a .BKP extension. Example: SAVE01.SAV copy to SAVE01.BKP. Step 2. Enter PRIVATEER game and go to a ship dealer. Purchase an Orion Gunship and then upgrade the shields and engines to class 5. IMPORTANT: Upgrade the shields and engines **ONLY**. Purchase no other equipment. Step 3. Leave the ship dealer and go to the landing bay. Bring up the computer (C key) and save the game to the file you backed-up. Exit PRIVATEER. Step 4. With a hex-editor (eg. Norton Diskedit, etc.), open the .SAV file and go to Offset 40, hex 28 and change it to one of the following: 01 - Orion; 02 - Centurion; 03 - Galaxy. Save the file and exit the hex-editor. Step 5. Enter PRIVATEER game and load modified game save file. Go to ship dealer and check ships equipment manifest by going to repair and upgrade area and clicking on SELL option. Go ahead and cycle through your equipment and verify that you have Class 5 shields and engines, but DON'T SELL THE ENGINES OR SHIELDS!! If you do, the game will only allow you to buy up to class 3. You can repair and sell the class 5 engines and shields and your game should run fine with these upgrades. You'll also note that the ship graphic in the upgrade and repair area no longer seems to have anything in the engine area, but don't be concerned as the class 5 engine upgrade will still work. If you have checked and the manifest shows class 5 engines and shields, click on BUY and flesh-out your vessel with whatever equipment your heart desires. If not, exit and restore from your backed-up game (.BKP). Go back to Step 2 and carefully try again. If it still wont give you class 5 shields and engines or the game crashes. Restore from the backup and forget it. Perhaps you either have a later version of PRIVATEER or your hex-editor is modifying the wrong byte. Either way, check around some of your local BBS's. You might find a PRIVATEER ship editor or something of that sort. >>>>> END OF MESSAGE <<<<< ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Privateer is a registered trademark of Origin Systems, Inc. with all rights reserved. The author of this text makes no warranty, expressed or implied, on the suitability for use. It is intended to enhance and augment the use and enjoyment of legal owners of Origin's, PRIVATEER.