.SPEAR OF DESTINY v1.0 Spear of Destiny, a Wolfenstein adventure, v1.0 ---------------- The demo version only has 2 levels, differences are as indicated. Quick Cheats ------------ L+I+M = Gives you Full Health, Ammo, Keys, & Weapons. This adds 10 minutes to your time and changes your score to zero. T+A+B = Displays a reference to the Commander Keen game, and calls you a cheat. Command line parameters ----------------------- HIDDENCARD - Disable checking for video card. NOJOYS - Disable checking for joysticks. NOMOUSE - Disable checking for mouse. NOMAIN - Disable checking for main memory. NOEMS - Disable checking for EMS memory. NOXMS - Disable checking for XMS memory. NOAL - Disable checking for AdLib. NOSB - Disable checking for Sound Blaster. NOPRO - Disable checking for Sound Blaster Pro. NOSS - Disable checking for Sound Source. SST - Enable checking for Tandy Sound Source. SS1 - Enable checking for Sound Source on LPT1. SS2 - Enable checking for Sound Source on LPT2. SS3 - Enable checking for Sound Source on LPT3. NO386 - Disable checking for 386. nospr - no speaker baby - start at the easiest skill level easy - start at the default skill level normal - start at the next harder skill level hard - start at the hardest skill level comp - dunno nocomp - dunno nowait - skips all intro screens tedlevel n - goes to level n+1 debugmode - permit debug mode to be used virtual - crashes the pc Piracy Check (not on demo version) ------------ When you start the game in any fashion, except with 'tedlevel', you will be asked a question which requires the manual. There are certain answers that will always be accepted. The computer will respond with a unique answer of its own. Choose one of these: joshua a spoon? bite me! pelt snoops Some questions don't provide enough space to fit the long answers in. You can always use a short one though (e.g. pelt). Cheat without cheating? ----------------------- On certain computers, in certain circumstances, while playing, hold down Tab and G, and press F10. God mode can be activated. This is without having to use any command-line parameter. Cheating -------- Start the game with the debug mode parameter, eg 'spear debugmode'. After you start playing level 1, press LeftShift-Alt-Backspace together. You will get a confirmation message. You can then use these key combinations (press both keys together): Tab-B Change border colour Tab-C Displays number of doors, statics and actors on this level Tab-E Ends the level Tab-F Displays your current position Tab-G God mode on/off Tab-H Hurt yourself (unless you are in God Mode) Tab-I Free items Tab-M Displays memory usage Tab-N Walk through walls on/off Tab-P Pause game Tab-Q Quit Tab-S Slow motion on/off Tab-T Displays wall segments Tab-V Add VBLs Tab-W Warp to another level Tab-X Extra Stuff See below for details of these debug keys Robert's Jukebox (not on demo version) ---------------- To access this, press M as soon as you start the game, before the memory count is displayed. There are 9 tunes in the list. To quit this, press Esc or Alt. The screen will go blue, press enter to continue. Picture of ID software team (not on demo version) --------------------------- From the menu, select the Change View screen. Hold down I and D, then press Esc. You will get an "easter egg". Recording your own demo (not on demo version) ----------------------- If you've ever had the desire to play the game with a big 'DEMO' sign at the top, this is how to do it. Start the game with the 'debugmode' parameter, and proceed as normal until you see a brick tower. At this point, press Tab. You will be asked 'Demo which level (1-10)'. Enter a number from 1 to 21, then start playing. After about 10 seconds, activate cheat mode (Alt-Lshift-b/s), then press Tab-E. The screen will go black. Hit Enter. Your demo will be saved to the file DEMO0.SOD. There is no way to play it back though. Details of each cheat --------------------- Tab-C Displays the number of statics, door, and actors in the level. Statics are things you can pick up (food, ammo, treasure), while actors are the bad guys. Tab-E This takes you to the 'level completed' screen, and you get any bonus due. Tab-F Displays your position (X,Y) and orientation (A). Tab-H Takes away 16% health unless you are invincible (God mode) Tab-I Ups your health, ammo, score, and you get the next more powerful gun. Tab-N Walk through walls. This does odd things with the graphics, and often the bad guys won't notice you. Sometimes there will be no sound when guns are fired. Open the nearest door and they will usually wake up. Tab-P Pauses the game without the 'Paused' window. It also changes the border to white. If you press Esc the game continues, but if you press Enter, the next keypress ends the game. Tab-T Pops up a window which displays graphics and sounds from the game. Use the left and right arrow keys to page through the entries (about 600 of them). Esc to exit. Press W for first wall, S for first sprite, D for first sound, I for sound info. Tab-V Add vertical blanking lines. The game slows down a little. I suppose the picture could be disrupted if too many VBLs were added. Tab-W When warping, levels 19 and 20 are secret levels. Level 21 is what happens when you get the Spear. Tab-X Pops up a window that says 'Extra stuff'. Despite that, nothing happens. Tedlevel -------- This takes you to any level in the game, and you have infinite lives. Enter a number in the range of 0 to 20, which translates to level 1 to 21. A number outside of the indicated range may crash your computer. Getting the keys and keeping your points? ----------------------------------------- If you press L+I+M to get the keys, health etc you lose your points. However there is a way around this. Make sure you started the game with the 'debugmode' parameter, and debug mode is turned on. You must do this procedure when you start a new floor. Press L+I+M to get the keys, etc. Then press Tab+W to warp to the level you are on. You keep your ill-gotten gains, and you get your points back too! Secret Levels (not on demo version) ------------- The game has 21 levels. 1 to 18 are normal. If you get the Spear, you go to Level 21. Level 19 is an extra elevator from level 4. To access it: From the start, walk between the blocks and keep going in this general direction. You will eventually enter a sandstone room with 3 doors, then another one with one door. There are 2 secret rooms here, one on the left and one on the right. When you enter the one on the right, explore this and you will find a concentric area. When you reach the innermost part, kill the blue guards, go to the end of the room and push the bloodstained block. You will find the elevator in here. Level 20 is an extra elevator from level 12. To access it and get all your points: When you get the yellow key, make sure you then get all points etc outside of that room. Then come back, rub the brown columns on both sides of the room. One of the blocks is a secret door. Go in, rub right-hand block. Go in, get all items. At the back are two blocks "Left" and "Right". Rub "Right". Go in around the back of "Left" and push it back into the room. Get the treasure at your feet. Go through door to the elevator room. Get all items. Rub on the right-hand side looking for the "Blocked" block. Press Tab+N and walk through to another room. Get all items. Push the block that sticks out, towards the back of the room. Now walk back through "Blocked", and push it. Lastly, turn Tab+N off, and use the elevator.