Re: Re-engineered: Wizardry III, Legacy of Llylgamyn

[TommyGoog <ewerst@msn.com>]

On Apr 14, 4:13 am, Alex Lee <ale...@mac.com> wrote:
> Would your study into Wizardry III ever allow a newer version that
> could be run from a single 3.5" disk instead of the multiple 5.25"
> disks?
>
> Fairly trivial thing I know, but I thought I'd just get it out there :-)
>
> - Alex

I think the answer is "yes", but I'm not sure exactly what you are
asking.

On what type of computer (or simulator) would you use this 3.5" disk
version of Wizardry III?

I'm familiar with Apple][+, Apple][e, and with Windows computers.  I'm
familiar with Apple][ diskettes formatted for DOS and for Pascal.  I
am not familiar with later Apple systems (Mac, etc.) or the 3.5" disk
formats.

There is clearly enough storage space on a 3.5" disk to hold the
Pascal run-time system, and the executable and data files, along with
a "backup the characters" file.

You would also need to find a way to transfer characters from a
Wizardry I or Wizardry II game to the 3.5" floppy, since Wizardry III
requires you to have created your characters on those levels.

Since I have supplied the Pascal source code, it is possible for
anyone to take that code and modify it to work in any disk format (and
any computer) where a Pascal run-time system will work.

When I played the game (last year) and did my re-engineering of the
code, it was all done with the AppleWin.exe simulator on a WindowsXP
PC.  I don't think that simulator supports 3.5" diskettes, but it does
support a hard-drive in slot 7.  Unfortunately, Apple Pascal 1.1 does
not recognize slot 7 as a disk device.

I'm not sure why you would really need or want it on a 3.5" disk.

By the way, it is relatively easy to modify the code so that all you
need at the start of the game is the BOOT disk and then your DUPLICATE
SCENARIO disk without having to insert the MASTER SCENARIO disk in-
between.

--Tommy