Wizardry 7 character editor written by:  Huy Nguyen
                                         6826 Roos
                                         Houston, TX 77074

Here it is! after much sleepness nights and trial and error testing,
this is the final version of the Wizardry 7 character editor.  It allows
modification of all the vital stats as well as inventory editing.

The command-line invocation of the program is:  "w7edit filespec character"
where "w7edit" is the name of the program, "filespec" is the filespec of
the Wizardry 7 savefile, and "character" is the name of the character to
edit.  Within the program, these commands are valid:

1) save - saves the current savefile to disk; it replaces the file which
          was initially loaded
2) quit - exit without saving; all changes will be lost
3) items - changes to the screen that allows inventory editing
4) stats - changes to the screen that allows editing of vital stats
5) to edit another character, enter the character name preceded by the ~ sign;
   NOTE: the editor assumes the the character name is unique; if the
         character name is not unique (i.e. - there is a similar substring
         in the savefile), then you may be editing the wrong part of the
         file (and hosing up your savefile)

In the stats editing screen, enter the number corresponding to the statistics
to modify; then, enter the new value for the statistics; I don't suggest that
you push the statistics beyond the maximum specified in the play guide since
I don't know the effect of such a high statistics; this means don't give
yourself 255 strength or 255 sword skill;

In the inventory editing screen, enter the number corresponding to the
slot that you want to give yourself a new item, and then enter the number
corresponding to the new item; you can also modify the count/charge of an
item by entering the appropriate number; after you give yourself a new
item, load the savefile into Wizardry 7; as soon as you load the new
savefile, immediately drop the new item, and then pick it up again; this
will will restore all the attributes to the item (so a sword looks like
a sword and not a dagger); after this, you have to assay the item in order
to recognize it; the only thing this doesn't do is set the count/charge of
an item (if an item has magical power or can be merged); you have to set this
via the count/charge stat in the character editor; if you don't set the
count/charge for an item, it will be set to 0 by the editor; for magical
items (potions, magical weapons, etc.), if the count/charge is 0, then
you will have infinte charge on that item; if you give yourself a healing
potion and leave the count at 0, that potion will last forever; if you give
yourself a magical item/weapon and the count/charge is 0, then that
item/weapon will have infinite charge; if an item is not magical
(you can usually identify this by the identify spell), and you give it a
nonzero count/charge, you will get strange results; that is, you can
give yourself 10 halberds but this is not normal since you cannot merge
2 halberds to get 2 halberds; again, I don't know the effect of something
like this, so experiment at your own risk.



DISCLAIMER: while this program has been throroughly tested, I cannot
            guarantee it to be 100% error free; use of this program is
            at your own risk (this means make a backup of your savefile
            before you modify it).


This program is public domain so you may use and distribute it without
any registration fee; however, this file must always be distributed with
the .EXE; while I do not require you to register this program, if you
are feeling generous and/or want to reward all my hard work, you may
send a little fee to the above address; it may help "persuade" me to
work on editors for other games.

