DARKLANDS ACCELERATOR
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INFORMATION
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If you are one of the unfortunate souls who played DARKLANDS,
and had to start over because of **BUGS**.  This may be of
interest to you.  It accelerates the process.

This archive contains a saved DARKLANDS game:

    ++  Four customized characters with advanced skills
        in various areas
    ++  Pre-established repuations in various cities
    ++  A huge "slush fund" to get things rolling
    ++  Excellent gear
    
In all other respects, the SAVE is virgin game:

    ++  No quests are undertaken
    ++  Characters do not know any saints
    ++  No raubritters have been defeated, 
    ++  etc, etc
    

TO INSTALL
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As a matter of convenience, this save has been called DKSAVE0.SAV - 
if you already have such a game in your \SAVES directory, you have
three options:

    1.  Simply overlay your save with my save
    2.  Rename your save
    3.  Rename my save

In all events, my save must reside in your \SAVES directory.  Then
load it as you would any other saved game.

WARNING
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This saved game was made with version 483.06.  I have used it
myself throughout (Sabbat, Knockers, Monastary, etc) and it
seems to work.  No guarantees.  No promises.  No nothing that
it will work with your configuration.

NOTES
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As an avid RPG player, DARKLANDS, is the buggiest game I ever 
played.  MPS demands, in my opinion, too much from its customers.
At any rate, here are some tips and bug workarounds:

    1.  If you crash because DARKLANDS cannot find xmobglad.pic
        (happy people) or some other silly pic file, just select
        one and copy it into the missing file.  My xmobglad.pic
        shows a wolf attack - with no harmful side effects.
        Can be humorous.
        
    2.  If you try to carry more than 255 of any item, if you
        try to carry more than 255 items, or if you leave more
        than 255 items at an inn, you will have forever corrupted
        your game.  You must start over!
        
    3.  If you apply ESSENCE of GRACE inside an interior scenario
        near a CHEST (on ADVANCED level), you will probably have
        to reboot.  This could mean ANY potion, but I can predict
        the bug and MAKE it happen in the above case.  Be careful.
        
    4.  If you ever open a CHEST and it contains NOTHING at the
        GET menu (not the bloodstained chest, but when you see
        an empty menu), or if you ever trade with a merchant
        and get an empty menu - this means that your game has
        already entered another orbit - time to reboot, saving
        it will only propagate the bug into later games!
        
    5.  After a crash, MPS leaves several working files around
        in your directory.  These, of course, tend to screw up
        the game when you try to do the same thing again - 
        not to even think about manners.
        
        I delete any file with an ENM or TMP extension before
        restarting.  If I get near to a place where the crash
        appears, I change the level to BASIC.  I think MPS
        did most of the testing on BASIC, and in general,
        has less bugs.
        
    6.  If you are getting an assignment from the Fuggers or
        Medici, and you see something weird like "the $$NamedOne$$
        lives North of Koln", you may not get credit for your
        task - in fact, the banker at that particular city
        may never speak to you again.  You have to reload
        and try again.
        
    7.  As a last warning:  DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT enter the
        residence of a merchant at night unless you have
        a specific assignment and expect something to be there.
        Any game saved after this happens is CORRUPT!!!
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