Shadow Realm: floating crystal

Elaine Crump · Post by **Elaine Crump** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:55 am

I cannot seem to snag the floating demon crystal in the chamber with the wind machine in the center of the room. I've tried everything; jumped from every angle, the door, the other raised areas, but no luck. (Getting a bit seasick and discouraged.)

Is there anyway to edit my inventory so I can bypass this feat of impossible madness, or a trick that will work for me? Please help! Much thanks, Elaine

George_K · Post by **George_K** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:54 pm

In a DL save file, there's anywhere from three to five occurrences of the character name. Everything that can be changed about the character is after the last occurrence of the name.

Always make a copy of any save being altered, and place it in a safe place, the desktop, for instance.

You can hex edit a save and replace a general inventory item with an extra Shadow Crystal. If you still have some of the following, which are no longer needed, any one can be replaced with the Shadow Crystal.

Sewer Key 9A00
Sewer Bridge Key 9D00
Theater Key 9B00

In the hex editor, open your save and do a text search for your character name. Keep searching till the last occurrence, then place your cursor in the side with all the 0000's.
Now change your search to Hex and type in one of the four digit key codes. It is usually found with the first search.

When the key code is found, replace it with D400, which is the hex code for Shadow Crystal.

Now save the altered hex work and close the editor. Start your game and load the save. You should now have the Shadow Crystal in the Keys section of inventory. Now go down the other hallway and get the other Shadow Crystal.

Elaine Crump · Post by **Elaine Crump** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:52 am

Which Hex editor is the easiest to use?

Thanks so much for all your help. I do not have a Hex editor and need to find one. Which one is the easiest to use for someone not formilar with using them? A link to a download would be most appreciated. Thanks again.

Elaine

George_K · Post by **George_K** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:03 am

[QUOTE=Elaine Crump]Thanks so much for all your help. I do not have a Hex editor and need to find one. Which one is the easiest to use for someone not formilar with using them? A link to a download would be most appreciated. Thanks again.

Elaine[/QUOTE]

I use Hex Workshop 4.2. Just do a Google search for it. It is so old that it may now be free. If not, you still have probably 30 days trial.

Elaine Crump · Post by **Elaine Crump** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:10 pm

Thanks, I'll do as you suggest.

I downloaded a great beta DL editor, but it only works for 1.4 and 1.5. vrs. It spat back my saved game and informed me that my version could not be used with it. Too bad, for it looked really easy to use. I'll go to Google and search for Hex workshop 4.2 and see it I can understand how to use it. Thanks again for all your help. (Just hang loose...I may need further assistance). Any other ideas will be appreciated too. Thanks. Elaine

George_K · Post by **George_K** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:26 pm

There's an update available for all versions from 1.0 to 1.3 and it will update your game to 1.4. Just go to the following link, scroll down the page to the 1.0-1.4 full, choose one of the links and download it. It's about 139 mb and takes quite awhile but worth it. After download, and if you installed to the default directory "C:\Program Files\Dreamcatcher\Dungeon Lords\dlords.exe", then run the update from any location on your computer.

http://www.dreamcatchergames.com/dci/su ... hes/dl.php

fluidrnr · Post by **fluidrnr** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:19 am

need help hex editor

is there a step by step for dummies in order to use the editor i took a look at it and it looks like a foreign language so i could use some help in figuring out how to use the editor

pwcook · Post by **pwcook** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:39 am

A pretty easy way is to set your athletics to 4. Back up to the "wind tunnel", do a back flip and keep hitting "shift". This usually works the first time for me. But I am running CE, I don't know if this will work for earlier editions.