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Re: A Small Cedar Box

Posted By: Ron Hunsinger Date: 6/18/12 2:41 p.m.
In Response To: A Small Cedar Box (PerseusSpartacus)

: - Silver Medal: You don't gain any points or treasure for duplicating this,
: sadly.
I just recently found the list of admissible items in the code (disassembling the v2.0 68K code), and was excited about being able to duplicate the Silver Medal until I did the math. It takes 1000 Silver Medals to get one treasure bonus point, and your inventory is limited to 256 total items. You have more important things to clutter your inventory with.
It took me a while, looking at the code, to realize why you don't get extra treasure points for duplicating it. It turns out that your treasure total is not computed by totaling up what you're carrying, but as a running total that gets adjusted as you pick up and drop items. There's no adjustment when you duplicate an item (nor when you eat one, so eating the Easter Egg shouldn't cost you any treasure points).
However, it appears that dropping all those duplicated Silver Medals could lose you a bunch of points.
I wonder what would happen if you dropped enough to make your treasure total go negative? A negative total might look like a HUGE positive total, and you might get a correspondingly huge treasure bonus. You'd have to drop them in the Labyrinth. No other level can hold that many dropped items.
***Rats*** It won't work. The treasure total is saved in a signed long, and will simply go negative without wrapping around at 0.

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A Small Cedar Box PerseusSpartacus 5/15/12 9:33 p.m.

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Re: A Small Cedar Box President People 5/16/12 12:35 p.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box Earthtopus 5/18/12 5:55 p.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box PerseusSpartacus 5/19/12 10:49 a.m.

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Re: A Small Cedar Box Ron Hunsinger 6/18/12 1:50 p.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box Godot 6/19/12 9:24 a.m.

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Re: A Small Cedar Box PerseusSpartacus 5/19/12 10:45 a.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box Godot 5/19/12 12:48 p.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box PerseusSpartacus 5/19/12 2:05 p.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box Document 5/21/12 8:20 a.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box Godot 5/21/12 9:35 a.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box PerseusSpartacus 5/21/12 9:38 a.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box Ron Hunsinger 6/18/12 2:41 p.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box treellama 6/18/12 2:55 p.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box Ron Hunsinger 6/18/12 3:35 p.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box PerseusSpartacus 6/18/12 6:21 p.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box Ron Hunsinger 6/18/12 10:51 p.m.

Cool, Thanks *NM* PerseusSpartacus 6/19/12 8:45 a.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box Godot 6/19/12 9:28 a.m.

Re: A Small Cedar Box PerseusSpartacus 1/11/13 8:55 p.m.

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: I just recently found the list of admissible items in the code (disassembling : the v2.0 68K code), and was excited about being able to duplicate the : Silver Medal until I did the math. It takes 1000 Silver Medals to get one : treasure bonus point, and your inventory is limited to 256 total items. : You have more important things to clutter your inventory with. : It took me a while, looking at the code, to realize why you don't get extra : treasure points for duplicating it. It turns out that your treasure total : is not computed by totaling up what you're carrying, but as a running : total that gets adjusted as you pick up and drop items. There's no : adjustment when you duplicate an item (nor when you eat one, so eating the : Easter Egg shouldn't cost you any treasure points). : However, it appears that dropping all those duplicated Silver Medals could : lose you a bunch of points. : I wonder what would happen if you dropped enough to make your treasure total : go negative? A negative total might look like a HUGE positive total, and : you might get a correspondingly huge treasure bonus. You'd have to drop : them in the Labyrinth. No other level can hold that many dropped items. : ***Rats*** It won't work. The treasure total is saved in a signed long, and : will simply go negative without wrapping around at 0.

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A Small Cedar Box	PerseusSpartacus	5/15/12 9:33 p.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Hopper	5/16/12 10:15 a.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	President People	5/16/12 12:35 p.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Earthtopus	5/18/12 5:55 p.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	PerseusSpartacus	5/19/12 10:49 a.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Hopper	5/19/12 4:49 p.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Ron Hunsinger	6/18/12 1:50 p.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Godot	6/19/12 9:24 a.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Godot	5/19/12 9:20 a.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	PerseusSpartacus	5/19/12 10:45 a.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Godot	5/19/12 12:48 p.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	PerseusSpartacus	5/19/12 2:05 p.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Document	5/21/12 8:20 a.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Godot	5/21/12 9:35 a.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	PerseusSpartacus	5/21/12 9:38 a.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Ron Hunsinger	6/18/12 2:41 p.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	treellama	6/18/12 2:55 p.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Ron Hunsinger	6/18/12 3:35 p.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	PerseusSpartacus	6/18/12 6:21 p.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Ron Hunsinger	6/18/12 10:51 p.m.
Cool, Thanks NM	PerseusSpartacus	6/19/12 8:45 a.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	Godot	6/19/12 9:28 a.m.
Re: A Small Cedar Box	PerseusSpartacus	1/11/13 8:55 p.m.



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	Message: : I just recently found the list of admissible items in the code (disassembling : the v2.0 68K code), and was excited about being able to duplicate the : Silver Medal until I did the math. It takes 1000 Silver Medals to get one : treasure bonus point, and your inventory is limited to 256 total items. : You have more important things to clutter your inventory with. : It took me a while, looking at the code, to realize why you don't get extra : treasure points for duplicating it. It turns out that your treasure total : is not computed by totaling up what you're carrying, but as a running : total that gets adjusted as you pick up and drop items. There's no : adjustment when you duplicate an item (nor when you eat one, so eating the : Easter Egg shouldn't cost you any treasure points). : However, it appears that dropping all those duplicated Silver Medals could : lose you a bunch of points. : I wonder what would happen if you dropped enough to make your treasure total : go negative? A negative total might look like a HUGE positive total, and : you might get a correspondingly huge treasure bonus. You'd have to drop : them in the Labyrinth. No other level can hold that many dropped items. : *Rats* It won't work. The treasure total is saved in a signed long, and : will simply go negative without wrapping around at 0.
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