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Gold Box Companion is a tool for all the Gold Box games plus Unlimited Adventures and the two SSI's Buck Rogers games. It offers automapping, easy-to-use journal entries and helps with some of the interface issues to make playing a little less tedious. | == Overview == | ||
[[https://gbc.zorbus.net/ Gold Box Companion]] is a tool for all the Gold Box games plus Unlimited Adventures and the two SSI's Buck Rogers games. It offers automapping, easy-to-use journal entries and helps with some of the interface issues to make playing a little less tedious. | |||
== Features == | |||
* HUD above DOSBox window with hit points, character icons, XP meters and effects. Shows good effects in green, bad in red. Also shows if a character is level drained. | |||
* Fix-command for Pool of Radiance. Works with the other games as well. Instantly heals the characters. Optionally also fixes level drained characters. Can not be used while in combat. | |||
* Temporarily change demihuman race to human to avoid experience level limits. | |||
* Optional level up without visiting training halls and without race-/game-related level limits. | |||
* Store the list of memorized spells and restore the spells with a single click. Can not be used while in combat. | |||
* Automap with party location. Notes can be added to the map. | |||
* World map view. Shows party location in some games. | |||
* Combat view. Shows character / monster locations. Shows if character/monster is held or helpless. | |||
* Journal entries. | |||
* Optional auto-identify of items. | |||
* Optional auto-ammo increases the amount of arrows / bolts / darts to a wanted level. | |||
* Autodisable quickfight after combat. Some of the older games didn't disable quickfight between fights so you could enter a dangerous fight with quickfight on. | |||
* Character editor. Reads/modifies memory so it's instant compared to save file editors. Can not be used while in combat. | |||
* Teleporting. You can teleport to a chosen location on the map. You can also teleport on the world map in some of the games. | |||
* Save Game Editor. You can edit party composition (swap members in / out), edit inventories and effects. | |||
* Some modding tools for changing the font and editing game data. | |||
* Lists saved games chronologically with a description of the location (map name). | |||
* Able to backup to latest save game with a description. | |||
* Playing paladin or ranger in Pool of Radiance. Can be exported to Curse of the Azure Bonds. | |||
* Very experimental monk class for Pool of Radiance. Can be exported to Curse of the Azure Bonds. |
Revision as of 13:50, 11 November 2021
Overview
[Gold Box Companion] is a tool for all the Gold Box games plus Unlimited Adventures and the two SSI's Buck Rogers games. It offers automapping, easy-to-use journal entries and helps with some of the interface issues to make playing a little less tedious.
Features
- HUD above DOSBox window with hit points, character icons, XP meters and effects. Shows good effects in green, bad in red. Also shows if a character is level drained.
- Fix-command for Pool of Radiance. Works with the other games as well. Instantly heals the characters. Optionally also fixes level drained characters. Can not be used while in combat.
- Temporarily change demihuman race to human to avoid experience level limits.
- Optional level up without visiting training halls and without race-/game-related level limits.
- Store the list of memorized spells and restore the spells with a single click. Can not be used while in combat.
- Automap with party location. Notes can be added to the map.
- World map view. Shows party location in some games.
- Combat view. Shows character / monster locations. Shows if character/monster is held or helpless.
- Journal entries.
- Optional auto-identify of items.
- Optional auto-ammo increases the amount of arrows / bolts / darts to a wanted level.
- Autodisable quickfight after combat. Some of the older games didn't disable quickfight between fights so you could enter a dangerous fight with quickfight on.
- Character editor. Reads/modifies memory so it's instant compared to save file editors. Can not be used while in combat.
- Teleporting. You can teleport to a chosen location on the map. You can also teleport on the world map in some of the games.
- Save Game Editor. You can edit party composition (swap members in / out), edit inventories and effects.
- Some modding tools for changing the font and editing game data.
- Lists saved games chronologically with a description of the location (map name).
- Able to backup to latest save game with a description.
- Playing paladin or ranger in Pool of Radiance. Can be exported to Curse of the Azure Bonds.
- Very experimental monk class for Pool of Radiance. Can be exported to Curse of the Azure Bonds.