Just like most of you I found the text speed way too fast on WizGold. My feelings ranged from mildly aggravated to down right pissed. I came here hoping someone had a fix, but had no luck. A lot of creative thinking, but nothing I could work with on my PC. I am just not that ‘geekish’.So here is my solution. It will change your text delay setting to 254, which is slow enough that you can almost read it as it scrolls (if you are quick). You can definitely catch the entire ‘conversation’ if you use the space bar.
Please bear with me. I am only a wanna-be geek so I will go step by step.
Step 1 – In your wizgold folder find these two files and make a backup copy (just in case.) I am assuming that you installed the game in the default folder
C:\Wizgold\Disk.HDR
C:\Wizgold\Scenario.HDR
You will only be modifying the second file but you have to open the first to get the proper symbol.
Step 2 – Start CDS and change your text delay speed to 100. This will make your values look like my example and make the later steps easier to follow. When you are done close the game.
Step 3- Open Command Prompt (yes this fix is in Dos)
In dos – type EDIT
With the mouse click FILE at the top of the screen and select OPEN
You are going to have to find your Wizgold folder
Click on the .. at the top of the of the right hand portion of the window that list directories until you have no more ..’s to hit. If you put Wizgold in the default directory you should see it now. Double click on the folder and you should see a list of files in the left hand portion of the screen.
Step 4 - In the bottom right hand portion of the screen there is an option to open as binary. Click this. Then change the ‘line with’ to 426
Then double click DISK.HDR
Step 5 – Select VIEW at the top of the screen. In the drop down window select ‘split screen’
You should end up with the screen spit in half with the top half and the bottom half identical.
Use the mouse to click the bottom half – you should see the file name in the middle of the screen become highlighted
Step 6 – Go back to the drop down menus and click FILE and then select OPEN
Make sure that the ‘open binary’ option is still selected.
Change the ‘Line Width’ to 836
Double click SCENARIO.HDR
What you should end up with is the top half of the edit screen being DISK.HDR
And the bottom half of the edit screen being SCENARIO.HDR
Step 7- In the top half (Disk.HDR)
The first symbol in the second row is the one you want. It looks like a little filled in rectangle standing on end. Use the mouse to highlight the symbol. On the bottom right corner of the screen it should read
Value: 254
Press Ctrl C or select EDIT and COPY to copy this symbol
On the bottom half of the screen (SCENARIO.HDR) the first symbol in the second row should be
d
if you set your text delay speed to 100 and used a line width of 836. If you do not see it close SCENARIO.HDR and redo step 2 and/or check your line with.
Highlight the d and use Ctrl V or EDIT and Paste to replace the d with the rectangle.
Step 8- Select FILE and hit SAVE. Close everything out and restart Wizardry 8
When you check your game settings it should read a text delay speed of 254
Note: This is a backward crazy half baked fix. If you lower your setting even one point, you cannot go back up without having to go through this whole process again. So don’t mess with it.
Hope it works for you. If you have questions let me know.