Early Leisure Suit Larry Cheat

In LSL2, LSL3 you can enter Sierra's debug mode by pressing LSHIFT RSHIFT GREY -

All global variable values can be changed. Changes take effect after exiting DEBUG mode.

Global variables	Notes
1 - Game ID (Example Ls2)	Read only (@)
2 - Room number (Ex. rm8 for room #8)	Read only
3 - Speed	0 - Max, but 99 is quite slow
4 - Unknown
5-8 - Something from EventHandler
9 - Pointer to object inventory	Read only
12 - Previous scene number
13 - Scene number	Can be used for teleport.
14 - Breakpoint flag	If non-zero, Auto-DEBUG on room CHANGE
15 - Score	New score is displayed only after next non-DEBUG change.
16 - Max Score	New score is displayed only after next non-DEBUG change.
30 - Pointer to SG Directory.	Use INSPECT to view SG directory.

Global variable's marked with (@), attempted value changes have no effect. They are automatically restored. Here are the debug commands.

Key - Command	Notes
q - Quit	Quit immediately
t - Temp variable	Inspect temp variable
a - Inspect	acc
i - Inspect	See chapter "Inspect"
o - Object	See available objects.
r - Resources	See resources
s - Send stack
d - Display memory
f - Free heap
g - Global variable	Inspect global variable
l - Local variable	Inspect local variable
b - Break in (If object value is changed, Auto-DEBUG)
c - Inspect current object

Inspect subcommands

Keys	Effect
Up, Down, Left, Right	Scroll
Enter	Next item
[,]	Move to address
i	Inspect
e	Edit
c	Collection: If you press C while inspecting Inv, you can get Inventory List.

Use inspect subcommands recursively. Example While viewing Inventory List, assign ego address to owner. ego, owner are objects. So you can collect all treasures at any time. Write ego in lower case.

You can inspect hex address of memory (Example $3455) or any object (Example, Sound)

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