Defender of the Crown - CHEAT??

[thor]

I disassembled the Defender executable from both versions with IRA and can confirm Damien's findings:

US version:

LAB_08D8:
	SUB.L	#$00000053,D0  ; 's' pressed?
	BEQ.S	LAB_08D5
	SUB.L	#$00000020,D0  ; 'S' pressed?
	BEQ.S	LAB_08D5

EU version:

LAB_0759:
	TST	-30326(A4)
	BEQ.S	LAB_075A
	MOVE	#$0400,-24734(A4) ; 1024 to campaign army
	MOVE	#$0400,-24758(A4) ; 1024 to home army

...

LAB_075E:
	SUB.L	#$0000004B,D0 ; 'k' pressed?
	BEQ.S	LAB_0759
	SUBQ.L	#8,D0         ; 's' pressed?
	BEQ.S	LAB_075B
	SUB.L	#$00000018,D0 ; 'K' pressed?
	BEQ.S	LAB_0759
	SUBQ.L	#8,D0         ; 'S' pressed?
	BEQ.S	LAB_075B

Can someone find out what the 's'-key changes?

[DamienD]

Nice one thor

You know last night I also tried the <S> key and the <C> hoping that the <S> key would be for "Soldiers" and the <C> would be for Catapults... Unfortunately it didn't work

Maybe I'm not doing it at the right sequence / loading time?

[DDNI]

Aaaargh cant get it to work - Using KGs WHDLOAD version

KG what version is your WHDload DofC using?

[DDNI]

Damian my version the cursor is like a wee arch. Yours looks to be just an arrow.... which version do i have ???

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by DDNI

Damian my version the cursor is like a wee arch. Yours looks to be just an arrow.... which version do i have ???

Hmmm, the cracked version I tested yesterday (which didn't work) had the "wee arch" you speak of. It must be a crack of the US region version plus somebody has altered the cursor as well...

Both EU and US regions SPS / IPF versions have the cursor that you see in my screenshots.

I guess this means that the version in your WHDLoad package did not come from either of the IPFs

[DDNI]

feck....

[killergorilla]

Originally Posted by DDNI

Aaaargh cant get it to work - Using KGs WHDLOAD version

KG what version is your WHDload DofC using?

I used the IPF that damien says works

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by killergorilla

I used the IPF that damien says works

Then I have no idea as to why you have the "wee arch" cursor instead of a normal arrow pointer

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by thor

Can someone find out what the 's'-key changes?

Hmmm, just thinking...

*** stop it Damien, it's not good for you ***

Maybe the <S> key can be held down before starting a "Go Raiding" scenario or once it's loaded and you will automatically win? Will try tonight a few different things tonight

[thor]

Originally Posted by DamienD

You know last night I also tried the <S> key and the <C> hoping that the <S> key would be for "Soldiers" and the <C> would be for Catapults... Unfortunately it didn't work

Maybe I'm not doing it at the right sequence / loading time?

The 's'-key should be pressed at the same sequence as the 'k'-key (but not together). That's the code that's called from pressing the 's'-key (from EU version):

LAB_075B:
    TST    -30410(A4)
    BEQ.S    LAB_075C
    CLR    -30410(A4)
    BRA.S    LAB_075D
LAB_075C:
    MOVE    #$0001,-30410(A4)
LAB_075D:
...

It toggles something. When -30410(A4) is 0 then it is set to 1 otherwise it is set to 0. But I don't know what it is.

[DamienD]

Ok thor, thanks for that

I will try again tonight but as I already posted above:

Originally Posted by DamienD

You know last night I also tried the <S> key and the <C> hoping that the <S> key would be for "Soldiers" and the <C> would be for Catapults... Unfortunately it didn't work

[thor]

Yes, I know. I thought it would be a flag for something, so that you win the game, don't loose men in fights or can go to Sherwood more than three times or something like that. But I couldn't find out what it is yet.

[Retro-Nerd]

Tried the WHDLoad version on my real miggy, but it doesn't work for me too.

Edit: And this is the probably the answer why it doesn't work with the WHDLoad install:

- I'm awfully sorry about including a cracked executable, but the thing which
interested me was not the protection removal but the fact that in this
release executable there is not encryption anymore. I've got the original,
with encryption, and it's a lot of work for the same result (and possibly
the re-release has less bugs). The other files are 100% the same, so the
install should work with all versions.
- Thanks to Bored Seal for testing the game through the end. He completed it, so
I think it works rather well.

[killergorilla]

I'll take a look on friday or something

[thor]

Yes, the WHDLoad package uses the cracked Defender executable that doesn't check for the 'k'-key.

[killergorilla]

Ah yeah you're right!

I'm awfully sorry about including a cracked executable, but the thing which
interested me was not the protection removal but the fact that in this
release executable there is not encryption anymore. I've got the original,
with encryption, and it's a lot of work for the same result (and possibly
the re-release has less bugs). The other files are 100% the same, so the
install should work with all versions.

[DamienD]

Well, that's that mystery solved then

Many thanks to Retro-Nerd

Now, onto tryiong to work out what the <S> key does

[DDNI]

no its not solved for me!! I wanna cheat tooooo I know what I need but I cant ask

[DamienD]

ROFL

As said above, the game is easy to finish without cheating

Originally Posted by DamienD

Mind you, DotC, DotC (CDTV) and DotC II (CD32 / CDTV) are all easy to finish without cheats... Takes the fun out of them

Originally Posted by DamienD

Defender of the Crown II (CD32/CDTV) is the hardest to finish as you need to put loads of ransom money away within a certain time period

Just practice / play it more

[demoniac]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Hey guys,

Behold, the real cheat is born!!!

All you need to do is as follows:

Hold down the <K> key immediately when you see the map screen below until you get to the "Your orders?" screen. This can be done in the intro (after 2nd dialogue with Robin), after selecting / finishing "Hold Tournament", after selecting / finishing "Seek Conquest" or after selecting / finishing "Go raiding"

Cool stuff hey, HOL you may want to update the Cheatcodes

The only sad news is that it only work for the EU release and not the US release

I believe Codetapper is the owner of the cheats.