I had the following text file on a very old floppy disk. No idea where it originally came from, but it might help those who are handy with hex editors:
Quote:
Ever wanted invincible shields in your ship in Wing Commander? Now you can
have them! Also included are the unprotect and some hints.
UNPROTECT:
To unprotect wing commander to bypass the documentation check,
in WC.EXE find the hex string 75 14 B8 and replace it with EB 14 B8
SHIELD FIX:
5 hex bytes are listed for each ship.
Use Norton Utilitys or PC Tools to search WC.EXE for the hex string.
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To maximize the shields, replace the first 4 bytes with FF 7F FF 7F
To minimize the shields, replace the first 4 bytes with 01 00 01 00
In the file WC.EXE
Human Kilrathi
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Hornet -- 28 00 28 00 2D Salthi -- 23 00 23 00 1E
Rapier -- 50 00 4B 00 3C Dralthi -- 32 00 32 00 2D
Scimitar -- 3C 00 32 00 55 Krant -- 50 00 50 00 5A
Raptor -- 46 00 46 00 64 Gratha -- 64 00 5F 00 8C
Venture -- 96 00 96 00 6E Jalthi -- A0 00 A0 00 C8
Drayman -- 78 00 78 00 50
Tigers Claw -- F0 00 F0 00 DC
Exeter -- 2C 01 2C 01 F0
I couldn't find the codes for the Kilrathi destroyers but I'm pretty sure the
Dorkir is 46 00 46 00 50 and if you like, you could try playing around with
C8 00 78 00 C8 or 0E 01 AA 00 18
Now, in the secret missions part 1, at some point, you will come up against the
Gwenhevar - a captured Exeter with Raptors & Rapiers flown by Kilrathi.
Keep saving your game so when you hit this mission (you'll be in a Raptor),
you can exit and yank the shields for the exeter class destroyer and the
Rapier down to size. Be sure to maximize them after the mission.
In the secret missions part 2, (the above codes work for SM2.EXE as well
as WC.EXE) the Dralthi is a bit stronger and has the new code
3C 00 32 00 4B
There are 2 missions where you will fly a captured Dralthi. Best to set it to
64 00 64 00 4B Drop the Rapier down to nothing for these missions as well.
If you don't own this game, BUY IT! If we support the games we really like,
they will keep writing them!
I got most of these codes from a BBS so thanks to whoever first cracked this!
Good Luck!
Wolf[/b]
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Also, the manuals for all the Wing commander games can be downloaded here:
http://www.wcnews.com/manuals.shtml
Edit: I'm sure there was a built-in cheat that allowed you to blow up targetted ships by pressing certain keys. Anyone remember what it was?