4-digit HP goes off screen

[Andrew Schultz]

I cheated my way to this with sector editing, but it still might be an issue if someone allows unlimited leveling up.

I remember Bard's Tale III allowed for ++++/++++ once HP went above 9999 (using the INWO trick) and I'm wondering if the core technology can/should do the same (only 3 +++'s), or at least give a warning.

The way to reproduce this is
1 save a game state in AppleWin
2 download a hex editor like HXD. Search for player 1's name, or go to bytes ef96/efa3 if you're feeling lucky, and change the 2-byte entries to 08 08 or whatever...second byte should be >= 4.
3 try to use an item, then bail. Your new current/maximum HP will run off the screen.

[Andrew Schultz]

Oops. This isn't the editor's domain. Don't know why I thought it was.