renagade: battle for jacob's star cheats
Because of the structure of the game, there is no fixed
solution. However, here's some notes that may prove useful:
The game is organized into 7 days, with 3 missions per
day. The
1st day's missions are always the same each time you start
a new game. These are the only fixed missions; the other
6 days are randomly generated.
The 1st mission is simple. There are 2 enemy fighters
at Nav 1,
two more at Nav 2 and Nav 3, and 4 at Nav 4. It is difficult
to complete this mission without taking at least some
damage, but it is possible. Destroy as many of the enemy
as you can, but don't worry if you have to skip a few
because of damage.
The 2nd mission is a scouting mission. The goal here is
recon, not
kills. There are 2 fighters at Nav 1, and more fighters
at Nav 2 and Nav 3. You can probably take on the fighters
at Nav 1. At Nav 2, however, switch to your camera pod
and find the enemy fleet in the distance (no, you cannot
catch up to them and you wouldn't want to even if you
could; I've played the actual board game that this game
is based on, and those capitol ships could destroy you
faster than you can blink, especially in a light fighter
like the Cheetah). Line up the fleet in the middle of
your HUD, and hold down the trigger until the computer
announces that your mission goals are complete. Let Mother
keep the enemy off your back; that's what he's there for.
After you get the data, you might have to turn back and
finish off the enemy at Nav 2. As soon as you can, head
for home and if you've taken ANY internal damage, do NOT
engage the enemy. You can outrun them, and if the camera
pod gets hit, you've lost the mission.
In the 3rd mission, just destroy as many enemies as you
can before
Mother gets hit and crashes. The mission automatically
ends shortly after Mother gets hit, then you see the cinematic
sequence. Now you're commander of the base.
From here on out, the missions are randomly generated.
There are 3
levels of difficulty; you start day 2 at Medium difficulty.
If you lose all three missions on day 2, then day 3 will
be easier; if you win all three missions, day 3 will be
harder. If you win at least one mission per day, you will
stay on the Average path. Ultimately, your goal is to
win on the Hard difficulty.
The game picks 9 wingmen randomly from a list of 20. The
harder
the difficulty you're on, the more likely it is that one
of your wingmen will turn out to be a traitor. It can
be any of your wingmen. Usually, you'll first realize
there's a traitor when some of your other wingmen get
poisoned or equipment gets sabotaged. You'll find the
traitor sooner or later.
There are several types of missions: Surveillance, Strike,
and
Escort are the three most common. In a Strike mission,
you're trying to rack up kills. Sometimes, if there's
an enemy freighter along the way and you destroy it, you
might capture one or two enemy fighters which you can
then use.
In an Escort mission, you've got to protect an incoming
freighter
(or freighters). If you succeed, you'll usually get one
or two new fighters.
In a Surveillance mission, YOU must carry the Surveillance
Pod.
You can put a Surveillance Pod on one of your wingmen's
fighters, but they'll never use it. It's up to you to
get the data. Remember, on a surveillance mission, that
the goal is reconnaisance, not kills. If the camera pod
gets destroyed, you've lost the mission.
Each mission has 4 nav points. At each nav point, the
game
randomly selects an encounter from a list of pregenerated
encounters, based on whether you're on the Easy, Average,
or Hard path, and the type of mission you're on.
If you want to cheat: Your saved game is actually a PLAIN
TEXT
file. There are 2 files with character data; one is for
the previous mission (a backup file) and one is for the
mission you just flew. The filename starts with the first
eight letters of your character's name, not counting spaces.
For example, if your character's name is Black Wolf, then
the savegame will start with BLACKWOL.* (sorry, I forget
the extension... it's been a while since I've played).
If you die and lose the game, just quit to DOS and copy
the backup
file over the current file. You'll go back one mission,
but you get to continue the game.
If you edit these files, it'll be obvious which one is
the current
file and which is the backup; the current file will usually
be longer by a few bytes. Plus, the day and mission number
is recorded in the file. Some of the things you can edit:
You can repair your ships, you can bring your dead wingmen
back to life, you can force the game into Hard difficulty
mode, and so on.
It is not recommended that you change one of your wingmen's
names.
If you change a name, make sure that it is one of the
other pilots in the game, and it must be exactly spelled.
Even the slightest mistake will cause the game to crash.
The same applies to ship names.
