Does anyone know if there is a disk reset for Little Computer People? This would allow you to start from scratch where the LCP character moves into the virtual house. I know there is a few different ones for the C64 buy my searching did not turn up one for the Amiga version.
Thanks,
-P
The Amiga manual of the game does not mention a reset option. It only states that you need to sign into the "House-On-A-Disk" guestbook when it appears. It's possible that the parameters of the "simulation" were preset at manufacturing, or that it starts "empty" and the first run rolls the dice and changes the parameters. Also, signing in might roll the dice.
Hm... I just checked and unless the the "simulation" writes directly to the disk, bypassing the file system, there is just one file which appears to have been changed by starting the "simulation". All the other files bear a modification date stamp of January 7th, 1986 (yes, I have an original disk here, along with the box, which is however missing the "House-On-A-Disk deed registration" which the previous owner must have already sent to Activision back in the day). The file with the new date stamp is the program launched from the S:Startup-Sequence. Its name consists of the unlikely combination of three non-breaking spaces, which makes the S:Startup-Sequence appear to be empty. Could be that the program which starts the "simulation" is modified by starting it.
Since there are doubtlessly different versions of the "House-On-A-Disk" floating around, comparing the contents might provide a clue as to what's what.
Ah, I found something. The serial number mentioned on
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=26006 is stored 900632 bytes into the ADF file. It's stored as an 8 character ASCII code followed by five upper case letters. On my disk it reads as 44300000NVTCA. There is also a file called "SN" in the "Misc" drawer which contains (guess what) "44300000NVTCA". This might just be what you were looking for. This serial number occurs exactly once on the entire disk, so you might just be able to change it by modifying the contents of the "Misc/SN" file in a text editor to suit your needs.
I checked another copy of the game, and the "SN" file contents are different. In this case I found "22910000NVTCA".
