King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human

King's Quest III is a Sierra adventure game. It uses a parser interface, but you can also use the arrow keys to walk Gwydion around the map. You are Gwydion, a slave boy to the wizard Manannan who will kill you soon if you don't do something about him.

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Notes

Debug Functions#

Like most of the games that Al Lowe programmed for Sierra, King's Quest III has a giant amount of debugging functions.

Main Debug Commands#

Press ALT+D or type FAST TALK to enable some debugging functions. These features are disabled upon entering a new room.

Here's the complete word list:

SET PRIORITY: Sets Gwydion's priority variable.
RELEASE PRIORITY: Sets Gywdion's priority variable to 0.
TP: Teleport to the appropriate room.
POSITION: Change Gwydion's X and Y positions.
SHOW POSITION or SP: Displays Gywdion's X and Y positions at the bottom of the screen.
GET OBJECT: Puts the appropriate object by ID in the player's inventory.
FIND: Gives the current status (X, Y, Priority, Stepsize) on the player object.
OBJECT or SP: Gives the current status on the appropriate object.
SET VAR: Sets a chosen variable to a given value.
SHOW VAR or SV: Displays the value of a variable.
SET FLAG: Sets the appropriate flag.
RESET FLAG: Resets the appropriate flag.
SHOW FLAG or SF: Displays info on a flag (can be either set or not set).
AREA: Displays the current room ID.

Special Commands#

Currently due for a reboot that people won't shut up about.

WIZARD STATUS: Displays a screen full of useful stats for Manannan.
SLEEP WIZARD: Puts Manannan to sleep.
HERE WIZARD: Teleports Manannan to the current room.
BYE BYE WIZARD: Turns Manannan into a cat.
DO CHORE: Completes Gwydion's current chore.

GIMME GIMME or SET UP SPELL: Puts every item (except for the ones obtained through spellcrafting) in the player's inventory.
GIMME SPELL: Puts every spellcrafting component into the player's inventory.
SET UP MOUNTAIN: Puts the player into "End-Game" mode on the shores of Daventry, and adds the appropriate items to the player's inventory.
SET UP BOAT: Puts the player on the pirate ship section of the game, and adds the appropriate items to the player's inventory.

Engine Debugging#

Press F8 (Version 1.01) or ALT+M (Versions 2.00 and up) to display info on memory use.

Press F6 (Version 1.01) or ALT+P (Versions 2.00 and up) to display priority settings for the current room.

Trade secrets!

Press Scroll Lock to toggle the AGI engine's trace debugger. Press Enter to advance the debugger by one line.

Other#

While debug mode is active, the text for handling unknown words is simplified.

Unknown word: ""

In Version 1.01 only, the current room number is displayed on the bottom of the screen.
If player input is disabled, an 'H' is displayed on the bottom-right corner of the screen.
All roaming enemies (Medusa, Manannan, Bandits, Sharks) will have their coordinates displayed on-screen.

While debug mode is on, the player can't actually die from falling. Instead, the point of descent is displayed at the bottom of the screen and the player's position is reset.
If the player is on a looping screen (Desert or Ocean), the Exit Edge ID will be displayed on the bottom of the screen.

Unused Graphics#

That's one of them there Sbarros.
While generating the endless desert, the game randomly places four types of cacti. A fifth cactus type, the largest of them all, isn't referenced by the landscape generator.

Vultures are like buzzards except...I'll get back to you on that.
More randomly placed elements that weren't. These vultures would, presumably, be placed on top of the cacti.

Really Old Yeller.
This battered yellow flag should appear atop Castle Daventry, but a purple flag is used instead.