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Lately, there has been many questions, and answers, on how to edit the BIOG??T0.TXT files in the Daggerfall \ARENA2\ directory. Here, I've collected and have tried to organize this information for easy reference for the do-it-yourself-hacker. Please Contact the Webmaster with any suggestions/additions on these pages.

Editing Daggerfall Bio**t*.txt Files
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Before you edit a bio**.txt file be sure the one you're editing is the same as the one you get asked in the character generator. Be sure the questions are in the same order and that the answers are the same. Sometimes the same questions have different or more answers.

When editing a biog. file the questions look something like this:

  1. What school of magic have you been studying the longest?
	a. School of Destruction
	      22 +6
	b. School of Restoration
	      23 +6

The words are the answer and the numbers beneath are the modifications to your character carried out by the game when you pick that answer. IE. Choosing "School of Destruction" for an answer adds 6 points to skill number 22, which is Destruction. You can alter as many skill modifications as you like under any answer. For example, say I change the modifiers under "School of Destruction" to read:

	a. School of Destruction
	     22 +20
	     23 +20

More Information on Editing BIO??T?.TXT Files
I would like to add one caveat to editing. It seems as though when adding items you have to "stick with the format so to speak. For example, if the question reads:

   1. You have a certain degree of training with ___.
        a. Short-bladed weapons
	   #4454
	   28 +6
           IT 3 1 3

    a. Short-bladed weapons
	 #4454
 	 28 +9
         IT 3 7 8
         IT 3 8 9
         IT 3 8 8

The #???? type entries might activate a command to write something to the character's biography, althought this hasn't beenm verified yet.

One last item - Mark Haman came up with a great suggestion. Since all the questions in some files are quite similar, you can change the text to be sure you are getting the right file. All mine have the first question like so:

    1. You have a certain degree of training with ___(11).

Class Associations
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These are the classes that the files BIOG??T0.TXT go with (I think). I.E., if you wanted to make a Ranger with modified stats you would edit the file BIO14T0.TXT.

Skill Codes

To give yourself more percentage points in a particular skill at character generation, add a line such as

        [Skill #]  +[#]

Reputation Codes

To give yourself more reputation in a particular social group, add a line such as

        [r#] +[#]

Resistance Codes

To give yourself more resistance in a particular area, add a line such as

        [Resistance Code] +[#]

Weapons and Armour Codes

The following table is set up for IT X Y Z. If Y or Z are not specified, they are zeros. EX: To give yourself some daedric boots, add a line IT 2 2 9

Artifact Codes

The following table is set up for IT X Y Z. If Y or Z are not specified, they are zeros. EX: To give yourself a Wabbajack, add a line IT 5 6 0.

Clothing Codes

The following table is set up for IT X Y Z. If Y or Z are not specified, they are zeros. EX: To give yourself some shoes, add a line IT 6 6 0.

Gold and Gem Codes

Gold is a bit different than gems, to give yourself more gold at startup add the line GP 10000 to give yourself 10000 gold pieces.

The following table is set up for IT X Y Z. If Y or Z are not specified, they are zeros. EX: To give yourself a Ruby, add a line IT 14 0 0

Misc. Item Codes

The following table is set up for IT X Y Z. If Y or Z are not specified, they are zeros. EX: To give yourself a candle, add a line IT 9 4 0

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