Helbreath is a Korean Windows DX7.0a fixed-resolution full screen mass-multiplayer online game (beta testing so far means free, but soon will be P2P - this "soon" lasts 2nd year). Works on Windows 9x-ME, 2000, XP with DX 7.0a or higher installed. Because of memory leaks optimal size of RAM for this game is 500+ MB (I'm frequently having moments when it takes 400MB of RAM and starts lots of swapping which is DEADLY in this game). Hardly playable at 500Mhz, smooth but sometimes slow at 1Ghz and totaly fast and smooth with 2+Ghz
To check if your connection meets requirements - run "ping 211.239.170.79". If you have values over 500 - you can forget about any player killing in Helbreath and better don't waste time and find a better game.
www.helbreath.com or, if it's not working, ftp://211.239.170.79:10050/download/ it's a 110Mb download, also if you don't find 110Mb download there - check download links in links section.
Bigger visual objects, 2 cities at war, less spells, less skills (therefore no druids, clerics, bards etc), better (but slower) graphics, smaller world (splitted into maps), no server emulators so you can't build own worlds ... You can easily shoot through walls, can't see people behind buildings (without manual tweaking), servers are down 20-30% of all the time the only advantage in this game - mass monster spawns.
BTW, it has many engine faults (means that can't be fixed by any updates, only by totaly rewriting whole game):
- You think 1.5 seconds delay before monster appears equals to 1500ms lag ? Nope. It will appear after 1.5 seconds if you have 0.75 seconds lag (which is quite usual for nonkorean players). Why? Because its not just client -server game, you can do some actions on client and they will be BUFFERED to server, means your client takes some basic functions of the server, sadly, none of these functions are related with the lag.
- Totaly no attention to lag problems
(max what they did is rebooted or configured server a bit, while they should start hosting servers in different countries which is quite easy and cheap, fixing player collision problems etc, without this Koreans will ALWAYS have unfair advantage and the game will not be playable for others who don't have top fighters; also 1 second lag difference in this game equals to 20 levels difference in levels which is VERY unfair) - They made 2 servers? Nope, they made 2 worlds (advantages - items, wasted time etc on one server can't be transered to another as your know). My own opinion is quite simple: massive multiplayer game must have as many players as possible in one place at the same time. Creation of mirror worlds (shards in UO, servers in Runescape etc) caused only by the leak of optimization and attention to system architecture. But splitting game into 2 servers completely makes game ... massive multiplayer / 2 :) Imagine 4, 10 such servers - it's multiplayer but not a massive muliplayer game after that. I understand why Q3, UT, CS, other shooters have such - there's main the ping, not the bandwidth, which can't be offered by massive multiplayer games now, also servers have to deal with 3d models interaction where is much harder to resolve collisions (imagine Helbreath where you will be able to cast levitation spell ... place under player taken, someone above him unable to land, someone falling when ran out of mana etc and interaction of these events with existing collisions resolving system will be just unplayable).
GM is Game Master - one of assigned administrators of the game. Their goal is to track down, warn and ban speed hackers, bug users, macroers who leaves their macro turned on for a whole night or just an abusive players. Players likes them for only one reason: Events.
They are invisible (can't be affected by detect invisibility spell) all the time but still occupy a spot - so the only way to find where he is standing is just to find out a place where you can't move and you see nothing there. Unlike usual invisibility you can't just try to walk through spot taken with invisible man (if there's normal invisible man - you just getting sent to previous spot but you still can try to walk there). GMs invisibility does not let you do so - you walk around them like they are an invisible lamppost :)
Note, not everyone who has [GM] in their name is game master, here was time when you could create character with ANY name means even characters that can't be typed or reserved. Now these people are trying to scam quite often and to ask for your password - just report them to official Simentech GM on every password request in any form, for example "fill the form to become a GM" (which has password account as one of fields), "give back your password or get banned" etc. This will get impersonating people banned.
Real GM can prove that he is GM these ways:
- Post global chat message which is displayed as green in chat history
- Have GM shield (rainbow
letters on them) - Teleport you anytime
Known real GMs:
Ecko01[GM]
Iris[GM]
!ME![GM]
hide-x[GM]
rush[GM]
zork[GM]
Pelff[GM]
blizz[GM]
Dusty[GM]
Daniel[GM]
Thor[GM]
Tamura[GM]
GameMaster
Here's also game creator's characters (names unconfirmed) with additional summoning and server restarting abilities:
chul
Huyn
gm
gwanwoo
From official forum: They always carry GM shields to indicate GMs. If they don't wear GM shields on them, do not trust them even though they have the GMs names above.
Admins can do all kinds of events (like turning off server :P) but people likes mass spawn ones.
- Mass spawn events
Everywhere on map monsters can spawn in unusually large groups, but if in same location appears more than 2 such groups at a time - that's an event. Lately, you can get event schedule on the official site. So far all event I've seen took their place near the shop. Scenario of one of such events: 1. Mass slime spawn 2. Mass orc spawn (once I got 1500 EXP in 15 seconds on such spawn) 3. Skeleton spawn (good EXP for 40+ mages) 4. Beholders spawn (from that point - newbies, go home and don't come out) 5. Liches spawn 6. Demons spawn 7. Helclaw spawn :) (Look "How to kill Helclaw" question) 8. Elvine god hand's knight spawn (if event in Aresden - it will be Aresden Knight there) for the city to kill Helclaw 9. Demons spawn. - War events
GM tells place and time of war, like to take control over the MiddleLand island (where entrance to ML dungeon is) for 1 hour, side that holds island for more time wins. - Messenger quest events
GM assignes a guy and gives him a goal - get into the enemy city hall. Other side puts defence around city hall and their goal is to kill missenger once. - Total war events
War event with using catapults, war towers etc.
2 common ways to kill helclaw: call a group (4+) of high level fighters (110+ level) and some mages to heal & berserk them..
Or a way for low-level players:
- First of all, cast Protection from N-M on Helclaw. You know why? To stop someone from casting Protection From Magic (PFM) on it. Because if you get PFMed Helclaw - even all mages of a whole city will not be able to kill it.
- Here we go, we have PFNM on Helclaw, now to kill it (It has 5000 hit points and regenerates by 500 every 20 seconds) we need to deal 1000 damage every 20 seconds during next 200 seconds (4 minutes). Lets calculate what we need to do here: You can cast every 3 seconds, so within 20 seconds you can cast about 6 times, energy strike (80+ can cast LS if they wish, 100+ - MS) usually hits HC for 25 but takes about 60 mana on safe. We need to cast 40 times in 20 seconds. 6 (60+ lvl) mages can do this, while 6 others are eating their mana potions.
- Dear fighters (lower than 90 level), do not try to use NONcritical attacks on HC - it's a very short way to the farm
- 3 summoning 100% mages with lots of mana potions can summon enough
creatures to stop Helclaw from hunting other people, also they must
cast PFNM on Helclaw
So here's what we need: 15 100% 60+ mages who knows how to do their job and about 300 big mana potions. (Each mage gets 450 EXP after kill if they are in party).
Good calculations isn't it? Anyway its only for a case when no top players around... It's usual when HC walks through the city during like 5 days...
You can now yell so the whole map will hear you. Also you may want to know about another special ability: PageUp (in game) allows to use item special ability ... Check unique items lists.
Drag it (click and hold mouse button and move the item) over blacksmith or shopkeeper and release the mouse button.
If you have a zemstone with you when you die, it will be the only item that you drop, therefore it saves your other items. Since zemstones are relatively rare (and costs around 10-15k), it might be a good idea to save them for trips to more difficult hunting places.
Your maximum skill % in magic is determined from your MAG attribute, max magic% = MAG*2. So you need at least 50 MAG to get your magic skill up to 100%
Weapon skills are based on your DEX. Maximum % in combat skill is DEX*2. You need at least 50 DEX to get a combat skill up to 100%. Check also skills section for detailed explanation.
You can buy manuals for combat skills from blacksmith, for example "Long Sword Manual". When you read a manual your skill is set to 20%.
You can buy manuals for those skills from shopkeeper.
You need 100% skill to use special (also known as critical) attacks.
When you get 100% skill just press ALT while attacking (See "Hotkeys" for more keyboard commands).
That is the number of special attacks you have available. The number is white if you can use special attacks. Recharge rate for special attacks is 1 per 40 seconds. Maximum number of special attacks is your level divided by 10. Note: To have special attacks you need to have 100% in this weapon's skill.
Target player have to be in peace-mode, then you drag the item you want to exchange over the other player, click "Exchange", and then the other player drags his item to the exchange window.
Items marked with (w) are for female only and items with (m) are male only items. Note: Sometimes for high grade armors it's cheaper to change sex instead of trying to get better item that is for your gender ...
Buy a Guild Secession ticket from Guild Hall and give it to your guild master.
Yes, you can give the ticket to the NPC in Guild Hall.
You need to be at least level 20, and your charisma needs to be 20 or more. Go to the Guild Hall to create your guild.
First, find a guild you want to join to. Buy a guild admission ticket from Guild Hall and give it to the guild master.
Visit City Hall and talk to the NPC there to request a citizenship. You need to be at least level 5 traveller to get citizen status. Note that you can only get to level 19 as a traveller. Citizens do not have level limits BUT travellers never becoming hungry, travellers zone is safest zone in game, weapons or armors on travellers never gets exhausted. So better get your 100% skill before joining a city.
You can buy a map from shopkeeper for 30 gold.
Warehouse can only hold 120 items / character.
That is correct. Each spot in map can only hold 12 items. You should pick up your ore more often.
Open your character screen (F5) and your backpack (F6). Move your mouse over the equipment you want to unequip and drag it to your backpack. Sadly you can't assign hotkey for that.
Open you skill screen (F8), scroll down the list and click the skill. You need to buy and read the manual for the skill of course, Pretend Corpse is an INT based skill so your maximum skill % is INT*2. Quite useless skill - you are safe only when you pretend in safe zone with no enemy monsters around on your screen at the moment of pretend.
Safe zone is area where you can't cast combat spells or hit in close combat. Summons can fight there, so safe zone can be conquered with summons (if you have where to make one). Safe zone usually placed near the entrance to the map. For example: Near entrance in north dungeon, in blacksmith, near MiddleLand entrance etc
Here I'll list all ways to make money (the best is fishing):
Good ways:
- Killing monsters for items/money, sell items to shops, blacksmith or players
- Fishing (30-60% fishing for small fish, 60-100% to make money on big fish), the most profitable but 3rd hardest to train (after alchemy and manufacturing).
- Mining (fighters only) - lots of money, but lots of player mines rocks as well, coal/iron/mithril sell ONLY to people, they can offer double shop price.
- Alchemy (making potions and selling them) - takes long because you need lots of ingredients which are mostly hard to get
- Manufacturing (making hauberks and other staff and selling them to people or shops) - gives money only when you reach 40%, serious money - about 80%.
- Killing enemy citizens for items/money
- Loot raids: Go to enemy city on a raid day with a summoning mage (100% magic) or a group of fighters and guard one of these locations: 1. Exit from Elvine into Rocky Highland, Rocky Highland side 2. Barracks entrance inside enemy barracks 3. Exit from building in enemy city. You got the idea? With summons - any location without 60+ players, with fighters - any location near map entrance without safe zone
- Selling rep+ for 300-500 GP every hour (see chat commands)
- Selling rep- (harder to find buyers, but possible)
- For mages: create food then sell it to the shop
- Selling characters for real money (really hard to do, people must know each other for a long time)
Bad ways:
- Causing neutral monsters to kill teammates (1 player hits unicorn while standing near teammate that will be killed, 2nd picks up loot from both)
- Playing on the side of monster (Aresden players with Elvine char
like to do that in Elvine and Elvine player with Aresden char likes
to do that in Aresden ...
- Paralyze player and berserk monster if zerked monster is stronger than player (PFM if necessary). Creators reduced magic to "legal limits" - you can't make mistake now or do this thing. Dang, can you explain me what can stop you from berserking a creature if you see it? Such stupid limitations just reduces attractiveness of the game.
- Almost killing teammates so monster (Cyclops, helhound etc) can kill it afterwards
- Scaming (for items, telling to do something bad, selling characters etc)
- Team killer (hired by citizen from enemy city or just teammate that wants revenge) - mages mostly - get paralyze and poison cloud (or fire field or cloudkill) ... Can be only done against high lvl players in very rare "nonsafe" lands.
- Trade hacking (in last moment changing item or instead 50000 gold, placing 1 gold) can't be done without external program.
- Drop stealing (mages who casts possession and gets your drops are stealers, also invisible mages running around HelClaw etc)
- Account hacking
First, check skills section on this site (read about skill limitation and training ways), then continue reading here.
For combat skills: train with WEAKEST kind of WEAPON, better do that AS TRAVELLER on dummies (preferably with Agile modifier) or as citizen on someone's summons (note: not everyone likes when you kill their summons, and almost noone likes when you without asking kill strongest creatures from their summons). If you have 2 computers you can login with a char with high vitality with PA (physical-absorbtion) shield and hit it with your newbie warrior. You train both skill % and shield % this way (do that on bleeding island).
For magic: % depends on number of ANY casts so shoot magic missiles (MS20 staff with 80 magic stat allows you to cast nonstop).
For fishing: using advanced macro (without it ... fishing will take over month to get 100%)
For smithing and alchemy: get lots of money and buy ingredients (coals and iron or animal parts)... it will be VERY hard to get % on ingredients you get yourself
Here's all ways to get EXP I know sorted by amount of EXP (before doing anything from here - get 100% skill in your favorite weapon or magic):
- Party with a strong player (80+ to go to D3, D4, TOH1, TOH2, WW (Werewolf) pit, Cyclops pit), usually here is 1 mage and 1 fighter in party, can be more. Mage paralyzes monster, berserks fighter and PFMs him. Fighter just kills monsters from back.
- Kill monsters alone in a spawn place (under 40 level - barracks, 40 to 60 - rocky highland or other land with golems and skeletons for fighters or spawns in city for mages or fighters with bow, 60 to 80 - again, scorps pit is the best for mages, 80+ - Cyclops or other pits in ML)
- Kill enemies (yes, you get Exp for killing enemy citizen- about 8-180 exp each, the higher level, the better exp you get)
- Fish :) you get 1 to 8 EXP each small one or about 50 EXP for big ones
- Stay still - every few minutes you are getting EXP automatically
(got 35 to 37 level in 2 days)
You cannot switch sides on your character once you have chosen your citizenship (you still can have citizens of different cities in 1 account). But here's still thing like helping Aresden with Elvine char (and Elvine with Aresden char) for example, by killing summons, paralyzing and killing teammates ... This problem was resolved in UO by counting "aggressive actions" but in Helbreath here is still no solution... 1 top Elvine can kill whole Aresden city 1 by 1 with help of 1 or 2 Aresden citizens (or kill Aresden by making them criminals etc)
First lets check that you are not paralyzed (wait 60 seconds or hit self with weak magic). Now when you are sure that not an evil deeds of other players then it's most likely that map got updated.
Sadly autoupdate frequently forgets to update some files and when map changes - you can get stuck (e.g. update on 18 may 2002 after recall). I think you will also want to check troubleshooting section
Good question but no easy answer. it's much easier to send e-mail to programmer (Joshung, http://www.helbreath.com/english/contact.htm , sadly that site is down very frequently) than to contact GM. Next, look in messages like "Your HP has been increased by ..." for a "Player GMGMGM connected to the game server" (actually here is lots of other names), then you need to ask GM somehow to whisper you (or you wisper GM by typing /to GMname). You can do that via global chat - but still hard to make him answer. Try to specify what you want from him. If it's an "Event" like spawn 500 slimes in beginner zone - forget about it, "Bug", "Macroer" - maybe he will contact you...
It's possible. But the only way so far: you E-mail the GM for when you're having a wedding. He can be your priest, he can then officially make you husband and wife.
Wizard's tower is a building in a city (Elvine or Aresden) where you can buy spells, use Ctrl+M in the city to find it. Go inside and click on NPC mage staying there, you will get a list of spells. To get certain spell you need gold and INT. However, some top spells can't be learned there.
Press CTRL+M (or double-click on the map) you will see 2 portals on it in beginners zone (Blue and Red), Blue leads into Elvine, Red into Aresden Go and just stop in the center of any of these portals - you will be teleported into the city.
First of all legal note from official Helbreath site:
- Cheating and Exploit using will not be tolerated. There is a NO tolerance for these actions and you will be punished and banned.
- Unattended Macroing is not allowed. Getting caught macro unattended repeatedly will get you punished.
So what are cheating, exploiting and macroing?
Cheating is defined
as the improper, inappropriate, and intentional misuse or abuse of bugs,
design flaws, or game mechanics that is not in the spirit of the game.
For example, here was following cheats:
- Trade hack (ask player with name "up" :) ),
Also you may want to know how tradehack worked (modified versions exists even for Xmas version), posted by Raynezar:
I've seen some people recently lost their items to scamers with trade hack. This is how trade hack goes. Lets say If I am a trade hacker selling my MP REC 91% Targe,I open exchange window to a guy who wants to buy it from me at 100K. He puts in 100K.Once traded, he do not get my MP REC Targe, instead, he gets a meat or 1 gold from me I get his 100 K. Be wary of low lvl fools trying to trade good items, especially travellers. Do not trade multiple too unless it's someone whom you know.
All you do is, every time you are going to trade something (valuable), just make sure that your inventory is full. Then the trade will be cancelled, and you can see if the one you're trading with is a tradehacker. If he is, the titem he put in the trade window will change to another item, probably worth less. This is kind of a waste of time when the thing you're buying is worth 500 gold or so... So just do it when you're going to buy something valuable and you want to make sure that you're not getting cheated!
NOTICE! that this will not make you 100% sure not to be scammed or a victim of tradehacking. However, it will decrease the chance... - speedhack (It's working only if you add 10-20% to your speed not more after actions speed detection code was added to the server, some URLs: this and this, I will not give any tips on them - they are NOT working as is, 1st step is run HB as different user, 2nd step is ... Nah, I will not tell, without it you will not get it to work anyway but if you are not a child you will understand how to do that), still not sure about bots.
- Also here is currently a spellhack (speedhack that affects only spells, so you can cast 3 times faster because creator forgot to add speed checking code on the server for magic).
- Famous traveller-hackers - explanation here
(spanish)
Now about exploiting - it's a skill (yeah, in % :) ) to find vulnerabilities and make cheats for it. I guess you need to learn some programming and network basics (sniffing, NAT, mapping, packets editing, packets generation etc) before trying to make such.
Macroing sweet word, download links for macro programs that works in Helbreath:- Download for windows 2000: http://www.mjtnet.com/downloads.htm (supports mouse movement, in XP it works too but weird mouse movement during first few minutes of runtime)
- Download for all windowses www.macros.com (Macro Express does NOT support mouse movement)
By the way unattended macroing means: Don't go AFK (away from keyboard) with macro turned on - it's restricted.
Now I have to WARN you: here's lots of fake speedhacks, for example (a fake one, steals your password, think 7 times before running it): Here.
From author (Kerthump): I did develop the program and it does send me your username and password.. At least the one you enter. The entire thing took under an hour to write and I did it for a two main reasons; One, I am tired of cheaters in the game ruining it for everyone. Two, I was bored. I apologize for the slander, but felt it would make it more believable considering the last speedhack supposedly said overlords on it.
I will not return the accounts which I currently have because they shouldn't have tried to speedhack anyway, and most of them are deleted. HB Team wouldn't do it, so I will.
I will continue to distribute the program, without the overlords name from this point on, but probably not as annoyingly.. Yes, I know the spam is incredibly annoying, but it got the job done.
I've compiled a list to the best of my ability of all the characters which have been deleted thus far. It's available at http://www.geocities.com/traviscy10k/list.txt - Play without account
- See invisible people
Here's possible server DOS or lag increase cheats just I hope people will not make such soon.
Not much difference actually, walk through the each city before choosing citizenship. Experience shows that players are rarely changing alignment to the city even if they create a new char in enemy city.
Oh yeah, here's some rummors that Elvine has more mages and Aresden has more fighters.
Most popular way is drop-transfer:
- Move both characters into the same location, preferably behind a building or a tree in a non popular region of the map, write down coordinates (will be hard to find something behind a house ...)
- Make sure noone is in sight and you don't hear any footsteps
- Press logout
- When about 3-5 seconds drop item
- Quickly login with other character
And the other way for those who has 2 computers at home ... I think
you know it :)
Upgrades are only for level 140 people and they allow you to upgrade your stuff. Once you reach level cap (top level you can get in free version - 140), you continue to level until you reach 141, but as soon as you hit 141 you get reduced back to 140 and getting 1 upgrade stone. Then you level again to 141 and get reduced once again to 140 and get 1 more upgrade stone etc. When you reach the highest lvl you can like lvl 140 for the English version and lvl 180 for the Korean version you can make your armor and weapons black by upgrading showing that you are lvl 140.
Unconfirmed: You can only do this 15 times. It can only be used for item upgrades and you can only use it on blacksmith items. Ex Flam.+1 to Flam.+3, B.Axe+1 to B.Axe+3... etc This is also how you get the grandmaster armor, you upgrade knight to black armor. GM said that the upgrade feature upgrades weapons. Ex. Flam+2-->Flam+4. Only thing is that only gizon players can do it. (Gizon=level 130 players).
P2P in gaming terminology is Pay2Play (in common computer terminology it's Peer2Peer e.g. connection), Helbreath is currently free, but has some limitations so you will be able to go past them if you pay for that. E.g. level 140 cap, you can't go past 140 - instead you are getting upgrade points. Level cap will be removed ONLY in P2P.Also items like platinum rings, sapphire rings will become functional, will be increased drop rate, ability to start crusaders quest etc.
See quests section
See quests section about getting them. Actually Iris[GM] officialy confirmed that they are totaly unused until P2P
Here is 2 kinds of days in Helbreath: usual and raiding :) You have about 50 minutes in enemy city and nearby lands on raiding day (usually Saturday and Sunday, Korean time, time is shown when you enter enemy city map but sometimes you have no time to read it :) ) and only about 2 minutes on usual day. After this time elapses you will get recalled into your home city. Way to recharge time is simple: visit dungeon sometimes. Another tip: SOUTH dungeon, north (MiddleLand dungeon) usually heavily guarded.
Reputation (rep) is a number that measures your loyality to the city (therefore criminals and travellers can't give rep). Unlike contribution it can be negative, however you don't lose anything for negative reputation, just righteous weapons will hit you harder (from official manual) and you will have no rep damage bonuses with righteous weapons. Sadly, here is no know way to check reputation except of trying to hit someone with righteous sword.
You can get reputation only by asking other people to rep+ you ("/rep+ playername", without quotes), here's popular to sell/buy and trade reputations. Reputation is worth 300-700 GP, usually 400. Reputation trading:
- Check that you can rep now (type "/rep- test" no quotes)
- If you can rep - offer to rep trade someone, if he agrees, rep+ him (It should write that you gave a good reputation to 'playername').
- Now, wait for his rep+. If he will not rep+ you within 2 minutes (maybe he lost connection ...), just write down his name and rep- him from other character and tell in global chat something like "Everyone rep- playername - he is scamer"
Remember, it's always easy to take back your rep (see above). If you are too lazy - just write down the name and rep- him next hour. it's hard to get rep+ but easy to lose:
- Killing a teammate -5 rep
- Killing a guard from your city (or neutral) -5 rep
- Attacking unicorn (still not sure if you get rep- for attacking or killing) -1 rep
- Rep- from other player(s)
Now, what bonuses reputation gives you:
- Damage bonus with righteous weapon ONLY AGAINST PLAYERS, if you
have positive rep
Every 10 reps difference you get +1 rep damage to your current righteous weapon against enemy. - You get better drops when killing low-rep enemy players
- You lose 2+ things when you die instead of 1 (even from monsters) if you have negative reputation.
- Confirmed by Iris[GM]: You get better drops from monsters (only in P2P)
- Unconfirmed: Better % to fish (20 reps for 1% chance to get fish)
Here's lots of rummors on reputation since you can't check it:
- Hitting uni gives -1 rep, killing even more
- Death or criminal action resets your reputation (if positive)
Bleed Island ticket (you can get one in blacksmith) can teleport you to the Bleeding Island. Bleeding Island is unique monsterless territory where you can kill anyone (even teammates) without getting any bonuses or penalties. If you die, you don't drop anything, so go there and enjoy rumble (noncriminals can rep- you so preferably, hunt criminals). Some months ago criminals from both Aresden and Elvine appeared there. It's easy to get out - just go and die :) You will not lose anything, also you can use recall if you want.
See Quests section. Also take a look here
Only travellers can go back to beginners zone, you can either die or try to enter map that will auto recall you, for example, Rocky Highland in Elvine, Internal Fields in Aresden
Macroing program just doing predefined commands without human interaction like "Press F4 then click then repeat that again".
First, check this FAQ question - there's link to macro download and come back again.
For windows 2000 you'd better use Macro Scheduler
For windows 95/98/Me - Macro Express Click here for instructions
On XP you can use Macro Express but Macro Scheduler also works (weird mouse movement stops after 2-3 mins after starting a script - just move mouse a bit yourself).
MACRO SCHEDULER
Now when you have Macro Scheduler downloaded lets start from basic macro:
- First of all, create a macro (File->New Macro)
- On the first page (Script) press "Open in Editor" button
- Put a macro text e.g.:
LDown
Wait>0.2
- Save&close editor
- Now assign a hot key in macro properties (Hot Key page)
- Press OK
Here's your first macro, just go to Helbreath and press keys combination
which you assigned in Hot Key. This macro just "Holds" your
mouse button so you don't need to press mouse buttons to e.g. hit dummies
etc Here's samples of other macroses:
This macro casts last magic magic you used last time, best for magic
% training on magic missiles:
label>start
Press F4
Wait>2.6
LDown
Wait>0.05
LUp
Goto>start
- Now some troubleshooting of this macro (if it works perfectly
just go to the step 2):
Ok, the most common problem: if you have slower computer than mine you have to increase 0.05 number to about 0.1 or 0.2, if this macro causes you to move after casting - you need to decrease this number. Also replace 0.05 in next script with value that suites you best.
Also, on XP was noticed following bug: macro will not click or mouse will start move in random direction. No solution for this glitch so far. - Find a suitable location
For example behind the building, in unpopulated part of barracks or in MR party (avoid staying near pits ... monsters likes to interrupt casts) - Bind desired spell to F4
Simply cast spell once. - Point with your mouse to the correct spot
E.g. when I'm drinking juice in front of computer that is macroing using energy bolt in MR party ... some poisoned traveller comes ... and sometimes I'm getting too late to stop the cast ... Jail awaits- Therefore - don't cast on opened space where traveller can stay
- Find mouse position where if you will hold left mouse button you will not start running or trying to pick up something (why? You will sometimes run out of mana :) )
- Activate macro using hotkey which you specified in it's properties
(to stop it press Shift+Esc)
This macro automates fishing (after the macro comes detailed explanation
for children who wants to get 60 fishing in 3 nights):
remark>Assume that first time rod is already a
bit used
let>a=50
label>start
Remark>DBLCLICK BEGINS:
LDown
Wait>0.05
LUp
wait>0.05
LDown
Wait>0.05
LUp
Wait>0.1
Remark>END OF DBLCLICK
MouseMove>-70,-70
wait>0.3
LDown
Wait>0.05
LUp
wait>0.3
MouseMove>+70,+70
remark> 8.5 usual, 10 sec if lag
wait>8.5
wait>0.2
let>a=a+1
if>a<200,start
let>a=0
wait>0.2
remark>Dragging used fishing rod away
wait>0.3
LDown
Wait>0.5
MouseMove>0,+40
wait>0.5
LUp
wait>1
MouseMove>0,-40
wait>0.3
Goto>start
label>end
Detailed directions for the children who wants to use fishing macro:
- Find a spot where:
- You will be near water with no big fish in it
- When you leftclick on water you are not starting to run in any direction
- Open your bag
- Stack the fishing rods together
- The best way to stack them is to drop fishing rod and then pick it up - this way you will get a pile of rods which looks like a single rod in standard place of bag where new items are going to.
- Drag your bag window near the water
Left-upper corner will point to the point where you will use your fishing rod at - Put your mouse over the rod
- Be sure to check that you pointed correctly - when you press left mouse button down it must select a fishing rod and fishing rod must be draggable
- Also preferably point to the top half of the rod, this will avoid clicking on the bag
- Activate macro using hotkey which you specified in it's properties
(to stop it press Shift+Esc)
Here is known problem: some computers with win2k makes delay about 5 minutes before repeating macro, still no solution for this case.
Also you can create macroses to automate text typing e.g.:
wait 1
Send Character/Text> Buying all weapons and all potions,
whisper me if you have any.
Here is a useful apliance of this macro: You can make friendlist this
way, here comes a short sample:
wait>1
Send Character/Text>/fi Playername1
wait>0.3
Press Enter
wait>0.2
Send Character/Text>/fi Playername2
wait>0.3
Press Enter
wait>0.2
And so on
Here's other places you can use your macroses for: create food&
sell to shop, smithing if you have lots of coals/irons, pretend corpse
training, alchemy (it fails a lots :P), poison resistance training,
magic resistance training, well, lots of other places. Enjoy your
macro!
I'v got lots of e-mails from children about macroses. Just last time
I'v seen only 5 100% fishers in aresden fishing at one time while
I can very frequently see 10+ in Elvine. I'v advertized my site only
in Elvine - so here 's results :P
MACRO EXPRESS
If you don't need such macro abilities like automaticaly changing
fishing rods, pretend corpse training, selling food to shop, smithing,
alchemy then you can be satisfied with Macro Express. Yes, it does
not support mouse movement and without mouse movement you can't start
using next fishing rod automaticaly, can't put materials into manufacturing
interface etc.
Instructions for creating macro yourself:
- Download macro express
- Install it
- Run it
Everything obvious so far isn't it? - In the Macro Express go to Macros menu and choose Add Macro
- Choose the key combination for macro to be actived with.
- Now click on the Scripting Editor button (or use direct editor which is useful to copy&paste macros)
- Add command you want to be done by your macro in the game
The Scripting Editor is divided into two main pieces, the Commands and the Macro Script. Select from the commands what you want to insert into the Macro Script. - Repeat 7 untill you'll write a macro that you think will do what
you like
I'v listed working examples bellow. - Save the macro: open File menu then click Save there
Ok, here's the basic examples:
Autocasting macro (step by step):
- Let's add delay to avoid pressing F4 when you havn't yet released mouse activation keys (you hold Ctrl and Alt already and you are asking program to press F4? You know what Alt-F4 is? Close Helbreath. So let's avoid doing that.): In commands under Timing find "Wait Time Delay". Double click on it. Select "Delay in Milliseconds". Enter time delay of 2000 milliseconds (time you have to wait after pressing F4 before clicking to cast in the game) 2000 milliseconds = 2 seconds you know. Then press OK.
- In commands under Keyboard doubleclick on TextType
- You will see a dialog window that prompts you for the combination which macro will reproduce in the game. There's button with label "F4" in that dialog - press it then press OK
- Now we need a delay (I hope you don't want it to press F4 1000 times a second?). About 2500 milliseconds will be ok.
- Ok, game should be ready to cast the spell on click. So let's click: In Commands open "Mouse" commands set and there find a "Mouse Left Button". Doubleclick on it.
- Select "Left Button Down". (Sadly usual click won't work) then press OK
- Now add another delay (for about 50 milliseconds)
- Add Left Button Up
- Add delay (for about 500 ms)
Note: Last 4 commands "press mouse button, wait and release mouse button" makes up a mouse click in the game - Save & Switch to the game and check that your macro works (I hope you havn't forgot keys combination of this macro?). It should cast only once the spell which you cast right before activating the macro.
- If everything ok let's add the loop: Commands: under "Repeat" add "Repeat Start" Set desired number of macro repetitions (for the first runs 2-10 will be ok)
- Make it the 2nd line of your macro program (click on "Repeat Start' in Macro Script list then press Ctrl+ArrowUp a few times to make loop start the 2nd line)
- Doubleclick on "Repeat End" in commands
- I advise you remembering the key combination used to terminate macro express before trying to run that macro :) It's Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V by the default.
- Save, switch to the game and run the macro
Oh yeah, forgot to mention ... You will not be abe to stop macro without switching back to windows anyway (then just rightclick on the macro express icon in the traybar near the clocks).
The macro above can be written as this text via Direct Editor.
<MSD:500><REP3:01:000001:000001:20000:0:01:>
<TEXTTYPE:<F4>><MSD:2500><LDN> <MSD:50><LUP><MSD:500><ENDREP>
Note: Casts almost initiely so you have to alt-tab then rightclick on
icon in traybar to stop the macro.
Fishing macro (automates 200 fishing attempts only since it can't change
the rods):
<MSD:2000><REP3:01:000001:000001:00200:0:01:><TEXTTYPE:<F6>>
<MSD:500><LDN><MSD:50><LUP><MSD:100> <LDN><MSD:50><LUP><MSD:300><TEXTTYPE:<F6>>
<MSD:300><LDN><MSD:50><LUP><MSD:10000><ENDREP>
Just drag the bag over the water, put mouse over the rod in your bag,
turn off bag, activate the macro.
- If you are less than 80 lvl (means 1 to 79 level) - You can have EK from lvl 30 and higher
- If you are higher or equal the lvl 80 - You can get EK by killing lvl 80 and higher
- If you are in enemy town you cannot get EK
- If you are in enemy town Barracks you can get EK from lvl 30 and
higher
- If you are not in enemy town (even in neighborhood maps) - you
can get EK normaly
If you summon on Citizen, summon becoming citizen of that city (not sure if you summon on enemy, but still - DON'T do that unless you are summoning on enemy criminal), if you summon on traveller - creature will become neutral (however you will sometimes see it as citizen, but actually its neutral).
If you are citizen and hit creature which is citizen of your city - it will NOT fight back (Exception: Guards).
If you are citizen and you hit neutral creature - it WILL fight back (chance to get hit back is about 20-30% so you sometimes need to hit it multiple times)
If you are traveller and you hit creature of a citizen - creature WILL fight back (again, probably not after first hit)
If you are traveller and hit neutral creature - it WILL NOT fight back (exception: Guards)
Note, creatures on hold will not hit anyone unless they get hit by magic by the enemy.
First of all, that's a problem because Travellers can't hit citizen players or other travellers, next, for citizens you become criminal (means -5 rep and good chance to lose 1-2 items), thats why these ways are popular:
- Travellers:
- In beginner zone you can kill ONLY with 5th circle magic:
Fire wall, Fire Field and Poison cloud, so you need stats like
49 int and 33 mag to have all of them (max casting proability
will be 35% after you will get 66% magic)
- In beginner zone you can kill ONLY with 5th circle magic:
Fire wall, Fire Field and Poison cloud, so you need stats like
49 int and 33 mag to have all of them (max casting proability
will be 35% after you will get 66% magic)
- You can't kill travellers with poison but you can let them down to 1 HP by poisoning them (mass poison is ok)
- They can die if you ask them to attack citizen creature or
- If you hit neutral magic orc (or magic orc of a citizen if you are traveller) then stand near traveller while creature shoots you, but here is no reason to kill them - they never drops anything.
- Citizens (most of ways listed here are criminal-makers, anyway,
criminal will 100% die):
- If you are a traveller the only way where you can kill a citizen is bleeding island or barracks (still only using fire wall or fire field or poison cloud) Exception: You can kill criminals anywhere.
- If you are a citizen, well, here it goes: Poison self with poison cloud, get down to 1 to 20 HP and start annoying them (only few people will not hit you back after that :P)
- Or if you want to kill a mage that is training (not in farm - they almost always use safe mode there) - get down to 1 to 20HP and make yourself invisible, then WALK and stay near group of monsters they want to shoot. Works 100% if they don't know that you are standing there.
- Mass Poison spell (note, spawns guard in the city) or high PD weapon (50+) (use in pits, poison will get them down to 1 HP and then monsters will kill them)
- Paralize mages in scorpion pits and berserk scorpions (chance to kill really high if they don't have heaing pots)
- Outside the city: Poison cloud, Fire Field, Fire Wall, Cloud kill (don't forget to paralyze after casting that spell on someone :P, casting paralyze before poison cloud releases target from paralyze)
- Outside the city: paralize citizen and bersek enemy (it can be enemy citizen or just monster like golem, ogre, liche, demon :) )
- GMs:
- Just like all other players
- But they can go invisible or just become invincible due to
their GM shield
You can frequently see mages standing close to each other and shooting energy bolts, magic missiles and sometimes other spells - its a MR party. Why they are doing that?
Ok, as you can know when people are in party they can't hit self or each other with anything except for poison spells (if they are in farm or city they can't do even that). BUT they still can get MR (Magic Resistance skill)!
First of all I'll mention here MR-hit as hit with magic that gets totaly absorbed and increases MR successful skill use count (without safe mode or parties its a hit with magic when you take no damage from magic).
For example, 3 mages shooting energy bolts at each other, 1 of 10 level, 1 of 50 and 1 of 70. Lets see what we will get here:
Level 10 mage shoots rarely but almost all his magic attacks goes to other's MR (almost all his hits are MR-hits for others).
Level 50 mage can cast with frequent "out of mana", and barely 1/10 of their attack goes to MR of level 10 mage.
Level 70 mage can cast energy bolts nonstop (MS20+high MP rec items), about 1/10 of their attacks goes to MR of level 10 mage and 1/5 to level 50 mages.
High level mages are getting more MR-hits than anyone else. Thats why they like that so much, while newbies getting almost nothing from this (1 suicide run with empty hands into garden can be 10+ times more efficient).
Also chance to get MR-hit grows if you have MR items (for example, hold MR shield when recharging mana).
Little tip: to keep magic party alive - PFM everyone who does not use energy bolt.
First of all, here is 2 jails: in enemy city and in your city, if you are in enemy city jail then you will not lose anything anymore - you lost your thing already when you got killed. Safely recall after 3 minutes or wait 5 minutes and it will autorecall you to your home city.
Next, if you are criminal in your city jail:
- First of all, remember how much time passed since you were sent into jail. (If you relogin, this resets time counter back to 0)
- After you will train pretend corpse in prison for 4 minutes start buying PFM for 100-200 gold so when it will be 5 mins you will be PFMed already
- Put MR items on. In 5 minutes 10 seconds (+-10 seconds) from the moment when you are appear in jail it autorecalls you INTO THE CITY (yes, where 2 guards are moving around).
- If you are PFMed - even mage can survive against them. Then run into the shadow of the building, make sure noone is following and ask friends to kill you or, if you are a mage - summon on self and remember coordinates where you died.
- Here's also way to run directly into the warehouse but note: here
is 2 entrances, left usually is less guarded. Also you may want
to try less popular warehouse (South in Elvine, East in Aresden)
Note, if you recall from jail you appear in garden (or in city if you are 80+ level) where you always have chance to be killed, but sometimes just noone guarding that position and will be quite easy to get to the warehouse.
Theres 2 parts to registering your name for hb, one is it makes an account name for you on their forum and the other makes your account for the game. Sorry, no more details yet :( Looking for answers myself.
Your bag size is limited with 40 items (including those you are wearing). You can't put more in your bag.
After some time in game (few hours) you become "hungry" (should not apply to travellers...) then "very hungry", "starving" and finaly "starving to death"
Hungry/very hungry/starving differs only with delay between health, mana and stamina recovers. Normal rate is 23 seconds. At Starving it grows 2 times.
Starving to death causes you to have additional 10% chance of failing spells, you have no stamina, hit points or mana recovery (you can't die by yourself - only with someones help).