TELEPORTING THROUGH LEISURE SUIT LARRY 7:

Game developers obviously need a way to test any individual scene in a game without playing through the entire game to that point. There’s a trick, that everyone has always called “Teleporting.” Well, the folks of Sierra even left it in the shipping game, just in case problems arose later that needed debugging, or so Al Lowe could quickly get around while showing the game to reviewers, editors, demos, etc.

Preparation

But first, you must do a little preparation. The game looks in your LSL7 directory for a “magic file” named CLASSES (with no extension). It can be zero-length, as long as it’s there. Here’s one way to create it:

1. Start Notepad.
2. Type nothing. Just do a “File > Save As…”.
3. Click the Browse button and maneuver your way into the LSL7 directory.
4. Name your file CLASSES. Click Save.
5. Exit Notepad.
6. Switch to the LSL7 directory. Notice that Notepad conveniently added a .TXT extension for you, which you now must remove.
7. Right-click on CLASSES.TXT and choose “Rename…”. Erase the .TXT leaving the name just CLASSES. Ignore Windows helpful error message about how this may end life as we know it.
8. Once that naked CLASSES file is safely tucked away in your LSL7 directory, you can Teleport!

How to Teleport

Anywhere in the game, press the gray “minus” (-) key (the one on your keyboard’s 10-key pad, not the one near the P key) while holding down both Shift keys. This brings in the Debug module. Ignore any error messages.

Now, whenever you want to change scenes, type Alt-T. A dialog box will appear. Type in any of the following numbers.

Where to Teleport

TP# – Scene
100 – Mgm Sierra Opening
110 – La Costa Lotta Bedroom
120 – Shamara’s Front Room
130 – Title Screen
151 – Game Ending (Clean)
152 – Ending Scene (Dirty)
200 – On The Mizzenmast
210 – Bridge Exterior
211 – Bridge Interior
220 – Captain’s Suite
221 – Going Inside The Captain’s Suite
222 – Talk To Captain
230 – Boarding Deck
240 – The Lounge
242 – The Juggs Singing
245 – Juggs’ Dressing Room
246 – At The Door To The Juggs’ Room
250 – Horseshoe Competition Area
255 – Poop Deck
256 – Talk To The Juggs
260 – Promenade Deck
261 – Talk To Peggy
262 – Fo’c’s’le
300 – Going To The Swimming Pool
301 – Changing Cabana
302 – Talk To Drew
310 – Boning Suite
311 – Boning Exterior
312 – Talk To Annette
320 – Blind Dessert Testing Room (Dark)
323 – Inside The Tasting Room (Light)
324 – Look At Annette’s Chair
330 – Restaurant
331 – Talk To Wang
340 – Lobby (Lower Level)
341 – Purser’s Desk M. S.
360 – El Replicant Sculpture Garden
363 – On The Scaffold
370 – Casino
371 – At The Crap’s Table
380 – Employees Only Break Room
381 – Break Room Door
387 – Talk To Xzywts
390 – Bowling Competition Area
400 – Inside Queen’s Ballroom
401 – Talk To Jamie
402 – Ballroom Exterior
403 – Your Dance In The Ballroom
410 – Luvmaster 2000
420 – Cook-Off Competition Area
430 – Library
432 – Prude Vicki
433 – Wild Vicki
440 – Best Dressed Competition Area
500 – Pinsetter Hold
501 – Pinsetter Bulkhead Door
510 – Enter Dewmi Moore’s Cabin
511 – Start The Game Of Liar’s Dice
512 – Win The Game Of Liar’s Dice
520 – Beaver Hold
521 – Beaver Bulkhead Door
530 – Luggage Storage Hold
531 – Luggage Bulkhead Door
540 – Kitchen
550 – Larry’s Cabin 0
551 – Larry’s Hallway