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I got them GOOD! in Blades of Exile
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Friday, April 1 2005 05:50 Profile Homepage #0
My annual April Fools joke to the community:

http://p080.ezboard.com/fthelyceumfrm5.showMessage?topicID=269.topic

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
BoA Editor Remake in Blades of Avernum Editor
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Wednesday, March 30 2005 04:11 Profile Homepage #112
Has any work been done on a visual editor for creating dialog? There was a topic on this several months ago.

Most RPGs have a heavy dialog component. A tool that would allow one to visually create and see dialog flows, with a back end DB to store them, and an engine to spit out completed code would be of great service not only to BoA, but could also be tweaked for use in other RPGs.

Someone could make BIG $$$ here if they did this right.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
BoA Editor Remake in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Wednesday, March 30 2005 04:11 Profile Homepage #112
Has any work been done on a visual editor for creating dialog? There was a topic on this several months ago.

Most RPGs have a heavy dialog component. A tool that would allow one to visually create and see dialog flows, with a back end DB to store them, and an engine to spit out completed code would be of great service not only to BoA, but could also be tweaked for use in other RPGs.

Someone could make BIG $$$ here if they did this right.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Louvre now up to 309 Graphics! in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Wednesday, March 16 2005 05:15 Profile Homepage #0
Thanks to Jayne Holt. Check out her new townsfolk!

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Louvre now up to 305 graphics! in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Monday, March 14 2005 05:04 Profile Homepage #0
See the new additions by Phish Phlot!

Any brave coders out there with some web space? I'll soon run into a limit with the technologies I use for the Louvre - the search page will exceed a 30 second load for people on a modem.

Plus, the hacked way I do it is just too time-consuming. We need a better solution.

If you want to take this opportunity on, let me know. I can share all my files with you, and turn this over to your capable hands.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Weapon Making in Blades of Exile
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Thursday, March 10 2005 04:32 Profile Homepage #2
I always fail to see why people need to inflate both monster HP and weapon damage. If you have a sword that does 6HP and your fighting a Goblin with 6HP, is that really any different than a sword that does 100HP fighting a monster with 100HP?

Creating godlike weapons throws most scenarios out of balance, no matter what RPG system you use.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Who wants this? in Blades of Exile
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Thursday, March 10 2005 04:26 Profile Homepage #1
Wow! Looks like Exile IV. Seriously, this looks huge. It would be very difficult for anyone to build a scenario worthy of such scope.

If Alexandria II ever is released, I suggest you post it there.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Louvre now over 300 graphics! in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Tuesday, March 1 2005 04:28 Profile Homepage #2
I set these as "Dialog," at least for now.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Louvre now over 300 graphics! in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Monday, February 28 2005 04:34 Profile Homepage #0
Check out the latest offerings by Meowsy! Some nice stuff.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Graphics call in Blades of Exile
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Friday, February 25 2005 08:27 Profile Homepage #7
See

http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=001589

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Custom Graphics Inserting in Blades of Exile
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Friday, February 11 2005 04:11 Profile Homepage #5
See

http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/b/x/bxb11/boe/code/faces/faces.htm

for info on dialogue picts.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Louvre Update in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Thursday, February 10 2005 05:22 Profile Homepage #2
Check again. If they aren't there, please resend. My email is now working OK.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Complete the Wallset Project in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Monday, February 7 2005 07:07 Profile Homepage #11
They work for me on my Mac. I'm using Safari. It's not the image format, it's if the browser supports the image format. In the case of PNG, all new versions of popular browers should do just fine.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Louvre Update in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Monday, February 7 2005 04:59 Profile Homepage #0
Now up to 293 graphics! Thanks to Frahhamn, Henk Brouwer and Smelly Ogre!

I hope I now have caught up to all recent submissions & corrected by mail filters.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
More Recent Louvre Submissions in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Friday, February 4 2005 07:27 Profile Homepage #3
Thanks so much! I'll work on adding these soon.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
More Recent Louvre Submissions in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Thursday, February 3 2005 07:32 Profile Homepage #0
OK - I found two more image packages with no email!

One is a picture of a club

One is a brain beast.

I need the author info and email address for both.

Sorry about this, but last week was a disaster I'm still recovering from, as are many other at PSU. Mail was up, then down, then up, then sideways.....

[ Thursday, February 03, 2005 07:56: Message edited by: Silent Motion ]

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Recent Louvre Submission - Author needed in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Thursday, February 3 2005 04:08 Profile Homepage #4
PSU does unique things. In this case I received the attachment, but no message!

Hopefully it's now fixed.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Recent Louvre Submission - Author needed in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Tuesday, February 1 2005 11:12 Profile Homepage #0
Someone submitted a nice set of Slith graphics yesterday, but I don't have the author name. My e-mail is very screwy this past week. New filters were put in place, causing me no end of grief.

If you are the author, please let me know.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Tarl Kudrick's Scenario Passwords in Blades of Exile
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Monday, January 17 2005 12:55 Profile Homepage #0
On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Tarl wrote:
I'm not going to release my scenarios without passwords, because I'm too lazy for that. But I'll give away my
passwords.

If you mess with something and it no longer works, you're on your own. Also know that studying scenarios from the editor is of less value than you might think. Huge series of linked specials are almost uninterpretable.

I've got a notebook with about forty pages of notes on
Tatterdemalion, and even that might not do it. Most of it is written in a personal sort of shorthand that's a cross between my worst handwriting and a bunch of homemade abbreviations.

In the meantime, the passwords:

"Islands of the Wheel": 23457 (best hand in deuce-to-seven lowball)

Tatterdemalion": akqj10 (as a royal flush, best hand in most forms of poker)

Yes, I do play poker, and rather well! Enjoy the scenarios,

--Tarl Roger Kudrick

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
storyline in Blades of Exile
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Tuesday, January 4 2005 04:56 Profile Homepage #4
Go to Google and search on

random story generator adventure

for a number of sites that will get you started.

Here's my favorite (true) misspelling story.

On a subway wall: "I love grils."

Beneath it: "That's girls, not grils!"

Beneath that: "But what about us grils?"

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Towns in Blades of Exile
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Friday, December 17 2004 08:41 Profile Homepage #9
You can fake card games, like poker, blackjack, etc. You might build into your scenario a "gambling" skill that affects the outcome of playing these games, so a Level 1 gambler has a 50-50 chance of winning, at Level 2 it's a 55% chance, etc.

Or you can "half-fake" some card games by having a set (10-20) hands that come up randomly.

See the Hut of Baba Yaga duelling rats or Quests of the Spheres guards poker game. I think there are other scenarios out there that do these things as well.

Or, you could build the card game entirely outside of BoE itself, with full randomness and complexity. When you win perhaps a series of hands, you are given a keyword that will (in BoE) force a character to give you a reward

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Towns in Blades of Exile
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Wednesday, December 15 2004 05:37 Profile Homepage #4
Also, see a list of shops.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Town Layout in Blades of Exile
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Tuesday, November 30 2004 04:54 Profile Homepage #6
Go online and look at some maps of real towns. THat could give you some ideas.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Creating New Editors for BoA in Blades of Avernum Editor
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Monday, November 22 2004 09:18 Profile Homepage #44
Arenax, it's apparent that you won't be satisfied here unless you get the last word, so I'll write one more thing here, and then remain silent. If you want to continue to pick apart what I and others write line by line without looking at the meaning of what we write as a whole, so be it.

You have points of view of coding, scenario creation, etc. I have different points of view on the subject.

I believe that many people what to tell a story. Anything (in this case scripting) that gets in the way of telling that story reduces the chance they will be able to do so.

You don't belive that. That's OK.

There is NO right or wrong here. The best we can do is agree to disagree.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Creating New Editors for BoA in Blades of Avernum
Silent Motion
BoE Posse
Member # 15
 written Monday, November 22 2004 09:18 Profile Homepage #44
Arenax, it's apparent that you won't be satisfied here unless you get the last word, so I'll write one more thing here, and then remain silent. If you want to continue to pick apart what I and others write line by line without looking at the meaning of what we write as a whole, so be it.

You have points of view of coding, scenario creation, etc. I have different points of view on the subject.

I believe that many people what to tell a story. Anything (in this case scripting) that gets in the way of telling that story reduces the chance they will be able to do so.

You don't belive that. That's OK.

There is NO right or wrong here. The best we can do is agree to disagree.

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All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream.

Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/
Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/
Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00

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