Profile for Lkae
| Field | Value |
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| Displayed name | Lkae |
| Member number | 33 |
| Title | Warrior |
| Postcount | 52 |
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| Registered | Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
Recent posts
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| Install Issues in Tech Support | |
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Warrior
Member # 33
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written Saturday, April 3 2004 22:57
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quote:Some games don't work at all with windows 2000 like Betrayal at Krondor, others don't function as well as they should (Return to Krondor) or you need to have administrator priviledges to load and play the game (the Sims) but I haven't any problems with any of the windows spiderweb games on my windows 2000 computer. The games are pretty robust little buggers. :) Posts: 52 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
| I have a wee problem... in Tech Support | |
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Warrior
Member # 33
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written Wednesday, March 31 2004 21:03
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I want to start using the Blades of Avernum editor NOW!!! I have a PC with an internet connection that has managed to download the editor and the demo. I managed to get an emulator working on it that I thought met the specifications for BOA ("Macintosh with System 8.1 or later, 30 MB free RAM, 40 MB hard drive space, 800x600 screen resolution with 16 bit color.") Got an Message when I tried to run the proggies that they "might be damaged or not be able to run on this type of computer". Managed to get some of the earlier spiderweb games to work in the emulator (oceanbound and BoE). Wasted a whole day playing the Ocean Bound demo. Checked the requirements for the earlier Avernum games and discovered they needed at least a powermac. The emulator doesn't DO powermacs. ARGGGHHH!!! Acquired a powermac, discovered I had a wee problem with the powermac. It doesn't have a modem (does have a ethernet connection and cd drive though). My PC does (obviously) but doesn't have a cd writer that I could use to transfer the file. My friend who does have a cd writer is having major problems with her PC at the moment (don't ever buy a Dell computer, they are set up so you can't use generic parts so when something like your ram dies, like hers did, they charge you an arm and a leg for it). I have four options: 1) Buy a modem for the powermac (complicated). 2) Buy a CD writer for the PC. 3) Persuade some kind BOA fan (in New Zealand or Australia, pref NZ) to send them to me on cd. 4) Find some way of getting the two computers to talk to each other, ie networking. Options 1 and 2 I need to mull over but can anyone help me out with options 3 and 4? ie either sent me the demo and editor or give me some advice on how to network the PC and mac (what software and hardware do I need to use?). The PC is running Windows 2000 and Mac is running OS 8.1. Posts: 52 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
| Turning BoE scenarios into BoA scenarios in Blades of Avernum | |
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Warrior
Member # 33
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written Sunday, December 14 2003 01:15
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Are there any BoE developers out there who are thinking of turning their BoE scenarios into BoA scenarios? I am very tempted to turn my own scenario "A Gathering Storm" into a BoA scenario. In my imagination the towns and dungeons of aGS have always been 3 dimensional in a way that has been difficult to express in BoE and I look forward to recreating in BoA as they should be. Just some question though. I've heard that you can port scenarios from BoE to BoA. How does this work and how does it cope with complex series of coding? Will I be able to link towns like I did in aGS? How much vertical variation can I have in a town? In BoE you can have only 256 different terrain types (and over third of that is autoterrain or has features that can't be changed). What are the Terrain limitations in BoA? I've been looking at how I can convert some of the custom graphics, like the redstone walls, into BoA graphics but I am a wee bit worried about some of the custom creatures. Namely the giantesses. I was looking at the Louvre's how to pages and I was worried by what I read about giants. "A giant is a creature that cannot join your party. You cannot interact with giants." Does this mean the party will not be able to talk to the giants? If any of you have played A Gathering Storm you will understand why it is important to get clarification on this. [ Sunday, December 14, 2003 01:15: Message edited by: Lkae ] Posts: 52 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |