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Favorite Race? in The Avernum Trilogy
Nikki.
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Member # 3442
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 23:49 Profile Homepage #19
Playable - Nephilim. Something about cat-men is really cool!

Non-Playable - Demons. They're soooo cool!

--Random Fact Number 6 - "Sheep aren't just for Christmas..."

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Ending Anama membership w/ false rings? in The Avernum Trilogy
Nikki.
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Member # 3442
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 23:46 Profile Homepage #6
quote:
Originally written by Kreshweed:

I think I once made up some sort of list after fooling around with the editor. I suspect it rests in the gentle waves of oblivion now, though.
There is a list - I have it, but not on this computer. You used to be able to download it form the area of links at the top of the page, but I don't visit often enough to know now...

--Random Fact Number 5 - "Cheese is one of the seven deadly sins of "Nikkidom". So there."

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lost textbook in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
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Member # 3442
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 23:40 Profile Homepage #4
quote:
Originally written by The Almighty Doer of Stuff:

There are textbooks that are different from the others. They are larger, and reddish brown. The graphic is from Geneforge. You need to use one of those. I think there's one behind a secret door in the area with the meditation chamber thingies.
In case anyone else ever needs to use this - the books on PC are green, AFAIK.

-- Random Fact 4 - "Dogs aren't the best animals at golf. Guinea Pigs are."

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Perfect Forest in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
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Member # 3442
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 23:38 Profile Homepage #5
Liberal uses of the character editor can work wonders when you're in near-death situtions...

--Random Fact Number 3 - "SupaNik does NOT endorse cheating. Unless you can get away with it."

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The Scenario That Wasn't. in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
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Member # 3442
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 23:35 Profile Homepage #9
quote:
Originally written by Prince Albert in a Can:

I don't think Slith was criticising your scenario. In context, he looks like he was responding to Demonslayer, and talking about the magic-disease-turning-people-undead thing being a cliché. Which it sort of is.
To be fair, just about everything has been done in one way or another. For instance the plot for Avernum reminds me a lot of Ultima. And Jeff himslf admits this. In the code for the BoA editor, he says

"Thank you to all the great rpg's that came before Exile that provided ideas to steal" or something. The fact that the stories take place in Avernum limits us dramatically.

-- Random Fact Number 2 - "Coffee is a guy's best friend"

[ Wednesday, October 06, 2004 23:36: Message edited by: SupaNik ]

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help with zoom in Blades of Avernum Editor
Nikki.
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Member # 3442
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 23:26 Profile Homepage #6
On PC, you can control- (or shift-) click on the corner to get to that part of the screen quickly. But no, no zooming is possible.

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help with zoom in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
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Member # 3442
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 23:26 Profile Homepage #6
On PC, you can control- (or shift-) click on the corner to get to that part of the screen quickly. But no, no zooming is possible.

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A Recreation in Blades of Avernum Editor
Nikki.
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Member # 3442
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 23:24 Profile Homepage #19
quote:
Originally written by You get NOTHING:

Well so far there seem to be people who love it, and people who hate it. To everyone who hates it. You get NOTHING. And thats all I gotta say to you. I do not plan on doing ANY monster placement, or scripting, or anything of the sort. A shell it would be indeed. Terrain for people who want it. I takes me about 10-20 minutes to get terrain done for one area. Taking this into consideration, I work on my scenario about 2-4 hours a day when I have the time. To put in an extra 30 minutes a day would be simple, and chances are, it would not take me longer then a few months at worst. Yes (Yes the person) If you want to help, make southern Avernum. (The last row of outdoor sections from the tower of magi and over.) Keep in mind that I am doing a A2 based terrain and doing it right. There will of course be small changes but only out of necessity. (for example if it is impossible to make a terrain the same, you don't, you simply work around it.

EDIT: SupaNik, the only reason you can't make 10 outdoor sections is because you are lazy.
Sorry, but I couldn't let this die without saying something. You'll see how lazy I am when I release "The Demon Stone".

-- Random Fact Number 1 - "Thirty Helen's agree - Honesty is the best policy"

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A Recreation in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 23:24 Profile Homepage #19
quote:
Originally written by You get NOTHING:

Well so far there seem to be people who love it, and people who hate it. To everyone who hates it. You get NOTHING. And thats all I gotta say to you. I do not plan on doing ANY monster placement, or scripting, or anything of the sort. A shell it would be indeed. Terrain for people who want it. I takes me about 10-20 minutes to get terrain done for one area. Taking this into consideration, I work on my scenario about 2-4 hours a day when I have the time. To put in an extra 30 minutes a day would be simple, and chances are, it would not take me longer then a few months at worst. Yes (Yes the person) If you want to help, make southern Avernum. (The last row of outdoor sections from the tower of magi and over.) Keep in mind that I am doing a A2 based terrain and doing it right. There will of course be small changes but only out of necessity. (for example if it is impossible to make a terrain the same, you don't, you simply work around it.

EDIT: SupaNik, the only reason you can't make 10 outdoor sections is because you are lazy.
Sorry, but I couldn't let this die without saying something. You'll see how lazy I am when I release "The Demon Stone".

-- Random Fact Number 1 - "Thirty Helen's agree - Honesty is the best policy"

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Geneforge Scenario Editor(BoG) in General
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 23:17 Profile Homepage #10
It's a bad idea, in my opinion. GF was great. but lets not kid ourselves - Exile/Avernum is what we are all here for.

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"I am a living sign..."

Thus endeth this post.
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Spiderweb Software - One Year On in General
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Thursday, September 30 2004 04:43 Profile Homepage #0
Whilst many of you might not be aware, "SupaNik" is about a year old. During his brief stay here in planet Spiderweb, we've seen Blades of Avernum, Geneforge 2, more pointless polls than hot dinners and many, many "Welcome back" posts.

That's all very good, but, you might ask, what is the point to this? In fact, there isn't one. All I wanted to do is create something people could reminisce in, and take the proverbial out of me. So, in memory of my first birthday, fire away!

P.S. Thank You for making my stay here very good! You guys, (mostly) rock!

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Blades of Avernum Editor Windows v1.0.3 Out in Blades of Avernum Editor
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Thursday, September 30 2004 04:26 Profile Homepage #4
Thank the Gods! I hate the sign error thingy!

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Blades of Avernum Editor Windows v1.0.3 Out in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Thursday, September 30 2004 04:26 Profile Homepage #4
Thank the Gods! I hate the sign error thingy!

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Philosophical Implementation in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 21 2004 23:55 Profile Homepage #29
RoR was ok.... nothing more.

And philosophy can be contained in a BoA scenario, and to prove it, I'm attempting it myself. My scenario is majorily religious and philosophical. You can judge it when it's released.

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Dragon fang quest in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 21 2004 23:52 Profile Homepage #1
You're talking about VoDT right??

It's right to the north of the dragon, at the top of the scenario, past some lava. And next time, please use scenario title! Thanks!

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A Perfect Forest on Spiderweb in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 21 2004 23:51 Profile Homepage #32
I thought it was very good, except for twp things...

First of all, the cutscenes. I felt that although they were mostly used very well, a couple seemed to drag on a bit.

Secondly, was the town design. Although dialogue was excellent, the towns seemed a bit "empty".

Nothing major though - I'm already stealing ideas for my scenario!

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A problem with pants in Blades of Avernum Editor
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 21 2004 23:43 Profile Homepage #10
Jeez, you lot read dictionaries?

Anyway, by setting pants to have a item_class of, say 3, you can script to check whether or not they have them equiped. You'lll have to check each person independantly though...

[ Tuesday, September 21, 2004 23:44: Message edited by: SupaNik ]

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A problem with pants in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 21 2004 23:43 Profile Homepage #10
Jeez, you lot read dictionaries?

Anyway, by setting pants to have a item_class of, say 3, you can script to check whether or not they have them equiped. You'lll have to check each person independantly though...

[ Tuesday, September 21, 2004 23:44: Message edited by: SupaNik ]

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A Recreation in Blades of Avernum Editor
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 21 2004 23:40 Profile Homepage #11
This is almost definately doomed to fail. I can't even be bothered to make 10 outdoor sections, never mind 50. And we need scenarios people - not shells! Make scenarios!!!

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A Recreation in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 21 2004 23:40 Profile Homepage #11
This is almost definately doomed to fail. I can't even be bothered to make 10 outdoor sections, never mind 50. And we need scenarios people - not shells! Make scenarios!!!

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Creating Spells in Blades of Avernum Editor
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 14 2004 07:51 Profile Homepage #2
Hey Smirf guy thing.

Terribly sorry for the lateness guys, but I've been a tad busy. What what.

I can't tell from the text, but maybe you wanted to make a new spell for a party? You can't technically do it, but I have found a loop hole.

Say you want to give the party the ability to make quickfire like in Exile. What you could do is make a special ability that places quickfire on a target specified by the group. Obviously they wouldn't be able to carry the spell through scenarios, but you could have a go.

Otherwise, their is no way. If you meant for baddies etc, just ignore this.

And welcome once again!

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Creating Spells in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 14 2004 07:51 Profile Homepage #2
Hey Smirf guy thing.

Terribly sorry for the lateness guys, but I've been a tad busy. What what.

I can't tell from the text, but maybe you wanted to make a new spell for a party? You can't technically do it, but I have found a loop hole.

Say you want to give the party the ability to make quickfire like in Exile. What you could do is make a special ability that places quickfire on a target specified by the group. Obviously they wouldn't be able to carry the spell through scenarios, but you could have a go.

Otherwise, their is no way. If you meant for baddies etc, just ignore this.

And welcome once again!

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whatsyourscenario? in Blades of Avernum Editor
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 14 2004 07:44 Profile Homepage #10
My scenario has the very lame title of "The Demon Stone".

Quite obvioulsy it's about a stone that can summon demons. But more on that in a second.

It's maybe 20 percent finished at the moment, but since I started at college last week I had the urge to play Exile 3 again, and so it sits all alone on drive D:. I've got almost all of the terrain sorted, and a lot of scripting is done, but I got bogged down with dialogue - there's so much!

It's not gonna be big - it's my first proper attempt, maybe 10 towns, but I'm hoping the story will blow you away.

Speaking of which, if you've seen the Matrix films you'll have an idea of the kind of thing going on here. Obviously I don't wanna spoil anything (at least not till later), but a few clues are that you are a group of adventurers prophesised about long ago, and you alone can save an island from a terrible fate. Yawn.

But wait....! The best bit is watching your characters, i.e. you, struggling to come to terms with your destiny. It's all very strange, and it took my and my mate the better part of a month to iron out the plot.

But enough! I must save Valorim! Back to the clunky, if strategically brilliant, world of Exile 3!

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whatsyourscenario? in Blades of Avernum
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 14 2004 07:44 Profile Homepage #10
My scenario has the very lame title of "The Demon Stone".

Quite obvioulsy it's about a stone that can summon demons. But more on that in a second.

It's maybe 20 percent finished at the moment, but since I started at college last week I had the urge to play Exile 3 again, and so it sits all alone on drive D:. I've got almost all of the terrain sorted, and a lot of scripting is done, but I got bogged down with dialogue - there's so much!

It's not gonna be big - it's my first proper attempt, maybe 10 towns, but I'm hoping the story will blow you away.

Speaking of which, if you've seen the Matrix films you'll have an idea of the kind of thing going on here. Obviously I don't wanna spoil anything (at least not till later), but a few clues are that you are a group of adventurers prophesised about long ago, and you alone can save an island from a terrible fate. Yawn.

But wait....! The best bit is watching your characters, i.e. you, struggling to come to terms with your destiny. It's all very strange, and it took my and my mate the better part of a month to iron out the plot.

But enough! I must save Valorim! Back to the clunky, if strategically brilliant, world of Exile 3!

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open locked doors with SDF? in Blades of Avernum Editor
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Tuesday, September 7 2004 08:55 Profile Homepage #5
It's much easier and quicker to type in ...

action = set_sdf 0 2 1;

then...
code = set_flag(0,2,1);
break;

And healers? It's much easier to add it into the code part of a script. And, healers can now give discounts to regular customers!

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