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Question for Administrators and Moderators in General
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About topicality: the interpretation of that particular rule (which reads, "Repeated posting of off-topic material on non-General forums") usually is that the posts must be badly of the current topic of the conversation of the thread (not its original intended topic) or completely off the topic of the board.

Conversational drift is regarded as fine and natural. In General, randomness is tolerated within reason.

I feel as though I should say something constructive and usefully on-topic, but looking back at the past few previous posts, I'm not sure that I can.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

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Storing Items? in Avernum 4
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You do. It's called THE GROUND.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
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Damage over time in Blades of Avernum
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Something like this...
beginstate START_STATE;
if (get_ran(1,1,10) < 2)
damage_char(1000,get_ran(5,1,10),0);
break;
If you want it only to trigger when you're between certain areas, you can just through in an "if" that depends on char_loc_x and char_loc_y.

[ Sunday, January 01, 2006 16:54: Message edited by: Kelandon ]

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Essay... in General
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I missed this yesterday, but is anyone else amused by the mixed metaphor in the that Jack Chick link?

quote:
The devil is using many different tools today to trick young people into riding the fast lane down the stairway to hell.
The image in my head is of a multi-lane escalator. I doubt that's what was intended. :P

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
In the making..... in General
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Or perhaps even day 1337.

Come on. That was mandatory. You can't get mad at me for that.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Happy New Years and Insane Food! in General
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Happy new year to Europeans, who are now in 2006! We Americans will have to wait a few more hours to catch up.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Blades Scenario Chat in Blades of Avernum
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I suggested a Saturday at 5 p.m. EST, actually, to avoid making Australians wake up early on a Sunday morning. :P

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Question for Administrators and Moderators in General
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You have to be around for while, show that you're trustworthy, and demonstrate that you know the rules before you're given the chance to be a moderator.

You can't get a custom title unless an admin feels particularly nasty and inflicts one on you. It's almost never the one that you want, though.

EDIT: Yeah, what Stareye said.

[ Saturday, December 31, 2005 12:58: Message edited by: Kelandon ]

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Cutscene clumsiness and other problems in Blades of Avernum Editor
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I've had this happen, for reasons that I could never really track down. Reloading much earlier saves or starting over tended to fix it.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Cutscene clumsiness and other problems in Blades of Avernum
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I've had this happen, for reasons that I could never really track down. Reloading much earlier saves or starting over tended to fix it.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Item list in Avernum 4
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It's in the Scripts folder, in the file av4itemschars.txt. Scroll past the characters and you'll see the items.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Active Players? in Blades of Avernum
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Would BoA even display the accents correctly?

I'd give a Spanish-language scenario a shot.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Alint: checking files in Blades of Avernum Editor
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I can tell you how to do it on a Mac. Download the latest version (the one with a GUI), open it up, use the file menu to open the files you want to check, and look for error messages.

For Windows, you actually need to use the command line, though, and I have no idea how that works. So if you have access to both, I recommend using the Mac.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Alint: checking files in Blades of Avernum
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I can tell you how to do it on a Mac. Download the latest version (the one with a GUI), open it up, use the file menu to open the files you want to check, and look for error messages.

For Windows, you actually need to use the command line, though, and I have no idea how that works. So if you have access to both, I recommend using the Mac.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Blades Scenario Chat in Blades of Avernum
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Um, no. GMT is eight hours ahead of me, and I live in California. EST is GMT - 5.

So if I'm not mistaken, 10 p.m. EST (in New York) is 4 a.m. in the Netherlands.

I think I figured out once that mid-to-late afternoon on a Saturday in the U.S. is best, because 2 p.m. PST is 5 p.m. EST, 10 p.m. GMT, and even a fairly reasonable 11 p.m. for our Dutch and German friends, while it manages to be 9 a.m. for the folks in Sydney (not sure where precisely our Aussies are from). We'd cut out anybody living in, er, Russia, the Middle East, or India, but I think that would manage to be almost convenient for everyone.

[ Saturday, December 31, 2005 02:59: Message edited by: Kelandon ]

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Blades Scenario Chat in Blades of Avernum
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I'll be working during the first few, so I won't be able to be present.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Need a Working DaC for Windows in Blades of Avernum
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The designer's own page is usually your best bet for this sort of thing.

And if that doesn't work, I can send you a copy.

[ Friday, December 30, 2005 20:52: Message edited by: Kelandon ]

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Active Players? in Blades of Avernum
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quote:
Originally written by Sicadastra:

I will say that I never got into BoE, so I don't know how many scenarios for that engine might meet my suggestions.
Out of the approximately three hundred I can verify the existence of (or fewer, I guess, since some of those are utilities), there are many.

With regard to BoA, though, a few things:

1. Probably a quarter of released scenarios right now are set outside of Avernum. I agree: this is an extremely low proportion, especially given BoE's early scenarios (RotS, Tatter, etc.). I think that BoA has to open up to new settings. I wouldn't discount what has been done so far, though: Lord Putidus is set on Earth, Emerald Mountain is set somewhere that feels very non-Avernumy, etc.

2. You found A3 too linear? It's possible that you and I mean entirely different things with the word. More at 3.

3. Multiple major goals (which I think is what you mean by multiple endings — when I hear "multiple endings," I think A Small Rebellion or Geneforge) is fun, but it requires a BIG scenario. Bear in mind that the largest scenarios yet made have twenty or twenty-five towns and little outdoors; Avernum 1 was between five and ten times that big, depending on how you estimate it. When we eventually have scenarios of that magnitude — it may be three or four years from now, if not longer — then I agree that multiple major goals would be nice, but I'm not sure how practical that is for now.

4. The short scenarios get "philosophical" because they're made by TM. :P If you don't like this, don't worry: as other scenarios get made by other people, they won't sound anything like TM scenarios.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Do we have a future? in Blades of Avernum
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Tyranicus also clearly did not have a strong enough god party.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Harry Potter 4 in General
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quote:
Originally written by Shuan Wuan:

How many types of Japanese poetry are there?
Several, apparently.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
what does A4 offer us? in Avernum 4
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quote:
Originally written by Takeru Takashi:

correct me if somebody else has beatenthe game already
Um, I can name at least half a dozen people on these boards (including myself) who have finished it already.

quote:
Slith couldn't have been creationof the Vantahi, because they camefrom a diffrent world entirley, and were banished there, making them the only real aliens in the game. If you ever got to the one place, Old something in A/E or E2/A2, i forgot which one, then you'll get it.
I assume you're referring to Lost Bahssikava in A1, one of the few things that wasn't in E1. As Slartucker pointed out, sliths aren't from "another world"; they're from deeper in the caves. I'm pretty sure both sliths in Gnass and sliths in LB say so, but I know that Sss-Bahss in LB says so.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Harry Potter 4 in General
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quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

Uruk-haiku
Does it strike anyone else that this word combines two concepts that just ought not be combined? The Uruk-Hai of LotR and the haiku genre of Japanese poetry? :eek:

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
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Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Quests in Blades of Avernum Editor
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You need to initialize the quest in the LOAD_SCEN_STATE. Look up the call init_quest in the docs.

[ Friday, December 30, 2005 15:09: Message edited by: Kelandon ]

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Quests in Blades of Avernum
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You need to initialize the quest in the LOAD_SCEN_STATE. Look up the call init_quest in the docs.

[ Friday, December 30, 2005 15:09: Message edited by: Kelandon ]

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Storing Items? in Avernum 4
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Containers follow the same rules as leaving stuff on the ground, as far as I know.

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Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens.
Smoo: Get ready to face the walls!
Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr.

Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me
The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever
Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00

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