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HLPM update in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, March 12 2007 20:01
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quote:Hmm. That's a tough one. I was testing my god parties in Exodus, where the spell levels are definitely not too high. I guess if one uses a god party in a low-level scenario, though, one might run into this. I'm not immediately coming up with a resolution for this problem. Any thoughts, anyone? quote:Hmm. Can do. -------------------- 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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written Monday, March 12 2007 13:17
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How to take screenshots. Ach, I didn't notice how old this topic is. My excuse is that it had already been revived, and this is such a common question that a link to the most obvious source of such information is good to have in any case. [ Monday, March 12, 2007 13:19: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- 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 |
This probly belongs on WoTC, but... in General | |
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written Monday, March 12 2007 12:43
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Woah. I just checked who Ktgsvgnfgn is, and he's Lone Flame, isn't he? Blast from the freakin' past. -------------------- 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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written Monday, March 12 2007 12:41
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quote:I just envisioned a whole category of schools with this quote emblazoned on the front entrance with devils on either side. :P -------------------- 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 |
HLPM update in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, March 12 2007 12:20
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You guys rock. :D -------------------- 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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written Monday, March 12 2007 05:42
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No one ever says thank you. :( -------------------- 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 |
Episode 3 Continued in General | |
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written Sunday, March 11 2007 22:03
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quote: quote:w00t i are teh win -------------------- 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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written Sunday, March 11 2007 17:47
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New version uploaded. I didn't want to change the current default use of the HLPM, but I'm always up for adding a new feature. -------------------- 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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written Sunday, March 11 2007 07:22
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They can get more money from the character editor if they want. The idea of the money cap is to make a realistic party of the appropriate level, but one can easily edit in more money from the character editor if one wants to make something else. -------------------- 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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written Sunday, March 11 2007 06:48
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Some people don't have e-mail notification turned on. -------------------- 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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written Sunday, March 11 2007 06:42
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My reasons for posting in this thread are not all that different from Tullegolar's, really, which suggests that I need to re-examine my priorities in life. -------------------- 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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written Sunday, March 11 2007 06:40
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You're thinking of a real scenario, not a HLPM. The HLPM is just an extension of the character editor. There's no need to "test" the player. "Quests" would be silly. [ Sunday, March 11, 2007 06:45: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- 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 |
Conservapedia in General | |
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written Saturday, March 10 2007 19:03
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quote:I think it's mostly just you. Some bias, perhaps, but inevitably so. -------------------- 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 |
Dialogue? in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Saturday, March 10 2007 12:02
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You need a "break" at the end of your INIT_STATE. You also need a START_STATE and an EXIT_STATE for BoA even to read your script. The easiest way to make a functioning script is to copy a short script from an existing scenario (say, t20Small Cave from VoDT) and delete everything inside the states without deleting the states themselves. -------------------- 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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written Saturday, March 10 2007 11:30
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Spidweb spends very little time on these forums, except immediately following a game release. Jeff has delegated that responsibility to non-employees. Try the spidweb email again. They occasionally don't get/ignore an e-mail or two, for unknown reasons. [ Saturday, March 10, 2007 11:31: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- 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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written Friday, March 9 2007 19:33
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Wow. Some of those are quite good. Beats the ads for enhancements that tend to clutter up my mailbox. -------------------- 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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written Friday, March 9 2007 06:49
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Again, the point is that, even if it were 100%, at current energy growth rates, this won't be a significant factor until at least 150 years from now. We're talking about orders of magnitude, not factors of two or three (or even six). The percentage is irrelevant as long as it is less than 100%. -------------------- 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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written Thursday, March 8 2007 22:25
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quote:Of course! The only way to be completely unbiased is to be wholly ignorant of the subject. ![]() -------------------- 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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written Thursday, March 8 2007 16:16
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"Any significant degree" is the key phrase. :P -------------------- 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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written Thursday, March 8 2007 07:02
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quote:Yes. Sorry, haven't read the topic, just saw this in Today's Daily Topics and figured it was worth a shot. -------------------- 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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written Thursday, March 8 2007 07:01
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I'm rather fond of their number 5 reason that Wikipedia has bias: it doesn't take Conservapedia as seriously as Conservapedia would like. *huffy* -------------------- 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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written Thursday, March 8 2007 06:51
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quote:Um, you might pretend this, but you wouldn't really be right. Energy consumption is spread out all over the globe. High levels of energy consumption are found in the U.S., all of Western Europe, China, India, and so forth. I should have added that, even if you concentrate this energy all above Europe and raise the temperature by (as of right now) a hundredth of a degree, within a fairly short time it will have dispersed into the rest of the atmosphere of the Earth via diffusion and have even less of an effect. In other words, the effect is pretty darn negligible at the moment. quote:My point in the calculation above was that, although I don't know how much energy that we produce is simply radiated off as heat, I'd guess that it's no more than a sizable fraction (1%? 10%?), which means that we'd have to be producing ten thousand times as much energy for that sizable fraction to matter really at all. I do understand your exponential growth argument, but as you pointed out, even at our current growth rates, this effect will be pretty much negligible for almost two hundred years. I think we'll have much more serious environmental problems before then regarding other issues, and we can re-examine this issue in a century (when energy usage should be a hundred times what it is now, just when this contribution may be starting to become significant), and start to account for it then. And, interestingly, this argument only applies to energy generated here. It doesn't apply to energy already in existence that we're capturing, which excludes solar power, wind power, water power, etc. — in other words, really only the energy gained from burning something (oil, coal, gas) or blowing something up (nuclear) matters here — since solar, etc., all just catch energy that already exists, instead of converting potential energy into electricity (and waste heat). In other words, there's no real way to argue that waterwheels or windmills heat up the Earth to any significant degree. quote:Come to think of it, I bet we do absorb just about all the energy from the sun that we get. A quick look at a relevant EPA document reveals that the way that ozone works, basically, is through absorption and re-emission, as well as some scattering, not through reflection. Only reflection would cause the energy to go away without raising our temperature much; that is, we already do absorb it. I'm not aware of significant reflection from any level of the atmosphere that is currently being depleted, but I'm willing to be enlightened on that subject. quote:Um, what? Wasn't factor 2 the greenhouse effect? That's not supposed to cool us. As far as I know, the major cooling factor in the Earth's atmosphere is the energy emitted from the top layer by blackbody radiation. There's also some effect from losing particles at the top layer, but I don't know how significant it is, and there are some other effects, too, but I'm not sure of their relative magnitudes. [ Thursday, March 08, 2007 07:11: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- 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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written Wednesday, March 7 2007 23:06
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quote:Ah, this is what you mean. I see. The amount of flux from the Sun is a constant, but its effects certainly are not. For the record, however, without an atmosphere, the surface temperature of the Earth would be around -15°C (if you just consider the flux it receives from the Sun and the flux it re-radiates through blackbody radiation). This makes me suspect that we could absorb all of the energy from the Sun without a significant change. Then again, I haven't done enough planetary science to know for sure how much the ozone blocks out. As others have pointed out, I was under the impression (and the Wikipedia article bears this out) that the main problem with ozone depletion is the increased amount of UV bombardment that reaches the surface, which has harmful effects on life (not on temperature). quote:I was thinking of an easy way to do a back-of-the-envelope calculation on this. One of the relevant equations is Q = m c T, where Q is the thermal energy (heat) required to increase the temperature of a mass m and specific heat c by a temperature amount T. If we consider density also constant (both flawed assumptions at large changes of T but not bad for the kind of values we're talking about), then we can express the mass as the density of air at room temperature times the volume of the air in the atmosphere. The volume can be the area of whatever part of the Earth we're talking about times the scale height of the atmosphere, which is (loosely) the height at which the atmosphere gets pretty thin. (Detailed calculations would pick up a factor of two or three from the scale height, and even more detailed calculations would pick up a more complicated factor, but we'll neglect that. The order of magnitude is what matters.) If we take the specific heat of air as constant for small changes of T, that yields: Q = A h p c T, where A is an area, h is the scale height, and p is a density (for lack of a rho). A can be the land area of Europe for fun (which is about 10,000,000 square kilometers). The scale height of the atmosphere is around 8,000 or 9,000 meters. The density of air at room temperature is about 1.2 kg/m^3. The specific heat of air at room temperature is about 1.012 J/(g K). Plugging in numbers, the amount of energy required to heat up the atmosphere above Europe by a single degree is around 10^23 J. For reference, a Wikipedia article puts yearly world energy use at 10^21. In other words, if the entire world were to generate a hundred times as much waste thermal energy as useful energy and ship that energy all into the air above Europe, the continent's average daily temperature would increase by one degree. To accomplish this for the atmosphere of the entire world, we'd need around five thousand, not one hundred. For comparison, as I said, without the greenhouse effect, the average temperature on the Earth's surface would be around -15°C (a little less, if I remember correctly). It's actually around +15°C. That's a thirty-degree swing, across the entire Earth. (Of course, only a small fraction of that effect is man-made, but it's growing all the time.) [ Wednesday, March 07, 2007 23:08: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- 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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written Wednesday, March 7 2007 11:52
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quote:I've numbered them for easier reference. 1. This is a constant. It is not contributing to any "growing more warm," just to an underlying factor of "being warm to begin with." 2. This is the significant factor in the greenhouse effect. 3. I can't say that I know statistics on this, but I'm fairly certain that this is a negligible effect. The amount of heat produced by burning coal is small compared to the amount of heat produced via the greenhouse effect. quote:This is not going to be worsened by solar panels. quote:This is not optimism. Greenhouse gases are causing catastrophic environmental changes that get worse with each year. We have to deal with them or we risk completely destroying our way of life. However, your there-are-no-green-sources-of-energy point of view is not really accurate. -------------------- 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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written Wednesday, March 7 2007 10:04
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Acidic, you don't quite understand the physical processes involved. Tranferring energy is not the same as transfering temperature. There are power lines running into your house that don't cause your house to heat up like an oven. The amount of heat radiated by a wire is proportional to the resistance of the wire. Some wires have very low resistances (and superconductors have zero resistance), so it is possible to transfer a whole bunch of energy without radiating much heat at all. Besides, I don't think we're talking about literally using the Sahara to provide power to the whole world. Solar panels can be installed locally to provide power to local neighborhoods, which doesn't involve transferring energy more than across a city at most, and we do that already. Likewise, absorbing light doesn't cause global warming. Radiating light from the Earth's surface at infrared wavelengths causes global warming. The amount of surface area we're talking about is negligible compared to the surface area of the Earth, so the effect would be minimal, and since the panels would be at approximately the same temperature as the Earth's surface, they'd just radiate like normal blackbodies and have no effect on global warming at all. [ Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:57: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- 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 |