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New Scenarios in Blades of Avernum
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There was a tendency in the BoE community, which has somewhat carried over to the BoA community, not to talk about scenarios in the works because so many didn't get finished. People wanted to avoid the embarrassment by not talking about the scenarios at all.

Also, there was a superstition that talking about scenarios-in-progress made the scenarios less likely to be finished, although it seems to me that most scenarios just don't get finished, talked about or not. (I've talked about at least two of my scenarios before they were finished, and it didn't slow me down.)

Anyway, you may not get much in the way of an answer, even if a bunch of people are working on 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.

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BoA BUGS v6.0 in Blades of Avernum
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quote:
Originally written by Garrison:

In a string, an underscore becomes a single quote and an amperand becomes an underscore. I don't know if there is an escape sequence to actually print an ampersand, though.
An underscore actually becomes a double quote. As far as I know, the ampersand thing is undocumented.

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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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New Scenarios in Blades of Avernum
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See this topic for, well, at least one answer. And maybe this one for another.

[ Sunday, September 10, 2006 16:58: 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.

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Because it's been forever since the last one in General
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Age: 21
Height: 5'9"
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel

[i]Do you ...[/i]
Have a tattoo? No
Have any peircings? No
Have a bf/gf? No
Like thunderstorms? Yeah
Ever stop using the computer? While I'm in class. A lot of my job happens over the computer, though, so I couldn't stop using the computer even if I wanted to.

[i]Have you/Do you have...[/i]
Considered a life of crime? Um, sure. Or something.
Split personalities? No
Obsessions? I have had obsessions before. I can't say that I have them now.

[i]Right now...[/i]
Current clothes: Same as always: white V-neck T-shirt and black jeans
Current mood: Meh
Current music: Metallica, "Blackened"
Current annoyance: Er.
Current thing you should be doing: Probably sleeping. I'll do that soon enough, though.

[i]Favorite...[/i]
Drink: Grape soda. Mmm.
Color: Black. Or maybe white. Or green, if you mean an actual color color.
Candy: Crunch or Twix. For junk food in general, ice cream or anything with pure chocolate.
Movie: Clue. For a trilogy, LotR.
Person to talk to: A friend of mine.

[i]Do you perfer...[/i]
McDonalds or Burger King? Mickey D's, of course. But my true loyalties belong to Jack-in-the-Box's Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger.
Root Beer or Dr Pepper? Ewww.
Sunshine or Rain? Sunshine if I'm outdoors. Rain if indoors.
Spring or Fall? Can't say I give a darn.
Winter or Summer? See previous.
Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolate
Lights on or Off? Off

[ Friday, September 08, 2006 23:27: 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.

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Terror's Martyr is Our Martyr in General
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OM, you know the rules against spamming and double-posting.

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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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Contest Discussion in Blades of Avernum Editor
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What, are we counting utilities and unreleased 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.

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Beta Call for Exodus in Blades of Avernum
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Yay for triple-posting! However, I wanted to bump and give new information as well.

New version. This version (finally) fixes the graphics, thanks mostly to Luz, who gave me good versions. Thanks also to one new tester who has already gone through and finished the whole scenario!

I'm leaning now towards reducing the damage done in Under Manikoss. Too many people think that having their health reduced to zero every few turns is too difficult. Are there any objections to me doing this?

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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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Who has the REAL OLD Exile: Escape From The Pit??? in The Exile Trilogy
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Alec has the E2 ones.

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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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Who has the REAL OLD Exile: Escape From The Pit??? in The Exile Trilogy
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These are the graphics, but I think you need to muck with them to get them to work in Exile 1 v2.0.

Anim
Buttons
Dlog
Edbtns
Edreg
Item
Mixed
Monst1
Monst2
Pcs
Start1
Start2
Startmsc
Terrain
Terscrn
Textarea
Textbar

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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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Metal triangles in Blades of Avernum
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quote:
Originally written by elora:

I know that there is a hints walkthrough. But it reads that you receive the first triangle after the machinary labrinth and only describes where you find 2 others after the catacombs.
Not exactly. Here are the relevant sections of the walkthrough:

1. Bahssikava Deeps in the far southeast: "Notice that you need to fill the missing points in a six-pointed star. As you walk away, pick up one of the six triangles you will need to the west."
2. Ancient Bahssikava, in the temple in the northwest: "There are two secret passages where you can find things that you need, one on the southwest room that had the altar, and one in the northwest room."
3. In Machinery, after you've solved all the puzzles and passed the major locked doors: "Head north to the room with the pools. Pass from the darkness into the light -- i.e., touch a dark purple pool, then a blue pool, then a light blue pool. Walk up towards the altar and search the west chest. You have the metal triangle you need, so now you can leave and return to the Catacombs."
4. In the Catacombs in the northeast corner, behind the northeastern-most door.
5. In the Catacombs in the northwest, behind the triple-door near (12,20). You can get the coordinates via the special ability "Party Location."
6. In the Catacombs in the north hall, behind the door with the pentagram lock — go to (37,11).

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Also - I donlt understand why on many of the posts there are quotes. Where are they from? And why?
Do you mean the posts on this board? If so, they're made by clicking this button:
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It's next to every post, beside IMAGE(http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ubb/IB_graphics/edit.gif). They're there to clarify which part of the post the response is responding to.

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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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Contest Discussion in Blades of Avernum Editor
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This was Drakey's scenario.

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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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Revive ALL in Blades of Avernum Editor
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When the party is separated and the active person dies, the entire party is treated as dead and the game ends. I just checked.

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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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In older versions of BoA, when the entire party died, the game stopped running script, the turn stopped, and you lost. In the most recent version, I think it waits until the end of the state that it's running (not even the end of the turn), but I am not sure.

It'd be easier just to revive most of the party if individual members die during the night but leave the party dead if all of them die.

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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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Relative ages? in The Avernum Trilogy
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Rone's memoirs in the Castle in A1 say that Rone, Patrick, and Erika were exiled together after being "at the wrong end of a political struggle in the Mages' Guild." They fought Grah-Hoth with "a large band of warriors and a small cadre of mage apprentices" — no mention of Solberg or Linda yet.

Patrick mentions that Patrick, Erika, and Solberg were part of the first Triad. Solberg has therefore arrived by that point.

I can't find anything on Linda's history, though.

X's talking description in A1 indicates that he is "middle-aged," whatever that means for a mage. Patrick is described as "a tired and bent old man." Erika is described as "piercingly beautiful," but there's no indication of age. Solberg is described as "aging" and "bald."

And hey! Solberg and X both have cobra staffs! I never noticed that before.

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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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Beta Call for Exodus in Blades of Avernum
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The Exodus beta is now going public! That's right: even if you weren't among the select few chosen to be the first testers of the scenario, now you, too, can achieve eternal fame and glory by having your name in the readme of an actual released scenario! All you have to do is go to the Exodus page on my website, download the scenario, play it, and send me a report with any bugs or problems you encounter. It's that easy!

Seriously, I think most of the significant bugs have been squashed at this point (although I have no doubt that some are lingering still). I'm now equally interested in discussion points: is the acid damage under Manikoss excessive? Is Inferno (or Cloudkill or the Divine Slith Spear or whatever) overpowered?

Feel free to use this thread to start discussion about points that are more subjective, like these. Actual bug reports should be sent via e-mail, though.

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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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BoA BUGS v6.0 in Blades of Avernum
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Do special rectangles work on the outermost edges of towns and outdoor sections? I tried placing a special at the edge of an outdoor section from (0,17) to (0,20), and it did not actually call the appropriate state. I shifted the rectangle to (1,17) and did nothing else to it, and it functioned just fine.

[ Monday, September 04, 2006 13:45: 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.

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Expose in Tech Support
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By going to System Preferences. No, there's no easier way.

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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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Release Dates in Blades of Avernum
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The Exodus beta will go public probably tomorrow. What that means is that I'll host the scenario on my website and post a link, and anyone who wants can download it, play it, and send a beta report.

This is provided that I actually continue to have time over the next couple of days, which is always an enormous "if".

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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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Geneforge 3 on Intel Mac in Geneforge Series
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Direct further conversation here.

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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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Multiple Questions Relating to the End Of Avernum 1 in The Avernum Trilogy
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For the crystals, look near here. For Bahssikava, look here.

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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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something is not working fine in blades of avernum in Tech Support
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That is rather odd. In the Quarry Tunnels, there's no re-spawn chance, and the mines are tied to SDFs, so the monsters shouldn't come back, and neither should the mines.

I can't tell you how or why this is happening, but it is extremely weird.

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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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Journey from the North Scenario Discussion in Blades of Avernum
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quote:
Originally written by Mardukkhay:

2 The scenario will be quite large and complex and will try to be more of a hole campaign than a single scenario emplementing even good trading from one city to another ..
Designer FAQ, Q3.

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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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Contest Discussion in Blades of Avernum Editor
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quote:
Originally written by *i:

A possible solution is to break the contest into two, one for just BoE and another for BoA.
I would be totally in favor of this, if the number of scenarios justified it. I don't think that it will, though.

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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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One Planet Down, Eight To Go in General
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quote:
Originally written by Drow:

Though apparently, Pluto is also derived from Greek (as opposed to Latin), but I'm not sure and that's Kelandon's area of expertise.
I hadn't actually been aware of this. I think, judging from a few sites (including Wikipedia), that Plouton was actually an alternative Greek name for Hades — associated with the word for wealth, ploutos, and thereby associated with the underground, because wealth (gold) is mined from the ground, and therefore associated with the underworld — and Plouton was Latinized as Pluto.

The Romans tried to find counterparts for Greek gods whenever they could. Sometimes they matched up really well (Zeus and Jupiter, who are in fact descended from the same Proto-Indo-European god). Sometimes they kinda didn't (Hephaestus and Vulcan, the former being a smith god and the latter being a volcano god, only vaguely related). Sometimes there just was no equivalent, and the Romans just stole the god outright (Apollo). Apparently the last is what happened with Pluto.

At least, that's my best guess from looking at a few websites.

[ Monday, August 28, 2006 19:18: 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.

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