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Wow (G4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

And many translators don't follow the 5-7-5 pattern when translating haiku into English.
Especially since the natural sound of seventeen Japanese morae is much, much shorter than the natural sound of seventeen English syllables. Japanese syllables are open syllables ("bo," for instance), whereas English syllables can have absurd consonant clusters ("strength," for instance).

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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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quote:
Originally written by Drow:

Incidentally, I still don't know what the Beta Testing Center being referred to is? I could find only Overwhelming's, but that looks neither particularly alive nor very good...
As I said, I was referring to Overwhelming's thing. I'm now leaning towards not using it, because, well, why bother.

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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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What do you think of A4 in Avernum 4
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I found A4 more difficult than the previous Avernum games, I think. I guess there were parts of A2 that I did in completely bizarre orders with unwise party alignments that made those parts harder, but I don't think I did anything monumentally stupid in A4 and I still struggled. It was hard by comparison.

As for BoA, I rather liked VoDT until the ending revealed that there really wasn't anything to the mystery. I liked ASR, but I felt that it didn't do enough in its BoA version, as I indicated on my CSR post. I got bored in the middle of the BoA version of ZKR and never bothered to finish it. I still haven't played DWtD.

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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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Homey Maigre
TM
rakshasi
Thralni
Universe_JDJ
Arancaytar
Nikki
Niemand
A couple of others

Anyone else interested?

That's ten. If no one else signs up, I'll choose six and send out betas on Friday, wherever I am. Be sure to read the e-mail I send, because it will contain important notes and instructions.

The other four will get the betas in the second round, because I'd like fresh eyes to look at the thing after I do a bunch of tinkering in response to tester comments.

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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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*bump*

Continuing work. I could send out what I've got now, but I'd like to get a little farther in case any of you are crazy and catch up to where I am.

I'd really like some more testers, too.

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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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Bride of the Abominable Photo Thread in General
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quote:
Originally written by BainIhrno:

*I: Who's the skeleton in the middle? I don't recognize him.
Skeletor from He-Man, of course!

I'm trying to come up with pictures of me that aren't the same damn ones that I've posted over and over again. I think this one may possibly be new, although it isn't good.

IMAGE(http://photos-316.facebook.com/ip001/v10/88/40/1212298/n1212298_614316_7434.jpg)

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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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Intel Mac: what about the save files? in Tech Support
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No, he said that his Classic games won't work on Intel Macs. If you use the OS X-native versions of the Avernums, they ought to work.

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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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Bride of the Abominable Photo Thread in General
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quote:
Originally written by Leena:

All of my new pictures would break the CoC :P .
:D

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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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Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
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The fact that it's been found blatantly unconstitutional doesn't mean that no one would support 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.

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Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Beta Call for Exodus in Blades of Avernum
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quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

(The last two questions are just for my own information.)
As a side-note: I'd like some people to use a party that has just finished Bahs, and I'd like some people to make a party in the way that I did (Artifacts Hall with some Canopy and Bahs equipment, then HLPM to level 55). If you don't have a party that has just finished Bahs, that's fine: you'll be one of the latter group.

Also, if there seems to be significant support for/opposition to using the BTC (which, yes, is Overwhelming's), then I'll go with majority opinion. Otherwise, I'll have to make up my own mind, which I haven't totally done yet, although I'm leaning towards using it.

[ Monday, July 03, 2006 06:36: 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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Beta Call for Exodus in Blades of Avernum
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Yes, you read the title right. I'm asking for beta testers for Exodus, the sequel to Bahssikava. I'm not completely finished with alpha testing, but I'm far enough that I'd like to begin collecting testers.

Exodus is a large scenario, with 28 outdoor sections and 60 towns, and I'm hoping for a lot of feedback from testers. In addition to the usual bugs, combat balance is likely to be a very serious issue at first, for reasons that will become obvious when you get the scenario.

Beta testing this scenario is going to be a lot of work. I won't require that my testers have any experience with beta testing or skill with BoA scripting, but I will require that my testers keep in contact with me fairly regularly (at least once per week). Also, I want my testers to answer my questions; if I send an e-mail asking if you've used any spells more than others (or whatever), I'd like a response that actually answers the question. Finally, I require that my testers keep a reasonably good attitude: constructive criticism is good, but sarcastic or hostile comments will not be tolerated.

Ideally, depending on interest, I'd like to do three rounds of testing: first with a small group, working with basic bug and balance issues; second with a larger group, checking balance and bugs further; and third publicly with anyone who's interested, fine-tuning whatever remains. This means that I'd really like the first group of testers to play the scenario twice, which is a pretty large time commitment. If you know that you probably won't be able to do this, let me know down below. Also, the scenario may well not be very much fun when the first testers get their hands on it; with combat balance still up in the air, beta testing the first beta version may be much more work than pleasure.

If you're still interested, fill out the information below. (The last two questions (EDIT: Now deleted) are just for my own information.)

Name by which you'd liked to be credited:
E-mail address:
Operating system (Mac, Windows, etc.):

It's likely that I'll wait until I have a reasonable number of testers who would be suitable for the first group, and then I'll send out the scenario. I'd expect testing to start in a week, give or take.

EDIT: By the way, you can say that you don't want to be part of the first group but that you still want to test. I'll just put you in the second group or possibly keep you on hold until the third group.

EDIT 2: Questions changed to reflect current status.

[ Monday, July 10, 2006 16:28: 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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alternative keyboard layout support? in Tech Support
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quote:
Originally written by Micawber:

quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

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I take I'm going to have to hold off on having signs in Linear B in my BoA scenario set on ancient Crete? :P

Couldn't these be implemented as graphics?

Wow. I like this idea. I like it enough that I might actually do it. I was just kidding before, but now I'm intrigued. Look at what you've done.

EDIT: Thuryl, that was so punny that it hurt.

[ Saturday, July 01, 2006 06:58: 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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alternative keyboard layout support? in Tech Support
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I take I'm going to have to hold off on having signs in Linear B in my BoA scenario set on ancient Crete? :P

[ Friday, June 30, 2006 18:06: 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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Fossils & Diamonds in Richard White Games
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I think he was talking about the demo of Rock Solid. Which I do indeed have, and I've sent it.

[ Friday, June 30, 2006 18:02: 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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BoE on Intel Macs in Blades of Exile
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quote:
Originally written by Khoth:

I'm persistent, and crazy
Both. In spades.

Seriously, though, cool. I know I could just look up the answer to this, but I'm lazy: that's all free, right?

[ Friday, June 30, 2006 10:40: 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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alternative keyboard layout support? in Tech Support
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I think he's just using whatever is default in his coding program, which is probably the QWERTY setting. It would take adding some extra code (although not a lot) to use the OS's keyboard.

And hey, he could support Unicode, so we could make BoA scenarios in Arabic or Chinese or Mycenaean Greek or something.

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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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Stupid Question in Blades of Avernum Editor
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The call run_dialog needs arguments (probably the number "1").

You don't need the "end" calls.

As Niemand indicated, you'll need a real variable, not ME.

I'd go with something like this at the top (much like what Niemand described):

message_dialog("Something about needing to select a person.","");
if (run_select_a_pc(0) == 0)
message_dialog("You fail. At life.","");
else {
}
Within the "else" part, you can put the rest of your code, and instead of ME, use get_selected_pc().

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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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Stupid Question in Blades of Avernum
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The call run_dialog needs arguments (probably the number "1").

You don't need the "end" calls.

As Niemand indicated, you'll need a real variable, not ME.

I'd go with something like this at the top (much like what Niemand described):

message_dialog("Something about needing to select a person.","");
if (run_select_a_pc(0) == 0)
message_dialog("You fail. At life.","");
else {
}
Within the "else" part, you can put the rest of your code, and instead of ME, use get_selected_pc().

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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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Intel in Tech Support
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That's odd. A4 ought to work. I have no idea about any sort of technical reason why it's doing what it's doing, but I do know that that's 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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10 panals at Keep of Rentar Ihrno in The Avernum Trilogy
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No, you don't have to do the things in the lower level in any particular order. You do have to press the buttons on the control panel in the upper level in a particular order, 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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Quests in Avernum 2 in The Avernum Trilogy
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Yeah, do the stuff around Mertis and the Honeycomb, the Eastern Province, and the far northwest (the Formello region). You should also be able to do a little more in vahnatai lands.

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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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E1: Erika's Tower in The Exile Trilogy
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Here's a map. It's for Avernum, but I believe the mold locations are the same in Exile.

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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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im new -help me with Bahssikava in Blades of Avernum
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Er, if you post about the specific puzzle you're having problems with, I can probably give you a faster way to do it. People sent in easier ways than what I have listed in the hints after I released the 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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Missing criminals in The Avernum Trilogy
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Zang is in Moon, in a building in the southeast. Zik is in Dorngas, at the inn.

I got this information from the GameFAQs walkthrough.

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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 scenario's: what stage are they in now? in Blades of Avernum
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All of that sounds pretty good, except for the year or two to finish.

If all goes well, I'll be sending out a beta call later this week. If not, sometime next week seems likely.

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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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