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How do you script in events occurring on specific days? in Blades of Avernum
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Sunday, June 11 2006 10:36 Profile Homepage #3
quote:
Originally written by Lancer:

By Kelandon's suggestion I put the second half of the code in the START_SCEN_STATE.
Uh, not quite. The scenario's START_STATE, not the scenario's START_SCEN_STATE. Two different things. And come to think of it, the first half of the code should be in the START_SCEN_STATE, and the second half should be in the START_STATE. And you really don't need the second line of the first half (the what_day_of_year).

quote:
So, on "Day 3" there is supposed to be a text string that displays as "Month:Nuwmont.."
I don't know how you figure. The code says, "if (what_day_of_year() == 2)" — if the day of the year is 2, then it does the print_str. Note that this will print the string all during the second day.

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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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How do you script in events occurring on specific days? in Blades of Avernum Editor
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Sunday, June 11 2006 09:04 Profile Homepage #1
Put the second half of your code ("if (what_day_of_year() == 30)" and "print_str("Month:Nuwmont");") in the scenario's START_STATE.

Also, it's worth taking a look at Spidweb's Bugs page, which lists the problem with the call you're talking about ("The call print_big_str_color is actually called print_big_str_num").

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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
How do you script in events occurring on specific days? in Blades of Avernum
Kelandon
Off With Their Heads
Member # 4045
 written Sunday, June 11 2006 09:04 Profile Homepage #1
Put the second half of your code ("if (what_day_of_year() == 30)" and "print_str("Month:Nuwmont");") in the scenario's START_STATE.

Also, it's worth taking a look at Spidweb's Bugs page, which lists the problem with the call you're talking about ("The call print_big_str_color is actually called print_big_str_num").

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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
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fan made graphics? in Avernum 4
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Sunday, June 11 2006 05:29 Profile Homepage #3
Many of us liked the look-and-feel of Avernum, which is pretty different from the look-and-feel of Geneforge. A4 doesn't really have the look-and-feel of Avernum anymore.

It's viscerally hard to believe that A4 takes place in the same area as A1 and A2, because A1 and A2 looked so similar and A4 looks so different.

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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
Reputation system in BoA? in Blades of Avernum Editor
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Friday, June 9 2006 16:40 Profile Homepage #22
The basic idea is this:

Characters have a set number of uses of any special ability at any given time. (That is, they can use them one time, two times, three times, whatever.) For custom special abilities, that number starts at zero.

You really ought to put the four change_custom_abil_uses calls in the START_SCEN_STATE, not the LOAD_SCEN_STATE, so that each character gets one use of the ability when the scenario begins. At that point, each character has one use.

When the special ability is used, the number of uses decreases by one. At that point, whoever used the ability has zero uses left (because he/she had only one use to begin with).

Then the state runs, and the change_custom_abil_uses in state 10 gets called. That gives the user one more use. At this point, all characters have one use again, so any of them can use the ability again.

Play with this for a while and it will make sense.

[ Friday, June 09, 2006 16:41: 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
Reputation system in BoA? in Blades of Avernum
Kelandon
Off With Their Heads
Member # 4045
 written Friday, June 9 2006 16:40 Profile Homepage #22
The basic idea is this:

Characters have a set number of uses of any special ability at any given time. (That is, they can use them one time, two times, three times, whatever.) For custom special abilities, that number starts at zero.

You really ought to put the four change_custom_abil_uses calls in the START_SCEN_STATE, not the LOAD_SCEN_STATE, so that each character gets one use of the ability when the scenario begins. At that point, each character has one use.

When the special ability is used, the number of uses decreases by one. At that point, whoever used the ability has zero uses left (because he/she had only one use to begin with).

Then the state runs, and the change_custom_abil_uses in state 10 gets called. That gives the user one more use. At this point, all characters have one use again, so any of them can use the ability again.

Play with this for a while and it will make sense.

[ Friday, June 09, 2006 16:41: 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
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Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Just Wondering in Blades of Exile
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Thursday, June 8 2006 17:40 Profile Homepage #2
I'm adding this to the Designer FAQ: Q10.

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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
Shaper strategy in Geneforge Series
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Thursday, June 8 2006 09:40 Profile Homepage #7
I can attest that it is possible to beat GF2 on Torment with one fyora and one drayk and nothing else. Choose your fights judiciously. Or, more specifically, choose their order carefully.

[ Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:10: 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
Slarty Does Spidweb in General
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Thursday, June 8 2006 08:45 Profile Homepage #3
I must protest. I display all the personality of a scone, yet you've somehow found a way to title me.

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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's the best avernum? in The Avernum Trilogy
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Wednesday, June 7 2006 18:25 Profile Homepage #22
quote:
Originally written by Dintiradan:

By the way, is that Solberg the BoE designer?
No.

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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
Slithzerkai Sighting! in General
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Wednesday, June 7 2006 12:17 Profile Homepage #28
EDIT: Meh, consider this post deleted.

[ Wednesday, June 07, 2006 14:02: 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.

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
Slithzerkai Sighting! in General
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Wednesday, June 7 2006 11:44 Profile Homepage #26
Point being?

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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
Why Did the People Die????!!!! Why!!!!!! in Geneforge Series
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Wednesday, June 7 2006 06:18 Profile Homepage #7
quote:
Originally written by MagmaDragoon:

crimens.
Crimina, you mean? :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
Slithzerkai Sighting! in General
Kelandon
Off With Their Heads
Member # 4045
 written Tuesday, June 6 2006 20:14 Profile Homepage #20
We just need to revive Middle English. Then everything would be fine.

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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
Avernum or Geneforge!!! Make up your mind??? in Avernum 4
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Tuesday, June 6 2006 18:21 Profile Homepage #2
It is not just you.

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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's the best avernum? in The Avernum Trilogy
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Tuesday, June 6 2006 18:08 Profile Homepage #12
quote:
Originally written by Dxtrgrtba:

Ducky? Why Ducky?
I thought that Ducky was actually a rather snappy nickname for Dikiyoba. I'm think I'm going to use that from now on. Get used to it, Ducky. :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
What continent do you live on? (in which the voices take over) in General
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Tuesday, June 6 2006 07:35 Profile Homepage #52
quote:
Originally written by The_Other_Guy:

I don't see what saying it a little differently has to do with language
:rolleyes:

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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's the best avernum? in The Avernum Trilogy
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Tuesday, June 6 2006 06:44 Profile Homepage #3
We're talking about BoA, though. AtG is not exactly relevant.

Votes for A2 and BoA, 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.

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
Boa scenario's: what stage are they in now? in Blades of Avernum
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Monday, June 5 2006 21:13 Profile Homepage #52
I prefer the original title, too. It would've been fine if it didn't cause visions of glam-metal as people were playing the scenario. :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
What continent do you live on? (in which the voices take over) in General
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Monday, June 5 2006 11:39 Profile Homepage #47
quote:
Originally written by Ford Prefect:

Since we all are the different personalities of one schizophrenic
quote:
Originally written by Ford Prefect:

quote:
Originally written by Dxtrgrtba:

Also, schizophrenia is not multiple personalities. Multiple personalities is its own disorder.
Dikiyoba.
I didn't say it is the same thing, did I?
You meant that we're hearing voices and switching personalities, 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
Boa scenario's: what stage are they in now? in Blades of Avernum
Kelandon
Off With Their Heads
Member # 4045
 written Monday, June 5 2006 10:42 Profile Homepage #50
My goal in Exodus with the combat has been to make it about as difficult as in Bahs but more varied. Only time (and the players) will tell if I've succeeded, though. The puzzles are probably easier (and fewer in number).

I've been influenced by many of the responses both to Bahs and to LP (the scenario that everyone forgets that I made).

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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
Locked room in castle barracks in Avernum 4
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Monday, June 5 2006 10:33 Profile Homepage #1
If that's the one I think it is, Jeff himself has said that you can't get in there.

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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
Doors with X's on them? in Avernum 4
Kelandon
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Member # 4045
 written Monday, June 5 2006 10:19 Profile Homepage #1
Yes. Note that each one tells you where the previous one was.

(If you find that you're really stuck, a walkthrough will tell you where they all are.)

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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
Boa scenario's: what stage are they in now? in Blades of Avernum
Kelandon
Off With Their Heads
Member # 4045
 written Monday, June 5 2006 07:00 Profile Homepage #46
I'm about a third of the way through an initial run-through of Exodus with a god party. I've been delayed for the past week due to moving, but I should be able to resume sometime this week. I'll finish this run-through with the god party, and then I'll run through it with a regular party, and as soon as I'm sure that it's finishable with a regular party, I'll send out a beta call.

It's going to be very rough around the edges when the first few beta testers get their hands on it, and the "testing" phase should be pretty long, so a release is a long way off yet, but expect a beta call sometime this month (or next month at the absolute latest).

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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
Reputation system in BoA? in Blades of Avernum Editor
Kelandon
Off With Their Heads
Member # 4045
 written Sunday, June 4 2006 11:02 Profile Homepage #12
quote:
Originally written by Lancer:

But if reputation is scripted ourselves, wouldn't it just be shown as comments on the text window?
Yes.
quote:
Can it be scripted so that it shows as a permanent stat on the character sheet just like the Avernum trilogy did?
No. Hence the need to create a special ability so that you can see your reputation whenever you want.

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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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