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However, I don't think canons and other gunpowder weapons are very realistic in a magic-heavy world of Avernum:

Early guns were very unreliable and slow to load. It took a long time to develop gunpowder that could explode well. It also took a long time time to develop guns that could be loaded sufficiently fast to fire more than once before the enemies get to you. In a world where any apprentice mage can cast a bolt of fire and any powerful wizard can use shockwave spell to damage enemy walls, governments wouldn't bother investing into early gunpowder research, because results would be inferior to available magic. So gunpowder-based weapons would never get a chance to develop to a point where they can compete with magic.

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*pulling out his dear PM 9mm*

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Originally written by Zevis:
However, I don't think canons and other gunpowder weapons are very realistic in a magic-heavy world of Avernum:

Early guns were very unreliable and slow to load. It took a long time to develop gunpowder that could explode well. It also took a long time time to develop guns that could be loaded sufficiently fast to fire more than once before the enemies get to you. In a world where any apprentice mage can cast a bolt of fire and any powerful wizard can use shockwave spell to damage enemy walls, governments wouldn't bother investing into early gunpowder research, because results would be inferior to available magic. So gunpowder-based weapons would never get a chance to develop to a point where they can compete with magic.

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Originally written by Grignard:
Any words of wisdom for someone getting started? I definitely want to start really small, perhaps smaller than what is recommended because I really don't have alot of general computer knowledge, at least relative to what I would suppose alot of BoA designers have. If I could get a couple working towns, an interesting story line, a couple working dungeon/objective areas, and some basic usefull scripts I'd be happy. Any suggestions about learning the scripting language? What about putting your ideas to paper before getting to editing? Are maps and flowcharts a good idea?

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Mab sez:
I've often thought of The Louvre, but the pics I once sent as JPGs didn't work well, and converting my workies into 256-colors-GIFs kinda of breaks my heart. :o

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I've often thought of The Louvre, but the pics I once sent as JPGs didn't work well, and converting my workies into 256-colors-GIFs kinda of breaks my heart. :o

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I don't know if this has been discussed already, but if exploring in combat mode (which I do almost always), you can enter the northern room with the beams on the first level of the tower, and if you cross it in the same turn, you can bypass the beams

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The cutscenes in Fahrango are seriously messed up. I entered the town and immediately got attacked by giants on the next step, which popped up all around me. I figured this was intended, but after I defeated them, there was a dialogue message from some seargent I couldn't see.

After that, I got moved over to the market square, where the same seargent asked me where the hell I was coming from.

After I had answered, the cutscene jumped back to where I was and again moved to the market square; but this time it transitioned in steps.

Then, some soldier came running into the town shouting "Giants!". The soldiers got into position awaiting an enemy, but nobody came. Evidently I had killed one half of that battle scene before schedule.

The cutscene work is brilliant as such, but I daresay it could be rearranged a little more logically.

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Now it seems I'm stuck. There's nothing to the north (except some cave for which I'd need to fly), I can't get to the West without "orders from a high-ranking commander", and Beohram (who I guess is the one I need) claims I already got that order, and I've explored and done everything else.

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I use a Mac so I don't suppose he can help me.

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Originally written by: spy.there:
I was a little bit disappointed by the intro pics. They look so ... greyish, unpointed ... (um ... please Smoo, could you replace the second, unfinished pic? Thanx

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Mayor Shylocke tells me I get an "alchemical explosion". I haven't played far enough yet to find out whether she actually means explosion or explosive. But I'm finding the former hard to imagine.

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Supanik sez:
Anyway, I believe Stareye was talking about getting Jeff to give away some prizes for another contest, and we could organise ones that allow people to knock out easy-to-make simple scenarios.

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*i shone these words into existence:
This will be the topic of the next (and perhaps the last) Blades Chat on Saturday, February 18 at 6 pm EST.

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Yeah, the thing is, a lot of people are working hard but it's gonna take time for the fruits of our labours to blossom, as it were.

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Jumpin' Salmon surfaced and spoke:
If BoA is to match BoE, it needs school age designers. People with lots of free time and the imagination to make a desirable scenario. I'm not seeing a lot of that yet, except for UV and ALR, which immediately were soundly criticized. One of the more prolific designers, mike slack, is doing exactly the right thing for blades by making what he wants and finishing it. Yet he also gets criticized for the content of the scenarios.

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Kelandon spake thusly:
One more general thing about this topic: Saying that Blades is dead is a slap in the face to up-and-comers like Ephesos and Smoo (and dare I include myself?). Maybe we need a couple of slaps to get our scenarios done, but bear in mind that every time you say that, that's what you're doing .

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Dikiyoba told Dikiyoba to write:
I'd like to see the scenarios that are currently out but buggy, short, unbalanced, and filled with typos but have a relatively (it's a matter of opinion, I know) good premise fixed up than have more bad scenarios created.

Dikiyoba plays the good scenarios more than once as opposed to the bad ones, which get played halfway through and then thrown away.

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Thus spake Kelandon:
In any case, what were we talking about? Oh, yeah. Bottom line: you shouldn't be getting any experience from MoC at level 60+ anyway.

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Anna wrote:
Two other bugs are noticed with the missions : freeing the slaves and killing the Nephilim before being ordered to. Indeed, in that case, when you're asking to do these missions you've already completed, and talk again with the people who asked for, nothing happens. You have to come back to the places where the mission were completed, even you don't have anything else to do in, and then come back again to be rewarded and thanked.

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