Profile for Niemand
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| Displayed name | Niemand |
| Member number | 5576 |
| Title | Infiltrator |
| Postcount | 627 |
| Homepage | http://hallsofchaos.forinti.com |
| Registered | Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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| Mac Dialog Editor Release in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, August 1 2005 09:19
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The current version would not be hard to port since it's written in java. Mostly just a bit of stuff would have to be changed that handles passing the menubar around from window to window. If anyone is interested, I would be happy to supply them with the source code. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Saturday, July 30 2005 18:50
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I wouldn't say that black holes are laughed at as impossible, there was an article in the May issue of Scientific American discussing the possiblitly of creating quantum sized black holes. (I'm annoyed to discover that I can't find my family's copy of the article) As I recall, it suggested that they are not too far beyond energies we can handle. (Though perhaps well beyond the energies that politicians will pay for.) Even if they turn out to be possible, they would indeed have no applications to travel. Personally, I have found that with the number of theories competing to decribe the possible behavior of wormholes and travel through spinning black holes etc., and with the lack of experimental support for any, that it's not worth getting too excited over any of them yet. I'm suspicious of any idea FTL travel, done by wormhole or whatever other method, given that special relativity forbids FTL travel in order to preserve causality, and so whatever method you could think of would still end up putting mass/energy/information outside of the light cones they belong in, and ruining causality just the same. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, July 20 2005 19:37
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A few that I have seen: swashbuckler (lvl 13-14 melee/archer), adept (lvl 14 priest), conjurer (lvl 14 mage); veteran (lvl 16-17 melee/archer), healer (lvl 18 priest), thaumaturgist (lvl 17 mage) warder (lvl 23 melee), protector (lvl 24 archer), curate (lvl 25 priest), sorcerer (lvl 24 mage); protector (lvl 27 melee), defender (lvl 25 archer), canon (lvl 30 priest), archmage (lvl 26 mage) These are just the levels at which my characters happened to be, not the exact cutoffs for these titles to begin. [Edited for Grammar] [ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 19:58: Message edited by: Niemand ] -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
| Druids of Krell - a premature encounter? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Tuesday, July 19 2005 04:32
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Yes, I told Ephesos about this bug a while before he released the scenario, but I guess he didn't fix it after all. Just ignore it and go where you were going in the first place, it sounds like you were on the right track. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
| Have you ever... in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Wednesday, July 13 2005 20:17
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1. Nope, I try to avoid letting such things happen at all. 2. I carry about 150 pounds at all times 3. No, I'm so paranoid I carry just plain everything 4. No, it decreases the amount of effort I would otherwise spend unnescessarily going to an arbitrary place where I can rest 5. Definitely 6. No, but I distribute cursed items and trash in anama temples when I'm bored. 7. No, I think it's great, though after playing the game for one year I have just gotten it. 8. No 9. No -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Monday, July 11 2005 19:45
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Glad to oblige; I may eventually give an update of this information someday if it looks like it might be interesting, but I might not. It wouldn't do to follow any recognizable pattern. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Monday, July 11 2005 19:29
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Aaargh! I know, but it took me a couple of days to get all the data, though, because it amounts to a 50-60 Mb download over my dialup connection, so I can't exactly do hourly updates. Oh well. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Monday, July 11 2005 19:08
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Eh? I just got curious, and had an idea for a java program to carry it out, so I watsed a few weeks on it. I hadn't seen anyone present any data like this before. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Monday, July 11 2005 18:57
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A few weeks ago, I collected some data on the spiderweb forums, and here are the results from my analysis. There are a total of 6046 profiles Average post count: 38.840390340721136 Average karma level: 3.2710978342046304 Excluding profiles with zero posts: Average post count: 60.5229381443299 Average karma level: 3.2445141065830723 Favorite games breakdown 1. Exile 1 133 2.199801521667218% 2. Exile 2 60 0.9923916639100232% 3. Exile 3 162 2.6794574925570624% 4. Blades of Exile 154 2.5471386040357262% 5. Avernum 1 49 0.8104531921931856% 6. Avernum 2 86 1.4224280516043666% 7. Avernum 3 302 4.99503804168045% 8. Blades of Avernum 127 2.1005623552762156% 9. Nethergate 72 1.1908699966920278% 10. Geneforge 1 30 0.4961958319550116% 11. Geneforge 2 102 1.6870658286470395% 12. Geneforge 3 14 0.23155805491233875% Post count breakdown 1. 0 2166, 35.82533906715184% 2. 1-10 2588, 42.80516043665233% 3. 11-50 750, 12.40489579887529% 4. 51-100 190, 3.14257360238174% 6. 101-500 251, 4.151505127356931% 7. 501-1000 57, 0.942772080714522% 8. 1001-2000 26, 0.4300363876943434% 9. >2000 18, 0.29771749917300694% 1051 estimated active members out of 6046, 17.383393979490574% Statuses breakdown Apprentice 5454, 90.2084022494211% Journeyman 189, 3.126033741316573% Citizen of Exile 161, 2.6629176314918954% Adept 72, 1.1908699966920278% Erudite 43, 0.7112140258021833% Veteran 18, 0.29771749917300694% Guru 6, 0.09923916639100232% Unique 103, 1.7036056897122065% 36 profiles are BANNED, 0 are CANNED 1004 out of 6046, 16.606020509427722%, claim 'student' as occupation Karma breakdown: 1. Evil Priest 249, 4.1184254052265965% 2. Dirty 172, 2.844856103208733% 3. Clean 246, 4.068805822031095% 4. High Priest 311, 5.143896791266953% 5. Saint 361, 5.970889844525306% A few comments: -I considered a profile actively used if it had more than 15 posts. This is not perfect, but overall, it should balance out. -The favorite games breakdown provides only relative values, since many profiles said things like 'all the avernums', which was beyond the capacity of my analysis program. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Monday, July 11 2005 18:23
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I see that you have gotten a copy; thank you for hosting it! -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Monday, July 11 2005 18:23
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I see that you have gotten a copy; thank you for hosting it! -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Saturday, July 9 2005 20:00
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Ok, I've sent it to you. Thanks! -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Saturday, July 9 2005 20:00
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Ok, I've sent it to you. Thanks! -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
| Missing... in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Saturday, July 9 2005 19:37
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May I ask how you got your bridge to work? I have made one myself that looks similar; the graphic is adjusted upward by the height of a few levels of cliff, and it looks great when the party walks on it, but getting on it is a problem because technically they have to jump off of a cliff to reach it, even though it looks like it is at he same height. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Saturday, July 9 2005 19:37
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May I ask how you got your bridge to work? I have made one myself that looks similar; the graphic is adjusted upward by the height of a few levels of cliff, and it looks great when the party walks on it, but getting on it is a problem because technically they have to jump off of a cliff to reach it, even though it looks like it is at he same height. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 8 2005 19:41
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I've really wasted a lot of time, so I think I ought to get this done. After several months of development and two rounds of beta testing followed by months of getting nothing done but locating no new bugs, I think that it is time to release it. It is a dialog script editor for Mac OS X, written in Java. Since I do not have a website, I am hoping to distribute copies to one or more people who do, who can then make it availible to others. Given the dumb mistakes I made earlier, I really hope that this time it actually works right and won't need immediate updating. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 8 2005 19:41
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I've really wasted a lot of time, so I think I ought to get this done. After several months of development and two rounds of beta testing followed by months of getting nothing done but locating no new bugs, I think that it is time to release it. It is a dialog script editor for Mac OS X, written in Java. Since I do not have a website, I am hoping to distribute copies to one or more people who do, who can then make it availible to others. Given the dumb mistakes I made earlier, I really hope that this time it actually works right and won't need immediate updating. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
| large_draw_pic_dialog question in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Thursday, July 7 2005 06:30
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You can use a string variable for this; I just tested and it works fine. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
| large_draw_pic_dialog question in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, July 7 2005 06:30
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You can use a string variable for this; I just tested and it works fine. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 1 2005 18:53
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I used to play the french horn. I stopped though because of increasing school work. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
| Anyone else notice the jokes here? in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 18:04
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The town of Wainscotting in A3. Wainscotting ... Wainscotting ... Wainscotting ... sounds like a little Dorset village, doesn't it? Wainscotting. Jeff left out the killer sheep that the Monty-Python sketch had though. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 9 2005 17:55
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Thanks, I should have realized that since the game is keeping track of an attitude, it should be possible to change. Since the party in question has been through about 20 scenarios, my brother will be glad that it can be fixed. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
| Funniest bugs ever in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, June 9 2005 17:48
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I encountered several times a bug in Bahssikava such that the winged demons would begin to fly and simply not stop; I had to restart my computer to escape. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 8 2005 12:38
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My brother was playing Bahssikava, and had arrived at the first fight in Khar-Grav when he encountered a strange problem: This fight contained some of Kelandon's winged demons, one of which took off and landed on my brother's archer (On the same space). In an attempt to kill the demon, he ordered his swordsman to attack the demon. He got a dialog box asking him if he wanted to attack a creature which was currently friendly, and he said yes. He ended up hitting his archer, whom the npcs and the rest of his party then beleived to be hostile. Even after all of the enemies were dead, all of the characters continued to fight with the archer. Foolishly, my brother saved then, so his game is stuck that way. Does anyone have any idea how the archer's condition can be cured? -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 1 2005 17:34
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I'm glad to hear that you made it! Good luck! -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |