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Opening .Rar for Mac. in General
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I have a .Rar file I would like to open, and I have a Mac. I can't seem to find an program that will do it for me.
Anyone got a clue?

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Helping Jeff advertise in Avernum 4
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I would have to agree with the fact that the world of Spiderweb games are static, and that it is an issue. How could the games rather be done?
Well, think about it. Morrowind, for example, is basicly just the same. You go to Bob, Bob gives you a mission, you kill Bob's enemy, and you are rewarded with loot and more missions. However, there are so many Bobs, and so many diffrent fractions that you can join at once, with mutliple Bobs wanting to get on eatchothers throats. You don't have to do the main mission for the main Bob, but can actually ignore it untill the very end.

The part of Bob just sitting in his office, dispening missions, is another easily fixable thing. Just have him change location, or aid you in battle now and then.
And by the way, I thought the main villain of Diplomacy with the Dead, the BoA scenario, was rather detailed and well fleshed-out.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Helping Jeff advertise in Avernum 4
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What makes a game intresting is the replay value. For me, no Avernum games have any real replay value. Somehow, Geneforge has that. Probably because of the diffrent classes and vastly diffrent ways to do things.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Helping Jeff advertise in Avernum 4
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quote:
Originally written by Student of Trinity:

A core of board regulars likes to complain about Jeff's stories. I don't really get it, because his stories are good enough for me, and I've read, oh, hundreds of prize-winning books. But of course my artistic judgement is worthless, because I haven't played any Blades of Exile scenarios.?
Oh, I know! And I study philosophy and yet noone puts any special attention to me! Let's combine our forces and start an elitist A-Team that look down on others and put our oppinions and worth over others. Because clearly, just because we read books, we know better than everyone else.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Unique Item Locations. in Avernum 4
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True - Gazerskin Sandals and Gloves of the Hammer are probably the most useful items to me. I can live without the +1 AP of the QB.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Quick Note About Graphics in Avernum 4
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The graphics from Geneforge don't bother me as much as so many graphs were just ripped clean off. Clawbug, Gazer, Drayk, etc. Of course, you did add a whole new line of creatue-graphs, which I hope we will see in G4.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Helping Jeff advertise in Avernum 4
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Avernum was combat, Geneforge will be a cool story. How can you confuse what he said?
In either way, I am now very optimistic about G4.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series
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Where is this Sholai located, exactly?

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Helping Jeff advertise in Avernum 4
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We can help him advertise..

..OR we can just flood him with millions and millions and millions and..(Yeah, you get the idea) emails, telling him to pull something creative out of his (censored) or we won't buy his games anymore, and he will be forced to live on the streets, selling (censored) to (censored, something about senators).

Of course, since we are all such weakminded ADDICTS, and Jeff, being a misanthrope that works alone, would never cave in..We would all go crazy during withdrawl from our Spiderweb drug, and thousands of pissed off gamers aren't pretty..Well, we would allready be pissed off if we sent him all those emails, and it obviously is not pretty, we know that..So...

In conclusion; Things are better off as they are. JEff will continue to milk his games and plotlines dry, and we will continue to buy them like the suckers we are. Because lets face it; They are still good enough to make you cream in your pants.

Contra out.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Unique Item Locations. in Avernum 4
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I haven't found a single artifact that is really, really a "must-have". Well, maybe the Heartstrike bow, because it dishes out such high damage compared to any other bows..But then again, you don't find that untill the very end.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series
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There were Sholai in Lord Rahul's Keep?

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Two Quests. in Avernum 4
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I found the maps, reported them, and wen ton witht he quests. I forgot about any traitor. Now I have allready gotten ridd of Dorikas and have charged the final keep.
I guess I can do that next game.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Two Quests. in Avernum 4
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Will do.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Two Quests. in Avernum 4
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I haven't found any maps, bu you are talking about the hidden base right next to Fort Saffron, right? I will just have to go and look it over again, I guess.
I have told the commander about killing them off, and I think she rewarded me.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Skill Potions in Avernum 4
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In the "Remote Lands", south of Koth's Lair. You won't be there untill the very end of the game, so keep on saving.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Two Quests. in Avernum 4
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..That I haven't managed to solve, and I am near the end of the game.

1; Fort Saffron. I am to help the Intelligence Officer of the Castle (Levitt) to investigate the hideout near Fort Saffron. I have been there (long ago), I have spoken with the leader, I have killed him..And everyone else there. I can't find anything useful there either, and I can't seem to solve the quest.

2; The Island Route. Fishermen in Cotra want me to find a land-based route to an island in the river, they remember from their youth adventurers speaking of a tunnel..I can't seem to find it.

You guys had any better luck?

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series
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Most likely we will play as a human who come across Canisters and thus stumble upon the shaper art, and from there becomes entagled in the grand metaplot.

..And Ghaldring, that Unsellable Trowel threat still stands.
Leave the minotaurs out of G4.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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To keep or not to keep. in Avernum 4
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Yes, I know, but I wanted to know a specific place where I could buy them.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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To keep or not to keep. in Avernum 4
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quote:
Originally written by SNM:

The various armorsmiths and potionmakers in the game serve the same purpose as the anvil in G3, at least from what I know (I didn't buy G3). It's simply a text-based interface instead of a visual one.
Not quite. While you can have smiths make you wands and alchemists make you potions, you can not create artifacts or customise your inventory with enchanted items.

Edit: And where can I buy some Energetic Herbs?

[ Monday, January 09, 2006 02:08: Message edited by: Contra ]

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Nimble Fingers in Avernum 4
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You know, I spent like 20-25 skillpoints (or something like that) to get my theif Mage Spells up to 5, which I combined with an incantors ring. He had Unlock Doors and 22 levels of Tool Use, and I discovered that my Mage with Mage Spells 17, Spellcraft 7 and Magery 13 could open the same doors as he could (Diff 28 doors), so it all seemed quite a waste.
I wouldn't do it again.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Editing stuff manually in Avernum 4
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quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

I would just like to remind everyone that Thuryl is an unsellable trowel.
Damnit, you beat me to it.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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General Problems/Issues in Avernum 4
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Frustrating, but I can live with it. Having to enter fight-mode to kill a single gobil is worse. I prefered the old way, when you could fight outside fight-mode.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Party Useful Skills? in Avernum 4
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Mmmmm...Geneforge 2.
Mmm..Guardian..Parry.

Drool.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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FIne Slith Spear, not so fine? in Avernum 4
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The Blessed Breastplate doesn't cost you anything, just provide him with the material, which is just some fine steal and focusing crystals. Can be found all over the place.
The encumberance rating of a Blessed Breastplate compared to a Chaimail is not a factor of concern (an extra -15%), and it provides more than twice the protection.
Breastplate weights 20, Chainmail what..12.5? For a fighter or anyone with Strenght over 2, that is once again not much of an issue.

[ Sunday, January 08, 2006 12:09: Message edited by: Contra ]

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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To keep or not to keep. in Avernum 4
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This is another time I wish Jeff could have added something from Geneforge; The abillity to make your own stuff.

You could make Potions in previouse Avernum games, and in Generforge you can make wands, crystals, artifacts, etc.
He allready added so much from Geneforge, so why not this?
Then we would have something to do wth the ultra-rare items like Eyestalks,

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