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*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Tuesday, January 15 2008 12:13 Profile Homepage #42
quote:
I think it was the Special Class field?
No, it's the Type Flag field, I think. When you put 999 into it, it changes into a smaller number.

[ Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:14: Message edited by: *Milu* ]
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Hei! in General
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Sunday, January 13 2008 12:53 Profile Homepage #16
quote:
Originally written by We Didn't Shard of Fire:

"Ego am Scorpius! Ego am suomalainen. Ego asun Suomessa! Finland is reasonably large-scale soil , or what? Ego asun Helsingissä. Ego say marshland and few albion. Amusing acquaint!"
I = ego. Some kind of highly educated language?

Mukavaa, taas on tullut maailmaan yksi suomalainen lisää. Tai jotain. Hei ittelles.

[ Sunday, January 13, 2008 12:56: Message edited by: *Milu* ]
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Why is attempted murder illegal? in General
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Thursday, December 27 2007 12:49 Profile Homepage #29
Interesting.

Why is attempted murder illegal? From a practical point of view it seems a reasonable law to me. Otherwise I could theoretically aim at someone's building with my own airplane and get a chance to try again if I miss.

Planning someone's murder is another thing. It's difficult to draw the lines on what's planning and what's joking (for example) and it's difficult to prove such things. It may be a bit closer to a "thought crime".
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Exurnum in The Avernum Trilogy
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Friday, December 21 2007 11:24 Profile Homepage #7
In Exile, treasures dropped by monsters are more random. I miss that feature in Avernum because it made each game a bit more unique.

[ Friday, December 21, 2007 11:25: Message edited by: *Milu* ]
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Exile III deadlines in The Exile Trilogy
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Saturday, December 8 2007 16:24 Profile Homepage #9
I once heard somewhere that certain events happen earlier if you have completed certain quests. I think in some circumstances the tower of magi quest happened before day 160.
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
9th Blades Contest in Blades of Avernum
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Saturday, December 8 2007 15:59 Profile Homepage #18
This time, I have two scenarios that will be out by february. They're BoE, though.
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
*becomes violently ill, vomits profusely* in General
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Saturday, December 8 2007 11:43 Profile Homepage #24
quote:
Originally written by Excalibur:

quote:
Yeah, there's always been surveillance, but it's increasing, and the growth has accelerated since 9/11 (2001).
I doubt internet surveillance has increased because of 9/11.
The Intensification of Surveillance - Crime, Terrorism and Warfare in the Information Age edited by Kirstie Ball and Frank Webster, contains articles that claim that surveillance has increased after&because of 9/11 and suspect that it has also on the internet. It was published in 2003, though. (I had to read that for a sociology course some time ago.)

The introduction chapter says, among other things:
"The presumption is that terrorists exhibit patterns of behaviour that can be identified by ‘data mining’ many diverse and apparently mundane activities which are subject to surveillance of one sort or another."
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*becomes violently ill, vomits profusely* in General
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Friday, December 7 2007 14:46 Profile Homepage #21
Yeah, there's always been surveillance, but it's increasing, and the growth has accelerated since 9/11 (2001). Surveillance can be used, for example, in advertising. It's not always invisible.

In England, someone whom I know personally wrote an email in Gmail to her teacher about a threatening miscarriage and asked for extra time to return her essays because of it. Immediately after she had sent the email, she saw two advertisements on the Gmail mailbox page, one advertising grief counseling, the other baby funerals(?)... Something along the lines of "Come to this page to mourn your baby! Free trial!"

I find it disgusting that one's private medical information is used by corporations (or anyone) in this way. Of course, it's the system we live in, although I refuse to believe that there are no alternatives to it.
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
9th Blades Contest in Blades of Avernum
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Wednesday, December 5 2007 15:34 Profile Homepage #6
(Bump.)

It would be great if this contest info was easier to find on the boards... And/or somewhere.
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Beta Testers Wanted: 2 scenarios in Blades of Exile
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Wednesday, December 5 2007 07:42 Profile Homepage #6
Sent the scenarios yesterday to everyone who volunteered (three people).

"Desperate Moves" is now War Preparations.
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Beta Testers Wanted: 2 scenarios in Blades of Exile
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Saturday, December 1 2007 07:04 Profile Homepage #5
The beta versions will be delayed a bit, because I managed to catch a flu.

I'll send them to you all as soon as I can.
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Beta Testers Wanted: 2 scenarios in Blades of Exile
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Thursday, November 29 2007 09:24 Profile Homepage #3
OK. They are both small scenarios, but there's no great rush to get them released. (It took me two years to make them...) As long as they make it to the next contest... So, if you have time to test them next month, it should be fine

1. New Market City.

This is a utility scenario that you can use to train single party members and whole parties, and to waste excess money between two scenarios.

(The previous utility scenario I made was A Shopping Scenario, but that may have been the first scenario I made.)

2. Desperate Moves.

Short description: Duke Kashron is desperate to protect his duchy. You must win the hearts of a goblin army to his side or find another way to expand his small army.

This scenario is more in the category of "comedy" or "parody".

The last "real" scenario I made was The Leaving. This one is not quite similar. The puzzles are hopefully not as "annoying" to some players as in The Leaving.

[ Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:12: Message edited by: *Milu* ]
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Beta Testers Wanted: 2 scenarios in Blades of Exile
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Saturday, November 24 2007 14:19 Profile Homepage #0
I'm looking for beta testers for my two scenarios.

1. New Market City (a utility scenario)

2. Desperate Moves (a "real" scenario with abt 11 towns. It's slightly puzzle-oriented.)

The beta versions should be ready in a week, if nothing catastrophic happens.

If you want to test, tell me your email address, your name (will appear in the credits) and operating system. Also mention which scenario you want to test, or both.
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
I have to wonder... in Blades of Exile
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Tuesday, November 6 2007 13:58 Profile Homepage #4
quote:
Originally written by Celtic Minstrel:

If you make your BoE scenario and it interests me, I will play it.
Likewise.

I've recently played BoE at least as much as BoA. Not much, I admit, but then there haven't been so many new scenarios for BoE recently.

[ Tuesday, November 06, 2007 14:01: Message edited by: *Milu* ]
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Original names in General
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Monday, November 5 2007 13:58 Profile Homepage #27
I have always been Milu. In real life, too (though it's not my real name).
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
How Did You Find Spiderweb? in General
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Monday, September 17 2007 06:44 Profile Homepage #29
I downloaded the first Exile games from Mac software Hyperarchive, and with them came an advertisement about the website. It was around 1997-8. I think.
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Is illegal downloading such a bad thing? in General
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Monday, July 23 2007 15:31 Profile Homepage #24
For me, piracy isn't a black-and-white issue.

I mean: Being illegal doesn't make a thing wrong automatically. The essential question for me is why a thing is illegal.

When I was small, it was completely legitimate to make copies of recordings on cassettes and share them with friends. It wasn't called "stealing", at least where I live.

If you steal a car, that's taking someone's material property. However, if you "steal" (make illegal COPIES of) software or a song, it is not exactly the same thing. The act of you making the copy doesn't cost anything to those who made the original.

Still, the way capitalism works, the maker of the song or software doesn't usually get much money from just one original piece of work. So, selling copies is needed to keep a software designer in business. That's why I consider it necessary to support software designers by buying games.

On the other hand, the same economical system strives to prevent people from sharing knowledge and resources around the world, when it could be done practically without costs to anyone.

In any case, drawing lines on where making copies is bad is not a simple thing. When it comes to copyrighted plant seeds (you can "copy" those, too!), the widening concept of "stealing" definitely goes too far, in my opinion. On the issue of piracy, my opinion is more complicated.

[ Monday, July 23, 2007 15:35: Message edited by: *Milu* ]
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
The 24 Hour Contest in Blades of Avernum
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Monday, July 23 2007 07:26 Profile Homepage #49
I'd like to submit a scenario but probably won't, unless I get a sudden inspiration.

(Then again, even if I did get an inspiration, the birth of my baby might stop the scenario-making process this week. :) )

[ Monday, July 23, 2007 07:27: Message edited by: *Milu* ]
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
OBoE Suggestion List in Blades of Exile
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Monday, July 23 2007 05:28 Profile Homepage #38
(If this wasn't known already...)

quote:

The Strength Potion cannot be made via alchemy.
This seems to depend on version. I just made a strong strength potion. (Using the original Mac version 1.0.2 of the game.)
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
The Future of Blades of Avernum in Blades of Avernum Editor
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Thursday, July 12 2007 00:17 Profile Homepage #102
The shareware barrier was exactly in the same place in BoE as it was in BoA. However, it was not a bad thing when I played BoE. I thought VoDT was good (though not excellent) but the other two scenarios were slightly disappointing (though not bad). I also thought they were too small.

Hmm. When I first played a few custom scenarios many years ago, I also thought they didn't match the quality of Vogel's scenarios. Since then, however, there have been new inventions in BoE scenario designing over time and I'd say the quality of the best scenarios has improved.

Still, if I was a new player, I couldn't say if I prefered any of them to the default scenarios, because I now have 10 years of experience of playing, and play differently from how I used to. And different designers have different styles that might require getting used to.

It would be interesting to do a research of all Blades players, not just the ones who write on the forums. Because if I design a BoE scenario and have it beta tested here and it gets rated on the Lyceum, it's naturally impossible to know how well those opinions reflect players' opinions in general.

[ Thursday, July 12, 2007 00:33: Message edited by: *Milu* ]
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Life on Europa in General
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Tuesday, July 10 2007 15:18 Profile Homepage #32
quote:
Originally written by jg.faust:

What defines life in any case - a self-replicating pattern?

I remember reading in some book (may have been Douglas Adams; I doubt it was Neal Stephenson though it sounds like his stuff) about the possibility of aliens finding our pottery and dishes (after we were gone), and concluding that these were the dominant life form. Humans were just a part of the dish reproduction cycle. I may have mangled this idea somewhat.
An interesting idea. :) Stanislaw Lem has also written some science fiction about a similar subject (= alien life, how to recognize it and human reactions to it). Solaris might be the most famous of his books (on the subject).
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Blades of Exile Source Code Released in Blades of Exile
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Tuesday, July 10 2007 14:33 Profile Homepage #70
A couple little bugs more (not very serious problems):

1. In the main menu, when I click "custom scenario" and then click "cancel", I get a strange message: "this scenario was created by BoE v2.0 or later and can't be run using this copy..."

2. When I open a save file by dragging it on top of the BoE icon, it does the same thing as clicking "load game", except that it doesn't open anything that I choose.

[ Tuesday, July 10, 2007 14:34: Message edited by: *Milu* ]
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Mac Graphics in Blades of Exile
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Tuesday, July 10 2007 14:07 Profile Homepage #7
.bmp files can be opened with Quicktime (or Preview, for example). Sometimes the picture has to be shown in its right size when you copy it.

Open Rezilla, make a new resource map (named ___.meg) and paste. If there are other resources than ones named "pict", I'd remove them.

Select the pict resource, "get info" from the menu and change ID to 1.

[ Tuesday, July 10, 2007 14:09: Message edited by: *Milu* ]
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Mac Graphics in Blades of Exile
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Sunday, July 8 2007 11:48 Profile Homepage #3
Or Rezilla.
Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00
Blades of Exile Source Code Released in Blades of Exile
*Milu*
Warrior
Member # 6096
 written Thursday, June 28 2007 01:43 Profile Homepage #67
I tried a couple of scenarios on Khoth's BoE release 4 with my iBook G4 using 10.3.9.

It seems that the font in talking dialogue box and main menu buttons is different than what it used to be. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing. Otherwise, it seems to work fine (except that I also got an extra title bar after the second splash screen).
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