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What will scripts actually look like? in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
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As per the script contest, we've had a code contest for BoE, so it's a possibility.

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The Louvre Q&A in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #43
quote:
Originally posted by Kennedy:
As for the graphics themselves, I'd suggest using JPG instead of GIF files. GIF files only support 256 colors where as Avernum uses true colors. Therefore converting the graphics from BMP to GIF can cause some loss of detail, using JPG images instead would prevent this.
Actually, JPG images are bad for this type of graphic, and they are easily distorted. If the background becomes off-white, which it tends to do, the entire graphic is thrown off. PNGs are the best, but they're big, and I don't thing Brett likes them.

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Some ideas Jeff will never look at.... in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
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Profile Homepage #29
How's Pygmalion coming along, Djur?

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Some ideas Jeff will never look at.... in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #22
quote:
Originally posted by M. Boeh:
quote:
Originally posted by LupusFlame:
.... Fortunatly in BoA things'll be a bit easier.
Last time I checked, Stuff Done Flags were present in Geneforge/Blades of Avernum scripting in full force.

But Jeff has said that we'll get honest-to-goodness variables in BoA.

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Problem with setup in Tech Support
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #2
How many colors can you display, and what size is your monitor?

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Some ideas Jeff will never look at.... in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
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A goes up to 300, B goes up to 10.

I don't see what's so hard about them. A,B is one SDF. Each can have a numeral value. They start at 0. You can set and check the value.

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Drakefyre in General
Triad Mage
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And the whole "30 Minutes" and "10 Minutes" and "5 Minutes".

*sigh*

Good times, good times.

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seeing Blade's overpowered weapon and armour... in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
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The scripts are not that difficult. Again, we haven't seen a script that would be used in place of nodes yet.

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Items question in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #1
Aren't there regenerating arrows in Avernum? If not, though, than I doubt they'll be in BoA. However, I suppose you could use scripts to put another arrow in your inventory each time you fire the bow.

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Will there be dialogue pics? in Blades of Avernum
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Most recently, however, he's said no.

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seeing Blade's overpowered weapon and armour... in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
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Alorael, you should definitely be able to have the SP draining with scripts.

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Demo problem in Tech Support
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #1
A demo barrier?

If it's what I think it is, it won't be there in the final version.

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Drakefyre in General
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #12
quote:
Originally posted by PBR:
What's a probentai?
It's a parody of the Vahnatai.

And he wants me to post the 32 posts that I have archived. However, they're printed out and not on my computer, so I'd have to type them back up.

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seeing Blade's overpowered weapon and armour... in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #3
I might like to see a powerful bow that might curse you when you use it, or even take away some of your HP.

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One feature I'm really excited about in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #1
This will really help low-level spellcasters be able to hurt the party rather than repetitive castings of Minor Haste while it watches itself die.

I can see this adding a whole new dimension to tactics, for both designers and players, if it really works.

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Drakefyre in General
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #3
*sigh*

I'll work on it. I have it around somewhere.

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Around the place in however long it takes! in General
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #508
*sigh*

GS, make your character reasonable or get out of this RP.

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Some ideas Jeff will never look at.... in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #11
And there were plenty of multi-form bosses in BoE, and it was done without much trouble. Try something before you say it's too hard.

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Some ideas Jeff will never look at.... in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #6
Making the monster immobile is the way to go, and the party won't notice it if it's a spellcaster and it has guards that go out to engage the party. And you could always use a teleportation burst to make it look like s/he teleported away.

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NPC joining abiltie in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #7
Ask this question on the Blades of Exile forum.

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Some ideas Jeff will never look at.... in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #2
quote:
Originally posted by Lone Flame:
4) The ability to have a monster replace a freshly slain monster and be it in the same spot the now dead monster was in.
This was possible in BoE and will be in BoA too.

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NPC joining abiltie in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #5
BoE NPCs are incredibly simple if you understand the concepts.

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NPC joining abiltie in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #1
This is possible. See many BoE scenarios, notably Falling Stars or Quintessence.

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How about the ability to rob shop keepers? in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #4
Actually, I'm sure that an astute designer could easily fit that into dialogue options:

1 - "What merchandise do you have here?"
2 - "Is it hard work?"
3 - (attempt to rob shopkeeper)

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A Graphics Experiment in Blades of Avernum
Triad Mage
Member # 7
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I don't know, I like the original Erika with the dragon at her feet better.

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