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Kill-undead job. in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 12:52 Profile Homepage #4 Yes, you have to unlock the door. Start putting points in Tool Use. You'll need 15 Tool Use by the time you get to Formello anyway. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Two Quests. in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 12:37 Profile Homepage #4 So you didn't find the information about the traitor either? You need to go back into the lair and explore more thoroughly. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
intro pictures in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 12:20 Profile Homepage #1 quote: Originally written by iluvhorses: Ok, I'm slightly confused and I'm just starting LOL. I've been reading up on how to put in pictures for the intro text and I have a couple of questions. 1. What are sheets?? If you're on Windows, a sheet is an individual graphics file. For example, if inside a scenario folder you see a file with a name like G500.bmp, that's a sheet. If you're on Mac OS, a sheet is an individual resource number within the scenario's .cmg file. quote: 2. How do I find out if a picture I want to use is at 72 dpi and if it's 8 or 16 bit? I've been trying but can't find any such info on the picture. Most images designed to be displayed on a computer screen are at 72 dpi. 8 bit means 256 colours; 16 bit means thousands of colours. (A good graphic editing program should be able to tell you the colour depth of an image.) -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
intro pictures in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 12:20 Profile Homepage #1 quote: Originally written by iluvhorses: Ok, I'm slightly confused and I'm just starting LOL. I've been reading up on how to put in pictures for the intro text and I have a couple of questions. 1. What are sheets?? If you're on Windows, a sheet is an individual graphics file. For example, if inside a scenario folder you see a file with a name like G500.bmp, that's a sheet. If you're on Mac OS, a sheet is an individual resource number within the scenario's .cmg file. quote: 2. How do I find out if a picture I want to use is at 72 dpi and if it's 8 or 16 bit? I've been trying but can't find any such info on the picture. Most images designed to be displayed on a computer screen are at 72 dpi. 8 bit means 256 colours; 16 bit means thousands of colours. (A good graphic editing program should be able to tell you the colour depth of an image.) -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Undead Topics Need Loving Too (aka "Give Me Your First-Born") in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 12:07 Profile Homepage #850 quote: Is that sauerkraut you are speaking of? No. A "kraut" is an offensive term for a German. Aran is a German. Therefore, TM is trying to offend Aran. TM, don't try to offend Aran. [ Monday, January 09, 2006 12:08: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Swords or Spears? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 12:04 Profile Homepage #54 quote: Originally written by Ezrah, Kitty of Wonder ^.^: [you'll do insane damage with 20 dex, thats 10-50 extra damage with a crude crossbow] Actually, it's only 5-25 extra damage. Remember, the damage of missile attacks only increases once for every two levels of dexterity you get. And when it's easy enough to get a 95% hit rate against most enemies with only the appropriate weapon skill (which it is, especially if you're blessed), why invest in Dexterity at all? [ Monday, January 09, 2006 12:06: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Pied Piper Project 3: Revenge of the Boards in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 11:56 Profile Homepage #2 Last time someone did that, the server mistook it for a DoS attack and automatically IP-banned him for an hour. [ Monday, January 09, 2006 12:00: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 04:08 Profile Homepage #20 quote: Originally written by genexile: Completely unpredictable? We could be a golem. THAT's unpredictable. If that happens, you'll have predicted it. Ergo, it's no longer unpredictable. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Geneforge 3 - Save game Xfer? in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 04:07 Profile Homepage #1 I don't think that save files on Mac and Windows are interchangeable. Sorry. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Curious about something.... in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 04:05 Profile Homepage #4 While the topic's been revived, I suppose I may as well mention that A4 seems to imply that Walner is gay. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Poor Man's Starbound? in Richard White Games
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 04:04 Profile Homepage #66 "Oldest" and "longest-lived" are not synonymous. Age is measured by the date of the first post; lifespan is measured by the time elapsed between the first post and the most recent post. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Poor Man's Starbound? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 04:04 Profile Homepage #66 "Oldest" and "longest-lived" are not synonymous. Age is measured by the date of the first post; lifespan is measured by the time elapsed between the first post and the most recent post. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Oh no you don't. There is no disadvantage when soloing. in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 04:03 Profile Homepage #3 You know, if you create a second character, even if it's just temporarily and for the extra Vahnatai Lore skill, you're not technically playing a singleton any more. :P [ Monday, January 09, 2006 04:03: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
To keep or not to keep. in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 04:01 Profile Homepage #22 There are a few places where you can buy herbs, but not many. You can find them here and there in caves and caches. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Nimble Fingers in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 04:00 Profile Homepage #9 Well, you still have to give someone Tool Use if you want to be able to disarm traps, since Unlock Doors doesn't work on those. If you also make the person you're giving Tool Use to into a full-time mage, he can unlock doors without needing a ridiculously high investment in Tool Use. And mage spells are handy for other things as well. [ Monday, January 09, 2006 04:01: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Kill-undead job. in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 03:57 Profile Homepage #2 Yes, he's in a cave that's reachable from the south of the goblin caves. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Blademaster & Sharpshooter in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, January 9 2006 03:53 Profile Homepage #1 Are you sure all the points in those skills are actually points that you've gained by spending skill points or buying training, and not bonuses from items or traits? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
FIne Slith Spear, not so fine? in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, January 8 2006 20:26 Profile Homepage #15 I did put a Warrior's Cloak on my mage for a while, until I found the Symbiotic Cloak. I ended up with an Archer's Cloak on one archer/priest, a Deadeye Cloak on the other archer/priest, and a Symbiotic Cloak on my mage. (My mage also had a Bonding Knife and Quicksilver Sandals, and never put a single point into Strength or Dexterity, so at the end of the game his Str and Dex were both 0. His strength would have been -2 if it were possible for stats to go into negatives. Fortunately, it isn't, as his equipment weighed a total of almost exactly 50 pounds, which was the most he could carry without encumbrance.) [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 20:27: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Spring cleaning the forums for the New Year. in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, January 8 2006 20:13 Profile Homepage #19 quote: Originally written by Icshi: 1. When people preserve topics that are set to be deleted, where do these copies go? Are they available online anywhere? Various places. Some are available online. Some aren't. quote: 2. Is it really necessary to just sweep away everything before a certain date? Couldn't select topics be deleted — such as those that are spammy, ephemeral, or those that repeat the contents of other topics — but leaving those that are old but still useful? That would require a great deal of effort on the part of one or more administrators, who are all fairly busy people. You can try to convince them to spend several hours of their free time selectively pruning the forums if you want, I suppose, but I don't like your chances. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
General Enquiry in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, January 8 2006 15:20 Profile Homepage #1 You'll find there are quite a few players from Australia and New Zealand here. Anyway, in answer to your question, Avernum 4's manual includes a summary of most of what you need to know about the Avernum, so if you like A4's gameplay best then you won't miss too much plot by playing that first. On the other hand, some people prefer other Avernum games over A4, so decide which demo you like best before buying one. Blades of Avernum doesn't really relate to the broader plot of the Avernum series: the real attraction of it is the ability to make your own scenarios and play ones that others have made. Mind you, that's a big attraction, and BoA is well and truly worth getting for that alone. In fact, Blades of Exile has even more scenarios available (over 300), so that's also worth looking at. [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 15:23: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Nimble Fingers in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, January 8 2006 14:51 Profile Homepage #5 You know, there comes a point where it's more efficient to just give your thief some Mage Spells skill so he can cast Unlock Doors. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Avernum:4 vs Blades Of Avernum which is the best? in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, January 8 2006 14:09 Profile Homepage #61 quote: Originally written by Mivayan: Aaaaah! A doomguard! Lets everyone attack it and throw spells and arrows and summons! Lets see... one doomguard with 150 hp. Silly little summoned lizard does 1 damage. Now - TWO doomguards with 149 hp. At least that's what I remembered from exile. Not sure hp worked like that after dividing. It did. quote: How does dividing work in A4? Some monsters, when killed, automatically "summon" one or more weaker monsters. Occasionally these weaker monsters themselves create new monsters when killed, and so on. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Nimble Fingers in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, January 8 2006 14:05 Profile Homepage #3 Yep. For game balance reasons, you're limited to 2 traits. In the Exile series, this wasn't the case, and everyone tended to load their party up with all of the useful advantages and tolerable disadvantages. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
To keep or not to keep. in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, January 8 2006 13:47 Profile Homepage #19 quote: Originally written by Opalias: Which herbs are used for the skill potions? All five: Healing, Energetic, Spiritual, Graymold and Mandrake. One dose of each per skill potion. Energetic Herbs and Mandrake are generally the rarest, so if you have more of the other types than you do of those, you can sell a few extras. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
dispel barrier please!!!! in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, January 8 2006 13:43 Profile Homepage #5 Actually, Prismatic Shield won't help against dazing, since it doesn't provide mental shielding. (It's worth using anyway, though, since the demon can also freeze you.) Honestly, though, I had no real difficulty with that fight. It helped that my fighter had 10 Parry by that point, so I could just park him directly in front of the demon, having him draw the attacks from the demon and all its summoned monsters while taking virtually no damage from any of them. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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