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General Scenario Design Contest in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 13:19
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quote:No, no. The zone thing is just an explanation of how scenario size is counted. So if you have a scenario with 16 towns, you have to have at least 5 outdoor sections if you want to enter it into the Large Scenario category, or 1-4 outdoor sections if you want to enter it into the Small Scenario category. But if you're entering into the Newcomer category, it doesn't matter anyway. [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 13:21: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
General Scenario Design Contest in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 13:17
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Guh. UBB is being uncooperative. Apologies for the double post. [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 13:20: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
About the Tests in Avernum 4 | |
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 03:04
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No, it's not the stone circle. The second test is in a cave some distance to the north of Formello. All of the testing chambers are in caves, and they're usually blocked by a magic barrier. There are six tests in all; passing each of them gives you a clue as to the location of the next. [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 03:05: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Custom graphics - graphics prog for win in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 01:47
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quote:That quote is a joke. See, saying that you can't stand the Dutch is intolerant, but he's also just said that he can't stand intolerant people. The person being quoted is oblivious to the irony of what he's said, which makes it funny. And now I've ruined the humour by explaining it. :( -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Custom graphics - graphics prog for win in Blades of Avernum | |
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quote:That quote is a joke. See, saying that you can't stand the Dutch is intolerant, but he's also just said that he can't stand intolerant people. The person being quoted is oblivious to the irony of what he's said, which makes it funny. And now I've ruined the humour by explaining it. :( -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
The nephilim language in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 01:33
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quote:http://www.unicode.org/charts/ Tremble, mortal, before the might of Unicode. [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 01:42: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
General Problems/Issues in Avernum 4 | |
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 01:02
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As regards #2, although A4 has no character editor, it does have a Geneforge-style cheat menu. (Yes, I agree that it's inferior to a character editor. It's still better than nothing.) -------------------- 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 | |
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 00:56
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There's a worm somewhere that does that too. It's significantly more annoying, since some of the worms can use elemental attacks for relatively large amounts of damage. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 00:52
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We do read the forums, you know. Posting here is as good as asking us. Anyway, obviously Photoshop is a good choice, but it's expensive and might be overkill for making small BoA-style graphics. An ordinary paint program (preferably one that can "zoom in" to edit individual pixels) should be adequate if you just want to do minor edits to existing graphics (and it's surprising how much editing can accomplish if you're good at it). [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 00:52: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Custom graphics - graphics prog for win in Blades of Avernum | |
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We do read the forums, you know. Posting here is as good as asking us. Anyway, obviously Photoshop is a good choice, but it's expensive and might be overkill for making small BoA-style graphics. An ordinary paint program (preferably one that can "zoom in" to edit individual pixels) should be adequate if you just want to do minor edits to existing graphics (and it's surprising how much editing can accomplish if you're good at it). [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 00:52: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
I Want to Crush Your Dreams. in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 00:43
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quote:*cough* *cough* *Deacon* *gasp* *cough* *splutter* -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Geneforge 4 in General | |
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 00:39
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Age in General | |
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written Saturday, January 7 2006 15:02
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All y'all realise that the thing about Alorael being 54 years old is just a running joke, right? Well, at this point, not so much "running" as "limping". [ Saturday, January 07, 2006 15:03: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Swords or Spears? in General | |
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written Saturday, January 7 2006 15:01
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You are aware that neither of those considerations actually apply in any SW game, right? :P -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Demo restictions ineffective in Avernum 4 | |
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written Saturday, January 7 2006 14:33
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Yes; other people have reported this problem before. If nobody's done so already, someone should probably send a report to spidweb@spiderwebsoftware.com so that Jeff Vogel knows about this and can fix it for the next update. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Unique Item Locations. in Avernum 4 | |
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written Saturday, January 7 2006 13:12
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Personally, I'd rather put the Infernal Shroud on a warrior. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Uh... Mayday? (possible issue/ spoilers warnng) in Avernum 4 | |
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written Saturday, January 7 2006 13:10
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quote:Given how many other people have experienced the issue, I'd hope someone's bothered to tell him already. If you want to be sure, though, you can rattle off an email to spidweb@spiderwebsoftware.com -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Why does Jeff make all the games for Mac first? in Avernum 4 | |
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written Saturday, January 7 2006 13:05
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quote:Actually, my Linux-using friend tells me that the Windows version of Exile 3 runs better under Windows "emulation" on Linux (I shouldn't call it that, since WINE isn't really an emulator) than the native Linux version does under Linux. Apparently this is because the Linux port of E3 was really shoddily done. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
The nephilim language in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Saturday, January 7 2006 02:22
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quote:Well, since most accented non-vowels are non-ASCII characters, the first thing you need is a font that supports them. After that you should be able to use your word processor's Insert Characters option to put them in. They probably won't display properly in a post on these forums anyway, though. Sorry. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Saturday, January 7 2006 02:15
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If you'd played enough of Alcritas's BoE scenarios, you'd eventually get sick of pixies as well. :P -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum | |
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If you'd played enough of Alcritas's BoE scenarios, you'd eventually get sick of pixies as well. :P -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Firebolt in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 23:00
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There are no Bolt of Fire tomes anywhere in the game. (Or if there are, then I've missed them, and I don't think I have.) You'll have to make do with the level of Bolt of Fire you currently have. If it's any consolation, spell levels really don't make much difference in Avernum 4. [ Friday, January 06, 2006 23:01: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Why won't the control work? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 18:52
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Okay. Just to be clear, you're playing the scenario Valley of Dying Things, right? For future reference, it's good form to tell us what scenario you're playing, so that we at least know what we're trying to help you with. Are you in the control room in the Major Waste Repository? If so, then before you can do anything there, first you have to go to another control room at the very bottom of the school and turn the power on. Enter the Lower School and keep heading down. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Age in General | |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 18:32
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quote:Why on earth would one not just make it unambiguous by making it 20-21 and 22-23? If someone who's 22 isn't supposed to pick 20-22, then why call it 20-22 instead of 20-21? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Party Useful Skills? in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 18:28
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quote:Having used both an archer and a thrower throughout the entire game, I really can't support this claim. I just ran through the final battle again as a test -- my archer with the Ebony Bow generally did 15-25 damage to Rentar, while my thrower with Fine Razordisks did 20-30. My archer had 6 Dex, 18 Bows and 13 Sharpshooter, while my thrower had 6 Dex, 15 Thrown and 10 Sharpshooter -- in other words, my thrower managed to do consistently higher damage despite significantly lower skills. I'd say that's pretty convincing. quote:True enough. My mage got the Shockwave Bow once I found it so that he'd have something to do when he wanted to conserve spell points, and eventually I even gave him a few points in Bows so that he could finally hit the broad side of a barn. And of course, if you have nothing better to do with it, Eliavri's Bow is worth putting on a fighter just for the +2 Quick Action. [ Friday, January 06, 2006 18:29: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |