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Registered	Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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Help! I think I broke my game! in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 10 2005 04:14 Profile Homepage #2 Leaving town via the character editor occasionally has unfortunate side effects. Sadly, it seems that you've run into one of them. Pity, really; you could have just done without the Thought Crystal. I do wish I could bring you better news. It might be possible to salvage the situation using, uh, nefarious means which we're not really supposed to talk about on these forums. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
whats this?! in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 10 2005 00:42 Profile Homepage #23 Linux is famous for having versions for almost any hardware, including Intel, PowerPC, palmtop computers, and even toasters. (Okay, maybe not toasters.) You won't need to buy a new computer to run Linux. There's nothing preventing you from having Windows and Linux on the same computer at the same time, either. It does take a fair bit of technical knowledge, though. (Knowledge which I don't have, so don't ask for my help on how exactly to do it. :P ) [ Saturday, December 10, 2005 00:43: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Short Political Quiz in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 9 2005 19:17 Profile Homepage #10 One could make the case that if national security relies so heavily on keeping secrets, the nation isn't very secure anyway, because secrets have a tendency of getting out in time regardless of any efforts to the contrary. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Questoins Questoins in Nethergate
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 9 2005 17:27 Profile Homepage #24 Eh, close enough. They're both smallish nations in the middle of the ocean. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Short Political Quiz in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 9 2005 17:24 Profile Homepage #3 #2: a duty for whom? Obviously a society isn't going to function if everyone (or even every able-bodied young adult) suddenly pulls up sticks and joins the army, so it can't be a duty for everybody. #3 is pretty vague. Pretty much everyone thinks rape should be illegal, so I assume the scope of the question is meant to be restricted to consensual acts? (Of course, then you get to the curly question of what constitutes consent, especially when animals are involved.) Okay, I'm done nitpicking for now. [ Friday, December 09, 2005 17:25: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I'm recycling this thread. Again. in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 9 2005 14:50 Profile Homepage #13 We've had the discussion about lossless JPEG before. The JPEG 2000 standard (which supports lossless compression) isn't well-supported, and regular JPEG at 100% quality isn't lossless. Just say no to JPEG. GIF is hardly better, though, especially if your image editor spontaneously decides to use dithering to turn a perfectly good white background into a mess of white and pale grey. PNG is the way of the future. [ Friday, December 09, 2005 14:54: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I'm recycling this thread. Again. in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 9 2005 14:50 Profile Homepage #13 We've had the discussion about lossless JPEG before. The JPEG 2000 standard (which supports lossless compression) isn't well-supported, and regular JPEG at 100% quality isn't lossless. Just say no to JPEG. GIF is hardly better, though, especially if your image editor spontaneously decides to use dithering to turn a perfectly good white background into a mess of white and pale grey. PNG is the way of the future. [ Friday, December 09, 2005 14:54: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Questoins Questoins in Nethergate
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 9 2005 14:34 Profile Homepage #22 quote: Originally written by Slith Lord: quote: Originally written by Jame2: I vote "no." Unless everyone else votes yes, in which case I'm voting "Urquhart." What does that mean? :confused: I never heard or read this word anywhere!!? Urquhart is a surname. It's probably Dutch or something. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Questoins Questoins in Nethergate
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, December 8 2005 15:38 Profile Homepage #17 quote: Originally written by Student of Trinity: Extremism in the pursuit of moderation is no vice. Ow. Bad pun. >_< -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
whats this?! in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, December 8 2005 15:37 Profile Homepage #13 There are Mac emulators, but I'm not aware of any which Avernum 4 would run decently on. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Mean Me. in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 22:54 Profile Homepage #5 I steal, but I don't murder. I managed to rob every friendly dragon in Exile I and II without killing any of them (mostly by running away a lot). -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Movie Trivia Challenge: ROUND VI in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 18:20 Profile Homepage #62 Drakey didn't. Stareye did. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
blades of avernum in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 17:54 Profile Homepage #4 Your scenarios folder is in the same folder as the Blades of Avernum application. On a Mac, it should be called "Blades of Avernum Scenarios". I don't know what it's called on Windows, but it'll have "scen" or "scenario" in its name. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
blades of avernum in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 16:35 Profile Homepage #2 To play a custom scenario, just download it, then put the entire folder containing the scenario inside your Blades of Avernum Scenarios folder. Then, open up Blades of Avernum, load a party, click Enter Scenario, select the scenario you want to play, and you're all set. By the way, before you play, open up the folder containing the scenario you're playing and check to see if there's any kind of readme file inside (it'll be called "Read Me", "readme.txt", or some variation thereof.) Most scenarios have one, and most scenario authors get annoyed if you don't read it and then go to the forums asking questions that are answered in the readme. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
The Old Exiles in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 16:29 Profile Homepage #15 Registration information for Exile 1 is contained in the misc.dat file. If you transfer it without the misc.dat file included, you don't transfer the registration status of the game, so the receiver has to put his old misc.dat file in the folder to make it registered. I'm not giving away any big secrets by saying this, by the way. It's all in the documentation. [ Wednesday, December 07, 2005 16:29: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
A New Revelation, Hardly Worth Mentioning in Richard White Games
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 16:26 Profile Homepage #20 Desperance is an actual word, by the way. It's apparently an archaic synonym for despair. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Problem in Blades of Exile
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 16:26 Profile Homepage #14 Actually, the list of things that don't work properly in BoE is at least twice as long, but still. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I'm recycling this thread. Again. in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 16:23 Profile Homepage #7 I'm still wondering why you would ever have occasion to put anything other than a break; after a set_state call, thus making it a moot point. :P [ Wednesday, December 07, 2005 16:24: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I'm recycling this thread. Again. in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 16:23 Profile Homepage #7 I'm still wondering why you would ever have occasion to put anything other than a break; after a set_state call, thus making it a moot point. :P [ Wednesday, December 07, 2005 16:24: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
A Newbie Question in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 16:20 Profile Homepage #9 RoR wasn't one of them, actually. The only thing that ended up being ported was the outdoors; everything else had to be pretty much completely remade. :P The only true ports have been VoDT, ASR, ZKR and 9VOPB, and even those have been modified a fair bit. [ Wednesday, December 07, 2005 16:21: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Farewell, pale imitation! in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 16:18 Profile Homepage #8 It was better from versions 1 to 4, before it started making too many ludicrous "improvements". The implementation of 3D dungeons was the point at which it all started to go downhill, I think. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Important People in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 16:07 Profile Homepage #20 quote: Originally written by Aliorhael: Your statement has two possible meanings, both of which have interesting implications. 1. Osama bin Laden is the only one you don't know personally. This means you do know the others personally. Including Jesus. 2. You don't know who Osama bin Laden is, and therefore may be located under a rock, or at least isolated from all major news sources including the internet. Actually, I'm pretty sure he was just mocking the misspelling of bin Laden's name in the poll. I mean, it's Arabic so there's a bit of laxity allowed in the transliteration -- "bin Laden" or "bin Ladin" are okay, but "ben Ladden" is a bit beyond the pale. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Which Russian composer... in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 05:31 Profile Homepage #16 quote: Originally written by Thralni, chicken god prophet: You guys mentioned a lot of Russian composers, of which i all don't really like. Most of them have one piece i like, but in general i don't like their work. I thought it was a Which Russian Composer Do You Like poll, not a Which Russian Composer Does Thralni Like poll. :P -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
A Little Girl (Edit) in Blades of Exile
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 05:09 Profile Homepage #8 quote: Originally written by Silent Motion: Kasumetoru Sai = Stolen Weapon? Stealing Rhinoceros, supposedly. Long story. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I'm recycling this thread. Again. in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, December 7 2005 03:27 Profile Homepage #5 Yeah; the documentation is really misleading about what the difference actually is between set_state and set_state_continue. As far as I'm aware, set_state_continue working regardless of the state it's called in is correct behaviour. I'm not actually sure when you'd ever need or want to use set_state instead of set_state_continue. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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