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My thoughts on hex editing and keygens... in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 23:57 Profile Homepage #1
Rules are rules, I'm afraid. If it's any consolation, Spiderweb has always been very good about giving out replacement registration codes promptly and graciously.

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limewire pro should i get it or not in General
Thuryl
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 written Monday, August 15 2005 21:30 Profile Homepage #10
Please don't revive three-day-old topics, especially not to tell people to do things they shouldn't.

While I must confess that I find the idea of using the free version of a filesharing client to pirate its own paid version amusing in an ironic sort of way, this topic seems to have run out of steam, it's not really on-topic for the forums, some people are getting really close to discussion of illegal activities, and besides, I've been looking for a reason to use my new topic-locking gimmick.

So...

In the name of Sun Myung Moon, I'll punish you!

IMAGE(http://thuryl.desperance.net/sailormoon.jpg)

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Avernum question in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl
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 written Monday, August 15 2005 16:54 Profile Homepage #26
Divinely Touched increases your Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence by 1 point at level 1 plus 1 point every 8th level after that. It also gives you three special abilities, usable once per day. The most significant of these abilities is Divine Aid, which is a kind of super haste and bless (doubles your AP and greatly reduces the damage you take from enemy attacks).

[ Monday, August 15, 2005 16:55: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Mad Ambition problem in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 16:23 Profile Homepage #6
I've spoken to the scenario designer. He has no idea what's going on and nobody else has reported a similar problem. All I can suggest is that you make sure that no other applications are running at the same time as BoA, to reduce the possibility of memory issues.

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Mad Ambition problem in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 15:26 Profile Homepage #4
Hmm. Looking at the script, I'm guessing that for whatever reason your copy of BoA is violently objecting to the force_view_center(47,47) call. Open up t2Exit.txt in the scenario folder, look for both lines in the script that read

force_view_center(47,47);

and delete them. Alternatively, try changing them to force_view_center(30,30); or another black space within the town boundaries.

[ Monday, August 15, 2005 15:29: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Avernum question in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 15:05 Profile Homepage #23
NPCs are generally worthwhile only if they're at a significantly higher level than you are when you pick them up, and then only in Avernum 3. Avernum 1 and 2 have quirks in their experience system that can cause your other characters' experience gains to suffer if you pick up a high-level NPC.

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Mad Ambition problem in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 14:53 Profile Homepage #1
If you haven't done so already, download the latest version of the scenario from here:

http://tm.desperance.net/MadAmbition.html

Not sure if this will help, since I haven't heard anyone report that particular error at that particular place before, but it's worth a try. If that doesn't fix the problem, reply and we'll have a go at tracking down what exactly is wrong.

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If you could meet one person off this board.. in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 04:16 Profile Homepage #83
quote:
Originally written by Medicine Man:

Who wants to play the quote within a quote game? :P
Please don't.

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THE ABOMINABLE PHOTO THREAD: THE THIRD COMING! in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 04:15 Profile Homepage #224
I've completely lost the ability to tell whether people are being sarcastic.

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If you could invite 4 people to a dinner in any form... in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 03:18 Profile Homepage #95
This is a line of conversation that we probably don't need to follow any further.

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What's your most embarassing moment? in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 00:22 Profile Homepage #38
Hope they gave you a share of the prize money when that tape was screened on Australia's Funniest Home Videos.

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best class for first timer in Geneforge Series
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 00:20 Profile Homepage #1
The Shaper is probably the easiest class; battles can sometimes take longer than with an Agent, but if you let your creations do all the fighting for you there's much less risk of dying. It's also the one that's most characteristically Geneforge-ish; the Guardian and Agent are pretty standard fighter and mage characters.

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best class for first timer in Geneforge
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 00:20 Profile Homepage #1
The Shaper is probably the easiest class; battles can sometimes take longer than with an Agent, but if you let your creations do all the fighting for you there's much less risk of dying. It's also the one that's most characteristically Geneforge-ish; the Guardian and Agent are pretty standard fighter and mage characters.

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New Serious Help!!!!! in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, August 15 2005 00:03 Profile Homepage #3
quote:
Originally written by Yeek Elite:

—Alorael, who can't remember what the obelisk says. Something in all caps and probably mocking, if he remembers correctly.
"HA HA HA", unless I'm mistaken.

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Simulacrum is bullsh!t!!!!!!!!! in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 02:36 Profile Homepage #4
Basilisks are a good choice as well, if you can find one.

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Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 01:29 Profile Homepage #209
If the regular editor is giving you trouble, try the 3D editor. It may or may not solve your problem, but it's better anyway.

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Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 01:29 Profile Homepage #209
If the regular editor is giving you trouble, try the 3D editor. It may or may not solve your problem, but it's better anyway.

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Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Za-khazi run help!! in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 01:23 Profile Homepage #3
The secret passage you want is in the lava bridge town itself.

There's no way to help the unicorns without fighting giants; lots and lots of giants. Personally I didn't find them very difficult, but everyone else seems to have trouble with them. A hint: before outdoor combats, you can drink haste potions to go into battle hasted, which is enormously helpful. If anyone in your party has the Divine Aid ability, you can activate that before combat as well.

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Avernum question in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 01:12 Profile Homepage #5
By the way, consider trying some of Spiderweb Software's other games, such as Nethergate, Blades of Exile and Blades of Avernum. Nethergate is very different from anything else SW has made, with a historical setting and a quirky statistic system that you'll either love or hate. Blades of Exile and Blades of Avernum are campaign editors based on the Exile and Avernum engines; there are many excellent third-party scenarios available for Blades of Exile, and a few already available for Blades of Avernum.

Better still, you can get Nethergate, Blades of Exile or both for only $15 each with the purchase of any other game. And if you've bought Blades of Exile, you can get a $10 discount on Blades of Avernum.

[ Sunday, August 14, 2005 01:14: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Za-khazi run help!! in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 01:05 Profile Homepage #1
quote:
Originally written by Marvin, the paranoid android:

I was at the dragon who wants the stones, but I reall don't know weher i should LOOK for that stones!
Don't bother with that quest. It wastes a lot of your time and the reward isn't worth it.

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i went on to some gate, past the unicorn thing, and went into some narrow caves, at that gate and wall where the wisps float around. Eventually I came at some strange broken bridge, but I don't know how to repair it!
If this is the bridge over the lava in the Dark Maze, search for secret passages. You could bypass this area if you'd helped the unicorns, but you haven't.

[ Sunday, August 14, 2005 01:06: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Sixus in Exile II in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 00:58 Profile Homepage #13
Personally, I don't think it's necessary to let ANY character get encumbered severely enough to start losing action points. I keep my fighters at 2 encumbrance and my mages at 1 encumbrance at all times. If you bless your party enough times, physical attacks should almost never hit them anyway.

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Simulacrum is bullsh!t!!!!!!!!! in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 00:57 Profile Homepage #2
Firstly, calm down.

Secondly, your observation is true of any summoning spell. If a summoned monster kills something, you don't get any significant amount of experience for it. Summoning is generally more useful for defending yourself than for attacking opponents anyway, although Simulacrum is something of an exception to this.

Thirdly, by the later parts of the game (experience level 20 onwards) you don't really benefit a huge amount from gaining further levels anyway. You start to get fewer skill points per level, you can get skill points by buying Knowledge Brews, and there are fewer useful things left to spend your skill points on.

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Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 00:51 Profile Homepage #207
Okay, I've tested your scenario and replied to your email. Try as I might, I can't reproduce your problem in any way, shape or form. Everything seems to work as intended for me.

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Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 00:51 Profile Homepage #207
Okay, I've tested your scenario and replied to your email. Try as I might, I can't reproduce your problem in any way, shape or form. Everything seems to work as intended for me.

[ Sunday, August 14, 2005 00:53: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Avernum question in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 00:20 Profile Homepage #1
quote:
Originally written by Espionage:

The Avernum trilogy interests me greatly, what are the real differences between Avernum and Exile?
Virtually identical plot (with the exception of a single side dungeon that's in Avernum 1 but absent from Exile 1), significantly different gameplay, fancy isometric graphics. Play one or two demos of the Avernum games and see how you like the engine.

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and is there a pack where you can Avernum 1 2 and 3 togeather? and if so how much is the discount?
Just like the order form says, you can get the entire Avernum trilogy on CD for $55, saving yourself a total of $20 compared to buying all three games separately.

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