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Monster/Puzzle/Item Thread in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Friday, March 18 2005 11:55 Profile Homepage #62
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

Um, if we're talking about scripted effects, those bits are not only possible, but in fact trivial. The only problem is that Sanctuary doesn't exist in BoA.

I mean, you might in theory be able to pull off some sort of strange effect with creature scripts, but that would be difficult.
Sir, you are drunk. Sanctuary is status type 14.

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The Universe in General
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 written Friday, March 18 2005 11:51 Profile Homepage #22
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You're contradicting yourself, I believe.

Gravity bends space, which indicates that there must have been space when this singularity was born.
But if a point's gravity bends space infinitely, then all of space, as far as that point is concerned, is shrunk down to a volume of zero -- and since the concept of space includes volume, this means there's no space.

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Since the matter of this singularity could not move, it could, logically, not explode.
Pretty much. Applying the laws of physics to singularities frequently leads to results that don't make much sense.

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Do all sorts of energy have gravity? Since matter equals energy, I suspect so.
Good question. I'm no physicist so I'll leave it to someone who is.

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The Universe in General
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 written Friday, March 18 2005 04:11 Profile Homepage #20
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Could you give an example of those physical models.
The universe began from a singularity. A singularity is a point of infinite density; therefore, gravity at that point is infinite. Gravity is the curvature of spacetime, so at a singularity, space curves in on itself to zero size and time does not pass. Now remember, our observable universe started with a singularity; if you "rewind" it to the moment of its beginning, at that point space and time curl in on themselves and cease to have any meaning.

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whats wrong with my script? in Blades of Avernum Editor
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 written Thursday, March 17 2005 23:51 Profile Homepage #3
Also, there are several illegal values there. Monster levels can't be higher than 100, and I'm pretty sure total monster HP (base+bonus) can't be higher than 32767. And since the maximum damage from an attack is 32767, and any value higher than that will wrap around and probably count as 0 damage, you should rejig Strength and melee attacks as well.

Since it looks as if it's the kind of monster that the party is really Not Supposed To Fight, why not just give it 100% resistance to all damage and give it a creature script that kills the party if it's ever hostile?

[ Thursday, March 17, 2005 23:55: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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whats wrong with my script? in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Thursday, March 17 2005 23:51 Profile Homepage #3
Also, there are several illegal values there. Monster levels can't be higher than 100, and I'm pretty sure total monster HP (base+bonus) can't be higher than 32767. And since the maximum damage from an attack is 32767, and any value higher than that will wrap around and probably count as 0 damage, you should rejig Strength and melee attacks as well.

Since it looks as if it's the kind of monster that the party is really Not Supposed To Fight, why not just give it 100% resistance to all damage and give it a creature script that kills the party if it's ever hostile?

[ Thursday, March 17, 2005 23:55: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Perfect Forest Help in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, March 17 2005 23:40 Profile Homepage #1
Redirect the southern beam at the teleporter's power source using the mirrors. This shouldn't be all that difficult.

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RPGs in General
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 written Thursday, March 17 2005 23:36 Profile Homepage #37
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Originally written by Kelandon:

Basic D&D has been dead for longer than I've been alive, so I have to say that AD&D is D&D for all intents and purposes.
The AD&D/D&D distinction was dropped completely in 3rd Edition anyway, wasn't it?

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Geneforge 3 Questions in General
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 written Thursday, March 17 2005 23:30 Profile Homepage #47
People who work in the sex industry are, by and large, paid to do things they'd mostly rather not do if money weren't involved. This isn't so different from most forms of paid employment. It's not glamorous, but it doesn't have to be seen as degrading either (at least, no more so than plenty of other jobs that can be unpleasant or even disgusting at times). There is, however, no excuse for it to be less safe than it can be -- and an unregulated sex industry is dangerous both for prostitutes and for their clients.

(Since I'm in a mood for stating the obvious, I'd just like to say that this thread has gone amazingly off-topic, even by the standards of these forums.)

[ Thursday, March 17, 2005 23:32: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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The Universe in General
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 written Thursday, March 17 2005 23:22 Profile Homepage #14
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Originally written by Mind:

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Hawking is a logical positivist; he doesn't believe in multiple universes, because they're not observable. The Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics agrees with him, stating essentially that there's only one universe but some things in it are in an indeterminate state until observed.
Accommodating to a book about his theories I read, he does believe that there are multiple universes.
Multiple "universes" in the sense of other 4-dimensional outfoldings of spacetime are not the same as multiple universes in the sense of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

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I also disbelieve that, before the birth of matter, there was no space.
Current physical models require that to be true in order to make sense, and since nobody was around then in any case, I don't see that it should bother you so much whether there was or not.

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The Universe in General
Thuryl
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 written Thursday, March 17 2005 12:03 Profile Homepage #3
quote:
Originally written by Mind:

Does anyone else question the truth of the theories of Stephen Hawking?

He claimed that there is no space outside the universe, which contradicts that there are multiple universes; If there is no space outside the universe, the universes should, obviously, be connected. It sounds paradoxal to me.
Hawking is a logical positivist; he doesn't believe in multiple universes, because they're not observable. The Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics agrees with him, stating essentially that there's only one universe but some things in it are in an indeterminate state until observed.

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It also seems illogical to me that black holes, despite their unimaginable gravity, could explode, although not even light, with its incredible speed of 300.000 kilometres per second, can escape it.

Does Stephen Hawking have any proof for his claims?
Does a mathematical proof count? The energy radiating from a black hole is too weak to be observable, so it's only predicted. (By the way, what black holes do isn't so much emitting particles as absorbing virtual particles with negative mass; maybe this is conceptually less difficult to swallow.)

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 written Thursday, March 17 2005 11:59 Profile Homepage #40
Yes; this became obvious after the other 3 people who replied apparently had no difficulty figuring out who you were referring to. I'll endeavour to post only whilst more lucid in future.

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In Machinery - 3rd laser puzzle in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, March 17 2005 11:57 Profile Homepage #1
Redirect the other beam at the projector to blow it up.

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Summoning in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl
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 written Thursday, March 17 2005 11:50 Profile Homepage #5
Dahak -- are you saying this is a bug in corescendata? Because it happens in the prepackaged scenarios too. I believe it happens when they're summoned with an item, but not when they're summoned with a spell, which suggests an engine bug.

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Summoning in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Thursday, March 17 2005 11:50 Profile Homepage #5
Dahak -- are you saying this is a bug in corescendata? Because it happens in the prepackaged scenarios too. I believe it happens when they're summoned with an item, but not when they're summoned with a spell, which suggests an engine bug.

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 written Wednesday, March 16 2005 22:32 Profile Homepage #27
Ordinarily I'd let it slide, but when the issue at hand is about the relations between the sexes, acknowledging that both sexes generally face much the same issues is probably worthwhile.

Also, who's "the guy"? If you mean s.t, s.t's female.

If you mean Solanas, she's female too, and considering she shot Andy Warhol she must have been at least a little serious.

[ Wednesday, March 16, 2005 22:34: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Thuryl
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 written Wednesday, March 16 2005 22:12 Profile Homepage #25
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Because he won't get any?
Because he had bad experiences?
Because he had too much of it?
I have to take issue with your use of the male pronoun. Not everyone who hates sex is male -- look at Valerie Solanas.

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Buggy Dialog in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl
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 written Wednesday, March 16 2005 10:48 Profile Homepage #4
If I were you I'd just use braces with absolutely every conditional to make sure. No harm in it.

Anyway, the reason I suggested that as the possible problem is that Bahssikava's Guardpost used to have the same bug in beta, and looking at the two dialogue scripts the only difference I see now is that one uses "else" statements and the other doesn't.

In fact, try rephrasing your dialogue script without "else" and see if that helps. So:

code =
if (species_in_party(2) == 0)
remove_string(2);
if (species_in_party(2) != 0)
remove_string(1);

EDIT: I do notice that another difference is that Kelandon puts a carriage return after "code =" and you don't. No idea if this has relevance.

[ Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:49: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Buggy Dialog in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Wednesday, March 16 2005 10:48 Profile Homepage #4
If I were you I'd just use braces with absolutely every conditional to make sure. No harm in it.

Anyway, the reason I suggested that as the possible problem is that Bahssikava's Guardpost used to have the same bug in beta, and looking at the two dialogue scripts the only difference I see now is that one uses "else" statements and the other doesn't.

In fact, try rephrasing your dialogue script without "else" and see if that helps. So:

code =
if (species_in_party(2) == 0)
remove_string(2);
if (species_in_party(2) != 0)
remove_string(1);

EDIT: I do notice that another difference is that Kelandon puts a carriage return after "code =" and you don't. No idea if this has relevance.

[ Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:49: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Two years to the day. in General
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 written Wednesday, March 16 2005 02:57 Profile Homepage #5
Well, some would argue that there are certain governments, organisations or ideologies that we simply shouldn't be on peaceful terms with.

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Vampire killing in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Tuesday, March 15 2005 20:08 Profile Homepage #11
It's spelled "pillock".

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 written Tuesday, March 15 2005 20:06 Profile Homepage #10
I think this about sums it up.

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Vampire killing in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Tuesday, March 15 2005 19:13 Profile Homepage #8
It is a food item. Ignore VCH, as he is merely being a generalised git.

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Geneforge 2 Trainer in Geneforge Series
Thuryl
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 written Tuesday, March 15 2005 19:11 Profile Homepage #115
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do you think a windows save game would work on a mac version of the game ????????????????????
Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not.

That's one answer for every damn question mark you typed, you cretin. Do you lack the mental acuity to lift your finger off the keyboard before the key you typed starts repeating?

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Geneforge 2 Trainer in Geneforge 2
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Tuesday, March 15 2005 19:11 Profile Homepage #115
quote:
do you think a windows save game would work on a mac version of the game ????????????????????
Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not.

That's one answer for every damn question mark you typed, you cretin. Do you lack the mental acuity to lift your finger off the keyboard before the key you typed starts repeating?

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Thuryl
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 written Tuesday, March 15 2005 17:26 Profile Homepage #120
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Originally written by Jesus:

I have not seen a school that charges $4500 dollars in Australia. Only a few university courses cost that much. I dont know where that figure came from.
University courses were the topic of conversation, you irreparable rantallion.

(Oh, and I went to a private school that charged significantly more than $4500 a year, but I managed to get a scholarship that paid for most of the fees.)

[ Tuesday, March 15, 2005 17:28: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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