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Editor Question (Gen3) in Geneforge Series
Thuryl
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 written Saturday, September 30 2006 15:57 Profile Homepage #6
Replace the modified gf3itemschars.txt script with the original. (You did back up your original scripts, didn't you?)

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Using Terminal in General
Thuryl
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 written Saturday, September 30 2006 01:32 Profile Homepage #3
Are you using su? Use sudo instead. If you really need to get into root mode rather than just run one program as root, you can always type "sudo su".

[ Saturday, September 30, 2006 01:41: Message edited by: Anthropos Kakistos ]

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Preferred Story Types in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Friday, September 29 2006 22:58 Profile Homepage #4
Ehh, if you're having trouble with IoBo because of the difficulty of the combat, you might want to hold off on Roots for a while. :P

(If you're having trouble with Isle of Boredom because nothing interesting seems to be happening, walk outside and rest for a few days before going back into town, and the plot will kick into gear.)

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Preferred Story Types in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Friday, September 29 2006 22:20 Profile Homepage #2
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Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

Surface world stuff that loosely refers to some distant Empire for patriarchal guidance. Lord Putidus does fall into this category, as do A Good Beginning and Rats Aplenty. Of course there is nothing else that ties those three together. Nothing at all.
Play Roots. The only reason the Empire gets a mention at all is that a relatively militaristic government is required for the plot to work. :P

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What do you look for in a scenario? in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Friday, September 29 2006 18:23 Profile Homepage #35
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Originally written by Kelandon:

EDIT: By the way, Thuryl, if you're going for "The Worst Man," you probably need a definite article and the adjective in attributive position: Ho Kakistos Anthropos. Right now you are "Worst Man," or possibly "A Worst Man."
Well, given that Alec is also a worst man, I wouldn't want to go stepping on his toes too much by claiming to be the only worst man. :P

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Artwork request - Encyclopedia Logo in General
Thuryl
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 written Friday, September 29 2006 13:32 Profile Homepage #17
Is that Vahnatai supposed to look like Fu Manchu? :P

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What do you look for in a scenario? in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Friday, September 29 2006 13:24 Profile Homepage #33
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Originally written by SkeleTony:

Now that does not mean that you cannot or should not seek out adn enjoy what you deem to be clever storytelling aspects in such games. I am just saying that, for ME, even the supposed BEST examples of CRPG plotting and storytelling are woefully BAD(Planescape: Torment for example) as BOOKS and WORSE as GAMES.
Y'know, if you don't like Planescape: Torment, your opinions are definitely unrepresentative of the wider CRPG-playing community and you might want to stop presuming to know what other players really like. :P Incidentally, P:T is one of Jeff Vogel's three favourite games.

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What do you look for in a scenario? in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Friday, September 29 2006 13:16 Profile Homepage #31
quote:
Originally written by SkeleTony:

Use the quote function to avoid such misunderstandings kiddo. That is what it is for.

Here is what I actually worte:

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BoA may not have the best tactical combat out there but even so, for me it is more interesting killing stuff and taking loot than reading through endless reams of text.
Pay particular atention to the italicised portion(the "for me" part) as this clearly identifies who I am talking about(myself).

For all I know every single person who is truly enamored of plot/story in CRPGs might be concentrated at these Spiderweb forums. I never called ANY of you "liars" and certainly never identified "90%" of you as such.
Here's what else you actually wrote, you patronising ass:

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I very much suspect that saying "plot" or "story" in answer to questions such as these is something people feel obligated to do. Kind of like how people feel obligated to say that poetry is compelling or that they enjoy reading it. I am sure there ARE people who enjoy poetry and people who want to have to READ through CRPGS rather than PLAY them, but I think a good number of people simply don't want others to think they are stupid/not hip.
Since 90% of the people posting in this topic have identified plot as important to them, you're saying that you suspect at least "a good number" of those people of answering dishonestly.

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I was saying that GENERALLY SPEAKING, I do not believe that everyone is as impressed by plot/story in what are supposed to be tactical simulation games as they indicate anymore than there are nearly as many fans of poetry as a poll might indicate.
Oh, please; don't try to BS me like this. If you were really just speaking generally, you would have kept your thoughts to yourself. The fact that you bothered to post in this forum, and commented about what you thought other people's opinions really were, clearly implies that your comment was directed at the other people who have posted here.

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Reading is fundamental junior.
So is intellectual honesty.

[ Friday, September 29, 2006 13:20: Message edited by: Anthropos Kakistos ]

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Variables in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, September 29 2006 13:11 Profile Homepage #1
Nope. If you want to see how much damage a character has taken in a round, the best you can do is check its HP before and after and measure the difference.

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Geneforge 4 FAQ? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Thuryl
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 written Friday, September 29 2006 13:04 Profile Homepage #15
Well, SW seldom reads these forums, so you'd be better off emailing them.

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Factions in Geneforge Series
Thuryl
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 written Thursday, September 28 2006 22:41 Profile Homepage #32
quote:
Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

Be-Cavalier: First I must ask about this brain to body weight ratio. How does that make sense scientifically? If someone is born with no arms or legs, will they be smarter than the average person?
That's actually an interesting question, and while I don't have an answer as such, I wouldn't be enormously surprised if the answer was "yes". The brain organises itself dynamically during the first years of life based on the kind of sensory input it receives. It's widely known, for example, that someone born blind will devote a larger brain area to hearing (and generally have better hearing than a sighted person), and someone born deaf will devote a larger brain area to vision.

So it's reasonable to assume that in someone born without limbs, some parts of the brain normally dedicated to moving the limbs would devote themselves to other uses. I suspect the result would more likely be better coordination in what muscles remain than greater overall intelligence, though.

At any rate, the point is that a large proportion of the brain is devoted to processing sensory input and motor output -- and the number of neurons required for both of these things scales up with body size. It's the "extra" brain mass on top of what's needed to keep the body working properly that can be used for higher-order cognitive tasks.

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cant find early foe in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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 written Thursday, September 28 2006 22:28 Profile Homepage #2
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Originally written by All My Canisters:

—Alorael, who wonders if it's ever possible to kill Nociduas before he finishes summoning his friends.
I recall someone in one of the Nociduas threads reporting having done so. I sure couldn't manage it, though.

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Factions in Geneforge Series
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Wednesday, September 27 2006 14:25 Profile Homepage #24
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Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

Oscar Wilde: Learned Darian was not meant to be. It is only because of the stupidity of the Shaper Council that he(she?) and all the Awakened even exist. Darian should die, before more serviles can be contaminated.
Does it bother you at all that your philosophy requires you to destroy all those whose traits you would otherwise find most admirable, just because they happen to be working for the wrong side?

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Reward Rooms (near-endgame spoilers) in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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 written Tuesday, September 26 2006 13:28 Profile Homepage #1
One of the rooms remains locked throughout the game -- there's nothing in it anyway. He's unlocked the last locker in the room you can get into.

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Hidden Rooms? in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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 written Tuesday, September 26 2006 13:26 Profile Homepage #34
Without a controlled trial, I'm still not convinced.

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IP Bans in General
Thuryl
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 written Tuesday, September 26 2006 13:20 Profile Homepage #1
I am not sure it is such a great idea for people to be publicly giving out advice regarding how to evade IP bans on a forum where some people are IP banned. :P

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Hidden Rooms? in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Tuesday, September 26 2006 04:11 Profile Homepage #32
If the effects of Luck are more noticeable for rare drops, the Vahnatai Myrmidons that assassinate Houghton might be good for testing purposes. They appear in a convenient group of 3 in an area with no other hostile monsters (so it's easy to keep track of who dropped what), and apparently they have a small chance to drop a Fine Waveblade.

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Geneforge 2 Canister effects (the bad ones) in Geneforge Series
Thuryl
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 written Tuesday, September 26 2006 04:06 Profile Homepage #5
To clarify, there's no way to reverse the effects of canisters without cheating.

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Geneforge 2 Canister effects (the bad ones) in Geneforge Series
Thuryl
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 written Monday, September 25 2006 22:05 Profile Homepage #1
You can undo the harmful effects of canisters by editing scripts to set a SDF back to 0, but I don't remember which SDF offhand and I don't have a copy of GF2 on this computer to check.

If you're already going crazy from them, you may as well use every canister you find -- you won't get any worse than you already are. The effect isn't huge, anyway; it gets you into a couple of fights you could otherwise avoid, and slightly changes some endings, but that's about it.

[ Monday, September 25, 2006 22:06: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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If you could do it over... in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Monday, September 25 2006 21:15 Profile Homepage #2
This topic is in the BoA forum, but I hope nobody minds me talking about my BoE scenario.

I'd have made the ending less wordy, fleshed out the antagonists a little more, and spread Synaesthesia out over all three dream sequences instead of throwing it at the player all at once.

[ Monday, September 25, 2006 21:17: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Hidden Rooms? in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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 written Monday, September 25 2006 15:42 Profile Homepage #26
I'm with SM here. I've never noticed any effect of Luck on drop rates, and frankly I regard the belief that it does have an effect as mostly superstition.

[ Monday, September 25, 2006 15:42: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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sound won't work!! in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl
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 written Sunday, September 24 2006 13:06 Profile Homepage #1
The Exile games are really, really old. Sometimes strange things go wrong when you try to play them on new computers. We might be able to help you more if we knew whether you were using Mac or Windows.

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Happy Beginning of Ramadan in General
Thuryl
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 written Saturday, September 23 2006 15:30 Profile Homepage #3
It's a pun. An awful, awful pun. Think about it.

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Happy Beginning of Ramadan in General
Thuryl
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 written Saturday, September 23 2006 00:35 Profile Homepage #1
Now let's all celebrate by sodomising someone named Daniel!

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What do you look for in a scenario? in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Saturday, September 23 2006 00:27 Profile Homepage #28
quote:
Originally written by SkeleTony:

I am pretty much with Jeff Vogel on this one. "Roleplaying is overated. In the end we just want to kill stuff" he once said in an interview.
Jeff's views are a lot more nuanced than you're making them sound. Consider the following quote from Jeff, reviewing another shareware RPG, on this page:

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"Excelent work. Your blending of intricate plot into the game play was as well done as I've seen. I'm about to start Exile III... the yardstick's been raised."
As a matter of fact, he's written other articles speaking in glowing terms about the plot of that particular game (and others), although the article I'm thinking of doesn't appear to be available online any more.

Also, I don't particularly appreciate the fact that you're basically accusing 90% of the community of lying when they claim that plot is important to them. If we hated "reading through endless reams of text", as you put it, we wouldn't spend all our free time hanging around on forums, now would we? :P

[ Saturday, September 23, 2006 00:31: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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