Display partie's location
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Warrior
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written Friday, March 4 2005 08:04
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Windows BoA doesn't have the menu to indicate the location where the party stands on. How about making a pattern on the floor changing floor type? It'll help to count the coordinate mesh. For example, change floor type every five line or dot. Another approach is making a custom item which indicates coordinate on the text area. [ Friday, March 04, 2005 08:13: Message edited by: Notus ] -------------------- Project: BoA Editor Remake on SourceForge.net supports "3D BoA Editor" (Mac and Win), and creates advanced BoA Editor. Posts: 107 | Registered: Tuesday, December 14 2004 08:00 |
Infiltrator
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written Friday, March 4 2005 10:31
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Or just create a special ability. Saves an item slot. -------------------- My ego is bigger than yours. Posts: 480 | Registered: Thursday, October 11 2001 07:00 |
Off With Their Heads
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written Friday, March 4 2005 11:33
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I like the special ability idea. This will be implemented for the next version of Bahs. The main code is here: -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, March 4 2005 15:35
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I find it vaguely amusing that special abilities are being used mostly for preferences and other user interface improvements instead of scenario-related features. Not that it isn't usually a more productive use of them than the intended use, but still. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Cartographer
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written Friday, March 4 2005 21:21
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Personally, I've seen special abilities used twice. Once in practice, once in theory. In practice, Kel provided a special ability when Phaedra is in your party to identify items. In theory, Kel is providing a special ability for an "interface improvement" later. 50% may be a lot, but the sample size is so small that I wonder why you're using the word "mostly" Posts: 206 | Registered: Thursday, April 18 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, March 4 2005 23:21
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Canopy and Bahssikava also have Set Cutscene Speed abilities. And Phaedra Identify is an interface improvement too, in a sense -- it's a workaround for the fact that you can't initiate dialogue with your NPCs. The only custom special ability that really does something scenario-specific is the Unicorn Call in ZKR. [ Friday, March 04, 2005 23:24: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Cartographer
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written Saturday, March 5 2005 02:47
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okiedokie. that makes sense. Posts: 206 | Registered: Thursday, April 18 2002 07:00 |
Warrior
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written Saturday, March 5 2005 07:51
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Ok, so... Why is it important to be able to display the party's location? Is this just to provide any easy way to follow a FAQ giving the walkthrough on how to solve the scenario? Posts: 62 | Registered: Thursday, January 20 2005 08:00 |
Warrior
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written Saturday, March 5 2005 09:27
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Why isn't it a good reason? Anyway, floor pattern or locator item/ability will provide a good assistance on alignment, even if you would solve the puzzle without FAQ or a walkthrough. Even on Mac that has the locator menu. Player can choose (s)he uses it or not. -------------------- Project: BoA Editor Remake on SourceForge.net supports "3D BoA Editor" (Mac and Win), and creates advanced BoA Editor. Posts: 107 | Registered: Tuesday, December 14 2004 08:00 |
Off With Their Heads
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written Saturday, March 5 2005 14:51
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A lot of people have been having trouble with the beam puzzles in Machinery, and Windows users can't use the walkthrough effectively because the walkthrough relies on coordinates. That's why I'm going to include this. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |