Turning BoE scenarios into BoA scenarios

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Author	Topic: Turning BoE scenarios into BoA scenarios
Lkae Warrior Member # 33	written Sunday, December 14 2003 01:15 Profile #0 Are there any BoE developers out there who are thinking of turning their BoE scenarios into BoA scenarios? I am very tempted to turn my own scenario "A Gathering Storm" into a BoA scenario. In my imagination the towns and dungeons of aGS have always been 3 dimensional in a way that has been difficult to express in BoE and I look forward to recreating in BoA as they should be. Just some question though. I've heard that you can port scenarios from BoE to BoA. How does this work and how does it cope with complex series of coding? Will I be able to link towns like I did in aGS? How much vertical variation can I have in a town? In BoE you can have only 256 different terrain types (and over third of that is autoterrain or has features that can't be changed). What are the Terrain limitations in BoA? I've been looking at how I can convert some of the custom graphics, like the redstone walls, into BoA graphics but I am a wee bit worried about some of the custom creatures. Namely the giantesses. I was looking at the Louvre's how to pages and I was worried by what I read about giants. "A giant is a creature that cannot join your party. You cannot interact with giants." Does this mean the party will not be able to talk to the giants? If any of you have played A Gathering Storm you will understand why it is important to get clarification on this. [ Sunday, December 14, 2003 01:15: Message edited by: Lkae ] Posts: 52 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Drakefyre Triad Mage Member # 7	written Sunday, December 14 2003 04:19 Profile Homepage #1 I'll do my best to answer for you, JC. quote: Originally written by Lkae: I've heard that you can port scenarios from BoE to BoA. How does this work and how does it cope with complex series of coding? I'm not exactly sure how it will work, but it seems to be able to assign most node sequences to scripts. Will I be able to link towns like I did in aGS? Yes How much vertical variation can I have in a town? Monsters and terrain can be 1x2 - that's it. I know it's not what you'd hoped. In BoE you can have only 256 different terrain types (and over third of that is autoterrain or has features that can't be changed). What are the Terrain limitations in BoA? IIRC, it's 256 floors and 512 of everything else, for a total of 768 slots. I've been looking at how I can convert some of the custom graphics, like the redstone walls, into BoA graphics but I am a wee bit worried about some of the custom creatures. Namely the giantesses. I was looking at the Louvre's how to pages and I was worried by what I read about giants. "A giant is a creature that cannot join your party. You cannot interact with giants." Does this mean the party will not be able to talk to the giants? Since the party can talk with 1x2 dragons, they will be able to talk with giants. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 \| Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00
wz. As Infiltrator Member # 3040	written Sunday, December 14 2003 09:26 Profile #2 quote: Originally posted by Lkae: How much vertical variation can I have in a town? I think what Lkae meant is the amount of possible elevations: In the Avernum games, there were many slopes and cliffs, and it would be good to know how high they can be made. -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 \| Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00
finlay Shock Trooper Member # 1207	written Sunday, December 14 2003 12:00 Profile #3 When you say "512 of everything else", do sets of walls with a dozen graphics each count as one or a dozen? What does IIRC mean? And have you tried it? You're a beta-tester, right? [ Sunday, December 14, 2003 12:01: Message edited by: Living Architecture ] Posts: 316 \| Registered: Saturday, May 25 2002 07:00
The Almighty Doer of Stuff Shaper Member # 73	written Sunday, December 14 2003 16:31 Profile #4 1x2? Darnit. The later forms of my plant monster and the giant tree are 1x3. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Drakefyre Triad Mage Member # 7	written Monday, December 15 2003 02:58 Profile Homepage #5 quote: Originally written by Living Architecture: When you say "512 of everything else", do sets of walls with a dozen graphics each count as one or a dozen? What does IIRC mean? And have you tried it? You're a beta-tester, right? A dozen walls count as a dozen graphics. And it means "If I Remember Correctly". We haven't gotten the editor yet. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 \| Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00