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Warrior
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written Sunday, November 24 2002 18:52
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i havnt played boe myself, so i dont know if there is a story line to scenario editors. If not, i know it would b a long way away, but i am so caught up in the avernum trilogy that i would really like to see another sequal. I know this topic will b a contraversial one, but what do u reckon, why and why not? :) -------------------- Signatures can appear at the bottom of your posts. This option may be disabled by the message board administrators at any time, however. You may use UBB Code in your signature, but not HTML. UBB Code Images not permitted. Posts: 79 | Registered: Friday, November 22 2002 08:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Monday, November 25 2002 01:22
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There will be no Avernum 4. In Blades of Exile, At the Gallows serves as an Exile IV, but it will most likely remain on the Exile side. Blades of Avernum will allow the user to create scenarios, and there will be some that are large enough and good enough to be an Avernum 4. -------------------- "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 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, November 25 2002 03:59
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There won't be any avernum 4 per se, but as was just said, there are/were/will be some really long scenarios. Also, each of the 3 (supposed to be 4 in BoA) bundled scenarios has a fairly long and detailed storyline. Well, at least Valley and Rebellion do :P -------------------- Fnord. (Insert your name here) is a capitalist pigdog. Deus Ex Penguin: God out of the Penguin......Cogito Eggo Sum: I think, waffle I am. If Voting could change the system, it would be against the law. Posts: 298 | Registered: Tuesday, September 10 2002 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, November 25 2002 10:55
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Most scenarios made will really be an A4, as most are based on the Avernum world (well, its like that with BoE). They'll probably mostly be shorter than the series, but it'll be like having hundreds (well, lots) of Avernum 4s -------------------- Riot Shields Voodoo Economics It's just business Cattle prods And the IMF I trust I can rely on your vote Posts: 530 | Registered: Sunday, September 1 2002 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, November 26 2002 09:06
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If somebody was to create a scenario which was, for all intents and purposes, Avernum 4 it would be great. However, it would require someone both competent with the editor and someone who could write a good story, like Stareye did with AtG. Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, November 26 2002 12:57
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Also, it would have to be an extension of the basic avernum plotline. It is avernum 4, after all. Posts: 298 | Registered: Tuesday, September 10 2002 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, December 7 2002 16:04
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god... i hope they make entirely new scenarios for BOA. having to play through BOE again will be a HUGE pain... -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, December 7 2002 17:39
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quote:Well, nobody says you have to play it. Anyway, of coure there will be many new scenarios, mostly of high quality. Don't worry, I'm sure it will be good. -------------------- 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 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, December 7 2002 20:27
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The registered version of BoA will come with four scenarios, probably the three from BoE remade and one new one. If you don't want to replay the ones from BoE, then don't; nobody is forcing you to. Just wait until some completely original scenarios are made for BoA and have fun with those. —Alorael, who agrees that the Spiderweb scenarios were quite enough once. Only A Mild Rebellion is any good, and playing through twice gives both sides. After that, they're far less interesting than other scenarios. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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(TGM)
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written Sunday, December 8 2002 08:08
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I have only played the demo, so the three others will be all new to me! Yay! :P -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] Posts: 911 | Registered: Sunday, November 24 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, December 9 2002 04:09
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I don't know, valley was good once through. Anyway, I wouldn't mind seeing some of the really good old scenarios ported, e.g. Tatterdemalion, the spheres series, etc. I recall a post on the BoE forum about 'scenarios to keep for the ages'. -------------------- Fnord. (Insert your name here) is a capitalist pigdog. Deus Ex Penguin: God out of the Penguin......Cogito Eggo Sum: I think, waffle I am. If Voting could change the system, it would be against the law. Posts: 298 | Registered: Tuesday, September 10 2002 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Tuesday, December 10 2002 01:53
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Tatter's author is long gone, and porting any scenario with custom graphics will take a long, long time. -------------------- "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 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, December 10 2002 04:04
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True enough. Still, I think in general that, if the designers are still here, it would be nice to port over some of the real classics. -------------------- Fnord. (Insert your name here) is a capitalist pigdog. Deus Ex Penguin: God out of the Penguin......Cogito Eggo Sum: I think, waffle I am. If Voting could change the system, it would be against the law. Posts: 298 | Registered: Tuesday, September 10 2002 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Tuesday, December 10 2002 08:31
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Probably around half of the custom graphics used in BoE could be represented by standard graphics. Then there are other custom graphics which probably wouldn't have to be custom at all, due to the way the graphics 'squares' work in Avernum (ie. noone will have to make teleporter on grass graphics or those type of things). Then, for the rest of the custom graphics, (like the Avions in Tat., seeing as it has been mentioned) it probably wouldn't take too long to make some. The biggest problem I see with porting is how well nodes will translate into the new scripting system, particularly complicated sequences. It would be possible for someone to port scenarios if the author has dissapeared wouldn't it? -------------------- Riot Shields Voodoo Economics It's just business Cattle prods And the IMF I trust I can rely on your vote Posts: 530 | Registered: Sunday, September 1 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, December 10 2002 13:45
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It depends on how the porting system works, but I think that anything without a password will be convertible (although knowing exactly how the scenario was programmed would help). If Jeff doesn't include a password prompt, then it should be possible to convert everything. —Alorael, who would rather see new scenarios than remade classics. The porting system will also probably mangle a lot of scenarios unless a lot of time is spent correcting all the details. With that sort of effort, a whole new scenario could be created. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, December 11 2002 04:03
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Well I'm just sayin I'd rather have whole new experiences and challenges right out of the box (er... download). I'd still play them to get the skills for my characters, but playing something you already know how to conquer isn't always the funnest game. And yes I know people will be making new scenarios but as I did with BOE, I swore to myself that I wouldn't play any custom things until I beat all the original ones. That ended up taking way too much time... and I played some anyway. Stupid me... I need a potion of +5 Anti-CustomQuests... -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |