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I'm on MacOS 10.15.7 Catalina, I can't run BoA anymore. I vaguely recall being able to do it previously by creating a HFS+ Mount. But that doesn't seem to be working anymore. Whenever I try to open it on the mount where it previously worked it now gives me the message "The developer of this app needs to update it to work with this version of macOS. Contact the developer for more information.". I even tried creating an entire partition in HFS+ but that still wont work. It refuses to open. Does anyone know if it's still possible to play BoA on 10.15.+? (And tell us your secrets!)

No I’m not worried about the technical side, setting up SDFs is no trouble. I’m only wondering about avernum’s original story content relating to slavery so that I don’t write a scenario that contradicts the main lore.

I guess when we get some feedback, maybe when a few people have completed the scenario. I've run through it several times myself but woods for the trees and all, hard to see it the same way as others would.

That's a bit out of my league there bud

Oh i see yeah that would work but everyone else who downloads my scenario would also need to do the edit so I probably won’t do that

what do you mean exactly with terrain types? Like replace the wall sheet somehow or do you mean something else?

Ah I didn't think of that. I might try to give that a go making custom terrains. Cheers! Time to dust of the BoA Editor guide!

Ive been wondering this for awhile. Ive clicked through almost every menu and submenu I can find in the editor and searched the forums several times. Is it possible to change the wall sheets for an outdoor location? or even for the scenario as a whole?

Ah yeah I see it now. I was mostly thinking of slave trade in the harshest sense. Buying and selling humans or other humanoids like resources. When I mean slavery I mean the fullest extent of it. I do recall now quite a few of the mentioned examples but they never really struck me as slavery, more like vassals, prisoners or captives. The scenario I had in mind might be fairly confronting now that I think about it. 😕 EDIT: Also I'm astounded at how well you guys can recall the lore behind BoA. Kudos guys, seriously

Yeah I naturally assumed Avernites would be very opposed to slavery as it would be in contradiction with their underdog culture/society against the Empire. I was curious about the Empire though, I guess you answered my question though, I dont recall much of Avernum 2 or that slave colony. The only thing I needed to know was if the Empire had laws explicitly against it, this way I can make a scenario where it makes sense that the Empire has turned a blind eye to it, 'grey area' I suppose. Thanks for that (also pretty incredible memory you have there :D)

I have an ambitious idea for a scenario that would revolve around a slave trade and some pivotal moral decisions ambiguity for the player. However, I cannot recall any reference or lore from any of the Avernum series that would have mentioned or stated any laws or culture the empire or Avernum might have surrounding slavery. Thoughts or feedback anyone?

Thanks Kelandon! I got the graphic adjuster and I think I've done what I'm supposed to for the Windows version. I edited the main post up top with a link to both versions.

Oh that's right. I think I remember there was some sort of external tool for creating the .cmg and .bmp files but I dont think I have it anymore but I'mg guessing they're basically sprite atlases. Does anyone have a link to that? It's been so long I totally forgot about it. EDIT: Ok so I need something called Graphic Adjuster but I can't find any download link. Anyone have any idea where I can grab it?

Is it a big script? Maybe paste it here we can take a look

Hmm ok I’ll take a look now