Thralni

I never really heard alot of the BoA editor remake, to be honest. On it's website You have some screenshots, and it looks like the 3D editor. Is it the same thing?

I like BoA as it is. The bugs are irritating, for some things which I actually need just don't work. On the other hand, to change that isn't such a hassle, it's just a pity. I'm also very sorry to hear BoA solled so poorly, I never suspected it. I really like BoA, and I like telling my own story in the BoA engine. To be honest, i wouldn't want to make a scenario in the new Avernum engine, just like die-hard Exile fans don't want to make scenarios in the BoA engine. I'm very happy to read point (1). When you announced Nethergate 2 and Avernum 5, I started to get a little worried I was never going to play BoA again, as it doesn't work on Mac OS 10.4.8 at the moment. With (3) I agree with kelandon: it's sad, but I understand it. About (4): I understand that, and peronally, as I said, I won't want to make a scenario in the new Avernum engine. I, for one, that find that a real pity, to be honest. BoA is good anough for me, and I'm totally in love with BoA's graphics. If Avernum 5 will be like Geneforge 4, which, for some reason I really liked (and I only played the first two or three sections of it), then I can't wait. What I read in the other thread about it I found very promising. Happy holidays Jeff, come back in one piece.

Quote: Originally written by Spidweb: Elevations. Candles and lamps making more light. Thank you, oh lord.

I'm not really "veteran," but who cares. With things like these I tend to work in total chaos. "Where the Rivers Meet" started with the idea "I want to make a scenario." That changed into a basic plot idea, and I startred building on that. When I had creaed three town, I made a major change to the plot, and this way I continued, getting it to what it is now. My second scenario I'm making in a totally different way. - First I layed out the plot in general terms: where will it be (caves or underground), what will the party do, what is the basic goal. When I figure that out, i start designing. - First I make a small list of things I definetely want to try (like special spells and abilities). -After that I start designing the outdoors and twon in a chronological order: * First I make the outdoor section the party will start in, same for the towns. * Then I start to lay out the route the party will follow in the outdoors. I do not design the whole outdoors! I start with the first tghree sections and design the towns in it, in a chronological order: the town the party encounters first will be designed first. - While designing I also code. I don't code a whole town upon finishing it, though. That's what I did with my first scenario, and I regret it until now. First i code the things that are important now, which are is mainly plot advancing dialogue, cutscenes or special rectangles. All the secundary stuff which isn't really plot advancing, I code last, certainly with dialogue. There is an exception to that: puzzles. As soon as I know how to code a specific puzzle I will code it immediatly and test it, even though it might not be plot advancing. I hope this helps you a bit. It's actually simialir to Ephesos's way of designing. EDIT: typos

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I just wanted to state I sent out my scenario to Spiderweb, though they didn't put it on their site yet.

Thanks for the tip, Dikiyoba. I'll try it. Also, thanks for making clear what the problem is. Pity you can't do it sooner, but I guess that's juts how it is. Now at least I know what's happening.

I tried what you suggested, but it doesn't seem to work. It's still very slow. Also reinstalling has no affect.

Yesterday I installed the systemupdate of 10.4.8. Guess what. All Avernum games run extremely sluggishly, to the extent that it's hardly playable (I didn't testAvernum 4, though. I only tested Averum 1, 2, 3 and BoA). It's mainly the fighting, shooting arrows and such, which has gotten painfully slow. Would anybody know how to work this out? I didn't have any problems previously, in 10.4.7.

Okay. Just wondering. I do wish I was at that chat. It seemed quite interesting.

"WtRM is supposed to be mildly amateurish" I was wondering about this statement... "Suypposed to be" as in "because it was made by Thralni" or as in "Because it's a first try?"

I did that, didn't I? The third parameter in between the brackets (1 at the first call, 2 at the second), is the item class.

I tried the following: Code: beginstate START_STATE;if (get_flag(13,5) == 0 && item_of_class_on_spot(26,33,1) == 1); set_flag(13,5,1);if (get_flag(13,5) == 4 && item_of_class_on_spot(34,33,2) == 1); set_flag(13,5,5);break; It doesn't seem to work. Anybody know what the cause could be?

I want a script to check whether there is a specific item on a specific spot, but I didn't find the right call. I only found "item_of_class_on_spot" and that was basically it. is there the call i want (a call to check whether a specific items was put on a specific spot), or will I have to do it with the item_of_class call?

Did Earth2025 just say that you can run around in valorim also after you kill rentar? I didn't see that option.

First and foremost, although it will probably not really halp you, update your OS to Mac OS 9.2.2. You can get the updates at Apple's support pages. Search for the updates, and you will get them. Now that i htink of it, mac OS 9.0 already had the auto-update feature built-in, no? If so, start it up, and it should find the updates.

What OS do you use, and what version of the game?

To be honest, I don't like to play such scenarios, for I like to create the personalities myself. When I make a new party, I always think of them coming from there and there, with a certain mentality (which is obviously most of the time just my own mentality) and a specific background. If that image I created for them is suddenly torn apart by the designer, I'm usually not very pleased with that. It gives me the feeling that a huge gap has appeared between me, the party's creator, and the party itself. In short: what happens for me in such scenarios, is that I feel helpless. I have lost the controls over my own party. So in general, I just don't like them, but more could be made, of course.

Oh wit, I wrote down the numbers from northg to south, not west to east. Thanks. An other thing cleared up!

So, if I understand you correctly, in a world of 5x5, the sections (4,1) and (4,2) are respectively 17 and 18, is that correct?

In what form is the outdoor's section coordinates returned? Is it something like "0,0" or is it the two numbers added up (in this exmaple "0") or is it something different? Thanks in advance.

Oh well. Often I forget to look at the number of pages of a topic and its posting date. In that case I answer to a long answered question, or, like now, make a worthless comment. Still, that really was a truly arrogant remark. I guess he is very insecure.

Quote: Originally written by TesabilityBlack: I think I just heard someone vote me as "Most Creative Imagination" over here... That's a joke, right?

Yes, normal pants. I tried both kinds: the brown and green ones, none worked.

I found the two runes in Rentar's keep, and I tried to put the pants on the west rune, and step on the east rune, but nothing happens. Am I doing something wrong? The runes I found are two big glowing runes in the hallway.