feline monstrosity

He's said he plans to remake Avernum in 2011 after his brand new game: http://jeff-vogel.blogspot.com/2009/07/joy-of-rereleasing-old-games.html

Um.. they still do? Check out the screenshots, the Slithzerikai look pretty lizard-like to me, and the Nephilim look as feline as they always have.

Congratulations. Jeff hates you.

Another lurker here. Wanted to show my appreciation. I liked having the character's picture with his equipment at the top and the pack underneath. Other than than great job!! Definitely send this to Jeff! Ask him for a job!

I believe we're long overdue some screenshots! >

Originally Posted By: Randomizer No one wants to buy him out to sell the game rights to would do it online. What?

This sounds like it is going to be soooooo epic! I simply can't wait! I think the two things Id most like to see in the game are: 1. the ability to roam free in world and just ignore the plot for a bit (like Avernums 1 and 2, and 3 except of course that stuff changed if you messed around for too long in 3). I missed being able to do that in A5 and while the linearity of it was good it didnt feel like clasic Avernum gameplay. and 2. I hope it feels as epic as it sounds like it's going to be. A lot of people complained when Jeff updated the engine for A4 that without the "outside" Avernum didn't feel as big and epic anymore. I kind of agree and I hope this is addressed in A6 since it'll be set in the same caves. All the same whatever Jeff does it's bound to be a great game. Can't wait for the screenshots next month!!! P.S Avernum Online has been discussed before I'm sure. Although lots of people would love to play it it'll never happen. Shame really. I think Jeff should sell the Avernum rights when he retires so someone else can do it.

Originally Posted By: Desmarestia My first playthrough of Exile I took nine years. I think they were referring to play-time. If that too was what you were referring to then... Dear God.

:S oops.

Originally Posted By: Thuryl And always remember: "drow" should be pronounced to rhyme with "bow", not "sow". That's not very helpful considering that "bow" can be pronounced two ways depending on whether you mean bow as in "to take a bow" or bow as in a bow and arrows; as can "sow" depending on whether you mean sow as in to sow seeds or sow as in an adult female pig.

I would definitely like to see the open world we had in the early games return; Spiderweb Software games seem to have been getting more and more linear (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). A return to the surface might be nice also. Oh, and I liked the old control system better too, it was much better suited for he turn-based engine.

Originally Posted By: The Once and Future Pluperfect There are no area spells in Avernums 1-3. Correct me if I'm wrong, but what about cloud of daggers?

What's the difference between these versions of Exile I & II and the versions on the spiderwebsoftware.com website?

The Tower of Magi (while it was still standing). I'd love nothing more than to train to be a mage and learn all the many wisdoms of Avernum.

Have many people tried making 2 and 3 people parties? Because I've really been enjoying playing with them. My logic for the 3 person party is that whenever I make a party on an Avernum game there always seems to be one person who is the "runt" of my party. So I decided to eliminate one person and go without an archer. My party consisted of a slith with pole weapon skills (who's role it is to take damage and inflict large amounts of damage), a human mage with potion making skills and arcane lore (who's role it is to cast mass damage spells and summon things) and a human priest with nature lore and tool use skill (who's role it is to heal, buff and debuff, and sometimes summon or use smite). This party has worked really well for me, perhaps even better than the default four person party. Also, me and my cousin are really into Avernum 3 and we decided to make characters who were "ourselves" and play a game together. We had a slith with pole weapon and tool use skills and a human with priest spells and potion making and arcane lore. As we developed the characters we designed them to compliment each other perfectly, and it was a great match. Has anyone else tried anything like this?

Originally Posted By: Thuryl Originally Posted By: feo takahari You might as well play them in order, skipping A4 if you so desire. (While I didn't much like A3, everyone else seems to.) Lots of the old guard hated E3, and A3 is E3 but with a worse engine. Disliking A3 is a sign of good taste. My advice: skip either A3 or A4, since they're basically the same game, except that A3 is set on the surface and A4 is set in the caves. A3 is the only game set on the surface. Also most people who played Avernum before Exile (like me) prefer the Avernum engine. There's a lot to like about A3 imho.

Thanks guys!

I have completed the cockroach quest and destroyed the filth factory, but the mayor seems to have absconded from Shayder - it says his office is abandoned. Is this because I left it too long before completing the quest, and does this mean I now get no reward for doing it (other than training in the Tower of Magi of course)?

Thanks, that worked!

I have a curse on everyone in my party making them inept. Is there a way to get it removed?

Originally Posted By: Spidweb When was the last time you reinstalled the OS? Aaages ago. I don't even remember when. Can you see anything wrong with the specs of my monitor and graphics card?

OK, I'm running OS X 10.4.11 on an old Powerbook G4 (PPC). Here is the details of my monitor copypasted from System Profiler: photon19vision: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Not Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: On Mirror Status: Master Mirror Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported and my graphics card: Chipset Model: ATY,RV250M9 Type: Display Bus: AGP VRAM (Total): 64 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x4c66 Revision ID: 0x0001 ROM Revision: 113-xxxxx-106 I tried redownloading the game, but there was no difference.

It works fine in windowed mode, but I'd really like to play it in fullscreen. What should I do?

Thought I may as well post here since this is the board everyone'll be reading. Has anyone else had the same problem as me? http://www.ironycentral.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=117004#Post117004

I was dead excited downloading the brand new Geneforge 5 demo! One of the things I was especially excited about was the fact that I could now play it fullscreen in a high resolution. My screens normal resolution is 1280x1024 and I tried it first at that resolution, then at 1024x768. Both times the screen appeared to be moved up - I couldn't move my mouse all the way to the bottom of the screen and when I moved it to the top it went off the screen. The second time, ignoring this, I started a new game and the top of the first intro screen was out of view, off the top of my screen, so I couldn't read the text etc.! This is very annoying, but I really want to play the game for the first time with as much quality as possible so that I can properly enjoy it. Could somebody help me with my problem?