Well-Actually War Trall Spidweb Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Good news from the Avernum front. The game is done. It has been passing smoothly through beta testing. It should be out for the Macintosh before the end of November. A lot of work recently has been on balancing the late game. A lot of people had trouble with the difficulty of Avernum 5. I've been working hard to make sure that when you're playing on Normal difficulty you don't need to be super-skilled to just get through the storyline. Of course, if you want a challenge, Hard and Torment difficulties are available. Also, if you want things to be really easy, the character editor and cheat codes are still in there. Almost all of the graphics in the game have been redone. I'm putting the final touches on the completely refreshed item graphics. The game is, as is traditional, enormous. There is a LOT of stuff to do, and the main storyline alone is full of excitement and incident. And be careful about who who help. Your actions can result in drastically different futures for the world of Avernum. Today, I am putting together the final version of the application and sending it to testers. Then, barring disasters, I'll start on the million different bizness things I need to do to finish a game. I hope to have more screenshots up very soon. So keep an eye on the main Avernum 6 page: http://www.avernum.com/avernum6/index.html Onward to victory! - Jeff Vogel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Dahak Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 As soon as you have a firm date I'll put on my calendar "Buy A6". Unfortunately I was just informed that I have to work over the holidays (ugh), so I'll be just a wee bit delayed in enjoying it. I'm sure this has been discussed elsewhere, but what is the next RPG series now that Avernum is complete? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Toby-Linn Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Yay! Can't wait till it gets released for Windows. Also, yay for more screenshots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Thanks for touching base with us Jeff. Now if you only made your games for windows first.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Huzzah!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Originally Posted By: Dahak I'm sure this has been discussed elsewhere, but what is the next RPG series now that Avernum is complete? Jeff hasn't said what it's about except that he is using information from beta testing Avernum 6 to make a better game engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I hope you don't make Normal too easy. I always play on normal under the assumption that normal is the mode that designers intend their games to played in. Am I wrong to assume that normal is the intended mode? Also what exactly is the difference between Normal, Hard, and Torment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 vch: for some normal is too hard and for some even torment is easy. differences are damage you do and take and monsters hps and resistances and some other things. game is better to be long since its final chapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Jeff applies a multiplier to monster health, damage, and a few other things to differentiate the difficulty levels. Basically on torment the monsters have 4 times their health. Jeff is planning to make there be some real differences in the harder playing levels, but I'm adopting a wait and see attitude on whether they make a real difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Silver Shadow Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Woo! Can't wait for A6. Glad it'll be out so soon, too. Rock on. Originally Posted By: Master Ackrovan Thanks for touching base with us Jeff. Now if you only made your games for windows first.... It's actually easier to port a game from Mac to Windows than vice versa. Hence he saves time and money by doing it this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Yay!! Everyone loves early releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan La paix Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Right when I needed to get some real work done... Hooray! I see a bright future full of poor little tormented characters. We may think they die a lot, but they'll never know just how many times we reload. This is going to be a really great game, and I am overjoyed by this early release! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Marak Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Excellent news. Looking forward to enjoying A6 soon... just as soon as the PC version is done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Zummi Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Are we expecting a late December or early January release for the Windows version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 it might be closer to feb than jan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Maybe even March. Remember there were lots of problems with Geneforge 5 running on Windows systems and there is now a new operating system to test too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Zummi Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Darn. It just gets worse and worse for us Windows people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Patience is a virtue. I usually wait about a year after the initial release before I buy the game, just to make sure most of the bugs are worked out when I order the CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Originally Posted By: Randomizer Maybe even March. Remember there were lots of problems with Geneforge 5 running on Windows systems and there is now a new operating system to test too. I find it extra ironic that Jeff said they were finished early Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 1st quarter is safe to expect windows-version and at 2nd quarter gets worst bugs somewhat fixed and 3rd quarter game should be fully fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 But what about the 4th quarter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Monroe Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Originally Posted By: The Mystic I usually wait about a year after the initial release before I buy the game, just to make sure most of the bugs are worked out when I order the CD. This is a good plan when buying computer hardware or operating system software, but really Spiderweb games rarely have bugs that are so bad as to warrant waiting a year before buying the game. I don't think you need to deny yourself the enjoyment for that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 True enough, but when I buy the games, I prefer not to have to download a patch shortly after the CD arrives; such was the case when I bought A1, BoA, and one of the Geneforge games. However, I still download and play the demo versions to get a feel for the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Originally Posted By: Master Ackrovan But what about the 4th quarter? you check if 2nd trilogy-cd is available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Yay, more screenshots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma tehpineapple Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Nice! The new world map looks... ok. Better and more useful than the A5 map, but still not as useful as it could be, since it looks like there's still going to be no "fog of war"-ish device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug Dakkanor Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 it would be great if the mini map had another color to differentiate terrain that had been seen and that which had NOT been seen.... sometimes when im around confusing caves it kills me (figuratively) when i cant tell what has and has not been explored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Locmaar Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 How do you know that's not what you are seeing? Who claimed that this is the map you start with? I'm curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Well, it's labeled in two places as the world map and that's how the world map was used in A4 and A5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 wow it even includes the northern isles and blackchasm keep. (and is that hrikis's tower?) but why isn't new hartson anywhere on the map? And it looks like someone sank shanker's tower, there's a hole in the middle of the biggest island in the northern isles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma tehpineapple Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Originally Posted By: avatar42 but why isn't new hartson anywhere on the map? A giant probably sat on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Skomer Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I'm confused. There are no new screenshots on the Avernum 6 page. I found the world map picture by changing the url/filename of one of the other screenshots, but are there more screenshots that I haven't found the links to? Edit: Never mind, they've magically appeared. I must be in a time warp or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 donno, maybe I just noticed the map now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Your browser probably cached the screenshots page before the new images were added, and you needed to force it to reload before you could see them. —Alorael, who does not believe in magic on the internet. Except deep magic and black magic, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Huh, just noticed that there's a star over Silvar. So does the game start there or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Does anyone remember if Jeff said we get to use boats again? I'm certain someone asked him this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 based on map there'll be alot boating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Sade Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Well, I'm not sure, but as there's a question mark on an island in the Eastern Gallery, there has to be some way to get there. Boats, I'd suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 or portals or underground, but more likely boats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Boats are available, but you're in the army so the paperwork is a mess. You are better off making one on your own. So be sure to collect wood, rope, tools, hammers, saws, and bolts of cloth for sails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Originally Posted By: avatar42 or portals or underground, but more likely boats Except it could be a ferry service rather than a boat you can purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Originally Posted By: Randomizer You are better off making one on your own. So be sure to collect wood, rope, tools, hammers, saws, and bolts of cloth for sails. At least if they're incredibly hard to navigate again, there will be an in-game reason for it this time. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Zummi Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Avernum boats don't have sails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Locmaar Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Boy, are you in for a surprise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Originally Posted By: Excalibur Huh, just noticed that there's a star over Silvar. So does the game start there or something? Jeff has stated that the game will begin in the Castle, for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 It begins in the Castle Food Depot. You have to work your way up to the Castle. The star over Silvar means that you have a quest that needs to be done there. Jeff uses stars on the map and automap to help you figure out where to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Velzan Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Cant Wait For A6 to come out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody RCCCL Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Kind of funny, in the Dragon pic, the upper section of the mini map looks like a face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 party walks over waters to that island with ?-mark. that minimap looks like octopussy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma tehpineapple Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Its officially the second half of November. Any day now!!! *shudders with antici......... . . . . pation* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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