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Blades of Exile

A discussion about our powerful open source game and scenario editor combination, Blades of Exile.

Blades of Exile


Getting Blades

Whilst the original game no longer runs on modern systems, since the release of the code under the GNU GPL, the development community has been able to make this archaic code run fine on 32- and 64-bit computers:

 

Windows users

  • Installer for CBoE.
  • Experimental 64-bit game binaries - Don't use these if you don't have a 64-bit machine. Use the installer above, then swap out the binaries for these.
  • Experimental/beta Windows builds here. (May have trouble on XP or in WINE.)

 

Mac users

  • Intel Mac build available here. No character editor.
  • PPC Mac build available here.
  • Experimental/beta Mac builds here. (Won't run on older Macs.)

 

Original Blades

A lot of users express interest in running the original version of BoE, that came from SW. While this is possible on older machines or with extreme emulation/virtualization, it is not recommended. The community here can only offer limited amounts of support for this version. A registered version of the original BoE can be downloaded from SW's site


Help and Documentation
The documentation is currently available in HTML format at the following links: Game Documentation and Editor Docs. We are currently in the process of porting this to a format handy for packaging within the game.


Scenarios
Download new scenarios from TrueSite, the most comprehensive archive available. Not sure which one to play? Check out the CSR, now hosted here at the forums. Don't forget to rate them after you've played!


Designing

 


Development

 

Subforums

  1. Blades of Exile Scenario Reviews

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926 topics in this forum

  1. Inn of Blades Help Needed

    By Pure Hellspawn,
    • 1 reply
    • 410 views

  2. How much encumbering armor do you use?

    By Milu,
    • 10 replies
    • 875 views

  3. Editer

    By Mr. Morph,
    • 19 replies
    • 694 views

  4. Next Scenario

    By DesertPlah,
    • 19 replies
    • 676 views

  5. The Foolish Giant released!

    By DesertPlah,
    • 12 replies
    • 557 views

  6. Confused, please help.

    By Merrick,
    • 9 replies
    • 585 views

  7. questions about the scenario editor

    By megamad,
    • 4 replies
    • 468 views

  8. AC1 Final Helps, I Hope

    By usermatt,
    • 2 replies
    • 377 views

  9. Yay! The Foolish Giant!

    By DesertPlah,
    • 18 replies
    • 1.2k views

  10. Khoth's Graphics Archive

    By Bruce Mitchell,
    • 4 replies
    • 477 views

  11. AC1

    By usermatt,
    • 6 replies
    • 482 views

  12. Alexandria Receives a MAJOR Overhaul!

    By Silent Motion,
    • 16 replies
    • 647 views

  13. AC1- Where are Ember Flowers?

    By usermatt,
    • 2 replies
    • 432 views

  14. Editor, again

    By Tonweya,
    • 6 replies
    • 453 views

  15. AC1 questions

    By Andromeda,
    • 1 reply
    • 402 views

  16. Graphics! Cheap as Free!

    By Silent Shinobi,
    • 4 replies
    • 485 views

  17. Ever been in love? Ever choose to love?

    By DesertPlah,
    • 8 replies
    • 442 views

  18. BoE Editor, again.

    By Tonweya,
    • 16 replies
    • 691 views

  19. Monster Graphics

    By Zealot,
    • 30 replies
    • 3.2k views

  20. BoE Editor

    By Tonweya,
    • 5 replies
    • 600 views

  21. Gameplay question

    By Shine123,
    • 10 replies
    • 633 views

  22. Undoomphaz Armor

    By Pure Hellspawn,
    • 6 replies
    • 435 views

  23. Spehres Scenarios

    By Dancin,
    • 1 reply
    • 340 views

  24. AtG Help needed

    By Pure Hellspawn,
    • 4 replies
    • 423 views

  25. Rubacus Password

    By Tonweya,
    • 2 replies
    • 466 views

  26. Some questions about scenario design

    By Zeviz,
    • 7 replies
    • 647 views

  27. Erika's Legacy Help

    By Andromeda,
    • 1 reply
    • 414 views

  28. SO IT BEGINS...

    By BainIhrno,
    • 0 replies
    • 424 views

  29. Scenario recommendations?

    By Zeviz,
    • 18 replies
    • 1.1k views

  30. TrueSite updated for July

    By Balladeer,
    • 0 replies
    • 400 views

  31. Downloading password

    By fatcatx2l,
    • 6 replies
    • 540 views

  32. The Third Rankings Contest!

    By BainIhrno,
    • 0 replies
    • 471 views

  33. BoE/BoA question

    By Spring,
    • 5 replies
    • 560 views

  34. Once again - the future of Alexandria?

    By Silent Motion,
    • 0 replies
    • 369 views

  35. Forsaken-The Spine and the Troglo Caves

    By Milla,
    • 6 replies
    • 507 views

  36. Thurmstorm Ridge

    By Good ol' Eagle,
    • 28 replies
    • 651 views

  37. Aww, shucks.

    By Balladeer,
    • 17 replies
    • 769 views

  38. cant find the scroll tube...

    By megamad,
    • 7 replies
    • 486 views

  39. What are the good scenarios?

    By Shiboito,
    • 10 replies
    • 887 views

  40. History of game editor programs

    By spy-there,
    • 21 replies
    • 775 views

  41. Honorifics?

    By Donald Hebb,
    • 9 replies
    • 452 views

  42. The Archive Opens

    By Kelandon,
    • 24 replies
    • 1.3k views

  43. How to best make a double ended weapon....

    By The1Kobra,
    • 10 replies
    • 631 views

  44. I can't finish the game!

    By scarlet__imp,
    • 3 replies
    • 372 views

  45. Some fortification in VoDT.

    By Good ol' Eagle,
    • 10 replies
    • 674 views

  46. Idea - Scenario Storyboard Contest

    By Silent Motion,
    • 11 replies
    • 574 views

  47. Price

    By D+,
    • 17 replies
    • 985 views

  48. Why do you like BoE but not BoA? 1 2

    By Silent Motion,
    • 62 replies
    • 7.7k views

  49. The entire game comes on...

    By princestar,
    • 6 replies
    • 372 views

  50. 7th Contest Judges!

    By BainIhrno,
    • 0 replies
    • 465 views
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