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That's what I ended up doing. I'm running Windows 3.1 (runs entirely on DOS) inside DOSBox. Even though it's not that big a hassle to run it this way, I'd still pay for it to be updated to run natively on modern machines. I wonder if there's a way to pseudo-do it like GOG does? GOG's X-Com and Gold Box games came with their own DOSBox pre-setup so that it practically runs natively, as in, you click on the .exe and the game starts right up.
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Just finished the game with this setup! Oh, the nostalgia! Admittedly, it was not optimal. Even late game, that strategy of having everyone know level-1 Priest spell "Cure Minor Wounds" is useful, as you can take whatever damage and you just get taken to 0, and next hit you're dead. I also now understand why future games only use 4 characters. With the experience system, you easily end up with a few characters several levels ahead of the others. At the beginning, my two melee characters were consistently 3-4 level above everyone else, mostly due to taking advantage
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Yeah, that's the ridiculous requirements of original Bards. High attributes, also. You had to reach Level 5 fighter, dual class to Thief until level 5, then dual class to a Druid, at which point you were a "1st level Bard" and used Druid magic, with a song that charmed. See what happened there? Your DM had to allow 2 dual class changes. Also, Half-Elves could be bards, even though only Humans could dual-class in the official rules! So you couldn't become a Bard unless your DM bent the rules, and since your DM was already bending the rules to allow Bards, why not say, "Look at this charac
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Emulation in general is of sketchy legality, but Apple has been very specific about proprietorship. If you own a copy, it's difficult to claim it's illegal to install it on any device, but it is a violation of Apple's EULA, for whatever weight that would carry. Don't want to find yourself on the wrong end of the Human Centipede! I don't recall Apple doing such giveaways on their OS's, but there is an "Internet Archive", a cool org, you can Google. They carry ISO's to various older and hard-to-acquire operating systems. I, too, am curious to know which programs, drive
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I've played this game in all kinds of configurations in its heyday, including where every character learned all magic. I just thought for kicks I'd do an AD&D iteration. Building on Thaluikhain's last comment. It does make me curious about certain developments in these games. In AD&D 1st Edition, for instance, Bards were a Druid subset and were crazy difficult to acquire, considered an uber-class. Then players starting "dumbing down" the bard because A) nobody could meet the requirements legitimately, and B) if they did manage, they were so overpowered compared to other
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It's going very smoothly! Almost like there's a reason these archetypes came into being.... The Bard is a bit lackluster, without songs and conversation benefits. The way experience is doled in this game, he's falling behind. I've given him 2 points in Item Lore and will focus on increasing Archery so he can score some EXP. Just for kicks, I begin each playing session with "We All Live in The Pit" from Parks and Recreation. Totally the unintended soundtrack for this title!
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I (regretfully) agree with this... maybe one with more description text rather than conversation trees, but if you play an RPG I think you're in for some reading. One of the fondest games I remember playing in my youth was Out Of This World, where the player is transported to an alien world and has no way to communicate with the natives. While I don't think such an RPG is completely undoable, I would think it would require a bigger effort (in terms of graphic and audio design) that what Spiderweb is known for, because the cues would be explicitly audio/visual. And most likely, it
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I usually end up with some variation of the D&D archetypes, but figured this time I would specifically go for developing my party in such fashion (with some slight balancing decisions). Barbarian Health 22 Str 6; Dex 4; Int 1 Edged and/or Bashing, Throwing, Defense On level-ups: Add to fighting-related stats. Eventually add a few points of Assassin to emulate Rage. Paladin Health 22 Str 5; Dex 3; Int 4 Pole Arm; Archery; Defense Priest (3) On level-ups: Add to fighting-related stats. In keeping with the tradition of Paladins having limited Cleri
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TRA, Thank you for that! I was definitely getting my hopes up. If anyone wants to head on over to the Tech Support part of the forum, I finally got all the Exile games working in Windows 10 by using DOSBox (I know, technically, not in Windows 10).
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Confirmed: Works in DOSBox through Windows 3.1 Windows 3.1 is a very early dos-based 16-bit Windows. There are very detailed instructions online for how to install in DOSBox. (The only issue I had was on the step to update the video driver, I had to exit Windows and type "setup.exe" in the Windows directory.) I was able to get a copy of Windows 3.1 in a certain "Internet Archive", a cool org, just Google it! Just created a party in Exile 1 and getting ready for a quick long night!
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Avernum just doesn't feel the same. Too many alterations. I know it has a lot of quality of life improvements, but it loses something, too. The six-character party has more of that Gold Box feel that drew me to it to begin with, and the design is... better? I know "better" isn't the right word, but I prefer it.
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That is fantastic! I think I'll buy a shirt, help the cause, now to decide between Kelly Green and Carolina Blue...
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I would legit pay for pulling a GOG on this series. I'm not talking about a remake or even an Enhanced Edition, just take the game as-is and do whatever it takes to make it run on a modern system! I have been struggling for a couple days now with VM's and can't seem to make the magic happen. I've played the demo's for Avernum and Avadon series and I can see the appeal! But, they just don't play like the Exile series, which at one point I had all registered. They give me the same feeling as the Gold Box games, but with so much more in the way of customization options!
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Well, now I'm frustrated. I sat down with Exile 3 and went to create a party. I had tinkered with it earlier but didn't have time to really dig in. This time, the game froze. So I restarted and after clicking off the "tip of the day" popup, I got the white screen. Restarted again, and now I'm getting the white screen straight off. That's happening everytime now. HOW HOW HOW does something work and then suddenly not???? I already spent one night in frustration, I'll save this for another day. Man, I wish Mr. Vogel would pull a GOG on these Exile games,