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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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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).

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!

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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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!

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,