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Yeah... so as you discovered, you can see if an NPC has been hit, and by which character. Using that information, you can then use other calls to end combat turns, relocate characters, and so on. Using "char_has_item_of_class_equip" (and setting certain weapons to be certain classes) you can even have it so that hits from particular weapon types have their own responses. I honestly kind of feel like you've largely answered your own question though.

The Barrier Tower is Pyrn's tower. You passed it on your way to the Vahnatai lands. To get there, you'll have to search his room in the Tower of Magi for some portal co-ordinates, before using them at the teleporter at the centre of the Tower of Magi.

I've added a link to Dikiyoba's maps to Strategy Central - this clearly comes up often enough that it should be more prominently placed.

You'll (hopefully) have visited Patrick at some point before venturing to Garzhad's Fortress. There's an item there that'll make busting through the mobs possible. Edit: Curses, too slow!

Uh, Rache's site (which is currently hosted by Harehunter) definitely does mention Silverlocke. This map of Upper Avernum has Silverlocke's hut listed as number 38.

You're going to need a key to get in there - Midori has it, so check for secret passages in her chambers. Once you're inside, you'll need to have a way to bring down the barriers - Rentar Ihrno can help you there.

Well, that just made the Alorael canon a little more flavourful.

I split all of my unshackle mind crystals (and scrolls of sanctification) around my party, so that everybody had a shot at uncharming. Fortunately only my first PC ever got charmed, and her attacks never connected - she always targeted PC2, who was a missile user with a ton of dex.

Hmm. I just installed and ran all three of the second trilogy games. A4 and A5 automatically started with the right resolution. Whilst I was able to go into the settings and make A4 ask me at startup whether I wanted to change resolution or not, A5 always went full-screen. Both ran fine though. With A6, I got the option of picking resolution on startup, and again, it worked fine, I dug around in the Tech Support forum and found this thread: http://spiderwebforums.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/17714-steam-avernum-5-cant-change-resolution/ Seems to answer your question, though it's not ideal.

i was just going to say that i'm paler and older than in my previous adominable photo and leave it at that, but that was an age ago. so here are two recent pictures sometimes i wear glasses (this is about four months old which is when i got my glasses): sometimes i don't wear glasses (this was taken about half an hour ago):

It isn't - I went about the fortress backwards because I wasn't strong enough for a frontal assault and ended up getting the letters long before I fought Gaddika/read the other book.

Oh. So *i isn't Jeff. Jeff posts under the Spidweb account (it has a picture of a dragon as its avatar). *i is one of our administrators. As for that thread, yeah I'll take a look at moving it to the right forum. Cheers for the heads up.

So, I'm pretty certain that Tool Use has no impact at all on Unlock strength in the original trilogy. In fact, as far as I recall, that thing only existed in A4, right? After that total party TU started being a thing. I think the habit of sticking TU on to your mage/priest was just because they had more skill points free. Edit: Yup. Found this: http://spiderwebforums.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/19642-will-this-party-work-in-avernum/#entry262036. I think I'm more inclined to trust Randomizer on this one. If you're having trouble figuring other things out, BoA is pretty well-documented at this point, and it shares a whole ton of things with A1-3.

It's been a while since we've had a desktop thread. So, take a photo and show off your desktops/wallpapers/collection of icons scattered across the ether. Bonus points for pictures of the tops of your desks, too. (Also, to avoid stretching the board, please post your images as links or in spoiler tags. Thanks!) I'll start: - This is the corner of my room where my computer lives. - This is a closer view of my desk. It's not usually this tidy. - This is my wallpaper and icon layout.

1. Is there code for checking to see whether there are humans in a party? Presumably so - that guy in Gnass won't train you unless you are of his people. He uses this code to determine if you're a slith = "condition = slith_present() == 0;" Browsing through the Olgai script, I can see that "nephil_present()" is also a call you can make. Yay. That means you want both those to be 0 to check for human-only parties. ...It just struck me that you might mean 3 sliths and only one human, say. I don't think there's a human_present() call, or at least I couldn't see one in any obvious scripts. 2. If anyone can figure out the code to make a poor leather helmet no longer a requirement for entering the starting tunnel in Fort Ganrick, that would be great. I'm thinking it must be this line of code. Might want to remove the "party_has_item_equip" and give it a whirl. 3. Is there any way to make the door in the Barrier (Pyrn's) Tower openable through tool use or a key? If doors work the same way as they did in BoA, no.

(If you're struggling to find the house, it gets its own '?' on the map, IIRC.)

So I should've closed this thread with my last post, rather than letting it struggle on a little while longer. There really isn't any potential here for a worthwhile discussion, and whilst not all spam is inherently bad, this is unimaginative, humorless spam. Because of that, and because this is essentially just a postcount-inflating thread, I'm going to close it now. I guess that means we all lose the game.

I found Mahdavi problematic: usually, asking her about EVERYTHING (i.e., going through all her conversation options) cleared quests for me.

I remember when posting games were banned, and anybody caught posting in them was publicly flogged. O Spiderweb, whatever happened to you?

Most likely, it'd be about humans first settling the caves and surviving the onslaught of demons. That, or the First Expedition.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I remember something about the 3D editor being unable to port anything without breaking. The original 2D editor should run under Windows without messing around with any compatibility stuff, though running it under Windows XP probably won't hurt it.

Yeah, the new chitrach graphics are awful!

On the other hand, I have seen a few instances where what's being described is not at all what I'm seeing. One example is in Tor's homestead. We are told that we meet a 'radiant, red-headed woman [...with] translucent white skin', and yet what we see is a tanned brunette. I'm sure there'll be more - I'm barely level 3, and still in the starting caves.

I've downloaded it. I'll probably have time to look on Sunday, but if not, I'll play it on Monday.

There are dozens of you! Dozens! I could meet at least three more members with relative ease. Maybe I should save up and attempt to do that.