Archmagus Micael

Quote: Originally written by Silence in Motion: With Mac OS X 10.3.5, I'm having several troubles with BoE. First, ResEdit will not work to create a .MEG file. I have downloaded new copies of ResEdit, bumped memory up on it, etc. No go. It either crashes when I attempt to paste an image into a file, or it refuses to paste it. I've used ResEdit for over 10 years, BoE for at least 6, and previously created dozens of MEG files, so I know it's not me. Second, the Character Editor is very flaky. If you are in millions of colors and start the editor, it will crash the first time when you try to save a file, even if you've switched to 256 color mode. If you then reload it (while still in 256 color mode) it will limp along. Even if you do get it to work, sometimes when you try to add spells to a character, the text in the dialog box that names each spell is absent. So, you have several rows of checkboxes with no descriptive text. What fun! Also, the icon for the Character Editor has changed to the default application icon in OS X - two sheets of paper with a pencil, brush, and ruler on the bottom of the paper. Is anyone else experiencing this? If it was up to me, I'd say that you had an older version of BoE, one which doesn't accept your newer version of Mac. I mean, that's what the problem would be on Windows... They can't be that different, can they? - Archmagi Micael

If you somehow failed to understand Kelandon, email the following information to; INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR A NEW REGISTRATION CODE The Name it was ordered under The Address it was ordered under The Postcode it was ordered under Also, the new code that the version gives you (the counter-code to jeff's) WHAT TO SAY It's probably best to start off with saying something like... Code: Mr Vogel,I am sorry, but I appear to have lost my registration code for Blades of Avernum. Could you please send me my new one. My new code is ______.My details are;____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Thank you very much,_______________ WHERE TO SEND IT TO Send your email to spidweb@spiderwebsoftware.com spidweb@spiderwebsoftware.com Hope that helps you (You don't have to be AS polite as in the letter, but you can substitute stuff with your own wording) - Archmagi Micael

Quote: Originally written by Kelandon: I'm going to define "end of next week" as Saturday the 18th, unless anyone has any objections. Then I'll make the final edit to the first post in this thread, and... well... it would be nice if someone important (and here I am thinking of Stareye) would send this to Jeff at that point because I am a nobody and I have no idea if he would just ignore a random e-mail from me. We could combine this with Keep's bugs topic in the final e-mail. DSon't JUST email jeff, send him the first page of the topic over by email, using the "UBB Email" system. Give him a little message in your email, ORDERING, or at least ASKING him to read all three pages, and he'll kinda get the gist. It's all very well for someone to say something in an email, like saying two designers have already threatened to quit, but it's better if he can actually SEE and READ it himself. - Archmagi Micael Oh, and in that earlier topic, the one with the pic onloy 11KBs, BoA doesn't accept JPEGs, and in BMP format it's more like 250KBs, each!

Hang on - WAIT! Maybe I'm getting BoA and A3 mixed up. Yeah, I did have it in A3, but not in BoA!

Quote: Originally written by *i: If you make it a higher level, you also make it a lot tougher. What you can do is make a script for that creature and put in the DEAD_STATE a reward_party_xp() call. The sript that you use could just be a variation of basicnpc.

I didn't have Capture Soul in my copy of Avernum, only Simulacrum. It summoned whatever I targeted. Is that just me, or what?

On windows, it's one of the files... NEVER MIND. It's a whole lot easier just asking Jeff for a new code.

Quote: Originally written by Quaristimanwisti Suramisu Hikikawa: Jeff: "Linda, the customers want us to kick you out." Linda: "The demons made me do it! I swear, these demons inside my head! I hear things.. I.. I even see things.. Must.. DESTROY..!" Good one!

Getting rid of her would be good, but then we'd only be forced to foister all of our problems on another person. But anyway, I'm not even sure Jeff likes Linda {Tower of Magi Disaster. The twit that lets the demons in is called LINDA!} . But i mean, maybe the next person won't be as bad as Linda Strout, or maybe she'll just grow up, and pulo herself together, so we can treat her as a being, not like a demented Al'Quaeda terrorist! - Archmagi Micael Oh also, If Al'Quaeda is censored, I didn't know, so TOUGH!

Quote: Originally written by bleusoul: well, member # 4809, i'll try not to misinterpret your words. these graphics went through heavy criticism to reach this point (credit here goes to TM and *i) Credit for what? Help? or Heavy Critisism?

I'm sure she'd like that! *wickedchuckle* Talk about customer services... "Whiney Guy". And they complain about OUR intellectual losses. But we'll probably have Linda Strout around for ages to come. I mean, after all, she's been with them for a fair while already! - Archmagi Micael

Quote: Originally written by Sweet_Pea: is ther any way to fix the game if you samashed the button bord in the corner? The only other way to do so, is to win the Troggle/Hill Giant quest as far as I know! - Archmagi Micael Oh, and welocme to the boards. Leave your sanity behind, etc.

It would help if you specified. Like what operating system you have, what file you tried downloading (.EXE, .ZIP. SIT). Also what you've already tried. Using that I should be able to help! - Archmagi Micael Oh, yes, WELCOME TO THE BOARDS. LEAVE YOUR SANITY ON THE DOORSTEP, AND ALL THE REST OF THAT GARBAGE!

It IS possible to win without the amulets, its just that she teleports you away a few times. Waht you have to do, is set the pylons to overload, then activate them using the control panel on her desk. Rentar-Ihnro is invulnerable, so you can't kill her, so basically you must sneak past her, using sanctuary, and activate the control panel. Then, just sit back and watch the credits! - Archmagi Micael

Quote: Originally written by Eagle1: Got it, won't post the same message like that. Sorry just trying ot cover all bases. Thx for the help!!! That's Okay, I didn't notice you were new. I did nearly the same thing on my first day here! - Archmagi Micael

Quote: Originally written by Archmage Alex: Jeff's reply: Thanks for writing! A lot of interesting suggestions. A lot of these improvements will be in Geneforge 3. I may not have gone in exactly these directions, but there will be a lot more variety in graphics and characters. There will be something like crafting, and your backpack will be bigger. There will be more inventory types. I don't think you'll be disappointed. - Jeff Vogel Spiderweb Software, Inc. You know, that's VERY bague about most of it. It just says "A lot of these improvements will be in Geneforge 3". How much is "A lot"???? - Archmagi Micael

Quote: Originally written by Archmage Alex: Jeff's reply: Thanks for writing! A lot of interesting suggestions. A lot of these improvements will be in Geneforge 3. I may not have gone in exactly these directions, but there will be a lot more variety in graphics and characters. There will be something like crafting, and your backpack will be bigger. There will be more inventory types. I don't think you'll be disappointed. - Jeff Vogel Spiderweb Software, Inc. You know, that's VERY bague about most of it. It just says "A lot of these improvements will be in Geneforge 3". How much is "A lot"???? - Archmagi Micael

Sh'pose

Quote: Originally written by *i: Spiderweb has never been reknowned for its customer service. *heavy sarcasm* I wonder why. *heavy sarcasm*

Take your party out of the scenario using the Character Editor, and then restart the sceanrio. Anything you did in the sceanrio will have been wiped, enabling you to get the eggs and the opening crystal. Both the eggs and the opening crystal are with the bugs north of the Spider Cave. - Archmagi Micael And also, one last thing, NEVER post the same thing in three different topics!!!!!!!!!!!

Take your party out of the scenario using the Character Editor, and then restart the sceanrio. Anything you did in the sceanrio will have been wiped, enabling you to get the eggs and the opening crystal. Both the eggs and the opening crystal are with the bugs north of the Spider Cave. - Archmagi Micael And also, one last thing, NEVER post the same thing in three different topics!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote: Originally written by Shyguy: The "whiney guy" part didn't bother me half as much as the second line. What IS the matter with these people? Don't they know that Windows users can't open .sit files? I've already got an email from a player asking me how to open the file. I told him to check out this forum and then to complain to Spiderweb. Yeah, I know, it SOOOOOOO simple. If she can't be bothered to install WinZip, right hand click the folder, and select "Add to shyguysscenario.zip" she must be either; a) inept annoying c) plain damned annoying d) all of the above! - Archmagi Micael But also, ShyGuy, don't forget, Jeff doesn't get all of the Emails you send him. Some go to Mariann, and some to... Linda (I can see why Jeff named the evil lady in Exile\Avernum 3 {Tower of Magi disaster} after her !)

Quote: Originally written by Drakefyre: I don't offer to help because bigblue has fine grammar and doesn't need any help. His grammar's fine, except for the fact ne NEVER uses capitals. It just makes for an easier read, that's all - Archmagi Micael

Quote: Originally written by Nailati: I'd recommend against taking grammar lessons from someone who invents words ("tooken"), misspells ("proffesional"), and has a persistent, maddening, and thoroughly ungrammatical habit of stringing together separate sentences with commas (pity the poor, neglected semicolon--or at least prop up that naked comma with a conjunction!). Sorry to be anal, but it's the English major in me talking. I only miss-spell things on the computer, because I type so fast, a few words come out wrong. And I may not be the best grammatical speller here, but at least I offer to help! Why don't you! And yes, the Nephils DO look obese. But that would be good for a tribe of Cannibals, always eating each-other! - Archmagi Micael

Okay, this is entirely theoretical. I know how to send you from one town to another, since I'm using that entirely (that's the most important code) for my new scenario ( It won't need ANY outdoor sections, it's all towns!). Anyway, here's what i imagine you'll have to do. Code: beginstate 12;reset_dialog();add_dialog_str(0,"Do you wish to enter this Portal?",0);add_dialog_choice(0,"No");add_dialog_choice(1,"Yes");choice = run_dialog(1);if (choice == 1)end();if (choice == 2)set_state_continue(13);break;beginstate 13;put_boom_on_char(short which_char,short which_sfx,short random_shift)// - Places explosion which_sfx on character which_char. //If random_shift is 0, effect appears directly on character. //If 1, the explosion is shifted slightly in a random direction.void run_animation()// - Pauses the game and plays all animations you have created. //Note that none of the above calls will draw anything on its own. //You need to use this call to run any animations. [b]// You would have to do that for ALL four characters, in the event that a party has four characters...[/b] [b]// Then you would add the[/b] move_to_new_town(short town_number,short X_location,short Y_location); [b]// call[/b] [b]// Then, in the new town, your party would appear...[/b] break; Ofcourse, that's all in THEORY. The only way to test it would be to write out the code! Tell me how it goes, or if you don't understand me! - Archmagi Micael