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Hi. Sorry about only replying now (I've been away).

 

Check this link.

 

Also, added tool versions and added the source and non-command line version.

Send it to me, as well. If you want, I can post it in the Blades of Avernum Center site.

 

boa.center (at) gmail (dot) com

A PC version would be nice. Anyone with the skills and some time to spare? If Niemand wouldn't mind someone to port his tool, of course.

Try to install in a different folder. Maybe a damaged cluster in your HD? Defrag your HD.

Is that scripting accessible to other programmers? And non-programmers? Anyway, that sounds really interesting. It makes me imagine your editor remake as a customizable editor, where the scripts would be the plugins. Of course, I may have understood wrong.

What's still left to do until alpha release sounds complicated to a non-programmer like me, but keep up the good work. We're looking forward for the alpha release.

It's looking great. The greater area view, all towns and outdoors in a tree at one side, the palletes... Keep up the good work! You're making it all easier for everyone to create their scenarios. Thanks!

It's looking great, although I liked the lit hills better. The columns in flat panel look a little bit odd. Anyway it's great. Keep up the good work!

Think about changing the wall terrain to give that spikey look (like estalactites [sp?]), instead of adding any graphics to the base of the floating islands.

About the nebula pic you say you can't shrink... What's the problem about shrinking it? Maybe I can do it for you.

I'll host it for you too.

I have a question to the WASes here (Wizards of the AvernumScript).

 

1 - Is it possible to "attach" a specific SDF to every NPC in all towns?

 

Let's say that if the PC kills a NPC, the NPC's SDF would be triggered. This would be useful because of clone towns (equal towns with the same NPCs, but where the actions in one of them are reflected in the other. Example: I kill John in town 1, he won't be in clone town 2).

I guess I could do a small script veryfing a chacklist of NPCs everytime the PC enters one of the towns... But I would prefer my initial choice, mainly due to undisclosed reasons.

 

2 - I need some more information about getting the day/night cycle right.

 

For example, if the PC aproaches town 1 at day, he will be teleported to town 1. If he reaches it at night, he will be teleported to (clone) town 2. I know Erik Westra made something similar in his scenario (we could enter in a certain place only at night), but I would like to know extra commands and tricks related to the day/night cycle, if someone would be kind enough to enlighten me. I guess I could figure it out alone, but right now I'm a newbie in scripting and time is very short.

 

3 - Is there a way to change a town's script in-game?

 

I mean, is there a command or any scripting trick, to make town 1 use the t1B.txt script, instead of the default t1.txt?

 

Thanks for any help you can lend me.

Although his games don't have all features that pleases us, it has enough features to make us buy them, enjoy them and even be active forum members!

 

Give him some credit. And have some hope.

Just go to the Blades of Avernum Center. The link is in my signature.

Jeff surely will find out what game features will please us.

 

I'm just concerned about the new engine: I really hope it will still be turn-based. I've only played Geneforge demos for 10 minutes and uninstalled. If A4 goes the same way as Geneforge, then I won't buy it.

It's offline

 

Do you know who's the author?

Thank you for the information, but I would like to know a couple more things: Does the hintbook includes any extra information besides the walktrough? Is it like the VotD's solution, included in BoA as a pdf document?

Are they in electronic format or on paper?

Being a BoA user, I decided to buy the Avernum triology. I would like to know how are the hintbooks, to decide if I should buy them together too.

 

Thanks

Are all players using the same BoA version? You should use the most up-to-date version. Maybe that's why some get the error and others not. Probably there was a bug in the earlier versions.

Jaaari's Creature and Item Editor Tools might be useful too. You can get them here .

That's strange. Maybe it's the redirecting service that is down for the moment. I've updated my sig with the direct link.

About the pratical purpose of my site, it's a site that, as the name describes, centralizes everything (except graphics). Plus it has a links sections that forwards newbies to many other BoA related sites. A good starting pont, in my opinion. But I'll leave that at your consideration.

Is anyone of your party near the door? It doesn't have to be the lead PC.

How about a link to BoAC?

It's a good place to get started and "equiped" (scripts, articles, scenarios,...).

If I understand, you're talking about a place that negates or makes magic difficult to be produced/cast.

 

I think it's possible to script for each cast, to deduct x SP. (If you cast a fireball, the script finds who cast the spell and takes the extra SPs, so it will spend the standard SP plus the x SP).

 

However, never tried it, don't know if it's possible.

There will be both type of scenarios, so pick the ones you fancy.

 

I guess, and I might be wrong, that any scenario maker will do a scenario with his own tastes in mind, not others' (although he probably won't ignore some advice and do some things to please a wider audience).

 

But judging other RPG's, the most successful ones were linear or non-linear but with a strong main story/quest.

 

The completely non-linear ones (rare!) were the most criticized ones. Maybe Morrowind is an exception, but sure everyone had higher expectations for that game. I, myself, didn't enjoy it.

 

In my opinion, a good story is the fuel that keeps players going on. And it's much, but MUCH more easier to make a good story with a linear scenario.

 

A mixture of both types would be the ideal, but I wonder how many will be able to do that. Complexity, time and endurance can be negative factors for those creators.

Count me in too.