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I can live with the bottom line being cut off. I just thought maybe I was missing a preview of the selected terrain, like BoE had. Of course, it kinda makes sense that it's not included since Jeff originally made the editor in 2D. It wouldn't have looked right anyway.

 

An extra 'Thank You' to those who worked on the 3D editor since it's obviously 100x easier than it used to be.

 

Edit: Is there a way to double up terrains (ie. walls or columns that are twice as high) without making custom graphics?

 

And is there a graphic to make indoor rises not look like dirt cliffs?

 

Edit2: Gah! Stupid walls that look like they only take up a sliver of a space but really take up a whole square...

1024x768

 

The laptop has only one other option of 800x600.

 

I have to restart the computer to switch so I'll tell you tomorrow if it worked.

Is there something wrong with my view of the editor? The last line is partially cut off and there is no big example of the terrain/floor that I have selected. It's rather annoying to have to put a terrain into my town to see what it really is.

 

As far as I can tell, I can't make it any bigger.

 

PS. Pay no heed to the terrain, I'm just putzing around with it.

*squeals for joy*

 

How. Did. You. Know? It's perfect! Exponentially more perfect than that other one. Are you psychic, too?

I've started reading through the BoA Editor Docs v1.2, but it reads rather rough (like it was written by someone who's been programming for a couple decades and can't think like a beginner any more) and I was wondering if anyone's made a more easily understandable guide or one that focuses more on the differences between BoE and BoA and what you have to do differently in designing.

 

If not, subsequent recommended readings are welcome.

I just took what y'all pointed to as the most up to date version in the Which Editor thread. The readme said it was Issac's but I didn't pay close attention. So it is Notus' revised version.

As I said in the first post, it's Issac's 3D version, though I didn't mention I'm on windows. It's not your build, Niemand. I was trying to put a terrain that looks like a cave onto an already made hill and the editor just wouldn't respond. It would let me put the cave on the flat ground but not on the hill.

I've never made a hill before so I don't know how it's supposed to go. I did have auto hill on. Does it need to be off when you place a cave?

I've tried both, it works on neither.

 

Maybe I should use the original editor and see if it works there.

 

Edit: Yep, that worked. I suppose I should have guessed it was a bug in the 3D editor. *sigh* One mystery down...

So, I'm taking a look at the BoA editor for the first time using Issac's 3D editor. Just playing around a little trying to get a feel of it and my first (of which I'm sure I will have many) problem, is placing a cave entrance on the side of a hill. I have my hill but the cave entrance will only be placed on flat ground which has given me a good 15 minutes of frustration in trying to figure out how to get it on there. I'm sure there's some simple thing I'm missing but if someone would explain the trick to me, I'd be most grateful.

 

Thanks in advance for the tons and tons of help I'll inevitably be getting from y'all.

It's probably just me then. I have my monitor on 100% bright but in the scene with the soldier, all I can make out is his shield. Everything else looks black. Time to change monitors, me thinks.

*Just happens to have a spare monitor sitting on the floor next to her and hooks it up.*

Ah, much better.

Is it just me, or do all the pictures seem really, really, dark?

I like all my characters be melee with basic spells. Bless, haste, cure, etc. Usually after around level 10 in sword/spear I branch them out.

Should we hold you to that and pelt you with tomatoes if you fail to come through?

Not that it makes that much of a difference to me but I've noticed an odd error in the new ubb.

 

A picture of what's going on.

 

It changes the size end tag to color whenever you try to enter in a size that's not preset. If it's purposeful, it's an awfully clumsy way to keep people to the preset sizes. If the software has the ability to change text, why not just change the number?

 

Anyways, just letting somebody know if they have the will or ability to fix it.

Maybe you haven't caught on yet, but when I role-play I like to be a jerk. As opposed to, you know, in real life.

Energy potion the most, healing next. The rest I only use if my people can't cast the same spells and then only sparingly. What I like to do better is sell the stuff I don't use and buy better spells.

I always steal anything that's sellable for coin or usable by me unless I already have maximum gold. That is as long as I can do it without being seen. I have no qualms taking little Johnny's last pair of trousers if my parties butts are bare.

 

I figure that Jeff put them there so I can use them. If he didn't want me to use it he wouldn't put it there. Besides, by living vicariously through my party I have no urge to steal from the real world. Same with the killing thing. I get it all out of my system in game.

http://khoth.ath.cx/~khoth/

*squints at Alo*

 

I remember having a 'ruby skull' worth 100 uses of magic map that I got out of Strangers Quest. I could even be wrong about that but it's why I said ruby at least.

Back in the good old days, all you had to do was save once, cast magic map once, and restore once to know where every extra nook and cranny was without using up a ruby.

It's actually a little less Blades stuff and a little more horsing around. I'm enjoying the RP at least. Linky here.

The updates to OBoE are listed at the bottom of the first post of the Compiled BoE Suggestion List thread here.

No fair, I didn't get any nude pictures.

What can I say? It's a gift.

As for switching scores. There's just something about putting scenarios side by side that gives one some perspective.

I could post the judges scores/comments at my site if you want Bain. tracihedlund at yahoo dot com.

Do we have a compiled contest winners/ judged scores and comments somewhere?

I can totally relate. I do everything except the note-taking which I probably should do.