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La paix

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  1. Thanks guys, I didn't recall! Interesting. Also, thanks for the interesting and highly detailed Avadon lore!!! I'm playing through them again now and this is fascinating. Overall, I think Avadon has some of Jeff's wittiest writing and I had forgotten just how fun it is.

  2. Hi friends. I had a sudden hankering / attack of nostalgia, so I downloaded BoE and started playing it again. :) I'm on a 2009 iMac running OS 10.11.6, and I'm just playing Valley of Dying Things for the moment. I noticed that the crystal pillar light thingies and glowing portculli and gross filth outdoors all appear as black squares. I gave up when I went into the southern part of the school because all the gremlins are invisible. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks for making this available and playable. :)

  3. I agree--I like my dungeons sprawling and spiraling with many levels. I'm very curious to see what it will be like in the reincarnations.

     

    Originally Posted By: Baron Duke von Earl
    Jeff didn't create Exile in high school! He started programming in high school, but Exile is a product of his disaffection with the life of a math graduate student.

     

    —Alorael, who believes Jeff is 40 now. If he were in high school in 1994, he took his time getting through the grades. Or he took his time on programming Exile.

    Oh, that's odd. I remember reading that he did it "to survive high school" on his website some years ago, but maybe I misread. It certainly makes less sense that way.

  4. Originally Posted By: Harehunter
    Speaking for myself, the puzzles were part of the main attraction to the game. Jeff artfully wove in the elements of story, battles, and puzzles into a near perfect mixture to appeal to young and old alike. Being an oldster from the keypunch days and University of Texas Super Startrek, the user driven pace suited me perfectly.

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    This was no simple hack and slash Dungeons & Dragons. This was a virtual world into which one could escape the doldrums of real life.


    It's quite fascinating to read this when one remembers that he created Exile in high school. He must never have imagined that it would one day be lauded thus. Eerie.
  5. Tx, I agree. I adore the old engine, in just about all aspects. I actually much prefer not having the shift-D console: it's much too tempting, and I always end up cheating just I bit more than I want to. A2 and A3 are some of my favorite games of all time. I also really like the keypad navigation, the indoor v. outdoor setup, the graphics, ...

     

    I take every chance to rave about it. Not that I hate the new engine.

  6. Originally Posted By: The Mystic
    It's discouraging at first, but with some practice, I know you'll get the hang of scripting. Just give it time.
    I've always thought scripting is way harder than basic programming (in C/C++). Would you guys agree? Maybe it's just because I have books and classes for programming, but little more than disturbingly long documentation for avernumscript. Remembering all those calls and their formats is so hard for me.
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