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Which version of OBoE actually works?
Celtic Minstrel replied to bakersofexile's topic in Blades of Exile
Okay, that crash you described sounds like something that's really easy to fix, at least. Hopefully I can also fix the missing menus fairly easily. I'm not sure on the blackness of tiles, so I'll have to test that and figure out what's wrong (though I only have access to Windows 7 for testing, so I don't know if I can guarantee that it'll also work on Windows 10). I assume Windows 10 does still support 32-bit applications, right? It would also help if there were more developers around than just myself... -
E3 - Where to find unique weapons shown in the editor
Celtic Minstrel replied to Fatman's topic in The Exile Trilogy
Wait, Demonslayer doesn't actually appear in E3? Huh, I didn't expect that... especially given Linda's experiments... -
I have no evidence for this, but it's quite possible that the bug of thrown missiles skill governing archery (assuming it ever existed) was only introduced in Blades of Exile due to a copy error.
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Don't forget that mages also have a blessing spell (at least in Exile 3), though it's a low-level one - Strength.
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Blades of Geneforge - How it could be done
Celtic Minstrel replied to Ishad Nha's topic in Blades of Avernum
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Ah, I see. I don't think there's a lot I can do to decrease the filesize, unfortunately. There may be some ways to reduce it a little, but probably not much. If it takes that long to download for you, it's probably better for me to find someone else with XP to verify the support of that platform. Still, if you want to download it and try anyway, go ahead. (I guess even if it doesn't work on your XP you could still try it on your laptop.)
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Since you are running XP, it would be nice if you could test one of the versions found here and let me know whether it works. I don't think it will, but if I'm right, I'd like to try to fix it so it can run on XP. These are the versions that I (and ADoS) have referred to as "OBoE" (rather than "CBoE"), and they're all from this year, so they're quite a bit newer than the versions you have. Regarding your 8.1 laptop that you dislike, if it's possible, it may be worthwhile to upgrade it to Windows 10 (which I think might still be free). From what I've heard, Win10 still has problems and may be worse than Win7 in some ways, but it's also better than Win8 (if you want more details, I'm sure you can find out a lot through Google). One problem with Win10 is that it's really terrible about trying to force you to install updates and reboot after they're installed (by which I mean, it has been known to reboot your computer without your consent). If you have wifi (which is likely the case since it's a laptop), this is avoidable by telling Windows that it's a low-bandwidth connection, and if you have ethernet, you could also avoid it by simply unplugging the cable when you're not using the Internet, but a true fix unfortunately requires the Pro edition.
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That's not what DosBox does, Ishad. It emulates(?) MS-DOS only. If you want to run the original BoE in DosBox you need to obtain a copy of Windows 3.x (I dunno, 95 or 98 might also work, but would probably be harder) and go through the process of installing it. But you're right that DosBox won't help for running either CBoE or OBoE. Only CBoE would benefit from compatibility mode, as all my releases of OBoE were compiled on Windows 7 (or OSX 10.7).
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If you're using Windows XP, there's no guarantee that OBoE will run on your computer. I would like it to be able to run on XP, but I no longer have access to an XP computer, so I can't really test it. If you could at least download the latest version and test to see if it runs, that would be great. Even if it doesn't run on your XP computer, it should work on your laptop. Note that, if you intend to design scenarios, you should skip the latest version and take the one just before that. If you only want to dump scenario text, the latest version is fine. It has a lot of improvements, but unfortunately it also has a partially broken scenario editor. (I think the text dumping feature will work though. Probably. If it doesn't you can download the previous version anyway.) I can't help you with the CBoE edition.
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No, it's not really like that, Ishad. The proper place to install applications on a Mac is "/Applications" for GUI programs or "/usr/local/bin" for command-line programs, but you can also put them anywhere in your user folder if you want (and that's true on Windows too). The Windows equivalent of installing it in "/usr/bin" would be to put it in "C:\Windows\", I think. Regarding the Ascript hang, my guess would be that it can't find the alint executable where it expects to find it. Does it have a preferences option to specify where alint is installed?
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Unfortunately, I probably can't help you with this since I don't have access to OSX 10.11. You could try building it from the source (that might even be enough just on its own). If you figure out a fix, I'll accept a patch or pull request.
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Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
Alright then. Unless Kelyar has any last tweaks to make, I'll go with the coif one in its current state. -
Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
Ehhh... I can't decide which one I like better... I'll post them both side-by-side for better comparison though. It strikes me that the neck is insanely tiny. Maybe that's expected though. -
Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
This is already possible. I think I even tested it. -
Za-Khazi Run - Wurm Pit, what do I do with the idol?
Celtic Minstrel replied to Nephil Thief's topic in Blades of Exile
The walkthroughs are also in the Blades documentation on Sylae's site. -
Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
Sure, it's easy, but then when you upgrade to a newer version, your modifications will probably be wiped out. -
Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
I think the idea is that, when attacking, that magic glow is effectively being "thrown", so it would become a missile. Then I suppose you'll be happy to know that I plan to add a way to import a custom graphic for your PCs. -
Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
Looks pretty good now. I'm kind of wondering about that orange thing at the neck, though - it really stands out and looks slightly weird. Would be nice to have additional opinions on these. -
Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
Ah, yeah, that's a good point. The large version seems to suggest the hand is under the robe, but it probably shouldn't be. -
Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
That does look a lot nicer. It still seems a bit different stylistically from the monster vahnatai graphics, but... I think I can accept it like that. I do think the flame is a bit big though. Also, for it to be a flame is maybe a little too specific; a generic magical glow sort of thing would probably be better. The crystal wall isn't very good at all, sorry. But maybe you expected that. -
Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
Heh, you posted at the same time as I did. No, it doesn't sound familiar, but you'd probably know better than I. -
If possible though, it would be better to find a non-JPEG version, as using graphics that passed through the JPEG format will not look as good. Note that BMPs are sometimes JPEG as well (especially when uploaded to image hosting services), so if there's really a GIF available, converting that to BMP would probably be the best choice.
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Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
You can if you really want, but I don't think we need to do that. Asking to use existing art is quite different from asking for new art. Ah, okay then. That's good. I think this is the first I've heard of that... I looked over the existing monster Vahnatai graphics as well just now, and there are some that sort of slightly support it. Either way though, what you drew looks weird to me when compared to the ones we have already. -
Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
Does that mean you didn't actually base it on a BoA Vahnatai directly? We don't want edits from BoA graphics, especially not in monsters, but if it's original and just happens to more closely match BoA in the aesthetic, then feel free to resubmit a tweaked version. Your waveblade wielder looks like his leg is bent backwards at the knee. It's very disconcerting. Also, the position of the sword itself doesn't make sense. It also seems to more closely match BoA than BoE, to me. If you don't quite understand why, take a look at the original BoE Vahnatai graphics here. -
Vahnatai PC Graphics (and others) Wanted!
Celtic Minstrel replied to The Almighty Doer of Stuff's topic in Blades of Exile
Thanks for trying! Hmm, it's not bad, I guess. The arm is abnormally straight, and it looks like there's artifacts around the edges. By the way, you didn't base this on something from Blades of Avernum, did you? The robe's style looks more like Avernum than Exile. Basing new graphics on Blades of Avernum graphics is a bad idea in general (since there's no guarantee that BoA will be open-sourced), but especially bad when it comes to monsters, as BoA monsters are completely different stylistically. So, I'm sorry, but I can't accept this one as it currently is.
