A less presumptuous name.

Originally Posted By: Top in a Duck Hat Or just build a mechanical computer/Babbage engine. I mean, if they could do in in the 1800's...simple computers have even been made in Dwarf Fortress using kitten-based logic gates. Someone made a computer (or part of one) in Minecraft. He had plans to make the circuits for additional components, such as RAM. Not sure if he ever finished.

I can't think of any in-game evidence that they create cells. The way I view healing in the GF universe, that would violate the laws against human shaping. If there is game evidence for it, please cite it, as it would deepen my insight into healing.

Originally Posted By: eXtremeJeep Do not feel bad, I have been doing the same. Shame there isnt a mailing list I could sign up for There is a mailing list, but there is often a delay between the release of the game and when the email is sent out. Personally, I just watch the forums. The first forum-goer to see the game will surely post about it here.

There is a servile in GF1 that tells you that her (more or less) husband is out doing something. I can't remember the details of it all, but there is certainly some marriage-esque relationship there. EDIT: In Pentil, if memory serves.

If you look more closely, I wasn't saying that Shapers prohibit the use of essence to modify the body. I said that they prohibit the manipulation of essence in or on a non-shaped body. Shaper healing spells and healing pools use the energy of their essence to accelerate the body's natural healing process, as Alorael mentioned. That's very different than actually shaping a new limb or repairing damaged core nerves (which have little or no ability to be repaired naturally (and actually, there is current research going into this, as some evidence has indicated that nerve regeneration may be possible in the real world (nested parentheses are fun))).

All things are very difficult from extreme scratch. That's why we don't do that, we use the work of thousands of years of progress. It is the natural assumption that, whenever we do something new, we are allowed to use all resources created prior. For example, when proving a theorem in math, you are allowed to use all previously proven theorems. And you don't have to recreate the numbering system from ground up. Argument ad absurdum is, well, absurd. And that's what you're doing.

Pyrrhus, if you were stabbed, would your body be able to heal? Yes. And there is no essence involved. The distinction that I have been trying to make now is that simple healing does not require shaping, given that there are healers who are not Shapers. Thus, the allowance of healing does not indicate that the Shapers allow self-shaping. In fact, numerous game texts (I can't find them personally, my scripts are lost in the abyss at the moment) state clearly that the Shapers are dead-set against self-shaping. Txgangsta is correct on why Alwan will not shape himself even if he could become fully rehabilitated. It's against the law, and, as I mentioned earlier, what is to stop Shapers from using that precedent as an excuse to shape themselves further. At that point, they are hardly any different from the Drakons. As for this: Originally Posted By: Pyrrhus Not all of the shapers are against it. Rawal has a geneforge. .... Really? If I tell you that Americans frown on murder, would you counter that by using the example of a single murderer? My point was that Shapers as a whole dislike and have outlawed shaping humans.

Originally Posted By: Pyrrhus Originally Posted By: -–— The Shapers don't seem hostile to healing, though. Although really they're not forthcoming on the subject. —Alorael, who can't even tell if most healing magic is properly considered magic or shaping. They're not the same thing, although you can easily miss that fact. I think that it is considered shaping because it is under the shaping skill category. Remember that there is a difference between game mechanics and the laws of the fictional universe. Do you think that Alwan has a magical notebook where he records his exp and hit points? Jeff put healing craft under Shaping because 1. it makes sense and 2. magic already has 4 categories. Trenton - what Alwan has is pretty much an IV drip of energy that helps him sustain his life force. To use essence to restore his body would require shaping that essence into a physical form as part of his body, something that the Shapers are against.

Originally Posted By: eaintree Real combat would happen simultaneously. This is a turn-based combat system, simultaneity isn't supposed to happen. There were actually many complaints like yours when the game first came out. The graphical delay is more substantial than it has been in previous games. I'm not sure if this is just for Avadon or all future games.

As I remember, Alwan dies no matter what, but he lives to see the peace in his and Astoria's endings. My memory could be skewed, though, as I haven't played in a long time and I can't seem to find the scripts on this computer.

Originally Posted By: FnordCola just what qualifies as reshaping. Clearly the alteration of bodily tissues through the use of essence is not enough to qualify as such, since most healing fits those criteria. I'm not convinced that basic healing requires the use of essence in the sense of shaping. Yes, in the game, healing spells require essence, but the way I see it, that's almost more of a stamina requirement. Descriptions of essence imply that everyone has it, but only Shapers are able to manipulate it. Thus, when a healer heals someone, they drain their essence in the effort but aren't actively manipulating it in the process. If my supposition is correct, that would explain why Alwan was never healed - his rehabilitation would require active manipulation of essence on a non-shaped being.

I suspect that healing exists in both magic and shaping. Things like minor heal and cure effects don't seem to require manipulation of essence (although they do deplete your essence, they don't count as shaping). Looking at Alwan, though, it appears as though he would need reconstructive surgery, or the Geneforge equivalent of body-shaping.

Cyber Monday is coming up. There have been good sales on Windows laptops since yesterday, so that may be a good place to start. That said, I have no idea what sort of quality you'd be looking at. I'm no expert in computer hardware.

Also, as you can tell from discussions about drakons, the Shapers aren't too friendly with the idea of shaping people. While it may be possible for Shapers to heal Alwan, that would be the first step down a slippery slope toward drakon-esque Shapers.

Erasmus - just how fat are we talking? 200 kg is 441 lb.

You're not supposed to like Taygen, so it's fitting that his ending is pretty much sucky.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Wall-E yet.

Jeff isn't big on definitive dates. It'll come out within the next month, I would imagine. He has guaranteed this year, right?

I'm sure that there are Windows equivalents to the previously discussed programs that will underclock your processor. There should also be ways to limit how much processing power an application can take. I don't know any, but I'm sure they're not too hard to find.

Luck has never affected item drops. EDIT: or spawn rates, as far as I know.

I am glad that I am no longer the only one who has never played an RP before. I've meant to, and I sat in on an early AIMhack session, but I don't have the time or energy to learn another style of gaming, let alone play frequently.

To do that, you would have to move the original Scripts folder to let the new one take its place. If you can't make changes within the game's Scripts folder, I doubt that you could move or rename it. Operating systems have gotten a lot more restrictive for non-administrator accounts.

Originally Posted By: Earth Empires (its has been said that 4G has near same ping as xdsl has but we'll see). Just for the record, 4G LTE is NOT a true 4G network. I know it's off-topic, but I've been waiting for a false-advertising suit for over a year now.

Originally Posted By: Pyrrhus Will this cheat let me create the burning kyshaaks and firebolts? Originally Posted By: the most valuable P's Read the thread I linked to. It gives you five points in every spell and shaping. You have to provide the points in fire/magic/battle shaping yourself... To create those creations, you need 3 levels of the creation shaping and the appropriate skill in that shaping discipline. As Alorael stated, this cheat will give you the levels of creation shaping but not the levels in the discipline.

Replace the z7 script that Alorael directed you to with the one you just downloaded. Make sure you keep the original one (the one in the scripts folder) somewhere else in case you want to remove the cheat.