A less presumptuous name.

Make sure you've followed all of the steps listed at the top of the tech support forum; they really do fix most issues. If a simple reboot doesn't fix the problem, you may have a corrupted game file. Reinstalling from scratch will fix this, and you can keep your saves (back them up just in case, I don't know if a reinstallation messes with Avernum saves). If that still doesn't fix it, the save itself may be corrupted, in which case reverting to an older save file will be necessary. I hope this helps.

Um, that was from February. I'm pretty sure this is necromancy.

1. Describe your perfect sandwich. Really, a good Reuben is all I need. 2. What is your favorite filling or condiment? Subway has taught me to love mayonnaise. 3. What is your least favorite filling or condiment? Dunno, I've never had anything too terrible before. 4. How often do you eat sandwiches? As often as zero in a week. As often as five times a week. 5. Have you ever found something really horrible in a sandwich? Can't say that I have. 6.If you could only eat one type of sandwich for the rest of your life, what would it be? Subway's Cold Cut Combo 7. White or wheat? wheat 8. Jelly or jam? preserves 9. Pickles or onions? pickles 10. Cheddar or Swiss? cheddar, hands down. 11. Grilled or toasted? toasted, unless it's just a cheese sammich. 12. Explain why sandwiches are better than wraps. I've yet to find a wrap where the shell (or whatever you want to call it) had a good texture. I prefer bread. 13. Explain why wraps are better than sandwiches. portability, I guess? 14. Is an open-face sandwich an actual sandwich? Why or why not? No, but a tuna melt is always good.

Originally Posted By: Thycavivor I have the iPad version. Are there any cheat codes to reveal the hidden switches? No. There are no Jeff-made cheats for hidden switches, and the big downside of the iPad version is that you can't access the scripts and build in a cheat yourself. Sorry.

Originally Posted By: mamachi In the maps there are letters but are missing a txt box explaning the letters that is very annoying. The letters on the maps are used in the guide section.

Originally Posted By: Trenton Uchiha, rebel servile. Wait a minute...If some one kills death, does that mean since hes not here to take us away, we cant die?!? You can't kill death. Something like this would happen. Not pretty when death is on the line. Never mess with a Sicilian when death is on the line!

In my opinion, if the lack of toggling keys is the single most irritating thing about spiderweb games, I think Jeff is doing a damn good job. That said, I do understand people's desire for toggling keys. With the sheer number of people coming here just for that, it wouldn't surprise me if he adds it in to all future games.

Originally Posted By: Superba I may be wrong, I played a lot of playthroughs and tried many character answer options, but still I remember Sevilin back in Avadon telling me I was right to prevent him to kill the bandit now he understands the law is more important than his persomal revenge (with different words). Regardless of what the character says after the quest, he will not help you in the challenge endgame unless you help him complete his vendetta.

Actually, every character, including Sevilin, has the same response if you refuse to help them or let them complete their vendetta mission. They refuse to help you in the optional challenge ending.

Originally Posted By: Dantius It's obvious Cleverbot is useless. I requested that it define love, and it didn't reply "Love is a perfect shot to the knees usig a high-powered sniper rifle from 120 kilometers", as any self-respecting Alorael should. FYT or are we using FTFY? Whatever, I changed your post.

Originally Posted By: The Turtle Moves Originally Posted By: Sarachim Originally Posted By: not Karoka, me As for continents, I would just define it as one of the seven accepted continents of earth. Then again, someone here will have to argue semantics there. Explain why Asia and Europe should be different continents. While that is a problem, it's not the problem with Karoka's defininition. The problem with Karoka's definintion is that it doesn't allow for the existence of continents on other planets. Not sure how that quote got messed up, but I used that definition. And I was waiting for someone else to mention other planets. Well, they just don't get continents. Eurasia is often considered to be a single continent. Those that divide it, however, use the Ural mountains, since they have historically separated to vastly different regions. The cultures and even gene pools of Europe and Asia are different enough, and there is a large physical boundary between the two. I guess that's good enough for most people. Originally Posted By: Dantius While you're at it, explain why there are four different oceans when there really should only be one. Actually, there are 5. Some organization named the waters around Antarctica the Southern Ocean.

Originally Posted By: Karoka Originally Posted By: Star-Spangled Banner Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! According to the Bible, aren't the kingdoms of the Earth controlled by Satan? So wouldn't that mean that they are praising Satan, making them devil worshipers?) The Bible also credits the Abrahmistic God with creating everything. That line deals with creation and preservation, not control. Semantics can actually be important. As for the US government and religion, don't get me started. As for continents, I would just define it as one of the seven accepted continents of earth. Then again, someone here will have to argue semantics there.

Australia is also a continent, country, and island.

Originally Posted By: Dantius Well, the computer itself arrived... Originally Posted By: Xazo-Tak Contrary to you, I think you should build the computer from scratch. Just to help you, the case I'd reccomend is "Raidmax ninja" if you have parts that are likely to make a lot of heat, or want your PC to never go above "cold metal" temperature. While your advice seems valid, it's a wee bit late.

Originally Posted By: Hearing Hands —Aorael, who can't get worked up about America not being synonymous with the United States. There are many countries that are "The United States of Place" or "The Something Republic of Somewhere" and everyone calls them Place or Somewhere. Why does the USA have to be different for picking a continent as its place? It's usually reasonably clear from context what you mean. Wait, so are those people over there from Australia the continent, country, or island?

Arguably, America is two continents / the collective landmass of the western hemisphere.

Originally Posted By: Dantius Originally Posted By: Randomizer It depends upon how many deaths or torturing is acceptable for the ends. Killing people for a disease (common cold) with almost no fatalities isn't that acceptable. Most current drug trials are discontinued if there are more fatalities than expected statistically for the treatment over no treatment. In fairness, the cold and the flu kill way more people than you'd think- it's something to the order of 50,000 people per year in the US alone, but then again, most of those people were very old or very young or had compromised immune systems, so they were more at risk than the average adult. And then you get things like the Spanish flu. Hoo boy. Randomizer is correct in that the common cold (rhinoviruse) has almost no fatalities linked solely to it. Dantius is correct in that the cold and flu combined have significant fatality. So killing people to develop a cure/vaccine for the common cold is hardly worth it, but would killing one year's worth of flu victims in research trials be worth preventing the flu from ever striking again?

Originally Posted By: CAJUN Game review: I guess its ok.I do have a few ideas.For the Knothead who wrote the ending,what an idiot.What were you thinking,why do I wanna kill redbeard?I really don't.I do wanna kill his 2 faced wife.Well....I'm not able too,You know why?Because jeff has the ending already played out,well thats ignorant. Come on dude.....give me a ending thats my choice,I still had way too many things happening.My thought is don't send me somewhere else because I didn't kill redbeard,or better yet don't fix the ending so's I can't go back and finish other tasks.I can't get back out of avadon,well thats really ignorant.I wanna explore other areas...WTF First of all, calling Jeff at "knothead" really isn't very nice. No one made you buy his product. Additionally, Jeff can't anticipate every desired ending to a game. Having n significant endings is already n-1 endings more than most games. So yes, I sympathize that your ideal ending wasn't possible. But I also realize the limitations of a small company trying to release a brand new title in a single year. That said, I do agree that it would have been nice to hold of on the very final battle (before going up the stairs) and revisit other areas. I guess it doesn't fit story-wise, but it's always fun to revisit early areas. Jeff does warn you that the final sequence is long and tedious, but he doesn't say it's a point-of-no-return.

Originally Posted By: devilkingx - demons, they're awesome but they werent in any geneforge but G2 and then they were mysteriously removed, probably to quell the "magic and demons in video games is the equivalent of devil worshiping and satanism in real life" crowd but whatever the reason its nice to see them back in the series, they are mythology staples. Forgot to comment on this earlier, and it's too late to edit it into my first post. Ok, so there are demons, and you love that. Great. Absolutely great that you enjoy part of the mythology of this game. Alas, you seem to think that Jeff purposely removed demons from the Geneforge games because of some taboo. This really isn't the case, as far as I know. Jeff didn't put demons into many games because, well, they didn't fit into the games. I believe that there is a demon (or something along the lines of one) in the midsection of G5. And while demons are common in fantasy stories and games, they are not necessary. I would rather have a game without demons than a game with demons thrown in where they don't belong.

Originally Posted By: Dantius The French ... managed to pick good national anthems, why can't we? Just a quick note: My French book last year had the verb "égorger" in it, which means "to slit the throat." This verb was included because it is part of the French national anthem. I mean, I have nothing against a gory national anthem, but let's not forget that the French one comes from a rather bloody point in history.

It seems to me that some of your likes and dislikes contradict each other. You like the skill trees and dislike them at the same time. Also, you like the story progression but dislike the linear plot. I think that asking for a non-linear plot with the same amount of story progression is pretty, well, naïve. Having the huge, open plots of, say, G1 while wanting the story development of Avadon seems impossible. You also like that the leveling doesn't stall out near the endgame. This is because the game has a much lower level limit than do previous games. Defeating Avadon without reaching the highest levels is nearly impossible, while previous games were beatable far below the level cap. Lastly, your complaint about the behavior of companions and other hands would be remedied had you played the full game. The reason why you have them and why you're sent on these particular quests instead of joining the fight with the other hands is explained upon your final return to Avadon.

Originally Posted By: Mod. If you mean a map with all in-game locations marked, I don't think anyone has screenshoted it. I'm not sure about every location, but people have posted combined maps of Terrestria before. I don't know where they are offhand, but I know a combined East/West map has been photoshopped together. They don't quite line up, though.

Originally Posted By: Shelagh Originally Posted By: Lilith almost as many people don't know who you guys declared independence from Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen. I knew that you guys were still bitter and planing to retake our lands!

Don't worry, though. You'll have a chance to come back and do some more investigative work later in the game.

Originally Posted By: Shadowplay Attack and defend pretty well even though you don't get armor or potions, scrolls, and wands from most of them. I mean, don't fighters have (sellable) chain and plate armor, or even swords? Don't the archers have bows of some sort? Well, lets look at this from an IC and an OOC context. IC, most of their gear is going to be pretty trashed after you've beaten them to death, so there is no point in getting it. OOC, do you really want each and every human npc to drop a full set of cotton clothing along with (yet another) (unsellable) dagger?