Harehunter

I have them also on my Exile 2 page. http://www.harehunter.info/Exile2/index.html

I have Win XP on a VirtualBox at home. Went on even smoother than in real life.

The corners were a pain to deal with from the cartographers perspective as well.

Given the choice between buying Mage skill vs Priest skill for your fighters, I would choose Priest skill, because you can still use it once you don the heavy armor. And having the ability to heal oneself takes a load off the priest in your party.

Hello Mystic,

My surprise was not so much that he had Win98SE running in DOSBox, it is that he had it running well. Getting the tunables set properly is the key.

I'm still looking for beta testers for my scenario editor. I am still planning on converting it to C but if someone could kick the tires and let me know if the base functionality works, it would still be useful.

You are still in DOSBOX with Win 95? Awesome! I had read that it could be done, but had not tried it.

I have found a better virtual machine that works very nicely on win 7

https://www.virtualbox.org/

This is freeware. You can load any type of OS you may have a license to. Currently on my WIn7 32-bit, I have one VM with Ubuntu Linux and another with Win XP.

Win 98 will install in here perfectly fine too.

Enjoy!

After so many decades, what's a day or two among friends.

Happy belated Birthday Aran.

We ageth just a day apart.

Welcome to the family. There are resources online besides here for assistance, maps, walkthroughs, etc. Folks who have links in their signature, such as the Reverend, have provided extra content that you may find interesting and useful. Also check out all the links at the first of each game series on the forum. These are provided by folks who want to share their enjoyment of these games with others.

Enjoy!

Try this one

http://harehunter.info/Avernum4/Maps/Items4.html

I'll take a look at if first chance.

I have a demo version zipped ready to register on my website. I just checked them and they are their. I keep finding stuff that didn't make the trip to t h e new site. Message me if any problems occur.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

Thank you Duskwolf. Let's see how quickly this rabbit can pull himself out of a hat! Already have a structure to land this in. Mmmm. New guy starts next week. We'll see.

Repel Spirit is a very effective weapon against undead. Too bad only priests can cast it.

Aloreal, if you are listening do you want to weigh in on this one?

I understand,

I am laying down the stick,

I am backing away from the equine carcass.

Has it really been six years???

Shaman strong-warrior,

Shaman tools med-warrior,

hedge wizard heavy on the mage,

hedge wizard heavy on the priest

Hey I know I'm weird.

I'm getting a new DBA at work to take some of the load off me. Maybe I'll have some time freed up to finish my Exile Annotated Maps. Or get my BOE editor converted to C so that MAC and linux users can use it.

Actually, I wrote it in VB for two reasons, 1) I didn't have access to a C environment at the time, but I did have a VB. 2) I am stronger in basic because of the database engine I was working on at that time.

I have Code::Blocks with MinGW installed on my machine, but I am totally swamped for time; Maybe this next resume will lead to hiring someone to take some of my workload.

I think I know enough C to convert the base logic, but one of the things I am having trouble with is building the forms. It seems simple enough at first, but Code::Blocks is very particular about using the GUI exclusively.

Win7 32-bit runs Exile just fine. If you're running Win7 64-bit, I have on my website the link to Vogons website where you can get instructions on how to build a DOSBOX with Windows 3.1 or Window 95 which will run Exile OK.

I actually do understand your perspective, and when I first played through Exile I, II that is how I played it. Until I ran into the Dark River and found that I had no backup plan for losing any single PC. If I lost my tank, the rest of the squad had no shield, if I lost my mage, I had no ranged attacks ( bows were pretty weak in Exile). That's where I fell back on my military training and concocted a strategy that worked for me, and has continued to work through the entire Avernum series.

But in the end, these games are intended for having fun. I cede the thread back to its original intent with apologies for causing the distraction.

Unless you consider a special forces a-team, combined arms is best visualized at the platoon level, mabe at the squad level, but more commonly at the company or battalion level. From this perspective each PC becomes a marker for a maneuver unit. Here is where I see a Mechanized Infantry platoon equipped with M2 Bradley (light artillery) with attached M1 Abrams, a support section (consisting of a scout detachment (Bradley-Stryker, engineer detachment, light mortars). and two artillery sections, one light (105mm) and one heavy (8 in). Medical personnel are attached to each unit,

As for looking at each PC as an individual soldier, then I have to apply the training and tactics of a special forces team, where cross training is the key to accomplishing the mission. Each team member does have one skill at which he is particularly able, so there is specialization to a degree. Not all team members know demolitions as well as the engineer specialist of the team, or be as skilled in medical techniques as the medical specialist, but they all know how to use a mortar or heavy machine gun, and they are all trained in hand to hand fighting, though some are better than others. Here I see a team leader, a rifleman/engineer, a medic with M203 (m16 with grenade launcher), and a heavy weapons specialist with RPG or LAW..

But this is just the doctrine as I learned it.