Rotghroth Rhapsody madrigan Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 It all looks great. I was hoping we'd get to find out what happened to Muck and Highground, but I'm glad I'll get to visit Formello and the Castle again. Fort Avernum seems to be gone. Who knows, though, there could be a second map, or some other trickiness from Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Remind me what Muck and Highground were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Muck and Highground were two cities in the Northern Reaches. A big crystal mining operation was going on in the area, and giants were disrupting it, if I recall correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Right. Was that the first area that your party gets to after sailing down the river? If it is the world map seems to have a large rock wall blocking the river exit to the Northern reaches. I wonder what happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Cavequake? The end is near (at least for Mac users). Jeff will release the game soon. With soon being a relative term depending upon his mood and any new bug reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Muck and Highground are later on in the game, before the Vahnatai Lands. The Drake Pillars is the area you first visit after leaving the Northern Isles through the river/rapids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Originally Posted By: Randomizer Boats are available, but you're in the army so the paperwork is a mess. You are better off making one on your own. So be sure to collect wood, rope, tools, hammers, saws, and bolts of cloth for sails. You know, it's so close to release time that I actually have reason to believe you Srsly, when I get a Mac next year, I'm going to torment everyone with my Beta Reports. Quote: Who knows, though, there could be a second map, or some other trickiness from Jeff. I'm still hoping we get a tiny glimpse of the surface. Not much, just a little. It'd be nice to have the serious come full circle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Originally Posted By: Randomizer Boats are available, but you're in the army so the paperwork is a mess. You are better off making one on your own. So be sure to collect wood, rope, tools, hammers, saws, and bolts of cloth for sails. Be sure to get access to the Enchanted Anvil in X's Tower by doing the quest for the Agent in Green Hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma tehpineapple Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 ^ I just hope there's a secret area with a talking portal called "the guardian of forever" who sends you back to graahk's peninsula at the time of the first expedition, and you get to participate in all sorts of predestination paradoxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Monroe Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Fallout, the Simpsons of the RPG world, did it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I dunno, Fallout isn't nearly universal -- or vanilla -- enough to be the Simpsons. I'd say it's more of a Transformers: niche but well-known, ancient and imitated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Arronax Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Comparing Fallout to Transformers? Ugh. Sorry, not to get any further off topic but seriously... ugh. That's like comparing truffles to athletes foot. Also on topic: game coming out soon. Eeeeee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug Matchstk Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I've been a fan of Jeff Vogel's games for many years. I played Exile 1 and thought it was coolest thing ever. Every once in a while, still, a friend of mine and I talk about how diabolically hard the Golem factory in Exile III was. (Way too hard. Way, way too hard.) I lamented the party size being reduced to 4 for the Avernum series, got used to it though, and was thrilled by the continuing storyline. Avernum 5 was great fun, well written, with great gameplay enhancements. Never got into the first-person RPGs like WOW, Neverwinter Nights. Haven't bought a new computer in 7 years, so I can't play them anyway. So on top of the history with this series, I rarely get a new RPG to play. And I'm old-school - I keep a hand written journal and questlog, character stuff in a notebook. No offense to Jeff's great in-game tools, I just like the pen and paper aspect of roleplaying. anyway ... Thanks for the games Jeff. Now hurry up and release Avenum 6 !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 You might need to upgrade your comp if you want to see A6 in its full glory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora joreza Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 And God said, Let there be light, and He saw that it was Good. Yet the Flying Spaghetti Monster said, Hey Mate, I think I've got somethin' even better, to be Perfectly Honest with you. And God said, Excuse me? And the Flying Spaghetti Monster said, Let Spiderweb Software release Avernum 6, and let it be both Purchased and Played. And They saw that it was Good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Arronax Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Was this before or after the midget? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Morgan M. Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I started with exile III in 5th grade! I'm guessing that was what, like 1997? Geneforge 5 was the first of that series I bought too. I guess I'm more of an exile/avernum/nethergate type of guy. Remember when you had to type in stuff when talking to people? I look foreward to these games every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora joreza Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 The midget got his hands on a stolen beta copy before Vishnu challenged him to a duel and took it for his own. So, it's right after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Zummi Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 It's a long and slow wait indeed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma tehpineapple Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 ^ true, but I'm guessing it will be released somewhere between tomorrow and monday. Anybody else furiously refreshing the page?: http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/ftp/mac/Avernum6Demo.dmg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 winter 2009 and its not winter yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Warchief Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I hope I'm not going to get in trouble for saying this (my first post BTW), but the demo is up on Spiderweb's FTP, the site just hasn't been updated. http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/ftp/mac/Avernum6Demov10.dmg Sweet! I'm going to play right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 ZOMG!!!!! *sits and waits for two more months* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk BrownieMix Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 This game = awesome. Haven't gotten very far at all, but man oh man. One thing really jumps out at me - thanks to dual wielding, swords now become potentially very powerful. Which mean that playing as humans might actually be superior in some situations. I'm sticking with my traditional party of one Slith and 3 Nephilim at the moment, because that's what I'm best at, but I tried dual wielding swords, and man is it fun(grin). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Will the game run on Mac emulators? I can't wait that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Arronax Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Originally Posted By: Dantius Will the game run on Mac emulators? I can't wait that long. This. I'm seriously considering buying a mac, hope you're happy Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Zummi Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Darn you Mac users! *goes back to play Noitu Love 2* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Originally Posted By: BrownieMix This game = awesome. Haven't gotten very far at all, but man oh man. One thing really jumps out at me - thanks to dual wielding, swords now become potentially very powerful. Which mean that playing as humans might actually be superior in some situations. I'm sticking with my traditional party of one Slith and 3 Nephilim at the moment, because that's what I'm best at, but I tried dual wielding swords, and man is it fun(grin). The advantage that a nephil has over the human is that you get bows and thrown weapons for free and this gives you battle disciplines much sooner. The 10% penalty isn't that significant in the end and it's easy to get 300 to 400 damage per round before armor/resistances using dual wielded swords. Against a single target you can sometimes do more damage than a spellcaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Warchief Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 The new graphics are pretty sweet! However, I'm noticing some sluggishness at 1920x1200 w/ all the fx turned on. This seems to mirror my experience with GF5 (which A6's engine is based on right?). According to activity monitor both games peg my CPU usage at 100% regardless of resolution. The main runloop must be doing a busy wait... Kind of annoying that one of my CPU cores is being needlessly tied up, since my fans spin up with that kind of usage. My machine is an 07' MBP 2.4GHz w/ a GF8600M 256MB. I'll try running at a lower resolution next time to see if there are any performance differences... Anyways, despite the performance issues I'm really enjoying A6 so far! Those Sliths are up to something for sure... I just hope its officially released tomorrow so I can register before I hit the end of the demo region! Edit: It looks like the game is officially up on the main page now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Check the technical support document that comes with the game. There are supposed to be tips to help with performance especially for larger screens and high resolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Warchief Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Thanks Randomizer, I did have a chance to play around with the settings a bit and I found that changing the graphics quality (to partial graphics) didn't have much effect on frame rate. I tested all the 16:10 widescreen resolutions (or at least the ones that are available to me) and I've settled on 1600x1000 as the best compromise between speed and quality for now. At 1920x1200 my framerate was dropping down to 15 in the castle, and lower during some fights. As for the CPU usage, thats another issue. I guess I should start a thread on the support forum rather than hijacking this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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