Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Ok well after cheating witht he editor and exploring most of exile III's features and understanding the game, i made a new party with the default characters but custom advantages/disadvantages and all that jazz, now when you start in Fort Emergence. There are books lying around, i found this green book, saw i couldnt hit use and/or open and read it, so i looked at the identity info and it is ID'ed and i think it says MAGIC too, now see the LITTLE description at the bottom just like all books have n stuff,well look at the green books ABILITY it says RETURNING MISSLE. But look at the dark green book identity, it is useable to be opened and read, but the light green has no use button, just has the defukt. Drop, give to pc and ID buttons, The green book(not the dark green) has no use button, but the ability says RETURNING MISSLE????!?!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 It wont let me post images? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I recall seeing this book in the game (it's called "Tome of Missiles" or something, right?). Basically, you equip it like any other missile weapon. I believe it works the same way as slings in Blades of Exile, so it probably requires Thrown Missiles skill rather than Archery (but I could be wron about that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 nope its just named Book, it is not readable nor useable by my nephim(nphilm can use trown missles very goodylu) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 dang I cant figure out how to attach a photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Nephil Thief Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 @Celti According to the Win32 CBoE code https://github.com/calref/cboe/blob/master/Win32/game/boe.combat.cpp ammo-less missiles still use MODE_FIRING, so they would use the Archery skill in CBoE. Not sure how that works in E3 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Yes BUT, this is an unusbale item named "Book" even when identified it just displays "book" this is for exile 3 guys not cboe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 And the ability display as Returning Missle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 dang I cant figure out how to attach a photo If you already have a URL to the image, just post that here. If not, you'll need to upload the image to an image-sharing site, such as imageshack, photobucket, imgur, tinypic, etc. Does the item's name go italic to show it's equipped if you click on it? ammo-less missiles still use MODE_FIRING, so they would use the Archery skill in CBoE. Not sure how that works in E3 though. Ah, you're right, I remembered wrong. (Mind you, in latest BoE, you can choose either skill.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Nope it is not able to be equipped either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Its just a dead end item named as a plain old common book BUT IS UNREADABLE and has ability of RETURNING MISSLE, and is as well ID'ed as MAGICAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 That's kinda strange, then. Though, does possessing it make a character's missiles return? For example, if you give it to your nephil. It doesn't strike me as likely, but maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Good Idea man , Ill test that tonight, also if u got Exile 3 you maybe can find it, its in "The Surface Party's" quarters,(where ur party starts out,) its the book on the table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 No, it's just Jeff screwing around with us. He does that a lot, giving useless items abilities that don't functionally do anything. You want a snazzy book, look for the Xian Tome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Hi, I'm a talking skull! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 It wont let me post images? If you upload the image to an image hosting site, like imgur or photobucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Whats the Xian Tome do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 http://spiderwebforums.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/13951-exile-3-xian-skull-sayings/ Edit:this one should be it http://spiderwebforums.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/16809-xian-items/ Double edit: I was right. The bottom post of the first link has the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer gem helper Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 did the throwing book actually work as designed in E3? i thought that the code for infinite ammunition items was broken until BoE (and sketchy even then) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Returning ammunition in general works, but despite having that property the book isn't actually classified as a missile weapon or a piece of ammunition, so it doesn't do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 did the throwing book actually work as designed in E3? i thought that the code for infinite ammunition items was broken until BoE (and sketchy even then) If you're talking about the Tome of Missiles, I'm not sure. It was equippable, but I don't think I ever tried actually using it in combat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Xian tome isnt in exile III, thats avernmum, xian items refer only to Avernum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Not xian tome, tome of missiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Darth Ernie, he was commenting on my bringing up of the Xian items, ignorant of the fact that they are not actually present in the game we are discussing. I never even finished the early Upper Avernum sections in E3 and just incorrectly assumed. My apologies. "Hey! I'm a talking without checking my facts!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Sorry, I was just following each new post without seeing how it fit with the whole conversation. Partially due to the mobile interface and partially due to it taking place over several months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Thaluikhain Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I always assumed that this was a mistake, albeit an interesting and entertaining one so I always made sure to get it, that it should have been a book you could read, but was set up wrong. Now that I think of it, it's the only one of it's kind, though, whereas multiple copies of normal books are all over. Wonder what this one said? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Could celtic check in the coding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Sorry, I don't have code for Exile III, only for Blades of Exile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I'm almost certain that book isn't the only one. Jeff scattered all sort of random crap with useless, unusable abilities throughout the Exile series and other series, because he thought it was funny. That's just one of them, and if you pay attention you may find more, and I'm not talking about Avernum's Xian items. We used to have a list somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Richard Bacon Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 ok, and enough about avernums xian items it has nothing to do with exile please, sorry but people keep mentioning them, yes i know what you mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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