The Ultimate List of Arcanum's Easter Eggs
Fri 17 July 2009, 15:40:57

Around a week ago I decided to make the definite compilation of all Easter eggs and pop-culture references found in Arcanum, since it turned out nobody ever bothered to make one. And here it finally is. Some of the things mentioned in this article could be common knowledge, some are rare, and some were never seen before. This isn't a complete list, however, it's obvious that there will be new additions, so I encourage everyone to contribute by sending me their finds.

Have a good read!

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rroyo is awesome in ways unknown to man.
Fri 22 May 2009, 23:32:43

What we do know however is that he has created a staggering amount of art to be used for your modding experiments. Last time anyone checked, we had roughly 109 scenery pieces and 40 items of his doing in the art section , which means that rroyo is a little bit more than human.

Here's a list of the goodies rroyo has done:

***Scenery***

AlchemistTables - A pair of wooden tables laden with apparatus.

BeerBarrels – A small, tapped barrel to sit upon the bar. Comes with a flip.

Bookpiles – Three new sets of books to dress up your desk. Comes with flips.

DwarfArt – A free-standing medallion that resembles the design of the BMC floor emblem. Comes with a flip.

DwarfWallRepairKit - 18 wall sections of Dwarf mines and structures to close the gaps that can form during construction.

GlowTrees - Three different-sized exotic trees with one or more glowing bulbs that can accept a small glow light to illuminate the darkness. Comes with flip views of each.

JunkBin&Table – Left-hand versions of the stock game Junk Bin and Junk Table.

MushroomHomes – A smurfy little place for your wee folks to live. Comes with a flip and clickable doors for each.

Paintings02 – A dozen new medium to large pictures to help decorate your scene. Comes with flips for all.

Pews - A pair of wooden pews (long benches) for added realism in your temple.

Posters03 – 21 new posters to dress up your interiors. Comes with flips for all.

Statues01 - 15 new statues to add a little variety to your creation. Comes with flips for all.

Statues02 – 16 more statues to add a little Variety to your creation. Comes with flips for all.

TripodTelescopes – Two telescopes; one for humans and the other for smaller races. Comes with flips.

***Items****

Rings01 – 40 new rings; from mild to wild; to give your mighty mage all the power he or she needs.

Shields01 - 40 new shields to protect your fearless warrior - or his enemies.

Have fun modding!

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Arcanum High Resolution Patch hits 1.1
Fri 01 May 2009, 09:33:04

Version 1.1 of the high resolution patch is out. List of changes:

- Fixed the spells/skills buttons on the bottom panel. The spells/skill menu doesn't disappear anymore if the corresponding button is still pressed.
- Added a new optional component: Compact Options Screen. This breaks the options screen into 3 parts (top, middle and bottom), just like with the other menus.
- Fixed mouse cursor detection issues with the character creation menu. Gender, race and background fields now get properly detected.
- Fixed mouse cursor detection issues with many multiplayer related menus.
- The NPC response window now gets proportionally larger when the larger dialog font component is installed. Now all text fits correctly.
- Fixed all issues with the larger logbook font. Now all text fits correctly and page numbers are visible.
- Added size 18 dialog fonts as an option.

Grab the update here

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Arcanum High Resolution Patch released!
Tue 14 April 2009, 03:00:33

The highly anticipated resolution patch is finally out. This extensive engine mod allows the game to be run in any resolution!

Click here to enter the release thread

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ITZ COMING!!
Sat 21 March 2009, 12:12:27

The work on the Arcanum High Resolution Patch is progressing nicely and a test version is mostly complete. Here are some screenshots of different resolutions:

1024x768



1280x960


1680x1050

1600x1200


The Arcanum High Resolution Patch will feature:

• Full support for any resolution.
  
• All elements of the interface perfectly centered.
  
• All elements of the interface remain their original size with no custom graphics in any resolution.
  
• Full compatibility with any mods that are based off the 1.0.7.4 version.
  
• Full compatibility with older save games.
  

New avatars available
Sun 11 January 2009, 12:57:01

Two new avatar galleries have been added, a gallery with Arcanum's in-game sprites (74 avatars) and a rich Bloodlines gallery (105 pictures) from our sister site, the RPG Codex. Also, 13 missing portraits have been added to the Arcanum galleries.

Enjoy the variety!

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Unofficial Arcanum Patch v081229
Mon 29 December 2008, 23:23:41

After a slightly long wait a new version of the Unofficial Arcanum Patch is released. The list of changes is pretty big, and it includes a plenty of restored content in addition to the fixes. All changes are listed here.

The new version follows a slightly different format. Almost everything is now included in a single installer. Apart from the core patch, optional components are available, the most important of them being the Extra Content module (which is mostly based on the Extra Pack).

The new installer is compatible with older versions, so if you have the UAP (with the Extra Pack or not) installed, it will detect it and upgrade without problems. However, the 1024x768 patch has been discontinued and must be uninstalled.

Apart from the main patch you can also use the High Quality Townmaps' pack and either version of the newly released High Quality Music.

DOWNLOAD

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Arcanum Soundtrack, Now in High Quality!
Mon 29 December 2008, 23:19:42

I'm proud to say that after all these years the Arcanum soundtrack is finally available in high quality! By a stroke of luck, one of the few promotional CDs that were distributed in Europe for free was found.

The soundtrack was never released commercially, and all we had were the mp3 (128 kbps) version that Sierra made available for free download and the in-game version, which had the same quality. But since the mp3 files were available for free download, one would assume that distributing the uncompressed tracks is also legal, but alas Sierra never released them.

A few weeks ago I found a person (who preferred to stay anonymous) that had a promotional CD and was willing to share the original tracks with everyone. And now the Arcanum soundtrack is here, in all its glory!

Terra-Arcanum is proud to present you the Arcanum soundtrack in lossless quality!

DOWNLOAD THE SOUNDTRACK (21 tracks, WAV format, 265 Mb)

The soundtrack has also been converted for the in-game use. While you can download the MP3 version (320 kbps) (101 Mb), it's also possible to use the original wave tracks in the game with the help of this small patch.

I'd like to thank Mr. Houge for his magnificent and moving music. Only thanks to this fine gentleman we can enjoy such a unique work. He poured a great deal of love and attention into his music and it's greatly appreciated. I encourage everyone to read his notes and comments on the soundtrack.

And most importantly, if you're interested in Arcanum and its soundtrack please consider purchasing a CD if the soundtrack ever gets a commercial release.

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AWIP 6.0 released!
Tue 16 December 2008, 12:26:46

Just in time for Christmas, version 6.0 of The Forgotten Places of Arcanum, popularly known as A Work In Progress or AWIP in short, has been released! Download it here!

This means that no matter what happens, we've been given at least one good Christmas present this year. As befits and update this version fixes a number of issues, detailed below:

- Corrected a flaw in the backgrounds listings.
- Corrected gold reward at the Tarant warehouse. The rat had the gold.
- Reset the art on the Fireking Medalion.
- Fixed a typo in Ol' Fred's Dialog.
- Added the Wolfsbane Estate for the Thieves' Quest.
- Added an orange brick building to south Tarant. Restored stock art!
- Added the background corrections done by Viqsi.
- Added the trading post of Marcyona - just below the Lethe Wyvern Sighting.
- Added human-sized fletchers.
- Changed a pair of gravestone listings in the Fan Fens.
- Added Interlude by Ben Houge to the music list.
- Added the trading post of Merchants' Faire to the north lands.
- Added the trading post of Cotswold - southeast of Vooriden.
- Corrected a glitch with three of the new schematics.
- Corrected some graphical issues with the Old Mine.
- Added a new thieves' quest to Thaddeus Mynor.
- Added map-marking to The Atlas of Arcanum.
- Added The Tempter of Fate. Buy, sell and exchange Fate Points.

Click here for the full changelog

Thank you rroyo!

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Drog's Beta
Sat 06 December 2008, 23:49:14

While it's not the final version, Drog has released a beta build where restores the chain attached to the Aerial Decapitator, and places a portal to the Isle of Despair in Simeon Tor's chambers. Check this thread for more information!


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German version of UAP updated!
Mon 17 November 2008, 10:04:47

Lexx has updated his German translation of Drog Black Tooth's Unofficial Patch and Extra Pack. If German is your thing, head on over to the Download section and pick it up straight away!

Danke Schön Lexx!

I also wish to express my gratitude to The_Bob for uploading everything that keeps coming in, thank you mate.

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More on AWIP
Mon 03 November 2008, 17:43:03

Our resident alchemist rroyo is working relentlessly to bring his popular Arcanum mod to perfection, and we've now given him a little corner of the site of his own. You can now find the AWIP changelog in its entirety on the site. Click here.

More information about the Forgotten Places of Arcanum can be found in the AWIP thread in the Modules discussion forum.Click here.

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High Quality Townmaps!
Thu 30 October 2008, 17:40:38

The townmaps in Arcanum (those accessible from the map icon that is) always looked kinda gritty and pixelated. With the introduction of the High Quality Townmaps mod made by Drog Black Tooth however, you can now choose to let this slight inconvenience be a thing of the past!

For more details, go this thread: http://terra-arcanum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=15119

Enjoy!

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Downtime this morning
Sun 14 September 2008, 01:33:30

There'll be a bit of downtime this morning as we're changing our server to a shiney new box. Everything should be all right and working again in a few hours (hopefully).

UPDATE: All righty. Everything is okay and appears to be working. Carry on.

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The Download Section updated
Thu 17 July 2008, 20:54:42

As you may have noticed, the Download section was getting rather confusing what with the ever-growing amounts of content that makes it to it (that there's still so much custom content being made by fans seven years after the release of Arcanum is mind-boggling really, and testament to what a great game it is).

I have to admit though, that my skills with HTML aren't exactly what you might call stellar. That's where jolly good fellows like The_Bob get into the picture. The current look of the Download section is all his doing. The world has finally become a bit less confusing.

Thanks The_Bob!

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Drog's Patch, now in German!
Thu 17 July 2008, 13:00:00

Lexx at the Codex has translated Drog's latest patch into German and has also translated the latest version of the Extra Pack, for those of you with a German version of Arcanum!

Danke Schön Lexx!




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ScriptEd 1.50 Beta released
Wed 16 July 2008, 12:31:51

DJ_Unique has released a new version of ScriptEd, which will hopefully help the modders out there with all your scripting endeavours. Get it here!

Now, this is not the final version, and therefore it may still have a few unresolved odds and ends (that's why it's called Beta, after all). For more information regarding what this little tool does and doesn't, check this thread!

Thanks DJ_Unique!


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AWIP 4.4 + Extras
Wed 16 July 2008, 12:19:07

That's right people, rroyo has released version 4.4 of his popular Work in Progress and we're proudly hosting it on our server. Get it here!

Not only that, but he's also gone and made some additional art for all you budding modders out there, namely one pack of books and one pack of posters!

Thanks rroyo!

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The final version of Drog's patch is out!
Fri 11 July 2008, 23:13:11

Drog has released what will likely be the last version of his patch, but that doesn't mean you have to stop playing! For the staggering list of issues fixed, click here!

The patch can be obtained from our download section, or you can
get it from here.

Also, Drog is working on a high resolution enabler which, as the name suggests, will enable Arcanum to be run at higher resolutions. It's currently a work in progress, and can be obtained from here.

Many thanks to Drog Black Tooth for his outstanding contributions to the game we all love!

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Original Bedokkan Art Restored!
Wed 09 July 2008, 14:28:59

Drog Black Tooth has recovered the original Bedokkan art that was meant for Arcanum and put it in a nifty little pack.
Download it here!

The pack includes the original lizardmen sprites and the corresponding portrait for Waromon.
Click here for more info

Thanks Drog!

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