Lines 81 and onward are missing. For me, at least.

The answers to questions about the Minsk family and Roseborough are also blank.

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rroyo,

Haven't been idle since my question about the binkw32.dll & mss32.dll dilemma when trying to play in the full screen mode-I had researched and tried the links/solutions that you provided (thanks for your quick response-as usual) before I posted the question, so I went back to square one-more web research then re-formatted my hard drives, installed basic 98SE and drivers, tried different versions of audio/video drivers and directx to no avail-reinstalled a Drive Image copy of 98SE with all updates, did the vid/aud/directx again to no avail. All these were tried multiple times as well as multiple re-formats. OK Started over again and used my XP update disk and did all the aud/vid/directx installs again. No go. Still got binkw32.dll missing etc. etc. after all these attempts. I should also mention after all these different installs I tried the solutions that Xz had documented-I did find from my web research to use the "system" file rather than the "system32" when using 98/98SE.
I was resigned to not using the full screen mode so I re-formatted and installed a Drive Image (Great program by the way) copy of 98SE with the last available drivers for 98SE, but instead of letting the install disk use my D drive (the default) for the installation, I used my C drive-DOH!!-all is well, your WIP2.2 runs in full screen-well, that's my story, your mileage may vary.....
During this process of install uninstall ad nauseum and perusing the net and these forums, I decided to copy my install/run disks (bought new 8/31/2001) for protection-the problem is that when I try to use it (the copied run disk), it displays the run screen, the drive starts up but it won't start the game, it just stays at the desktop-a side by side properties of both disks show them to be identical down to the last byte-661,454,848. I should add that I can use both copies (not the originals) to install the game and the original will start/run where the copy won't-have looked on the forums for this problem and couldn't find it-am I SOL?-Aal

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Aal: Glad to hear you got it working. Enjoy.



Early on I made an attempt to create a back-up copy of my install disks and learned that they wouldn't work right either. I managed to narrow the possibilities down to either the disks needing to have specific volume numbers or there's some kind of hidden anti-copy in place that prevents you from making a back-up.
And that's as far as I ever got. Sorry.

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Yep! Double post.

Wayne: I've been trying various characters, alignments, genders, and IQ's off and on for half the night and I can't get your problem to come up.
I suspect it's in your game.

Try this: Take a save from before you went to Roseborough and talk to Xiao. If you have no earlier save, then exit the town, return in a few days, and talk to Xiao again.

Let me know if you have the same thing happen.

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I downloaded/reinstalled this just last week after doing an overhaul on my comp. and was wondering if you had changed anything with the zombies in the Ashbury cemetery? I played as normal, when reaching Blackroot, hopped the train to Ashbury to pick-up Dog early, then I normally went to the cemetery to do some leveling. This time around there were only 2 zombies near the gate and no others popped up even after letting the game run unattended for an hour. Was this changed? It seems rather wierd.

Sorry guy, but I didn't do anything to the graveyard.

Is anyone else having this problem?

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rroyo, are you going to be taking any ideas from the Russian expansion? I saw a few of the screen shots and some look interesting..

Also, do you know when the next installment of WIP will be released?

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1) Only in the most generalized way. Now, I do plan to add a Bank of Tarant and the item retrieval from the small temple GG added was fairly straight-forward enough, but I don't think there will be any scenes that look close enough to his work for direct comparison.

Also - Since everything was written in Russian, I wasn't able to learn too much about the new adventures beyond what I could discern by looking at the scene.

2) Perhaps by the end of the month - if all goes well.

I'm scaling back the Plainwicke adventure until I can get a few more places - like the other banana plantation - built, adding 3 more hobbit-holes to Brandybuck - with people, and, of course, there's the real-world demands on my time.

So, barring a major problem, everything should be ready and de-bugged before April.

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Cool.

By the way, I was playing Arcanum today, and noticed that the description for Intelligence says that it is a limiting factor in the learning of spells and the technology gear. But it doesn't affect spells at all!!! Can this be easily fixed? Because mages are overpowered anyway.

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Intelligence does influence magic because (as far as I know) the number of active spells you can have is Int / 4.

You also need an Intelligence at 5 or above to cast any spells at all. Considering that only half-ogres, pit fighters and supermodels score that low Int doesn't mean shit to the artillery mage or the magick healer. Summoners and buffers find INT relevant though.

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Lacy: How did I fall in love with such a jerk like him? Why can't I ever meet a nice man?
Tom: You've met lots of nice men, Lacy. I'm a nice man. The biggest lie all of you women tell yourselves is that you like nice men, when, in fact, we bore you silly.
The trouble is, you tell this lie out loud and so damned often that some of us more gullible types hear it growing up and work hard to become nice men.
Well, from all the nice men in the world, Lacy, fuck you very much.

But don't you agree that magic easily over-powers tech? I think the spells should be harder to get.

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There are essentially three spells that make magick overpowered. Harm, Fireflash and Disintegrate. They could definitely stand some nerfing. Meanwhile, there are other spells that are absolutely useless. Ever tried using Stone Throw as your primary attack spell? That's some atrociously low damage per mana spent.

But in all essence, fix Harm, Fireflash and Disintegrate and you have a fairly balanced system.

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Lacy: How did I fall in love with such a jerk like him? Why can't I ever meet a nice man?
Tom: You've met lots of nice men, Lacy. I'm a nice man. The biggest lie all of you women tell yourselves is that you like nice men, when, in fact, we bore you silly.
The trouble is, you tell this lie out loud and so damned often that some of us more gullible types hear it growing up and work hard to become nice men.
Well, from all the nice men in the world, Lacy, fuck you very much.

The higher spells should be more powerful, but a lot harder to get! What do ya think?

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Here's the listing for Fireflash:

// 22 -- Fireflash
-2100--AoE: Tgt_Obj_Radius, Radius: 2- // Missile
//-2100--AoE: Tgt_Tile | Tgt_Obj_Radius, Radius: 2- // Missile
{2100}{AoE: Tgt_None, [Begin]AoE: Tgt_Tile | Tgt_Obj_Radius | Tgt_Obj_No_Self | Tgt_Obj_No_T_Wall | Tgt_Non_Party_Critters, [Begin]Radius: 2, [Callback]AoE: Tgt_Summoned} // Missile
{2101}{Cost: 15, Resist: (stat_constitution @ -5), Info: aggressive}
{2102}{Missile: 0}
{2104}{AI_Offensive: 13}
{2105}{[Begin], AoE: Tgt_Obj_Radius | Tgt_Obj_No_Invulnerable | Tgt_Non_Party_Critters, Type: Damage, DmgType: Dmg_Fire, Dmg: 15-45, Dmg_Flags: Scaled}
{2106}{[Begin], AoE: Tgt_Obj_Radius | Tgt_Obj_No_Invulnerable | Tgt_Non_Party_Critters, Type: EyeCandy, 2, Add}
{2107}{[Begin], AoE: Tgt_Obj_Radius | Tgt_Obj_No_Invulnerable | Tgt_Non_Party_Critters, Type: EyeCandy, 3, Add, Play: Stack}
{2108}{[Begin], AoE: Tgt_Tile_Empty, Type: Summon, Proto: 4050}
{2109}{[Begin], AoE: Tgt_Tile_Empty, Apply_AoE: Tgt_Summoned, Type: EyeCandy, 2, Add, Play: Callback}
{2110}{[Callback], AoE: Tgt_Summoned, Type: Destroy, Summoned Object}

If I'm reading this correctly, then resetting the damage levels on line 2105 to - say - Dmg: 5-15 should make this spell more realistic.

Can anyone confirm this or is there another file beside SpellList to keep things in line?

Edit: I just took a look at the Dark Magic hack and it has Fireflash damage reset to 30-60. Has anyone used the hack and can confirm these damage levels?

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Will save games be compatible with next release?

The best I can say is the odds are 50/50.

Now, with the release I will include instructions that'll give you your best chance to use an old save, but I have modified Brandybuck, Dernholm, and the landing spot on Cattan.

Any save made prior to going to those locations should work but I've had my test saves corrupted 3 or 4 times by these changes already.
And I start from the Crash Site.

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I haven't noticed any changes to Durnholm

You won't in the 2.2 release.
I extended the dock and added a ship for passage to Cattan - which will be in the upcoming version.

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Oh, okay. Cool

There's already a little dingy that goes to Cattan in 2.2..

Nothing much to see there though

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More suggestions:

1. 2 new followers: both are students at Tarant University who want to get out into the world and adventure. One of them is technological (for the techs) and the other is a mage (for the magickal characters).

2. After you go down to P. Schyler, make it a dialogue option to tell the newspaper man about what was going on down there, so your crash story isn't the only one you can pick.

3. Remove the hexed item that casts a random spell. It's WAYYY too overpowered.

Wayne - Although I replaced the dinghy with a ship, the only way to get to Cattan at this time is to talk to the man at the burned-out hobbit-hole first. And there's banana plantation with! the oldest windmill in Arcanum on the island now. (And a mountain range)

Spiffy - Good ideas.

1) The tech student is very similar to what I was planning. He'll be added before too much longer. The mage however, is a (female) wanabe you'll find hanging around the Dark Magic shop. I going to stick with that one.

2) I've made a note about it, but it'll be some time before I get to that.
Just as a teaser: P. Schyler's will have an encore performace as part of the upcoming "Iron Clan Treasure Hunt". I'm moving the treasure out of the Iron Clan HQ. Having news of the villany that transpired there as public knowledge fills a big gap in my notes. Thanks!

3) Help me out here - which hexed item?
And - I just might adjust it after I become more skilled at doing so.

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The hexed item is sold by the Pawn Shop guy in Tarant. It looks like a little statue.

Problem solved.

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