The link works and the downloaded file is fine. Doesn't that mean you already know how to work the download section properly?

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can i install this after the high resolutions patch? would there be any problems or glitches? or do i have to start from a clean install of arcanum...

I was playing the other beta version (i.e. the Press Beta) today, and I'm telling you, it was just better than a sex.

It was really fun fooling around, finding all those changes they made. There are also some testing maps included, like one multiplayer map, which is totally awesome.

Some screenshots:






There are also few (around 50) speech files that are missing in retail version, for example:
http://www.filedropper.com/v2m
http://www.filedropper.com/v3m

I'm still discovering it, because it's quite huge (2 CDs), so it's possible that there is much more content to restore than it seems right now.

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I've seen that map. I have the second CD from this build. It's exactly the same build as the demo version, there's plenty of differences, including gameplay mechanics (e.g. unarmed damage is calculated differently and is much higher than the final). The maps are also different, e.g. the gypsies are completely absent, turns out they were added very, very late in development. Oh, and the lizard people (Bedokaan) are still using their original art, that's where I got it from. The animations have wrong coordinates though, I had to fix them myself in a hex editor.

Oh, and one more thing. Check out Tulla. Simeon Tor's chamber still has the portal to the Isle of Despair. You could originally return there, but they removed this possibility, again very late in development.

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You already told me that before But I didn't know that you actually played the beta, because you said that you only have the Play CD. That's actually the reason why I wanted to share this with you, because I got those press beta CDs yesterday, and it reminded me that you actually have them too, or at least one of them.

Anyway, I just checked the main Arcanum module, and you're right, there is "Arcanumdemo" map, but there is also a map from retail version - "Arcanum1-024-fixed" map, and map from first beta version, i.e. "MGH Arcanum1-024-fixed".

So it's all those betas, and demos merged together, and I believe that it should be possible to play them all, and switch between them.

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No, I haven't played it actually. The full world map is still included in the demo version, in a separate folder. I just exported it to the final game and fooled around a bit. This build is about a month or two away from the final, not that interesting.

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Actually, it's like 5 months span in both directions. In the menu, it shows that it's version 55, released on 3-13-01, which is ~5 months after the first beta (version 27), and ~5 months before the final game, I think.

Anyway, you're right, it isn't as interesting as the first beta, but it was still fun playing that though.

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As I mentioned before, the game was finalized in April/May, but the publisher (Sierra) made them wait until August, because the localized versions (German/French) were not ready yet.

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Hello all, gentlemen. Another Arcanum fan here.

I've been lately having long marathons of Arcanum playing, thanks especially to the incentive from all of Drog's enhacement (UAP, Hires, music, Crypton's extra animations... etc,) and I've noticed something. At first, I was going to open a new thread with the title: "I can't attack wolf-type creatures wearing the small machined plate!", cause that's what I'd exactly experienced... but it came to my head this thread and the technique Drog used to solve the problem with critters that don't have low attack animations, so at the end I deduced that the issue may be that the low attacks animations for the small machined plate (wheter they are new or they have to be replications of the normal ones because they don't exist, as is the case with the half-ogres in plate armor) are missing from the last Extra Animations pack, which I'm using.

I just wanted to leave constancy of this fact here, in case no one else noticed it (and in case I'm not the victim of a screw-up installation bug ). Thanks for you attention.

Hi Muro, just a question: What is exactly the way to achieve this?; do you have to unpack the whole original content of Crypton's Extra Animations RAR file and then installing Drog's pack, or is it enough with pasting ArcanumBeta2.dat (the dat containing beta ambient sounds) in the Arcanum root directory after installing Drog's pack? Tanks in advance

Well my firends, best regards to you all.

PD: I don't want miss the opportunity to thank Drog, Crypton, Muro, Rroyo and all the people who are keeping such a great game as Arcanum up'n running. Tanks to you all, guys!

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Welcome aboard, LionXavier.


I checked this out of curiosity and confirm the bug you're experiencing. Small races wearing high tech plate indeed stand idly instead of performing low attacks when the Extra Animations Pack is installed.


Yep, that's all that needs to be done.

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Oh, fuck this, I'm not fixing this shit again. FUCK THIS SHITTY GAME, I don't care. Go play Ass Effect 3: Ass Wars or something.

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Greetings

I just recently learned of Arcanum and played right through it, awesome game. Then I came here for more stuff and this mod seems very interesting.

Please reconsider, Drog. I find this game not shitty at all, in fact I found it to be better than most new games.

Have a nice day!

Welcome newcomer, stay awhile...stay forever. Drog has been like this for some years. That means it is not likely that he is going change. But. There is still hope.

Edit: What's with the name?

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Mirror Ash: I don't think so. We just cut up our girlfriend with a chainsaw. Does that sound "fine"?

Perhaps the creepiest welcome I've ever heard.

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Another visitor. Stay a while.... staaaaaaaaaaay forever.


Impossible Mission, C64. Amazing game.

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Just as I thought I was on a roll understanding DE's Diablo II reference.

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too bad, hope Drog is alright.


what's with my name? I usually use this one... I like it. I say it while patting my white cat, too!

Agree. It is one of the amazing games for the c64. Even though the different colored password is hard to beat as ever. I'm still playing it in my emulator on the PC, and I must say that it is a bit less difficult to see those colors now. Before that I had to do with an original c64 with a black and white monitor. But nevertheless, I was totally addicted to it. Yes. Good old times.

How far did you make it? I had only the uppermost part ready.

Wemeet: Well. I assume that Drog is still healthy. Oh. A white cat. Mmm...sounds familiar.

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hey guys

Great work with all the fixes and stuff

but I have a few questions:

first:
how can I get the max out of Arcanum
(i know theres the UAP091225, a highres mod, a hq map mod, hq music mod)
Is there anything else Im missing?

also:
In what order should I install it all for it to work properly?

Asking for a 1installation has-it-all mod is probably too much...

But please get the lowattacks to work, I want to use the extra animation, but if i understand this correctly, it will make combat in hightech armor a problem for me?

thnx for everything and again: great stuff

also, another bit confuses me,

the UAP extra animations pack is cryptons beta restoration pack, but fixed

or

does it only contain the animations from the beta restoration pack and not the sounds?

It's quite self explanatory really, ExtraAnimationsUAP.exe only contains the Extra Animations.
The sounds are in the ArcanumBeta v0.1 pack which you will need to download separately from http://arcanum.game-alive.com/category/downloads/



Drog... don't let Arcanum defeat you like that

I've just registered to tell you that It's seem that this problems has been fixed
Firstly, thanks Drog Alt and Crypton for bring these to us
And here's the link
https://jumpshare.com/v/zaeWVNYBCJXhYARw5gke?b=Tj73Sfc0bxUgMTPtr9E6
just download, extract then copy the criter folder to data/art.
you may need to delete the missing.dat file here so the game could recheck the data. You can delete it for sure as the game would recreate it.
Seem that the game read directly from this folder, because when I try creating dat file, it won't work. So it may work without extra animation pack, I'm nnot sure.
Please don't expect any thing new, I just duplicatethe normal attack files.
Please inform me if you find any problems, or you could fix it yourself and post a proper fix here.
Lastly, I don't have much chance to test (don't know how to spawn item). All I could say is I'm able to kill Dog while wearing the machined plate robbed from the dwarf blacksmith in Caladon. Thanks.

Some quick testing suggests your fix indeed takes care of the problem. Nice job, dukfinx.

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Glad that it also work for you.

Ah Drog, if I were to use a quote as my signature, I'd definitely quote you.