2009-04-30, 09:41 PM
No fair! You guys get to post and I'm stuck at work! Oh well.... it's true what they say. If you want "fair" in life, you have to drive to it and buy tickets.
I'm thinking that is John's <i>hypothesis</i> that if you changed padCfg6 in the .ini file TO paddfg6 - it will work. (that means leaving the GAME.EXE alone for that to work) It really doesn't work? I'll let him know....
Speaking of hypothesis, I'm betting I messed up an Always On event on one particular map as far as the disappearing Dark Guide.
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I'd like to offer input on DoM, but I'm afraid that what I offer will be like what I created. I definitely made the game according to my preferences.
I was going for a bit of a barren feel to the game, especially starting out, in correlation to the opening story that its at "the world's/Maunstraut's darkest corner".
Not to be critical, but I'm not huge on handed explanations either. I really loved finding strange equipment, but hated finding "all about it" in a section I just so happened to sooner or later traverse. To me, the mysteries of the world offer an attraction unparalleled to something fully explained.
Sonneillon's equipment in DoM, Galth Fee's equipment in KFI, and probably 45% of the equipment in Shadow Tower (among others KF-ish games) are good examples of good (mysterious) items - that "hungry for more" in a good way, rather than full and eventually complacent.
I can't think think of another word other than "buzz kill" when it comes to unraveling Sonneillon.
I do agree about the character being "naked" starting out being a bit strange. "We want you to save the world, but you can't take anything with you." Could have thought that one through a little better for DoM....
You're mention of the "old NPC local lore" - I'm guessing you didn't find La Vierge in DoM? He identifies all your items and equipment.
You guys mentioned ASSESS - There are two types of "shops". "Trader" which is the typical buy/sell, and assess which is the "fortune teller" ala KFI or La Vierge in DoM. Assess shops display EVERYTHING in YOUR inventory, and display the descriptions you've put in the parameter editor for each item.
(I think your storage "shop" is a great idea, but I wouldn't tie an NPC to it myself. (think re-occurring vault) <i>Do I sound misanthropic or antisocial in not wanting a game full of "those fucking people"?</i> If you've got an object, you can set up a "shop" (for a vault) via event - since you could use the same shop, it would be nice to pick up something a little too heavy at a different part of the game from the same storage.)
The weight limit is a great concept too, but I ran into problems with that for DoM. If you'll notice, the weapons weigh a matter of ounces - even setting it to 1.5lbs, the weapon swung like someone trying to gather the strength to swing a ceder tree. Why?
Physical Strength. DoM, the player starts out with a strength of 3 - with a strength of 30 starting out, a 1.5lb weapon would be cake to swing. However, higher strength means you'll need higher stats for all the enemies.... and I completed quite a few of them before I worked on weapon concepts. Ok, here's some proof that I have tendencies to be lazy - by the time I figured out "weights", I didn't want to change a huge section of the game I already completed - especially with a weight concept more or less out.
....I guess if you times every enemy and weapon stat by 10, you could come up with some realistic weighing weapons. Since I didn't have equipment weight as a factor, the armors and accessories all weigh 0.0.
Don't get me wrong - I do not disagree with the changes you're contemplating on applying. I really AM truly looking forward to your remix, more or less regardless of what you do - I think it is a wonderful gift to me. (is that egotistical to say? ...heh, "for me".)
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SoM has a lot of quirks, something I believe I've found out a lot about in my months experiences with the program. ....for instance, hitting enter in formatted messages, standard messages and parameter descriptions since the word wrap isn't meant for English. (Yay! Japanese types no spaces! Yay! It doesn't wrap words, it chops them!)
Another quirk? Either one of you guys tried to make a defensive spell? (and it doesn't save your settings)
*evil laughter*
....I'm sure there are a few more, but I can't think super clearly right now, as I'm headed to the gym for some high class pushing.
I'm thinking that is John's <i>hypothesis</i> that if you changed padCfg6 in the .ini file TO paddfg6 - it will work. (that means leaving the GAME.EXE alone for that to work) It really doesn't work? I'll let him know....
Speaking of hypothesis, I'm betting I messed up an Always On event on one particular map as far as the disappearing Dark Guide.
___________
I'd like to offer input on DoM, but I'm afraid that what I offer will be like what I created. I definitely made the game according to my preferences.
I was going for a bit of a barren feel to the game, especially starting out, in correlation to the opening story that its at "the world's/Maunstraut's darkest corner".
Not to be critical, but I'm not huge on handed explanations either. I really loved finding strange equipment, but hated finding "all about it" in a section I just so happened to sooner or later traverse. To me, the mysteries of the world offer an attraction unparalleled to something fully explained.
Sonneillon's equipment in DoM, Galth Fee's equipment in KFI, and probably 45% of the equipment in Shadow Tower (among others KF-ish games) are good examples of good (mysterious) items - that "hungry for more" in a good way, rather than full and eventually complacent.
I can't think think of another word other than "buzz kill" when it comes to unraveling Sonneillon.
I do agree about the character being "naked" starting out being a bit strange. "We want you to save the world, but you can't take anything with you." Could have thought that one through a little better for DoM....
You're mention of the "old NPC local lore" - I'm guessing you didn't find La Vierge in DoM? He identifies all your items and equipment.
You guys mentioned ASSESS - There are two types of "shops". "Trader" which is the typical buy/sell, and assess which is the "fortune teller" ala KFI or La Vierge in DoM. Assess shops display EVERYTHING in YOUR inventory, and display the descriptions you've put in the parameter editor for each item.
(I think your storage "shop" is a great idea, but I wouldn't tie an NPC to it myself. (think re-occurring vault) <i>Do I sound misanthropic or antisocial in not wanting a game full of "those fucking people"?</i> If you've got an object, you can set up a "shop" (for a vault) via event - since you could use the same shop, it would be nice to pick up something a little too heavy at a different part of the game from the same storage.)
The weight limit is a great concept too, but I ran into problems with that for DoM. If you'll notice, the weapons weigh a matter of ounces - even setting it to 1.5lbs, the weapon swung like someone trying to gather the strength to swing a ceder tree. Why?
Physical Strength. DoM, the player starts out with a strength of 3 - with a strength of 30 starting out, a 1.5lb weapon would be cake to swing. However, higher strength means you'll need higher stats for all the enemies.... and I completed quite a few of them before I worked on weapon concepts. Ok, here's some proof that I have tendencies to be lazy - by the time I figured out "weights", I didn't want to change a huge section of the game I already completed - especially with a weight concept more or less out.
....I guess if you times every enemy and weapon stat by 10, you could come up with some realistic weighing weapons. Since I didn't have equipment weight as a factor, the armors and accessories all weigh 0.0.
Don't get me wrong - I do not disagree with the changes you're contemplating on applying. I really AM truly looking forward to your remix, more or less regardless of what you do - I think it is a wonderful gift to me. (is that egotistical to say? ...heh, "for me".)
_________________
SoM has a lot of quirks, something I believe I've found out a lot about in my months experiences with the program. ....for instance, hitting enter in formatted messages, standard messages and parameter descriptions since the word wrap isn't meant for English. (Yay! Japanese types no spaces! Yay! It doesn't wrap words, it chops them!)
Another quirk? Either one of you guys tried to make a defensive spell? (and it doesn't save your settings)
*evil laughter*
....I'm sure there are a few more, but I can't think super clearly right now, as I'm headed to the gym for some high class pushing.
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