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Yes, Beowuuf, I'd very much like to see the logs. Can they be stored in a subfolder of the conflux-account under each contestant so they can be reviewed at will? If that does not take too much space, that is. Otherwise a download on regular basis (say a monthly .rar file) would be fine as well if th...

I'd also say keep the maps private while the competition is in it's early stages, Gambit, although -same as Beowuuf- I'd appreciate if you could mail them to the judges to have a look at all the work you have been doing.

Regards, PitD

I think all of our emails are available so simply send it if you're done and we'll let you know what the result is once we've read through the epos ;o)

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As you already previously mentioned in an email, Beowuuf, eternal fame awaits for being referenced in this dungeon ;o)

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Very nice work, thanks a lot, Gambit. Let's hope my slow computer at home can cope with it, from here it sounds like a good improvement!

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Sorry, but that conversation is extremely funny after having played Conflux and knowing the background to Beowuuf's answers. Ahem.
Am calm now.

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Ok, then I'll accept your wish. I was thinking along the lines of Conflux creating hints rather on a basis of certain abilities but if that's what you want, fine with me. What do you think about the skill height being a factor though? Like getting a hint to be able to bash a door when your strength ...

I remember some ice spell proposal... *g* yes, but since when did the runes appear in the code? Was that a hidden feature existing already? Hmm, need to eat more garlic I think

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I took the liberty to post the file in the encyclopedia upload forum after going through the complications of a yahoo account once. If you don't want it there, please let me know and I'll contact Christophe to take it out again.

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You would probably need new code parts to stop monsters acting only with the purpose of running around and attacking if it sees someone. It might be fun though to create a "familiar" that way helping you to solve puzzles... standing on two different pressure pads to open a acertain door fo...

It would also allow for pretty complex riddles. For example, take a door that would be half closed (opening up/down) and stuck that way. If a giggler would have to get a certain item and take possession of it, you could have a pressure pad somewhere in the room behind above-mentioned door triggering...

Does anybody actually have a list of the changes made to RTC so that the syntax for the various enhancements is available? Maybe it's just me but I'm starting to get confused and not remembering many of the additional functions RTC has implemented now.

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I like the basic idea but am not happy with the "CharacterX" as a choice, since it would create a very "random" feeling. In Conflux II, hints are based on certain characters and their special abilities, but if it was implemented like you proposed any character happening the third...

I probably missed some thread here ... what exactly are the runes for when allowed on weapons? What is their function and how is it used by the player?

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I've had a similar problem with no new objects and no clones at all, so I'm not sure that this needs to be the reason for the crash. I received an empty log file and 0 warnings and errors and RTC still could not load the dungeon.

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Ameena: I did not get any reply via email so far, so it's probably queued.

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I think 999 should be fine since this is a number I never even reached once with any original (not modified) party in all of the years I've played DM. I can not see a reason to extend that now.

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I'm starting to lose track of all the projects out there and their current status ;o) Who is working on this one exactly and what are the objectives ?

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When playtesting I think at 174 moves I was still in some corner shivering from what I'd seen was waiting for me... so you don't have to hide at all... your former records were pretty impressive already!

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No problem. It was decided against keeping logs for the competition because it would be too complicated if you started multiple times from the same save game or changed CSBwin.exe files - that would include a lot of manual work to make proper Playfiles. I'm just curious and interested in the playing...

The flame of the torch looks very nice, iron top of it is a little too shiny for my taste. Items look good, the contents of the potion flask remind me a little of the surface of some planet. In general I'd go for less shiny objects but rather make some of them look a little worn - not like they have...

Thanks Beo, I could not edit Zyx' entry. BTW, I hope some of the competitors keep log files I'd personally very much like to see some of the recordings!

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I'd go for Chaos Forge as well - very impressive name and looking at the various editors, extract tools ... of DM and CSB the names really were not helping too much in a way of defining differences for newcomers by the choice of name... if the editor itself works well, and so far it has shown a lot ...

It might then be associated with "Call of Cthulhu"

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I'm mapping the dungeons in my mind. Drawing takes away the suspense for me so I simply try to remember locations and certain way points and it mostly works. The drawback is that I cannot (or hardly) find out about monster generators that way, especially if no visible clues exist. This tends to get ...

Hmm. No need to make it any harder Paul... Since I already once played through the dungeon from the very start searching all the corners and levels I improved my party the second time wanting to check only if the dungeon worked smoothly - so I did certainly not have the same challenge as Des this ti...

I'd go for the very simplest structure, e.g. walls, doors and maybe one or two more. Stuff like food, items... are not necessary since I want it to scribble on - don't know what others think about that or need.

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Teleporters: I like it because it will be better to get a dungeon layout in one look, but I'm for keeping colours rather low - better to have few coloured bits to focus on but if it gets all varicoloured it would rather confuse than clarify. Monsters/Objects: I agree, again with the constraint that ...

From my point of view, no, since the problem only ever ocurred once and was not reproducable. Zyx may know more about the reasons for it to manifest in the first place.

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Ok, thank you, I will have to try and see what happens, never did that before. If there's time on the weekend I'll give it a shot and also make a list for storing the values of different "hit tests" - anything else that should be thought of to have the same parameters? For example, does th...