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Beowuuf,

It would be a lot easier to figure out if I knew what action would create an object specifically in the left hand. I tried the action_swap_character_hand_left, but that action seems to require an object already in the left hand to swap. It would be impossible to figure out what the player ...

Hail Octo,

I started to play DM in DosBox, but then I came across RTC so I stopped. I agree not being able to use the arrow keys is a pain, but I didn't try to figure out if I could change them. After taking a peek, I found that when you load DosBox and press "ctrl-F1" it will bring up the keyboard ...

Hey Beowuuf,

No worries, but I am not sure if I will be able to crack it anytime soon. Tried some more methods and now RTC crashes whenever I pick up and equip the 2H-weapon. So I cleared that and back to the drawing board I go! :lol:

Any help or advice with this would be much appreciated. This ...

I totally agree,

I use animations currently, but not for monster attacks or deaths. It just doesn't sync up correctly, but would be awesome if it could! Animations seem to work fine for their front, back, & side movements however. Could this be implemented? It would be really cool to have proper ...

You need to use an activation action in the equip to target a unique wallitem_action type. Creater that, put an instance anywhre in the dungeon, and have its action be placing your cross in the left hand

Can you explain this in more detail? I need to know exactly what actions I would have to put ...

Yes, infact tonari did that very thing in his dungeon. You can use converts with equip and unequip to have other items created when you equip and unequip the weapon, and you can create items that cannot be removed by checkig the 'unremoveable' checkbox in that item type's properties - hence a ...

Ahh...

Okay then, I saw the attack_method_warcry under the attack method options when I clicked on "Monster" so I was wondering if it worked on the pary or not.

Yes, infact tonari did that very thing in his dungeon. You can use converts with equip and unequip to have other items created when you ...

Greetings all,

I have a few questions that I need some help finding answers to:

1. If I give a monster the attack_method_scare does it have any effect or work on the party members? I tried to have the monster do a war cry for a close range attack but it didn't seem to have any effect on the party ...

You try taking screenshots while being attacked by the undead!

Yeah,

It's a lot of fun! :lol:

Helps to turn down the speed in DosBox to a slow crawl, then you can snap away as much as you like. I always thought LOL had some great graphics, especially for the monsters. They have some excellent ...

Yes,

I haven't been able to even access guard.shp with the new version where DK added the zoom feature or this other version from today. However, I could access it with the very first version I d/led prior to the zoom feature version. The colors were still incorrect, but it was accessible. You are ...

Like DK said,

Some of the .SHP files have errors and will not open now. Although, some of the ones I was really interested in are working fine now! I have yet to try them all, but will put a list together of the ones that don't work when I get a chance.

~SD~

Nice,

It's working a lot better now! For me, most of the monsters that I had trouble with before are working correctly. Such as the amazon, minotaur, and bandit to name a few. Awesome work guys, thanks!!!

~SD~

Yeah,

That's what I kept on finding out trying to match up the pal colors with the monsters. As far as the walls go, I can't seem to find those either! I was wondering what the .VCN files were? Again, it has been quite a lot easier for me to use DosBox and grab the images that way.

~SD~

Yeah,

I got the cave dweller pal working as well. After messing around some more I had a few others work also. Still, sometimes parts of the monsters bodies are not correct. For instance, I found the ratman color pal, but the claws, toenails and mouth were incorrect! They were like a bright green ...

Ummm...

Yeah there is a lot of errors, you just have to keep on reloading it. Still I wouldn't mind it so much if the pal colors were correct! Basically, all the .shp files from the chapter.pak's 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, & 8 have incorrect color pals. Some of the .shp's from chapter.pak's 1 & 4 work fine ...

Hey DK,

I have messed around with the different color pals for quite some time. Although, I still haven't been able to find the correct pal colors. Have you had any luck on your end?

Take care!

~SD~

i wouldn't do it that way.
i would clone a non-attacking and non-moving monster and call it monster_barrel for example.
when "killed", the barrel would be converted in something like flooritem_barrel_broken and would drop any objects a "monster" can carry...

Now that I can do! A great idea ...

Hmmm...

I guess my next question would be if I would have to make the barrel a trigger and how? I haven't had much practice with the relays and actions yet, so I am not sure how I would go about doing that. Since I am new to RTC, I would think I would have to make the barrel a trigger. When it ...

Sweet,

Thanks DK! I will take a look at this later today when I get some free time and let you know what I come up with.

~SD~

Greetings all,

I created a floor object of a barrel and then another floor object of a broken barrel. I made it so that when you attack the barrel it is destoryed and converts to the broken barrel floor object. My question is, how can I get it to drop items (like food) when the barrel is destoryed ...

I have no idea what will happen when I actually get everything in that I want. I imagine the files will be around 300-400MB! RTC is much more memory efficient than it used to be, but I guess it has its limits.

Hey all,

Has anyone noticed or had RTC running slow at times when moving around in ...

you should compress your wavs in ogg or mp3, you will gain a lot.

That's a good idea, didn't think about that! :wink:

How big is your RTC file? How much real/virtual ram do you have?

At the moment my RTC file is 8.46 MB, but it's mostly just been from me adding a crapload of new edited images ...

Hey DK,

Didn't know you were still around, but sweet program! A tad buggy for sure, but would be awesome when it's fully operational. I have a couple things that maybe you can help me out with?

First off, the zoom feature you added works great and is exactly what I needed, thanks! When I first ...

Hey all,

Anyone still around in the forums that is familar with this WestPak2 program? I have a quick question about it regarding Lands of Lore 1 .shp files.

When I display a .shp using the WestPak2, the image's dimensions are very small like less then 100x100 pixel. I can export the images no ...

Linflas,

Your RTCWM tool rocks! Had a little trouble getting it to work, but it's all good now. Making things a lot easier and saving me time, which is awesome. Still have to do some editing and adjusting after I get my wallsets, but it's a ton better then before. Now if I only I could find a way ...

Check out Linflas' RTCWM tool which can help a lot:

http://www.dungeon-master.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25048


Awesome!!! This tool looks sweet, haven't had a chance to mess around with it a lot, but I like what I see. Thanks Gam for the help and Lin for making this tool! I will let you know ...

You misunderstand -- when you import bitmaps, there is an area on the import screen with radio buttons setting the number of scalings for the item. Doors and wallitems must be set to 3, monsters and items set to 6. Most other items are set to one. Look at the settings for existing things to see ...

Hey all,

As far as my new walls go, I needed to totally resize them, so they are not scaled exactly to the DM wallsets. This is why my doors and wall objects are not lining up correctly.

Isn't that affected by how many scalings you set on the item when you add it into the editor in the first ...

Greetings everyone,

I finally created a new wallset and implemented it in my dungeon. I took some walls/tiles from another game and it was no walk in the park trying to get it to fit correctly. It's all good now though, so I started to put in the new matching doors and doorframes.

The problem is ...

Okies,

I guess I will have to make due then!

Thanks for the help.

~SD~