Ravenhood 3.20

[Zed5Duke]

Download this dungeon from this Shared OneDrive (in the 'Custom Dungeons' folder)

Read manual.html and updates.txt in content.

SCREENS & INFO http://www.moddb.com/mods/ravenhood-3

[Ameena]

Hehehe I can see where you got the graphics from for the characters and their gear . I've played that game sooo many times .

[Jan]

That's a good news! I'm looking forward to playing it! And I'm really interested in the Rogue inspiration (random levels design? invisible phantoms? creatures camouflaged as chests?). But don't tell me now!

[Zed5Duke]

It aim for complexity and replayability, am take inspirations from many games (Roguelike, Realms of Arkania, Ultima Underworld etc)

[Chaos-Shaman]

this looks wonderful. some like to build dungeon, then put graphics in it, it depends.like the class abilities

[Zed5Duke]

Ok finally complete, download link in first post.

[linflas]

I just started to play it and i'm definitely impressed by all the champions abilities you've added. in previous version, i chose champions i prefered visually (most of portraits are really unfriendly and ugly). but now, i just wonder which team is the best for an easy start...

[Zed5Duke]

Each team have some advantage and drawbacks, each characters should go trough it, some slower other faster (need to use different tactics)

BTW strange thing i found about throwing, before i thought that strenght allow to throw heavy obiects on longer distance, but it seem like dexterity is responslible for that. For example handy boulder, person with str 50 dex 80 throw it one square better than str 80 dex 50.

[linflas]

hopefully, i've seen that you've edited your post today or i would have been far enough in the game with version 3.1 ! if you update Ravenhood again please make a new post instead.

[Zed5Duke]

3.2 is enough good to play (but more changes in future)

[Gambit37]

Zed: Please create a new post at the bottom of the thread when you update your dungeon. Do not edit your previous posts and expect us to notice you changed it -- we won't. The forum software does not tell people when a post is edited, so it is easy to miss when you make updates. Thank you.

[Zed5Duke]

New version 3.3 read manual and updates.txt to see what is changed

[Jan]

Umm, Zed, so is this the final version or not? I'm not sure if I can start playing it now or wait for another update.

[Gambit37]

Yeah, what's going on with all the updates? Is it actually ready yet, or not?

If it's not ready yet and you're still making improvements, that's fine -- but in that case I think it would be better to ask people to beta test it for you, before you put it on the forums.

[Zed5Duke]

New version 3.4

[Gambit37]

Um.... do you realise that people have very limited free time? Most of us do not have the time to keep re-starting new versions of your games.

By your own admission, no-one should bother playing 3.4 -- we should wait until 3.6? Thanks, that's helpful

[beowuuf]

My understanding is that it's after 3.2 play the version you are playing, as all you are missing out on are some cool tweaks.

[Zed5Duke]

3.0 is upgrade to 2.1 its full playable, everything later bring even more quality.

Moderator note: Zed edited this post. It originally said:

Its like ask when ultimate computer will be build, answer is never (always is some possibility to upgrade) 3.0 is full playable, everything later bring more quality.

[Jan]

It's just that I'd like to play the same game as the others, you know. So if I get stuck or they get stuck we can share our experience and we can talk about the game and so on. I would also like to play a version that has no major bugs and dead-ends. Ravenhood is quite large and I don't feel like starting the game all over again when a new version is released.

But no problem, I was just asking. Basically, what I don't understand is how much the versions differ from each other, that's all.

[Gambit37]

That's because Zed expects you to download it and *then* read the updates file that's included!

Zed, why not put the changes between each version into your first post above, instead of keep deleting content? You don't really provide enough information on your games, or you confuse people when you edit your posts to delete content. It would be much better if you could keep all the version information intact in the first post, like Adamski has done with Tower of Champions.

[Jan]

we should wait until 3.6

Too late. It's 3.7 already!

[Gambit37]

Zed, please can you write the UPDATES.TXT into your first post. Some people are on limited broadband and cannot afford to keep downloading all your dungeon versions to find out what's changed.

[Zed5Duke]

No i cant put here manual or updates because its too much text

[ian_scho]

Hosting the file in moddb.com is a good idea.... I've read in another forum (posted by Gambit) that they'd seen your mod. Great publicity!

[Gambit37]

No i cant put here manual or updates because its too much text

Then please host the TXT file somwhere and put a link to it.

[Zed5Duke]

3.10 is very possible to be the final version.
Its two milestone difference from part 2.1

[Jan]

Cool, that's a good news, Zed! I'll give it a try in July when we have the holidays here!

[DM_Player]

Zed,

Started playing v3.09. So far, I've been on 11 levels.

A few questions though -

Spoiler

In the crypt, I'm guesing that a character must have the ability to complete the Dark Ritual? I'm using Ralph Heretic and when he does the dark ritual the door becomes transparent, but doesn't open. Ralph is a level 3 sorcerer. Does he need a higher level to open this door?

Spoiler

In the tavern, on the level above the wine cellar there is a locked door. I haven't been able to find this key, and the door isn't pickable. Any hints on where this key is?

Spoiler

In the ruins, on the 2nd lvl down there's a locked door (after the door with the monster with the emerald amulet) which again I don't have the key for. Any hints on where this key is?

[Zed5Duke]

Ritual:

Spoiler

its place which can be entered only by both wizard and heretic in team

Keys:

Spoiler

lockpicks can open few doors, some doors may open only thief

Mansion:

Spoiler

you must climb up at mansion tower (use rope between weak doors outside)

[lbk]

Game completed in a little over 8.5 hours.

Fun game, but the lack of magic made things difficult. Plenty of monsters could shoot a lightning bolt at me and just kill my entire party. Very interesting how different characters can do different things, but it made some area unaccesible.