The overlay is quite an incredible effect!
Correct me if I'm wrong, here's what I understand from the DSA:
it puts an overlay (with 50% transparency) on the p2 zone (the dungeon view I guess). Those overlays are numbered from 1 to 16 and the DSA cycles threw them, with an overlay each one tick.
What is a .ovl file, how do I edit it, how do I create it? Can I use two separate files for different effects or should I use one file, a DSA indicating the indexes of the correct overlays?
Thesignature of the graphics.dat: the 16 digits, are them from the end of the file (including the checksum, thus)?
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Paul Stevens
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The &OVERLAY command is somewhat documented in the Help.
p1 is the overlay type. 0 is simple transparency.
p2 p3 p4 are parameters.
For type 0 (all that is currently implemented) p2 is transparency. p3, p4 not used.
The overlay ID is the ID given to the overlay bitmap when you compile the
CSBgraphics.dat file.
You will also notice that the demo shows that external portrait files are also
kept in CSBgraphics.dat. So only one extra file is necessary.
You edit CSBgraphics.dat with CSBgraphics.exe. I posted that, too.
Edit......
I forgot to say that the overlay in the demo was
supplied by Cowsmanaut.
The signature of the graphics file is 16 hex digits. It is the MD5 checksum
of the entire file. You can compute it by specifying some random number and
then you run CSBwin. It will say that the signature is wrong and tell you what
it is. Then you go back and put this number into CSBuild.
p1 is the overlay type. 0 is simple transparency.
p2 p3 p4 are parameters.
For type 0 (all that is currently implemented) p2 is transparency. p3, p4 not used.
The overlay ID is the ID given to the overlay bitmap when you compile the
CSBgraphics.dat file.
You will also notice that the demo shows that external portrait files are also
kept in CSBgraphics.dat. So only one extra file is necessary.
You edit CSBgraphics.dat with CSBgraphics.exe. I posted that, too.
Edit......
I forgot to say that the overlay in the demo was
supplied by Cowsmanaut.
The signature of the graphics file is 16 hex digits. It is the MD5 checksum
of the entire file. You can compute it by specifying some random number and
then you run CSBwin. It will say that the signature is wrong and tell you what
it is. Then you go back and put this number into CSBuild.
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Guest
Yep, that's the only thing I've found in your incredibly difficult (for me) dungeon ! I had tried to kill lot of tree in the status of a "soul" (without reincarnation/ressurection) in order to have lot of fruits and when I came bak, Gando had 2 corbumsZyx wrote:
do you know there is a way to revive Gando with 2 corbum ?
Same way for Zed ?
Congrats, this one was hard to discover. Zed's way is made of the same stuff but much simpler.
I'm curious to know why you find it so difficult. (I don't despair to release someday a well balanced, bug free version, so critiques are always welcome). I did plan some hard situations like the mice in the cellar, but other than that it's very hard to distinguish the thin blur line between too difficult and too easy.
I'm curious to know why you find it so difficult. (I don't despair to release someday a well balanced, bug free version, so critiques are always welcome). I did plan some hard situations like the mice in the cellar, but other than that it's very hard to distinguish the thin blur line between too difficult and too easy.
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What was so difficult for me was the 'multi-connectedness' of the place.
And I was using the editor to view the maps!!!! But I would not change
this for the world. This kind of difficulty is exactly the right kind of difficulty.
The player has to explore over and over again to get used to the topology.
I thought it was remarkably bug-free for such a complex design. I have
no idea how you kept track of all the interacting parts.
One thing I am not sure about. Is it true that what can be accomplished
is based on what characters one chooses? And that to accomplish other
things the game must be restarted and different characters chosen? If so,
I don't like it. If there were a way that finishing one game could allow the start of
another........like maybe a way to trade-in one champion (and certain equipment)
for another after accomplishing a particular task.
And I was using the editor to view the maps!!!! But I would not change
this for the world. This kind of difficulty is exactly the right kind of difficulty.
The player has to explore over and over again to get used to the topology.
I thought it was remarkably bug-free for such a complex design. I have
no idea how you kept track of all the interacting parts.
One thing I am not sure about. Is it true that what can be accomplished
is based on what characters one chooses? And that to accomplish other
things the game must be restarted and different characters chosen? If so,
I don't like it. If there were a way that finishing one game could allow the start of
another........like maybe a way to trade-in one champion (and certain equipment)
for another after accomplishing a particular task.
But the nice thing is each dungeon level has it's own feel and theme, so unlike CSB where you can get lost with the dropping and goign up and down, you can always tell the difference between the catacombs, the dwarf areas, the sewers, etc
I like the fact that different charatcers need to be invested in for different endings. It doens't really detract from the majority of the game, but just adds alot of replay value - smaller characters give you different information or weapons to subtley alter the game, and you have a reason to replay, in that you want to see the ending levels with various leaders...
I like the fact that different charatcers need to be invested in for different endings. It doens't really detract from the majority of the game, but just adds alot of replay value - smaller characters give you different information or weapons to subtley alter the game, and you have a reason to replay, in that you want to see the ending levels with various leaders...
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SeoubFromFrance
Hi all !
1) How to open, in the store room, a semi-close door hiding an interesting ring (an a shuriken) ?
2) Is there any opening-door spell in the game (such as the regretted Zo spell) ?
3) Is there any way to ressurect the champions close to Vecna the Lich ?
(grrr, empty chests).
Thx for answer !
and... a Water Elemental carry a very usefull item made of glass ! Damned Zyx !
1) How to open, in the store room, a semi-close door hiding an interesting ring (an a shuriken) ?
2) Is there any opening-door spell in the game (such as the regretted Zo spell) ?
3) Is there any way to ressurect the champions close to Vecna the Lich ?
(grrr, empty chests).
Thx for answer !
and... a Water Elemental carry a very usefull item made of glass ! Damned Zyx !
Alright, I checked what would need to be done for a french version; there are about 1000 texts to translate. Most of them are easy to translate (the oracle will prove harder I guess).
But since the texts are embedded in the game, I will do the french version only when I'm sure I have a bug free, definitive version. I don't want to maintain 2 distinct dungeons, it would be double work. So you'll have to wait for version k and some playtesting and bug report from the players.
But since the texts are embedded in the game, I will do the french version only when I'm sure I have a bug free, definitive version. I don't want to maintain 2 distinct dungeons, it would be double work. So you'll have to wait for version k and some playtesting and bug report from the players.
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Is this really necessary? Has anyone considered the cost/benefit
ratio of this endeavor? Zyx will have to spend over a hundred hours
before all is said and done. A lot of it because of the difficulty of keeping
two identical dungeons. I cannot believe that there will ever be a final
version. Zyx has already put so much effort into this......why should he
be required to extend himself so much further for the relatively small
gains for a couple of people?
If it absolutely must be done, let us figure a way that the rest of us
can do the work. Perhaps someone could go through the dungeon
texts and write a separate file with a different language, indexed by
position. I could change CSBwin to look in that file first for the actual
text. I could also change CSBwin to produce a list of texts that exist in
the dungeon but not in the file so that you would know what is missing.
In this way we could have many translations and Zyx would not be
responsible for all of it.
Some clever designer will undoubtedly take some strange advantage
of such a feature to make a dungeon that can be played in more than
one way by changing the translation file or by releasing a new translation
file every few weeks to add additional hints, making the dungeon
easier by degrees.
Edit.....By the way, the translation file would be encrypted.
ratio of this endeavor? Zyx will have to spend over a hundred hours
before all is said and done. A lot of it because of the difficulty of keeping
two identical dungeons. I cannot believe that there will ever be a final
version. Zyx has already put so much effort into this......why should he
be required to extend himself so much further for the relatively small
gains for a couple of people?
If it absolutely must be done, let us figure a way that the rest of us
can do the work. Perhaps someone could go through the dungeon
texts and write a separate file with a different language, indexed by
position. I could change CSBwin to look in that file first for the actual
text. I could also change CSBwin to produce a list of texts that exist in
the dungeon but not in the file so that you would know what is missing.
In this way we could have many translations and Zyx would not be
responsible for all of it.
Some clever designer will undoubtedly take some strange advantage
of such a feature to make a dungeon that can be played in more than
one way by changing the translation file or by releasing a new translation
file every few weeks to add additional hints, making the dungeon
easier by degrees.
Edit.....By the way, the translation file would be encrypted.
As a Frenchman (but now working in English), I feel obliged to concur with Paul and Zyx.
A French version would represent too much work for too few people ....and Linflas was joking because he speaks perfectly English.
I've done some French to English software translations and I can tell you that it's no fun.
"How many french people are playing this dungeon (...many I think ! ), and =NEED= a french version (...none, I hope !) ?"
To my compatriots : please do not flame me.
A French version would represent too much work for too few people ....and Linflas was joking because he speaks perfectly English.
I've done some French to English software translations and I can tell you that it's no fun.
"How many french people are playing this dungeon (...many I think ! ), and =NEED= a french version (...none, I hope !) ?"
To my compatriots : please do not flame me.
Help !
I'm blocked !
I'm in the very first level : the guild, and the black door between the "hall of champions" and the stairway is closed !
What can I do, please ?
And the picture of Halk in the temple level is just a decoration or an available character ?
Thx for answers !
I'm blocked !
I'm in the very first level : the guild, and the black door between the "hall of champions" and the stairway is closed !
What can I do, please ?
And the picture of Halk in the temple level is just a decoration or an available character ?
Thx for answers !
Past...Pasta ? Pastaga !
Yes, the artifact of power blocks the access. It should be clearer in next version. If you come from the dark councillor, reload and don't bring the artifact to the guilds.
If you come from Halk's ending, then revive his guild and you're done.
Halk in the temple? Where exactly? Last time I left him he was in the guild.
Aren't you confounding with "the way of our ancestors"?
If you come from Halk's ending, then revive his guild and you're done.
Halk in the temple? Where exactly? Last time I left him he was in the guild.
Aren't you confounding with "the way of our ancestors"?
Comprends pas... I don(t want to finish the game so quickly...Zyx wrote:Yes, the artifact of power blocks the access. It should be clearer in next version. If you come from Halk's ending, then revive his guild and you're done.
Must I have to ressurect some kinds of people ? I've already have 4 characters in my team !
I can use a powergem to go to the Moria but other way goes in this place without losing that precious item... And of course, I can't go back (black door before the hell flame is definitively close).
lol ! I'll try to read a previous save and take a screeshot of him ! (I already have him in my team !).[/quote]Halk in the temple? Where exactly? Last time I left him he was in the guild.
Aren't you confounding with "the way of our ancestors"?
Past...Pasta ? Pastaga !