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(done) Fusing Black Flames
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:39 pm
by Joramun
Some report:
-About the firestaff :
I think that the "fuse" attack should do damage to non-material beings. (a lot of damage). Well at least in DM that's how I dispatched the blackflames.
-I like : the new ra door, the blackflames swallowing fireballs.
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:31 pm
by Toni Y
I didn't see any Ra doors in the test dungeon, did I just miss or were they not included in it?
Joramund: Interesting. I hadn't noticed that, but testing in CSBwin fuse indeed does kill black flames! Neat.
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:02 pm
by Sophia
Interesting.
I wonder if this fits with the authors' "intent" or if it was merely the fact that memory was tight in DM so they re-used a des ew cloud for a fuse effect rather than create a new cloud type that is only used once in the whole game.
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:35 pm
by Toni Y
Sophia wrote:I wonder if this fits with the authors' "intent" or if it was merely the fact that memory was tight in DM so they re-used a des ew cloud for a fuse effect rather than create a new cloud type that is only used once in the whole game.
Has to be, since the Zo spell shares the shares the same cloud and very much does not kill black flames... (assuming you cast it with a wall behind the flame so it even hits it...)
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:39 pm
by Sophia
Toni Y wrote:Has to be, since the Zo spell shares the shares the same cloud and very much does not kill black flames... (assuming you cast it with a wall behind the flame so it even hits it...)
Not necessarily.
It could've just been they decided that a fuse that killed nonmaterials made more sense than a fuse that opened doors, since they had to pick one.
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:39 am
by Tom Hatfield
Nevertheless, a cool feature is a cool feature, and you're missing it! Are damage effects like that hard-coded? I haven't play with DSB yet — been too busy/disinterested — so I don't know the extents of its flexibility.
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:23 am
by Joramun
They aren't hard coded.
Most of the game mechanics are done by LUA scripts that you can modify, from damage to xp gain and interface texts.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:48 pm
by Trantor
I also think that Fuse should harm non-material beings. Giving the Firestaff two useless options while not facing Lord Chaos makes it a bit less interesting I think - plus it feels more like the original, and you all know I am a purist.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:24 am
by Sophia
Trantor wrote:I am a purist.
Oh, then, who am I to argue.
