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by bkrueger
June 28th, 2010, 2:30 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: Show us your custom character portrait!
Replies: 35
Views: 17034

Re: Show us your custom character portrait!

@Evnissyen: What is the specialisation of your Dick characters? Weapons of mass destruction? :mrgreen: No, using the Dick avatar gives the Player access to the Shotgun, which is only effective on friendly units. :twisted: I think he THOUGHT it would give him access to WMDs but he wasn't able to fin...
by bkrueger
June 28th, 2010, 12:39 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II Support [Windows]
Topic: Dexterity doesn't improve hide in shadows
Replies: 6
Views: 4802

Re: Dexterity doesn't improve hide in shadows

Already there is a lot of mathematics going on under the hood when it comes to HiS- checking luminosities of tiles, ... When I saw this I remembered another post of yours where you said, you still didn't figure out, why cat's eye seems to bread HiS sometimes. Probably this is too simple, but it com...
by bkrueger
June 28th, 2010, 12:24 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: Show us your custom character portrait!
Replies: 35
Views: 17034

Re: Show us your custom character portrait!

@Evnissyen: What is the specialisation of your Dick characters?

Weapons of mass destruction? :mrgreen:
by bkrueger
June 16th, 2010, 1:59 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: Frustrating
Replies: 2
Views: 1728

Re: Frustrating

I'm getting really frustrated with this game. No manual and no way to figure out how to do the simplest things. So how do you detonate a powder keg? Somebody mentioned in another thread about shooting it with a bow but I don't see anyway to target an object at a distance with a weapon. 1. There is ...
by bkrueger
June 10th, 2010, 2:29 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: harry potter
Replies: 3
Views: 2832

Re: harry potter

Smells like a preparatory post from a spam bot for me. :mrgreen:

Edit: But discussions started by spam bots are often very funny.
by bkrueger
June 7th, 2010, 1:09 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: What's missing??
Replies: 93
Views: 44813

Re: What's missing??

The only problem with this is that it will impair cross-platform usability, as Mac-users who have single button mice use cntl-click in place of right-click. Perhaps if these were linked to cmd-click instead (or would that inconvenience Windows users?). If the possibility was added to map keys/mouse...
by bkrueger
June 5th, 2010, 3:34 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II Support [Linux]
Topic: Doesn't run on Ubuntu Jaunty 64b bit
Replies: 77
Views: 95130

Re: Doesn't run on Ubuntu Jaunty 64b bit

It`s really a case of how the program BlitzMax made assumptions, and compiled the code with unnecessarily high dependency requirements. The same could easily have happened, if BW had compiled the Windoze version on Vi$ta or Win 7, and the program had assumed that DirectX 10 or 11 were necessary to ...
by bkrueger
June 4th, 2010, 2:01 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: Hiding, Invisibility and Silence - How it works, How to fix
Replies: 19
Views: 10229

Re: Shoe on the other foot

To twist a favorite quote of one of the regulars here... Hidden and/or Invisible enemies should be an important part of this complete breakfast! You head into the sewer system and all of a sudden you see a spinning knife coming your way... but the assassin is hidden! You can't see him on the screen...
by bkrueger
June 4th, 2010, 1:54 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: [HELP!!] How can I get to the island in Greenriven Lake?
Replies: 8
Views: 4258

Re: [HELP!!] How can I get to the island in Greenriven Lake?

I went there very early and ended up doing a lot of running back to town before I finally managed to finish the place off. My experience was similar, I decided to stop the side quest half ways and came back later. This seems to be a general trend: In my second play through I went straight to port K...
by bkrueger
June 4th, 2010, 1:45 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II Support [Linux]
Topic: Doesn't run on Ubuntu Jaunty 64b bit
Replies: 77
Views: 95130

Re: Doesn't run on Ubuntu Jaunty 64b bit

xolotl wrote: It just needs to be compiled on an older distro, is all.
I see. :idea: That shouldn't be a big problem then. :mrgreen:
by bkrueger
June 4th, 2010, 1:27 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II Support [Linux]
Topic: Doesn't run on Ubuntu Jaunty 64b bit
Replies: 77
Views: 95130

Re: Doesn't run on Ubuntu Jaunty 64b bit

IMHO an operating system which has this kind of problems is not very useful. Why should a game developer be forced to either constantly modify his software after release or to distribute his source code? He should have the possibility to distribute something static and the OS should provide backward...
by bkrueger
June 4th, 2010, 1:20 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: Petrified wood
Replies: 12
Views: 4199

Re: Petrified wood

IMHO the best solution for this would be as follows:

The vendor, whom you sold it to, keeps the item in his inventory (which otherwise changes regularly). So you can buy it back later.

This ways you get punished but are not lost.
by bkrueger
June 2nd, 2010, 12:08 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: Replays: creative thinking or cheating - Opinions Spoiler
Replies: 6
Views: 2864

Re: Replays: creative thinking or cheating - Opinions Spoil

I believe it won't work because IIRC the trainer only trains you after you had the dialogue with him about being the murderer.
by bkrueger
June 2nd, 2010, 11:51 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: Console command for teleport
Replies: 10
Views: 5048

Re: Console command for teleport

Ooh, I would certainly like a keyboard shortcut specifically geared for the Portal spell. Maybe just "P" or something... You can assign spells to the 1-9 keys: Call the spell menu, select a spell and select the strength. Don't close the menu, but hit the 1-9 key which you like to assign. ...
by bkrueger
June 2nd, 2010, 11:47 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: Help with four things [may contain spoilers]
Replies: 17
Views: 7911

Re: Help with four things [may contain spoilers]

Jammeez wrote:I have a question as well. Thought this spot might work.

How does the skill "Repair" work? I bought the Tinker's Gloves and can't figure it out. :oops:
Just sleep on it.