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by Effidian
December 16th, 2007, 5:52 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: movement speed is a deal breaker
Replies: 35
Views: 18710

Re: running

stryker wrote:I'd prefer perhaps a 7/8 daylight to 1/8 darkness ratio. And the torches don't give out enough light.
That would really be a problem for those builds who rely on darkness.
by Effidian
December 7th, 2007, 11:09 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Piracy prevention (or at least assessment)
Replies: 72
Views: 29078

Good, that saves me from going on an equally OT diatribe on the basic unfairness of many EULAs. That's exactly the discusion I didn't want to get into. It opens up a whole can of worms and I don't have the energy for that discussion. This whole "supporting piracy" by disabling an irritati...
by Effidian
December 7th, 2007, 12:46 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Piracy prevention (or at least assessment)
Replies: 72
Views: 29078

Disregard my last post. I got distracted during it and it ended up going off topic. I'll just reiterate the point I was trying to make before letting myself move off... Cracks are certainly products of pirates. Cracking a game you have bought isn't pirating that game (it does break the license agree...
by Effidian
December 6th, 2007, 8:31 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Piracy prevention (or at least assessment)
Replies: 72
Views: 29078

1). Using a crack is not piracy - it does not involve making an unauthorised copy of a program. Every crack I've seen requires the program concerned to be installed first. It occurs to me that you and I may be arguing over semantics. Let me be more clear, replace my previous uses of "piracy&qu...
by Effidian
December 6th, 2007, 11:40 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Piracy prevention (or at least assessment)
Replies: 72
Views: 29078

<stuff> What you listed was justifications for using the products of piracy. Your second paragraph listed the way to not use piracy. Don't buy the product if the license agreement doesn't allow you to do what you want with it. Think about it, what does "supporting piracy" mean? There are ...
by Effidian
December 5th, 2007, 7:54 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Piracy prevention (or at least assessment)
Replies: 72
Views: 29078

I'll just throw some food for thought on here. Everyone that downloads pirated versions of games or cracks for whatever reason, supports piracy. No matter what your personal justifications are for doing so, it still supports it. After all, if nobody downloaded anything illegally, there would be no r...
by Effidian
December 4th, 2007, 11:21 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: Book II Video Resolution
Replies: 57
Views: 31659

1024* 768 would be great. I don't mind 800x600 though, so ...
by Effidian
December 4th, 2007, 11:20 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: Hallherron Combat system may work for a party game
Replies: 16
Views: 12665

I played Helherron a lot and compiled this info for 2.02. The party based combat was great. A lot could be improved upon, but the game was a lot of fun. 8 character party! The tactical combat was simple but fun. Brought back memories of the Gold Box games. I think I've come to want the first trilogy...
by Effidian
December 3rd, 2007, 12:49 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Buff rogue
Replies: 12
Views: 6028

Rogues do just fine. One thing to remember is that you don't need to bump a skill up every level for it to be useful. Hide in Shadows of around 10 is really good, but you don't even need it that high to be very useful. While you don't get backstab bonuses, you don't really need them, because Hide in...
by Effidian
November 29th, 2007, 10:32 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Goblin Citadel - Locked outside...
Replies: 8
Views: 4666

Throw/shoot the switch in the next room before stepping on it.
by Effidian
November 29th, 2007, 7:28 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: What type of engine for Book II
Replies: 91
Views: 61292

I'd certainly play this trilogy with the same engine, and hope for another game that is party based.
by Effidian
November 29th, 2007, 10:12 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Quest unfulfillable?
Replies: 23
Views: 11430

This is the reason I'm a pack rat. Every single item in the game that I wasn't sure about or looked unique I'd stick in chests and barrels so that if I need it later on, I can go get it. Since the game only requires 4 items to complete, I'm okay with everything being sellable/destroyable (except tho...
by Effidian
November 29th, 2007, 9:41 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Spells disappearing from spellbook?
Replies: 2
Views: 2533

That was fixed in 1.02 (I believe).
by Effidian
November 28th, 2007, 8:39 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Railroading... [SPOILER]
Replies: 9
Views: 5233

I actually killed the eyes from the outside using Demon Oil, and then ported in to look for a way out. But realized that I was then just a prisoner without any eyes to play with...