Book III Mod: Expedition into West Mirkland
Posted: April 10th, 2014, 9:32 pm
Book III Mod: Expedition into West Mirkland
by Troy Hepfner
The swampy island of Mirkland is the home of the amphibious tribes of the Akadai, an aggressively territorial race. It is a dangerous place, and because of this, Mirkland is largely unexplored. Even you, on your first visit, didn't have the opportunity to fully explore it.
But now you can with this new expansion for Eschalon Book III!
ABOUT THIS MOD
This mod adds several new maps to explore. No existing maps were modified, so you can safely install this mod along side of other mods.
The mod was inspired a post that BasiliskWrangler wrote in the Basilisk Games forum, in which he shared some details of the Book III story that did not make it into the final game. Specifically, BW explained how the Akadai came into possession of the Tungsten Bracket Widget that is needed to pass through Omentor. I took the details that he shared and wove them into this mod. So I want to thank BW for inspiring this mod and helping fill in some gaps in the story.
Per BW, the new maps are designed for level 5-8 characters. Like my other mod, there are a number of secret areas, so explorers will be rewarded.
DISCLAIMER
You install and use this mod with the understanding that Basilisk Games is not responsible for any problems you encounter, and that this mod is not officially supported by Basilisk Games.
INSTALL
To install this mod:
1. Download the zip file
2. Start a new game, and save it as soon as the game loads.
3. Navigate to your save game slot (see below)
4. Extract all of the files from the zip archive into the save game directory,
overwriting any files if asked.
5. Return to the game, reload from you save slot, and enjoy.
Note: if you want to use an existing character, you can skip step 2.
On Windows 7, the save game slots are located in:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Basilisk Games\Book 3 Saved Games
On Mac, the save game slots are located in your home directory under:
Library/Application Support/Basilisk Games/Book 3 Saved Games
HISTORY
v1.0 - Initial release
v1.01 - Bug fixes
- Fixed a couple of "holes" in the upper right corner of 4952.map that can
cause you to get stuck when moving east into central Mirkland.
- Fixed misnamed treasure items in several coffins
- Removed misplaced ships in secret pirate base
- Added .opq files for each of the new maps, to fix minimap issues
by Troy Hepfner
The swampy island of Mirkland is the home of the amphibious tribes of the Akadai, an aggressively territorial race. It is a dangerous place, and because of this, Mirkland is largely unexplored. Even you, on your first visit, didn't have the opportunity to fully explore it.
But now you can with this new expansion for Eschalon Book III!
ABOUT THIS MOD
This mod adds several new maps to explore. No existing maps were modified, so you can safely install this mod along side of other mods.
The mod was inspired a post that BasiliskWrangler wrote in the Basilisk Games forum, in which he shared some details of the Book III story that did not make it into the final game. Specifically, BW explained how the Akadai came into possession of the Tungsten Bracket Widget that is needed to pass through Omentor. I took the details that he shared and wove them into this mod. So I want to thank BW for inspiring this mod and helping fill in some gaps in the story.
Per BW, the new maps are designed for level 5-8 characters. Like my other mod, there are a number of secret areas, so explorers will be rewarded.
DISCLAIMER
You install and use this mod with the understanding that Basilisk Games is not responsible for any problems you encounter, and that this mod is not officially supported by Basilisk Games.
INSTALL
To install this mod:
1. Download the zip file
2. Start a new game, and save it as soon as the game loads.
3. Navigate to your save game slot (see below)
4. Extract all of the files from the zip archive into the save game directory,
overwriting any files if asked.
5. Return to the game, reload from you save slot, and enjoy.
Note: if you want to use an existing character, you can skip step 2.
On Windows 7, the save game slots are located in:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Basilisk Games\Book 3 Saved Games
On Mac, the save game slots are located in your home directory under:
Library/Application Support/Basilisk Games/Book 3 Saved Games
HISTORY
v1.0 - Initial release
v1.01 - Bug fixes
- Fixed a couple of "holes" in the upper right corner of 4952.map that can
cause you to get stuck when moving east into central Mirkland.
- Fixed misnamed treasure items in several coffins
- Removed misplaced ships in secret pirate base
- Added .opq files for each of the new maps, to fix minimap issues