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VonMisk

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Posted: Thu, 30th Jan 2014 18:01 Post subject:

JBeckman wrote:

Finished the game again with the new party, no blocked quests this time although I have two items that are related to class promotions I can not take.
(Also I could access the three race restricted dungeons but I missed out on a boss since I didn't have anyone of the prerequisite class.)

Now to try and use the spirit beacon exploit to respawn the area, unfortunate that the final dungeon won't be easily accessed though since that's where the really good loot is found.
(The Temple of Meow is OK as well but it's very short, about the size of the well cave in Sorpigal if not smaller.)

This is just one of many images I took of ranged attacks hitting critical areas.

(Seen numerous eye and head shots, a few knee and groin ones as well but this is the only one where I jammed the arrow up the ass of some creature, awesome accomplishment really, more so because he was in front of the party and facing them.)

This guy is apparently a bit special.
(But I don't know from where.)

And this quest is finally finished, some legacy eh?

Spoiler:

(But there's nothing left to kill unless I manage to use the spirit beacon to respawn the world but it seems a bit random so it might not work, thus I'm stuck with this level 1 relic.)

This guy is some connection to the scifi part of the series but not from canon.

sar·casm | \ ˈsär-ˌka-zəm \
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JBeckman
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Posted: Thu, 30th Jan 2014 18:08 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Ah I see I was thinking if he was from Xeen but that explains it then.

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VonMisk

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Posted: Thu, 30th Jan 2014 19:15 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Okay, so I was wrong someway. Apparently there were books that take place in M&M universe and he is mentioned there. Plus that egg is his spaceship that landed/crashed into some lake. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/geary-gravel/dreamwright.htm sar·casm \| \ ˈsär-ˌka-zəm \ 1: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain 2a: a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b: the use or language of sarcasm

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prudislav
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Posted: Thu, 30th Jan 2014 19:23 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

@JB could you post your save? (it might unlock uplay bonuses for the rest of us if it works similary to AC games) BTW: is the story any good? http://i.imgur.com/SYIa3w4.png http://i.imgur.com/PtROKGv.gif Sometimes i just want to see NFOHUMP burn \o/

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ArmaTM

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 11:24 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I lost my saves and cannot recover them, was around level 25 with air, water and fire shards done in the forge and paladin and blademaster promotions. I really cannot stomach starting all that again, if anyone has a save in a somewhat similar stage of the game , i would really appreciate it.

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NecroViolator

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 11:46 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Seriously... I cannot move anywhere, just look around... I press every button but cannot move... I chose a character but still cannot move... I cannot even goto the ESC Meny for saving or anything like the Keyboard is dead... WTF is going on ??? EDIT : NVM, I just run as Admin and it works...Owell... figured that out....

ArmaTM

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 11:51 Post subject:

NecroViolator wrote:

Seriously...

I cannot move anywhere, just look around...
I press every button but cannot move...
I chose a character but still cannot move...

I cannot even goto the ESC Meny for saving or anything like the Keyboard is dead...
WTF is going on ???

*casts Cure Paralysis* Try now ! Razz

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JBeckman
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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 11:56 Post subject:

prudislav wrote:

@JB
could you post your save? (it might unlock uplay bonuses for the rest of us if it works similary to AC games)

BTW: is the story any good?

The saves could perhaps work, of course now that I've beaten the game I've edited the characters to hell just to dick around with the game (Some rule changes too but no complex .csv file editing to make my archmage grandmaster capable of heavy armor or some such.) but the code in the save files could still be usable with the Meow dungeon and the Crack Hack (EDIT: Crag Hack) relic set, oh and the Falagar companion.
(Or well Sanah or what her name was, has the same abilities like Falagar when he briefly joins the party.)

As for the story it's high fantasy Might & Magic like the sixth game, no overly complex choices and things are mostly pretty straightforward with only a few twists.

Being set in Ashan (Ubiland) it's using their Heroes 6 (And Dark Messiah) lore and stuff like creature models which I'm not 100% liking but it works OK though I preferred the stuff from the previous games.

Plus seeing the RTS game creature models up close does reveal that the textures are pretty blurry and the models fairly low-detail but again visuals are a minor complaint.
(Lower budget game as well.)

Also you can't do everything in one playthrough, some areas will require a specific race to enter (So you could go with one of each to visit them all.) but it also splits the class promotion quests so you will miss certain encounters, or be stuck with items with no use.
(You can do all the skill related grandmaster quests though, also not all GM trainers need quests performed for them.)

Some "Zelda" like elements as well (I call them that because it was the first game I played with that type of gameplay, I'm sure it has a better name.) with needing certain abilities to access a few of the areas, again nothing that's very complex but it gives a nice sense of progress to finally reach these locations.

And of course plenty of references to the previous games in the franchise. Smile

(Though limited sci-fi influences since this is set in Ubisoft's vision of the M&M world.)

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NecroViolator

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 11:59 Post subject:

ArmaTM wrote:

NecroViolator wrote:

*casts Cure Paralysis* Try now ! Razz

LOL...

Damn it doesnt work with bloody Admin...I have to play with Win 7 Compatible on...
Damn retards cant program... PLUS there is ONLY 2 people as voices ingame...

JBeckman
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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 12:02 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

There's a male/female heroic and male/female sarcastic voice for each race, of course they mostly say the same thing with different accents but some of the remarks are a bit different or specific to a certain race. (Would be nice with some more voice sets to choose from of course but I guess it would have too costly or time consuming to implement?)

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NecroViolator

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 13:52 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Damnit... Again, nothing works... Keyboard dead and game just looking around... ... WTF is wrong with this game...

JBeckman
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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 14:07 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Do you have a gamepad plugged in? Have you tried resetting the key bindings and is it a wireless keyboard? Just some suggestions.

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NecroViolator

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 14:14 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Nothing hooked up... No wireless nothing all cable... I cannot even see my Inventory screen, just the right side but nothing on the left side... Just a blank page.... Shame really...

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 14:18 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

do you have some gamepad emulators installed (moitionjoy,...) . Might interfere ith the game http://i.imgur.com/SYIa3w4.png http://i.imgur.com/PtROKGv.gif Sometimes i just want to see NFOHUMP burn \o/

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NecroViolator

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 14:20 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Nop, thing at all... I did not install the DX that came with the game... Maybe I will install again and install the DX this time around...

JBeckman
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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 14:39 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

It hasn't been updated since 2010 but if you don't have that version installed then yeah it's going to cause some issues. http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=8109 (As far as I know the game shouldn't really work at all due to missing .dll files.)

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NecroViolator

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 14:53 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Yeh, OK ... Got it to work perfect... Assholes using DX9... OMG.... Over 16 years old DX ... HOLY SHIT... Well, gonna play some... Thanks JBeckman and Prudislav for the help...

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 15:29 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Even with full graphics set the game looks like utter shit, however by forcing 16Xaf through nvidia control panel it has much improved ground based textures. But today I have had 4 freeze ups and graphics card going into a forced 2D mode. Not impressed plus the frustrations with some of the enemy attacks! Looks like I'll be using a different graphics driver and possibly cheating to get past some pretty *** up combat. Much preferred Grimrock

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donka

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 15:54 Post subject:

ArmaTM wrote:

Game crashed (RLD) and all my saves show "Unlocked Content Title". It seems like Autosave and Quicksave have 0 bytes. Am i fucked for good ?

If you get savegame Unlocked Content Title" bug just delete those 0 byte saves. Do not delete save 3 and 5.

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ArmaTM

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 16:00 Post subject:

donka wrote:

ArmaTM wrote:

Game crashed (RLD) and all my saves show "Unlocked Content Title". It seems like Autosave and Quicksave have 0 bytes. Am i fucked for good ?

If you get savegame Unlocked Content Title" bug just delete those 0 byte saves. Do not delete save 3 and 5.

The only current saves are quick and auto , both 0 bytes. Sav001 and Sav002.

Sav003 and 005 and useless.

[Saves]
Save003=global.lsg
Save005=hints.lsg
Save001=Autosave
Save002=Quicksave

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donka

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 16:07 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Well .. you are screwed then mate. In the future consider making manual saves once in a while. Had the same bug but thankfully made manual saves before so I haven't really lost much progress. "Unlocked Content Title" seems to happen when I quicksave or game autosaves.

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ArmaTM

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 16:35 Post subject:

donka wrote:

Well .. you are screwed then mate. In the future consider making manual saves once in a while. Had the same bug but thankfully made manual saves before so I haven't really lost much progress. "Unlocked Content Title" seems to happen when I quicksave or game autosaves.

Yeah i know that. Now. Crying or Very sad

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JBeckman
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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 16:51 Post subject:

prudislav wrote:

@JB
could you post your save? (it might unlock uplay bonuses for the rest of us if it works similary to AC games)

BTW: is the story any good?

Here's the save file(s) now after some fine tuning and further editing.
http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/76490804/file.html
(We'll see if they can be used to unlock anything.)

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ArmaTM

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 17:18 Post subject:

JBeckman wrote:

prudislav wrote:

@JB
could you post your save? (it might unlock uplay bonuses for the rest of us if it works similary to AC games)

BTW: is the story any good?

Here's the save file(s) now after some fine tuning and further editing.
http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/76490804/file.html
(We'll see if they can be used to unlock anything.)

They are in a different format and file type than what i have, mine are formatted like Sav001.sav.

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JBeckman
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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 17:41 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Yes these are the original UPlay save files which means they use Orbit or what the API was named and they are encrypted. Using a cracked version you would have the actual raw save data without that layer, plus UPlay also does something with the save files so they are account specific. However the data can be decrypted and if I understood correctly this can then be used to emulate the DLC functionality to unlock those rewards you gain for points for four specific achievements. In this case those would be the Djinn Sanna in Seahaven (You can recruit her as a mage companion buffing your party once per day.) and the relic set which is a replicate of the items used by Crag Hack (A staff, a axe, a helmet and a heavy armor.) and finally the Meow Dungeon, a exclusive lair with a small quest you can pick up in the slum district of that big main city, I forgot it's name again. (Geared for high-level players so you get some really nice equipment from it but it's also a very small dungeon, roughly the size of the spider lair in Sorpigal.)

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 19:16 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

from the quick look at it saves doesnt seems to be account specific, they only have headers transfered to saves.ini file http://i.imgur.com/SYIa3w4.png http://i.imgur.com/PtROKGv.gif Sometimes i just want to see NFOHUMP burn \o/

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Mister_s

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 20:15 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

One of the most retarded design decisions in this game is the tiny hotbar. WTF? How did no one notice this in the early access? I find it extremely inconvenient.

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Bob Barnsen

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 20:20 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

What you mean with tiny? The size of it, or the amount of hotbar items? If the amount if items, yea that is bad, especially for casters. I used the spellbook hotkey "F" to cast not so common spells fast

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A-A

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 22:12 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

runs like shit, looks like shit and plays like shit Uninstalled! It's previous retro editions were far better!

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Mister_s

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Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 23:14 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

The game is very enjoyable. It's simplistic, it tries to kill my GPU and I can't name anything special about it, but it's very fun. It has addicting gameplay, the design is pretty good and it's a new genre for me. I think it'll get boring in the long run though, there's not much variation. A solid 7.5 for me.

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