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8730
... Do you have more than a hundred saved games in the SAVES folder? That might be the cause of the randomness. Once you get a few hundred it gets a bit...
merle
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Mar 1, 2008
7:32 pm
8731
There's Michael Petzold's Saved Game Sorter for Windows which might be of help to you managing overly large sets if saves: ...
Mwirkk at Eskimo North
mwirkk
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Mar 2, 2008
6:37 pm
8732
Yep, well... It's been what? 2 to 3 yrs since I last came here? After getting a new com and getting sick of the ridiculously lousy, yet very pretty looking...
foamy_pp
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Mar 8, 2008
2:46 am
8733
Can't remember to be honest, though I have a feeling that he disappears after a year? But if worst comes to worst, just strip him of all items and send him...
Greg Woodstock
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Mar 8, 2008
5:04 am
8734
... He does leave after some amount of time. You could also shack up in some inn where you make enough money to pay for room and board and just sit it out for...
merle
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Mar 8, 2008
2:13 pm
8735
Bah~ I shall just kill him off. Maybe, I shall sacrifice him to a bunch of witches. Mua ha ha ha ha.......
foamy_pp
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Mar 8, 2008
11:51 pm
8736
You can find relics in the mine quests. They are three types of mine quests (one of them as 3 or 4 variable (the enemies are different), another has 2 (2 paths...
sultitan
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Mar 12, 2008
5:34 am
8737
I played this game looong time ago so please enlight me - what was this Great Monastery quest? Is this the tampliere forthress? Handel ... From: "sultitan"...
Handel
bamamamu
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Mar 12, 2008
7:14 pm
8738
... this ... Yes, The Templars fortress, but it is called Great Monastery in Darklands. This and the Citadel are the two large missions, but the Great ...
sultitan
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Mar 12, 2008
9:29 pm
8739
I just now ran across this by accident: http://www.microprosesystems.com/company.htm This took me quite by surprise. I had not heard anything about it until ...
Matt Wirkkala
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Mar 21, 2008
9:00 am
8740
Looks like they acquired the name - not so sure about the software rights. And from the looks of things they don't plan to do anything software related. ...
Bob Hazlewood
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Mar 21, 2008
1:36 pm
8741
... looks of things they don't plan to do anything software related. Looks like they might do something software related -- from the bottom of their about ...
merle
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Mar 21, 2008
1:44 pm
8742
Providing Atari is among the worst game developpers/pubishers don't hold you breath for too long:-) ... From: "merle" <merle-darklands@...> To:...
Handel
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Mar 21, 2008
5:53 pm
8743
I'm glad to hear the Microprose name is reemerging. Great news! ... hold you...
Joel McIntyre
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Mar 21, 2008
6:20 pm
8744
Atari is not as bad as most people think. They forget about Neverwinter Nights and it's support and the ability to make load of mods for it, and the same for...
John
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Mar 21, 2008
6:53 pm
8745
They are developing software. Darklands is not one of them, that's still owned by Atari Interactive/Infogrames. ... bottom of their about ... strategic...
wgungfu
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Mar 21, 2008
8:36 pm
8746
... That's because Atari Inc. doesn't own any of that material and never did. Atari Interactive/Infogrames does. (If you read through the history of press...
wgungfu
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Mar 21, 2008
8:36 pm
8747
From: wgungfu; Sent: Fri, Mar 21, 2008 10:24 AM ... [mwirkk] Perhaps, then, my confusion stems from Infogrames' early statements (prior to 2002) that the then...
Matt Wirkkala
mwirkk
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Mar 22, 2008
1:36 am
8748
... properties ... That's correct, but handles is different than own. Infogrames NA became Atari Inc. (which leases the Atari brand name and properties, and...
wgungfu
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Mar 22, 2008
4:50 am
8749
... If a company today developed a Darklands 2 they would ruin it by making design decisions that don't make sense, but are trendy and easy choices, like going...
Brian Shapiro
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Mar 23, 2008
4:17 pm
8750
... I have no problems with 3D, I just think it needs to be developed as an interactive medium FAR more than just making it "look" nicer. Case in point: The...
James
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Mar 23, 2008
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8751
... I wouldn't say going 3d perspective is trendy or easy (it certainly takes a lot more development), its more that its expected in today's industry and by...
wgungfu
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Mar 23, 2008
6:04 pm
8752
Its the norm, but I still think people will learn, eventually, that 3d isn't necessarily the best choice for a game. And the time will come where people stop...
Brian Shapiro
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Mar 24, 2008
6:40 am
8753
The main problem with 3D world for one or another reason is not very large. As for exmaple in Oblivion - just few steps and you see next village or town. So if...
Handel
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Mar 24, 2008
3:01 pm
8754
Suggestions, anything really for chracter generation?...
bender321_342
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Mar 26, 2008
4:19 pm
8755
[mwirkk] I would like to see any remake keep as much of the old game as possible. But something I've always wanted in the game was the ability to wander around...
Matt Wirkkala
mwirkk
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Mar 26, 2008
4:30 pm
8756
One of the biggest pitfalls that many "global" type 3D RPGs fall into is the concept of scale. Traveling about the whole of medieval Germany in real-time 3D...
achutsell@...
ahutsell2001
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Mar 26, 2008
10:41 pm
8757
The only 3D game I know of that actually has a realistic scale is Daggerfall. It actually took weeks of real time for a character to manually walk from one end...
Rogers Jeff
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Mar 26, 2008
11:34 pm
8758
... A lot of the problem is fallout from MMORPG games, where they try to present a consistent world view with no sudden mode swaps that might "confuse" the...
merle
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Mar 27, 2008
2:59 am
8759
... There are tons of suggestions in the archives, although delving into them takes time. Assuming you mean the types of characters, and not a breakdown of...
merle
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Mar 27, 2008
3:08 am
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