Bone Files
May 22, 2008, 8:59 pm
hedgehog
Joined: May 22, 2008
Posts: 9
Posts: 9
Hello, I am new to the forum and decided to join because I couldn't find any information about bone files.
My Question is, how exactly do these work? I have not been able to find any information about them. At least not the information I am looking for. I thought that they were generated when one of you characters die but, have have had few few characters die but my Bones folder does not contain any files? Is this normal? If so when are they created?
Any help would be great.
My Question is, how exactly do these work? I have not been able to find any information about them. At least not the information I am looking for. I thought that they were generated when one of you characters die but, have have had few few characters die but my Bones folder does not contain any files? Is this normal? If so when are they created?
Any help would be great.
May 22, 2008, 10:10 pm
kobold lord
Joined: May 22, 2008
Location: Worldmap
Posts: 145
Location: Worldmap
Posts: 145
I don't know what this means exactly, but I have 9 files in the Bones folder and 68 characters in the list of adventurers.
Sometimes I find the ghost of a previous character nearby his corpse. I happen to find 3 different ghosts in the same level once...
Sometimes I find the ghost of a previous character nearby his corpse. I happen to find 3 different ghosts in the same level once...
May 22, 2008, 10:29 pm
archangel
Joined: Jan 11, 2008
Posts: 1,019
Posts: 1,019
Bones are made for any characters that die in dungeon levels (UT and GC; only exception I know of is UT1). If you die in New Attnam, Attnam, or the world map, no bones file is made.
May 22, 2008, 11:37 pm
hedgehog
Joined: May 22, 2008
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Posts: 9
That probably explains it. I just had a character die recently in UT4 and noticed a bone file was made. Thank you for your help, all.
May 22, 2008, 11:54 pm
skeleton warrior
Joined: Jan 27, 2008
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Location: Finland, preparing my kin to take over the forum.
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Off topic, but perhaps you shouldn't enter UT4 with your starting gear and stats, you'll encounter some nasty light crystal golems, that can one-shot you easily if not prepared.
Right, now you killed me. Happy?
May 23, 2008, 1:50 am
angel
Joined: Dec 2, 2007
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Location: Under a pile of my own offspring
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Occupation: Big Daddy
Location: Under a pile of my own offspring
Interests: Caves
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it is random whether or not bonefiles are created. Sometimes they are sometimes they aren't. I don;t know what the chance of it happening is but I would guess less than 50%
May 23, 2008, 3:34 am
hedgehog
Joined: May 22, 2008
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Posts: 9
Off topic, but perhaps you shouldn't enter UT4 with your starting gear and stats, you'll encounter some nasty light crystal golems, that can one-shot you easily if not prepared.
Yeah, I sort of figured that out when I was killed by one.
May 23, 2008, 3:53 am
mutant ass
Joined: May 3, 2008
Location: Cold hard Finland
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Location: Cold hard Finland
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Off topic, but perhaps you shouldn't enter UT4 with your starting gear and stats, you'll encounter some nasty light crystal golems, that can one-shot you easily if not prepared.
Yeah, I sort of figured that out when I was killed by one.
May 23, 2008, 10:11 am
angel
Joined: Dec 2, 2007
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Occupation: Big Daddy
Location: Under a pile of my own offspring
Interests: Caves
Posts: 612
Thunder hammers, hattifatteners, turox, and wands are other ways to mine crystals. Meteoric steel pickaxe is all you need for prurple and blue light crystal but green light crystal needs something stronger (like mithril). Mined crystals are great for getting Mellis or Silva to like you again.
May 23, 2008, 11:34 am
Ex-Tyrant of the IVANers
Joined: Dec 8, 2007
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Occupation: Junior Scientist
Location: Not California
Interests: Physics and Astronomy, Exoplanets, Singing praise to Valpurus while smashing skulls with a bloody warhammer, Jogging
Posts: 2,920
Or just for being lightweight, unbreakable light sources.
"Put more stuff in the... thing where... more stuff goes in."
May 23, 2008, 12:23 pm
hedgehog
Joined: May 22, 2008
Posts: 9
Posts: 9
Speaking of light sources, I know this may be a stupid question but, when you have a lamp does, it need to be equipped to enhance your light radius or just in your inventory?
May 23, 2008, 1:39 pm
mutant ass
Joined: May 3, 2008
Location: Cold hard Finland
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Location: Cold hard Finland
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It works if it's in your inventory. When you wield items you use them as weapons. Hmm, I wonder if lamp/latern works as flaming sword: "You hit zombie with latern. Your latern burns zombie..."
Edit: It didn't but this message was worth trying it: "You strike the young female carnivorous mutant bunny! You advance to skill level 1 with your latern! The young female carnivorous mutant bunny is slain.
Edit: It didn't but this message was worth trying it: "You strike the young female carnivorous mutant bunny! You advance to skill level 1 with your latern! The young female carnivorous mutant bunny is slain.
May 23, 2008, 11:59 pm
hedgehog
Joined: May 22, 2008
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Posts: 9
Hmm, I wonder if lamp/latern works as flaming sword: "You hit zombie with latern. Your latern burns zombie..."
Edit: It didn't but this message was worth trying it: "You strike the young female carnivorous mutant bunny! You advance to skill level 1 with your latern! The young female carnivorous mutant bunny is slain.
Edit: It didn't but this message was worth trying it: "You strike the young female carnivorous mutant bunny! You advance to skill level 1 with your latern! The young female carnivorous mutant bunny is slain.
HAHAHA! Awesome.