Posted by Dumb Shit, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:57 pm
There are all sorts of CVS managers for Linux.
Posted by Dumb Shit, Mar 17, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Off the IVAN sourceforge CVS and the Downloads, respectively.
Posted by Dumb Shit, Mar 17, 2008 at 7:44 pm
You're going to run into a lot more than that using the latest non-CVS. Use the CVS version and Z's diff patch.
Posted by Dumb Shit, Mar 17, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Arcane's Plans: Volume 0.1
in forum IVAN Variants
8 types of flesh, 8 types of liquid, 8 types of metal, 8 types of silicate, 8 types of wood, 8 types of gas, 8 types of food, 8 types of rock. No problem.
Wood!
Cherry
Paulownia
Willow
Bamboo
Lacquered Bamboo
Composite
Worldwood
Blessed Worldwood
Food!
Rice
Noodle
Soybean
Fruit
Egg
Mushroom
Finned Fish
Shellfish
Metal!
Copper
Iron
Steel
Tempered Steel
Pearlite
Grandmetal
Amakuni
Sarutahiko
Posted by Dumb Shit, Mar 17, 2008 at 3:29 am
Arcane's Plans: Volume 0.1
in forum IVAN Variants
Maybe you should scale back some of these things to save time, such as 8 types of material seeing as a big chunk don't actually do anything other then cosmetic changes.
Nope. 8x8 = 64 = enough.
8 types of flesh, 8 types of liquid, 8 types of metal, 8 types of silicate, 8 types of wood, 8 types of gas, 8 types of food, 8 types of rock. No problem.
as for books, are you saying that equipment inside your inventory now face the horror of liquids? so drowning puppies could ruin my Book of Torrental Winds?
Yes. Blood may make a few books stronger, as could tears.
It is rather late so Ill keep the rest of my comments/suggestions/criticisms to myself
Feel free to ask as many as you want. I'm getting ideas.
Posted by Dumb Shit, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:49 am
Arcane's Plans: Volume 0.1
in forum IVAN Variants
I plan to. :v
Current plans:
Enemies level when they kill another enemy or a friendly creature to the player. Enemies will have three tiers. Standard enemy evolution will be a palette swap and greatly increased abilities (1.8x stats for first level up, 3.6x for second?) as well as an improvement in general abilities (hedgehog spines will do much more damage and have a higher damage chance)
Wands? No wands. Bye, wands! Staves will replace them and still be usable as weapons.
Scrolls will stay, as well as more powerful books which allow multiple casts but vary much more as well as being quite easy to ruin (water, blood, vomit)
Edo and Sengoku era stuff from Japan, mainly RoTK stuff from China. I may dabble in Hindu religion.
Either 8 or 9 will be the base for everything. 8 materials, 8 major missions, 8 major bosses, 8 minor bosses, 8 types of material (gas, metallic, silicate, liquid, etc) where instead of Harden Material it will be Strengthen Material. Gases will get more dangerous, as will liquids.
Three major towns, five minor towns. Three major towns are connected by mines on their outskirts that all enter a unique dungeon with interconnecting levels every 8 floors.
The five minor towns will all have mini-dungeons with their own little plots.
Current plans:
Enemies level when they kill another enemy or a friendly creature to the player. Enemies will have three tiers. Standard enemy evolution will be a palette swap and greatly increased abilities (1.8x stats for first level up, 3.6x for second?) as well as an improvement in general abilities (hedgehog spines will do much more damage and have a higher damage chance)
Wands? No wands. Bye, wands! Staves will replace them and still be usable as weapons.
Scrolls will stay, as well as more powerful books which allow multiple casts but vary much more as well as being quite easy to ruin (water, blood, vomit)
Edo and Sengoku era stuff from Japan, mainly RoTK stuff from China. I may dabble in Hindu religion.
Either 8 or 9 will be the base for everything. 8 materials, 8 major missions, 8 major bosses, 8 minor bosses, 8 types of material (gas, metallic, silicate, liquid, etc) where instead of Harden Material it will be Strengthen Material. Gases will get more dangerous, as will liquids.
Three major towns, five minor towns. Three major towns are connected by mines on their outskirts that all enter a unique dungeon with interconnecting levels every 8 floors.
The five minor towns will all have mini-dungeons with their own little plots.
Posted by Dumb Shit, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Easier way to do colors?
in forum Other Coding
They're using the same ideology, yes. However, it's using a 256-color palette so you can't just assume one more number past dark red is darker red. It could be tan! Or white! Or green! But not pink, nobody likes pink. (okay it can be pink)
Posted by Dumb Shit, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Ok, let's clarify the things...
Only the people behind the GPL (the dev & such) could ask a lawyer to resolve this copyright problem, maybe the people who have added something in the source lampshade is using (Ighalli for exemple in the CVS version, and only for the part he was involved in I think). Nobody else. You could tell the dev about this problem, but they are the one who choose.
So, without any dev asking lampshade to release his modified source, it's useless arguing...
And last... Sorry for my english
Only the people behind the GPL (the dev & such) could ask a lawyer to resolve this copyright problem, maybe the people who have added something in the source lampshade is using (Ighalli for exemple in the CVS version, and only for the part he was involved in I think). Nobody else. You could tell the dev about this problem, but they are the one who choose.
So, without any dev asking lampshade to release his modified source, it's useless arguing...
And last... Sorry for my english
Anyone who has contributed at all, whether it be code, sound, graphics, or ideas can demand he release his source and have legal clout behind it. Weird as it sounds, I'm just trying to make sure the IVAN community doesn't end up being the "let's pay money to the GPL foundation for the rest of our lives" foundation.
EDIT: Here's something else to help. I'll happily swear never to touch anything he releases even though I'd have the legal rights to if he does, since apparently he's scared I'll take his code.
Posted by Dumb Shit, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Arcane's Plans: Volume 0.1
in forum IVAN Variants
"I'm going more for Japan" + "I'm going fairly asiatic" != JAPAN ONLY GRAAAH
I'm aware of Japan's poor metals. I was planning on restructuring the materials systems as such.
Katanas are also quite easy to shatter and this will be reflected.
Bamboo is going to be the most common, easy to use and awesome material.
I'm aware of Japan's poor metals. I was planning on restructuring the materials systems as such.
Katanas are also quite easy to shatter and this will be reflected.
Bamboo is going to be the most common, easy to use and awesome material.
Posted by Dumb Shit, Mar 16, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Arcane's Plans: Volume 0.1
in forum IVAN Variants
So, I was wondering, is your mod going to remove non-asian content? Or is it just adding asian content?
It's mainly going to remove Attnam, New Attnam, most of the monsters, a good number of the items, replacing all the gods, and removing the Gloomy Cave and UT.
I plan on basing the game on Romance of the Three Kingdoms partially, Shiren the Wanderer mostly, and some other stuff on the side.
Oh, and replacing the materials. Most of IVAN doesn't fit in the setting though.