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[Toady One]

Doesn't change them in spells or as creature growth patterns or where?  Are you appending them on to the stock file or using your own file?

[Denim Sk8r]

If I open the stock Magical Arts file and look at the Spell Skill 5 for Record 2, Morbid Skull Beam, here's what it says:

-Appearance 1-
Effect Step: Detect Creatures -+
Override Effect Appearences? No
Appearance Type: Floating Symbol -+
Pattern:
Symbol -+
Filler -+
Detail:0 -+
...etc etc etc

The stock symbol file has 3 pictures and 12 more blank entries named Filler. Loading my Symbol file, which has 13 entries, makes it always say Paw, the 8th entry. Also, when I just went with it saying Paw, and I played it, it showed blank white squares and called them Hammers, the 6th entry. Something is wrong somewhere. I could E-mail my file if you need it.

[Toady One]

I shouldn't need the file.  I'll try to figure it out before I leave, though things are getting quite tight pre-Canada time-wise.  In any case, I'll have a fix up either today or next Friday, assuming I don't die on any of my four flights.  Or in Canada.  Wild place.  Axis of evil part 4.  You know.

[Toady One]

I put a FIX up.  It was just more of the trashed editor code.  Everything was fine (at least according to my test), it just wasn't telling you the proper symbol in the editor.  Press + twice more and you would have gotten from 6 to 8!  Very close...

[Toady One]

My computer just deleted another source file.  3 more days down the tubes.  I don't know what's going on.  The files aren't recoverable by any method I know.  Maybe I have a virus, or I'm experiencing a Microsoft feature.

[Captain_Action]

Damn dude, can you burn a cdrom as a backup?

[Demon]

Better start updating every hour or so...

[Toady One]

I have tons of CDs and different backups.  I used to do it every few days.  Never a problem.  But yeah, now since this started happening I'll have to do it hourly or something.  I worked like a fiend last night and got most of the three days back, fortunately.  It doesn't take as long the second time through.

[Zonk]

Wow...that's interesting,at least.BTW,Im downloading the last version...

In the version before this,in 800x600 resolution the text in the "details"of the universe was confused/offscreen..Anyway,I was thinking about sensing...

Could you make it so Shadow Demons can feel fields of "evil"and their strenght on the map maybe?OR maybe they get a "direction sense"toward the biggest field of evil...

Also,could you begin to do things like "dark vision",so the player can see trough darkness?

EDIT:ALSO...In the abilities editor...Would you be able to changhe the abilities range for certain races?Like,in the abilities editor you I think you can select what stock creatures you are linking to...

[ July 26, 2003: Message edited by: Zonk ]

[Toady One]

I had been planning to do the universe editor (which I didn't get to), so the details portion was not upgraded with the rest of the interface.

Hmmm...  I guess evil-sensing could work in all sorts of ways.  A shadow demon would want to be able at least to home in on locations where it won't burn up.  I should eventually put in some options, although I'm not sure if my brother's notion of a shadow demon included them.  Perhaps the thing just will hide in the dirt or in hollow logs etc. during the day, unless it senses that a place is evil enough for daylight travel to be safe.

Abilities will eventually be as customizable as regular attributes.  "Eventually" being a common and key word in most of my posts.  Nightvision similarly...  maybe at some point there should be a creature improvements release...  or perhaps things should just slowly be added, as usual.  I don't know.  Maybe I should just focus on clothing etc. for now.  Clothing is good.  We like clothing.