Circle of Eight Modpack v8 Final General Commentary & Discussion Thread

Abascar · Sep 20, 2013

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: toee.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 00000000
Fault Module Name: temple.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 407a4c66
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 001da512
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: f47d
Additional Information 2: f47d4f2ba6efc5df5251fac38210d772
Additional Information 3: a238
Additional Information 4: a2382fb0d7ba0539a29963a763bcee61

Clean install with patches. No issues with install on TOEE Manager. Both set to XP SP 3 compatibility and administrator access. Programs starts normally, but just as the transition from setup occurs the program crashes.

Disabling the intro movies seems to work as the game continues to load normally and goes to the menu screen.

Of note, during character creation, when you are assigning values to your attributes, the boxes on the left (that would identify STR/DEX/CHR/etc.) seem to be missing across all video resolutions.

sirchet · Sep 21, 2013

Gaear said: ↑

That's actually quite accurate, in all seriousness. The term refers to the condition in a work of fiction where the reader/player/consumer loses the innate condition of not believing what's going on, e.g. they are 'immersed' or what have you. People often mistakenly think it's an act of volition, but in the context above it is something the writer et al does or causes in the reader. So we could say that Hugh was happily immersed in ToEE, believing himself to be beneath the Moathouse Ruins, when suddenly, a odd line from a zombie rattled him out of this state of immersion and he remembered he was playing a game.
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I knew I should have stuck with it, this 3rd grade edgamacation always be gett'n me confused.

Zoltec · Sep 21, 2013

Hi, this might be worth-noticing. Whenever I executed V2Brute.exe there's a parse problem appearing with it, says "Error parsing record 1548 (sp-Prismatic Spray:Spray lines): part_posVariation_Z :"boom start" ". I'm using v7.9NC and this might be the cause of some major problems encountered in older and recent modpacks (especially in handling particles)... Try to look for partsys tabs for reference. Just assuming it incurs some problems on the particle database... And to think that this might also related to splash screen CTDs since "Initializing Data Sectors" part, is loading the .tab files/databases.

Take note, ToEE is reading the partsys tabs the same way as V2Brute. So unexpected crashes in the splash screen is probable when encountering such error.

Gehennis · Sep 22, 2013

Of note, during character creation, when you are assigning values to your attributes, the boxes on the left (that would identify STR/DEX/CHR/etc.) seem to be missing across all video resolutions.
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I've just started a new game with v.8 and noticed that as well- I also noticed that the stats show up in the smaller screen to your left, even if you are doing the point buy method, so you can still see what stat is going into which attribute- not sure if this was intentional but it's nice...

Shiningted · Sep 22, 2013

"Hey wait for me" and "Watch out Dad"
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As you say, Gaear, some bugs are funny.

"'Hey wait for me" is from the pub in KotB. "Watch out dad" is one of the Lizardmen kids in KotB.

Both, I suspect, are due to me updating narrative.mes. I had no idea there were differences between the two versions. I'll post a fix on here when I am back at my modding PC.

Borsook · Sep 22, 2013

I have a save from 7.9 at the end of hommlet, can I use it in 8.0? It seems to load fine and work fine, will this break some scripts?

Arthandas · Sep 22, 2013

So we have Verbobonc not showing on the map, bad zombie floating text and vignette looting fix by Sitra. Will all this be combined into a patch?

Sitra Achara · Sep 22, 2013

So, I'm curious - seeing that the Temple Shortcuts mod has been downloaded 15 times - does it work okay?

Gehennis · Sep 22, 2013

Sitra Achara said: ↑

Temple Shortcut Mod

Continuing the tradition of time-saving utilities, this mod lets you get back to where you left off within Temple, saving you some tedious walking back and forth.

What it does:

As soon as you enter the Temple, you will get a dialogue popup that informs you that your party has started drawing a map of the Temple. A new Temple Map item will appear in your inventory, which will allow you to fast-travel to locations within the Temple grounds and dungeon.

At first, the Temple Map will only include the Temple Entrance (basically, where you stand), but as you descend deeper into the Temple, it will record your progress and open up new options for fast travel.

To make use of it, just drag the map into the use button from within your inventory, and the shortcut dialog will appear again, letting you quickly navigate through the Temple. I recommend placing the Temple Map object close to the Use button in your inventory for maximum convenience.

Some further notes:
- The Temple Map will exclude the level you are currently on from the list. If you still wish to use it to hop around the current level, you can move to a third destination (e.g. the Temple Entrance) and then back to the current level.
- You can get a shortcut to the Elemental Temple Clerics by becoming a member of their faction.
- You can only use the map within the Temple grounds (i.e., you can't teleport from Hommlet using this method, you still have to trek the worldmap and risk random encounters)
- You can't use it to get out of the Nodes (but you can use it to get IN the nodes; the ones you have visited, of course).
- The underlying assumption is that if you can get somewhere once, you can do it again. On the rare occasion where you might otherwise be blocked - e.g. have run away from monsters, got trapped by the harpy grating, etc. - well, it's up to you to contain yourself.
- I made a new icon, inspired by P&P graphs - hope you like it

Under the hood:
Every time you enter a new map, the game runs a script that checks where you landed, and if it is within a certain distance of a predefined set of locations, it sets a corresponding flag indicating you have been at that location. That location will as a result become available in the shortcut dialog.
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Do you just extract this into your TOEE file location to make it work?

Sitra Achara · Sep 22, 2013

Yes. You shuold create a backup copy of the \data folder just in case, though.

grinner666 · Sep 23, 2013

Gaear said: ↑

Did you follow the clean install recommendations and then the installation instructions exactly as written?

If so, and if the issues still persist, have you tried disabling/enabling movies? (Whichever it isn't, set it to.)
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How, exactly, does one uninstall the 7.9.0 modpack? I looked into the Winblows Programs & Features/Uninstall screen, and it's not there ... just ToEE.

I suppose I could just uninstall ToEE and then use a registry cleaner to take everything away, but that's a huge pain in the backside ...

Gehennis · Sep 23, 2013

grinner666 said: ↑

How, exactly, does one uninstall the 7.9.0 modpack? I looked into the Winblows Programs & Features/Uninstall screen, and it's not there ... just ToEE.

I suppose I could just uninstall ToEE and then use a registry cleaner to take everything away, but that's a huge pain in the backside ...
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If you have a temporary download folder look in there- if the mod isn't there chances are you've successfully deleted it...

Gaear · Sep 23, 2013

Any registry entries the modpack installer may add would be rather insignificant, I think, as basically all it's doing is unpacking an archive to the designated folder. Still, to uninstall the mod you should go to the Start menu > Circle of Eight et al until you get to 'Uninstall Circle of Eight Modpack.' There may be more than one of these if you've installed multiple modules. Or just go to your ToEE root directory and delete the .tfm archives found there ('Circle of Eight Modpcak 7.9.0 NC.tfm,' for example.)

The important part in the suggested maneuvers is not actually uninstalling the modpack, but reactivating vanilla so that the ToEE uninstaller itself works properly.

Quirk · Sep 23, 2013

Hello all,

I just registered because I have some problems with the mod, but am reading and playing it since version 4 or 5. Fantastic work! It really made a nice little game into a real gem.

I wasn't able to find anything in the forum concerning the issue I am facing and hope this is the right thread to post it. So without further ado....I have trouble finishing the "Gremag 1" quest, where you have to kill Amario (I think he is the carpet maker). I killed him, but I do not get any dialogue option on it. Even after maybe 5 days (I think Gremag said that I should not come back right after the deed), nothing has changed. Is it a bug or am I missing something here?

And again thank you very, very much for giving us such a great gaming experience!

Edit: I just saw that the days are not counted in my log book. All tasks are marked as day 0 (which is not right). One of my reputations is marked as day 20, month 4 and the time in the lower right shows something completely different. Maybe that's why it does not work?

sirchet · Sep 23, 2013

I think Gremag tells you to not come back to him and that someone will contact you.

I could be remembering this wrong, maybe an evil evil evil player will chime in. :evilgrin:

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