Circle of Eight Modpack 5.5.0 General Commentary and Discussion Thread

Re: Circle of Eight Modpack 5.5.x + CMF Bug Reports and Discussion Thread

Oh, sorry. I need to read more closely.

As for the ambush, the series of events went like so:

1) I smooth talked my way past Lareth's guards.
2) I agreed to serve him, and left via the back entrance with him in my party.
3) Random traveling around the world (killed the Emridy meadows giant, orc cave...), all with Lareth.
4) Got tired of Lareth not taking me to the temple, so I decided to kill him in the moathouse courtyard.
5) Decided to see if going out the back way would trigger the ambush, and it did.

So no, I didn't leave the moathouse after killing him. I'd just already cleared out the entire moathouse except for Lareth several days prior.

I assume if Lareth had actually given me the location of the temple, the story would be advanced enough that the ambush wouldn't trigger in response to my randomly deciding to kill Lareth? As it was, I hadn't actually done anything anywhere that would cause the game to think I hadn't just cleared out the moathouse then.

 

Co8 Magi,

I am prolly doing something stupid but...I have installed the 5.5.0 fresh following the directions carefully. and I have the following issues:

1) Starting out, characters only get some crummy clothes, and I am not able to find/get to a way to buy stuff before starting. I gleaned that there may be a chest or a merchant, but I have not found it. This is a challenge especially in the CN or LG starting scenario when you need to fight/open chests w/o the helpful gear...

2) Even though I have incresed the level limit, or check max HP per level, these don't seem to work (e.g., I get to 11,999 XP and that's it [sorry if the XP are wrong, I forget the exact amount...] no more advancement)

3) The console does not work--I push shift and the wiggle and nothing happens.

4) I boldly installed the KotB, and when I run it (from the X front end) characters start in the ToEE alignment start scenarios, but then cannot exit, e.g., in the NG it goes, "While in Veluna...and you have to kill the assassin who just snuffed Y'Day, but when you do...nothing and you are trapped.

I suspect a corrupt file. What do you all think?

Sorry in advance if this is the wrong place for this. I just want to check out the new mods, you all have dome such a great job!

THX

H

 

Before you start, go on options and makes sure the clean map cache is on. Try the game. If it's still messed up, you may have to reinstall.

1. In 5.5.0, you should start inside a bldg near a blue circle. When you take something out of the chests, you are buying it. In KotB, you start near a caravan with 3 merchants.

2. You don't do anything to have a high level. If you activate the level cap, 10 is the maximum. Editing the little number does not do anything.

3. Don't know.

4. Did you activate KotB after installing it? Sounds like vanilla ToEE is on.

Let us know.

 

Just one more player saying that I never went into console(dont know how) but I have crashed at shop in beginning when I stacked missles.Best thing to do is have each member take one stack of each type of missle and distribute once out of shop.

 

Re: Circle of Eight Modpack 5.5.x + CMF Bug Reports and Discussion Thread

Perhaps is only a matter of an undocumented feature: the in-line help states that it's exactly like a normal turning, but destroys undeads instead of simply make them flee. No level penalty is described, and so there's no reason for having normal turning being very effective and greater useless in the same condition. However, the help also states that this power isa available only once a day, altough you can cast it how many time as regular one. So it could be possible that an undocumented level penalty is applied as well. I'll try this when my cleric is higher level.

 

Re: Circle of Eight Modpack 5.5.x + CMF Bug Reports and Discussion Thread

Did you rest before trying to use it? IIRC, if you try to use it when you are "out of charges" it will basically just appear to do nothing, which is exactly what it sounds like happened.

 

Re: Circle of Eight Modpack 5.5.x + CMF Bug Reports and Discussion Thread

Yes, i tried also just after resting, and if no more charges are available, the game displays "out of charge" as with normal turning.

EDIT: reached level 3 with the cleric, encountered three undead gnolls who where destroyed by greater turning. I seems lvl 3 is crucial for this power to work.

 

Guys,

I am positive I "activated" the mod, it even said it was activated successfully. I am going to download a new 5.5.0 and do a fresh install. I'll let you know how it goes...

H

 

Re: Circle of Eight Modpack 5.5.x + CMF Bug Reports and Discussion Thread

I think I am going to try out the new version. I read the new install instructions and I am slightly confused.

Didn't we need to load the original game once to cache it or something before we try any mods? Do we no longer need to do that? I didn't see any instructions.

Thanks,
-Ranth

 

Re: Circle of Eight Modpack 5.5.x + CMF Bug Reports and Discussion Thread

I just got -001 platinum. I believe this is because my new party had very little money and I asked the inn keepers wife in Hommlet for rumors, which I agreed to pay her money for, and she told me to talk to the villager elder. So, I went negative in money terms.

Note: It did auto adjust positive as I made more money.

 

Co8,

I did the fresh install with the new 5.5.0, AND a new no-cd file. I was rooting around the boards, and there was some discussion about how someone's no-cd file was too big (3.5 mb), mine was of similar size, so I got a new small (33kb) one and everything is working peachy.

Thank you modders one and all. You have made this game worth playing. and more!

H&K

H

 

Re: Circle of Eight Modpack 5.5.x + CMF Bug Reports and Discussion Thread

Think of the only ways each one would NOT know, plus what the guy before said.

For example, the first guy did not see 2 blacks, or he would have known his was white.
So the second guy, KNEW there weren't 2 blacks on him and the guy ahead of him. So...

It's a process of elimination.

 

Re: Circle of Eight Modpack 5.5.x + CMF Bug Reports and Discussion Thread

Hm.. lol, I spent 10mn trying to type my most elaborate answer and eventually found the right answer in the process. Oops my bad...

 

Re: Circle of Eight Modpack 5.5.x + CMF Bug Reports and Discussion Thread

Outstanding! It's ALWAYS the process, not the answer, that is knowledge. :thumbsup: