Formalizing the Shopmap

In the data/art/interface/inventory folder of KotB. The 11º file, black_long_coat_icon

 

Re: Standardizing Scrolls, Potions, and Wands

Is there a possibility of adding another icon for black plate, it uses the same one as regular plates do.

 

My 2cp -- I like using the caravan map. Assuming NPCs on the map use appropriate dialog, or there are some items on the ground PCs can use to determine that this is the same caravan, it can give a sense of continuity. Maybe a ranger finds tracks showing that Jade cas escaped or something.

Basically, if it looks like re-use because of laziness, it's bad, but if it's worked into the story, it's good.

--thearioch

 

hehe, i had the same thougth. Quite evil detail.


@Gaear

if you want a different map, then the colosseum isn't used atm, right? The cheering crowd could be taken out (sound and graphics), and with some touch ups could be transformed into a kind of marketplace (i'm thinking in something a la Indiana Jones style :eyebrow: )...since it's not a random encounter, maybe could stay as a place to go thru all the game.

 

I see, indoors...

Hum, you want to add a new map, or re-use one of the game?

If you want to use one of the little seen maps, there's one upstairs room in Hommlet that's big enough, and even have crates and all...i don't remember which one, dammit.
Also, in the Temple, there's a room with little importance, one which has a group of goblins and two giants, i think the same floor where you find Thrommel...it is one of the best maps of the game, and it has a good deal of strange stuff, like pipes and glass tubes, though it may look too exotic...

Yeah, about that, i've read an old thread that mentions a AoH demo-beta version....what happened with that? I know that Morpheus didn't show up again, but has anyone followed the work?

 

Hum, i you feel that it should be changed, then do it.

don't forget, the caravan map it's Co8 stuff, specifically Allyx's work. If he doesn't have problems with it, then something new it's always welcomed.
The caravan it's a bonus for players, something that wasn't there and it's been added cos Allyx thought it would be cool (and cos is slightly mad ),not something like changing the big, opulent church for something smaller, more accordingly to a village.

Now, listening their opinions it's good, but they will always have a problem with something...so, do what you think it would work best, and let people adapt. For example, personally i don't have a problem if it stays as it is atm, but since you're going to adap it, i will have to adapt myself and can't complaint.

 

I'll put in a yes vote for the interior shop idea.

I voted to leave the shop map with character interaction (makes more sense to me in the setting), but if you are starting from scratch I'd like to see it more as an element of character creation. Meaning no conversation as such, in fact I'd replace the people all together whith interactable stands or whatever that you purchase equipment from. You could either leave one person to doll out relevant information (players wouldn't have to talk to them if they didn't want), or go with a book or altar or whatever.

Just my thoughts.

Cuchulainn.

 

How hard would it be to make it a configurable option (either on ToEEFE or a good old *.ini file)? If it's just a game start map with no use later on, I'd say let the players choose.

Of course, if you make the shop a building, players may want to return, or wonder where it is. With the caravan option, it's easier to believe that it's a one-time deal.

--thearioch