The 5.0.0 beta 1 Thread

Re: Co8 5.0.0 beta 1 thread

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Problem with verbonoc mod. I clear the drow( some of drow fighters just stand there and let me wail on them, rogues fight nicely, as do wizards and matron.) and the dragons( breath weapon seams a little off center but that is probably due to z axis. But when I returned the prince? thanked me for my efforts, but the nibblys? the gnome, keeps giving me the quest over and over. The viscount thanks me for my efforts and says the gnomes are telling the truth and his advisor must be lying, but never sends me to confront his advisor. I get intermintent CTD when entreing hextor temple and the building left of the gnomes

 

Re: Co8 5.0.0 beta 1 thread

I setup a unique party [for me] this time, and it is working really well. I made an Elven female UberBarbarian carrying a great warhammer who is the party leader. *grin* I have my party set for 1 PC and 7 NPCs.
* PC + Ronald [Cleric] + SoberElmo [Fighter] + Furnok [Rogue] + Serena [now = Ranger] + Riana [now = Bard] + Pishella [Wizard]

I have had to do the town quests, including the DH quest [and am still working on it] ... had to console the adult toy from Nulb - the only PC in my party is a female [known issue]
* Thanks Blue and Allyx. I really appreciate your new patches.

Moathouse Search & Destroy patrol ... back to base camp and heal up ... patrol ... base camp ... etc
* I like the re-spawn of the Moathouse, but the re-spawned siderooms have to wait until later days where the party has more muscle and horsepower.

I was slow to get a party adventuring and have to catch up with the others testing Egyptian Whore. Except for the CTD with using the Orb of the Moons, I have not seen errors/problems other than what has already been mentioned.
* Again, thanks Blue and Allyx for your diligence and patches.

 

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Oh yah, BTW - The Moathouse gnolls did not all converge as a single pack where I expected all of them to attack my party at the same time. Basically, I was able to kill them in segments. I got to kill 5 of them; got to kill 4 more of them; and, then, got to kill the remainder of them.
Note: The ones in the Boss room did not come out and play when expected. I had to go in the boss room and kill two of them of which helped each other and, upon killing those two, the last two in the boss room I had to kill seperately.

 

Re: Co8 5.0.0 beta 1 thread

This is in the vanilla version of the game too. Seems to happen if you engage the leader in dialogue while still a fair distance from the doorway leading to the room where the others hang-out.

 

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Tactics - I had the party move to just outside the main door entrance to the gnoll room, opened the door and RonTheCleric from the back of the party fired off a hit on a gnoll. A few gnolls came to the door and the party kept killing them. Then, once the gnolls that would approach the door were dead, I moved the party inside the open door just enough to be able to fire one round at one gnoll toward the back of the room. The party kept killing them until they stopped coming. Then, the party moved to just outside the boss room and RonTheCleric from the back of the party fired off a hit on a gnoll in the boss room. The party killed the rest of the gnolls.

 

Re: Co8 5.0.0 beta 1 thread

Cool, Ted.

Will this screw anything up if I don't have DH installed?

 

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Just to make sure everyone is on the same page with the Voice & Portrait Packs:

They are not included with 5.0.0. You have to download them and install them separately. Then install the Cumulative Fix patch.

I have done this with two separate installs of 5.0.0, and have had no problems with either.

 

Cordial Goblins

My 2nd level CG party, had a random encounter with some very cordial Orcs and a wolf.

Random encounter Night Time, scrub road with campfire. Started on the road as it should be. Rushed the Goblins, Music started, Goblins look like they are ready for combat. Get there, no hour glass, no combat initiated and they were a downright friendly lot.
Clicked on one of them and he says, nice to meet you again, and other pleasantries. Wolf should be in a petting zoo he was so friendly. So we passed around the jug and cooked some weenies and smores and were on our way. Anyone else had any unsettling random encounters?

Map was non-sectored but that was already reported. No fire animation either.

 

Re: Co8 5.0.0 beta 1 thread

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@ted: The updates seem to work.

Oh yah, and before I forget to mention it..
@ted: Prior to the updates, I have already experienced the re-spawned Moathouse.
* In one room [I believe was previously empty] there looks to be a "greyed-out" troll [I guess?] floating above the floor in one room in the left wing. (another z-axis deal, placement - not the NPC *laff*)
** In the room that previously contained the the giant lizard in the left wing, there looks to be a "greyed-out" bugbear [I guess?] floating above the floor (also another z-axis deal, placement - not the NPC *laff*)

 

Re: Co8 5.0.0 beta 1 thread

BTW - I just use the default portraits installed with Co8 5 MOD ... no issues with arrows instead of pics.

And, speaking of arrows in place of pics, [someone else mentioned it already] I also had the issue with the dire porkzilla pics.

 

Re: Co8 5.0.0 beta 1 thread

The Cumulative Fixes have been updated with Allyx's and Ted's latest patches. You can find the link in post 4 of this thread.

I found the problem with the Scrub Road map not being sectored. The whole folder for it in the maps folder is missing. Oops.

Here it is. Put it in your maps folder. The Cumulative Fixes have been updated with it as well.

I don't see what the big deal is with the Ambush. It's tough, yes. It was meant to be a tough encounter, not just another slaughter enacted by the party. If it was just Kobort, Turuko and Zert, a second level party would waltz through the encounter. If we threw in Raimol as well, it would be no different.

We considered adding Furnok, but decided against it. Ambush and murder seemed like a big step from skinning the locals with a rigged game for room and board, even if they party has shut down his gambling. Ranos Davl and Gremag already have their own ambush in the game as well. That is another tough battle. Remember all the complaints when that first came out?

Still, I suppose we could tone it down a little. Perhaps replace two of the footmen and two of the crossbowmen with more common bandits (level 1).

[EDIT by Cerulean the Blue] This is included in the Cumulative Fixes.

 

Re: Co8 5.0.0 beta 1 thread

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I bypassed the guards and Lareth area and went directly outside using the secret Moathouse exit...CTD when using the door to go to the new map screen...someone else also mentioned this, too, I believe.

@blue: Your new RAR patch file from post # 4 is bugged.
! Cumulative Fixes.rar: CRC failed in data\art\interface\portraits\Familiar_Rat_mini.tga. The file is corrupt
! Cumulative Fixes.rar: Unexpected end of archive