Tigranes Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Heh, not a bad cover. And the funniest thing with Stand Your Ground, for me, is that when you have PC selected and say stand your ground, then later you switch to Neeshka, the SYG never applied to the PC, so the PC ends up following Neeshka around. Not to mention it's hard to know how long SYG lasts, and sometimes it just seems to turn off. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 It sounds like your AI problems could be solved if you use this one little mod that Tony K made: http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2H...tail&id=141 Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofAnakin Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 "Why does it have to be snakes?" "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 even so, we once again put forth notion of called plays... 'cause no matter how smarty the jnpc ai, it is gonna seem stoopid eventually if their behavior not take other party member behavior into account. in absence o' some kinda effective group-think ai we suggests the "play": 1 command to makes multiple members take pre-determined & sychronized actions. adds whole new level o' tactical sophistication... 'special if it were a customizable feature. HA! Good Fun! Funny you should mention that, because apparently, Dragon Age will have "plays". I believe Dr. Z brought it up during a video interview, which brought back some memories of a seemingly endless discussion of it years ago on the Bio forums. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) even so, we once again put forth notion of called plays... 'cause no matter how smarty the jnpc ai, it is gonna seem stoopid eventually if their behavior not take other party member behavior into account. in absence o' some kinda effective group-think ai we suggests the "play": 1 command to makes multiple members take pre-determined & sychronized actions. adds whole new level o' tactical sophistication... 'special if it were a customizable feature. HA! Good Fun! Funny you should mention that, because apparently, Dragon Age will have "plays". I believe Dr. Z brought it up during a video interview, which brought back some memories of a seemingly endless discussion of it years ago on the Bio forums. hmmm. thanks for the info. having been booted from bio we hadn't heard such news... so thanks. is one o' those ideas we (and others) repeated ad nauseum and only got very minor positive response from developers. am genuine surprised they decided to implement. 'specially since there only seemed to be a handful o' genuine boardies who were really in favor o' the idea. 'course now that Gromnir gots positive/negative reinforcement, am gonna be as relentless with obsidian... or not. will be very curious to see how the concept gots implemented. HA! Good Fun! ps if called plays suck, am gonna claim that we got idea from leferd. Edited July 29, 2008 by Gromnir "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoma Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Third new class is semi-revealed in the new interview with NWN vault with Tony Evans: However, I will risk Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 There was some Red Wizard sub-PrC that specialized in demon summoning. Can't remember what it was called. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 "ps if called plays suck, am gonna claim that we got idea from leferd." L0L DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taks Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Heh, not a bad cover. And the funniest thing with Stand Your Ground, for me, is that when you have PC selected and say stand your ground, then later you switch to Neeshka, the SYG never applied to the PC, so the PC ends up following Neeshka around. Not to mention it's hard to know how long SYG lasts, and sometimes it just seems to turn off. exaaaaactly. short answer: pain in the arse. you're right, sand, and i did not know about the AI mod till recently, but i'm done playing NWN2 for a while. BG for now. gawd i've played that one an awful lot of times... sheesh! taks comrade taks... just because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taks Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 all bets are off during battle as they'll always rush in to do their thing after 1 round of staying put. eh, battle is painstaking. you have monsters to fight, and then you have the members of your own party to fight as well, trying to make sure they don't trigger traps or run off down the corridor past the three monsters that are ganging up on you to engage a whole new set of enemies... can't count how many times neeshka would begin to disarm a trap, then give up and run to battle the approaching baddies, setting off the trap SHE KNEW WAS THERE! comedy gold. tony k is definitely going to get a DL out of me in the future. perhaps SoZ will have some AI mods of its own? taks comrade taks... just because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.E. Sawyer Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 ps if called plays suck, am gonna claim that we got idea from leferd. They can call them "gambits" instead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XII#Battle_system twitter tyme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwars Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Interview http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Inter...tail&id=333 Listen to my home-made recordings (some original songs, some not): http://www.youtube.c...low=grid&view=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xard Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Awsum How can it be a no ob build. It has PROVEN effective. I dare you to show your builds and I will tear you apart in an arugment about how these builds will won them. - OverPowered Godzilla (OPG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 ps if called plays suck, am gonna claim that we got idea from leferd. They can call them "gambits" instead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XII#Battle_system is considerably after Gromnir first suggested at Bio, but as long as is in game, Gromnir satisfied. independently inspired... even got the American football reference? well, such an approach makes sense, so is not too unrealistic that somebody would come up independent-like. anybody that has played ff xii can tell us how goodly/badly it works in that game? HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newc0253 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 anybody that has played ff xii can tell us how goodly/badly it works in that game? sorry, but i don't think there's many japanese schoolgirls that hang out on the obsidian boards. dumber than a bag of hammers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigranes Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I resent that newc, I'm not ashamed of my japanese schoolgirlness. FFXII gambits are essentially conditional scripts. As you progress through the game, you use points to buy new conditions - you set things like "If Health < 50%, use Health Potion", or "Attack Nearest Enemy", "Attack Enemy with Highest HP". Gambits can be turned on or off; gambits can be prioritised, so that higher priority gambits override or fire first. I can't remember anymore but I think there were also different gambit 'groups' to use in different circumstances? Not clear on that though. In terms of gameplay, it made FFXII very easy and very passive for me - with the right gambits you could essentially sit there and watch your entire party go through efficient motions to wipe out most enemies. This is of course related to balance issues (if things like immunities, special attacks were more varied and the enemy AI was intelligent, the same gambit scheme wouldn't work so well on everyone), but yeah. The advantage, I suppose, was that compared to NWN2, it was a lot less stressful and very painless: once you got the hang of it, you were very rarely seriously inconvenienced by the gambits, and they didn't do anything too stupid. There is no friendly fire in FF12 of course, and the spell/saves/etc system are a *lot* simpler, so it's much easier for the AI not to screw up. With a system like D&D (I dont know about 4th ed).... well, its a tough ask. (Oh, and its probably a bit different from Gromnir's 'plays', in that the gambits are individual and don't really work together. You just make them work together yourself. I think there are also options like Heal Other when Other's HP < 50%.) Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 anybody that has played ff xii can tell us how goodly/badly it works in that game? It works so good that the only input you need to make for most battles is to move closer to the enemy. The game plays itself. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 hmmm. thanks for the info. having been booted from bio we hadn't heard such news... so thanks. is one o' those ideas we (and others) repeated ad nauseum and only got very minor positive response from developers. am genuine surprised they decided to implement. 'specially since there only seemed to be a handful o' genuine boardies who were really in favor o' the idea. 'course now that Gromnir gots positive/negative reinforcement, am gonna be as relentless with obsidian... or not. will be very curious to see how the concept gots implemented. HA! Good Fun! ps if called plays suck, am gonna claim that we got idea from leferd. Then it better not suck. Wouldn't want such a black eye on my web reputation. You're still banned from the Bio boards? They actually perma-banned you?? Too funny. It'd be interesting too know if there are any flanking maneuvers in DA, and thus its associated attack, defense, and morale bonuses/penalties and whether such factors are tracked in the rulz system. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 the great thing 'bout a crpg over a pnp rpg is that all the numbers crunching in a crpg takes place instantaneous. bizarre flanking rules and grapples and seemingly endless modifiers can be dealt with by a game engine in the fraction o' a second. what becomes tedious and unwieldy in a pnp rpg can go largely unnoticed in a crpg. am doubting that bio goes for any sorta genuine complexity. their general design philosophy embraces a notion o' maximized accessibility. a highly complex combat system, even if the rulez is being accounted for behind the scenes, is probably considered too hardcore for bio. keep rules relative simple to understand is what Gromnir foresees. that being said, simple & streamlined is not a bad thing. rulez o' chess is very simple, but clearly there is great opportunity for complex strategy in such a game. am expecting da to be broken. pretty much any new rpg rule system is broken when first released. d&d 3e got considerable play-testing 'fore release and it managed to have some rather curious broken rules that called for an almost instant errata release. da gots not only new rules, but unlike pnp rules that can be changed with a released pdf, change game engine is tougher... which is probably another reason to keeps simple. hopefully game is enjoyable 'nuff that they gets opportunity to fine-tune... 'cause initial release is gonna be kinda the first opportunity to beta test rules & game engine with large scale genuine playing. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Link: http://dragonage.bioware.com/forums/viewto...m=135&sp=15 "Dragon Age (roughly, don't take any of this for granted) (a) Weapon Base Damage (b) Attribute Modifier © Class/Level Modifiers (d) Weapon Material (d) Character position and facing (e) Weapon AP (f) Opponent Armor DR (g) Talents (h) Effects and effect interaction (e.g. fire damaged reduced by if currently frozen, shield spells, etc.) (i) Item Properties (j) a bunch of additional factors on both sides (k) Damage Type Resistance (% based)" DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos_hybrid Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Interview http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Inter...tail&id=333 Damn, the more I hear about this game the less interested I become; In Storm of Zehir, we intend to take interaction to a new level. One way we are doing that is reducing the amount of lengthy un-interactive scenes and adding maximum reactivity to conversations. Cohorts help us to achieve this goal. Though they lack complex conversations of their own, and none of them will be love interests, they offer special responses in conversations that the player can choose, or not. The end result is that cohorts always give you more choices rather than sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xard Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Well duh, this has ment to be old skool stuff from day one. IWD's are great games even if they lack companions (and they aren't even very old scool anyway) How can it be a no ob build. It has PROVEN effective. I dare you to show your builds and I will tear you apart in an arugment about how these builds will won them. - OverPowered Godzilla (OPG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigranes Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Damn, the more I hear about this game the less interested I become; Well... nobody played IWD for the complex dialogue with companions. It doesn't mean that the main story itself will be throwaway though. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos_hybrid Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Well duh, this has ment to be old skool stuff from day one.IMO IWD's are great games even if they lack companions (and they aren't even very old scool anyway) Old skool doesn't = great Well... nobody played IWD for the complex dialogue with companions. No one played Oblivion for that either..... It doesn't mean that the main story itself will be throwaway though. Agreed and that's why I will still get it. Just stating my disappointment in this design choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newc0253 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 You're still banned from the Bio boards? They actually perma-banned you?? Too funny. all the kool kidz are perma-banned from Bio. as a great man once said, you're nobody in this town till everybody thinks you're a barstard. dumber than a bag of hammers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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