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Is it just me or are there some others who think we got too far away from our roots?
*sigh*
I see nearly everyone running around with some annoying overpowered archer and dueling is no fun at all anymore!
Those archers hit you three, four or may be five times and all your hp is gone!
I really begin to hate this! Where were the times were Antediluvians used to be mages???!
I know that this is just my opinion and no one else thinks this way but I really can't understand why one should be
an archer? What do they do? Just staying there and shooting arrows...oh yes they cast true strike...my oh my ... wow I forgot!
But what do you need to duel with an archer???
If you are a spellcaster you have to choose different spells each round and it depends on your opponent which spells you cast...
so each time it is different.
I'm really angry because of those annoying archers...and I mean REALLY angry! *darn*
It's not that I don't like this clan anymore, no I am spending more than 90% of my free time for it. Trying to make things better,
trying to maintain all those folks somehow, trying to keep this clan together...I don't want anyone to say "Hey Gwyd, you are fantastic!"
No I don't need that!
All I want is to get back something of what we have lost...something like an old tradition.
Okay you all know that I'm not some sort of 12 years old jerk I tend to be a bit old fashioned, trying to hold to the basics, to the roots where we came from. And I also know (and some of you may have already encountered me this way) that I can be weird or angry in some situations.
I'm the oldest Antediluvian I think but still there is a little child in me that comes out from time to time...
But I'm getting off from topic... *sigh*
I already once had the idea of dividing the clan in two groups, a group of ranged melee and the other group spellcasters. I don't want to divide the clan, the idea was to have two "sub-groups" in our clan if you understand what I'm trying to tell you.
Alkti could then be the leader of the ranged melee group (he still would be Leaderof all antes!) and I could be the leader of the spellcasting group. So each group could get more focused on their skills and discuss about things that matters to them. Get what I mean?
It's just an idea...may be an idea for the future when Antes will grow further like they do now.
Smaller groups would be more easily to maintain than one big group though!
And I think it would be more fun again to play! ... but as I said in the beginning...may be it's only me that thinks this way...

Sincerely...Gwyd!

p.s. I posted this in Antediluvians too but since there are some new ideas in this text too I posted it here again...

This picture shows our new Familiar "Alrick" he he he ...he's pretty small compared to my huuuuuuge sizzzzzze LOL

oh and the other one was from a meeting I had with Dmar our advisor!!! oh he's doing a good job!

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~~~~~~~~~~~Server Roster~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~DM's~~~~~~~~~
-Alkti - Lord
-Gwydion - Lord
-HeLLMasteRHeLL - Prophet

~~~~~~~~~Sentinels~~~~~~~~~
-Alkti - Lord
-Gwydion - Lord
-HeLLMasteRHeLL - Prophet
-Dmar - Skink Advisor
-Tifa - Priestess
-Zakx - Member
-Devil - Member
-Amira - Warrior
-Hubba (King of Doriath)
-Morticia (DCD)
-Mel (tea-cup) Supreme High-Uber Script Master
-SiN - Assassin
-Seraghon - Shaman
-DrizzT - Warrior

This will change - and when that happens I will update it! - HeLLMasteRHeLL

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Tifa isn't a member anymore :excl:

Yeah there is nothing wrong using good ideas even when they come from others!
It's really annoying when players want to join, you make all the changes to the module and then after one week you don't see them ever again...bah!
So this "test-period" of two weeks will be very good to see if they will be avtive members and they have a goal to reach which will be good for their motivation  

I don't know if this is important, I removed everything tifa-related from the module because I didn't see her for weeks now. I don't think she will come back. If someone sees her and she wants to get back in our clan then she has to undergo our "joining-procedure" :excl:
Doesn't matter if she was in the clan or not :excl:

mel, could you please give me a little more explanation about what i have to change? That would be great!  

Since spellcaster duels are no fun at all on our server because of these wretched dispelling spells of all kind I once more call for help pleasssssse :excl:

Can someone - possibly mel - post or mail me all dispelling spells as they are on GS or an arivs???
I can't change them, therefore my knowledge is not enough.
Please I don't like to beg so much but to play sorc or wiz is really no fun on our homeworld  

You can make the character speak the line, the door speak the line, or in the combat box with the white thing that scrolls up and disappears.

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Yes and I want the door to speak the line not the character. I don't want this white line that appears and vanishes after two seconds.

ya know...you could just make portable thrones then you won't have to worry about ppl sittin in them

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LOL Khadgar, I am not worrieing about ppl sitting in thrones which doesn't belong to them. That's not the problem at all.
Besides, I think I'll try Mel's idea.

However thanks for your post  

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this hiding stuff isn't so important right now. If you can spare a little time I would like you to help me with this:

This is a section of the script where I want all objects with the tag "VIT"
to get a LocalInt:

object oVIT = GetObjectByTag("VIT"); // VIT = Very Important Thing
while(GetIsObjectValid(oVIT))
{
 SetLocalInt(oVIT, "NoKilling", 1);
 oVIT = GetNextObjectInArea();
}

all objects that are absolutely neccessary have the tag VIT.
But still not all objects with this tag in one area are affected by that.
Is there smt wrong with this?
May be it has smt to do with GetNextObjectInArea?
How can I get an area where objects with VIT-tag are in and run this while-stuff for
that area as long as there are objects with that tag???

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oVIT = GetNextObjectInArea(); This gets any object in the area, not just those with the tag. Also, if you get a object by tag and then starting from that one loop trought the rest, you may miss a few before the first you got with the tag.

Just get the first object in the are, then loop trought hem all and if they have the tag vit, add the local int. That only req a simple if statement in the while loop.

-Mel

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okay now I changed it to this:

 object oItem = GetFirstObjectInArea();
 while(GetIsObjectValid(oItem))
  {
   object oVIT = GetObjectByTag("VIT");
   if(GetIsObjectValid(oVIT))
    {
     SetLocalInt(oVIT, "NoKilling", 1);
     oVIT = GetNextObjectInArea();
    }
  }

but it still doesn't work for every item in an area. I'm giving up  
I'm too dumb to do handle this loop stuff  :glare:

this hiding stuff isn't so important right now. If you can spare a little time I would like you to help me with this:

This is a section of the script where I want all objects with the tag "VIT"
to get a LocalInt:

object oVIT = GetObjectByTag("VIT"); // VIT = Very Important Thing
while(GetIsObjectValid(oVIT))
{
 SetLocalInt(oVIT, "NoKilling", 1);
 oVIT = GetNextObjectInArea();
}

all objects that are absolutely neccessary have the tag VIT.
But still not all objects with this tag in one area are affected by that.
Is there smt wrong with this?
May be it has smt to do with GetNextObjectInArea?
How can I get an area where objects with VIT-tag are in and run this while-stuff for
that area as long as there are objects with that tag???  

You really have something with making heavy onbeat scripts gwydion. (like giving a throne an onbeat to add a clolor to it  )

I use a very small script on the onbeat to check for hide. It just check if the player is in duel, and if it's hided. If so it unhides. That's all and takes 1 if statement and 1 command to unhide.

For the truesee, just make that the truesee gets removed and replace it by 6 darkvisions. And when someone equips a item with 6 darkvision make that they get a supernatural effect with see invisi and ultrvision. Same goes for unequiping, remove those then. (this makes it gs/arivs compatible too, I recommend you work that way)

-Mel

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I first used the OnHeartbeat to give effects to objects yes because I didn't know of another way. Now since you told me how to change that I use the OnModuleLoad to give effects to objects  
but this loop stuff isn't working out...  :crash:      :glare:

I like the idea of moo's filter that you have a "setup"-script where you can set things to TRUE or FALSE.

Still Moo's filter seem to be unable to strip bonus feats even when the setting is activated  
and I couldn't find the section where you strip things like this d_mn true seeing  :angry2: ...  :glare:

couldnt you use a simple IF statement to find out whether the player is in a duel and only then carrying out the rest of the script?

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I think it's not that easy because you have to check all players all the time to see if they are in a duel... *sigh*  :glare:

I want to make a door that can't be opened.
Everytime someone tries to open it I want a small text to appear above the head of the player that gives him the reason why he can't open it or what he can hear behind the door. I don't want to use this FloatingTextStringOnCreature. Just this plain white normal Text (same as when players talks smt.)
What command to use???  

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ok... I get talons gs filter, probably the greatest nwn filter ever made then post it on a thred, I then get the duel manager as well as talons database banning system and post it on the same thred

it's not about it being illegil or not, it's the pricneapal, it's the respectifal thing to do

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I believe someone posted stolen versions of my scripts last year anyway...

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Talking about filters and scripts, what do you guys think of this moo's filter 1.3 that can be found here or at nwvault ?
You think it is okay?