Dragons' Uprising

[reiyo_oki]

is the error in 1.00b?

I know exactly what the problem is, but I need a bit more info to fix it. What class(es) is/are causing the crash?

[reiyo_oki]

I'm in need of some volunteers to help with the mod. Tasks would include the following:

Item design
skill design
monster design (not modeling)
script writing

The basic idea is to get as much done in as little time as possible.
Post any submissions/ideas in the relavent thread(s)

for item design I would need the following information:

Full set name (if applicable)
Set name (if applicable)
Unique name (if applicable)
magical properties
set bonuses (if applicable)
unique subset bonuses (like set bonuses, but with uniques. If applicable)

for skill design:

Skill name
character class
level requirement
effect
damage type (if applicable)
radius (if applicable)
mana cost (if applicable)
casting delay (if applicable)
duration (if applicable)

for monster design:

monster name
monster type (i.e. wolf, bear, troll, zombie, etc)
hp
defense
movement speed
damage
attack rating (approx to hit percent works)
act the monster should be in
special skills (if any)

scripting:

NPC name
act
speech (text)

[reiyo_oki]

Post any ideas for monsters here, for ideas on what types of models you can expect check out Infinitum

[reiyo_oki]

Post any suggestions for items here. If you would like me to use a specific picture, please email it to me at: reiyo_oki@yahoo.com

[reiyo_oki]

Post any skill suggestions here. Be aware that I am limited (for the most part) to the original D2 and LoD animations for skills, but I may be able to get some from BGII:ToB as well. I may also be able to get some NWN animations if I can find a good extractor for it

[reiyo_oki]

Post any suggestions for NPC speeches and general talk here. I will review them and see if they fit into the storyline I have in mind for the mod.

[reiyo_oki]

Download Links:

Dragons' Uprising 1.00a
Dragons' Uprising 1.01a
Dragons' Uprising 1.02a
Dragons' Uprising 1.00b
Dragons' Uprising 1.01b

[XVampireX]

Yes, its in 1.00b

And i tried both amazon and a barbarian, with no luck.

[reiyo_oki]

ok, I'll see what I can do. I'm almost positive the problem is related to the number of skills each class has.

BTW, you should try reloading the characters after youu first create them. Sometimes the game is weird and works fine after an initial creation error.

[XVampireX]

Nope, tried 10 times and it didnt work. Ill wait until you make an update.

[The Golden dragon]

I'm playing version 1.04 as a Golden Dragon, but I can't transform into a one. I just keep running around in human form. Is the transform ability a quest reward, or aren't you able to rtansform at all?

[reiyo_oki]

some of the transformations were bugged in 1.04a. You should download 1.03a, I believe they all work in that one. You should also note that 1.00b IS out, but it has a major bug with character creation.

[The Golden dragon]

I tried the beta version, but i had the assertion failure problem to. But thanks, I'll try the 1.03 version.

[reiyo_oki]

Fixed it, go dl 1.01b to get it working.

[Malachai29]

downloaded the 1.01b and installed, started to play a black dragon first, but ran into problems with the skills. I decided to try a air elemental, but when I put a skill point into it, got the skill of twister, and couldnt use it. Also found with the green dragon that some skills are unusable in any form, such as firestorm, armageddon, hurricane...when I put a point into summon spirit wolf, it gave me carrion vine.

Havent played too much, just long enough to get the black and green dragons to about level 10 or so.

Also, the gold bar that the characters start with that says to sell for 5000 gold can only be sold for 1 gold.

Malachai

[reiyo_oki]

[quote=Malachai29";p="166012"]
downloaded the 1.01b and installed, started to play a black dragon first, but ran into problems with the skills. I decided to try a air elemental, but when I put a skill point into it, got the skill of twister, and couldnt use it. Also found with the green dragon that some skills are unusable in any form, such as firestorm, armageddon, hurricane...when I put a point into summon spirit wolf, it gave me carrion vine.

Havent played too much, just long enough to get the black and green dragons to about level 10 or so.

Also, the gold bar that the characters start with that says to sell for 5000 gold can only be sold for 1 gold.

Malachai
[/quote]
The skills issues are a bit odd, but are caused by the fact that I re-enabled the default skills for all characters.
The unuseable ones for the green dragon are MEANT for the red dragon (as they are fire skills...)
The problem with getting the wrong skill when you place points is because I accidentally overlapped some skills.
To get the gold bar to work, simply right-click it. I forgot to change the string for that.

I will release an update patch for 1.01b to fix most of these bugs, no worries

[XVampireX]

Seriously though, you should at least test it first before you release something, you can never know what may go wrong, so far it is a major bug per release...

[reiyo_oki]

I do test stuff before I release a new version, but I don't always check all the classes. Also, some bugs just slip past me. The bugs that DO get past me are usually for the classes I don't test.

To explain the skill problems:

just about every class has skills I intend to move to other classes, I just haven't moved them yet. There are also some skills that are buggy, but I am constantly working on them. The breath and nova skills are an example.

I can just disable them in the patch, this will eliminate the skill overlap problem. I also plan on moving all the skills to the classes where they belong.

[reiyo_oki]

POLL ENDS FRIDAY! If I still have a majority vote for changing to half-dragons at that time, I will do it.

I am considering changing the transformations to have the normal ones be half-dragon, and the secret/ultimate one be a full dragon. This would fit more appropriately IMO, as, according to logic, a half-blood would be less powerful than a full-blood dragon. This would also allow for some more interesting skill designs like supreme skills for the full dragons. (Ultima, Nega-Pulse, etc)

Let me know what you think...

[BrotherDog]

This is what I was suggesting along time ago....
. Something alot like dragon disciples...
Too bad you only have access to chromatic dragons, it would be sweet to have some more of them as Metalic Dragons. Especially since it's hard to get a true Gold. They are supposed to be a lot like Chi'en Lung, only all gold. That is, if you're going for D&D dragons.

[reiyo_oki]

actually, I got the idea from Breath of Fire IV, where all the transformations are into half-dragon form, and you only go into full-dragon form when performing special attacks (mostly these are ultimate and breath skills)

EDIT

As to the matter of metallic dragons, I am attempting to shrink and realign the IWD2 Silver Dragon model for use in the mod. This is taking longer than I thought it would though, especially since the cvdcc addon for cv5 doesn't automatically align animations based on mouse clicks...I'm just finishing up the attack, death, and corpse anims, the cast, neutral, and gethit shouldn't be that hard now.

Note for Infinitum team: Once I get the model working I will submit the files for your archives. It will include a new token, non-token specific dcc's, and gif files.

[reiyo_oki]

Just a little news for anyone who's anxious:

-Changed title music, as well as the music for some of the towns
-Added a new transformation (not really new, just finally got around to enabling it) Infinity, this is the ultimate transformation, it gives access to special skills that can only be used in that form.
-I'm working on a new dragon animation to add to the mod, its a silver dragon from IWD2/BGII (not sure which)
-Considering converting BGII Woukeen's Promenade for use in one of the acts.
-Revamping skills to fit half-dragon basis
-Brainstorming new skills for full-dragon transformation

[MarkMega]

i downloaded 1.02b and installed it but....i cant start it
can u help me please??

[reiyo_oki]

first, and foremost, are you running LoD 1.10?
Next, do you have Visual Basic Runtime installed?

If you don't have VB Runtime installed, that would explain why you can't launch the mod. To run it WITHOUT VB Runtime, use the -direct -txt method. You should be able to find a tutorial around here somewhere on that, I think there's one in the tutorials section.

[MarkMega]

ah i dont have a vb runtime
but i tried the direct txt version and...are the classes supposed to have only six or seven skills????some of em had one totally empty skill tree