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  1. Posted · Report reply

    Select my current weapon, and want to switch to another in my inventory. In order to do it, I have to drop it into an empty space. I am asking if there is a way to enable the dropping of an item on to any other item and the selection automatically changes to that item.

     

    In the Inventory window, right-click on the top of the window, on the resulting options list, turn ON "Allow Equipment Swap", and then you can do exactly what you want, by clicking and dragging an item from inventory onto a similar item that is equipped.

  2. Posted · Report reply

    At midnight, my wifi router shuts down so my kids will be forced to either go to bed, or at least find another way to amuse themselves.

     

    Perhaps you have a parental control in a similar fashion, either in your house or even in your ISP.

  3. Posted · Edited by stewbaby · Report reply

    I have a problem, I'm trying to play the game on a vista computer with a pretty weak graphics card

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    -My display adapters are "SiS Mirage 3 Graphics"

     

    I have 446MB RAM, also Ill try that link.

     

    I can imagine that trying to run Vista on that PC would be like running through mud in a monsoon with ankle-weights on.

     

    New video drivers may help the game to start... but as for running the game with any sense of movement... you are unlikely to be happy. While "poor man" will get you started, your frame-rate would be near zero, and rabbits would be impossible to hunt.

     

    Sorry my friend, I know the news is often not good, but I suppose a PC newer than 8 years old is unobtainable?

     

     

     

    Edited for Typo ;^)

  4. Posted · Edited by stewbaby · Report reply

    Do you have any firewall software installed that may need "opening up"? XP will not stop any connections to external ports, but if you have a 3rd party firewall (e.g. Comodo, Zonealarm, Nortons patented "BlockEverything 360" etc.) it may need attention.

     

    From a command window ("Start", "Run", type cmd and press <Enter>), type "ping game.eternal-lands.com"

     

    If that works, then the server is accessible, but perhaps your port 2000 is being blocked by something. The trick is to track down that "something".

     

     

    Edited a stupid typo ;^)

  5. Posted · Report reply

    Brown tag, green tag, orange tag theese are all just colors. Nevertheless He bagjumped - end of story.

    As you're unwilling to provide details on the events leading up to the incident, i personally am unwilling to give your claims any credibility. (Obviously everyone will make up their own minds, this is just my point of view.)

     

    Usually when someone's unwilling to discuss the entirety of a bad situation, it's because at least some degree of blame for it's occurrence can be placed on them.

     

    LOL... sorry, but I saw only a picture of one person sitting on a bag (that in reality might even have been his), with two other players standing nearby.

     

    I have stood near people before also, and I have even sat on a bag near people. Does that prove me as a bagjumper. Nope... maybe as Korrode says, more evidence is required one way or another.

     

    I don't say it is not true... just that the burden of proof falls on the accuser.

  6. Posted · Report reply

    Yeah.. Because of...

    http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50035

     

    I was just asking if anyone else could provide a mirror to all of this.

     

    A mirror to something that no longer exists will not work so well. :D

     

     

    Labby said his server (and all the databases stored on it) were blitzed. As the database was only being collected on Labby's server, I strongly suspect it is all gone, lamentably.

     

    Have a lovely day

     

    Stewbaby (TC)

  8. Posted · Report reply

    Stop the farmers, and this all changes.

     

    The "farmers" exist because there are buyers.

     

    This, in essence, is saying "All you lazy b@st@rds get off your virtual butts and mine your own resources".

     

    I find it hard to believe that folks will, with one hand, buy their silver/diamonds etc rather than spend the effort mining it, then pour vitriol on those who are prepared to get their resources for them.

     

    I have always mined my own stuff and only bought stuff I cannot make... but many of the top players cannot afford the opportunity cost, so contract it out. Neither approach is wrong, but only one group of players is being targeted at present... the hard workers that are being paid for their sacrifice (not easy to level chars when you spend all your online time harving for others).

     

    There is no "solution" because there really is no problem.

     

    Have a lovely day,

     

    Stewbaby

  9. Posted · Report reply

    I voted no... mainly because I, and many others, already HAVE a "gold membersip" through having purchased a Pay to Play Character.

     

    This was done to support the game and to get a simple "point of difference". I know that Radu's income from EL has dropped off recently, but perhaps there are other causes than the "target du jour" (gold farmers).

     

    One example, constant invasions, would slow down any economy, with peaceful players running and hiding rather than risking almost certain death.

     

    There are also many of us out here in the real world who are not actually able to get USD without significant exchange losses, so some players would have to pay up to double any proposed fees for EL "membership".

     

    I favour the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it, and if it is broke diagnose the actual problem". Kneejerk reactions are always gonna bite you in the end (e.g. look at how an attempt to stimulate PK, the attribute cap, has really achieved the desired result... NOT)

     

    Not a starter IMO.

     

    Have a lovely day,

     

    Stewbaby

  11. Posted · Report reply

    When will the next lottery winner be announced?
    Next Sunday, between 15:00 and 16:00 GMT, most probably.

     

    How is the announcement made? If the player is not online when they win the lottery, what happens?

     

    The announcement time is between 3 and 4AM here... and I will be in hospital anyway (just in case I win ;^)

     

    Stewbaby

  12. Posted · Report reply

    Hardly undisclosed. Anyways, I request that information on grounds of paragraph 8 of the charter of fundamental rights of the European Union.

     

    Please provide the information requested.

     

    And apart from being truly anal, do you demand such information from every server on the 'net you have ever touched since you first logged onto the 'net? Every server keeps logs, even the ones you pass through on you merry way somewhere else. I really think you take yourself a little seriously, and should maybe take a look at the bigger picture... the one that isn't focussed just on your own trousers.

     

    Thanx for the great FREE service using PUBLIC data Labby. Ignore the ignoramuses and their orbiting morons cos they just don't have any fun that doesn't ruin someone else's day.

     

    Stewbaby

  14. Posted · Report reply

    Although I am game godless, and have been since before the "Crash of '04", I support the idea. I think that as the basic structure is there (temples and such) and the quests for many have already been developed, there is very little real need to keep them out of the game.

     

    It will add a new dimension... especially if folks have to still only choose 3... they would have to choose carefully. Those with game gods can be happy, and we with the godless perk won't be too bothered.

     

    Add me to the "Yes please" column.

     

     

    Stewbaby

  15. Posted · Report reply

    As one of the previously "problematic" Intel chipset users... I am pleased. After 6 or 7 hours playing, RC2 has no crashes. That is with Stars, Moons, and Sun all turned on (which caused crashes previously). There is also none of the messed up textures so far (spiky trees etc.)

     

    Video performance is up quite a bit too.

     

    Thanks for the good work

     

    Stewbaby

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    Let me say it a different way: Items do not have individual stats. There is no possibility for one item to be more used (have less durability) than another item. It's simply a random chance during use for an item to degrade or break. A degraded item is a unique item to the non-degraded one. It is not an item status, so there's nothing to measure or display.

     

    Ok its clear.

     

    There's a percentage to hit any kind of hits.

    Exemple:

    Normal hit (25% or less)

    Critical Hit (20% or less)

    Degradation hit (5% or less)

     

    and

    Theres a percentage to any kind of evasions.

    Exemple:

    Normal hit Evasion (20% or less or more)

    Critical hit Evasion (30% or less or more)

    "Degradation Hit Evasion" (50% or less or more)

     

    You are missing the point... there is no such thing as percentages of degradation. Every hit you take has a chance of damaging or destroying your items. If they are not damaged/destroyed... then they are as good as new.

     

    An item is as new, degraded/damaged, or destroyed... OK? It is a binary, Yes/No type of thing for each hit, only some items have the intermediate "Damaged" state, which gives you a chance to repair

     

    OK?

     

    Stewbaby

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    I can run EL and log in, but about 2 seconds after it crashes.

    Think there is something wrong with my drivers atm, its supporting other games relatively well, but not so good with EL :/ so will try installing a new one if i can find.

     

    Video card: Intel 945GM

    Vendor ID: Intel

     

    Exactly my experience with the same GFX specs. The same reported (with error logs) but unresolved issue has come forward from Sky_03, thru Sky_05 and now to this Pre RC :P

     

    As Intel relies on OEMs to update the drivers, and OEMs rely on the chip supplier to do so... I seem to be stuck with a fairly new laptop that won't play stuff. Our EL future is starting to look grim... through no fault of the devs or Ent.

     

    For the record, my error log shows:

     

    Log started at 2008-05-26 20:23:04 localtime (New Zealand Standard Time)

[20:23:04] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el_170_rc1.ex. Failover to server: main.
[20:23:04] Using the server profile: main
[20:23:06] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst
[20:23:06] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com
[20:23:06] Error: Can't open file "alias.ini"
[20:23:07] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst
[20:23:07] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst
[20:23:07] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com
[20:23:08] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst
[20:23:09] Language changed, was [en] now [en]
[20:23:09] Failed to download (files.lst) 3 times. Giving up.

     

    Sorry... the game crashes before teh GLInfo actually shows, but this is what was last reported:

     

    [11:03:28] Video card: Intel 945GM
[11:03:28] Vendor ID: Intel
[11:03:28] OpenGL Version: 1.4.0 - Build 4.14.10.4543
[11:03:28] Supported extensions: GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_window_pos GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_cull_vertex GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture3D GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_WIN_swap_hint

     

    Hope this helps. Back to 1.6.0 released client while I still can.

     

    Seeya,

     

    Stewbaby

  19. Posted · Edited by stewbaby · Report reply

    @stewbaby

    Can you post the first 3 lines of #glinfo here?

    And are your video drivers updated?

     

    [11:03:28] Video card: Intel 945GM

    [11:03:28] Vendor ID: Intel

    [11:03:28] OpenGL Version: 1.4.0 - Build 4.14.10.4543

     

    This is a 9 month old Toshiba laptop, and it has the latest drivers available from Toshiba. There are new drivers available for Vista, but I would rather drink cold vomit than "upgrade" to that POS OS. I have just installed Ubuntu Hardy Heron, so will be installing EL there very soon (yes I know the Sky clients are not available yet for that)

     

    FYI The updated intel drivers refuse to update OEM hardware.

     

    The client now crashes on startup, and so does the Sky_03 :^(

     

    Thanx for your help Ent,

     

    Stewbaby

  20. Posted · Edited by stewbaby · Report reply

    Hi... Sky_03 worked fine... didn't see any Sky_04, but had a couple of small issues with Sky_05 on a laptop with Intel 945GM chipset.

     

    The first crash was while zooming in on the minimap, the second was while mapwalking across Glacmor

     

    The Error log says:

     

    Log started at 2008-05-09 21:02:20 localtime (New Zealand Standard Time)

[21:02:20] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el_sky05.exe". Failover to server: main.
[21:02:20] Using the server profile: main
[21:02:23] Could not load a channel list from file. Using a limited built-in set instead.
[21:02:23] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst
[21:02:23] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com
[21:02:23] text_aliases.c.init_text_aliases:354 - Error: Can't open file "alias.ini"
[21:02:24] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst
[21:02:25] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst
[21:02:25] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com
[21:02:25] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates160/files.lst
[21:02:26] Failed to download (files.lst) 3 times. Giving up.
[21:02:35] textures.c.load_bmp8_color_key:1569 - OpenGL invalid value
[21:02:36] textures.c.load_bmp8_fixed_alpha:1642 - OpenGL invalid value
[21:02:40] textures.c.load_bmp8_color_key:1569 - OpenGL invalid value
Last message repeated 5 times
[21:03:48] textures.c.load_bmp8_fixed_alpha:1642 - OpenGL invalid value
[21:03:49] textures.c.load_bmp8_color_key:1569 - OpenGL invalid value
Last message repeated 1 time 
[21:03:53] textures.c.load_bmp8_fixed_alpha:1642 - OpenGL invalid value
[21:04:09] textures.c.load_bmp8_color_key:1569 - OpenGL invalid value

     

    Thanx for the efforts Ent

     

    Edit: Just had a pair of leather gloves bork... and got an error "SPECIAL_EFFECT_unknown:19" in a lovely purple colour ;^)

     

    Stewbaby

  22. Posted · Report reply

    Call me old, but i would vote for Tropicano and DonPedro.

     

    OK... you are old! But I second the DonPedro thing. He was the first and only player that forced Ent to move the upper limit of the OA/Skills to the current 178.

     

    Most new players do not know of him :)

  23. Posted · Report reply

    I mean, if you're not Christian, you aren't allowed to join? It's a fantasy game, when did RL-religion have any say in who joined a guild?*

     

    Any guild is free to restrict it's membership in any way they please. Just as a PK guild won't suit non-PK folks, maybe a christian guild would not suit hindu, buddhist, satanist... whatever.

     

    Don't be discouraged at any negative feedback. Enjoy the new guild and I will be pleased to do business with you guys any time.

     

    Bless y'all,

     

    Stewbaby

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