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  1. Posted · Edited by Affliction · Report reply

    Hey! Its been about 12 years or so since I really played EL. I've reached out to Radu about getting my password reset so I can get into my old character, but in the meantime I'm starting a new character just to experience the game from the beginning again. So far I'm really enjoying it, but I have a question since I've been gone for so long. 

    What are some of the biggest changes in the last decade I should be aware of, or what is new for the noob experience that I should be sure to do or avoid? So far I've just been following the tutorial NPC quests and reaquainting myself with the settings and first few maps. Its crazy what I remember and what I've forgotten. 

    Thanks for any advice :)

    #EDIT

    If you see a little dwarf named Bearded in game. That's my little baby toon I just started. 

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    3 hours ago, RipTide said:

    Ace Jackson with an Environmental catastrophe.

     

    Hello my friends, I am here to report to you a terrible sign of our times. The deliberate slaughter of the poor defenseless beavers. These fuzzy little tree biters are being massacred for their token. Yes my friends, for their tokens. It was bad enough when Maia put out a bounty on their furs. Now we have token hunters pushing them to brink of extinction. Certain individuals, who will remain nameless, are paying large sums of money for these tokens. Everyone has gotten in the beaver biffing craze. From the seasoned pro, to the fresh off the boat newbie, everyone has their sights set on these dam builders. Thank goodness this land is eternal or we'd soon be seeing the last of the Valley of the Dwarves mascot!

     

    My next story will be: where have all the brownies gone?

     

    Ace Jackson out!

    So I guess the Curse of Mortos is now the Blessing of Mortos?

     

  5. Posted · Edited by Affliction · Report reply

    What if rosto's were not sellable by bots? What if you could buy rosto's online, but you could only sell them to an NPC for a set price? Then if you wanted a Rosto you had to either buy it from the shop, buy it from someone person to person, or buy it from the NPC. Then Radu would have total control over the $/GC ratio and the price of rostos?

    #edit
    Honestly you could use the npc for all shop items.

  7. Posted · Edited by Affliction · Report reply

    I searched and found this topic, but that topic was about walking and moving using WASD.  Also, there may be a way to do this that I'm just not aware of. I'd love to know how if there is, but in case there isn't here is the suggestion.

     

    Let the "Shift" key act as a chat lock. You have to hit shift to type "#" commands and "@" channels anyways.  Ideally, I'd like the "shift" key set as a chat lock and an option I could toggle in the settings to enable WASD camera control. But i'd settle for just having "Shift" be a chat lock. At least then I could remap my WASD keys in the ini file and not worry about them typing as chat. 

    Why is this worth anyone's time to code? Well I think its very awkward and uncomfortable when I play on my laptop with a wireless mouse without an external keyboard. With a desktop its fine. Mouse is to the one side, keyboard positioned just right and the screen can stay centered. Same is true for laptops if you have an external keyboard and wireless mouse. But if you are in a, what I consider, realistic gaming position like sitting in a recliner or couch and just have your laptop and mouse to play with then things get difficult. Like my computer I have a large portion to the right of my trackpad that I use as my mouse spot, but it is uncomfortable to have to also reach with my left hand and do the arrow buttons to move the camera. 

    I know this seems petty or lazy, but I just don't think I'm the only one who has this issue, and to my uninformed coding ignorant mind it seems like an easy addition to the game. 

    #EDIT

     

    Just was informed about moving the camera with the mouse wheel. My mouse didn't work that way (extra buttons) so I didn't think that was an option, but one of the extra buttons on my mouse lets me adjust the camera. So if someone can delete this I'd be thankful. 

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    A lot of MMO's have mail systems. Some even have Cash On Delivery options. Someone posts that they are selling something and you pm them and say you want it. Instead of meeting up they can just mail it to you C.O.D. and you get it when you visit storage next or whenever you swing by the mailbox. 

    Another use I can think of is sending stuff between alts. Especially on the Android client since you can't have 2 windows open. 

     

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    It happened last on Amber, and I am under lvled for that, but the inability to harvest lasted for over a minute before I restarted. 

     

    Yes, I'm able to see things and get the details about them and yes I can get the harvest icon to show up. 

     

    Things it has happened to me on: Diamonds, rose quartz, coal, amber, iron, roses. 

     

    At least that's all I can remember off the top of my head. The only thing I'm under lvled on is the Amber. 

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    3 minutes ago, Durldur said:

    I'd synchronize them myself but you need a rooted device to access them on Android.

     

     

    I do wish the files for things like this and the configuration file had different permissions so you didn't have to root to access it. 

  12. Posted · Edited by revi
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    4 hours ago, revi said:

    The way server and character data are stored now, quickly implementing a multichar menu will require players to have at least some knowledge of how and where EL stores its data.

     

    And personally, I'd rather not see anything like this in the official client at this time: as moderators, we would be expected to be able to explain how to use the feature, and at least have a basic idea on how to solve problems related to it. And that on at least three different operating systems (Linux, Mac, Windows). And would such a system even be possible on Android?

    It's the kind of thing that takes up a lot of time when you have to explain each step, and some steps have to be done when the character concerned is logged off.

     

    Of course, an external script or add-on program that handles it outside the official EL distribution is a different story. There, the moderators can of course help, but you are basically on your own, and you should know that (cf. add-on maps like Burn's set). Another option is dropping some shortcuts on your desktop, executing the proper commands for each character. You could even create avatars from screen shots to use as an icon (depening on your OS).

     

    As for the visual representation: that should be possible client side, but if you couple that with a menu for several chars, it will slow down the initial loading of the client.

    Couldn't there just be a detailed guide post on the forum in the help section that mods could point people to? I'd be willing to write the windows version. 

     

    Also, the way I'm thinking about it. The functionality could be in the client and just let people figure it out knn their own. All of the current workarounds for this issue already require some minimum amount of technical know-how. And I know I've been on both sides of the situation with trying to figure out how to do it. I had to have it explained to me in detail years ago, and I've explained it to people several times since then. 

     

    What would be the difference in the current state of affairs and what I'm suggesting? Honestly to me having a more official way to do it all seems way simpler to explain than the current state. 

     

    And as far as the android client goes. It's already limited in several aspects. No reason this one would be a big deal that it wasn't available. Or would only be available to people who understand how to root their phones and manipulate their file systems. 

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    2 minutes ago, RipTide said:

    The biggest problem with this idea is macro harvesting. From time to time macroing is still a problem. They do get caught, btw. ;) Rat tokens make regaining ap really easy. It's simply a 24/7 harv fest for someone macroing.

     

     

    Yeah, but isn't that a risk/benefit kind of thing that would need to be weighed? Like how often/successful would people macro with it vs how often/successful people use it legitimately? I think the benefit of legitimate use would outweigh the risks of illegitimate use... but then again I'm not the one policing the rule breakers. LOL

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    10 minutes ago, Kaddy said:

    That way you need a whole different login ID and password (account) and in that account you could have chars etc. But also some chars are shared or used by multiple people, what happens to those chars?

     

    Also, if you don't want to enter password for each char that you own/have access, you can play around with servers file and have name/password saved and also you can have different client options aswell.

     

    Some games have visuals of accounts with last worn items etc but that is pretty much work for radu I'd say.

    I know some games have "Account" passwords and logins that you then get access to all characters on that account on a login screen. But I was trying to think of a simpler way that wouldn't require the devs to code a whole new security system for logins. I think that way would be great, but I'd be happy with the simpler method I suggested.

    And there is a workaround that exists now. You can have different files set up for each character so when you open the client it has your info pre-loaded. I just think this way would be easier. One client, one file, multiple characters login info.

    The way I suggest should also not affect people who share an account. they can all put the login info in their .config file and have the char listed on their login page. 

    And yeah, I'd LOVE to have a visual representation with last worn items etc. But i'd be super happy with just a list of saved characters to log into on one side of the screen, and the current login form on the other side of the screen for people with just one character or for people who don't want to save login info in a file. 

     

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    Would it be a lot of work to have a login screen that has all of a persons characters on it? Visual representation of each character would be nice, but even a list of names would do. Maybe make it where there is a .config or .ini file that users can put the login info for all their characters into. Then when you open the EL client all the characters in your file would show up as options to log into. Then you could just click which one you wanted, and since the login info is stored in file, it could log in.

    I think it would just be a nice aesthetic change to the login procedure. 

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    I don't know why, but occasionally I will stop harvesting, and no matter what I do I cannot click to harvest anything. I can do everything else. I can "see" objects. I can exit maps and come back. I can still fight and interact and chat. I just can't harvest. If I close the game and restart everything goes back to normal. 

    Don't really know what causes it. I guess I haven't payed too much attention to if its a specific event or anything. Sometimes I have two clients running at the same time, and it will happen on one but not the other. And sometimes it happens on both clients within just a minute or two of each other. It appears to be random. Just wondering if anyone else has this problem?

  19. Posted · Edited by Affliction · Report reply

    So I logged on the client on my Asus Transformer tablet. Running android 4.1

     

    Logging in is fine. But the only chat I can see is my active channel and #gm's . I am only able to post in the active channel, but I can't change to post in a different channel.

     

    Also, just in my walking around inside the wall at PV. one of the farms is growing potions. lol. And the map is a little off. When at the storage it looks like I am out in the water about 4 tiles. .

     

    Also, Players, bots, npc's, and monsters are not showing up at all. It might be nice if there was a color'd dot for each type. No need for names, it'd just be nice to know if I am standing in a crowd or all alone. or if I'm walking by a monster. Like people could be white dots, bots- blue, -npc green, monster - red

     

    Good job so far! The working features run smoothly on my device.

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    I havn't played EL in a while. Always on the go. I would love to test this app on my tablet and phone .Both running Android ICS. If this works out it could bring me back into the game more. I'm really excited about this project.

  24. Posted · Edited by Affliction · Report reply

    So, apparently there is a book for the blue dragon shield, but I have not heard about the sword. I assume they are in the game with the armor now.

     

    But, the ingredient list for the shield and sword are not on the manufacture web page.

     

    So here is my question: Were the shield and sword made manufacturable? If so, and your able to make them, Contact me via forum pm or in game. I would like to make a deal.

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