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heh, maybe after enough petting the animal could start following you around and become less hostile, and eventually act somewhat like a summon. This would make Peace Days fun since players could build up a roster of animals they can use for PK or maybe even normal hunting at the end of the day.

Perhaps it could be a meterial quality concept for the amount gained. Or perhaps, if these can eventually me manufactured/crafted (which I doubt), the amount could be based off your magic or artifical nexus, skill, and perhaps some cross-attributes during it's creation.

I see...maybe the animals killing each other could happen if the maximum number of animal instances is close to the number on the map until it reaches a lower percentage. This could potentially lower lag, but I don't know the way the game was programmed so it could go the other way around

I'm not sure what format is going to be used for the sfx but my idea is that perhaps the sfx could be in an easy to edit format such as .wav or .mp3. If there needs to be any form of automation, it can be handled by a .ddl that refers to a .txt for values perhaps. The idea behind this is to make it possible for players to design their own soundsets and themes. A couple of games that use this idea are Continuum (well, it's pretty much the staple of that game!), Soldat, and The Sims to name a few. It's possible already edit the gfx to the game (although the way they are placed onto the meshes seems a bit wierd to me), which I've done a couple times to help me out with some of the colors (I'm colorblind), so I'm thinking if the sfx are also capable of being edited, themes could be set up and the likes. something I just got as a cool idea! There could be a .txt that lists each sound effect and it's corrosponding file(s), you could edit the list and add extra sfx to the list so if the staff wants to diversify the sfx, they can just put the new .txt in a zip along with a couple new sfx.

really like this idea. Perhaps you could walk out with 1 of the item, just an idea.

Hilarity XD How could I have missed this?

Due to the large number of people I've seen getting confused with acronyms lately, I'm compiling this list. Add on if I've missed any. Internet acronyms: lol-laugh out loud lmao-laughing my ass off rofl-rolling on the floor laughing omg-oh my god (omfg, f is f***) kk-ok w/e-whatever XD-laughing smiley Eternal Lands acronyms: IP-Isla Prima WS-White Stone WSC-White Stone City DP-Desert Pines CC-Crystal Caves KF-Kilaran Field SKF-South Kilaran Field NC-Nordcarn VOTD-Valley of the Dwarves/Mynadar TG-Tarsengard GP-Grunabi Peninsula (may also be used as "Gold Pieces") gc,gp,g-gold tit-titanium pc-price check est-estimated, or Eastern Standard Time for time zones ros stone-Rostogol stone bulk-large amounts, generally 100+ essences: fe-fire le-life he-health de-death me-magic e before essence acronym-enhanced, ie, efe=enhanced fire essence fill me in on any I'm missing, I'll add them to the list.

I never noticed that link you should pin a thread that links to that in this section of the forums

What graphics card are you using? If it's an ATI Rage 128 PRO, the link on this site doesn't work. You'll need to either find the CD that came with the driver or go to www.ati.com and order it. best help I can give if it's ati.

What graphics card, OS, and pc specs are you running on? Until recently I've always been using alot of old computers (300mghz, and before that a 233mghz pentium I O.o) so Imight be able to help out

agh, my bandwidth must've run out. I'm hosting too many files on it lately...

I'm not a very good essay writer so I'll throw all my views into a nutshell. I know that the cooldown system is needed due to the server being "rested" (I'm not 100% clear on it, I don't know a ton about networking). A couple of suggestions I have are that perhaps the cooldown on fruits and veggies should be cut in half to 30 instead of 60. I have power hungry and have no intent of resetting (I got it way before the cooldown, it was never an issue having it to me), but when I eat a fruit, I sometimes have to wait 5 minutes before I'm able to max out my food level again if it's negative (and I can't make feasting pots yet). I'm a summoner so I deal with the potions aspect alot. I found the best cure for that is to use a conjuror's cloak, saves alot of trouble. For fighting, I've seen a couple people at skf get killed because they couldn't use their potions in time while fighting some of the higher level monsters (I'd be bagsitting for some1 that has 10 body res in their bag >.<), maybe the time for that could be lowered a slight bit. I'm nowhere near fighting in skf but I'm thinking about the long-time addicts. well there's the shortened version, basically I'm just asking if it's possible to lower the delay with respect to both the players and server load.

The rain persists about a minute after and before it actually happens, just the graphics and animations aren't shown at first and some sound effects still get played at the end of the event. basically, the first thunder strike is when it starts, and once the rain stops, wait 5 game minutes. That or just stick to IP or the desert maps where there's no rain. The best bet is to turn the volume up a little bit and then listen for the rain sfx (great sfx btw, I thought it was raining outside once when it played).

just as heads up, the site ran out of bandwidth last night. Try putting some of the pictures into flash files to integrate the interface a little, saves a bit of bandwidth

¬_¬ <---my super smiley __ _|_|_ [_ O_D ~~\ | | / \ | | aaaaarg! Pirate with a hook and eye patch I'll have to dig up some of my crazy ones from a couple years ago EDIT eeeeeew.....spaces are messed up >.<

not quite, I thought out how to make it even with the rest. It's a high level weapon that takes a 4 human nexus, and like I said, if you're marksman level is below 20, good luck scoring a hit. That and it takes awhile to reload and the ammo probably isn't cheap unless you can make it, which metal bars take lvl 20 alch to do iron as is. And it's an innaccurate weapon. On a side note, handcannons were actual midieval weapons, predescessor of the rifle made in the mid 1400's I believe...(it's in a similar time period as EL)

This should probably be for all maps except IP, don't want newer players to get scared away from negative events. This could perhaps be indicated by a symbol on the bottom left of the screen where you normally see the poison or shield icons, click it and the message would show up. There could be normal daily effects that are primarly minor, such as the weather conditions hindering your accuracy or cloud cover making it easier to see And there could also be major effects that are less common and happen at random but generally about once every 30 game days. These would be more dramatic like the idea of gods blessing an area for +5% extra exp, or perhaps a certain kind of animal is breeding and twice as many spawn up on that day, or perhaps one of the monster races could be at peace meaning that they won't attack players that don't have MM or high enough defense.

My above all favorite is definately The Crystal Method. my faves: The Crystal Method Calyx Pendulum UNKLE Green Day AudioSlave -API- AznPB ParagonX9 Alien Ant Farm Incubus Boston ACDC Metallica Nine Inch Nails Dave Mathews Band Gorrilaz Goo Goo Dolls Hoobastank DJ Dan and Matchbox 20 (mostly their old songs like "Real World")

http://www.freewebs.com/thecometce/shockwave.mp3 "Shockwave"-Acid/Industrial http://www.freewebs.com/thecometce/mystery.mp3 (no name yet)-DnB/Trance Working on these 2 songs right now, hoping to get a little feedback on them. Be as critical as you want, only helps me more NOTE:if clicking the link just sends you to this page, right click and "save target as"

lol kk, just remember that I'm out there if you ever need an extra hand with animation

Flash animation, mostly tween-based but I can also do some frame-by-framework. I also know the ropes of 3D animation. btw, how can I load/import the meshes from EL into Blender to see how you guys have them set up? Can't find a supported file format... *nvrmind lol...just hit me that there might be a download for them on the home page EDIT: I can help out with both 3d and 2d animation as well as some special effects, I'll make up some samples sometimes tonight EDIT: I want to try something out....there's a program for The Sims called Simpose that allows you to edit and create animations in the same formats that EL uses....I don't know of the link atm but I'll get it if this works or not.

Maya is a prog I have on my pc, already mentioned but I'd like to note it's great for 3D modeling since it has a convenient tool for creating depressions in polygons, although it's a CPU hogging program as a warning. Macromedia Flash is an excellent program for animation, although it's a 2D animation program, you can do a ton with it and branch off into 3D if you know how to. www.macromedia.com I've been using it for 4 years btw, if I can make up some nice animations who should I send it to?

Just an idea I've had in m head for awhile. It'd be really nice if you could have people join with you like a team. For PK, they can't attack each other. One thing that would be useful is if the people in your team have an arrow pointing in their general direction with their name under it if they wander off-screen, so you can co-ordinate attacks and keep tabs on them

I personally like the ideas, perhaps if there was a way to command your summons, just my input

I really think I did a lousy job on this since I know I can do WAY better on the contours, but considering how much of a time constraint I had (crammed most of it within the last 4 hours or so) it's ok... If you want a laugh though, this is what my hand looked like after I finished shading and doing my usual smudging technique