NOUVEAU PATCH ARCANUM

Par Squonk le 30/10/2001 à 19:33:00 (#204473)

Coucou, voilà le nouveau patch qui arrive

CONTENTS OF THE NEXT ARCANUM PATCH - MERLINA - 11:37 PDT

Though it is not out yet, today Sharon Shellman from Troika Games let out info about the coming Arcanum patch.

This is taken straight from the readme file that accompanies the new patch. The new patch will (hopefully) be released to the public very, very soon, at Sierra's discretion.

This version fixes several bugs and other problems that have been reported.
WorldEd has also received substantial improvement to its interface and a larger, more user-friendly help document.
ScrMaker can also be invoked directly from WorldEd.

WARNING: Before using the new WorldEd, make sure you have all of your personal modules compressed into DAT format. The new WorldEd will only read data from DAT files.

Here is a list of the major problems solved (and some minor ones too):
NOTE: SPOILER WARNING!
Given the nature of explaining what bugs have been fixed, there are some plot and item spoilers listed below! Read at your own risk!

fixed corrupted save games due to inventory items with bad data
fixed a turn-based bug that could lead to NPC's holding invalid items
fixed a bug where followers would get angry at you for non-followers' accidental attacks
a background called "Apprenticed to a Blacksmith" is now available
the bonus cap for high Beauty has been raised
mechanical followers can no longer be pickpocketed
new script opcodes are available to allow changing auto level schemes and NPC standpoints on other maps
attacking critters are now more prone to attack enemies near them rather than running to attack a farther enemy. However, sometimes they will still run to attack an enemy who is higher level than the nearer enemy.
Master Repair is fixed and now makes broken items useable again
By popular demand, you can continue to gain experience at level 50. At the point where you would normally advance to the next level, you will remain at 50 but any followers will level up. Then you are reset to level 50 and can continue to advance. In this way, you can eventually level all followers to 50, no matter what their level when they joined you.
Getting the Vendigroth device early will no longer invalidate later events
Idiot savants can now join Kerghan
Magnus will rejoin properly after waiting
M'in Gor'ad dialog has been fixed
the 'M' and 'K' shortcuts are disabled in the Main menu
fixed bug dragging skill/spells from the "invisible" rotating window in full-screen mode
Zan A'lurin now checks the max follower limit
Town map labels sometimes had extra text appended and this has been fixed
Maug will now give his quest item
several quest NPC's will no longer have the quest item on their person after the quest item is turned in (to prevent pickpockets from repeating the quest)
Cassie will return the next day after you "enjoy some time together"
The dog can now rejoin after being resurrected
Problems with Stringy Pete, his quest, and his boat have been fixed
Problems with the Bangellian Scourge have been fixed
brightness levels are now saved correctly
The Ellumyn and Elven hunter bows now do the damage specified
followers can no longer use spells in unidentified magick items nor will they use magick items that will fail due to the follower's high tech level
Grunwalde's dialog has been fixed
Sebastian can now talk after being resurrected
Pettibone's dialog has been fixed
The Hand Cannon has been rebalanced
Wagering with tavern people has been fixed
Bronwych's Gun has been rebalanced
Raven will rejoin the group before entering the Void
Prices on the Force Shield and Shadow Shield now more accurately reflect their worth
Guards in the Panarii temple have had their stand points reset
Problems when Virgil chooses to leave the party (and comes back later) have been addressed
a fix for tile scripts that cause crashes
a fix for spell mastery so that it gives correct spell maintenance costs

ARCANUM SAVE GAME EDITOR VERS. 1.8 AND 27 NEW BACKGROUNDS - MERLINA - 6:35 PDT

The Save Game Editor Version 1.8 by DKoepp913 now allows learned schematics to be changed into any other learned schematic, Race and Gender are now changable and the Magick/Tech bar has been improved to allow more choices. All permanent NPC followers are now editable as well.

The Character Background Modifications by Chris Beddoes offer 27 new backgrounds to choose during character creation and a little bit more starting gold for the standard ones.

Check out the Tinkerer's Workshop for more details and to download all the nifty stuff for editing or changing stats, skills, saved games and more.

Par Korny le 30/10/2001 à 20:09:00 (#204474)

Squonk...
T'aurais pu citer tes sources quand meme, par simple respect :(.
Et la deuxième partie de ton message n'a aucun rapport avec le patch.

Et faudra attendre une version francaise de ce patch, aussi.

Par Xof le 30/10/2001 à 20:58:00 (#204475)

Arf jadore kan les roi engeule les petit nOObs

Par Korny le 30/10/2001 à 22:06:00 (#204476)

J'engueule personne.
Etf pis je 'connais' Squonk depuis pas mal de temps, mais il n'etait pas inscrit a l'epoque si je me souviens bien... :confus:

Par Xof le 30/10/2001 à 22:07:00 (#204477)

Bon baa...(hum)(....)

Par <Spooky> le 30/10/2001 à 22:11:00 (#204478)

Pour une fois, la France n'est pas oubliée :D

Le patch Arcanum 1074 est dispo sur :
ftp://ftp3.sierra.com/pub/patches/pc/arcanum_fr_1074.exe

Par Korny le 31/10/2001 à 0:32:00 (#204479)

Bon baa...(hum)(....)

Tu ne sait pas quoi dire sans te couvrir de honte, c'est ça ? Bon allez, je te pardonne cet affront, mais que je ne t'y reprenne plus.

Sinon, c'est sympa de nous l'avoir dit Squonk.

Et merci aussi à Spooky pour le lien.

[ 31 octobre 2001: Message édité par : Korny ]

Par Squonk le 31/10/2001 à 5:24:00 (#204480)

Même les rois ont le doit de se planter de temps à autre.... bien entendu tout le monde sait bien que Korny n'est pas encore vraiment au niveau de Telch.. mais qui peut l'être ? (Jean-Claude Vandamm peut-être, car lui aussi il est aware). Allez, je te cite mes sources mon petit Korny, c'est sur GameSpy que je l'ai copy-pasté et effectivement la seconde partie du post était pas lié au patch mais à un utilitaire pas forcément inutile. Et puis ce qui est con c'est que dans le patch ils vont pas améliorer le moteur graphique, donc ça risque de toujours ramer dans certains lieux même pour ceux qui on une carte graphique à 3000 francs... dommage.