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Alistair
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Hmm. Iīm in Argentina right now. Afraid I didnīt get The Trial, the mod I was working on, finished in time. Itīll be at least delayed indefinitely and quite possibly not finished at all. Thanks to those who had offered to test etc.

Itīs a shame. The basic idea was that of a courtroom dama, and the player was alternately in a courtroom, being quizzed on his actions, and in action scenes, carrying those actions out. I had the transitions between the court and the flashback scenes working, and within the flashback scenes you could:

- build parties from the people you met - swordsmen, archers, or mages - up to pretty large numbers (a dozen or so) all of whom used their own individual combat AI. Watching your party of 10 attack a dozen enemy was pretty spectacular.

- give orders and missions to the other characters who were friendly ("Clear that Bridge", "Move to the High ground" etc)

- Choose what kind of character you played as, and whether things happened over day or night...

Ah well. Cést la vie. I donīt know if Iīll bother modding for Gothic 2, even if itīs possible. The tools are painfully unstable, and itīs not very satisfying working for months on something that only half a dozen people comment on.

Maybe PB will give me a job

See you,

A.
Post Sat Aug 17, 2002 4:41 pm
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Good luck in Argentina, Alistair. I hope we'll be hearing from you from time to time .
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Gorath
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Sorry to hear that.
Good luck in Argentina.
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Post Sat Aug 17, 2002 9:13 pm
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Irf
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Could soebody link me to where i can get the unofficial english version of the mod developement kit? woul appreciete it very much.
Post Sat Aug 17, 2002 11:08 pm
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Jaz
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Contact NicoDE for the kit.
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Post Sun Aug 18, 2002 10:46 am
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Erb Duchenne
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SOB (was looking forward to testing)

U in Argentina permanently now? nice country.

Do you scuba?
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Post Mon Aug 19, 2002 1:09 am
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[PB]Nico
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Good luck Alistair.
And many thanks for the good work.

- nico
Post Mon Aug 19, 2002 2:48 am
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Alistair
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Cheers.

If Iīd been a bit more organised, I would just have packaged up what Iīd done, rough edges and all. But the source code is in England, and Iīm not. Sorry.

No, Iīm not here for good, probably for a few months though. And um, yes I scuba, why?

Anyone know if there is still no word on mod support with the G2 engine?

A.
Post Mon Aug 19, 2002 3:49 pm
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Kenso
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Any way you can retrieve the data?
   

Can you perhaps have a friend or relative send the file to you, or another modder to continue the work on it? It sounds like a very good mod.
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Post Wed Aug 21, 2002 7:46 am
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Alistair
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Not sure.

I think all that would be necessary would be to build up the .zip file, as the actual mod files are already compiled.

Iīm a little reluctant to release something thatīs so rough though.

What do you think? Does anyone want to see this very rough bit of mod? Itīs more of a tech demo that a fuly playable scenario...

A.
Post Wed Aug 21, 2002 5:52 pm
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Kenso
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Maybe...
   

Yea, definately. Perhaps when you release it, other modders will get ahold of you and then they can build on it while you are off working. You still have email right? Then surely members of the mod commune can converse and get your opininions on it.
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Post Fri Aug 23, 2002 11:34 pm
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Xelis
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Good luck Alistair.
I was hoping to test your MOD, but its looks like we wont be...
Hope you get a job at PB, though.
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Post Sat Aug 24, 2002 1:48 am
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Releasing an unfinished mod isnīt a good idea. Youīll still see your name connected with it...
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Post Sat Aug 24, 2002 5:57 am
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Erb Duchenne
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quote:
Originally posted by Gorath
Releasing an unfinished mod isnīt a good idea. Youīll still see your name connected with it...


I agree. And some of the less than competent testers will be bugging you night and day to get their thingy to work properly. I'm probably one of them.
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Post Sat Aug 24, 2002 5:22 pm
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Kenso
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Maybe maybe not...
   

Well, just have it as a release to the mod community so they can help build on it and not let it die out.
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