Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-30 Thread Shiny protector
- From: Charles Rivard woofer...@sbcglobal.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:59 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA I hope you get forever lost in the rooms of MOTA. --- Laughter is the best medicine, so look

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-30 Thread Shiny protector
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Hi, Umm...this will be the first time a cardiovascular has existed. That is not a noun, Muhammed. Though yes--I assume that would be cardiac arrest. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-30 Thread Hayden Presley
Of Shiny protector Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:54 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA In school we call it cardiovascular. BTW, I might be wrong, but if you have been stung very badly on the heart, wouldn't your cardiovascular

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-30 Thread Shiny protector
We'll talk about this off the list. - Original Message - From: Hayden Presley hdpres...@hotmail.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Hi, No...the system is sometimes

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi Thomas, Grrr...stop teasing us! Grin Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 9:00 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Pitermach
lol. Nice idea about that randomisation part, I think that's a great compromise. - Original Message - From: Hayden Presley hdpres...@hotmail.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Hayden Presley
29, 2011 9:04 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA lol. Nice idea about that randomisation part, I think that's a great compromise. - Original Message - From: Hayden Presley hdpres...@hotmail.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Hayden, Oh, in that case I don't suppose you want to know about the fact there is a new trap on level 1. One that wasn't in previous MOTA betas. It is mmm... well... tricky to get past if you aren't quick. That is assuming you survive the battle with the Lamia. Oh, and if you would like to

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Hayden, No, you weren't suppose to. Although, once and a while some items would get reset in rooms you visited. Not cool, or maybe it is cool. Depending on your perspective. Either way it was an annoying bug that is going to be no more. On 1/29/11, Hayden Presley hdpres...@hotmail.com wrote:

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Hayden Presley
Of Thomas Ward Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 9:13 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Hi Hayden, Oh, in that case I don't suppose you want to know about the fact there is a new trap on level 1. One that wasn't in previous MOTA betas

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Hayden, In Greek mythology the Lamia was suppose to be a half-snake half-woman creature who prayed upon children. Although, there have been various renderings of what the Lamia is suppose to look like the version i used for MOTA has a lower half of a snake, and an upper half of a woman. Of

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread dark
Hi Tom. Glad you found a way to preserve some randomization. however, will this also mean you can have level and area specific monsters? or is that waiting for another game. I always like more enemies to discover and fight, and it'd be great to have undead warriors in full armour, evil

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Shiny protector
Uh, her cardiovascular is destroied. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Hi Hayden, Oh, in that case I

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, That's the general idea. I'm planning on rewriting the random item and monster code to allow me to create level specific monsters and things like that. At the moment I'm short on sounds to actually do this justice, but the option will be available if I want to add something like spiders

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Charles Rivard
Sounds like a good balancing method, and it will be fair as far as saving games is concerned. More of a challenge?? Uh, oh. Replay value, huh? (grin) --- Laughter is the best medicine, so look around, find a dose and take it to heart. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Charles Rivard
, 2011 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Hi Thomas, Grrr...stop teasing us! Grin Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 9:00

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Charles Rivard
: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Uh, her cardiovascular is destroied. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread dark
gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Hi Dark, That's the general idea. I'm planning on rewriting the random item and monster code to allow me to create level specific monsters and things like that. At the moment

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Yes. One of my complaints with the random generation of things is that it was too easy to cheat. You could save a game enter a room, find a centaur or something in there, load your saved game, and get a different monster to fight. You could do this any number of times to litterally

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Ummm...there are skeleton archers in MOTA already. They've been there for ages. If you play MOTA beta 16 you'll soon discover some skeletons cary bows, some daggers, and some swords. On that note I am thinking of creating some more interesting variations in later levels. For example, I

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Phil Vlasak
Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Hi Dark, Ummm...there are skeleton archers in MOTA already. They've been there for ages. If you play MOTA beta 16 you'll soon discover some skeletons cary bows

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread dark
on his/her toes. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Hi Dark, Ummm

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Phil, Good question. At the moment the only way you know what weapon it has is when it attacks you. If it has a bow you hear a bow and arrow. If it has a dagger you hear the dagger. If it uses a sword you hear a sword slash. I don't think adding it to the sound descriptions menu will help

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread shaun everiss
wow tom this rocks. I have been quite fast at a quickdraw thing, I will definately be looking for my blade. At 03:59 a.m. 30/01/2011, you wrote: Hi all, Okay, as the subject states I am seriously getting my butt kicked in Mysteries of the Ancients beta 17. I'm playing the new level 1 right now,

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread shaun everiss
will boss monsters like this have stuff you can grab off like in some games? ie night of parasite or some sighted games, you kill the bos or miner boss or whatever and you can search them, get their oh so powerfull weapon and amo and go nuts. That would really rock. It would be another

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread shaun everiss
, skeleton with bow. Phil - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Hi Dark, Ummm...there are skeleton archers

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, No. It isn't that kind of game. On 1/29/11, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: will boss monsters like this have stuff you can grab off like in some games? ie night of parasite or some sighted games, you kill the bos or miner boss or whatever and you can search them, get

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Greg Steel
Hi Tom this sounds awesome do the harpys still poison you? - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 6:59 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Hi all, Okay,

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Thomas, I was talking about having the weapon description attached to the monster name file in the view function. Instead of Enemy_Skeleton.wav just saying Skeleton it could say Skeleton with sword. You would need to have separate sound files for each monster and weapon combo. So you would

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Bryan Peterson
Or Skeletal Archer or Skeletal Swordsman. We are the Knights who say...Ni! - Original Message - From: Phil Vlasak p...@pcsgames.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Hayden Presley
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:19 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Is that known as a heart attack? --- Laughter is the best medicine, so look around, find a dose and take it to heart. - Original Message - From: Shiny

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Hayden Presley
To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Don't listen to him. Keep it up! Being ornery is fun! --- Laughter is the best medicine, so look around, find a dose and take it to heart. - Original Message - From: Hayden Presley hdpres...@hotmail.com

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Charles Rivard
PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA Hi Charles, So you say...this is a free country, right? So I can disagree; and I shall. ornary grin Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Phil, Oh, I see. That's doable, but probably won't get done right away. I've got some bugs and things to finish working out of beta 17 before I make a public release. On 1/29/11, Phil Vlasak p...@pcsgames.net wrote: Hi Thomas, I was talking about having the weapon description attached to

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Personally, I'm in favor of names like skeletal archer, skeletal swordsman, skeletal mage, etc as that is both descriptive and cool. A name like skeleton with sword is, well, pretty lame. Skeletal swordsman for a skeleton with a sword sounds cooler. Zombies could have similar names like

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Bryan Peterson
That's exactly what I was getting at as well. We are the Knights who say...Ni! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally

Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA

2011-01-29 Thread Hayden Presley
: Re: [Audyssey] Getting my butt royally kicked in MOTA That's exactly what I was getting at as well. We are the Knights who say...Ni! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 9:59 PM