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by Mechanist
Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:48 pm
Forum: Drakan Level Editing and Game Mods
Topic: Drakan Remake by YanGez93 [Project abandoned]
Replies: 119
Views: 1159264

Re: Drakan Remake by YanGez93

Looks great for the most part - although I'd say that the "snowy grass" looks somewhat... "overexposed", too white? My assumption was to make this project completly free in 100% and I'm aware of copyright infrigments:) Even when we change name it will be still similar to Drakan s...
by Mechanist
Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:00 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Jump attack input (skullsplitter) not working?
Replies: 17
Views: 6991

Re: Jump attack input (skullsplitter) not working?

There was no AiO Patch in 2008. :D Well, patch 445++. You're right, "AiO" doesn't appear anywhere in its documentation. I guess it was the "ancestor" of the AiO patch, then? Not really an issue if you use Creative ALchemy (...) Creative ALchemy is still a must to have EAX effect...
by Mechanist
Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:43 pm
Forum: General games and fantasy discussion
Topic: Other games similar to Drakan?
Replies: 36
Views: 33276

Re: Other games similar to Drakan?

It is blurry alright. Sure, but still better than nothing. The first time I played OOTF, I hadn't bothered to read the manual first; having been spoiled by other, much more modern games in that regard. That didn't go very well. At all. Similarly to Zergem, I didn't even know about the combo attacks...
by Mechanist
Sat Mar 31, 2018 1:14 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Jump attack input (skullsplitter) not working?
Replies: 17
Views: 6991

Re: Jump attack input (skullsplitter) not working?

The second occasional issue I experience; when music starts, it plays too fast or too slow. Forcing it to change by going back to menu or by some other means resolves it. I haven't been able to reproduce it in an emulator running Windows 98 and I know it's not connected to DirectMusic DLLs. Ah, now...
by Mechanist
Sat Mar 31, 2018 12:56 pm
Forum: General games and fantasy discussion
Topic: Other games similar to Drakan?
Replies: 36
Views: 33276

Re: Other games similar to Drakan?

UCyborg wrote: Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:17 pm Is there a manual somewhere on the internet in the PDF format?
You bet. Both for OOTF and TAG, in fact.
The scans I've found are of rather low quality, but still readable.

Just Google them and you should find them easily.
by Mechanist
Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:09 pm
Forum: Drakan Level Editing and Game Mods
Topic: Drakan Remake by YanGez93 [Project abandoned]
Replies: 119
Views: 1159264

Re: Drakan Remake by YanGez93

Hey, how's it going? Any progress with the file hosting issue? :?: I can offer a small donation to the cause - say, up to about 50PLN/month. PM me if you're interested. Unfortunately, all that model/texture stuff is pretty much Greek to me: even though I work with 3D models daily, they're of a very ...
by Mechanist
Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:26 pm
Forum: General games and fantasy discussion
Topic: Other games similar to Drakan?
Replies: 36
Views: 33276

Re: Other games similar to Drakan?

Funny you should mention that, because it's more or less what I intended to do anyway - a completionist LP of OOTF & TAG, aiming to show off as much content as possible. A lot of said content won't fit neatly into the main LP for narrative/pacing reasons (eg. showing off the game mechanics, glit...
by Mechanist
Mon Mar 26, 2018 9:46 pm
Forum: General games and fantasy discussion
Topic: Other games similar to Drakan?
Replies: 36
Views: 33276

Re: Other games similar to Drakan?

Excuse me, but I don't often see "common" villagers riding legendary dragons. So that makes Rynn at least an un common villager then :) Huh, Rimril's place must've been quite big indeed, if a dragon could fit inside without getting hopelessly jammed in the doorways and/or corridors. (by my...
by Mechanist
Mon Mar 26, 2018 7:15 pm
Forum: General games and fantasy discussion
Topic: Other games similar to Drakan?
Replies: 36
Views: 33276

Re: Other games similar to Drakan?

Well, in OOTF Arokh sure does stare at Rynn quite a lot, especially for someone who doesn't care (and has nearly omnidirectional vision, anyway). While admiring the view, he even frequently fails to notice nearby approaching Wartoks - at least until they poke him back to his senses :D Also, I guess ...
by Mechanist
Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:31 pm
Forum: General games and fantasy discussion
Topic: Other games similar to Drakan?
Replies: 36
Views: 33276

Re: Other games similar to Drakan?

Huh, odd. I just tested with a fire crystal, and sure enough, it actually does damage to Arokh. Plenty of it, in fact - on hardest difficulty it could well prove deadly in a single hit. Developer oversight, or plot hole? One possible explanation, which seems to fit the facts so far, is that elementa...
by Mechanist
Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:26 am
Forum: General games and fantasy discussion
Topic: Other games similar to Drakan?
Replies: 36
Views: 33276

Re: Other games similar to Drakan?

OK. That still leaves 2 unexplained mysteries from OOTF, though: 1. How did the Succubi manage to capture Arokh without damaging him in the process? Did he just faint on the spot from shock, when he saw Shilla? :roll: More seriously though, I guess he could have just surrendered when confronted with...
by Mechanist
Sat Mar 24, 2018 6:40 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: DOOTF Multiplayer - Anyone still playing
Replies: 22
Views: 9479

Re: DOOTF Multiplayer - Anyone still playing

Ok, now because I have absolutely zero experience with Drakan MP (or mostly any other MP for that matter), I could use a bit of an explanation - at least beyond what little I can infer from the manual/readme. All that I really know regarding the OOTF MP is: - it's more or less imaginary and nonexist...
by Mechanist
Sat Mar 24, 2018 5:50 pm
Forum: General games and fantasy discussion
Topic: Other games similar to Drakan?
Replies: 36
Views: 33276

Re: Other games similar to Drakan?

The Order Reborn is a good read, it will be nice reference material for my upcoming Let's Play. I have a question, though: how much of the lore contained therein is actually canon - or at least "plausibly canon" in the absence of official sources? Other than what obviously comes from eithe...
by Mechanist
Fri Mar 23, 2018 7:43 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: DOOTF Multiplayer - Anyone still playing
Replies: 22
Views: 9479

Re: DOOTF Multiplayer - Anyone still playing

Speaking of multiplayer - any chance we could get together in the "near" future for some MP action? :?: Say, around the summer holidays maybe? (not too soon, preferably - my new computer isn't quite ready yet, and the old one is rather knackered) Based on what I've seen so far, that makes ...
by Mechanist
Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:54 pm
Forum: Drakan Level Editing and Game Mods
Topic: Nerfing the flame breath attack?
Replies: 1
Views: 8145

Nerfing the flame breath attack?

A question to our resident modders/coders: Any pointers on how to reduce the damage output of Arokh's fire breath? Not the fireballs, just the alt. attack. The flame breath's de facto instakill property, while certainly useful, detracts considerably from the potential for amusement. I'd like to drop...