Coming soon to all Avlis servers: a Hakpak

Post by **Orleron** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 2:58 pm

The pak is already live on Deglos and Le'Or T'Nanshi, but I may not have time to put it live on the other servers today.

monty5012 · Post by **monty5012** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 10:07 pm

so if we have been approved to play a custom race, when and where do we send our bics?

Sorry if i'm jumping the gun, just want to know.

Thanks Orl!

Glocknal · Post by **Glocknal** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 1:49 pm

Could you post a link to the avlis.blackdagger.net page, I cannot get to it. I keeping getting a message that it is unavailable? Is this a problem on my end or something else? Thanks.

Glok

Merago Jert · Post by **Merago Jert** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 2:00 pm

Here you go.

ftp://avlis.blackdagger.net

Glocknal · Post by **Glocknal** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 2:07 pm

Thanks a lot Merago!

Glok

Post by **Orleron** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 3:24 am

bics get emailed to me at orleron@blackdagger.com. I look through them and put them into your vault. You'll need to send me your gamespy username.

Paks · Post by **Paks** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 11:42 am

umm... I can't find the executables for the rar files...
are they located somewhere else?

TIA!

Jordicus · Post by **Jordicus** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 12:11 pm

go look for Winrar at download.com

Sherok · Post by **Sherok** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 3:04 pm

I cant login today, last night I was waiting to portal(10 seconds) and it infromed me I needed

the two haks, that you mentioned above. I cant link to avlis.blackdagger.net as well to downlaod the haks, and my character is stuck in no man's land.
Do I have the right FTP?

ds77 · Post by **ds77** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 3:19 pm

w_wolf has been kind enough to provide self-extracting files of the hack.

His post about it is the 11th or 12th post down on Page 1.

Post by **tindertwiggy** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 3:45 pm

Sherok wrote:I cant login today, last night I was waiting to portal(10 seconds) and it infromed me I needed the two haks, that you mentioned above. I cant link to avlis.blackdagger.net as well to downlaod the haks, and my character is stuck in no man's land.
Do I have the right FTP?

I use ie5 and this link ftp://avlis.kicks-ass.net/

Sherok · Post by **Sherok** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 6:55 pm

ds77 wrote:w_wolf has been kind enough to provide self-extracting files of the hack.

His post about it is the 11th or 12th post down on Page 1.

Thanks guys Im all set

Brock Fanning · Post by **Brock Fanning** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 2:50 am

A couple of things:

Is anyone else having trouble using non-standard portraits? Whenever I use a non-standard portrait (specifically one of the kobold portraits) I get a "fatal error" message sometime before I finalize.

Also, the Spell Resistance for half-dryads and half-nymphs doesn't show up under Spell Resistance on the character sheet (it still says zero). Is that how it's supposed to be?

Post by **Orleron** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 3:17 am

Spell resistance is not yet implemented for the custom races because it is not done through the same haking methods.

Also, you should not use the model appearances at the bottom of the appearance list. Stick to the standard appearances.

Brock Fanning · Post by **Brock Fanning** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 3:31 am

Actually the models aren't the problem, it's the portraits. If I use one of the "standard" portraits, I can finalize the character with no problem. But if I uncheck the "Lock to Race" and "Lock to Gender" buttons and choose another one (for example a kobold portrait) then it invariably crashes before I can finalize. It seems like this is either an issue with my computer, or maybe with the Character Creator. So I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced it.

Post by **Orleron** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 4:09 am

No, that's a bug in the generator I believe. I get that too. Just uncheck them in the opposite order and it won't crash.

Arandil · Post by **Arandil** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 9:22 am

Hmm - been playing with CODI and have done everything I should ( I see the custom races etc ), but the extra head models don't seem to be available in CODI ( they are in my test module with the HAKs however ). Anyone got any ideas?

Brock Fanning · Post by **Brock Fanning** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 1:05 pm

Orleron wrote:No, that's a bug in the generator I believe. I get that too. Just uncheck them in the opposite order and it won't crash.

Thanks, I'll try that.

EDIT: Well, hmm, it still crashes, just not immediately. It always crashes when I click "Configure Packages". Weird. Maybe my computer doesn't have enough memory or something.

Post by **Orleron** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 1:20 pm

Btw, you can now get the Avlis hak on NWVault at http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/hakpacks/d ... 2033.shtml .

You can also start emailing me your custom race .bic files for approval and inclusion into your servervault folder.

Post by **Orleron** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 2:46 pm

To date, only one person has actually emailed me a custom race .bic. Anyone else interested in playing races? You won't know you're approved until you mail it in, so give it a shot.

Starslayer_D · Post by **Starslayer_D** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 2:58 pm

Hehe.. I was thinking about trying out a customn race, but I will be a bit busy with my main char adjusting to her new role and duties to really find the time to devellop a new char

.
Give me two weeks, then I'll send you something.. right now, I am totally immersed in my new role

)) "Happy"

JollyOrc · Post by **JollyOrc** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 7:34 am

*g*

tried it out today... 'Twas much fun, although I only had some 10 minutes between getting up and getting ready to go to work.

Thanks to the team for this!

Talwyn · Post by **Talwyn** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:23 am

CuRoi wrote: Thanks, but I was being a smart-ass.

I was attempting it from a remote Nix host via SSH and command-line.

Probably just missing something stupid.

I realize this response is incredibly tardy - but perhaps it might be of some utility for someone in the future..

If you're stuck with a "command line" FTP client (be it unix / linux / windoze) - and you're trying to get to a directory with a "space" in the name (e.g. "public downloads") - you need to "couch" the directory name in quotes.

If you omit the quotes around the name of the directory - the FTP protocol will balk.. Most all GUI apps append the quotes automatically - so it's not an issue.

Tal.

Post by **Orleron** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 3:30 pm

Folks, PLEASE remember that when you send me a custom race .bic to include your GAMESPY name and BOARD name with it so I know who you are.

I got a goblin named bala-something-or-other and I have no idea who it's from. This causes huge delays in getting the character into the vault.

eggyt · Post by **eggyt** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 3:55 pm

Yeah sorry chief, I mailed you one last night and didnt realise til I got to work that I hadnt put my gamespy name on it.

My humblest apologies.

The World of Avlis

Coming soon to all Avlis servers: a Hakpak

missing exe files?

Haks,

Re: Haks,