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Offline SF-Junky

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
I'm not a model guy.  Does anyone have a patch that can handle this?
Like Nightmare says this is a subsystem flag.


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However I like the mission, and I'm not really inclined to try rebalancing it now that we're hard at work on Part II.
This is not a huge point. Something to maybe consider when you do a facelift in five or ten years, but I'm glad to see your priority is Part II.


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2) I don't actually remember why the sentries are protected.  It's possible this is to encourage the wingmen to attack the cargo.
Which doesn't make much sense to me, honstly. Why ignore a threat to kill harmless cargo containers first?


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Well, the Irkalla is trying to get to the Knossos, and the Tribute is exiting the Knossos.  It's inevitable that they would be face to face.  Also, who knows how long it takes to charge a carrier's jump drive.
The Tribute isn't even trying to move away from the Irkalla's main guns, though. Plus it's parked across the Knossos, implying it deliberately maneuvered into this position after it had jumped in. It's not something that kills the mission for me, just something that sprang to my eye and which I'd personally avoid.


Regarding the Terran weaponry and lack of secondary ammo, I'll take notes in which missions those appear during my next run.

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Oh, and another thing: Are SoA assets free to be used by other mods? :)

 
Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Oh, and another thing: Are SoA assets free to be used by other mods? :)

I think pretty much all assets shown in R1 were taken from other mods in the first place (except the skyboxes, and they're free to use too).

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Yup.

Also, I've added the "reset when idle" flag to all ships with initial-position settings for turrets.  That'll be in the next update, whenever it is.

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
What was in the 1.7.1 version released recently?

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Two things.  One is in the post literally right above yours.  The other is a bugfix in Axem's markbox script.

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Are you planning another 'branch' for Scroll 2 like Scroll part 1 had?

I.e., one set of missions is more 'conventional' and the other branch more stealthy?

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Scroll 2 has a branch in it, as well as an optional SOC loop.

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
So glad to hear Scroll 2 is going to be a thing. I'm playing through Scroll 1 right now and am enjoying it immensely.
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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Thanks for the kind words. :)

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
If the Prasna spawns in the tech room version of Irkalla Passes, it is virtually impossible to destroy. It appears to have a flag on its engines that prevents it from being disabled, and the Halifax approaches it with a weird attack logic so that it won't fire its beams until it's behind the Prasna. (The Halifax also won't fire its beams on the Irkalla at all, although that's kind of a moot point.) This probably isn't as much of an issue in the campaign, since the Prasna will be either damaged or destroyed in Masks.

EDIT: lol, Pallas got it as it was jumpin' out. Eat it, Shivans.  :drevil:
« Last Edit: September 09, 2020, 11:55:02 pm by Antares »
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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
So in Arachnicide, if you lose the Enterprise, but the Arachnas is still destroyed...

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Well that's weird, because the mission contains this event:

Code: [Select]
$Formula: ( when
   ( is-destroyed-delay
      0
      "Arachnas"
   )
   ( ship-guardian-threshold
      10
      "Python"
      "Seshat"
      "Chons"
      "Nekhbet"
      "Enterprise"
      "Lamarask"
      "Hathor"
   )
)
+Name: guardian everyone
+Repeat Count: 1
+Interval: 1
« Last Edit: October 15, 2020, 08:15:54 pm by Goober5000 »

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
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Enterprise is destroyed, then Arachnas.
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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Ah.

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
I see that changes have been made to the list of Scroll team members on the Wiki, and it's mostly new additions to the active team. Fingers crossed, I really hope to play Scroll II in the near future.  :yes:
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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
The new team members were added a few months ago; it's just taken this long to update the page. :)

Work on Scroll II is progressing.  It probably won't be ready in the near future, but we hope to release a Part II demo soon.

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Great news! By the way, is Scroll II going to feature two branches just like Scroll I did?
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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Yes, but the branch will be in a different spot and for a different reason.

 

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Re: RELEASE: The Scroll of Atankharzim, Part I
Version 1.8 of Scroll adds support for the latest version of the MediaVPs.  Additionally, it migrates from the script-eval checkpoint system to the newer Lua SEXP checkpoint system.  They work the same way, but the newer version is easier to use and has been optimized.

There are also a few very minor mission tweaks, such as making it a little easier to signal Delta wing in Arachnophobia.