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Titan Quest - Anniversary Edition => Legion of Champions AE => Topic started by: Bumbleguppy on 20 December 2022, 05:14:32

Title: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 20 December 2022, 05:14:32
MEGA Drive folder link:
https://mega.nz/folder/FlBiXZaL#1TulGpnS0oTVTPJkQ1bWag

Select full mod LegionOfChampions_EE.zip and select download.

If you only want the database for an update, select the LegionOfChampions_EE_database_only.zip and select download.

I think everything is working for now.

The game will crash to desktop if you are playing, exit to main menu and try to play again. Most of the time.  ???

Pet summon amount limits:
Defense: 1 Shield Maiden and a second at level 26, 1 Armored Spirit, Phalanx is the same as base game
Dream: 1 Nightmare, 2 at level 5, 3 at level 26. Dream Copy (forget it's name) 1, same as base game
Earth: 1 Magma Elemental, 2 at level 5, 3 at level 26. Core Dweller 1 limit
Hunting: 1 Wolf, 2 at level 5, 3 at level 26. 1 Bear limit
Nature: 1 Forest Nymph, 2 t level 5, 3 at level 26. 1 Sylvan Nymph limit
Neidan: 1 Dragon, 2 at level 5, 3 at level 26. 1 Terra Cotta monster lure limit
Runemaster: 1 Rune Golem, 2 at level 4, 3 at level16, 4 at level 26. Menhir Wall same as vanilla. Menhir Altar spawns 3 with a projectile summons.
Spirit: Skeleton Berzerker 1, Skeleton Warrior 1, 2 at level 5, 3 at level 26. Skeleton Archer 1, 2 at level 5, 3 at level 26 30 second life span. Lich King 1.
Rogue: Killbot 1. Traps 1, 2 at level 5, 3 at level 9, 4 at level 26. No cooldown.
Storm: Frost Wisp 1, Storm Wisp 1, Ice Golem 1
Warfare: Ancestral Warriors 1, 2 at level 5, 3 at level 26. Spectral Archers 1, 2 at level 5 3 at level 26. Battle Standard 1.




If you talk to the first NPC fellow at the game's start he will grant you level 2 for those that want a boost or those who want a no kill run.

Some things are overpowered/underpowered. Let me know what you think and I may even agree, you never know.  8)

As always in alpha, if there's something broken, please help me out by letting me know.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 20 December 2022, 08:40:29
Woohoo! Gonna give this a try BG.  Loved the previous version and glad that you're working on updating the mod for EE. 
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 20 December 2022, 11:20:55
Okay, decided to clean out all the old LoC stuff from years ago (boy that was fun in TQVault  ;D ) so completely fresh start for this mod.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: nargil66 on 20 December 2022, 16:12:07
Testing it right now. Picked Neidan as first mastery to try out the new bow skill.
Mutual Suffering unlocks at Mastery level 4 without having poins on Consequences, shouldn't it be dependable?
The new skill icons look great, i cant tell the difference with original Neidan skills :D
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 20 December 2022, 17:00:18
Mutual Suffering unlocks at Mastery level 4 without having poins on Consequences, shouldn't it be dependable?
Yeah, I have to put spreading rot in the skill dependency slot. I get really frustrated with the naming convention post immortal throne, I have to memorize both the ingame skill names and the database file skill names and I don't do that as well as I used to.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: nargil66 on 20 December 2022, 17:27:54
Sacred Rage is tier 2 skill, but unlocks at mastery lvl 0.
I got killed at lvl 5, so my petless hardcore attempt #1 ended  :-\. The new Neidan bow skill is cool, but i rather use something not so energy dependable. Maybe ill go for a battle mage, will see.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 20 December 2022, 18:30:40
A few things I noticed.

Crude Butcher Knife doesn't have a pet bonus on it.  And items show all their info even when it's turned off ingame. 
(https://i.imgur.com/5485Lw8.jpg)

The last 4 squares of the transfer stash won't take any items for some reason; couldn't place those wraps there.  Relic works okay, didn't have enough items to try the personal stash.
(https://i.imgur.com/zT9kw0J.jpg)

There's a caravan driver at Tegea, but no caravan with him.
(https://i.imgur.com/dBg43EN.jpg)

Otherwise:
Nessus downed
(https://i.imgur.com/saE9YqT.jpg)

so I decided to have roast satyr mage in celebration.   ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/LhC4ZoY.jpg)


Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 20 December 2022, 19:14:31
lol at the roasting satyr, nice

The transfer stash UI is bugged. THe transfer stash will only host a 15 x 16 storage no matter what bigger settings are in the database. If you change the transfer stash settings from the base game, the UI image that applies over it to show it's dimensions won't display at all. nargill66 tried to add a plate with the sort button, but it didn't work. so it will be a disclaimer for the mod as I want the largest transfer stash I can get but the game bugs out and you can't show how big it is with a UI image plate. I can only reduce the size to the game's default transfer stash or have the buggy display for the bigger one.

THe butcher knife pet bonus pointed to the default affix and not the pet bonus for the affix, nice catch thank you.

I don't know what you mean when you say "All items show all their info even when it's turned off in game". Is that something new? You can turn off affix UI  or something?

I have not included a game map so I have to repurpose existing in-map objects using the database files. I wanted a caravan in Tegea so I swapped in a caravan NPC for the Tegea storyteller. Compromises. I could include the caravan like the new encounters did, but adding an NPC dynamically via a proxy means they disappear when you leave the area, so imagine the caravan guy with a big overcoat whispering "psst, hey buddy...I got all your stuff right here" as he opens his coat and looks sideways for cops.

Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 20 December 2022, 19:24:50
Usually when I hover over an item on the ground it doesn't show anything, but its name.  There is an option to turn off item comparison between what's in your inventory and what you're wearing, but even when I turned that off the item still shows all its stats as you can see. 

I'm sorely tempted to try Hunting/Neidan with the bow thing and wolves, bear and a dragon!  But Terracottas being temp pets.  Ugh.  I'll pass on those. 

Now I just need TQVault to see the new character/transfer stash.  It only sees storage and not transfer/relic.  Maybe I need to download the latest version and see if that'll work with the mod.

Nice surprise birthday present btw BG.  Seeing this was ready to play made my day.   :)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: nargil66 on 20 December 2022, 19:56:25
ok, my new warrior is now in spartan camp, just killed nessus. I fear pirates and other stuff, so i'll farm Nessus to gain a few more levels.
Btw, if you want to add a Mystic in Spartan camp withot map editing, there is an unique NPC in "records\creature\npc\greece\sparta\spartancamp\male_soldierarchstationary02.dbr"
It's the only archer waring greaves down in the valley, on the right from the road.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 20 December 2022, 20:06:14
The terracotta is not a temp pet. It is a Monster Lure and Battle Standard. The dragons are the only pets in Neidan.

Once you throw down a terracotta monster lure and get the enemy debuff and the party buff, I think you will like it better.

EDIT: Happy birthday Medea!  :))
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 20 December 2022, 21:09:11
Thanks BG.  :)

Monster Lure/Battle Standard, hm.  Can't say I'm a fan of either of those skills in vanilla, but maybe I'll give the warriors a try and see how it goes.  I prefer throwing things away from me rather than having to get in closer to drop something and risk getting aggro doing it which is why I've never been keen on Monster Lure and Battle Standard just has too long a cooldown for me to bother with it. 

I'd still like to spam Quillvine too.  That was fun. 
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 20 December 2022, 21:31:05
I agree about dropping banners and monster lure beside me as I play as a petmancer/caster. The terra Cotta banner is a projectile summons. I used the XPack4 little terra cotta statue as the projectile, it's pretty cute to throw a little terra cotta doll into a group of enemies and it springs up as an intimidating statue that enrages them lol
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 20 December 2022, 21:35:44
Well, that does sound interesting.  I'll give it a try soon. 
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 21 December 2022, 00:01:04
First complety-broken-hotfix update.

My text utility replaced all the champion heart reagents with a carriage return in the text instead of "\r" so it was <carriage return character>elics\, which of course broke all the Ordnance formula.

I have updated the main mod file download and uploaded the fixed database as a separate smaller download in the OP and I'll put it here too:

<link in OP>

There aren't any new textures/animations/meshes for this fix so the database download is just a smaller one for convenience's sake.
 
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 21 December 2022, 00:20:42
I didnt expect a Alpha so soon :p! Anyway GZ!

lv 10 almost at Megara. with a spirit and earth combo (classic)

-Isnt possible to add a colour background to the all quest itens ? for exemple the woodsman axe have a white background while the Nessus Spear have a purple, could cause a mistaken when you sell stuff in the npc.

-The mini coredwelers as the tier 1 pets in earth gave a ideia of whan a the Core dweller died it could summon 2-3x mini core dweller for a short period of time, could be fun i think.

-Maybe its to early to speak about it but i think the vision and agroo of skellies archers are bit to extense as you can summon instant as can shoot for a long range /clear a group of monsters .I will kept a eye on then
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 21 December 2022, 00:56:10
Holy Macaroni!

I accidentally placed the Terra Cotta Mounted monsters in the wrong proxy pool and every terracotta in the Bandari area were mounted. That and I didn't change their stats and buffed them too much, just total party wipe.

So I updated the proxy pool to the CORRECT one and nerfed the mounted champ.

Updated database and main mod download files on MEGA.

Yeah, it's possible to add a colored background to all the UI textures, I'm just really tired all the time.

Having a pet spawn a pet is problematic, I tried that before with the phoenix from the falcon summon in Hunting a long time ago. When a pet summons a pet and they DIE, the summoned monster isn't a pet anymore and you have to set the Team_MajorFriendly etc. and they don't follow the player etc.

If I make the skellie archers short-sighted, then I run the risk of summoning them and they just stand there.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: 郝玉龙 on 21 December 2022, 03:17:37
Invalid skill:  (defense)Summon Armored Spirit, Invalid skill:  (defense) unyielding phalanx
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 21 December 2022, 03:26:00
Is the invalid skill in the player skill or an item or what?

EDIT: Uh oh, Armored Spirit was still trying to point to it's old directory for the pet files.

Unyielding Phalanx files looks good in the art manager so I don't know what you mean exactly.

I have updated the game database and main mod download files on MEGA.

Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: 郝玉龙 on 21 December 2022, 03:33:05
Is the invalid skill in the player skill or an item or what?

Summon Armored Spirit,unyielding phalanx(These two skills have no effect)                Unable to summon pets
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 21 December 2022, 04:29:34
Is the invalid skill in the player skill or an item or what?

Summon Armored Spirit,unyielding phalanx(These two skills have no effect)                Unable to summon pets

Ah, okay now I see.

I already fixed Armored Spirit file links and I input the wrong file path to the summoned phalanx pets. It was partially correct lol so I didn't notice.

I fixed them and also fixed their file paths to their equipment and reduced the scale on their weapon, what was with that? Anyway...I'm uploading it as I write right now but my dinner is getting cold so I'll just let you know now instead of after it uploads in about 10 minutes.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: nargil66 on 21 December 2022, 04:32:44
None of the DL links work, i'll wait for you to update.
Edit - are skellies not immune to bleeding now? because the effect shows on them when using Nessus' spear
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: 郝玉龙 on 21 December 2022, 07:06:33
Summon Armored Spirit,After using this skill, the game crashed。
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Prosoro on 21 December 2022, 08:52:44
Hey BG, well done sir on all your hard work with this!

iirc was this the mod where the Place of Truth had an additional dungeon added? If so I hope it's still there (with new surprises?) ready to be pillaged :D
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 21 December 2022, 15:29:03
Haven't seen any new areas from previous versions yet Prosoro so idk. 

Was a bit disappointed to find my Champions Hunting relic with +2 to Call of the Wild didn't give me a third wolf.  :( 

Had to give up on the spider boss in the cave on the way to Delphi; don't have good enough gear yet to tackle that.  Didn't even bother with Shadowmaw because I knew that wouldn't be possible. Miss not having all the stuff I'd collected before, but slowly adding a new collection to the Vault.  Updating to 4.3.0 worked to see stuff in there for the mod. 
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 21 December 2022, 19:48:17
Summon Armored Spirit,After using this skill, the game crashed。
Unable to duplicate. Can't fix if I can't see the problem. I took the time to nerf his damage though. I had him as a timed summon and since I made him permanent, he's not a boss killer like Outsider was.

Hey BG, well done sir on all your hard work with this!

iirc was this the mod where the Place of Truth had an additional dungeon added? If so I hope it's still there (with new surprises?) ready to be pillaged :D

I did not include the game map in this version as that was the constant source of having to abandon the last three mods. So of course I can't add new areas without the map.

Was a bit disappointed to find my Champions Hunting relic with +2 to Call of the Wild didn't give me a third wolf.  :( 

Had to give up on the spider boss in the cave on the way to Delphi; don't have good enough gear yet to tackle that.  Didn't even bother with Shadowmaw because I knew that wouldn't be possible.

I specifically wrote in the OP "All level 1 summons can summon 1 at level 1 and 2 at level 5. You can't summon 3 of the level 1 summons unless you have +10 to all skills and maxxed summon skill. Best to go for level 4 summons or second mastery level 1 summons." JUST TO AVOID THIS. I didn't want you to go in and get heartbroke and disappointed...there's so many things I could have added to the OP as far as items, skills, quests, monsters...but I took the time to write this just to spare you the disappointment and now you come to me on your BURTHDAY to express disappointment I tried to AVOID.

AH well, once you have two wolves, a big bear, two Forest Nymphs and Sylvan Nymph (and her little wisp) up and running I'm sure things will start looking up. The Ordnance amulets should have a summon to supplement your team in Chang'an.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 21 December 2022, 20:00:27
Summon Armored Spirit,After using this skill, the game crashed。
Unable to duplicate. Can't fix if I can't see the problem. I took the time to nerf his damage though. I had him as a timed summon and since I made him permanent, he's not a boss killer like Outsider was.

Hey BG, well done sir on all your hard work with this!

iirc was this the mod where the Place of Truth had an additional dungeon added? If so I hope it's still there (with new surprises?) ready to be pillaged :D

I did not include the game map in this version as that was the constant source of having to abandon the last three mods. So of course I can't add new areas without the map.

Was a bit disappointed to find my Champions Hunting relic with +2 to Call of the Wild didn't give me a third wolf.  :( 

Had to give up on the spider boss in the cave on the way to Delphi; don't have good enough gear yet to tackle that.  Didn't even bother with Shadowmaw because I knew that wouldn't be possible.

I specifically wrote in the OP "All level 1 summons can summon 1 at level 1 and 2 at level 5. You can't summon 3 of the level 1 summons unless you have +10 to all skills and maxxed summon skill. Best to go for level 4 summons or second mastery level 1 summons." JUST TO AVOID THIS. I didn't want you to go in and get heartbroke and disappointed...there's so many things I could have added to the OP as far as items, skills, quests, monsters...but I took the time to write this just to spare you the disappointment and now you come to me on your BURTHDAY to express disappointment I tried to AVOID.

AH well, once you have two wolves, a big bear, two Forest Nymphs and Sylvan Nymph (and her little wisp) up and running I'm sure things will start looking up. The Ordnance amulets should have a summon to supplement your team in Chang'an.

Don't feel bad BG, it's my fault for not reading it.  I vaguely saw something about getting up to +10 and thought that'll be nice, but didn't read it properly to get the rest.  So my bad, not yours.

Yes, I've just reached the bear and will be heading for the other nymph soon. 
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 21 December 2022, 20:05:26
None of the DL links work, i'll wait for you to update.
Edit - are skellies not immune to bleeding now? because the effect shows on them when using Nessus' spear

Oops, yeah I just went into their resists skill and updated their bleeding resist. I also use the duration defense slot for all DOT damage resists like this.

Thought I would mention that all skeleton type undead monsters and all other undead have separate resists files now.

Skeleton monsters are weak against fire, lightning and physical damage as they should be but strong against pierce. Regular undead monsters are weak to fire and lightning but stronger against physical. They both have 80% resist to bleeding and poison and are no longer completely immune (except life leech).
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 22 December 2022, 01:22:54
Athens Liche , oucht, i think it should appear on epic.

On the other hand Alastor fell quickly, maybe because hes a ghost (?) and could easly cause troubles into physical/pierce builds ?
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: nargil66 on 22 December 2022, 12:25:02
Anyone has a working link for the latest version? All 3 links posted by BG say "File is no longer available"
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 22 December 2022, 18:09:09
I'm using MEGA's sync desktop utility to update the existing download so I don't have to update the link every time but it glitched somehow, there was a .TMP file stored in the cloud and everything. Don't know if it was windows puking on the .zip compression or MEGA's utility, so I just made a new link to the files in the OP.

It seems to be working now.

I thought the whole point of the MEGA desktop utility was so I didn't have to spend my time verifying transfers and download links but here we are.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 22 December 2022, 19:23:56
Found a few more things.

Wood nymphs in the Athens swamp area tend to stand around doing nothing unless your character gets in real close to the fighting.
(https://i.imgur.com/8ffGRPp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6jfVWWQ.jpg)

Killed the boss in the ruins near Athens and his lightning froze onscreen.   ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/mtwkc2F.jpg)

As well as not being able to put items in the transfer stash area on the right I also can't put them any further down than where the staff sits.  This sword can't be placed.
(https://i.imgur.com/byDQ3tR.jpg)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 22 December 2022, 20:12:54
I updated the controller on that swamp naiad, the Ichthian03 controller is pretty dumb like most of the base game controllers. It wasn't until you got to the machae until you got really aggressive controllers with good vision.

The lightning artifacts are part of the base game. Those lightning bolts use the same files as Storm's lightning spell so I wouldn't know how to tell the game not to leave them sometimes. ANd it isn't every time that it happens, my absolutely favorite kind of bug...inconsistent bugs. \s

The transfer stash is 15 squares by 16 squares last time I counted. Again, the image plate that is included with the CaravanXL doesn't show up in game. All the file paths are correct and everything. The game just bugs out on the transfer stash BIG time. Really sloppy. Nothing to be done except restore the base game transfer stash and I don't want to.

Thanks Medea for posting :)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 23 December 2022, 01:13:58
I think something is off with "Marrow Maw " hyena hero, when my pets fight him, at the start he was frozen and after 2-3 seconds he started to fight, not sure.


The Minoan statues at the telkine room are pretty tanky , more stronger than the telkine itself.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 23 December 2022, 01:48:00
Ah, Marrow Maw had a "0" for spell cast speed so couldn't buff himself.

The statues aren't too tankie for my elementalist, maybe try some other damage type besides vitality :))
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 23 December 2022, 01:57:11
It was just my two skelletons - magma elementals and lich king, maybe to much physical is not effective :p!


Oh btw i found the golden scarab outside of the desert after Rhakotis Library, oucht! i cant talk much because my skellies isnta died because of fire weakness, i just ran off and not looked behind ahah
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 23 December 2022, 02:21:53
Yeah, me too with the Golden Scarab. And that's after I nerfed him.

His charm is pretty awesome though and not just OA and DA. So it's gotta be hard won.

He had a flash of light attack that paralyzed and added burn damage for like 5 seconds and it was always a party wipe lol
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 23 December 2022, 08:21:29
Something else I forgot to mention BG, the mystery shrine.  Not sure which colour it happens with, but twice I've clicked on it and heard a sound, but seen no notification onscreen of any aura being applied.  I have for the elemental damage one so that's working.

Also  ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/LYEU68H.jpg)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 23 December 2022, 14:57:38
Darn, there went my no kills attempt.   :(

(https://i.imgur.com/ubPjdhW.jpg)

Still now I can use the Liche. 
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 24 December 2022, 03:22:41
Cerberus and Skeletal Typhon files were missing. I suspect I deleted the game's original files and was going to import the modified files from my previous mod, but forgot.

Added a couple meshes, textures, effect and some bitmaps as well so you will need to download the main mod file.

I have updated the links in the OP.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: fanity on 24 December 2022, 11:22:00
is shieldmaidan only 1 ? i have raise lv to 16 , but only summon 1
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 24 December 2022, 11:38:07
Unfortunately changing the inventory bags to be different from normal resulted in this when I put some items from the Vault into them.   :(  Luckily I can move them back into the bag so I can reach them, but it's a bit annoying having to remember you can't put things in certain areas because they end up unreachable so you have to exit, move them and start again.
(https://i.imgur.com/MG3qltl.jpg)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: icefreeze on 24 December 2022, 12:57:39
There is issue when i try to added one fragment Essence of Hermes' Sandal relic to leg armor that already added the same one fragment before, it just can't be added.
The added one i made by created with formula buyed in shop, the new one loot from the world.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 24 December 2022, 14:50:08
And there I was thinking I'd be followed around by a manticore type pet as Neidan's dragon.   ;D

(https://i.imgur.com/acEnIAE.jpg)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: R2RIOUS on 24 December 2022, 17:09:54
The armored spirit summon from Defense mastery seems to freeze and crash my game once its leveled past 16/16...
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 24 December 2022, 18:54:33
is shieldmaidan only 1 ? i have raise lv to 16 , but only summon 1
Yes, I will update the OP to inform people of that.

Unfortunately changing the inventory bags to be different from normal resulted in this when I put some items from the Vault into them.   :(  Luckily I can move them back into the bag so I can reach them, but it's a bit annoying having to remember you can't put things in certain areas because they end up unreachable so you have to exit, move them and start again.
Unable to duplicate. You are a great tester Medea, you can break anything! :)) If I encounter this, I will have more specific info on when, how etc. Not looking forward to debugging the CaravalXL stuff, it's pretty complicated.

I'm sorry you feel that way about the aesthetic choice for the dragon mesh. I felt it was the best existing mesh in the new DLC that really represented the Chinese mythological dragon aesthetic and was pretty happy with the result.

There is issue when i try to added one fragment Essence of Hermes' Sandal relic to leg armor that already added the same one fragment before, it just can't be added.
The added one i made by created with formula buyed in shop, the new one loot from the world.
WHat? Oh no. The fragment is produced through the enchanter, does that mean it's tagged or something differently than when it simply drops? There's no affix in the formula, but this game could be doing something weird to the fragment and there would be no way to stop it from the modders tools. I may have to scrap the whole thing or at least have some disclaimer as I don't think there's anything I can do as a modder to change this.

Summon Armored Spirit,After using this skill, the game crashed。
The armored spirit summon from Defense mastery seems to freeze and crash my game once its leveled past 16/16...

@郝玉龙 was right, and I finally found the problem when you mentioned it was after level 16...there was a series of duplicate double quotes in the create entity listings in the textdata of the upgraded form's mesh but not the main mesh. I fixed it and tested it in game and it doesn't crash anymore and uploaded to MEGA.

I have updated the OP download link for the main mod download.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 24 December 2022, 19:17:02
I don't feel bad about the dragon, just wasn't what I was expecting.  It's rather cute actually.   :)

As for not being able to duplicate the Vault/inventory problem, it's because of the way you've shaped the first inventory bag.  Because it's now longer ingame and not as wide when you put things into this (green) area in the Vault it ends up outside the inventory bag ingame.  Maybe if I'd unlocked the second inventory bag they would have appeared in there, but I only have the first one atm.

(https://i.imgur.com/RZvbPis.jpg)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 24 December 2022, 19:24:09
Oh okay, I don't use the Vault except to trace down "Invalid SKill" or other file path mysteries so I've never encountered this.

What a relief, I can simply put on my PR hat and say "We don't support 3rd party software with this mod" ha ha ha

EDIT: Was tempted to update my avatar and make his mustache grey then I went to look at it and it already is, which ironically is a symptom of my more recent memory loss issues. My whisker are now officially all grey.white. No more handsome red/blond/brown mix. Farewell luscious but itchy whiskers, hello kinky white itchy whiskers.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 24 December 2022, 23:00:32
Started anew character with Neidan and Nature, the dragons are great killers !

Can aura of tranquility cast speed animation be alike Heart of Oak ? it feels slow casting the aura in comparation of HoK buff.

I think if im not mistaken  there is typo in vanilla that makes the descreated Dead ~ assassin having a really low chance to use armor than the same versions of previous encounters (awakened dead and Exhumed dead assassins)

Sergos Longstride (centaur hero) doesnt seen to use any special skills, if not mistaken he requires a shield to cast then , and he doesnt have it always in vanilla, not sure the hows is in LOC.

Not long ago, i found out the Djinn cant cast their special cold/lighting enchant due of the error in the animation, but if you use the animation that they cast the spell projectiles, they start to cast the self enchants, in case you didnt know.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 24 December 2022, 23:45:29
Can aura of tranquility cast speed animation be alike Heart of Oak ? it feels slow casting the aura in comparation of HoK buff.
How about Earth mastery buff? I ran out of special animations for players, the game is buggy and only will allow up to 24 special animations even though the custom template goest to like 30 or 31. I would live to add a particle effect for Neidan skills but I'm out of room.

I think if im not mistaken  there is typo in vanilla that makes the descreated Dead ~ assassin having a really low chance to use armor than the same versions of previous encounters (awakened dead and Exhumed dead assassins)
I double checked my assassin skeletons in Greece directory and they use the same armor as Captains, I must have fixed that years ago and I don't remember if I did or what.

Sergos Longstride (centaur hero) doesnt seen to use any special skills, if not mistaken he requires a shield to cast then , and he doesnt have it always in vanilla, not sure the hows is in LOC.
WHy would vanilla give a hero Defense master skills but only a 50% chance to spawn with a shield? I fixed it.

Not long ago, i found out the Djinn cant cast their special cold/lighting enchant due of the error in the animation, but if you use the animation that they cast the spell projectiles, they start to cast the self enchants, in case you didnt know.
Sounds good, I look at the animations in Notepad++ and the text for the swipe/hit callback looks fine, but just to be safe I added the cast projectile and gave it a speed of 3.

If anyone finds the Monster Infrequent merchant in Hades Palace, DON'T portal back to town from INSIDE THE CAGE. I have done that on 2 separate occasions and was no longer able to path out of the cage. Had to portal back to the last portal by Persephone and track all the way back down. Step outside the cages before you teleport, this game is so buggy lol

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it. :D

EDIT: I bet I know why Djinn have trouble csting their buffs, the dual wield animation! It has righthandhit AND lefthandhit so with a toggled buff like Storm Nimbus they are turning it on AND off in the same animation. If that's the case, you can use the singleHanded attack animation and it would also work for buffs.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 25 December 2022, 11:18:36
Windsewpt Greaves (dune raider MI) gives + 2 invalid skill profile

Zealot Maul + 4 invalid skill profile

Edit : I can select the skill modifier Echoes of the Ancestors  without She Pao skill learned

Edit2: Hermit ordnance amulet tex desciption is written as Channeler and not Hermit


Merry Xmas :)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 25 December 2022, 23:54:09
Does the dragon summon from Neidan have a specific elemental weakness ? i notice he dieds quickly with poison dmg.

If theres a room to improve the side quests i would give a call to "Outpost in the Woods", you need to defeat a strong boss and you get only a random magical armor, i would prefer maybe a couple champion heart. O:-)

what the limos alike totem from lost soul caster do ? i remenber in last official patch the devs fixed a bug on the skill , now it heals the monsters close to the totem and do vitality dmg, what does in this version?

Notice the shade feeder (bone scourge) and Stygian hydradon in stygian marsh fell to quickly than for exemple the Urn Guardian, maybe they were weak to some sort of dmg type (?)

The cyclops that guards Orpheus where doing the animation where they screams, but no skill or effect came up (?)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 26 December 2022, 01:06:35
Does the dragon summon from Neidan have a specific elemental weakness ? i notice he dieds quickly with poison dmg.
They have 50% elemental absorption but are weak to poison and vitality. I added text to the skill description

If theres a room to improve the side quests i would give a call to "Outpost in the Woods", you need to defeat a strong boss and you get only a random magical armor, i would prefer maybe a couple champion heart. O:-)
Okay, a champion heart but remember, I don't have the game map so I can't access xpack quests. I could just change the loot in the master tables the quest calls in the database.


what the limos alike totem from lost soul caster do ? i remenber in last official patch the devs fixed a bug on the skill , now it heals the monsters close to the totem and do vitality dmg, what does in this version?
Just the same I think. Vitality decay as an attack radius and then Regrowth spell with dissemination

Notice the shade feeder (bone scourge) and Stygian hydradon in stygian marsh fell to quickly than for exemple the Urn Guardian, maybe they were weak to some sort of dmg type (?)
Had trouble with bone scourge my elementalist yesterday, probalby the damage versus undead of Spirit mastery and Lich Kings aura. Hydradon mini boss was vanilla. I imported my Atlantis mod files which are better.

The cyclops that guards Orpheus where doing the animation where they screams, but no skill or effect came up (?)
They were vanilla, I imported my Atlantis mod files which are better
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 27 December 2022, 03:35:15
Today I discovered that the ragnarok quest "Spectral Wolf" quest file is no longer registered in the main map files. Hmm.

So I found one tiny quest file, copied the one quest step and placed it in another tiny quest file, both of which are just scripts that don't have a step to complete them which turns them off. I repurposed the first one with the spectral wolf quest.

Forgot that the map file no longer has the chest in the wolf den that spawns the quest item wolf skull and it has nothing unique that can be repurposed to spawn the quest chest. So I just gave the annoying spawning spectral wolf a 30% chance treasure proxy that spawns the wolf skull chest. Tested the whole thing today and it works okay. The main wolf boss that spawns when you have the skull is pretty tough and casts vision of death a lot.

Added a set to the fjord ichthian mage items. Rune + Storm themed.

Added vitality liches to act 3 & 4 again. Made a vitality based scepter of the liche king white/yellow staff that the liches can equip instead of random staffs so all abyssal liches carry a vitality based staff.





Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 27 December 2022, 06:41:04
It's late but it was so fun I had to share.

I was working on turning the crates, weapon racks and such in Jotunheim into treasure shrines and I saw the barrels in the map editor adn thought I should make them tresure shrines too. THen I thought: No! I will make them gunpoweder kegs that explode with any amount of damage ha ha

So I made them monsters with 1 hit point and flipped the "generates anger" bit so pets ignore them. Testing it and BOOM BOOM BOOM ha ha ha...it was so funny thinking about it, I was such a big fan of Daffy Duck cartoons when I was a boy it really took me back. :))

So anyway, don't stand near the barrels in Jotunheim, just sayin'.


EDIT: Ha ha, so I added another monster that spawns from the dead barrel. It has the mesh of a broken barrel and a 1 millisecond lifespan with no death dissolve so it's corpse remains after death looking like a broken barrel. I gave it the Team_Human and TeamHuman_Friendly defaultTeam options like the killable guards and I gave it the same explosion skill on death.

So when a barrel explodes it hurts EVERYBODY, player and monsters ha ha...I was cornering Dvergr cannoneers on the wall and using Squall to detonate the barrels and it works ha ha

EDIT: Okay, the wheels are turning in my head...what other environment items or even monsters do you think should explode and hurt player AND monsters?

haven't thought too long about it, my first idea was Porcus poison puddles, make them so the Mermen wlaking on them get poisoned too ha ha...take that you slimy b*stards! ha ha
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 27 December 2022, 10:37:02
How does Dragon's Breath work in the Neidan mastery?  I see it's attached to the She Dao skill, but looks like you need to activate it.  Is it a sort of Thunderstrike skill?
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 27 December 2022, 17:40:46
How does Dragon's Breath work in the Neidan mastery?  I see it's attached to the She Dao skill, but looks like you need to activate it.  Is it a sort of Thunderstrike skill?
Yes.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 28 December 2022, 13:28:12
Shade of charon is in T pose ( animation issue)

Shade of Sandwraith is acting weird, just runing trying to cast something but he cant, look like he having a ranged controller and the space isnt ideal to him to run (?)

Shade of the cyclops , when hes scream theres no effect ?
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: fanity on 28 December 2022, 23:58:54
it seem champions heart trasmuter recipe (normal) are beoken .

only right slot works , other not .

https://imgur.com/9mdOoO0

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shield maiden

shield maiden are powerful (mostly tanky without lightning DMG) then other Level1 pet

but can it get +1 summon with +10 skill ?

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swiftness of wind (natrue)
can it become a aura or AOE buff like rally ?
its very annoying on re-cast it , expected on part or all pets

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armor spirit

its look bit underpower with shield maiden
and it adrenalin have area , but seens no effect on other pet / player
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 29 December 2022, 13:32:18
I got the Nymphs at lv 22 , can they have a yellow name ?

Giesel quest gave a blank reward i guess its for a missing link on the relic ?

There were a few times there was 2x healers in same spot during the exploration in Ancestral Lands. Are they random somehow ?
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 29 December 2022, 20:22:42
it seem champions heart trasmuter recipe (normal) are beoken . only right slot works , other not .
Oh yeah, similar issue with the Ordnance formula where the search and replace tool I used replace the "\r" with a  carriage return character. I will fix it.

shield maiden

shield maiden are powerful (mostly tanky without lightning DMG) then other Level1 pet

but can it get +1 summon with +10 skill ?
Sure, I guess so.

swiftness of wind (natrue)
can it become a aura or AOE buff like rally ?
its very annoying on re-cast it , expected on part or all pets
Yes, I have thought about this and I am keeping it as a single character buff. It is annoying, but it will stay this way.

armor spirit

its look bit underpower with shield maiden
and it adrenalin have area , but seens no effect on other pet / player
I will look into it, but it is working right now and in Alpha testing I am looking for broken things, not underpowered things. That will be the beta testing I will do later.


I got the Nymphs at lv 22 , can they have a yellow name ?
I don't like the yellow names. Sorry.

Giesel quest gave a blank reward i guess its for a missing link on the relic ?
Yes, this was a bug in the base game quest file. The "give player item" quest command had "tagLogRelic" in the item slot instead of "Records\XPack2\Item\loottables\relics\01_act5_relics.dbr". I found it and fixed it and added the file to the mod.

There were a few times there was 2x healers in same spot during the exploration in Ancestral Lands. Are they random somehow ?

The healers are shrines in the database so I thought I would add them to the "encounters" proxies as an accessory and let the encounters handle the other things in the proxy pool entries.

But I had problems with Obsidian Obelisks and the healers spawning on top of each other occupying the same space, even with increasing the spawn extents so I just added the healers to the proxy files. I thought I had removed all the accessory files, but I hadn't got to act 5 until after the last update so I have already fixed it for the next update.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 31 December 2022, 01:01:33
In case you didnt knew:

The Boar of Witham (shield from ragnarok) gives a blank grant skill (?)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 31 December 2022, 01:37:06
Yeah, found one a couple days ago. But I double checked it and decided to clone the force shield skill into the item skill directory. I always found it frustrating when the base game granted a player skill from the player skill trees so you couldn't stack it. Let me have my clever overpowered buff, game! :D

Really frustrated with how many things that worked in my previous attempted mods no longer work.

For example, having to clone the entire monster directories so I could modify a monster at all. I mean, the base game player skills were always buggy like that, but modifying monsters was no problem.

I used to repurpose environment objects in the database, like changing an ice stalagmite into a proxy which then could spawn a duplicate of the stalagmite but it was a stationary monster that cast a spell when a player came near.

Now it's really buggy. It works SOMETIMES which is in a way worse than never. Sometimes it spawns, other times it just doesn't. And making the stalagmites a monster now means that they have a monster shader instead of a decoration shader so they glow brighter than the other stalagmites.

My standards as far as professionalism and quality are having to take a dive just to make the things that are fun. Oh, well. Nothing more I can do.

And also I'm still getting cialis and viagra spam from my Redmine bug report replies. It's pretty shameful how far it's all fallen as far as professional standards.

Still, it IS my favorite game ever. I have a few games I've bought in the last couple years that I just don't play and always boot up TQ lol
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 31 December 2022, 05:18:43
I'm thinking about redoing the Ordnance again... ::)

I'm finding that I did too good a job on the item skills (in my opinion) for how easy it is to collect the hearts and but a recipe.

Right now I'm in epic with an elementalist and I equipped myself with Jackalman Melee set which has stupid physical resist so the ordnance skill is great as I can stand in melee and let it proc over and over killing most anything especially with Squall going and Frost Wisp, Storm Wisp and Core Dweller's top tier enemy elemental debuffs. Yeah, I'm gonna nerf the Jackalman set lol

I didn't like the very old method I used back in the day with bosses dropping ingredients.

Anyway, here's my idea so far:

Three champion hearts of the same type => one crystal heart of the same mastery

Crystal Heart grants +1,+2 or +3 to that mastery and some themed bonuses like +%Fire damage for Earth and pets. You can buy these recipes from ordinary vendors.

Then a recipe like currently with one from chosen mastery and any other one but with Crystal Hearts gives you something new.

I want to make a Crystal Charm which is a complete charm that you can enchant with.

Problem though is that you should only be able to equip one. Especially with them having item skills.

Making the current Ordnance as an amulet takes that equipment slot so I thought maybe a charm would be good since that frees up the player's slots for whatever they want or need. But if the Crystal Charm can enchant armor, shield, helmet, boots, or amulet only then you can only equip one. But I would have to relegate the player to Rare/Magical armor or shield or whatever so it's not that different than just making it an amulet.

Not sure how the game would react to making a charm "can only pick up one" in the settings. I mean, once it's slotted into a piece of equipment...what will the game do then? I dunno.

Anything I make the Ordnance into that is equippable means I'm going to fill that equipment slot so anything I find while playing for that slot goes to the merchant. Even artifacts.

But I think artifacts are a good choice as you don't really find those and they are as hard to make as these will be...
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: 郝玉龙 on 31 December 2022, 05:51:34
Cerberus ~ Warden of Hades,The boss disappeared,be missing。
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 31 December 2022, 07:36:43
I updated the OP links on December 23rd to address that issue with Cerberus.

I am updating the files on MEGA right now with everything I've done in the last few days. Should finish uploading in 10 minutes or so.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 31 December 2022, 11:44:36
Yeah, the spam in the Redmine are a nuisance.  All we can do is report them so if you find any give me the Issue numbers they're in and I'll pass it on to Zyddie, the Senior Global Community Manager.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: soa on 31 December 2022, 13:02:51
For example, having to clone the entire monster directories so I could modify a monster at all. I mean, the base game player skills were always buggy like that, but modifying monsters was no problem.
Wait, what ? I never had that issue. Does it happens sometimes or all the time ?
And why not the same issue for proxies, while we're at it ?
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 31 December 2022, 14:25:01
Got 5 points into Storm's Frost Wisp, but could still only summon one.  Text doesn't say it can have 2 at L5 either.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 31 December 2022, 19:14:04
Got 5 points into Storm's Frost Wisp, but could still only summon one.  Text doesn't say it can have 2 at L5 either.
Sigh. Gonna have to update the OP with every mastery's summons count, aren't I? Okay, I will do that. Sorry.

For example, having to clone the entire monster directories so I could modify a monster at all. I mean, the base game player skills were always buggy like that, but modifying monsters was no problem.
Wait, what ? I never had that issue. Does it happens sometimes or all the time ?
And why not the same issue for proxies, while we're at it ?

When I first started remaking this mod after EE, I just imported my monster directory from my Atlantis attempt.

Monsters dropped potions.

In my mod, monsters never drop potions...so of course I went through Satyrs for example and opened all the monster files and sure enough, no miscItem potions in any of them. I had removed the miscItem potion tables from every monster. (a simpler solution is blanking out the potion loot tables, but I didn't think of that until years later)

It kept happening with other monsters. Also, champions, heroes and bosses went down strangely quick from pet damage. In my mod they all have specific passive skills that defend against pet damage (racial damage).

Monsters that don't exist in the base game, new monster files, worked fine. It was only monsters that have the same file path as the base game that would drop potions or be susceptible to pet damage. I wasn't going to rename every monster so I moved them all to a new directory and did a mass search and replace in the proxy pools.

Proxies seem to work, proxypools seem to work but the monsters themselves would drop potions etc.

I don't know, I just didn't want any monsters to drop potions and it was a solution that worked.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: fanity on 01 January 2023, 00:59:34
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Defense: 1 Shield Maiden, 1 Armored Spirit, Phalanx is the same as base game

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shield maiden

shield maiden are powerful (mostly tanky without lightning DMG) then other Level1 pet

but can it get +1 summon with +10 skill ?

Sure, I guess so.

so Shield Maiden not got +1 with +10(26) ?   :'(

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armor spirit has a tooltips missing

(https://i.imgur.com/3wU5cVd.jpg)

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by the way , happy new years  :)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 01 January 2023, 08:18:58
Also not sure if it's intended or not, but mana potions don't drop much very early game.  Yes, you can buy them, but compared to health potions dropping they're really scarce.  I've only had 1 or 2 drop before I reach the Spartan War Camp.  Meanwhile I've had 16-17 health ones including those from the usual chest in the field at Helos.  Not a big deal, just an observation if they're supposed to drop more often than they do atm.  :)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 01 January 2023, 13:59:11
Random encounter.   ;D

(https://i.imgur.com/hwfdQd3.jpg)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: soa on 01 January 2023, 16:13:56
When I first started remaking this mod after EE, I just imported my monster directory from my Atlantis attempt.

Monsters dropped potions.

In my mod, monsters never drop potions...so of course I went through Satyrs for example and opened all the monster files and sure enough, no miscItem potions in any of them. I had removed the miscItem potion tables from every monster. (a simpler solution is blanking out the potion loot tables, but I didn't think of that until years later)

It kept happening with other monsters. Also, champions, heroes and bosses went down strangely quick from pet damage. In my mod they all have specific passive skills that defend against pet damage (racial damage).

Monsters that don't exist in the base game, new monster files, worked fine. It was only monsters that have the same file path as the base game that would drop potions or be susceptible to pet damage. I wasn't going to rename every monster so I moved them all to a new directory and did a mass search and replace in the proxy pools.

Proxies seem to work, proxypools seem to work but the monsters themselves would drop potions etc.

I don't know, I just didn't want any monsters to drop potions and it was a solution that worked.

It's weird. I tested now by modifying the Satyr Shaman boss after Helos, with a new name and 100% chance to drop a specific item. It did show the new name and did drop the item over several attempts. Maybe the issue doesn't affect all parameters of monsters, all the time ?

What about pets ?
What about monster and pet skills ? (player skills have issues like set boni if not duplicated)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 01 January 2023, 20:17:58
Monsters with different file names worked fine for me.

Here's another explanation: Suppose there were a couple satyrs and harpies that exist in the base game directory but DON'T exist in my directory and I just didn't notice. The proxy pool would still point to them and spawn them and they would drop potions.

If I move all my monsters to a renamed custom directory and do a search and replace on the proxy pools, they would now point to a file that doesn't exist, the monster wouldn't spawn and I would see that no potions dropped and be happy.

If you haven't experienced any base game monsters overriding your changes, then I wouldn't worry about it.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Bumbleguppy on 06 January 2023, 20:16:02
I am closing this alpha test run.

The feedback I got was really helpful and I want to thank all of you that pitched in. I will leave the download in the OP link but I am going to reassess the mod.

I fixed a lot of broken things that I had missed before which is great.

It seems that everyone expected more summons and more monsters than I have in this version. It started me thinking about what I like to play myself and I agreed.

I am going to retool the mod again with an emphasis on lots of monsters and lots of summons.

I guess after all these years I fell into the trap of trying too hard to make something that appeals to a larger demographic when in reality I don't care about the average gamer since they already have the base game which is better for that than I could ever design :))

I like a fast paced game with hair raising excitement but I don't like difficulty challenges. If I did I would play Tartarus or the Hardcore dungeon which already exist or even watch the many Titan Quest YouTubers that showcase interesting builds and equipment load-outs to beat the base game.

That means redoing the balance on summons skills and monsters so I want to start working on that right away.

Again, thank you for playing my mod and feel free to enjoy what I have already made in the OP link.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 06 January 2023, 21:33:04
I dont understand

Are you making a complete new version of the mod ?

I think the state of the alpha version is well done, the density and the pets state level ( i only played with spirit-nature-neidan so far) are cool.

Tartarus for me i dont care that much, its kinda boring , the hardcore dungeon, it what can be interesting at some point, just to test or face new dangerous-rewarding or be a diferent path than farm bosses and relog.

Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Conan008 on 15 January 2023, 00:07:03
Good mode. I like it very much. I play a Conquerer on level 13 in Megara (Greece).

There's a skill that seems like a bug. In the "Defender" Skill tree, the "Shield Sling" at level 4 does not work. I can't use ist.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Conan008 on 22 January 2023, 16:43:37
Fantastic mode. I'm now level 34 and arrived in Egypt at the end of Act 2 Normal. I'm very excited to see how the following acts will turn out, including Ragnarok and Atlantis. Farming satyr claws for the new artefact in Act 1 was a bit more tedious than all the other relics,... Some of the mega bosses in Egypt are already over level 40 and were really awesome. The level of difficulty is just right. I'm making good progress and having fun, running through all areas twice to be able to collect more special green and blue items (with and without set bonuses) for my char. And the best thing is, I play a conqueror (warrior and defender) and have 4 different types or 6 permanent companions at my side. And my items together give me +5 to all attributes. The changes / adjustments to the game mechanics, the loot system, the change / adjustment of skills or skill properties and the many bosses improve the gaming experience in conjunction with the beta patch.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: huzhanshao on 02 April 2023, 07:20:58
Hello, I really love this mod. It is so wonderful, Thank you for your effort.

A few years ago, I played a previous version of it, and I was very amazed by the new special areas in the map. The new version no longer seems to include these, will they come back? Anyway, this is still a great mod.

Wonder if you are still working on this mod and will you release it to the Steam Workshop? I am really looking forward to its official release.

Thank you again for what you have done.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 02 April 2023, 14:53:20
Hopefully BG will bring back the new areas in the new version he's going to be working on. 

Didn't realise that the mastery bars themselves also give pet bonuses.

(https://i.imgur.com/AMzZZac.jpg)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 03 April 2023, 13:38:33
Okayl, not fun BG.  >:(  Can't damage him and then he sent all my pets and me to sleep.  Only way out before dying was to hit the K key to get back to the last rebirth fountain. 

(https://i.imgur.com/7G4Iv5U.jpg)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: huzhanshao on 16 April 2023, 21:36:21
I found a 'party box' today when I defeated a monster. Its music and colorful paper excited me. How surprising! It's really an amusing mod. Hopefully you haven't given up on updates. Looking forward to you bringing more interesting content to this mod. ^-^
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 30 May 2023, 11:03:09
Rather sad - the Shield Sling skill in Defense mastery doesn't work.  Just freezes my character in place until I click elsewhere on the map to move him.  No attempt to sling his shield at foes.  :(
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: lughsamildanach on 11 September 2023, 15:51:06
Shield Sling doesn't seem to work. My character just freezes in place.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 12 September 2023, 07:47:04
Welcome to the forum.   :)

This version is no longer being worked on.  See this thread for future versions of this mod.

https://titanquestfans.net/index.php?topic=1756.0
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: wynterknight on 03 January 2024, 06:26:23
I've gotten stuck on the Shade of the Dark Satyr right before Hades, and it's impossible to progress. I've got maxed out fire and stun resist and a bit of physical resist, but I keep being stun-locked and one-shot by him, and I have no idea what to do. I don't even know what is one-shotting me--sometimes it's his stupid multiple rocks from the sky, sometimes it's seemingly nothing. All of my summons are immediately getting killed, so my entire build is apparently worthless for this one single fight. It's infuriating when bosses are suddenly ridiculously overpowered and play by different rules than everything else in the game. Is there some way to at least deactivate the environmental stunning effect?
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Manushkalimbas on 19 February 2024, 08:25:41
I registered only to write this review.
First of all good job on the mod, all the new features are awesome, BUT the difficulty level is asolutely bonkers.The first demon i encounter for the dowry ....fucks me up .I hae to use a couple of potions to kill him.After that the three undead kings ....I couldnt kill the warrior one even after ganking him up with all my pets and slowly eating away at his health.He restores it again in a moment.Davy jones the pirate..... Unkillable.All the boss monster you created - immortal.
In the end i own a business and i deal with an immense amount of stress and at the end of the day i just want to sit back and enjoy some serious sam monster killing.Instead i get demolished like a bitch.I dont have the time or knowledge to learn how to tweak the mod to reduce the difficulty 3 fold , but I think like the Cataclysm mod you shoud have one that is easy and one that is hard...
That's all folks.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Medea Fleecestealer on 19 February 2024, 09:13:16
Welcome to the forum.   :)

What class are you playing in the mod?

Also Bumbleguppy has given up modding the game and now nargil66 is taking over developing a new version of the mod for us to play.

https://titanquestfans.net/index.php?topic=1756.0
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: Manushkalimbas on 19 February 2024, 11:47:50
I am playing Hunter and storm with the idea to have strong summons and a decent multy-type damage channel.
I am lvl 14 and cannot progress as expected so I have stopped paying .Just to clarify i am no stranger to rpg games i have thousands of hours in TQ and IT  and here i suddenly suck big time. LOL  :) :) 8) 8) :P :P ::) ::) O0 C:-)
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: nargil66 on 19 February 2024, 17:02:47
Are you playing petless? LoC is designed specifically to play as a petmancer, without pets you will struggle big time.
Edit- nevermind, i didn't see your last post. Hmm. When i play LoC, i isually play hardcore with inheritance (transferring gear from dead characters to new ones). Usually i struggle with self-found hardcore characters, but after i've collected some good gear for the next ones it becomes much easier. So gear matters a lot in this mod. Farm for some decent items early on, especially +skills items, which are plenty in the mod. This is my advice.
Title: Re: Legion of Champions Eternal Embers Alpha Download
Post by: sauruz on 19 February 2024, 22:38:37
I suggest to try spirit or defense, the skelletons and Batle Maiden can deal and survive versus the undeads/vitality dmg found in early game.

Each pet have weakness, wolfs and nymphs are weak versus vitality
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