Re: LoC 2024 - Development Thread

[Bumbleguppy]

It's possible to convert static objects into proxies like with the volcanoes in act 4 or the stones that spawn dust storms in act 2

[Medea Fleecestealer]

Nice find!   

https://imgur.com/a/UI6AiqL

[Medea Fleecestealer]

Damn!  Been playing the last couple of days and just realised I've been playing the wrong mod; BG's old one.  So going to have to scrap the characters I started in that because they're crashing TQVault because their transfer stuff is all mixed up not being the same as ingame.  Have deleted the LoC EE version so I don't make the same mistake again. 

[sauruz]

Started playing LoC during this weekend, oh the joy.

I agree with the post i read few pages ago, there are a bit to many ambush monsters attacking Tegea gates (arachnos and zombies) that affects the game performance. Reducing the numer of those monsters wouldnt be a bad ideia.

Second impression , it feel there are a very few new monsters like dryads-nereids numbers "unbalance" than vanilla existing ones, for exemple in kerata forest, you only see 1-2 dryads roaming around and groups of 10-15 harpies/crows and undeads chasing you, it looks like the new proxies dont have the extra density apply.

[nargil66]

Started playing LoC during this weekend, oh the joy.

I agree with the post i read few pages ago, there are a bit to many ambush monsters attacking Tegea gates (arachnos and zombies) that affects the game performance. Reducing the numer of those monsters wouldnt be a bad ideia.

Second impression , it feel there are a very few new monsters like dryads-nereids numbers "unbalance" than vanilla existing ones, for exemple in kerata forest, you only see 1-2 dryads roaming around and groups of 10-15 harpies/crows and undeads chasing you, it looks like the new proxies dont have the extra density apply.

Noted on both your points. I'll see what i can do for next update.

[Gestalt]

At long last, I stepped onto the LoC train. Last time I played TQ, before anniversary ed. was received and with Bumble's version and I remember I enjoyed a lot back then.

This time I want to have an army of archers while being an archer myself. Got a lot of options compared to the previous times but I would like to go with the obvious one, Hunting, for being ranger which also complements the second mastery I selected in terms of damage types. For the archer summons I went with warfare as the second mastery, skipping nature(only 1 summon) and spirit(timed summons). Currently in Egypt, level 24.

Hopefully, I will give my feedback as I play through but even now I am enjoying a lot.

[nargil66]

Ok, after a break from modding, i'm back in business. Started rescaling all the mastery skill values to progress better with levels. This must be done first before I implement the Mining system properly. Also added a new ultimate tier skill for Neidan mastery - Feathers of Feng Huang (aka Phoenix Feathers). It is in the She Dao branch and it is usable only with a bow. Preview:

[nargil66]

Latest progress - 5 of 11 masteries are done. While working on the Hunting mastery, I added a new ultimate level skill: Aspect of the Predator (similar to vanilla Sacred Rage and Cornered from Underlord/SV). Preview:

Spoiler for Hiden:

I also reworked the animation for Spear Dance - it is now faster, hits 3 times instead of 2 and adds bleeding damage.

[nargil66]

A new feature that will come along with the Mining mechanic:

This is an early preview, in the final version it will require Orichalcum to unlock the anvil, which will be obtainable only through Mining.

[nargil66]

Second more polished version - added Orichalcum, fixed quest triggers:



My plan is to add the anvil near the Delphi quest blacksmith. I hope spawning both via proxy will do the trick.

[nargil66]

Third and final version - Termerus revamped:

[nargil66]

I got some ideas of how to implement two new challenge modes - Survivalist (aka Live off the Land) and Solo Self Found.
They will both work in a similar way, first removing all common merchants from the map while the second removing all caravan drivers. Here is a preview of the first challenge (WIP):

Basically I turn all common merchants to decals, spawned by proxies, and when the challenge is activated, a quest trigger disables those proxies. After that you reload the mod - and voila, no more merchants!

I figured out how to solve 1 more issue regarding the challenges. When you take the Pacifist (Pet Only) challenge, you get -1000% total damage, so you can't harm enemies. That is intended, but the problem is that you also cannot do Fishing or Mining. But then it hit me - what if you can summon special pets that do these things for you? Not tested yet, but it should be no problem to implement I think.

[nargil66]

Reworked the base mesh and textures of all human Healers in LoC. In alphabetical order:

Atlas Mountains


Celtic Lands


Egypt


Gadir


Greece


Hades (Same for Atlantis)


Medea's Grove


North


Orient


Nothing too fancy, but it should do. I tried to preserve the original idea by Bumble as much as possible.

[nargil66]

Ok, the new healers are implemented, for the most part. Added one more for Babylon area (Priestess of Ishtar):

[nargil66]

Okay, i wasn't very satisfied with the NPC skins above. I asked myself the question - would i put my name on these skins? And the answer was no. So i started improving them again... or "nargilifying them" if you prefer... here is the last skin i showed you reworked:

Before/After