Game News Circle of Eight ToEE fixpack version 5 out

[Spazmo]

Tags: Temple of Elemental Evil; Troika Games

The modders at <a href=http://www.co8.org>Circle of Eight</a>, the Temple of Elemental Evil fansite, have released version 5.0.0 of their fixpack, availible for download <a href=http://www.co8.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3543>here</a>, with release notes <a href=http://files.co8.org/docs/Circle%20of%20Eight%20Mod%20Pack%205.0.0%20-%20Release%20Notes.txt>here</a>. Here's some of that.<blockquote>What is it?
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The Verbo-mod (short for “Verbobonc mod”) is an expansion to the original Temple of Elemental Evil game; it adds a new area to explore using ToEE’s already existing (and hardly used) maps. With 6 new quests, 5 new traders, 6 new monsters, and a new NPC race (sort of).
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How do I get to the new content?
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Access to the Verbo-mod is NOT handled on the world map, I was hoping to get the worldmap working, but was unable to hack the relevant file. Access to the new location is currently handled by dialogue, there are a limited number of visits to Verbobonc available as when you travel to Verbobonc, the NPC who gave you the option to go to Verbobonc will go with you as an NPC, and then dismiss themselves upon arrival; this means there is an ever decreasing number of visits available, so use them wisely.
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What can I expect?
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Intrigue, plot twists, a few surprises here and there, a shopkeeper who is extremely difficult to gain access to (but well worth the effort), I don’t want to give away any spoilers but assistance for this mod as with any mod will be available at www.co8.org</blockquote>I wonder how long before someone mods in NPC romances? Then again, I'm only halfway through the release notes...
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Thanks to <b>Crichton</b> for the heads up.

 

[Mefi]

NPC romances? No need when there are already two women you can marry, a gay pirate and several prostitutes. Oh and a sheep.

 

[Shagnak]

SHEEP!?

I"M SOOO THERE! :shock:

 

[Hazelnut]

What? There aren't already enough sheep in New Zealand for you Shagnak? You need a virtual one too... :shock:

 

[Mefi]

I think there's a chicken too. Just in case the French feel left out.

 

[sheek]

And on the secret level, an inflatable mannequin of the queen mother for the Brits. :wink:

 

[Mefi]

And on the secret level, an inflatable mannequin of the queen mother for the Brits. :wink:

Are you getting confused with the raise dead spell to bring Princess Diana back for a bit of rumpy-pumpy?

 

[Elwro]

I think there's a chicken too.

I'm also pretty sure there's a pig in there somewhere.

 

[Jasede]

It's no fun without a dolphin. Why do they never think of the cetophiles (NSFW)? I feel so let down... Literally.

 

[Elwro]

Does the fixpack work with the Polish version of the game, too?

 

[Mefi]

Erm, theoretically yes - providing your game isn't the shitty download version Atari was flogging, there shouldn't be any critical problems... and providing that the file names have not been localised too...

But, you might find a lot of strange things in dialogue etc as the mod will mount English files over your Polish ones if you use the frontend, or straight out replace them if you don't use the front-end.

Worth a try in any case. I would be interested to know how it goes...

 

[Nicolai]

I think there's a chicken too. Just in case the French feel left out.

Reminds me of that one time when--.. Yeah, let's not go there.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

What about that amazing eel video I found on limewire? We have no eels in the game. WTF Discrimination!

 

[Jasede]

:milkbeingexpelledfromnose:
Nicolai, that reminds me of the Chicken Dance!

 

[Nicolai]

Let's go boldly where no man has gone before.

 

[Mefi]

Yes, welcome to the world of Troika where all sexual tastes are catered for

 

[Niektory]

Does the fixpack work with the Polish version of the game, too?

The 4.0.0 version does (details), so this one probably does too.

 

[Stark]

anyone tried this patch? is it any good? would like to know if it is worth my time reinstalling TOEE.

 

[Mefi]

anyone tried this patch? is it any good? would like to know if it is worth my time reinstalling TOEE.

I know the patch inside out and back to front, warts and all

It's good. There's enough new content to justify another play through even if you have just done a game with Co8 4.01. It's still the same old ToEE with some of the same old bugs which just can't be squashed but the game is really starting to shine now. Most of the additional content is inline with the actual original module - although if you enable Shining Ted's Desperate Housewives quest (and I'd recommend it) you also get a bit of a homage to the Ultima series as well.

 

[Roqua]

I go to co8 to read up on the borderwatch mod, but no real status reports are given, how is that going Mefi? I don't know what the fuck a mesh is so a percentage done and an estamented finish date would be nice for us ignorant monkeys.

 

[spacemoose]

At some point (in the distant past) I installed the Co8 mod and the first conversation I had with a 'new content' NPC was so horribly (grammatically) mangled, I uninstalled and never looked back. Is it any better now?

 

[Mefi]

@Roqua: The lead modder of Keep on the Borderlands has his fiancee over at the moment, so he's not posting much. As I'm not involved with the modding of Keep on the Borderlands, I don't have access to all the files and so don't really want to give info based on hearsay. Things have a habit of mutating and I don't want to get shit for getting things wildly wrong I can't even give a personal guesstimate because everything depends on the freetime (or lack of it) of those who are working on the module. Shiningted is the one leading the experiment and he's the one who has to make the announcements

Here are some screenshots (though you've probably already seen them) which hint at the stage of development reached quite a while back:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~shiningted/gallery.html

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hamms/keep_.htm

 

[Roqua]

Thank you.

 

[Mefi]

At some point (in the distant past) I installed the Co8 mod and the first conversation I had with a 'new content' NPC was so horribly (grammatically) mangled, I uninstalled and never looked back. Is it any better now?

No idea to be honest as I'd need to know which mod you downloaded and which character pissed you off.

I've not noticed anything obnoxious but then I've been spending most of my time redoing dialogue files to fix quest bugs not hunting down grammatical errors.

There will be errors in grammar and spelling, of that I'm certain. Spotted one today in the floating text - been there since the game was released and no-one had noticed.

 

[spacemoose]

It was the dialogue of the children (added as halfling models), I believe they were not part of the Co8 patch proper, but some mod packaged with Co8. Problem is, there was no option to exclude that mod.