Divinity: Original Sin Pre-Release Thread

[Havoc]

They know. They've a list.

 

[Angthoron]

For those interested in game design, Larian is searching for Game Designers and Writers:
http://larian.com/jobs.php

Haha, then there's a very funny coincidence.

 

[Smashing Axe]

The game design position would be pretty awesome. I meet almost none of the requirements though. Given the company's culture and their design philosophy, I think there's very few places that would be as great to work at as there (Aside from the overdrive hell they must go through when coming close to release)

Someone at the Codex who marginally meets the requirements should apply. Our joyous seed should spread far and wide, infecting all decent developers.

 

[Tzaero]

Ziets

 

[Angthoron]

The game design position would be pretty awesome. I meet almost none of the requirements though. Given the company's culture and their design philosophy, I think there's very few places that would be as great to work at as there (Aside from the overdrive hell they must go through when coming close to release)

Someone at the Codex who marginally meets the requirements should apply. Our joyous seed should spread far and wide, infecting all decent developers.

I'm applying for the writer position. Though it's more of a test application, as I'll be unavailable for the next 7 months or so.

Edit: Although, given a bit of familiarity with the toolsets, I could fit the design team too I suppose.

 

[MicoSelva]

A writer for Larian? Talk about a dream job. Do You have to live/move to Belgium? (can't check myself, site is blocked)

 

[Angthoron]

A writer for Larian? Talk about a dream job. Do You have to live/move to Belgium? (can't check myself, site is blocked)

Yeah, but I'd have no problem with moving. And it certainly would be a dream job for me.

 

[MicoSelva]

Yeah, but I'd have no problem with moving. And it certainly would be a dream job for me.

Well, good luck then.

 

[Overboard]

Weren't Kitiara and Sturm married at one point?

No, she tastefully raped him and the coupling produced a son called Storm (I think, going off memory here, he might have been a knight of Takhisis or whatever they're called).

 

[MicoSelva]

The thread died when word about job openings at Larian appeared. I guess everyone even remotely interested in D:OS is in Gent right now, busy doing job interviews?

EDIT:
BTW, ForkTong, is it possible to assign an NPC to more than one faction in D:OS?

 

[ForkTong]

Mico: I don't think so, cause they'd have to commit suicide if one of their factions turns on the other.

Son of Kit and Sturm was called Steel btw. Why do I know these things

 

[J_C]

Son of Kit and Sturm was called Steel btw. Why do I know these things

As an RPG messiah, you should know these.

 

[Havoc]

Mico: I don't think so, cause they'd have to commit suicide if one of their factions turns on the other.

Not if there's Faction Priority. For example, double agents. They're considered as being in Faction A and B. If it so happens that Faction B goes to war against Faction A, the scripts check "which faction does the NPC prefer more?" and ta dam! Magic.

This could work as a buying out. A camp full of enemy soldiers? Let's sneak in and with cunning, diplomacy, blackmail and other stuff change their minds - make the other Faction a bigger priority, so when something does happen, they'll be on the right side.

 

[Mangoose]

Can NPCs commit suicide instead of yielding and getting interrogated?

 

[Zeriel]

Mico: I don't think so, cause they'd have to commit suicide if one of their factions turns on the other.

Not if there's Faction Priority. For example, double agents. They're considered as being in Faction A and B. If it so happens that Faction B goes to war against Faction A, the scripts check "which faction does the NPC prefer more?" and ta dam! Magic.

This could work as a buying out. A camp full of enemy soldiers? Let's sneak in and with cunning, diplomacy, blackmail and other stuff change their minds - make the other Faction a bigger priority, so when something does happen, they'll be on the right side.

"Factions" in an editor/scripting sense are typically means-based. By which I mean they have utterly no relation to the story, you simply set them as a faction (of which there can be thousands) to cause the behavior you want. If you want to have a traitor in a story sense, there's nothing stopping you from changing the faction of the traitor to the opposite faction on the fly.

 

[Jestai]

Mico: I don't think so, cause they'd have to commit suicide if one of their factions turns on the other.

Not if there's Faction Priority. For example, double agents. They're considered as being in Faction A and B. If it so happens that Faction B goes to war against Faction A, the scripts check "which faction does the NPC prefer more?" and ta dam! Magic.

This could work as a buying out. A camp full of enemy soldiers? Let's sneak in and with cunning, diplomacy, blackmail and other stuff change their minds - make the other Faction a bigger priority, so when something does happen, they'll be on the right side.

TERRIBLY STUPID IDEA. WHY? IN BEFORE:

"

: The Elder Spy approves of this - multi-layered tactics are his line of work
Btw I just donated an extra $1,500 - the Watch must prevail ! What will you answer, Codex? More money for Larian anyway "

 

[Angthoron]

Yeah, let's mention it some more, then he'll stop dropping by.

 

[ForkTong]

"Factions" in an editor/scripting sense are typically means-based. By which I mean they have utterly no relation to the story, you simply set them as a faction (of which there can be thousands) to cause the behavior you want. If you want to have a traitor in a story sense, there's nothing stopping you from changing the faction of the traitor to the opposite faction on the fly.

Wot he said.

 

[Havoc]

Mico: I don't think so, cause they'd have to commit suicide if one of their factions turns on the other.

Not if there's Faction Priority. For example, double agents. They're considered as being in Faction A and B. If it so happens that Faction B goes to war against Faction A, the scripts check "which faction does the NPC prefer more?" and ta dam! Magic.

This could work as a buying out. A camp full of enemy soldiers? Let's sneak in and with cunning, diplomacy, blackmail and other stuff change their minds - make the other Faction a bigger priority, so when something does happen, they'll be on the right side.

"Factions" in an editor/scripting sense are typically means-based. By which I mean they have utterly no relation to the story, you simply set them as a faction (of which there can be thousands) to cause the behavior you want. If you want to have a traitor in a story sense, there's nothing stopping you from changing the faction of the traitor to the opposite faction on the fly.

Correct, but for me it makes less work. Why? Take for example a faction wipe out. In D:OS you can kill anybody, and I mean anybody. Let's say we kill the leaders and other important people from Faction A. What happens to the other ppl in that faction? Are they still part of that faction, when it clearly doesn't work? What if they join the next on their priority list? From Faction A to Bandits.

 

[SCO]

Implementing generalized systems that affect narrative on a narrative game is a sisyphean task - the rocks of QA will just roll back down every morning.

don't hold your breath for something like that

 

[felipepepe]

Yeah, let's mention it some more, then he'll stop dropping by.

Codex has always been tsudere as fuck... "g-go away HiddenX, is not l-like we we're having fun, we just wanted to humiliate you, b-baka!"

 

[ForkTong]

Son of Kit and Sturm was called Steel btw. Why do I know these things

As an RPG messiah, you should know these.

I just had a look at my book case and was reminded of having read "Dragons Of Summer Flame" in which the kiddies of the "Heroes" (including Steel) have some squabbles. (Don't care what anyone else thinks, I liked it.) So that settles that.

 

[evdk]

Codex has always been tsudere as fuck... "g-go away HiddenX, is not l-like we we're having fun, we just wanted to humiliate you, b-baka!"

Reported for blatant japfaggotry outside of the designated concentration camp.

 

[ForkTong]

Correct, but for me it makes less work. Why? Take for example a faction wipe out. In D:OS you can kill anybody, and I mean anybody. Let's say we kill the leaders and other important people from Faction A. What happens to the other ppl in that faction? Are they still part of that faction, when it clearly doesn't work? What if they join the next on their priority list? From Faction A to Bandits.

I need to check, but I do believe we had a discussion with design about this. If I remember correctly, a cat was of faction CAT and of faction ANIMAL, and it messed shit up. I'm sure that, if you have time and your game needs it, you could script all kinds of stuff around this, but in this case, we chose the safe way out. If you're really interested, I can check with design lead if there's any NPCs left that have more than one faction

 

[Arkeus]

Faction sheep and faction WERESHEEP.