Unofficial Arcanum Patch (Original Thread)

[Cadaver]

Naw I'm just a sucker for titties.

Same as me then. But do remember that its not more then like 5 pixels.
But really, drog isn't adding custom content here. Just making the 'lost' content appear.

 

[Kethar]

Thanks for patch!!!

I found some errors, which are in your patch

Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 212
Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 213
Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 322
Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 323
Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 1802
Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 1803

 

[Drog Black Tooth]

Re: Thanks for patch!!!

I found some errors, which are in your patch

Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 212
Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 213
Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 322
Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 323
Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 1802
Rules\SpellEyeCandy.mes: two lines numbered 1803

Yes, they come up in the debugger for whatever reason. These are the restored SFX for the Walls' spells. There seems to be no problem in the game, so these are most likely false calls.

 

[Kethar]

Re: Thanks for patch!!!

Yes, they come up in the debugger for whatever reason. These are the restored SFX for the Walls' spells. There seems to be no problem in the game, so these are most likely false calls.

Oh, yes, but what lines are wrong? with eye candy info or without any?

 

[Drog Black Tooth]

Re: Thanks for patch!!!

Yes, they come up in the debugger for whatever reason. These are the restored SFX for the Walls' spells. There seems to be no problem in the game, so these are most likely false calls.

Oh, yes, but what lines are wrong? with eye candy info or without any?

Yes, this is eye candy info, art and sounds. You may unpack Arcanum5.dat and see for yourself.

 

[Kethar]

Re: Thanks for patch!!!

Yes, they come up in the debugger for whatever reason. These are the restored SFX for the Walls' spells. There seems to be no problem in the game, so these are most likely false calls.

Oh, yes, but what lines are wrong? with eye candy info or without any?

Yes, this is eye candy info, art and sounds. You may unpack Arcanum5.dat and see for yourself.

I ask other question...
what lines are correct?

{212}{Art: 95, Palette: 1, Scale: 100%, Blend: Add, Sound: 13025, Flags: overlay_fb | animates, Light: 1, Light Color:  (0 @ 96 @ 204)}	// Destination
{213}{Art: 96, Palette: 1, Scale: 100%, Blend: Add, Flags: overlay_fb | animates | anim_forever, Light: 1, Light Color:  (0 @ 96 @ 204)}	// Secondary Destination
{212}{}	// Destination
{213}{}	// Secondary Destination

 

[Lain_13]

Looks like first pair do something (set properties) and second pair do nothing. If game read properties from first instance of string with "unique" number and ignore next instances of this string all should work properly but next instances should be removed just for cleaning garbage.

 

[Drog Black Tooth]

Yeah...You're right. Fixed.

Maybe I should have more sleep.

 

[Kogorn]

When you say fixed, does that mean you added it to the current patch that's out? Or are you adding it to what's going to be in the next release? I'm wondering whether I should re-download or not

 

[Drog Black Tooth]

When you say fixed, does that mean you added it to the current patch that's out? Or are you adding it to what's going to be in the next release? I'm wondering whether I should re-download or not

It should be pretty obvious that mean the internal build.

 

[Wilco]

Minor bug, I noticed that the Eye Gear is supposed to give a +2 enhancement to PE, but they only seem to give +1.

Your patch is awesome btw, thanks for putting in the effort.

 

[Drog Black Tooth]

Minor bug, I noticed that the Eye Gear is supposed to give a +2 enhancement to PE, but they only seem to give +1.

Read the manual.

 

[Lain_13]

Wilco
If you already rise PE almost to limit (only +1 to reach limit) then you get only +1 from Eye Gear and you get nothing if you reach limit without Eye Gear (on next level).
Maximum skill value is 20 + racial bonus. Same behavior with blessing bonuses, you never rise your stats over limit.

 

[Wilco]

Wilco
If you already rise PE almost to limit (only +1 to reach limit) then you get only +1 from Eye Gear and you get nothing if you reach limit without Eye Gear (on next level).
Maximum skill value is 20 + racial bonus. Same behavior with blessing bonuses, you never rise your stats over limit.

I know, my character's base PE is 15 and is a half-elf. Technically, he should get the +2 bonus so his PE is raised to +17. If it's not a bug then I obviously missed something in the manual as Drog said, so I'll re-read it

 

[Icarian]

Those unique flying gargoyle like creatures in Caladon's sewer have bow's in their inventory, but they don't seem to use them. They are located in the same sewer area as the Vincent (Caladon murder quest). Could this be a bug?

Sorry, I don't have the game installed at the moment, so I cannot check the creatures names.

 

[Unradscorpion]

Well, I finally dug out my copy of Arcanum.
Now to see if the Codex was bullshitting me about the quality of the game.

 

[t]

I also never tried it but am eager to do now. The question is: is it the only patch I need while playing the game for the first time? Should I use it or maybe play the raw first version of the game?

 

[Mister Takeda]

I also never tried it but am eager to do now. The question is: is it the only patch I need while playing the game for the first time? Should I use it or maybe play the raw first version of the game?

Drog's patch only fixes bugs and restores content intended for release. Play with his patch installed. It will only enhance your experience.
<a href="http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=24419">The Extras Pack</a> has a few things not included in release that you might consider installing as well. Nothing drastically game changing, just a few more schematics and a missing conversation. This is optional.

 

[Skankster]

Don't forget to use the official patch first though, then Drogs patch.

 

[t]

Thanks for quick answers. I'm also considering higher resolution pack. But that's not a big problem for a storyline, I guess .

 

[Lurkar]

I just recently used the patch and started gaving the game another go through, and Thorvald seems to be hyper sensitive about going to the Wheel Clan. I have about thirty seconds to sprint out of Ashbury as fast as I can, because he IMMIDIATELY starts complaining about how we're taking to long to get to the Wheel Clan the second we leave the damn island. I've yet to actually make it out of the city without him leaving the party first, making it completely impossible to actually take him to the Wheel Clan.

 

[Drog Black Tooth]

I just recently used the patch and started gaving the game another go through, and Thorvald seems to be hyper sensitive about going to the Wheel Clan.

Yes, there was a mistake in the script. It will be fixed in the next version.

EDIT:

I've spent the whole day analyzing lots of ASM code in both final and demo versions of the game and it was fucking hard and frustrating, but I did it. I fixed the bug with grenades not costing any APs in the turn-based mode. There was indeed a bug on Troika's side, that was preventing the procedure from functioning properly. It was working (somewhat) in the demo version, so I had to analyze the APs subtraction process in both versions to find the cause. Throwing an item (but not a boomerang type weapon) in turn-based now takes 4 APs. (It was set to 2 APs originally, but I guess that makes little sense since spells take 4 APs, so I changed it. Perhaps they never bothered to balance this, since the function never really worked.)

Arcanum now has a hope of having actual balance, I guess. Someday.

P.S. The new version is coming very soon.

 

[BillyOgawa]

Nicely done, Drog. The next version is looking great.

 

[The Vanished One]

Looks like the UAP should be labelled the official Arcanum patch by now. Great work Drog!

 

[Fez]

Neato. At least it'll be a little more balanced.