Yendorian Tales series

[Luzur]

anyone got these fullversion? the company that made them seems to be dead, and the only downloads i find is shareware versions.

seems to be a good Might & Magic wannabe RPG.

 

[Andhaira]

Yeah the series is pretty old. It was sold as shareware via website. Not that good looking though.

EDIT: The 3rd person version was IMO the best. He should have stuck with that view instead of going first person.

 

[mondblut]

I should have both 2 and 3 (the M&M-like ones) somewhere, I completed both once upon a time.

No clue about first one (the Ultima-like), never played it much.

 

[Fowyr]

http://rapidshare.com/files/276015286/Yendor2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/276018994/Yendor3.rar.html

seems to be a passable Might & Magic wannabe RPG

fixed. Both games are incredibly stupid but in a sweet M&M way.
Sorry for 10 downloads limit, rapidshare become such crap.

 

[Luzur]

http://rapidshare.com/files/276015286/Yendor2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/276018994/Yendor3.rar.html

seems to be a passable Might & Magic wannabe RPG

fixed. Both games are incredibly stupid but in a sweet M&M way.
Sorry for 10 downloads limit, rapidshare become such crap.

if you and i meet sometime in the future, Fowyr, we will cut our hands and become bloodbrothers.

 

[Luzur]

euhm...anyone good at hex editing? i screwed up in yendor 3 and threw away the wrong bag, the one with the teleportationkeys.

been playing around with AXE but sofar nothing have worked.

 

[Fowyr]

file savgam1
offset 10BE - first character, second item
08 - sling
09 - sling+1
and so on (from world.dat)
what names has teleportation keys in game?
21 hex - athaneum key
that's all?

 

[Andhaira]

How is the game Luzur? Is it any good?

 

[Luzur]

file savgam1
offset 10BE - first character, second item
08 - sling
09 - sling+1
and so on (from world.dat)
what names has teleportation keys in game?
21 hex - athaneum key
that's all?

you open up world.dat in AXE to get those numbers?

How is the game Luzur? Is it any good?

well it reminds me alot of Might and Magic 3-5, so all is good.

 

[mondblut]

I am no Luxur, but they are pretty OK. *Very* M&M-ish (read 3-5), up to silly humour (imagine zombies and ghouls attacking by vomiting at you). Some verbal, trap and maze-based puzzles, also the Xeen way. OKish game mechanics, more advanced than M&M (with a bunch of skills to develop).

Unlike M&M, these are heavily linear though, a hardcoded sequence of separate maps rather than a fully explorable open world. The almost only case where you could choose between 2 locations to visit ended up temporarily giving you some ridiculously powerful megaweapons, and forgetting to remove them once you leave, making the rest of the game a cakewalk (that was in YT3, I think - some astral plane level in midgame).

 

[Luzur]

I am no Luxur, but they are pretty OK. *Very* M&M-ish (read 3-5), up to silly humour (imagine zombies and ghouls attacking by vomiting at you). Some verbal, trap and maze-based puzzles, also the Xeen way. OKish game mechanics, more advanced than M&M (with a bunch of skills to develop).

Unlike M&M, these are heavily linear though, a hardcoded sequence of separate maps rather than a fully explorable open world. The almost only case where you could choose between 2 locations to visit ended up temporarily giving you some ridiculously powerful megaweapons, and forgetting to remove them once you leave, making the rest of the game a cakewalk (that was in YT3, I think - some astral plane level in midgame).

Luxur? anyway, yeah the games have some bugs, like giving you rewards for quest's too early (like when i used the key to teleport to this other place and then i teleported back and was rewarded alot of cash and XP for clearing out the teleportation chamber i never even saw.

and it gives you some freedom, like in the outdoor areas, but since the game take place on small islands (as far as ive seen) there not much to investigate.

but yendor 2-3 is hard on new parties, it took me awhile to clear out the first town of ants and spiders, and dont even try to go down to the sewer until you are atleast lvl 3-4.

 

[mondblut]

Luxur?

Sorry comrade, been playing too much Midnight/MU and confused ya with Luxor the Moonprince :D

 

[Luzur]

 

[JarlFrank]

Can anyone reupload those on a proper filehosting site?
Try Mediafire, it's a LOT better than the shit that rapidshare has become.
http://www.mediafire.com/

 

[Fowyr]

you open up world.dat in AXE to get those numbers?

I compared two savegames, with little trial and error found offset of second place in first character's inventory and sling code - 08

Searched game files for word 'sling', found in world.dat. Manually counted number of entries between words 'sling' and 'athaneum key'. Result - 21h
I used FAR (to search, view and navigate), fc - to compare and dos version of hiew to edit. AXE looks sweet and maybe better but old habits die hard.

I hope it was helpful

 

[Luzur]

...not really, i know how to edit hex numbers, the 00 00 00 00 and all, but im not a master hexman, i am forced to admit.

if i know the numbers i can fix it, so a list would be helpful.

 

[Fowyr]

You need to make list yourself.
Open world.dat in text viewer and search word 'sling'

This is start of list.
0F - Knife+1
10 - Knife+2 and so on

 

[Luzur]

but how will i know the numbers? a0 and so on? and if i remember correctly sometimes there would be need of FF or 01's.

ex A0 01 FF 00

where do i get those?

 

[Fowyr]

Place crappy item here

save game in this slot

open file savgame1 with hex editor
go to offset 10be

change number in red circle to 21

Voila!

For list of items read this and my previous post