[22:39:06] Dominus: Marzo: have you seen these hacks to the original? https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks
[22:39:39] Marzo: Nope, first time
[22:40:55] Marzo: You want to steal some ideas?
[22:42:20] Dominus: not really while most of it makes the original so much better (at least on paper - haven't tried this yet)
[22:42:56] Marzo: Lets see: placing bags or backpacks inside each other would be easy; would just need to add a flag that indicates that the container is flexible
[22:43:14] Marzo: I would say that backpacks should not be flexible, because most backpacks have some structure
[22:43:29] Marzo: Cast spells by key... could be done by a mod
[22:44:04] Marzo: Add keybindings to a hidden item (say, the usecode container... because why not) for '/'
[22:44:19] Marzo: Make its usecode start a dialog
[22:44:21] Dominus: yes, while I think something like that guy on facebook would be neater, a kind of area where to drag spells from the book for quick cast
[22:44:35] Marzo: The dialog font has an extended character set with runes
[22:44:51] Marzo: And you have all runes mapped normally by Exult to keys
[22:45:40] Marzo: Of course, no enter to cast (would need an option for that) or backspace to remove runes (but there could be a dialog option for that as well)
[22:46:51] Marzo: Party member selection we already have for N
[22:47:35] Marzo: Adding for Shift+N and Ctrl+N (not Alt+N due to cheat keys) to display backpack/stats would be easy
[22:47:52] Marzo: Drag item+N is an interesting idea, and probably doable
[22:48:24] Marzo: Likewise for anything that requires a target selection
[22:48:51] Dominus: https://www.facebook.com/oberonqa/videos/2366896993324941/
[22:49:30] Dominus: Query items' weight, volume, and contents <- that also sounds like a nice addition
[22:50:25] Dominus: some of the additions are a bit too keybaord heavy IMO. It sounds nice but in reality you use half of it.
[22:50:30] Marzo: I saw some of those videos
[22:50:37] Dominus: except those keyboard controls he added back from SI :)
[22:50:48] Marzo: Which we already have
[22:51:00] Dominus: yup :)
[22:51:22] Dominus: and always furstrates me when playtesting something in the original BG
[22:51:31] Marzo: Querying weight and volume, ok
[22:51:46] Marzo: Querying contents is a bit iffy
[22:52:35] Marzo: I like the idea of showing scroll's spell, but this is doable in a mod
[22:54:31] Marzo: The conversation and dialog controls are a bit redundant; we already do a lot of those
[22:54:56] Marzo: And we allow mouse wheel for quantity selection, which is better than any other option
[22:55:05] Dominus: yes, agreed
[22:55:21] Marzo: Except maybe being able to type the value directly
[22:55:51] Marzo: Which might be a good addition not only for Exult, but for his mod as well
[22:56:36] Dominus: true
[22:56:55] Marzo: Dark Path map having labels is something a mod could do
[22:57:14] Marzo: Except if only the teeth you have show labels
[22:57:46] Marzo: Background being darkened during conversations is something we had for a while
[22:58:04] Marzo: Combat stats for SI is a mod thing that can easily be done
[22:58:17] Marzo: And I don't think Exult crashes with more than 6 party members
[22:58:46] Dominus: I don't think so, too - been a while since I tried that
[22:59:59] Marzo: In all: some great ideas (many of which we did a long time ago, or can emulate with mods); some ideas we do better; and some ideas we could swipe
[23:01:21] Marzo: https://trello.com/c/Shr9L6fh
[23:01:41] Dominus: :)
[23:03:30] Marzo: Regarding David Reese's videos, I have been meaning to ask about the graphics
[23:04:00] Marzo: Specifically, if he really plans to endanger his work by using U7 graphics
[23:05:35] Dominus: I din't want to start a thing, but yes, this always risky and pointless if you cage yourself with copyrighted work
[23:07:38] Marzo: Anyways, I am off to bed
[23:08:02] Dominus: sleep well