About the Spellbook

[Zosite]

I´ve noticed that the Spellbook on the original U7 had some little blinking numbers next to each spell, except for the lineal spells ( Awake, Help, etc...). In Exult those numbers aren´t there and only a blank spot remains. What were those numbers for? Where are they in Exult?

Hehe... Now that I´ve found Exult project no question will remain without answer... [;-))

BTW: The "Death Vortex" spell is supposed to move around the screen when it´s casted, and it appears not to be registered by Exult as a "bad spell" for "calling-the-guards" issue with NPCs, as for "Death Bolt" and "Mass Death"... hmm... "Lightning" IS a "bad" spell but "Mass Death" NOT?!... [:-|) I´ll submit a bug report about this.

[gruck]

Those numbers are there to tell you how many spells you can cast with your current number of reagents

[Zosite]

Thanks Gruck! So I´m thinking that if I can´t see these numbers in Exult it could be related to.... ehhh, hehehe.... ejem! *cough*... Well, I´ll try to moderate myself in the use of that "Arch-Wizard" mode which can make you to forgive how important reagents are when casting spells... [:-P)

Anyway, Exult Team could make the numbers and circles to blink as in the original. I know this is almost useless but... you know: I´m one of those U7´s purity annoying fans. Thanks again!

[Dominus]

Don't know about the 1.0 version but I tried the 1.1.x version of some weeks ago (where I am I don't have other stuff installed) and the number shows in the book.

[SB-X]

In the original, the spell counts and the Circle names were glowing. Is it this way in Exult now?

[Dominus]

no glowing but if you have any reagents on you it shows how many you can cast...

[dag]

as far as i can remember, the spell counts were definitely glowing in the
original si; i'm not sure about bg...

[dag]

i just checked it out: the spell circle names and the spell counts are
"glowing" (at least) in si...

[Dominus]

then it is time for someone to make a bug report!

[artaxerxes]

it's probably a wrong font being used to show the number of castable spells.

Wrong font means wrong palette cycling which means no 'blinking'.

Artaxerxes

[Zosite]

Nevermind Dominus: the numbers didn´t appear in my spellbook just because I was wandering around with the "Arch-Wizard" mode enabled so I could cast spells without reagents and the spellbook couldn´t register any "available" spell. I toggled it off and bought some reagents and then the numbers appeared.

This is the perfect example for one of my highests ideals: "TO NOT CHEAT IF IT CAN BE AVOIDED" [:-P) BTW:
-Spell counts and Circle Names glow in original Serpent Isle ( for sure )
-Spell counts and Circle Names glow in original Black Gate ( for sure )
-Will they glow with Exult in the future?

I´m going to submit the bug report about glowing. He... it seems that nowadays the list for open bugs in the Bug Tracker belongs to me... err... Sorry? [;-))

[Dominus]

*Dominus is giving ownership of the bug tracker over to Zósite

[drcode]

That's right, they glow in the original because they're painted with one of the palette-rotation colors. We don't do that yet.

I'm surprised nobody's noticed that we don't show the page-turning animations either:-)

[Gileathane Dragon]

No page-turning animations ??

Noooo .....
Heh, been so long I've forgotten they turned at all.

[Zosite]

You´re right DrCode. I´ve just added the page-turning animation issue to the same bug report.

[center]*Zósite´s deactivating the time bomb that came within the ownership of the bug tracker while reading its message: "A little present for giving us so many funny hours fixing bugs. The Exult Team"... [;-D)[/center]

[Khumash-Gor]

Actually... Thats a feature I'd rather not see. I never liked the page turning of the spell books. And sometimes it screwed up the game, would freeze... But then again that was back on a dx466 with a 512k vesa video card