Usecode quality book list for Black Gate?

[agentorangeguy]

I'm looking for the quality list for the books in Black Gate. I know there are lists of books in the game on various sites, but i'm looking for the quality numbers of each book. Is/Was there a list somewhere that had this? If so, let me know, thanks! I need to find out which books are suitable to leave in game in my U6 mod.

[Gotcha!]

If there is, I can't find it either.
39 is the Apothecary's Desk, so that's one down. (in Serpent Isle; might be different in TBG.)

It's easy to make a list through ExultStudio although also very boring to do.
But I've nothing to do this evening, so I'll try to make one.

[agentorangeguy]

That would be pretty helpful. Seems like if you go too high in quality, it ends up being the book registries for the various inns and taverns

[Gotcha!]

Here you go:

Quality/Title/(Writer/note):
0 - Morgan's Guide to Unifinished Novels (by Morgan) --- Unifinished is spelled like that in-game.
1 - "How Death Affects Those Who Work Around It With Regularity"
2 - My Notebook (by Alagner)
3 - Observations of Black Rock (by Rudyom The Mage)
4 - Stranger in a Strange Land (by Robert Heinlein)
5 - Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (by Ian Fleming)
6 - The Wizard of Oz (by Frank L. Baum)
7 - Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure (by Bill Peet)
8 - Records of the High Court of Yew
9 - Morfin of Paws, Ledger of Venom Sales
10 - Ultima: The Avatar Adventures (by Rusel DeMaria and Caroline Spector)
11 - Everything An Avatar Should Know About Sex: --- Empty book, hahaha
12 - Encyclopedia Britannia (Volume I. A - E.)
13 - Encyclopedia Britannia (Volume II. F - L.)
14 - Encyclopedia Britannia (Volume III. M - P.)
15 - Encyclopedia Britannia (Volume IV. Q - U.)
16 - Encyclopedia Britannia (Volume V. V - Z.)
17 - Key to the Black Gate. --- Joke, supposedly a hint book
18 - Collected Plays (by Raymundo)
19 - No Time to Dance (by B.A. Morler.)
20 - The Silence of Chastity (by I.M. Munk.)
21 - Murder by Mongbat (by J. Dial.)
22 - Dolphin in the Dunes (by Pietre Hueman.)
23 - Mandibles (by Peter Munchley.)
24 - The Book of the Fellowship (by Batlin of Britain.)
25 - Lord British - The biography of Britannia's longtime ruler (by K.Bennos)
26 - Gargoyle Like Me (by Darok.)
27 - To be or not to be (by Wislem.)
28 - Book of Prophecy (by Naxatilor the Seer)
29 - The Book of Forgotten Mantras.
30 - Struck Commander (by Gilberto)
31 - Gone With The Wisp (by Margareta Mitchellino.)
32 - Karenna's Workout (by Karenna.)
33 - Karenna's Pregnancy Workout (by Karenna.)
34 - Karenna's Total Body Workout (by Karenna.)
35 - The Five Stages of Lawn Care (by A.P. Berk.)
36 - And Then There Was Karen... (by B. MacDae)
37 - The Intrinsic Complexities of Investigating a new Species of Flora in the Land of Britannia (by Perrin)
38 - Ringworld (by Larry Niven)
39 - The Apothecary's Desk Reference (by Fetoau)
40 - Magic and the Art of Horse-and-Wagon Maintenance
41 - Jesse's Book of Performance Art (by Jesse.)
42 - The Write Stuff (by Perrin)
43 - That Beer Needs a Head on It! (by Yongi)
44 - The Provisioner's Guide to Useful Equipment (by Dell)
45 - The Accedens of Armoury (by Legh)
46 - The Bioparaphysics of the Healing Arts (by Lady Leigh)
47 - What Color is Thy Blade? (by Menion)
48 - The Blacksmith's Handbook (by Christopher)
49 - Thirteen Months in a Year (by Euralyn)
50 - The Day it Didn't Work (by R. Allen G.)
51 - No One Leaves (by R. Allen G.)
52 - A Complete Guide to Britannian Minerals, Precious, and Semi-Precious Stones (by B. Ledbetter)
53 - Trees, and then Some! (by Ben)
54 - Bloodied Blades and Buxom Beauties (A.G. Fishmor)
55 - The Hundred and Eleven Year, Three-Month, Seven-Day War (by Perrin)
56 - Black Moon, Red Day (by Euralyn)
57 - Two in the Fold (by Morian)
58 - The Forest of Yew (by Taylor)
59 - This Olde Ship (by Owen of Minoc)
60 - The Carver Chronicles (by Morfin)
61 - Hero Fertilizer (by Werdron)
62 - What could be left but the Ashes (by N. Flaims)
63 - The Summer of my Satisfaction (by Plexes)
64 - Hither Comes The Rain (by Perrin)
65 - White Rain (by Perrin)
66 - Milord Conduct (by Aleina)
67 - To The Death! (by Zaksam)
68 - Blade of the Gryphon Barony (by Pebrogdy)
69 - The Winning Number (by A.P. Berk)
70 - The Scent of Valor (by Wetterson)
71 - How The West Was (by Yuclydia)
72 - Thy Message Received! (by For-Lem. Translated by Jillian)
73 - Ribald Encounters (by Madden)
74 - The Knight and the Thief (by Hobbs)
75 - The Trio (by Leepeartson)
76 - The Black Compendium (Written by Mondain, with annotations by the enchantress Minax and magical formulae by the hellspawn Exodus.)
77 - No Way to Jump (by Desmonth)
78 - Stealing the Wind (by Brianna)
79 - Brommer's Flora (by Brommer)
80 - Brommer's Fauna (by Brommer)
81 - Brommer's Britannia (by Brommer) --- Shows a world map upon use
82 - Up is Out (by Goodefellow)
83 - Weaving (by Carlyn)
84 - Follow the Stars (by Laurnen)
85 - How to Conquer the World in Three Easy Steps (by Maximillian the Amazingly Mean)
86 - Tren I, II, III, IV, . . . XVII
87 - Sir Kilroy (Anonymous)
88 - My Cup Runneth Over (by Marseine)
89 - Spring Planting, Autumn Harvest
90 - Shoot the Moon (by Oswauld)
91 - Outpost (by Gasreth)
92 - Landships (by Equinestra)
93 - Landships of War (by Equinestra)
94 - Why Good Mages Like Black Magic (by Magus)
95 - When Starts The Adventure (by Sabra)
96 - What a Fool Believes (by P. Nolan)
97 - The Complete History of the Lute (by Devonaillion, with foreword by the Master Bard, Iolo)
98 - Birds of Britannia (by Brother Wayne)
99 - I am not a Dragon (by Thomson)
100 - The Dragon Compendium (by Perrin)
101 - The Journal of Garret Moore --- Found on Ambrosia
102 - The Transitive Vampire, by Karen Elizabeth Gordon
103 - The Tome of the Dead (by Suvol Shadowface)
104 - Artifacts of Darkness (by Mordra Morgaelin)
105 - The Light Until Dawn (by Drennal)
106 - Codavar (by Nexa)
107 - Ritual Magic (by Nicodemus)
108 - Pathways of Planar Travel (by Nicodemus)
109 - Enchanting Items for Household Use (by Nicodemus)
110 - Miscellaneous Cantrips (Anonymous)
111 - Modern Necromancy (by Horance)
112 - The Symbology of Runes (by Smidgeon the Green)
113 - The Bunk and Stool (Register)
114 - The Modest Damsel (Register)
115 - The Checquered Cork (Register)
116 - The Honorable Hound (Register)
117 - The Out'N'Inn (Register)
118 - The Wayfarerer's Inn (Register)
119 - The Fallen Virgin (Register)
120 - Britannian Mining Company --- Mining log
121 - The Salty Dog (Register)
122 - A Guide to Childcare for the Rich and Famous (by Lady M)
123 - Alagner's Book of Marvelous and Astonishing Things (by Alagner)
124 - Baths - Profits --- Ledger
125 - The History of Stonegate (by Shazle)
126 - The Way of the Swallow (by Foiles)
127 - Vetrons Guide to Weapons and Armour (Their effectiveness and value)
128 - Vargaz's Stories of Legend (Reasons why one should never build doors facing north or west. --- Hahahahaha
129 - One Hundred and One Ways to Cheat at Nim (by Dr. Cat)
130 - Play Directing: Analysis, Communication and Style (by Francis Hodge)
131 - On Acting (by Laurence Olivier)
132 - Thou Art What Thee Eats (by Fordras)
133 - Man Versus Fish: The Ultimate Conflict (by Aquastyr)
134 - Knight's Bridge in a Nutshell (by Nicodemus)
135 - Mempto Rays (A qualitative study in metaparaphilosophical radiation - by Mempto)
136 - The Book of Circles (Translated from Gargish to Britannian by Jillian)
137 - Chicken Raising (by Daheness Gon)
138 - The Art of Field Dressing (by Creston - Forward by Lady Leigh)
139 - Water on the Cat (by Mowze)
140 - A Short Treatise on Britannian Society (by Clayton)
141 - A Baker's Handbook (by Settlar)
142 - Logbook (Astelleron) --- Isle of Fire, test of love
143 - Golems: From Clay to Stone (by Castadon)
144 - The Stone of Castambre (by MacCuth)
145 - --- second part of 144
146 - The Dark Core of Exodus (by Erethian)
147 - Ethical Hedonism (by R. Allen G.)
148 - Converting Moongates to Thine Own Use (by Erethian)

[Gotcha!]

Uhm, I forgot to put some lines in every 5 books, to make it more readable.
Just imagine that they're there. *cough*

[agentorangeguy]

Wow, awesome, thanks!

[Gotcha!]

Welcome. Glad to be of some help around here.

[Donfrow]

Although of no use to me, I want to add that is awesome you did that Gotcha!

[Dominus]

I should ad this to the docs!!!

[Gotcha!]

You're all making me blush now.

@Dominus: Well, if you're going to document it, want me to do the same for Serpent Isle?

[Dominus]

That would be perfect!!!

[Knight Captain]

I have that Usecode already extracted. It's too long to post here though, as well as the scrolls.

[Gotcha!]

Can you post it in bits?

I got this part:

Item: 642 'Book', Serpent Isle
Quality/Title (author):
0 - Phil's Guide to Unfinished Usecode
24 - The Book of the Fellowship
25 - Lord British - The biography of Britannia's longtime ruler
39 - The Apothecary's Desk Reference
44 - The Provisioner's Guide to Useful Equipment (by Dell)
47 - What Color Is Thy Blade? (by Menion)
61 - Journal of the King of the White Dragon
62 - Diary (Anonymous) --- This book is from one of Batlin's henchmen, Shamino's Castle
63 - Love Sonnets (by Beatrix)
64 - My Life (by Yakka)

67 - My Records (by Vasculio)
68 - My Journal (by Maleccio) --- From the skeleton near Vasculio
69 - Curriculum (by Vasculio)
70 - Mine Experiments (by Vasculio)
71 - Beyond the Sealed Entrances (by Vasculio)
73 - My Journal (by Dolfo) --- Found at the entrance of the Temple of Logic
74 - Memoirs (by Brother Markus)
75 - My Diary (by Pendar)
76 - The Sleeping Bull (Register)
78 - The Book of Prophecies (by Xenka)

79 - --- From one of Batlin's henchmen
80 - My Journal (by Silverpate)
83 - Weaving (by Carlyn)
90 - The Black Compendium (Written by Mondain, with annotations by the enchantress Minax and magical formulae by the hellspawn Exodus.)
91 - Brommer's Flora (by Brommer)
92 - Brommer's Fauna (by Brommer)
98 - Birds of Britannia (by Brother Wayne)
120 - Ship's Logbook --- From the wreck in the Northern icy waters
121 - Journal --- From the Great Northern Forest deserted camp
122 - Hazard's Ledger

123 - Briggio's Book of Astonishing Things (by Briggio of Moonshade)
124 - Drinking Songs Dupre Taught Me (Volume One)
125 - Drinking Songs Dupre Taught Me (Volume Two)
127 - Vetron's Guide to Weapons and Armour (Their effectiveness and value)
138 - The Art of Field Dressing (by Harnna)
141 - My Notebook (Anonymous) --- Cat experiments
150 - Mine Experiments (by Teldrono)


Problem is, item code 705, the Ophidian books, well, 0-6 contain a book. The next 20 did not. I checked out a book already present in the world and it was number 220. No idea why the devs left so many holes, but this means that it'll be a lot of work to make a list.

I'll be happy to do it, although this'll take some time, but if you can share a list, then I'll be a lot happier.

[Knight Captain]

Check your email, Gotcha. I sent the entire relevant Usecode for it from SI+SS. Both books and scrolls.

[Gotcha!]

Thanks for the heads up! I rarely check my hotmail. It's my spambox, sort of.

You saved me a lot of hours.

[Gotcha!]

There are more books after 150, previous list resumed.

Item: 642 'Book', Serpent Isle
Quality/Title (author):

182 - Observations of Pain (by MageLord Filbercio)
184 - Poetry for the Romantic Lute (Sir D. Dey)
201 - Notes (by Erstam)
209 - A Short Treatise on Combat Tactics & Habiliments of War
211 - The Sleeping Soldier (Registry)
212 - A Treatise on Torture (by Evad, Royal Servant to the King of the White Dragon)
213 - Principles of Economics (By Hyle)
214 - The Dwellers of Serpent Isle (By Byman)
215 - Courageous Deeds (By Andrew of Monitor)
216 - Recipe Book (By Petra)

217 - Recipe Book (By Petra)
221 - Fighting is an Art (By Johnson)
222 - Lord British's Tyrannical Adventure (by Anon)
223 - The Crying Lute (By Gannt)
224 - The House of the Unicorn (By Gannt)
225 - No Such Thing as Fairies (By Gannt)
226 - Devra's Recipes
227 - Trout Surprise (By Jendon)
228 - Guide to Knighthood (By Graeme of Monitor)
229 - Warriors of Fortune Quarterly (The Adventurer's Guidebook)

230 - The Rites of Cremation (by Tolbert)
231 - Temples of Chaos (Translated by Miggim)
250 - Great Practical Jokes --- BOOM!

[Gotcha!]

These are the Ophidian books;

Item: 705 'Book', Serpent Isle
Quality/Title (author):
0 - Philiphus's Wisdom (by Philiphus)
1 - (The path to wisdom lies before thee. If thy deeds are as virtuous as thy words, thou shalt not fail.)
2 - Temple of Balance
3 - Implements of Balance
4 - Iskeriss's Journal
5 - (Before proceeding to the main shrine, the devout follower must reacquaint himself or herself within...)
6 - Artifacts of Communion
61 - At Ease (Handbook for the Commissioned Soldier)
62 - Tenets of Discipline (Precepts by Shushuro)
63 - Disciplining Soldiers (by Sethmantih)

64 - My Journey (by Shartmannah)
65 - The War of Order and Chaos (by Ssanettess)
66 - The Symbol of Discipline (by Sharless)
67 - The Importance of Meditation (Manual by Zazanush)
68 - The Book of Discipline (by Shrosvitash)
69 - Our Great Leaders (by Shilonar)
70 - Our Blessed Serpent Isle (by Shovaresh)
71 - Is There Hope? (by Shovaughana)
72 - War of Imbalance (by Suranniss)
73 - The Doctrine of Chaos (by Vessuvius)

75 - Penguins of the North (Observations by Ssashartha)
76 - A Treatise on the Construction of Living Gems (by Ssyorsik)
77 - The True Believers (by Sschadams)
79 - Devotion (by Eshrashardt)
80 - The Serpent Lamp Posts (by Sivashvos)
81 - Funeral Ceremonies (by Javallaja)
82 - History of Serpent Isle (by Harashash)
83 - The Great Hierophants (by Zavajorish) --- part 1
84 - The Great Hierophants (by Zavajorish) --- part 2
85 - The Voice (by Shavazoss)

87 - The Test of Purity (by Larushash)
88 - Temples of Order (by Shrithos)
89 - Guidelines of Life (by Shaushauna)
91 - The Power of Magic (by Rossinoss)
92 - And Light There Will Be (by Sasoshi, the Mage)
93 - Civil War or the Evil Forces of Chaos (by Lorick)
94 - The Book of the Fellowship (by Batlin of Britain.)
95 - Lord British - The biography of Britannia's longtime ruler (by K.Bennos)
96 - Denizens of the Caves (by Isstherios)
97 - The Lost Orbs (Compiled by Isstherios)
98 - Diary of Diabolical Traps

99 - On Accessing the Serpent Gate (by Shalsaraiah)
100 - Report on the Shasrajah (by Jaljashram)
101 - In memory of the countless soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the War of Imbalance
111 - Servants of Order (by Isstherios)
120 - Strength Through Ethics (by Sheshemenien)
125 - The Structure of Order
130 - Holy Books of the Ophidians
151 - Body Transference (The Ultimate Warrior)
213 - My Life and My Beliefs (by Svenjaja)
220 - True follower of Order do not despair! ... --- Book near Library of Spinebreaker

241 - Behold! Thou art worthy to cross to the Temple of Balance! --- Sunrise Isle bridge book

[Knight Captain]

Not all of the qualities have a value attached.

[Gotcha!]

Yeah, I noticed.
I guess EA's deadline forced them to not be as tidy as they were in TBG.

[Gotcha!]

@Dominus: The scrolls usually don't start with a title, so I'm not sure how to list them here. Wall o' text.
If you want, I can send you some cleaned up lists, basically modified from what KC sent us.

Also, not sure if a new forum is still desired, but it's easy to make one for free:
http://exult.freeforums.net/
If you'd like to toy around with it, do say so. I'll change the admin email to yours, and mail you the password.

[Gotcha!]

Interesting thing happened today. Normally I clean out my spam mailbox without looking twice, but my eyes fell over an email that had one of my passwords in the title, which I used to create that forum.

So yeah, I feel safe to say that proboards is as leaky as a basket.
I should have known that you get what you pay for: If it's free, then it's likely to suck.

[Gotcha!]

A list for The Black Gate scrolls, which I almost forgot.
Some of them should be useful.

Item: 797 'Scroll', The Black Gate
Quality:
0 - From the Desk of Lord British
1 - How to keep the Avatar busy for hours looking for a clue--
2 - Keep Britannia Clean -- Send the Gargoyles Back!
3 - The cutting down of Silverleaf Trees will be done no longer... (Salamon, Ben, the logger)
4 - Bill of Punative Action for the Distribution of Waste Products in Lock Lake
5 - "Thou hast received payment. Make the delivery tonight."
6 - Once the construction is complete, store the blackrock in the hold of The Crown Jewel.
7 - Finster - Britain (x), Duncan - Buccaneer's Den (x), Cristopher, Trinsic (x)...
8 - The stone pedestal should be four feet high, three feet wide and two feet deep.
9 - Crown Jewel - Sunrise tomorrow - sail for the Isle of the Avatar!
10 - To Tell you the amount of explosives is quite adequate to destroy the altars. (Runeb)
11 - The Narwhal shall be a fine, fine vessel, measuring 100 cubits from bow to stern. (Owen)
12 - Britannian Tax Council Tax Declaration
13 - First thou must needs fill a crucible with metal. Then, using the bellows...
14 - Ship deed, The Scaly Eel (Gargan)
15 - Ship deed, The Beast (Clint)
16 - Ship deed, The Excellencia (Owen)
17 - Ship deed, The Nymphet (Russell)
18 - Ship deed, The Lusty Wench (Kethron)
19 - Ship deed, The Dragon's Breath (Rohden)
20 - Zara's Dance - For the lute.
21 - Windy Night - For the harp.
22 - One of the Beast - For the harpsichord.
23 - Spring Fire - For the xylophone.
24 - Ship deed,
25 - Bill of Underwater Scavenging and Cricket Playing
26 - G.J.'s Sketch Pad
27 - Between these columns, upon this pedestal, once sat the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom. (L.B.)
28 - Horse and carriage deed (Fletcher)
29 - Horse and carriage deed (Brikabrak)
30 - Bill of Indoor Animal Housing
31 - Bill of Carriage Construction
32 - Bill of Cabin Consstruction Near Granite Zoned Districts
33 - Ship deed, Anne's Revenge (Alluria)
34 - Ship deed, Golden Hinde (Gendra)
35 - Ship deed, Bounty (Gibson)
36 - Dearest Iolo, In Buccaneer's Den I came across an old pirate who told me... (Gwenno)
37 - All is not as it seems...
38 - Horse and carriage deed,
39 - Very well. It is agreed that we attack Lord British's castle... (Fransisa, Corwin, Brax, Athelas)
40 - Selwyn's Last Will: I do hearby bequeath my firedoom staff... (Selwyn)
41 - Throne of 'Change' keeps thee at bay, but 'Virtue' shall show the way!
42 - I have been here for more days than I am able to remember, though... (Denyel)
43 - Lord British's Last Will and Testament... (L.B.)
44 - Ship deed, Golden Ankh (Clint)
45 - Golem spell
46 -
47 - Day 1: I circumvented the living statues and made it through the gate. ...
48 - ... I have been in this wretched place for more weeks than I care to remember. ...
49 - ... I write this with what little hope I have left. Frenke has now died...
50 - Scroll of Infinity
51 - The Diary of Erethian

[Dominus]

Thanks anyway Gotcha
We need to tackle the forums issue at some point...

And keep those lists coming. I hopefully will have time this week to compile a list and add to the source. Thanks guys

[Gotcha!]

Regarding proboards and that weird email; I did some research and I may have been too fast to judge. The password I used, I've used it a lot in the past, and several sites I once visited got compromised, meaning that password got exposed.
(You can check this on https://haveibeenpwned.com/)

I still find it very coincidental that such an email would turn up days after registering though. But maybe I'm too paranoid.



@Dominus: I sent you something over email. I'm not sure what to do with these scrolls, since most of them aren't titled.
I can make a short description of what they are about, similar to what KC did in one of his .uc files. Or perhaps it's fine this way. Not sure how you'll be documenting things.

Anyway, if I can do something (else), feel free to let me know.
I'll be having too much time the next few weeks.

[Knight Captain]

I haven't documented these in Usecode header files unless I have a valid reason to do so.