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"ImperiusDamian" <damianblack.wolf@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:i2e6qs$sa6$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> Now with its own page at:
>
> http://www.damiansdominion.byethost7.com/diablo/gemstone.html
>
> Please re-download to update your installation of Gemstone IV!
>
> Fixed a couple of bugs last night with sets and cube recipes: normal bows, 
> javelins and spears were all spawning Windshears and Fundament Rammers 
> instead of their exceptional/elite versions when cubed with an ID scroll. 
> This has been fixed.
>
> Gemstone IV beta-specific cube recipes are now as follows:
>
> identify scroll + chipped ruby -> The Gemstone
> identify scroll + chipped sapphire -> The Magestone
> identify scroll + chipped diamond -> Damian's Survival
> identify scroll + chipped amethyst -> Windshear unique bow
> identify scroll + chipped emerald -> Fundament Rammer unique spear
>
> identify scroll + any normal basic weapon -> exceptional version of weapon 
> (eg, Short Bow -> Edge Bow)
> identify scroll + any normal exceptional weapon -> elite version of weapon 
> (eg, Edge Bow -> Spider Bow)
>
> identify scroll + any normal basic armour -> exceptional version of armour 
> (eg, Quilted Armour -> Ghost Armour)
> identify scroll + any normal exceptional armour -> elite version of armour 
> (eg, Ghost Armour -> Dusk Shroud)
>
> The item upgrade recipes ONLY work on NORMAL items! This means superior, 
> socketed, ethereal, magic, rare, set and unique items WILL NOT work!
> These upgrade recipes are provided primarily for people importing their 
> Gemstone 1.5 and Gemstone II characters, in order for them to recreate 
> their potentially scrambled Gemstone-specific uniques, sets and runewords!



But can I still find a cracked sash? 

On 7/24/2010 5:52 AM, kinlaw wrote:
>
> But can I still find a cracked sash?
>
>

Not only a cracked sash, but also a Cracked Sash, the unique spiderweb 
sash. ;)

In article <i2eikh$3ht$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
ImperiusDamian  <damianblack.wolf@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 7/24/2010 5:52 AM, kinlaw wrote:
>>
>> But can I still find a cracked sash?
>>
>>
>
>Not only a cracked sash, but also a Cracked Sash, the unique spiderweb 
>sash. ;)

Ok. Here's an odd little bug. If I hover on a flawed topaz, it looks like the
%mf changes rapidly through all of the numbers between 24 and 31%. Please see
%if anyone else can reproduce this. 

Also, I don't recall if Gemstone did this or if it is PlugY, but it would be
nice if Teleport worked in town.

No other issues so far, and I'm having fun! Once we get PlugY, I'll be very
happy.

	-Greg

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On 7/24/2010 8:07 AM, Greg Vilardi wrote:
> In article<i2eikh$3ht$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
> ImperiusDamian<damianblack.wolf@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On 7/24/2010 5:52 AM, kinlaw wrote:
>>>
>>> But can I still find a cracked sash?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Not only a cracked sash, but also a Cracked Sash, the unique spiderweb
>> sash. ;)
>
> Ok. Here's an odd little bug. If I hover on a flawed topaz, it looks like the
> %mf changes rapidly through all of the numbers between 24 and 31%. Please see
> %if anyone else can reproduce this.
>

Mmmm let me take a look. May be a typo in the text file ;)

> Also, I don't recall if Gemstone did this or if it is PlugY, but it would be
> nice if Teleport worked in town.

Aha! An oversight on my part, that will be fixed!

Also, I'm having to scrap the whole 'shamen and unravellers have their 
own kind for minions' idea. Turns out that doing so means normal Fallen, 
Fetishes and so forth won't spawn, it's ALL Shamen. Which makes for an 
interesting challenge, but NOT what I had in mind. :P

So, that's reverting back to the 1.13 default.

>
> No other issues so far, and I'm having fun! Once we get PlugY, I'll be very
> happy.
>

Yeah, hehe... once Yohann comes out with his 1.13 PlugY I *may* include 
it in the mod. Every other mod seems to, after all!

On 7/24/2010 3:56 PM, ImperiusDamian wrote:
> On 7/24/2010 8:07 AM, Greg Vilardi wrote:
>> In article<i2eikh$3ht$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
>> ImperiusDamian<damianblack.wolf@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 7/24/2010 5:52 AM, kinlaw wrote:
>>>>
>>>> But can I still find a cracked sash?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not only a cracked sash, but also a Cracked Sash, the unique spiderweb
>>> sash. ;)
>>
>> Ok. Here's an odd little bug. If I hover on a flawed topaz, it looks
>> like the
>> %mf changes rapidly through all of the numbers between 24 and 31%.
>> Please see
>> %if anyone else can reproduce this.
>>
>
> Mmmm let me take a look. May be a typo in the text file ;)
>

It was a typo: seems the MF% was set to a Min and a Max value, so it was 
fluctuating between 26% and 36%! Fixed. :)

>> Also, I don't recall if Gemstone did this or if it is PlugY, but it
>> would be
>> nice if Teleport worked in town.
>
> Aha! An oversight on my part, that will be fixed!
>

Done. As are a couple of other skill changes that I overlooked in the 
conversion from Gemstone II.

> Also, I'm having to scrap the whole 'shamen and unravellers have their
> own kind for minions' idea. Turns out that doing so means normal Fallen,
> Fetishes and so forth won't spawn, it's ALL Shamen. Which makes for an
> interesting challenge, but NOT what I had in mind. :P
>
> So, that's reverting back to the 1.13 default.
>

Done.

I've also been trying to respawn Flamespike the Crawler (if you played 
Classic, you'll remember him as the boss Razor Spine who lurked in the 
Inner Cloister) but so far, having no success! LOL

"ImperiusDamian" <damianblack.wolf@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:i2eikh$3ht$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 7/24/2010 5:52 AM, kinlaw wrote:
>>
>> But can I still find a cracked sash?
>>
>>
>
> Not only a cracked sash, but also a Cracked Sash, the unique spiderweb 
> sash. ;)


Excellent! 

On 7/24/2010 6:48 PM, kinlaw wrote:
> "ImperiusDamian"<damianblack.wolf@gmail.com>  wrote in message
> news:i2eikh$3ht$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 7/24/2010 5:52 AM, kinlaw wrote:
>>>
>>> But can I still find a cracked sash?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Not only a cracked sash, but also a Cracked Sash, the unique spiderweb
>> sash. ;)
>
>
> Excellent!
>
>

Also working on a few things that weren't in Gemstone previously at all:

- Area levels in NM and Hell have been adjusted so that levelling speed 
doesn't abruptly drop off at the start of NM like in vanilla LoD
- Monster density has been increased in many areas. Many areas have been 
enlarged.
- Random bosses should appear with greater frequency

After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw> on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:56:51 -0400,
ImperiusDamian <damianblack.wolf@gmail.com> wrote
>Also, I'm having to scrap the whole 'shamen and unravellers have their 
>own kind for minions' idea. Turns out that doing so means normal Fallen, 
>Fetishes and so forth won't spawn, it's ALL Shamen. Which makes for an 
>interesting challenge, but NOT what I had in mind. :P

Actually, in the monstats txt file, the PartyMin and PartyMax collumns controll
how many minions each shaman will spawn with, and the MinGrp and MaxGrp columns
control how many extra shaman will spawn.
-- 
no, i didn't forget the 'F's
http://jerk-o.myminicity.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr4SVb7BADk

On 7/25/2010 3:54 AM, jerk-o wrote:
> After going to<http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw>  on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:56:51 -0400,
> ImperiusDamian<damianblack.wolf@gmail.com>  wrote
>> Also, I'm having to scrap the whole 'shamen and unravellers have their
>> own kind for minions' idea. Turns out that doing so means normal Fallen,
>> Fetishes and so forth won't spawn, it's ALL Shamen. Which makes for an
>> interesting challenge, but NOT what I had in mind. :P
>
> Actually, in the monstats txt file, the PartyMin and PartyMax collumns controll
> how many minions each shaman will spawn with, and the MinGrp and MaxGrp columns
> control how many extra shaman will spawn.

Oh sweet, thanks :)

On 7/25/2010 11:25 AM, ImperiusDamian wrote:
> On 7/25/2010 3:54 AM, jerk-o wrote:
>> After going to<http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw> on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:56:51
>> -0400,
>> ImperiusDamian<damianblack.wolf@gmail.com> wrote
>>> Also, I'm having to scrap the whole 'shamen and unravellers have their
>>> own kind for minions' idea. Turns out that doing so means normal Fallen,
>>> Fetishes and so forth won't spawn, it's ALL Shamen. Which makes for an
>>> interesting challenge, but NOT what I had in mind. :P
>>
>> Actually, in the monstats txt file, the PartyMin and PartyMax collumns
>> controll
>> how many minions each shaman will spawn with, and the MinGrp and
>> MaxGrp columns
>> control how many extra shaman will spawn.
>
> Oh sweet, thanks :)

Update: I realised (facepalm!) that I don't HAVE to put the code for 
Shamen, Unravellers etc into the file. Just delete the code for regular 
Fallen et al from the Minion column and they'll act like any other 
monster type, spawning their own as minions.

D'oh!!

On Jul 25, 1:57 pm, ImperiusDamian <damianblack.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/25/2010 11:25 AM, ImperiusDamian wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 7/25/2010 3:54 AM, jerk-o wrote:
> >> After going to<http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw> on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:56:51
> >> -0400,
> >> ImperiusDamian<damianblack.w...@gmail.com> wrote
> >>> Also, I'm having to scrap the whole 'shamen and unravellers have their
> >>> own kind for minions' idea. Turns out that doing so means normal Fallen,
> >>> Fetishes and so forth won't spawn, it's ALL Shamen. Which makes for an
> >>> interesting challenge, but NOT what I had in mind. :P
>
> >> Actually, in the monstats txt file, the PartyMin and PartyMax collumns
> >> controll
> >> how many minions each shaman will spawn with, and the MinGrp and
> >> MaxGrp columns
> >> control how many extra shaman will spawn.
>
> > Oh sweet, thanks :)
>
> Update: I realised (facepalm!) that I don't HAVE to put the code for
> Shamen, Unravellers etc into the file. Just delete the code for regular
> Fallen et al from the Minion column and they'll act like any other
> monster type, spawning their own as minions.
>
> D'oh!!

...Never mind. That just doesn't spawn regular Fallen at *all*.