Halaster's To-Do List

[Halaster]

Here's my current Projects/To-Do List.  Much of it is edited so you don't know what it is because it's super sekritz.  How long will it take to do all these?  Well, some may never get done, who knows.  But this is just to give you a feel for what I'd like to do and work on, personally.

- Update some Nilazi spells to include a new feature.
- Called-shots for Archery - higher damage/other affects but lower chance to hit
- Secret Nilazi Magick Project
- Lure animals - a way for rangers to lure/call animals to them from one or two rooms away
- Secret Nilazi Magick Project
- Ultra-secret merchanting project that'll be the coolest thing ever for merchant types
- Secret poison updates
- Updates to the ride skill to allow experienced riders to make their mounts do cool, fun things
- Fix the bug with Dispel Magick
- SimDesert-ize a couple of key zones
- More updates to books/bookshelves
- Secret new Drov spell
- Updates to a spell
- Fix a crafting bug that mortals never see - just annoys me as staff
- Update some spell messages to make them clearer
- Secret updates to teleport/banishment
- Housekeeping updates to a couple of whiran spells
- Secret updates to Dispel Magick
- Secret Project - eat/drink in nature
- Various spell fixes
- Script for templars to be able to contact gate-guards from a distance and order city-gates closed via the Way
- Magick updates
- More updates to SimDesert
- Minor update to Gather
- Add more craftable items to axe making
- Updates to armor
- Fix various gate-guard issues
- Update a drovian spell
- Secret new Drovian spell
- Update a drovian spell
- Update a nilazi spell
- Kill every PC mansa makes with extreme prejudice
- NoAttack - stops you from attacking during combat, you only defend see http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13144
- Updates to poison spell
- Updates to cure poison spell
- Secret Skill 1
- Secret Skill 2
- Updates to sleeping
- Secret new Nilazi spell
- Secret new Nilazi spell

[Desertman]

Wow that is alot of stuff. If there is any way the player base can help on any of that you know we all have free Saturdays.  

[Marauder Moe]

I thought Nilazis were already scary enough...  :shock:

[Desertman]

- Called-shots for Archery - higher damage/other affects but lower chance to hit

Lure animals - a way for rangers to lure/call animals to them from one or two rooms away

- Updates to the ride skill to allow experienced riders to make their mounts do cool, fun things

- SimDesert-ize a couple of key zones

- More updates to SimDesert


All very very very exciteing to me. And though I dont play magickers because I dont really enjoy them, all of the new magick updates and spells are really fascinateing as well.

[Ktavialt]

- Kill every PC mansa makes with extreme prejudice.

I assume you have your priorities in order, right?

[LauraMars]

- NoAttack - stops you from attacking during combat, you only defend see http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13144

- Updates to the ride skill to allow experienced riders to make their mounts do cool, fun things

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[Ritley]

I love you Halaster, I really do.

P.S: No, I don't just love you, I really, really, really,really,really,really,really,really,
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really,really,really,really,really,really,
really,really,really,really,really,really,love you.

[Delirium]

Mmmm, called shots.  Tasty.

[X-D]

Pshah!

Is that all?

I thought you were gonna list more then one saterday downtimes worth of work.

Sigh.

[rishenko]

- Called-shots for Archery - higher damage/other affects but lower chance to hit

Lure animals - a way for rangers to lure/call animals to them from one or two rooms away

- Updates to the ride skill to allow experienced riders to make their mounts do cool, fun things

- SimDesert-ize a couple of key zones

- More updates to SimDesert


All very very very exciteing to me. And though I dont play magickers because I dont really enjoy them, all of the new magick updates and spells are really fascinateing as well.

I second, third, fourth, fifth all of that jazz.  That's sex on rangers right there I'm telling you.

Mmmm, called shots. Tasty.

*swiftly notches and draws an arrow while Delirium talks to somebody*
I saaaaay....butt shot.
*the arrow sails through the air*

[Delirium]

Noattack sounds awesome as well, and your post makes me want to play a Drovian or a Nilazi.

But I'm still squirming over the SimDesert and the Archery stuff.

(Called headshot + shorter shooting lag = Rishenko in trouble)

[Malifaxis]

There's some stuff on there that is really, really awesome... but there's one in particular that really trips my fancy.

Unfortunately I can't quote it as that's a dead giveaway to who I'm playing right now.

Rock on, Halaster.  You are too much metal for one zalanthan mutant!  \mmm/

[Dwarf kank]

And a certain dwarf stands by on a rooftop.

Hey, watch this.

Called shot butt Delirium.

Called shot butt Reshinko.


Easy as pie...I am the best after all.

hide

[Wry Kank]

And a certain dwarf stands by on a rooftop.

Hey, watch this.

Called shot butt Delirium.

Called shot butt Reshinko.


Easy as pie...I am the best after all.

hide

Best or no, ya can't hit his ass if ya can't spell 'is name right, stumpy!

[SpyGuy]

Could called shots be extended to throw as well?  That'd be even sexier.

All these look really great and I can't wait to try them out in game.  From what I've seen of it I absolutely love the Sim desert code, and any improvements would be great.  It begins to make the world feel very vey alive.

One small preference:  I like the idea of a lure animal skill, it does sound interesting.  But it seems in part designed to get around the inability of sneak to work against mobs as an aide in hunting.  I'd much rather see sneak reworked or hide being rechecked every move to see if its maintained (if that's even a fix to a problem) than a lure skill.  The main reason for this is it seems to me a reworked sneak/hide would eliminate most of the advantages of a lure skill but also have much farther (and in my opinion good) implications for the game and stealth PCs.

But again that's just my preference, thanks for sharing.  It all looks like cool stuff.

PS:  I'd also like more updates for my current character class.  The check is in the mail.

PPS: Please don't eat my brainz...

[Halaster]

One small preference:  I like the idea of a lure animal skill, it does sound interesting.  But it seems in part designed to get around the inability of sneak to work against mobs as an aide in hunting.

Are you absolutely sure it doesn't?

[Moofassa]

Sounds sweet.

[EvilRoeSlade]

That does it, I'm making a Nilazi.

When I do, let me know if you need any playtesting, Halasturd.

[Ktavialt]

One small preference:  I like the idea of a lure animal skill, it does sound interesting.  But it seems in part designed to get around the inability of sneak to work against mobs as an aide in hunting.

Are you absolutely sure it doesn't?

I saw you commenting on this before and for the life of me I'm not able
to figure out in what way you can get around the auto-flee mobs. It does
sound like something an average hunter would have knowledge about as
well.

All I think is the boots may make a difference, the clothing may make a
difference, sneaking into the room adjacent to the critter before sneaking
into their room. I'm stumped, that's all I can think of, and it makes sense
that if you are a sneaky guy, you should be able to do it.

[Delirium]

<points up> Yep.

Stumped.

[Cale_Knight]

If Delirium doesn't know how to do it, I have to assume it's not something any ranger player is going to figure out on his own.

Anyway, as far as the list, what about that command that cancels any other commands that are queued up? Like directions, or a bash entered just after being disarmed, etc?

[Halaster]

One small preference:  I like the idea of a lure animal skill, it does sound interesting.  But it seems in part designed to get around the inability of sneak to work against mobs as an aide in hunting.

Are you absolutely sure it doesn't?

I saw you commenting on this before and for the life of me I'm not able
to figure out in what way you can get around the auto-flee mobs. It does
sound like something an average hunter would have knowledge about as
well.

All I think is the boots may make a difference, the clothing may make a
difference, sneaking into the room adjacent to the critter before sneaking
into their room. I'm stumped, that's all I can think of, and it makes sense
that if you are a sneaky guy, you should be able to do it.

Ok, the deal is this:  I saw the code for it a while back and assumed it worked because I tested it quickly.  Turns out I tested it wrong, and sure enough, this code is/was buggy.  Soooo.... I fixed it.  Next reboot this should be working again - i.e. you can sneak up on creatures that flee if your sneak is good enough.

[Delirium]

<3

[X-D]

Thats all we ask.


WEEEE!!!

Hurry up, somebody crash the mud!

Xygax! BECOME A HERO!!!

JK about crashing the mud BTW.


Xygax?

[Tamarin]

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*dances around Halaster, hailing*

PS

Hurry up, somebody crash the mud!

Xygax! BECOME A HERO!!!

JK about crashing the mud BTW.


Xygax?

ROFL!  Xygax legacy is hereby etched in stone.