Posts from Various mods by zahar0z Auto-translated

There's no need to break the entire system. You take all the abilities in the game, throw them into a blender, shake them up, but don't mix them, and then you put the result into the creature's stats, and the boss is ready.

I'll send it, I recently came across a flash drive with this content!

That's exactly the message I wanted to convey: this creature should be incredibly rare and not reproduce on the map. If it only appears in the Temple in a single instance, it can be made a "mini-boss."

There's no need to break the entire system. Take all the abilities in the game, throw them into a blender, shake them up, but don't mix them. Then, apply the resulting mixture to the creature's stats, and you've got a boss.

Imagine the "joy" players will experience when encountering such a creature. Of course, fans of Korean MMOARPGs and other "min-maxers" will appreciate it. It will take three days of real time to level up enough to defeat a single Kraken boss. But I'm not one of those, and I don't find that kind of gameplay appealing.

I thought those who set the heroic difficulty + use the AI from the modder with the 3.0 source code belong to this group.

I encountered this unpleasant bug: when a model has a gloss texture, it produces very ugly, harsh shadows in the shade (or even randomly, for no apparent reason), or it darkens completely.

Here's an example with a model from my mod and a model from Footman's mod. On the left is with gloss, on the right is without.

I'm thinking about removing the gloss texture from the models. Do you think it's a good idea or not?

Firstly, you're oversimplifying. Secondly, I didn't quite understand how you envision the "blender" process. If the idea is to give it all the abilities in the game... then I think that's a very bad idea.

Of course, that would create a creature that could guaranteed win any argument against "the tough guy from next door." And finally settle the debate of "who is stronger, Jackie Chan, Schwarzenegger, or Spider-Man." But again, are we five years old? Why create an invincible creature?

Also, resistance to dark magic is a must-have.

And the crystalline scales from the messengers of death/cave lords.

yes, it's a must-have ability, I completely forgot about it. And it also protects against deadly cold, right? And there's no need for complete immunity to magic; making it focused on brute force is a dead end, especially for multiplayer. At most, immunity to water and mind control (although, besides subduing a solo boss, nothing else will work properly).

Regarding the list of abilities, if I remember correctly, there are creatures in the game with 6-7 abilities, and it never seemed particularly unaesthetic. But adding more than 5-6 abilities is impractical from any point of view.

Well, if the creature's description is appropriate, then it's possible... it's like that joke: "Do you want to play checkers, or do you want to get there!" :smile13: