Muratus del Mur

special cover books are here. one i keep , one goes to yrth, one to totenkopf .. one more left...who wants it? the normal hardcover one will be a bit later, i think in 10-14 days, not sure for now. (@Toten, call me to meet) P.s.: check out the pics. Whats not visible in the pics is the nice texture of the cover, it is realy a pleasure to touch

Your IP seems to be in a range of IPs that got banned. I think at some point i banned half of a country because of someone. I checked and your account seems not to be involved with the player baned. I will need to know if your IP is fixed, and if its not , what range it has. PM me your current ip and these details, as well as a full list of alternate accounts you have to compare with my list. Thanks

yes, but you will have to add to that price also the shipping from Romania to your country. Also for normal post i will send it whenever i get the time to go to the post , pack it, stamp it and all that. For fast shipping, like a curier, i can ship it as soon as its done because they come and take it. Anyway , i will post pics with it here once its done so you can see how it is. Then you can "signup" for one if you like. Of the current "stock" (4pcs) i wont have any remaining since i ordered exactly as many as i need. The cover is hand bound and they do them one by one anyway. I will have more remaining from the normal hardcover version, white one. I can't wait to see how the come out, few days till monday seem an eternity

4 fancy looking black books with gold finish will be available monday. the other normal hardcover ones will be ready in a week after that. @yrth, technically thats just in time for you

I don't have good news. This publishing/printing house replied but their prices are quite high. Please let me know if you still want it or if i should order from lulu.com lulu.com price for hardcover Format US, book price 88ron shipping 9RON per book (for bulk orderm instead of 40ron/for one) 10% discount if i get more than 15 i think, that makes it 79(book with bulk discount)+9(shipping) = 88Ron to that adds local shipping if you are not from bucharest hardcover printed here: Format A5, 65 ron for minimum order 20 books to that adds local shipping if you are not from bucharest because i need to get that many in one order i can't get both soft and hardcover so those i need your confirmation before i get the hardcover one. Special options, just to mention them: 140ron black special cover, gold corners and gold folio imprint on the cover. It is not really leather imitation, because for black it looks better on this kind of black, and i don't want it brown or red if printed with gold foil (i checked all options). Alright, these are the final prices, the current people i have on the list are: Indyra x1 dst x1 Totenkopf x2 Emerald Arcanix x1 Grido x1 (still want ? might get done before you leave) with mine that is under 10 ... not really 20 ... not sure what to do, please reply asap so i can answer them before they start to ignore my calls like the previous one. It seems the title is a decisive factor for their behaviour

for sure i will see poems with different eyes from now

I'm sure i can teach anyone coding, but i am also sure nobody should be taught poetry or it will become fake and .. constructed .. if that makes any sense.. umm, and ..just so you know...i speak better english than i write romanian ... but its nice to use my lack of language skills as an excuse...shhh don't tell anyone the only language i speak fluently is PHP ..and even that I am about to forget (i need more room for better things in there ) plus .. lets see if i can still rhyme after grido goes away, i tend to mimic other people abilities, shh..now you really didn't heard that

Heat storage on items is not (or should not) be influence-able by the editor or the user of the script. The heat is taken automatically and once stored on the item its value can't be altered. only the amount taken can be decided by the editor. It drops 1 per second same as user heat. This could be a potential "currency" or "power" indicator for future functions that can alter user stats. Items could do damage, improve stats, heal, and more, based on the amount of heat stored on them. Any editor coult take advantage of the loaded heat on an item so maybe these functions should be available only on items (mdsi_ not mds_). What could be in your opinion the equivalents in heat for things like vitality (damage and heal) , permanent stats, and other things like that. Do you see any possible issue or abuse with this? at some point mdsi_ functions will be separated from mds_ fucntions. mdsi_ will be used for items and wont be availabe on normal clickables. ...OR....maybe let them all available and hope people will use them in an appropriate way? I consider heat (and by that briskness) a very important thing because it requires activity to raise. Please correct me if i am wrong and point out situations when this is not true or how they could be fixed. these are multiple topics, i just put all of them here so you have a clue abotu the major things that concern me righ now about mdscript. As you can see mdscript is getting more and more advanced, and i have a lot more things in mind for it. feel free to split as needed and discuss each of the topics. (im not lazy... if you wonder)

i never wrote any poem before, and i have no idea what a poem should be structured like, but i am shocked (thats not a to big word) ..actually deeply shocked, of what one could do with a poem. I was trying to achieve something similar by way more complicated ways (just look at md). It seems with a few words it is possible to say a lot more than with a lot of words. The most impressing thing is that you can say things out in plain text and only a few notice it, some thinking you just placed the words there because they rhyme. I believe i just found a new tool of expressing mysel... now the problem is , same with drawing, i might do "some" but i am far from being good at it.... anyway, my free time just got less, a new hobby ) side note: i feel rhyme is like surrealistic drawing/painting. You need to be able to do it before you can go wild and NOT do it. Just doing abstract things or rhyme-less poetry from the start , in my opinion, it means you can't actualy rhyme and still keep the meaning. Rhyme "binds" the words, turns a series of thoughts in one single thought that combines the entire meanings...... technically...poetry equals magic ..in a way. not sure if i can explain what i mean right, not sure if i want to.

I talked today with an other company, and they are supposed to give me a quote tomorow and a sample in 2-3 days. I hope it will work this time. Again, sorry for the delay but its not my fault things around here go by the saying "tipic romanesc".

As someone so nicely pointed out, matching rhyming words is not enough for poetry. It might be difficult to get some things to rhyme, and it seems i failed in certain points (i had no idea that identical words are not considered rhyme). It seems that both online and offline the reaction to this ...poem attempt .. was to reply with other rhyming words (sorry i cant call them more). I am wondering, to avoid wrong assumptions due to the "language barrier" was this sort of a "keep trying" reply? For example when a "fellow programmer" sends me a bit of code to tell my opinion about it, if i say its nice, then send him a different version of the code, to do the exact same thing, its probably because i want to show off i could do better. Since here it was not the case, i am curious what could possibly make you reply in rhymes? ..because if i were to reply in rhymes to all the poems i liked or disliked on the net , i would write a poetry book by now. .. Also to reply to someone that pm'd me his (valuable) impressions, i will write here. I posted on the (public) forum to get a public opinion, not a pm about it. [quote]Line 7 (kingdom lost) and line 28 (you won't... lose me) hint at two different themes. If we won't lose you because MD is your legacy, then what kingdom was already lost? Hinting at two slightly different themes confuses. I'd like to see one more verse after line 28 elaborating the legacy theme, and change kingdom to something less -- grand? "childhood" perhaps?[/quote] And i was thinking making you read between the lines was the biggest achievement i could get with a poems, now you want me write it out in plain text? No it is not childhood, and no this is not a "guess that word" riddle. [quote]Line 2 & 9 contradict about owning your words. Suggest replacing end of line 2 with "the words come not"[/quote] Line 2: "My thoughts are mine, my words are not" ... Line 9: "My words are few, but they obey" first one means "i'm not talking in my own words", since English is not my main language, second one means that those few words that i have (praise google for giving me more), obey what i want to say..like saying much with few words. [quote]Line 27/28 don't rhyme as well as the rest of it. Stands out.[/quote] I wish i'd finish but I can't One day I'll lose me but you won't yep ... kind of clumsy "rhyme" if any at all. hmm..i'll see how i can improve that. [quote]Line 3 "I've" (I have) seems the wrong conjugation. "I'd" (I had) would work better, but you're perhaps avoiding repeat of line 1? [/quote] Is repetition so bad? (i have no clue) . If it is indeed a grammer issue i will change it, ...honestly, it is a miracle if that is the only grammar mistake i did in this one, if you see more please let me know. Thank you for your enlightening opinions

i was discussing a topic about a possible compass in md, when i realised how many things could be done with the location spell combined with inventory items. I didn't saw anyone using it so i thought to place it on forum. Sorry if i spoiled any of your ongoing quests.

yep sounds like a flash problem..

This is not sample code, it is just a note on a possible quest concept i was thinking. by using uv(location) on an item, to determine someones current location, you could create a list of locations and based on that you could return a message like "you are getting close" or a direction indication like "go left until you find a tree". In this way you could create items like a compass that will point you to a predefined location the editor picks, or quests like treasure hunting. If you combine this with the storage and the date functions you could for example ask someone to find the propper place for some seeds to grow, considering soil, light or anything else you want. The quester will have to wait one day in a place to see if the seeds start to grow or not, then try an other one. The one that manages to get them grow first wins. Other things like a dynamic map direction items are possible in the same way, all you need to do is to use the location of the current player and prepare a list of responses based on that location. Maybe someone can point out why this might not work, or provide a sample code for it.

i already have the premium artworks for the LR archer. :D:D

@blackwood - read the book and you will see:P... short answer: no - you are right about the 3 characters - Is it something i want to tell you with md? - im not sad/upset or anything

I finished it! read

Random words at 6 am, unable to sleep, thinking about md, my life, and such... --- ~~ --- The Mur I wish I'd rhyme, but I can not My thoughts are mine, my words are not I wish I've seen, but I was blind How could have been, what was behind In shattered glass, In pints of pain I drink my past, I drink in vain Where is the kingdom that I lost Where are the years that I exhaust My words are few, but they obey I tame my thoughts, and make you stay For if you knew what was behind You lots would see what is my kind I hide in lines, in code I see What others only guessed could be I turned my tears, my tears you see To build the walls, that set me free As walls grow moss, so did my soul To cover past, to cover all I built my walls, but walls do fall So kept my guards, most dear of all My shield is wide but is not wood On plains of dreams I wish I could To shield my pride, I wish I would Instead to hide, to scream I should My sword is sharp but is not steel My heart does burn, but I don't feel I wish i'd finish, but I can't One day I'll lose me, but you won't I'd shed my tears, if any left To heal the walls I can't forget I mount my horse and hit the spur For nobody knows what is a Mur. END --- ~~ --- p.s. made some minor changes.

Loreroot archers...anybody explored their full potential? When i made the change on them i thought it will be devastating, since they are supposed to do percentage damage, making them really good against ultra powered players...but it seems i was wrong. Believe it or not i am not a fighter, so what i see from "behind the (st/p)age" might be totally different in the "battle field". Maybe their ability is not working as i intended or their settings need to be adjusted..idk

no it is not a simple copy paste replace. that order you talk about is one of the things that gets me brain damage when i think about it. I will have to investigate the exact case of those two things to know for sure , but what i can say now is that i am forced to load things in a certain order because they might depend one on the other. There is also the issue of future flexibility, things that are more likely to get more expanded than others need to be loaded last so that they have access to the things loaded before them. Tokens will not change anytime soon, they are hard to change because they also need an image and currently i dont plan to push anymore image on that poor little creature icon. So tehnically tokens should be loaded first because they are more "fixed" than influences. Influences can expand in the future a lot more, so it is better for them to have access to what tokens did to the creature in the first place than the other way around. just a sec, i will check something .. yep, listen to this, freeze for example. A creature needs to be frozen first in order that the antifreeze will make any sense. Otherwise, if you unfreeze it first then the freeze comes into play, it will make no sense because it will get frozen regardless of how well it is unfrozen "before". .. i think there are more such issues with the "order". To switch places of these two, i need to review all the abilities and see what will get broken if i do so. Right now there is a big comment i see above the token loading function telling that it should be _before_ the influences. I honestly don't remember all the reasons i put that warning there (for myself to read later), but i dont plant to switch them without analyzing every possible aspect first.

fixed for the last two (the others where ok from before). id 80, 81. unfortunately i cant fix backwards for those that already reset, you will have to get them a second time to unlock the others, but won't happen again. Thanks for the report.

Some of the things i am working on will be done to enable features that the astral plane showed are needed but can't be found in md. They wont be exactly the same. I hope you all understood that my purpose is not to destroy nice things but to prevent them of doing damage without intending so. Some of the things like houses, believe it or not, were in the initial plans of md but because the logic abnormalities that could have arised from having places to live for each person in md that wants one, i decided NO. What you know now as the land capitols, was initialy the Oak fort, and a big hill you probably can find in ancient screenshots, that were supposed to be places to live, where each player could get a room and ornate and such. At that point, some of the things that are now possible in Md were not even in my wildest dreams, so probably the ideas that were once impossible to do and caused logic problems on a large scale, are now more possible. Untill jumping to wild features, i will continue finishing those started and adding new ones only within certain limits. Each new feature supposes more or less additional things that need to come after it to support and complete it. A house for example, involves a lot more things than a new creature with a new ability. The items right now have a long path ahead of them, a path that will lead to a total different gameplay. Some of things in plan you already know from the announcements, others you will find out. You should also know that things like custom functions for mdscript to use on items are put in place but wont get public until other things are done first. Right now for example items could be used to cast spells, and spells in turn could be used to trigger custom illusions. Imagine a potion item that will turn you into someone else or into a crit, that is right now possible, but not public because of the implications it has at this moment. In time, with new features that will come, they will become public. If i put now such things out, imagine how wish shop features will go obsolete over night and together with them a lot of other things depending on wish points and the motivation they bring as rewards. My point is, doing something because is cool is your fun, like cutler did with the astral plane, like you did using it. I have nothing against it, and it is a source of inspiration for future things in MD. But ..my fun, and "job", is to think also of what it involves outside of just that one quest or feature. You think about rewards, I think about the lack of those rewards that makes you think about how to get them. It is a different point of view and it can't be anyhow else. Sometimes when I don't say NO from the start, it reaches such situations when a lot of work goes to waste all in one day, but better now than later.

I won't be so sure about that, considering the things i am about to do involving items and clickables. You will see what i mean.

An other game developer i know, requires some artworks for one of his games. He needs a series of characters, similar to avatars in MD in a way. There are 12 kids that need to look funny, one taller, other shorter, they should look crazy enough to demolish a building and innocent enough to get away with it. The drawings can be also cartoon style, but under no circumstances they can be copied, traced, or inspired from cartoons, comics and such. If you think you are able to do this, please send me on email a sample of what you draw and I will put you in contact with him. You can sort out prices and requirements from there, this is not MD related. please don't post here, send me by email. Thanks [i] Edit by Shadowseeker: Email use art@magicduel.com To prevent any messages I just closed this.[/i]

I can provide in mdscript the number of visits to a location for the visiting player.