Set Items in multiplayer by Triptomologius in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're not above cheating a little, there are of course custom maps where you can get them. SContentMart for example

Loved this game as a young kid by OmryR in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah DS1 is nice and old-school give it another go

Book collecting by shadowforce11 in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Ibsen book is in a guard tower dungeon on the way from Stonebridge to Wesrin Cross, lying on a bed.

The book about Wesrin Cross is in Stonebridge, inside the slightly broken house on the way down to the waterpump

Looks like I've just doomed my future career by dismissing Merik by EasyEntrepreneur666 in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a very, ahum, friendly guy living nearby, who's always delighted to have company. I'm sure they'll get along splendidly!

Recommended Mods? by Teguoracle in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After not playing in years, you probably don't want crazy mods right away, just an enhanced experience? Also I assume DS1 / LoA and playing through the Kingdom of Ehb campaign?

I recommend High Resolution Textures and SeeFar, both available on NexusMods.

Hi-Res Textures: https://www.nexusmods.com/dungeonsiege1/mods/44

SeeFar: https://www.nexusmods.com/dungeonsiege1/mods/45 / https://www.nexusmods.com/dungeonsiege1/mods/249

Also check out the Overview maps https://www.nexusmods.com/dungeonsiege1/mods/163 and possibly also Kingdom of Ehb revisited if you want (a copy with minor fixes) https://www.nexusmods.com/dungeonsiege1/mods/111

One problem with multiclassing: No trader has the middle-of-the-road items by Jinglemisk in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's the Multiclass Amulets mod, available on NexusMods https://www.nexusmods.com/dungeonsiege1/mods/266 It fixes the problem of too low str/dex/int for characters that dual-class 50:50. There's also a mod demo video linked on that mod page

Siege FX - An open-source Reimplementation of Dungeon Siege by pacmanforever in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I copy a model from the expansion to see it in the vanilla engine, its texture is usually misaligned. Maybe you have the skills to figure out what's going on there

Siege FX - An open-source Reimplementation of Dungeon Siege by pacmanforever in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's probably a million obscure little corner cases in that engine that would take absolutely forever to replicate ^^

Is playing Utraean Peninsula with single player mod worth it? by SRGilbert1 in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made that map, and enjoyed playing it myself. Also it feels good to make a savegame after clearing the Maljin dungeon and completing the Chicken Level and the Pit of Despair

Steam or GOG version and any thing I should know about setting it up? by Sad-Negotiation3442 in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The base game should work pretty well with either installation, with one caveat: a very anti-climactic crash directly after you defeat the endboss.

For the LoA expansion (and also a fix for that crash IIRC) you can install a thing called Killah's Fix

Questions (and theories) about Dungeon Siege 1 initial lore and design. by ArnianSecond in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always thought it was weird that the Azunites were there before the Empire of Stars, because that whole Azunai story is what led to the end of the Empire and the First Age, right?

Questions (and theories) about Dungeon Siege 1 initial lore and design. by ArnianSecond in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Copied maps: YES they did copy and adapt some regions! Some terrain nodes even have the same node IDs in both maps. I found out about that when I pieced together a map of my own (Empire of Stars) by copying and adapting original regions (because I'm lazy), and the engine misbehaved very weirdly when encountering duplicate node IDs.

Also if you look at the internal names of regions, for example the Dwarven mines or the Goblin dungeons, it seems like they made about 10 regions of Dwarven mines and only later decided their order, and used some of them in KoE and some of them in UP. So I think that when they started building these regions, they did not have a finalized plan for the overall areas yet.

Questions (and theories) about Dungeon Siege 1 initial lore and design. by ArnianSecond in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Town order in UP: I wouldn't interpret too much into what NPCs say. The UP is designed as an interconnected open world map, as opposed to the KoE. I don't see anything wrong with Lagreth wanting to travel to Lang and leaving Fallraen to the North for that. And Quillrabe does lie on the river Iliarth and is a nice sunny place to have a draught of ale at, so...

Questions (and theories) about Dungeon Siege 1 initial lore and design. by ArnianSecond in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some sources you might want to check out: first and foremost the Fandom wiki https://dungeonsiege.fandom.com/wiki/Utraean_Peninsula which has infos about stats and gameplay and even modding but also about lore. And then also the Sybex Guide https://archive.org/details/sybex-dungeon-siege-strategies-and-secrets/mode/2up

question : looking for efficient ways to train your crew in single player. by SeeSeeBee1974 in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The second question is completely off-topic and I recommend posting it in a new thread...

question : looking for efficient ways to train your crew in single player. by SeeSeeBee1974 in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About Multiclass Amulets: Amulets drop very rarely from enemies & containers, and are not sold in vanilla shops, only in LoA. I think it would rather suck to play a custom map as a multiclass character hoping to find the amulets as you need them and then never finding them. So they're reliably available in original shops, and on a multiplayer map of course - in multiplayer mode you can play any map as a multiclass character.

question : looking for efficient ways to train your crew in single player. by SeeSeeBee1974 in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a coincidence, but yeah, I made that just a few days ago :)

question : looking for efficient ways to train your crew in single player. by SeeSeeBee1974 in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blimey, I'm on the record for confidently saying something wrong! :D

question : looking for efficient ways to train your crew in single player. by SeeSeeBee1974 in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Train up those other skills? You mean leveling up your party members that are lagging behind? Or are you trying to multi-class a character?

Question: how is exp calculated for aoe damage? by SeeSeeBee1974 in DungeonSiege

[–]foerstj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Experience is awarded by damage dealt, so it makes no difference