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From: RJB@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Rich Belcinski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: AZURE BONDS!
Message-ID: <91100.153643RJB@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 10 Apr 91 23:36:42 GMT
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In article <2247@harlie.tegra.COM>, nad@tegra.COM (Nancy Durgin) says:
>
>In article <91098.145035RJB@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
>RJB@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Rich Belcinski) writes:
>>
>>  Now, maybe you-guys can help ME with something: does your version of BONDS
>>crash when it tries to load-in data for phase spiders when you're in the
>ruins
>>near Teshwave?  I get this message at the bottom of my screen: Invalid Item,
>>-1/333 ?  Does anyone out there in Net-Land get this too?
>>
>
>Yes, this happened to me.  I concluded it was something about that particular
>location, and not the type of monster (though I do believe it was Phase
>Spiders for me, too..  hmm...).  Anyway, after a couple attempts, I decided
>not to move onto that particular location...

  I also noticed that when phase-spiders are encountered with thri-kreen,
  the program doesn't have any problems.  It is only when PS's are encountered
  "without any help from their friends" that the program crashes.  I haven't
  encountered these critters anywhere else yet, so I can't give independent
  confirmation of the above.  However, I'm definitely sure that its the
  phase spiders that fail (3 independent trials... followed by reboot :-) ).

  I sort-of decided that Teshwave wasn't too important, and moved-on.
  I'm pretty sure I found all of the important encounters there, although
  I can't be *absolutely* sure...

  On the whole, I'm VERY happy with this program, but this bug is
  annoying.  I was looking forward to the challenge of dealing with
  large numbers of these critters (and getting the xp award, of course!).

>There are a few bugs in the program.  For instance, when you start one
>of the 2-classes Elf characters (I forget which, maybe Cleric/Mage), it
>divides the starting EXP by 3 (instead of 2).  I didn't bother to play
>this class and find out if the experience got divided by 3 for the rest
>of the game, or not.

  That's interesting.

  Hm.  As an AD&D player, I avoid demi-humans because of the level-caps.
  So, I never tried these options.  I *do* have a half-elf fighter/cleric
  in my party, who started with 12,500 xp in each class, so half-elves
  seem to work fine.  (I generated her for kicks 'n giggles...)

>Also, I found interesting behavior on my A3000.  When I run under 2.0

  Hm... you got more money than me... s'ok...

>(a recent Kickstart of the 37.74 variety), the mouse doesn't work at all.
>It just stays a shield the whole time.  I tried it under 1.3, and the
>mouse works correctly, but the program freezes up sporadically, and quite
>frequently, for no reason at all.

  That's not so bad.  I've found that the cursor keys work well for
  selecting things, and the keyboard is (IMHO) an easier tool to
  control the program with.  I don't use the mouse very much, myself.

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