Figured I might as well post here coz why not? I'm doing a bit of an art project at the moment as a surprise for a friend but not sure I'll finish in time. Said friend loves Galactus from the Marvel universe and upon looking him up, I got inspired to turn him into a world-devouring dragon. I'm still very new to digital art so it's all great practice for me. I may be getting a leeeeeetle bit carried away on the details here though. The below pic is 50% zoomed in and has a lot of scales just on the nose! No shading even done yet, just blocky sections of colour, with the rest of the dragon to do plus the world he's eating. And I need to finish it by the end of the month ideally. Better get drawing!
This is the rough sketch I did when planning out the composition:
It's morphed a bit though since planning it out. I spotted some references that had a more head-on version of the eating plus I went more batlike with the wings so it's changed to the below:
Pev its GORGEOUS... you can draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw!! you and @DocHoff are so lucky! And I can relate to both subjects in your topic... I LOVE Galactus... got a crush on the very concept.. eater of worlds, merciless as we are ... everyone has to eat, right ...he was SO powerful that when he got knocked to the ground, he was too awesome to stand up ..he just got *raised* automatically to stand up position
And its amazing that I just got caught in a rabbit hole this morning and was watching Smaug.. the way they featured him in the The Hobbit was epic, especially the huge, massive gold-filled caverns through which he could slide or just flitter above, with his looooong neck. I was especially drawn in by the first time he *shows off* to Frodo
and thats what I was comparing to when I saw your dragon...you got the neck right
I didn't know that either for quite some time, until when fighting a dragon underground (Ordaurcil) in my utmost panic I somehow accidentally pressed the summon mount button. And behold! There it was. It must have been the CM patch...
Do you see your char stats increase when it goes on the mount? so you can be inside fighting the guardians on foot...and you start with x stats...and then press the mount button, and then Paf...your stats go up? I forget what gets increased.. is it just Def ratings? Anything else? And what is the trade out... slower Attack Speed?
Zomgod.. how do you get a mount into the guardians?
Does CM Patch allow that ?
massive and lovely hp boost and Def ratings go up? ...and... thats interesting..i recognize the attack style.. the way the seraphim is firing the bfg kinda reminds me of the way Ric's is shooting with his ranged...the seraphim on mount fires at its apex and i like how its doing that with a ton of shots coming out .
Did you purposely pull out the first guardian so that you could corner it alone? Or were you afraid to tank it ?
Lovely watching Guardian fights, never gets tiring!
I like this battle, SLD, keep going NIooooooooooooooooooooooooobeeeeeyummmmm
I can't even imagine! You don't realise what parts of your body do until they're injured hehe. I've only had elbow surgeries and those are bad enough. I've had both sides operated on; you'd think as a righty that the left would be fine. Nope, still do way more than you realise with your off-hand. Pituitary surgery was easy in some ways. No visible wounds, just couldn't blow my nose for a few weeks, I'll take that any day over external incisions!
I do have to wonder how many pineapples you and other patients lift that they've used that as their upper limit... you lot smuggling pineapples to the rest of Canada?
hahahahh... u got me! oh gawd, i love pineapples... and, here we go...
I LOVE pineapples, cheese and ham and tomato sauce on pizza... a la hawaian!
Here you go SLD .. your video playlist on sacredwiki - DarkMatters Youtube is uploaded, thanks for solutioning for the uploads to Youtube, system works perfect
And the Seraphim looking fab on the upwards progress... melting down those Guardians
You didn't expect me to do the video myself, I hope? Good. Exciting? Well, decide for yourself. The sound (in my humble opinion) is slightly irritating, but it's ok here. But when you get to a point where you start spamming it and this is all you hear constantly... Well, that was absolutely unbearable fpr me, so I managed to change the sound somehow back in the days... Don't ask me how I did it, because I have absolutely no clue, but it can be done, and it should be done, because spamming it really sucked!!!
You BOSSED this Sethi! Academy Award level timing sir
How is this, errr.... *hand*...modded? (the preposterousness of this CA has me laughing... going around *handing* everything and this is why I LOVE this game so much )... can you make the hand bigger if it gets stronger, does it have potential vs crowds, or do you have to just go around *handing* everyone one by one ...LOL... wheeeeeeeee
I did play with towers only some years ago but honeslty it got a little boring. I want to make the hand and the summons an active part of my gameplay this time around.
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I didn't get far enough to comment on the invisibility yet but I have a little update on the god part.
I checked Sakkara. It is pretty strong in those early levels and lasts for a long time as per EE description. I have no idea if it will stay that way or if it tapers off.
There is one issue however - the model is way too big and gets stuck everywhere. And has the tendency to block the player in corridors.
You can reduced the size in creatures.txt easily enough but the attack range stays the same I think? Not enough modding mojo on me to know how to fix that.
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@gogoblender Just to clarify, I appropriated the name Borgon Vile from a dos game called Valhalla/Ragnarok.
What does the hand look like in battle.. is it exciting animation and its effects on foes? Anyone got a video
gogo
ps now you got me going, im gonna have to check out that game.. DOS!
Well, it moves forward. I felt that the dryad island and the wastelands was a tougher challenge, but that was to be expected. They killed my mount a few times. I had a slight problem with too low regen-per-hit so there was a small, but deadly, delay between CA executions. And I got stunned from time to time, which also is a very bad thing when fighting the Nameless Guardians. Even at level 74 fighting 8 guardians proved to be too much so I had to back down on the Challenge and Superspawn mods for that fight. 4 regular guardians in Silver... no problem at all
Going into Gold now and it's a walk in the park. Griffin and the Kobold Chieftain went down in seconds. I'm currently doing Final Concert quest, and no mob here is posing any threat even though they are about 7-8 levels above me. I did a few runs on the Griffin, but as I'm without Enhanced Perception or MF-gear, I get quite lousy drops. Better to just move along. I start to wonder if it would be possible to do this but with EP on again. I really miss the volume of good drops I had with Bob. Maybe if I concentrate on Armor, Spell Resistance and such, it will go better, because now that's what hurts the most. I picked those quite late and they feel underdeveloped atm. The fay in the upper part of dryad island were really bad on me. Even with all ice-relics, every hit took a great chunk out of my life bar. And those leaping plants... at a distance they are easy pickings, but if they jump and land a melee hit.. ouch!!!
I still haven't decided which kind of attribute that will serve this build the most. Vitality, Dexterity, Stamina or Willpower. They all have their advantages.
Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! I hope you're not discouraged fellow Ancarian!! I've had my mount killed a number of times in hard core... that sinking, lurching feeling...and then hobbling away afterwards on a limp, hoping that they keep eating away at your mounts carcass instead of seeing you as a target And I hear you about drops going dry... I remember when I was running a SW ... all the calculations I had to make, I wanted every socket to count, and trader network helped go forward with a zero utility build and bring everything to "funness" which was, for that build just trying to get to Platinum on a horse with left clicks.. without getting those drops, it felt like the game had changed, and become a small chore...but I like how you're comparing it to the feeling of how you felt with Bob.. (Good ole Bob! ) .. I love the way your build looks...and for me, thats probably the best part of playing, making sure we love how it looks, *feel" and ultimately levels... scaling damage to niobium means being able to get through the horrible nasties that monster can throw at us... and being paralyzed...omgod THE WORST... (lots of mixed feelings there...terror, stomach lurch, trepidation... gosh, surely this must be haloween season )
And dryad island.. an emotionally crippling area and high BPM moments. But its also where i got some uniques...but I wouldnt level there, the exp / time is difficult
I got a "Hard Hit" build, level 336, regen-time is 0,5 secs. The build is "leaning" toward 0.6 seconds and I am just five runes away from it. If I add some speedy gear with 192% regen special move, I am still at 0,5 seconds regeneration time, but got the intention, that the combat art "Hard Hit" regenerates a tiny bit faster. Sooo...
Any insights?
(Playing RebornMod)
HI Dax, and a happy Sunday morning to you !
Did you get any insight from anyone else elsewhere ? I'm trying to remember who was playing Reborn here at DarkMatters O'er the years and see if I can reach out to someone for you.
Which makes me think, maybe (gosh, one day, where does time goooooooooooooooo ) to break down Underworld into the Mods for that game section so that we can find threads easier...
lol, i'm a little jealous Doc that you seem to just sink-"synce" into so much creativity ...with prose as well as building pix ... what delightful way to meditate and self-compose... and this topic is wonderfully organic... its as Pevil says... all of us are so uniquely different and can bring value to any vector or topic title by adding bits of ourselves as in natural conversation.. its a great way to relax.. Axe Chopping and gore is notoriously popular cocktail convo!
Thanks for the reception. My timing was unplanned... or was it?
And I have to agree, sir, mr, Flix is doing amazing work. I honestly prefer his mods than any AAA title nowadays. Well, a lot of those titles had their own problems with "modern audence" but even that aside, the EE and DFallen are both amazing.
Haaaaaaw...knew it was a plan all along!
Yah, you know... I see on a lot of other communities out there this call for ... *bring us the real sacred 3" over and over... and I believe I could have even been one of those with my fist in the air after the release of what they "call" sacred 3" but was in fact a pre-processed factory made, console "thing" that didnt hit a single tick of what made any of the first two Sacred titles unique, compelling and ...shall I even say dear
There are so many beautiful mods for this game, comprehensive, profound in concept and well-tested and loved...
Sacred, with its beloved community, went even farther than an official AAA title
Ah Gogo, no need to apologise! The beauty of the forums is we can come and go as we please, but the conversations are still there to pick back up as if we never left I didn't realise any diabetes meds could cause Cushing's. I know Cushing's can cause diabetes; one of the few symptoms I managed to sidestep thankfully. I'm thankful I've always had a positive outlook on life; not to say it isn't hard at times to smile but I do think it's what got me through it, along with the support from my friends and family. I always look for that silver lining; for the weight gain and fat, red face, I just kept telling myself it's a sign to my doctors that something isn't right so don't try to hide it.
Honestly though, I know you love Halloween but having surgery just so you can get staples for your costume is a bit extreme! I take it all has gone well with that? It's nice sometimes to have that extended time off work but not fun when you're restricted. I can imagine you couldn't do very much with it being your stomach. You don't realise how often that moves throughout the day I suppose and you don't want to do damage to the incisions. What would we do without the internet eh? So nice to be able to socialise still even when laid up around the house! I'd say it keeps us from going mad but think it's a bit too late for me Or maybe you're all the cause of my craziness ;)
You know, I was thinking that the month off was gonna be cool...but a stomach operation is so different from any stuff ive had before... sitting was difficult, i couldn't walk for more than five minutes at a time, and lifting anymore more than a pineapple (even that! ) was not recommended... I had to mostly lie out flat on my bed and had my ipad near near me while I would "side cry" for a bit hahahah
jokes aside, i'm so happy its all over, and being able to sit, sip and type...what joy for us spammer right ?
ahahahah, and those staples really would have been a true commitment forward for a Halloween costume
So, now that DFallen v16 is only a matter of (pick one from: days, weeks, months, years?) I'm revisiting Shadow Warrior Enhanced Edition.
I have a little question about the right (as in, useful) god selection for my build. Perhaps someone could share their expertise with EE gods.
The build is the cheesiest cheese, shadow veil + allegiance + spectral hand/towers. I have it more or less decided, but I picking between Sakkara, Infusion or Kuan is hard.
Infusion is pretty much only for saving escorts (it makes it almost trivial easier). Does Sakkara scale well into later difficulties?
Borgonville your name me think of "balconville" the picture of all the roads here in Montreal lined up with balconies and stairs spiraling upwards towards their doors ... Happy seeing your first build being posted! And ... @Sethi22 I "get" the lazy build... that tower sounds awesome ...set it and forget it, kind of like from old war craft... I wanted to do a set and forget build to for Dryad, but too hard. Yah, leaving a auto attacker while going for a beer... two for one... how refreshingly marvelous
I see Wil is active on VK site but I dont want to login there because it asks for my phone number And here it seems he is not active because I sent him a message before but...
It's ok though!
It's always lovely seeing you !
Thanks for coming back and telling us about your progress! I'm happy seeing he's doing active, even after so long!
And Ayup were're still here, and we got good breakfast this morning for anyone into good ole Quebecois fare ... beans anyone!
I was down for about a month off from work, had a stomach surgery oct 2nd and back to work october 30th and get to be outside again...the fridge got PACKED with food from the family...but today the sky is blue the sun is bright and dang, work feels gooooooooooooooooo!!
this is some pix from the family showing up with food cuz I couldnt really get groceries, and my cousin's wife sent us a HUGE stock of pre-prepped food, no color, starchy and all the joy sucked out of it...mcdonalds...here we cooooooooooooooome!!
Aww Gogo haha if you REALLY wanna get nosy I did in fact blog about my entire Cushing's journey! And will be typing up another post shortly as I'm 5 years post op on the 22nd of this month. To answer your question, I wasn't feeling symptoms while playing with you guys. I definitely had Cushing's from summer 2015, though I still felt fine then too, but when I look back I can maybe see symptoms earlier than that, perhaps as early as 2009, maybe earlier, but they're such generic symptoms that it could be they were completely unrelated. I didn't even start testing until July 2018 when my GP said "you don't look right". I didn't feel ill at that point, But just a couple of months after that my condition deteriorated quite quickly; I always joke it's like my body was really fighting to just keep going as normal and once my GP started investigating it went "oh thank god I can stop pretending now"
I have learnt to listen to my body (though I'm still not 100% at that lol). I was off work for 13 months with it, some before surgery, some after, and found I had to nap at 3pm every day. I don't usually do naps, always feel worse after them, but with Cushing's that was the only time I could feel even slightly refreshed from sleep. Following surgery you actually end up the opposite of Cushing's and gain adrenal insufficiency (not making any cortisol!) and have to take replacement steroids. It's a bit of a screw with your mind deal; you go from 'evil high cortisol' destroying your body, to the replacement cortisol literally keeping you alive and you gotta take more if you need it, it's not as simple as 'you need this amount every day'. Luckily I regained normal cortisol function so I no longer take steroids, but I still try to listen to my body and not just push through everything like I used to. That definitely helps; losing that feeling of "I HAVE to do this" and "I MUST go there". At one point I came to the decision that I should categorise things differently (again, not 100% at following this though). At one point even doing the washing up was beyond me, and I had to take a rest part way through washing my hair, so I came to realise a lot of things just aren't important. If I am sat down thinking "I should go do the washing up" I try to rethink that. Why *should* I do it? Is it 3 days worth and a health hazard because it's growing mould? If so there's no should about it, I NEED to do the washing up. Is it just a butter knife and small plate from the sandwiches I had a couple of hours ago? Then there's no should about it, that can wait. I try to apply that to many things, if I think 'should' I determine if it's a 'need' or just one of those self imposed things. It makes life much more enjoyable! I still struggle with it when Mum is visiting though; her house is always dusty these days so I know she won't judge but I still get that "gotta clean up!" panic.
As for sleep, meditation has never worked for me but I do try to limit screen time and have gone back to reading before bed some nights. I can definitely see the difference between those nights and the nights I end up scrolling on my phone. Then again even the phone nights are better than when I had Cushing's lol. Weirdly I find if I stay up/am awake in bed past midnight I will struggle to get to sleep, no matter how tired I am. I could be falling asleep by 11 but if I ignore it and try to finish a chapter that takes me up to midnight, I'm doomed. I will not get to sleep for hours and will sleep badly. My first yoga teacher also used to get us to cool down by lying on the floor for 5 minutes, on your back, eyes closed. Concentrate on your breathing, then slowly, from the feet up, tense muscles and relax them. So start with the feet, scrunch them up, then release them. Imagine them sinking into the floor. Then do that with your calf muscles. By the time you finish working your way up to your head (screw up those eyes!) you'll find yourself really relaxed. I used to use that often as a kid to help me sleep. I don't do it very much anymore but sometimes try it out still when lying in bed staring at the ceiling wishing I was asleep!
Wow you dragged an essay out of me. I gotta dash, I'm off to an open morning at my hospital about pituitary issues! Always lovely to catch up with the other patients, my consultants and the charity I volunteer for now
I'm sorry I didnt get a chance to get back to you in timely.. sorreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! But I loved reading and sitting through the long writing... this is what what were all about.. how were doing and what were doing to get there... I actually looked up Cushings... you know when I was getting some medication years for for diabetes, my GP at the time was so careful as to not mix and match so many meds because one of the effects was cushings ... thats what comes to mind immediately when you talk about your road...Im' just so happy Pev that even with all this going on, you still have time in your heart and your life for so many others, and that especially after so many years away, you're able to still come back as classy as every with a jaunty step to your boot... Bravo dear!
(hmmm...wish there was a boogie step :D)
As I mentionned earlier (perhaps in PM? ) I was unlucky at the beginning of October and had kind of a obstruction in me stomach...( yah Me! ) and had to have surgery for them...right through me belly!I I now complete with shiny staples ( or had ) et al...but that all came out weeks ago and had a month off work but still have to take it easy on the sitting.
...and heck, I was able to connect to so many new members of our forum community here over the past wee while...I kind of think theres a reason for all.
Heres to our great journey, the breath we wake up to every day and that thanks me Ammamma always says in the morning as a thanks to the light were blessed to see...
Allooo.. Post Halloween Peeps of the Darker Matters...
What say we keep this skin going for the weekend? I was out of action last month because of *gasp* stomach ... but im able on me feet again, and the outdoors has once again become accessible safely... There are still beautiful homes behind us that need documenting, we will have them at last!
I'd have it only a few times, but it was distinct and enjoyable.. I could see myself acquiring a taste for its beady, bursting buds, but perhaps not the price
I messed up. I got a new PC and I used to have a NL mod downloaded, with a custom exe William gave me with uncapped speeds. Attack speed and movement speed. But I no longer have those files, does anyone know how I can uncap movement speed for sacred NL exe? Is William still active?
Happy to see you back, xInquisitor1961x!
Hoping you're doing well, and delighted to see you still loving Underworld in its many iterations Regarding your question, I think I saw William briefly on the boards visiting a few weeks ago, but I'm not sure if he's doing work with his mod last wee while. Dax (Thanks @Dax) has put up some good leads on where he can be found, and I'm hoping you find solution or help, perhaps post back and tell us how it goes?
Sacred Underworld - Guys I need help with William NL mod!
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oooh, nice! Bravo William! I'm delighted you got so happily to solution, new computer AND your code chase came to fruition!
Is that mod, file useful? would he let you share it here as an upload ?
https://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?/files/
gogo