Turtles

[rexorcorum]

Just tried one Earth Turtle Archmage and having a blast (uhm, slow blast, slo-ast, something ). Even managed to save two (of two so far) escorts in Norgos' Lair! Really nice touch with the playerdoll display - great work! Ok, the wizard hat for the Earth turtle maybe needs some repositioning if it's not psionically worn one foot above the head , but this is a minor issue.

Also, if you like further visual material for inspiration and/or tinkering, here are some links from opengameart:

http://opengameart.org/content/animal-figurines
http://opengameart.org/content/tortoise-high-poly
http://opengameart.org/content/merfolk-rider

Cheers!

[StarKeep]

Ah... it appears they have the same issue as staves... >:

No matter what I tried with staves, they would paste themselves in the direct middle of the screen, and it appears I missed testing wizard hats.
Thank ye.

[rexorcorum]

Maybe that's because both staves and wizardhats have their original base files at 64 width x 128 height (EDIT: 128 x 256) and the engine respects that. You can try to make the files with these dimensions - I think it'll work.

[StarKeep]

Well, see, I'm afraid I'm not sure how to properly line it up, if I were to do just that.
I'll give it a try later on I suppose, when I'm in the mood to guess/test it to victory.

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MegaTurtle now shows weapons equipped.

[rexorcorum]

Ah, sorry, I meant dimensions at 128x256 for the player doll - silly me, too tired to think properly atm. If you need assistance I can lend you a hand one of these days

EDIT: Let me explain it a bit more thoroughly: the base sprite used as a playerdoll (named "base_##" for all races) is 128 x 128 pixels wide and high. Most item pictures have also the same dimensions, but there are some - most notably staves, wizard hats, mindstars, psiblades - which are using sprites with twice the height, i.e 128 x 256 pixels. So, there are two ways to deal with the situation afaik:

• When overloading the sprites, take care to use the same dimensions as the original files. A quick check with the addon shows that you've tried to overload all these with new 128 x 128 sprites;
• You can also code it in the addon and force the engine to use the default positioning for all those cases. Here I am wildly speculating, as I'm almost completely ignorant in all things code- and program-wise .

I hope this clarifies the situation a bit.

[Doctornull]

Try a Turtle Striker (the new v3 one).

"... an' bam! Suddenly there's th' turtle in me face! 'e just came outta nowhere an' took me valuables!"
"Where's the turtle now, citizen?"
"I didn't see where 'e went! It all happened so fast!"

[rexorcorum]

Ahahaha, just tried an Earth Turtle Striker - a great and exhilarating combo indeed. Unfortunately got killed due to stamina loss and a bit of swarming, but he will be avenged!!! For the Turtle God!!! And Turtle Nature!!! Not to forget - and for Turtle Magic!!!

And now for something completely different! Well, not by far ... I've decided to test my above theories and made some staff and hat repositioning:

Ergo, I was right, yay!

Here are the pics:

Staff: http://i.imgur.com/7xWWaZt.png
Linen wizard hat: http://i.imgur.com/nAE0zmM.png
Resized to 128x128 and sharpened earth turtle base: http://i.imgur.com/FpJ6lHZ.png

Cheers and keep the turtles comin'

[Crim, The Red Thunder]

Oh god, that looks hysterical... And slightly badass. I still need to run a turtle rogue, just for the flurry mental image. I envision a turtle holding one dagger in it's teeth, and the other with it's tail, and pulling mad 360's for a flurry. And oh god, I can't stop laughing at that.

[StarKeep]

Nice job.
It really does look nifty.

It's still odd how it needs a super-high tile size for only wizard hats, staves, and mindstars though... but ah well.
Easily fixable problems are the best problems.

[rexorcorum]

Thanks

It's still odd how it needs a super-high tile size for only wizard hats, staves, and mindstars though... but ah well.

It' because they are taller than the character (well, mindstars aren't, but the psiblades are).

Just finished the Turtlemire with my trusty earth turtle archmage - great stuff. Only certain deranged unique is apparently so deranged that it does not carry anything in it's pocketses, i.e. no drop, no nothing

Cheers!

[Doctornull]

turtle archmage - great stuff. Only certain deranged unique is apparently so deranged that it does not carry anything in it's pocketses, i.e. no drop, no nothing

Same here, very sad.

My Turtle Striker just hit level 15.

[StarKeep]

Forgot to give him a drops list, oops.

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Some NPC Tweaks (You'll find turtle npc's outside of Turtlemire to be somewhat easier, including the boss.)
Deranged Turtle now drops items.

Turtles, MegaTurtles, and Earth Turtles now all display Wizard Hats and Staves properly. - Thanks to rexorcorum.
Mindstars won't be put in, due to them just being strait silly, no matter how I attempted them.

[rexorcorum]

Mindstars won't be put in, due to them just being strait silly, no matter how I attempted them.

Challenge accepted

[Sradac]

make em shoot outa the turtles eyes.

Or one from the mouth and one from their tail.

[rexorcorum]

I was thinking also attached to the shell hedgehog-style, but we'll see which will be the most epic option.