Bugs and suggestions

[Jofuss]

I dont even know what OpenAL is

oalinst.exe

I do know I got some random weird audio glitches before I installed it. It may not actually be the problem in your instance though... Who knows?

Let us know if it fixes it!

[riesa]

Joff, one tip... He was ironic 'bout OpenAL ;P

[Jofuss]

Joff, one tip... He was ironic 'bout OpenAL ;P

Hmm? I'm sorry I don't understand

[Constance]

It seems you can't run the game at all if OpenAL isn't installed, at least with version beta 1.041 (the other versions I only tested on computers where it was already installed, as it's also part of the requirements for Thief's unofficial NewDark engine upgrade).

[Wingard]

Joff, one tip... He was ironic 'bout OpenAL ;P

I was not


And i had it installed actually (checked in list of "add/remove programs").

Well its not that big of a deal i guess, who cares what Cain has to say...

[blankname]

oalinst.exe just extracts two dlls into the windows directory: OpenAL32.dll & wrap_oal.dll

if these two dlls were provided with the game instead of oalinst.exe, there would be less troubles and compatibility issues

[Jofuss]

if these two dlls were provided with the game instead of oalinst.exe, there would be less troubles and compatibility issues

That would likely be against the terms of the license to use them though...
but I am not a lawyer

Or perhaps they need to be registered with windows as well to be able to be called or something...
but I am not a programmer

[Nomic]

minor bug with belt...if a belt is reduced to 0 durability and then repaired the belt slots are still not available, you must unequip and re-equip the belt to access the belt slots again.

Nothing major

[BrightLord]

If someone is interested in how new spell damage calculation system will work:

http://www.speedyshare.com/uqj2p/spelltest2.xlsx

[Constance]

Again, maybe I just don't see how to use this file hoster properly, but is there a way to get the files without installing/using their downloader ? :/

[BrightLord]

Try clicking on file name

[andronnik]

The Bonus fire damage (2-4), where does it come from? Will it depend on the staff's physical dmg? So a staff with 2-4 has 2-4 bonus fire dmg, staff with 8-16 has 8-16 bonus fire dmg?

And what does MUL mean? (Coef Mul and Class Mul)

[andronnik]

Constance, just click on the "spelltest2.xlsx", left from the [4.41 KB] icon.

[BrightLord]

Bonus elemental damage will come from affixes on items that give elemental damage.

Like magic Staff with +2-8 Fire damage. Changing mechanics like that would also cause many items to be changed. +Elemental damage affix would be as popular on staves as +Damage is on other weapons.

Mul is variable that can be used as multiplier or divider.
Class mul value can be different for all hero classes so for example Rogue gets less bonus magic damage from magic stat then Sorceror does.
Coeficent means how effective is skill or spell at using +Damage to spells.
1.0 means full bonus.

All these changes will allow to balance sorcerors damage as it will be more dependand on gear and greatly reduce amount of resists and immunes on monsters while keeping high difficulty level.

[andronnik]

All these changes will allow to balance sorcerors damage as it will be more dependand on gear and greatly reduce amount of resists and immunes on monsters while keeping high difficulty level.

That sounds nice!!!