Short: Rolegame combat tool V2.03, 0-4 Players Uploader: S.Waschk@rz.tu-bs.de (Stefan Waschk) Author: Stefan Waschk/Siegfriedstr119/D-38106 Braunschweig Type: game/role Distribution: OK SZENARION V2.03: ================ SHORT: ------ This mighty tool was designed to help the dungeon-master handling his party during hand to hand combats. You will never again have the need for additional arms, eyes and brains when leading your party into an encounter! Use the SZENARION, lean back, relax and give smart hints to your players. This time they will be really in trouble if they act foolish again! This time your carefully designed nonplayer-characters will do their best to turn the heat on! You have earned this break, use it! HARDWARE: --------- - AMIGA :) - OS2++ - 68020++ (MMU) - flickerfixer (NTSCHIGHRESLACED) or AGA-chipset (EURO72) - harddisk (5MB) - 3MB++ ram SHAREWARE? ---------- If I sum up the time I've spend on this project, the shareware-fee (15DM) seems like a bad joke. After nearly four years (begining under OS1.3) of constant development I could also name it GIFTWARE. I don't think that any commercial software-developer will ever start such a project. I would'nt have done it, too, if it would'nt have been for myself and my own RPG-party. Some people even offered me the possibility to distribute it... If f.e. D&D® would bring out such a tool, perhaps with nice animation-sequences on the right places, the kids would storm the stores and spend even more than 100DM. But I think, only a real rolegame-player with years of rolegame-experience is able to create such an usable tool. FEATURES: --------- Sorry, at this time there is no english version, but a readme.txt is included, so you can test it and contact me, if it fits your needs. Main features so far (after 3.8 years of hard work): RFEditor: ---------- - 3-D/2-D look - Create a battlefield up to 100x100 squares (200x200 meters) - use up to 50 diffrent iff-graphics to stock your dungeon/battlefield - replace/add own graphics - Set up to 50 player/non-player characters, refered in character files, you can transfer from many rolgame-systems (2.01) - COLOR! - wired-frame-mode for better access to edges - new method for setting flags of the PlantFlagSet (2.02) - ascii-map-creation (..) RKSim: ------ - 3-D look - 1-4 player characters work at the same time, everyone gets own informations (corresponding to character-values and surrounding) - 19 diffrent acting-guidelines for movement, conversation, fighting, spell-casting(..) - documentation for each simulation possible (none/ASCII/TeX) - test-simulation without players - Master is able to interfer in each simulation-round - unlimeted number of spells possible, conversion can be done for most spells of your rolegame system (2.01) - trinagle-Scene - flat-shading - dithering - de-Casteljau (Bezier) curves - new menu-points (riding, using items...) - EURO72 screens for A1200/A4000 (2.02) - improved documantation as ascii or TeX-output - placing of groups on empty fields possible (2.03) - badly wounded NPC will desert, try to escape or hide, if possible - hiding is more effective - slow moving characters (annähern/schleichen) are able to fire their bows(..) in the next round - riding works correct now! - crashing in enemy lines with speed takes special harm (kinetic energie) - four ambiente-settings for full-version-owners (different light settings) (..) RKSprint (V2.02) ---------------- Tool for directing fight-documentation to your printer Charakterblatt (V2.03) ---------------------- Makes a TeX-document from any character of your characters/ drawer. NeuerCharakter (V2.03) ---------------------- Makes character-creation and handling easier (see below). Seems to work only on my A2000... Preview of a new one is included, watch out for it... Intelligent icon-creation (V2.03) --------------------------------- If working with >NeuerCharakter<, your characters will be represented by individual icons, refered by their entry "Bild" from their .char-file. You can also edit your characters from now on, if you have MEmacs in drawer SYS:Tools/MEmacs. Elsewise change the path in the icons. INSTALLATION ------------ To install V2.03, you only have to extract the SzenarionV2.lha-file to a directory and use the HDinstall-icon. If you want to install from a disk-drive, extract files to desired disk(s). If you can't extract them to one single disk (in case of a DD-disk-drive), copy the file szen_2.lha to a second, szen_3.lha to a third disk and use the HDinstall-icon also. The install-script is able to handle it. ROLEGAME-COMPATIBILITY ---------------------- Originaly this package was developed for the MERS® system (engl. MERP®), but an experienced role-game-master should be able to convert his characters from any other system as D&D®, AD&D®, DSA® etc. Refer the Szenarion.dvi-file for special guidelines. DOCUMENTATION ------------- The 118 sided (german) rulebook is included as .dvi file. Now with an INDEX! HELP ---- I planned to intigrate some film-sequences and (mod-)musics. If you like to improve this tool with your artwork, contact me. BUGS ---- -There were some problems to work with the editor-screen on the A1200. I made some changes, but I could'nt test them till now. Report Bugs to me! -When removing a player character during simulation by master-menu, sometimes the menu points to NULL. Till now I could'nt reproduce the bug and localize the error. -NeuerCharakter crashes on A3000, A1200 (as tested so far). It will be replaced in the next release...