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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest_Shoelip_* @ Jul 18 2006, 11:57 AM) [snapback]243752[/snapback]

What makes Pool of Radiance legendary compaired to, say, TOEE? I've never played it, on computer or PnP.

I have UAShell, I followed the instructions to install it and it seems to work, but I've got no idea what it does.
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PoD is the first computer game to ever use the AD&D rules, and it also gives you the feeling of advancing from zero to hero. it plays well, just like any classic AD&D modules would.

UAShell is only a program to help you apply the hacks the module makers did. all you have to do is apply the game (with F5 key) and start UA (with F8 key).

You can find armors in a weapon shop or armor shop! some monsters do drop armors and weapons. are you sure you've checked everything? if you've played any SSI AD&D games you should be familiar with all the menu....
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What program do I have to be running when I press F5 and F8? I mean, do I run frua?

I played Champions of Krynn so I know the menus, I'm wondering if maybe the reason the game seems screwed up (no armor in shops or on enemies, equipment costs seem to be totally weird eg. a short sword selling for 400 platinum and a war pick selling for 1, my wizard get ONE spell slot at level 1?! etc.) May be because I'm not using the UAshell.


The message about requiring version 1.2 of UA means just that, you need to find the patch and update it. I found it on Filefront, I posted a link to it earlier in this thread.

STILL NO CONFIRMATION EMAIL! :angry:

Some more questions. Where is the armor in the game? I can't find any merchants that sell armor in any of the mods I've played and don't get any after combat either. Do we need need to install the patch

"with no creature scaling to your parties level"

How can you let an Oblivion fan review RPGs?

[SenorOcho]

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"with no creature scaling to your parties level"

How can you let an Oblivion fan review RPGs?
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I did find this part quite amusing, since while Heirs to Skull Crag has some serious issues, the monsters being too hard certainly isn't one of them. Anyone who has actually played AD&D (or even d20 D&D) knows the importance of having a balanced party.

I'm curious what method FRUA uses for rolling character stats, though. I don't think I've ever seen less than an 11 rolled, unlike the rest of the Gold Box series...

Some good FRUA links:

Ray Dyer's Modules
http://www.geocities.com/chaderick.geo/realm/ua.html
http://frua.rosedragon.org/pc/modules/g/

Darius Whiteheart's Modules
http://ua_domain.tripod.com/designs.html

Steven Gustafson's Modules
http://web.archive.org/web/20010210035843/...stavus/yezu.htm

Nol Drek's Modules
http://members.fortunecity.com/noldr...les/index.html

Harri Polsa's Modules
http://web.archive.org/web/20020205072553/...ti.fi/~hypolsa/
Get these from http://frua.rosedragon.org

The first FRUA game I played.
http://frua.rosedragon.org/pc/modules/g/greyhawk.zip

The most recent FRUA game I played - enjoyable.
http://frua.rosedragon.org/pc/modules/l/liberty.zip

UAShell
http://home.earthlink.net/~uashell/

[GrimFang4]

Hey, I grabbed those codes for anyone who needs them...

I'll send them to Kosta for him to put in the Extras, but for now I'll try pasting some of them here, and you'll just need to keep restarting the game until you get asked one of these.


Page# Heading Word #
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1 Before You Begin 4 Copy
1 Before You Begin 5 Protection
1 Before You Begin 7 Your
1 Introduction 1 Welcome
1 Introduction 6 Dungeons
1 Using Menus 2 Commands
1 Using Menus 5 Based
1 Using Menus 7 Game
2 Beginning To Play 4 Running
2 Beginning To Play 9 First
4 Non-Player Characters 1 During
4 Non-Player Characters 5 Party
4 Non-Player Characters 6 Encounters
5 Character Status 3 Means
5 Character Status 8 Positive
5 Character Status 9 Hit
5 Viewing Characters 3 Summary
5 Viewing Characters 4 Screen
5 Viewing Characters 6 Displayed

You could also get the entire manual at www.replacementdocs.com.


Man, I still havent gotten the confirmation email...

So... can anyone help me with UAshell? I can't get it to function right. It keeps giving me an error message about "UAshell requiring version 1.2 of UA -- please select "Designs;Default" now."

Even after finding that patch on the internet I still can't get the program to do anything. It sucks because I found some really cool looking mods that require the UAshell program to run.

[MasterGrazzt]

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"with no creature scaling to your parties level"

How can you let an Oblivion fan review RPGs?
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or Final Fantasy 9 :-/

[IronShemp]

I played the hell out of the 'Gold Box' games on my C=64 back in the day.
I purchased this program back when it first came out but it was quite buggy and I never could figure out how to make the area transitions work worth a damn.

All in all though, I'm sure if you enjoyed the Gold Box or P&P versions of AD&D you'll dig this program.

And as was posted earlier, I cannot imagine how anybody could do a review of this program and not dive into the editor.