tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post7284545081308256503..comments2024-03-29T09:18:29.803-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: UnReal World [v. 1.00b]: Won? (with Summary and Rating)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-42522389307284254332023-12-13T15:55:37.427-05:002023-12-13T15:55:37.427-05:00Hi Chet,
Late reply to this entry, but I wanted t...Hi Chet,<br /><br />Late reply to this entry, but I wanted to say that I am currently doing a playthrough of UnReal World v2.02 for DOS right now. It should be available online in various places now, but if for some reason you still have trouble finding it, let me know.Teeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883945434429016309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66787065376629269612022-08-07T02:34:08.915-04:002022-08-07T02:34:08.915-04:00"You start as "Stranger in a Strangeland..."You start as "Stranger in a Strangeland" at Level 1".<br /><br />Hmm, could just be a generic use of the expression which I just learned goes back all the way to Exodus in the Bible. There is the Heinlein book and lots of songs. Given the survivalist angle, it might allude to the 1986 Iron Maiden one which is about an Arctic Explorer who dies in the frozen wilderness and is found a hundred years later. Though I understand from Chet's entries the more detailed survival features and Finnish background were only introduced in later versions, so maybe there is actually nothing to it.<br /><br />Stranger in a strange land<br />Land of ice and snow<br />Trapped inside this prison<br />Lost and far from homeBuscanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-607043560921507182021-10-21T08:25:22.314-04:002021-10-21T08:25:22.314-04:00The modern UnReal World is so different from this ...The modern UnReal World is so different from this version that they're completely unrecognisable from one another. I like love roguelikes, survival games and simulations but that one is way too much for me, I just can't get into it.Benjamin D.Halfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05771587247257122201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-14928236691358785622021-05-30T19:45:11.154-04:002021-05-30T19:45:11.154-04:00If someone double-dead undeads you, then you have ...If someone double-dead undeads you, then you have to lick a flagpole. MockFerrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08931362526047570416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54320609104610285572018-07-26T01:30:22.930-04:002018-07-26T01:30:22.930-04:00I do remember very, very briefly playing a 'su...I do remember very, very briefly playing a 'survival in mythical Finland' version of this game back in the mid-late nineties. I had no idea about this version, I'm amazed it sounds like such a full-featured game. I thought I knew something about Finnish shareware games..evktalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02010922034775065868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86446356057440848442018-07-26T01:27:23.607-04:002018-07-26T01:27:23.607-04:00"Kissa" means a cat btw."Kissa" means a cat btw.evktalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02010922034775065868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28248339710111532852018-06-22T15:55:48.687-04:002018-06-22T15:55:48.687-04:00It's not unfair it's just a matter of pref...It's not unfair it's just a matter of preferences. When I play a game that graphically represents something more realistically, artistically or cleverly than I've seen done before, I experience a sense of wonder/awe.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-37720888058232976272018-06-22T06:33:49.476-04:002018-06-22T06:33:49.476-04:00Probably thought it was made with UnReal engine. X...Probably thought it was made with UnReal engine. XDKenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-88636638191309898132018-06-16T16:23:52.694-04:002018-06-16T16:23:52.694-04:00I took another stab at figuring it out with a fres...I took another stab at figuring it out with a fresh installation. Here's what I can report.<br /><br />1. When you create a new PC, one file is created (with the name you specify and a .URS extension), and two are modified: URW.PLD and $$$.URW. Both are plain text files and store only the most recently-created PC. URW.PLD has the character name, and $$$.URW has the file name, twice in a row.<br /><br />2. When you die, the game deletes the .URS file and modifies URW.PLD with a random name ("Kissa").<br /><br />3. Thus, in restoring a backup of the save, you also have to open and edit URW.PLD and replace "Kissa" with the name of your dead character. Then, everything works okay.<br /><br />The weird by-product of all of this is that you can't have more than one active character at a time. If you create a new character the game overwrites both URW.PLD and $$$.URW with the new character and assumes any previous character is dead. You have to modify both of these files to "resurrect" (even if he hasn't died) an earlier character.<br /><br />I should have been able to figure this out earlier, but a bunch of game map files also get modified whenever you quit the game (including when a character dies), so the ones I really needed were hard to identify among half a dozen others.<br />CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56036072027953088222018-06-16T10:43:00.099-04:002018-06-16T10:43:00.099-04:00"All nails which were nailed to the nearby yo...<i>"All nails which were nailed to the nearby you are unstucking."<br />"I am double-dead undead now."</i><br /><br />These are amazing.PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-11251718925287500172018-06-15T15:06:41.370-04:002018-06-15T15:06:41.370-04:00"You're f***ing cheater if you read these..."You're f***ing cheater if you read these lines like this!!!"<br /><br />That was the harsh language. There's also some pretty bad English:<br /><br />"You are covered with shining ring."<br />"Scroll erupts in tower of flame. You are covered with fire!"<br />"All nails which were nailed to the nearby you are unstucking."<br />"It has evil meanings."<br />"I am double-dead undead now."Zardashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856007425128087340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54881937095977242052018-06-15T07:34:54.258-04:002018-06-15T07:34:54.258-04:00"Night cap" can also be a literal transl..."Night cap" can also be a literal translation of yömyssy, ie. a drink you take to make falling asleep easier. Maybe it's related to drinking somehow?Jannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326360998937158736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7028545458298834132018-06-13T22:00:25.755-04:002018-06-13T22:00:25.755-04:00Oh man, could you please put this on the blog? Jud...Oh man, could you please put this on the blog? Judging from the death copy message this harsh language will be a hoot!FanofSMBXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29484641111178584012018-06-13T03:29:20.565-04:002018-06-13T03:29:20.565-04:00Who cares? Literally anyone whose enjoyment of a f...Who cares? Literally anyone whose enjoyment of a fantasy world is enhanced by verisimilitude.Justin Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227895898395353754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58298455095717812462018-06-11T17:33:35.375-04:002018-06-11T17:33:35.375-04:00I wonder if the same "he's dead" mes...I wonder if the same "he's dead" message appears even for a character that's still alive, but you try to restore an earlier save. That would tell us if it's using just the date of the file or if there's a flag being written somewhere that says a character is dead.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65761496294852779282018-06-11T15:56:12.101-04:002018-06-11T15:56:12.101-04:00One trick that anti-savescumming games use is to e...One trick that anti-savescumming games use is to encode the creation date of the file into the file itself. If you use an ordinary copy command, it won't preserve the dates correctly. <br /><br />My usual go-to for cases like this is to use an archiving program, typically WinRAR. The robocopy command-line tool (I think it's included in Windows) may also work, but I've never actually used it; I just now looked at its help documentation. It has A LOT of command-line switches, and some of them look pretty promising. If it is a date-based protection, I think there's a good chance you could work around the problem that way. But I know WinRAR works (which is payware), and strongly suspect that the freeware 7zip would as well.<br /><br />Malornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26172399946204071692018-06-11T14:35:20.095-04:002018-06-11T14:35:20.095-04:00Never heard of it? Lifestyle game refers to games...Never heard of it? Lifestyle game refers to games like Advanced Squad Leader or Go, whose players pretty much play the one game and that's it. Harlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-67075722114896551712018-06-10T18:34:56.458-04:002018-06-10T18:34:56.458-04:00Ahh that's an interesting term. I can't re...Ahh that's an interesting term. I can't really do games with long learning curves any more. Dwarf Fortress and KSP will remain in my 'unplayed' column for this reason.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87078688966919497512018-06-10T18:12:48.353-04:002018-06-10T18:12:48.353-04:00Wow, the developers had some harsh language for an...Wow, the developers had some harsh language for anyone opening URW.GOD directly.<br /><br />I looked at some of the other files to see if they had any clues. The UWRRUMOR file has all the fortune cookie rumors in the game; I suppose there must be other ways you can get these, too. My favorite is, "Whore may have a disease - but whore can also make you feel good and healthy."CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16741924261995747712018-06-10T17:53:13.791-04:002018-06-10T17:53:13.791-04:00Perhaps it means the tower itself is the inn. Seem...Perhaps it means the tower itself is the inn. Seems like a long shot but maybe sleeping in the beds does something, possibly after drinking a potion of some sort (i.e. a nightcap)?<br />Jcsworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423404983340627623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80429172956837778882018-06-10T11:22:38.360-04:002018-06-10T11:22:38.360-04:00Considering the slightly broken English translatio...Considering the slightly broken English translation of the game, I'm pretty sure it's just an inn called "nightcap," as in a cap worn in bed, or a drink taken shortly before going to bed. The "a" is likely supposed to be "the." Finnish does not use the definite or indefinite article, so mistakes in this aspect of English are common.<br /><br />At any rate, it's not mentioned anywhere else in the game files. If it was a password, it would likely be in the file URW.GOD, where the rest of them are stored.Zardashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856007425128087340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59283781284470814992018-06-10T03:37:50.735-04:002018-06-10T03:37:50.735-04:00There are only a couple of NPCs per game that you ...There are only a couple of NPCs per game that you can have those sorts of conversations with, and alas neither react to NIGHT CAP. Good idea though.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4955813124906140562018-06-09T19:10:19.647-04:002018-06-09T19:10:19.647-04:00Wait a minute. If there's a system for saying ...Wait a minute. If there's a system for saying things to NPCs, then why didn't you try saying Night Cap to them once you got to the "end screen"? Could be there's an NPC who will respond to Night Cap and set you off on the next main quest. Just an idea. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085246421438717885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80506068466118197792018-06-09T16:02:59.122-04:002018-06-09T16:02:59.122-04:00I don't understand why graphics are deemed so ...I don't understand why graphics are deemed so important by a lot of people. If the programmers had spent more time on flashy graphics than on content, this game would still look ugly compared to modern games. At least now it still seems enjoyable, if you like roguelikes (I don't - I don't like permadeath either, but I understand it belongs in the genre and I understand how it can make games more tense).<br /><br /><br />Dave, are you really serious in your comment? Because if you are, I really wonder what games you like: you dislike unoriginal games, but almost every modern game copies - a lot - from older games, books, films, … And most games that can claim to be original were released in the early eighties and have absolutely horrible graphics, which you dislike as well.Didiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-63395785732166362792018-06-09T15:31:11.976-04:002018-06-09T15:31:11.976-04:00I tried it; it's a lifestyle game. You have t...I tried it; it's a lifestyle game. You have to pretty much have either grown up with it from the start, or devote all your gaming time to it to get good. Or be really in to wilderness survival simulations. Harlandnoreply@blogger.com