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Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 3:10 pm
by Fury_US
I do feel it's necessary for me to point out that I have not personally experienced the creepy ERP propositions on this server- I know it likely happens, and that's a damn shame, but it's not happened to me here, which is a large part of why I stick around. My own personal experiences were from past servers, and while I have seen some super creepy bidnezz involving all races, the nature of Drow lore means that nine times out of ten, the vast majority of ick factor came from Drow players.
That being said, my point was that the Drow are, by lore and by existing fiction, heavily sexualized in a manner I find against my taste. While I personally really dig political RP and the back and forth of power struggles- there is and will always be just an unpleasant undercurrent of Drow culture as established by their lore- that I simply find un-enjoyable. The reason I'm not mentioning any of the other races of the UD is because I literally have zero interest in them- even more so than Drow.
When you couple that with the stifling and frankly boring nature of the Underdark as a physical setting (tunnel, tunnel, tunnel, oh look- some glowing mushrooms, tunnel, tunnel), my own reaction to the UD actually more than just a lack of interest, it's an active dislike.
Also? Drommon is awful. Mixing words of another language into your communication is literally the foreigner trying to communicate in a language he doesn't fully understand, and is struggling with it. It works if that's your character concept, and only then.
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:01 pm
by Egg Shen
"ussa" makes for a straight up Jar-Jar Binks experience.
Which is to say, it makes for a straight up AWESOME experience. Amiright? Anybody?? Hello?
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:51 am
by Hoihe
Egg Shen wrote:"ussa" makes for a straight up Jar-Jar Binks experience.
Which is to say, it makes for a straight up AWESOME experience. Amiright? Anybody?? Hello?
Meesa thinks this one should be egged.
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:24 am
by Sun Wukong
Hoihe wrote:Egg Shen wrote:"ussa" makes for a straight up Jar-Jar Binks experience.
Which is to say, it makes for a straight up AWESOME experience. Amiright? Anybody?? Hello?
Meesa thinks this one should be egged.
AHA, SO YOU WERE A DROW ALL ALONG!
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:31 am
by Mac
Honestly, The Bloody Darkness! Even when playing a PC with dark or low light-vision the glare that kicks off my monitor is blinding in the underdark.
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:39 am
by Hoihe
Mac wrote:Honestly, The Bloody Darkness! Even when playing a PC with dark or low light-vision the glare that kicks off my monitor is blinding in the underdark.
For darkness I have an override.
https://neverwintervault.org/project/nw ... t-recent=0
Enjoy!
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 11:22 am
by NegInfinity
I also use a custom override.
fx_dark_vision.sef (place in override folder):
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<EventList>
<Name>
</Name>
<MaxDuration>0</MaxDuration>
<SpecialTargetPosition>0</SpecialTargetPosition>
<FogMultiplier>1</FogMultiplier>
<Event0>
<Type>10</Type>
<Name>
</Name>
<DefinitionFile>.ptx</DefinitionFile>
<DelayTime>0</DelayTime>
<MaxDuration>0</MaxDuration>
<Position>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
<z>0</z>
</Position>
<UseOrientedPosition>0</UseOrientedPosition>
<SourceAttachment>0</SourceAttachment>
<TargetAttachment>0</TargetAttachment>
<SourceAttachmentObject>0</SourceAttachmentObject>
<TargetAttachmentObject>1</TargetAttachmentObject>
<Texture>fx_ring_disc_sm.tga</Texture>
<ProjectionType>0</ProjectionType>
<FOV>0.7853982</FOV>
<Width>40</Width>
<Height>40</Height>
<Length>50</Length>
<FOVEnd>0.7853982</FOVEnd>
<WidthEnd>40</WidthEnd>
<HeightEnd>40</HeightEnd>
<LengthEnd>50</LengthEnd>
<SourceBlend>2</SourceBlend>
<DestBlend>2</DestBlend>
<Lerp>1</Lerp>
<LerpPeriod>4</LerpPeriod>
<Color>-14997960</Color>
<ColorEnd>-14998984</ColorEnd>
<Orientation>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
<z>-1</z>
</Orientation>
<GroundOnly>0</GroundOnly>
<RotationalVelocity>20</RotationalVelocity>
<RotationalAcceleration>0</RotationalAcceleration>
<RotationInitial>0</RotationInitial>
<FadeInTime>0.5</FadeInTime>
</Event0>
<Event1>
<Type>11</Type>
<Name>
</Name>
<DefinitionFile>.ltx</DefinitionFile>
<DelayTime>0</DelayTime>
<MaxDuration>0</MaxDuration>
<Position>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
<z>2</z>
</Position>
<UseOrientedPosition>0</UseOrientedPosition>
<SourceAttachment>0</SourceAttachment>
<TargetAttachment>0</TargetAttachment>
<SourceAttachmentObject>0</SourceAttachmentObject>
<TargetAttachmentObject>1</TargetAttachmentObject>
<StartLighting>
<Diffuse>
<r>84</r>
<g>105</g>
<b>128</b>
<a>255</a>
</Diffuse>
<Specular>
<r>85</r>
<g>105</g>
<b>128</b>
<a>255</a>
</Specular>
<Ambient>
<r>255</r>
<g>255</g>
<b>255</b>
<a>255</a>
</Ambient>
<Intensity>1</Intensity>
</StartLighting>
<EndLighting>
<Diffuse>
<r>255</r>
<g>255</g>
<b>255</b>
<a>255</a>
</Diffuse>
<Specular>
<r>255</r>
<g>255</g>
<b>255</b>
<a>255</a>
</Specular>
<Ambient>
<r>255</r>
<g>255</g>
<b>255</b>
<a>255</a>
</Ambient>
<Intensity>1</Intensity>
</EndLighting>
<Lerp>0</Lerp>
<LerpPeriod>1</LerpPeriod>
<Flicker>0</Flicker>
<FlickerVariance>1</FlickerVariance>
<FlickerRate>1</FlickerRate>
<FlickerType>0</FlickerType>
<LightRange>40</LightRange>
<FadeInTime>0.5</FadeInTime>
<CastsShadows>0</CastsShadows>
<ShadowIntensity>0</ShadowIntensity>
<VisionEffect>0</VisionEffect>
</Event1>
</EventList>
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 11:27 am
by Flasmix
Honestly we should have that Darkvision mod just be added onto the server by default.
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 11:38 am
by Sun Wukong
No. You will not steal my ranged sneak attack range indicator from me!
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 11:40 am
by NegInfinity
Sun Wukong wrote:No. You will not steal my ranged sneak attack range indicator from me!
The custom override I posted earlier does not remove darkvision circle on the ground. Only makes darkvision light brighter and of different color.
The version used by hoihe, however, messes the the indicator ups, and also increases torch brightness to eleven.\
And yeah, nwnvalut version shoudln't be included by default because of this.
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:02 pm
by LISA100595
I only use the darkvision override, not the torch override, I didn't like it.
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:51 am
by cosmic ray
How do you make a .sef file?
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:27 am
by Ghost
cosmic ray wrote:How do you make a .sef file?
Notepad. Just save as .sef rather than .txt
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:48 am
by Invoker
adobongmanok wrote:Aside from the ECL +2, and the stat attributes that doesn't fit in your build as well as the recent game mechanic changes. I would like to hear your opinions.
In my opinion, it's the wrong way to go about it.
I'd open a different thread, called "What prompted you to create and play a Main UD character"?
That, of course, if you wish to attract more people instead of scaring them away.
Re: What discourages you from playing/making a main PC in UD
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:41 pm
by Sun Wukong
Invoker wrote:"What prompted you to create and play a Main UD character"?
I wanted to make a silly 'weaboo' character, and in the underdark, no one can see me play it!
