VN Ren'Py Eternum [v0.9.2] [Caribdis]

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Krytax123

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Dorfnutter said:
It's possible that the "servers" that Eternum (the VRMMO) has are worlds that are already dead so it's easier to lay claim to it. The worlds that're inhabited on the other hand are like the world Orion and co come from and H'yliar, the latter implied to be outside the Founder's influence.

Based on what we know, every server has "rules" of sorts which allow certain things to be possible. For instance, some servers allow magic, while some don't. I don't think the Founder or Ulysses made that system, but rather that's just the rules of that particular reality (just as how our reality has "rules" or "laws," like gravity having a constant speed), and that the only way to break them is to utilize items or magic that can "overrule" the rules of that reality (such as Orion's powers and the Weapons of Atlas).

As for how astral projections can cast magic...well a projection is technically a being of Eternum, and beings of Eternum are shown to have affinity to doing feats not limited by the rules imposed by one's physical body. My current theory is that a projection essentially "mimics" what an inhabitant of a server would be like, from the abilities that an inhabitant of said server would have down to their form (i.e. Nova's and Alex's projections being Pixar-fied in the Pixar server). This, however, doesn't apply if you bring your physical body in Eternum, as your body is still bound by the "rules" and "laws" of where your body came from (the real world), and not the "rules" and "laws" of the server your physical body is in (unlike the case of projections). And before you ask, yes, this includes the case of Orion...but then again, it's been foreshadowed for a while that his body isn't exactly "normal" to begin with.

As for the xenomorphs being a threat...well, the "threat" that they pose as explained by the story isn't so much as an existential threat and more like a threat where their sheer numbers would eventually render servers unplayable for the non-combatants. Not to mention this would cause issues with Ulysses trying to maintain the "masquerade" of Eternum being a VRMMO. And that's something the Founder wouldn't let slide since he'll want to maintain it until all the gems are found and collected by the millions of players searching for them at the moment.

Finally, with regards to the Founder...well, it should be pretty obvious by now that there's likely more to him wanting the gems other than for gaining godhood or divinity, especially since William never really did elaborate why giving the gems to the Founder will be "the end." I'm sure we'll eventually find that out, along with how the Founder intends to use the gems (or learn what they're really for).
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I mean ... yes but ... no?

What im talking about is - lets say its as you implied - and some worlds allow people to have magic. So Annie has powerful Magic on Ion and is able to nuke entire countrys.

So she trains and whenever she is in a world with similar rules - allowing magic - she has access to these part of her powers as its something coming from herself.

But if this would be the case, why/how do they lose their powers when they die and are lvl 1 again? Thats the conusing part for me. The levels and everything are aguably all just made up by the implant/founder/ulysess but if the magic isnt connected to that why do they lose their powers when dead?

Dalia and Nova were both bad examples as they dont have any magical abilities and rely on their real life abilitys.

Maybe the implant has some kind of restriction enabled? Like annie would always (im magic worlds) be able to use this kind of power but if the implant sets her at level 1, her power gets restriced? I dunno ..

Btw. maybe Orion would have discovered his powers way sooner if he would have joined eternum just a day sooner :LOL:

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great foreshadowing :WeSmart:
 
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Almost 10gb of download? I think it's time to start and split in seasons, or to add the option to download a patch that adds the new parts. Other games do this so it should be possible, but I have no idea if it's simple or complicated.
 
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Krytax123 said:
I mean ... yes but ... no?

What im talking about is - lets say its as you implied - and some worlds allow people to have magic. So Annie has powerful Magic on Ion and is able to nuke entire countrys.

So she trains and whenever she is in a world with similar rules - allowing magic - she has access to these part of her powers as its something coming from herself.

But if this would be the case, why/how do they lose their powers when they die and are lvl 1 again? Thats the conusing part for me. The levels and everything are aguably all just made up by the implant/founder/ulysess but if the magic isnt connected to that why do they lose their powers when dead?

Dalia and Nova were both bad examples as they dont have any magical abilities and rely on their real life abilitys.

Maybe the implant has some kind of restriction enabled? Like annie would always (im magic worlds) be able to use this kind of power but if the implant sets her at level 1, her power gets restriced? I dunno ..

Btw. maybe Orion would have discovered his powers way sooner if he would have joined eternum just a day sooner :LOL:

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great foreshadowing :WeSmart:
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It would be actually quite cool if it turned out that Annie can cast nukes in magic enabled servers when she's there as herself (after teleporting with Orion). As for the astral projection being reduced to lvl1 after death, it looks like a plothole, but on the other hand the whole leveling system is something unnatural once we already know it's not some kind of software, but "real life".
My take on it is that Ulysses allows players to create astral projections and train (level up) them, the same way they would train their own skills/body if they were in the specific server/world. However these skills are tied only to astral projection, an avatar that player steps into once they access Eternum via implant (otherwise Annie indeed should be able to cast spells, and who knows, maybe she can). How much control Ulysses has over players with implants (knowing that they can actually kill players via excommunication and trap their souls, I'd say they have quite a lot of control xd) is another thing, however it wasn't hinted anywhere that they can actually boost specific players or weaken them (if they could, Nova Alex and Orion would be trashed by preatorians in Ogygia).
So it looks like the astral projection is an "add-on" on the real life avatar that enters Eternum. It's not directly controlled by Ulysses, but it's a artificial construct, not something that is actually a part of the player.

Personally I'm more intrigued by Gems and Dione. Standard equipment is only accessible by astral projection, so it makes sense that Orion and Nova can't get access to their items. But if Dione and Gems are "connected" to them directly and they can use them even when they're not using implants, why can't they access them on Earth? From what we already learned, Earth is just another world, yet it blocks access to Dione, while it's available in other worlds/servers (even in ones that forbid any weapons etc).
 
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Hey guys quick question! Whenever I load my latest save (after getting shot) I talk to idriel and the game ends right after and tells me that there's gonna be more stuff in v.0.9. Does anybody else have this problem? Happy holidays everyone!!!
 
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First off. DAMN !
Second. DAMN ! I will start by saying that I, personally, LOVED this update. Just let me get that out of the way first... well 2nd.

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I mean, that was SO MUCH Nova time it could have ended after the island I would probably not complained even a tiny bit (especially considering the Nova + Nancy Funtime). But no, then there was Annie, so damn cute, yet HOT at the same time. Throw in "scary" Annie... just WOW.

Don't get me wrong, loved the Alex scene and her OOPS "Joke?" Then to close out the "lewds" with that Dalia scene, that God for the gym, am I right... right?

I did miss the blended in time where we see more of all the girls, sort of, but I loved the time and attention we got to spend with each of them solo(ish). Helps build the relationships better in my opinion.

Fantastic job, screw anyone how complains about anything. Well, certain fans might have a right since they didn't get time with their #1's but since Nova and Annie are my top I AM FUCKING EXTATIC with this update. :p(y):whistle::cool:
 
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Dorfnutter said:
It's from the patreon site (Joiplay ver. 1.20.550):

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Note that using the ingame keypad is buggy atm (crashes when you use it), but I don't name my saves so there's that), currently waiting for a fix on that.

As for installation...I just DL'd Joiplay plus all the plugins on the post, installed them one by one, DL'd and pasted the whole PC version of Eternum 0.8 in a folder I use for AVNs, then just run the exe from Joiplay. That's it.
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thank you im able to play it now, all went swimmingly
 
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