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Newbie Help (Start Here) / thanks
« on: June 22, 2005, 10:14:39 am »
Thanks for the tips Hitancrias,
I had found the guide you refered to, but your explaination helped me understand what the points system was about.
I think I will be putting it into practice and creating a new character to see what differences it can make, and become more proficient with the creation system. Then I will decide if I will stick with the original or start again with the new one. Although I have a few hours of play time with my Dwarf, I made a few errors experimenting with the training system as well as at creation when I did not spend all the points. Even as I type this, I am thinking that I will probably stick with the original, as PS is not really about maxing out a character; so a few points lost along the way does not matter.
Finally I did manage to get my camera view sorted out as you suggest by dragging the mouse, I had read about it elsewhere by could not get it to work. When you mentioned it I stuck at it for a few more drags of the mouse and it worked perfectly. I also figured out why it was so far away to start with, I spend quite a bit of time playing with my two (and a half) year old son sat on my lap, he frequently \'helps\' with the keys or mouse and must have held the key without me noticing.....
(edit- excuse the off topic ramblings of a proud father, feel free to skip it)
Regarding my son, he likes MMORPG and has his own character on \'Conquor\' where game play is much more a simple case of
step a) point at mob and click till mob dies,
step b) point at loot on the floor and click it
step c) repeat steps a and b.
He cant play PS as there is much more required from the player, but he loves the 3D world and can steer the character around effectivly. He hates it when I \'camp\' a spawn point and is definatly an explorer, as soon as he can read and write/type he will be a RP\'er too.
I am not sure how educationally sound it is with a toddler playing/watching video games, but I say start \'em young!
It is no worse than TV and probably better than TV as you are not a passive observer, much more a participant in the events. If I offend anyones sense of what\'s \'right\' for a toddler then my defense is that he also loves the \'teletubbies\' website at bbc.co.uk which is definatly educational, and he can boot up, log on and select it from the favorites, not to mention select the correct games and dialogue boxes.
Sorry if I am rambling, but I am at work with nothing to do for an hour.....
I had found the guide you refered to, but your explaination helped me understand what the points system was about.
I think I will be putting it into practice and creating a new character to see what differences it can make, and become more proficient with the creation system. Then I will decide if I will stick with the original or start again with the new one. Although I have a few hours of play time with my Dwarf, I made a few errors experimenting with the training system as well as at creation when I did not spend all the points. Even as I type this, I am thinking that I will probably stick with the original, as PS is not really about maxing out a character; so a few points lost along the way does not matter.
Finally I did manage to get my camera view sorted out as you suggest by dragging the mouse, I had read about it elsewhere by could not get it to work. When you mentioned it I stuck at it for a few more drags of the mouse and it worked perfectly. I also figured out why it was so far away to start with, I spend quite a bit of time playing with my two (and a half) year old son sat on my lap, he frequently \'helps\' with the keys or mouse and must have held the key without me noticing.....
(edit- excuse the off topic ramblings of a proud father, feel free to skip it)
Regarding my son, he likes MMORPG and has his own character on \'Conquor\' where game play is much more a simple case of
step a) point at mob and click till mob dies,
step b) point at loot on the floor and click it
step c) repeat steps a and b.
He cant play PS as there is much more required from the player, but he loves the 3D world and can steer the character around effectivly. He hates it when I \'camp\' a spawn point and is definatly an explorer, as soon as he can read and write/type he will be a RP\'er too.
I am not sure how educationally sound it is with a toddler playing/watching video games, but I say start \'em young!
It is no worse than TV and probably better than TV as you are not a passive observer, much more a participant in the events. If I offend anyones sense of what\'s \'right\' for a toddler then my defense is that he also loves the \'teletubbies\' website at bbc.co.uk which is definatly educational, and he can boot up, log on and select it from the favorites, not to mention select the correct games and dialogue boxes.
Sorry if I am rambling, but I am at work with nothing to do for an hour.....