exactly the same problem here.
i doubt its due to poor pc (athlon 2,400, 512 ram drr etc) its something with sound system of the game.

i hope they will solve that problem, i just made my first sound mod for PS (replacing almost entire /battle folder)....

She is quite right with what she says.

[ Referring to Sarah. Please do not quote entire posts just to add a single line of a comment. --Karyuu ]

Hey there,

I just read this topic, and there was an idea proposed:

My thoughts on clothing:
I'd like to have a 3 layer system.  Armor, clothing, equipment.

was in Black Crypt for example workde fine, making inv window smaller, you had to switch between layers to put items on.

Players could pick from any colors, lists of patterns, and material types to fully customize their clothing and some equipment.  Right now, everyone looks exactly the same.  I'd eventually like to have things like this to individualize characters.  Not only would it be a nice addition of variety, but it'd make simply telling people appart much easier.

you dont have to create new models for every clothing
you remember Baldur's Gate?
in that game players could choose two colours of their armors.

you could go exactly the same way in PS, at current development stage of game
this could be done by having NPC with options to change colours of armor, and later by implementing dyes
(alchemists whould have a new job), and some resources to create these dyes (animal parts, plants etc)

seems to be easier to put two variables into textures, than creating new models for every clothing.
of course this will need a window where you can put armor and select avalaible colors palette, but!


and with making clothes, they could be produced with default colour based on material used, than dyed into black, green etc

guilds could than make rules so that every member should have major armor color set to red for example.

I see PS is developing nicely ^^

anyway - - I just came from Lineage2, which is all about pvp,pk,siege etc, you level up and get better grades to kick
other players harder.

but that's what whole game l2 is about.

as for PS and its rpg feeling, implementing such system would be suicidal.
best idea is here: http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=24374.0
EvE really has it done well.

and PS is much like EvE, with its great advantage over L2 that you can have your own character build,
you can go and harvest precious resources instead of killing-that-stupid-mob-thousands-times.

It is possible to take EvE system directly into PS, making great cities and surrounding areas a hi-lvl security zones,
with countryside less secured and with some no-mans land. There can be patrols in low-sec areas that will hunt pk

Add to it some kind of greater conflic between good & evil, like some major religies, so the players could join
one side or the other (or stay neutral) and gain bonus(god's favor?) while killing members of opposite force (and penalty after killing their side)
If results of such conlict could have impact on the world (like city being overrun by evil after they besiedged it) this would give players something to - guild can then join forces to protect some valuable mine somewhere in the wasteland from common enemy, instead of fight each other.

uhm, i think that there is quite "natural" way of reducing PvP, that is, make players dependand on one another.
the more cooperation needed to acheive wanted goal, the less fight between bored pc.
see the EvE, where alone you will be noone, where you must work together with others or you will die.
there is very little pvp between low-lvl chars, as mentioned in link given above, but there are often raids and skirmishes between corporation operatives.
on the other hand you have Lineage2, where you can play from beginning to the very 78 lvl almost alone, clan not needed, friends not needed, only bots/dualbox etc. there you get killed just outside newbie towns.

Since PS has nice skills system that coul be developed further to allow truly support characters to arrive, no inteligent person would kill an alchemist who supplies entire city with potions, or enchanter who creates nice items, or a smith who crafts something needed, cause they can stop trading with that pk.

ok this post is getting already too long... one last word about dropping equipment. this can be solved with giving a "soulbound" properity to items, and at the same time setting some limit of how many "soulbound" items player can equip(this could be increased by some skill or what). these would stay with player after death, but all other items in inventory would have a certain % chance to be dropped.

Regards,