Hi. i started this topic so with good reason i'm reviving it.

I sawthis new updade & wow was i impressed, hats' off to the devs.. it actually inspired me to get off my--well actually, to park myself on my duff & work a lil more on the simpsons skins--after setting up the zip files to have my old simpson skins & the new models n skins from the update of course-- anyway this klyros is likely the worst skin of em all... as follows:

...now you may ask why even post if that's onr of your worst skins?
and i say good question...
...gooood question.... .... ... ... ... ... but seriously i like the skinny spotty septogenarian or so with cyan skin even if solely on principle... i made him backless by the way, it was that or he'd have to have wings... it's kinda nice when trying to see ight in front of you on 3rd person view... anyway, yea i also made a skin for that new dermorian female model, to look like that girl Laura who moved in next door & bart had a crush on & she ended up hooking up with jimbo... she only appeared in one episode but had this elf look, it fits pretty nicely i think... why don't i have up an image? cause no one in game using that model would hold still so i could take a screenie... so i guess download the zip & check it out yourself...it's pretty cool, now all models available to players have simpsons options, except female dwarves & female enkis... keep them ideas comming please folks..
The links are at the bottom...
Here are instructions in 4 simple steps to run this Simpsons skinpack for your client:

IMPORTANT EDIT: i suggest getting JUST the characters.zip file... unless you're really jonezing for tht santa's lil helper of a groffel.. --it ws recently brought to my attention that rapidshare won't let you download both of em for free, just one... so yea i'd go with characters for al the player race skins..

1) Find "characters.zip" & "npcs.zip", they'd be in a folder named "art" in the planeshift diectory on your hd. Once found just copy & paste into a backup folder somewhere else. (this is a precaution & not a *required* step..)
2) Use the links at the bottom to download the files.--if you download the files directly into the art directory, skip step 3.
3) Cut & paste the downloaded zips into the art directory replacing the originals.
4) Keep the backups in case you wanna go back to normal. you can now run planeshift with my skins... cool eh?

links to files:
http://rapidshare.com/files/42622804/characters.zip.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/42619902/npcs.zip.html

PS- now that i'm back to playing a bit, i'd like to wish an offtopic congratulations to Grungus & Ezarimius on their recent engagement

i'm sure there are ways people could take advantage of knowing in advance.. not sure what ways but there must be.. those unknown reasons are valid enough for me to understand why there is no advance warning...

regarding limited accesses for psa's, i'm in no official capacty at all, i find out there's an update by surges of activity & chaos on forums so i'm certainly not going to be the one doing it, but couldn't anyone who wanted to post a Notification thread in the Rules & Notifications area? sure it wouldn't be immeditely stickied but seems like the most obvious place to start..

(just to reclarify in case you (and it seems it was the case for most) didn't get what i was saying in first reply; i mean just to inform people mainly new people who may not be as quick to understand why the server suddenly went down or that it wil come back, or that when it does they will need a new version... about what's going on in a reasonable fashion-- as opposed to having to make their own posts in technical forum sections, it seems like something that would make sense to spell out in a short momosyllabic way..--nothing at all to do with knowing when it will be available/up.. just that it is down as of **/**/** **:**, & that when its up you'll need new ver.)

Re original topic;
the guy makes a fair point... at the least one would hope to see something posted in rules & notifications... but such is the way with server updates... makes me think i should wishlist that the client have some setting at sign on window so when server goes down specificaly for updates something explains, for new players, that it may be a few days & specifically where in forums they could look to see if new version is available.. I know way back when i kept losing new friends as they were just a few days in when an update happened, and they wouldn't return.. can never know for sure but i would guess they just didn't understand & gave up... i suppose it's good for weeding out the let's say less determined or less web-savvy players.. but it seems like something unintentional & easily remedied... hope you guys don't go too crazy waitin for the new ver

I like that idea...

on an unserious note I'd wear a round shield on my head & try selling stir fry... or maybe a valiant shield (thats the triangle right?) & try selling Hamen Tashens... "my hat, it has 3 corners. 3 corners has my hat..." ...

I dunno G, I dislike dying from a single hit almost as much as i dislike being bullied or picked on... Unfortunately both are pretty realistic... someone hits me properly with an axe or sword, or even a somewhat skilled person with a dagger--much as i may dislike it--I'm dead... if they are holding one in each hand & hit me with one after the other in fast succssion? I'm not just dead, i can't have an open casket... Regarless how agile, strong, (en?)durable, or skilled i may be with any form of armor--unless i block or dodge i should have more than 3/4 chance of death... well unless hit on foot or hand (but even then considering whatever appendage they may cripple makes me 1/2 as likely to be able to defend myself against getting killed with the next hit, it's not like showing me getting hit more changes anything--on a different but related note--how great would it be if a powerful enough hit to a hand makes that hand drop its item? I mean a hit to the hand shouldn't kill really unless it goes thru to wrist, which still takes a while, or thru whole arm & into chest thru shouulder--but when hit for that much damage on the hand it would be neat if you took 3/4 as much hp damage & have to drop item--how's that as a motivator to avoid pointless fights?)

to reply to the other stuff:

that last post there--umm to be honest I'm wondering with npc client [from what i'd read lately] being a real pain of late, how many ACTUALLY maxed chars are there these days... you know with that... newish stuff, that... shouldn't.. really be... discussed...y'know? --For all people know it could be balanced better already...if not, i'll admit, taking back a bit of what i said above--armor could stand to do more with regard to reducing damage  rather than just blocking-- even when someone lands a very skilled hit, armor would take the brunt of the damage, or at least in some way still protect you... Tho the next hit to same spot should do a lot more... I still think armor should get damaged each time you take damage on that body region with it on and that you shouldn't really be able to repair if they get to low enough quality; it should be like cars & nylons--made to work, but not so well you don't need to get new ones each time one gets a giant hole. Even weapons should be irreperable if they have been repeatedly damaged without getting repaired between... but i'm getting offtopic somewhat again..

there should totally be trainable walk/run skills [as i think was suggested in other threads] and they should affect falling, run spped, endurance impact on stamina, & if it's put in-- the way your combat skills are affected by doing them...

not allow running during combat =feast for ulbers...When should people not be able to run?--when wearing full heavy armor...what's the flaw in that idea?--then they shouldn't be able to run when carrying it either..but it could work if it just greatly reducs physical stamina when worn compared to carried..

To lose a duel because you ran too far is a tad unrealistic & confusing, in that if you hit me & then run, i can still hurt you, but if i choose not to pursue, who really gave up? --if we run opposite ways because i misjudged where you went, who loses? --but admittedly if it's tied with certain things like entering hydlaa or oja's walls it sounds like a good idea--but if tied to boundaries there would need to be a way to know... sort of like the tutorial, a popup the first time each character approaches a duel boundary... sounds tricky, & annnoying first times, as long as it's not jut mapborder based or actual distance based it sounds good... my main issue with actual distance, assuming a liberal distance is already given, inn magic battles some would run & cast healing in hiding befor engaging again & i felt it was fair despite my inability to claim victory..



The game is absolutely coded with stationary combat in mind--that's why there are spells that have varrious ranges.. that's why the settings (tho i forget where) reffer to what presumably should be introduced later with regards to the 'reach' of a longsword vs shortsword or dagger... that's why spells are interrupted when you run but not when you walk... that's why spells that require you to be in touch range to initiate & complete allow you to not be in touch range for the time between, and thats why some npcs, once engaged in combat, give chase--better yet that's why you can run & attack while unable to run & cast spells... Jeez it should be obvious it's coded with stationary combat in mind, you shouldn't need someone pointing that out & explaining why...

Absolutely Ulbers should be able to run at 1 & 1/4 playerspeed, & turn on a dime, moreover in fact they should be able to give players death by choronary failure just by their being within your visual range if your will is too low --unless you had already cast the realm 1 brown way spell "Stones of Steel" (not to be mistaken for the combined Brown & Blue way realm 2 spell "Stones of Steel-Blue").
(  i have to admit that your suggestion falls under the thinking of a run skill--in which case making ulbers faster & more agile would be a pretty rockin' plan)


(EDIT: March 4. added bold after Nikodemus' 2nd post)

Up until now the government can only step in if we include it stepping in in our roleplaying though since there is no real government implemented yet.

Which, unless kept completely benign & incredibly vague, could easily fall under what many deem godmodding.

well tho i never saw such concerns raised on forums, they were raised on torrentspy-- i recall seeing several accusations that ps includes some sort of malware, such accusations stemming from a combination of the ridiculously large numbers of seeders & leechers, and the negative opinions the poster had about the game-- the person was skeptical how such a [pajorative] game could have SOOOO many people dl & seed it...  there's still an example up here:

http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/870038/PlaneShift_Crystal_Blue_0_3_016

I never heard anything to support the claim... there are currently about 350,030 accounts & ver 0.3.017 had 40, 713 seeders when torrentspy last checked in november...lets just pretend ps has existed exacty 7 years & each year has has an equal number of accounts made.. that boils down to about 50k accounts per year, so it's reasonable to believe a version would be fully downloaded & then seeded by a good 40k... Just my own guesstimations...

[just mentioning, there is a wishlist(for suggestions) & development deliberation(for dev stuff) sections, at the bottom of main forum index.... at least i thought i saw em there...]