I kinda miss Starfire. Bright ideas, awesome implementation. Groovy mod!

I love the random teleporting mages!!

(that's from this mod, right :unsure:)


:P

Agreed 100%

I just wish that this mod also added NPC's into Interior locations as well.

Last active September 6th 2009 at 6:07 Pm
Last post on this thread September 5th 2009 at 6:18 Pm
I'd say she's given up this forum or is no longer modding.

I wish it weren't so

She has her Xbox 360 gamer tag on the profile we could try sending a message (it could have changed between now and then though)

I'm sure StarFire will return. This mod worked great with MCA. Wasn't Neoptomus updating MCA?

http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?s=&showtopic=1030899&view=findpost&p=14937013, but then he's not been on the boards since October.

From my own observations and what others have mentioned it is not unusual for Neopt...that person who's name I can never spell or remember to go missing for long periods of time before returning with news of an update to a mod.

It's a shame that a mod such as this is no longer being worked on; It had so much more potential. I loved playing with this installed, and seeing the variety of NPC's in-game, which made the world feel so much more alive. Yet I've also had to remove and add this several times over the course of my game primarily due to FPS issues. I recall reading that SF was going to work on a Lite version of this mod, which would have been great.

But she is no longer active, which means that I have to put this into my own hands and create a lighter mod for those of us with weak PCs. Only real obstacle is that I have no real idea who SF had placed the NPCs in-game. Scripts? GMSTS? I'm sure it's pretty simple, but I don't want to create any glitches. Also, this would mostly be for personal use, but if all goes well, I could release it, with all credits given to SF of course.

(Sorry for the not starting a new thread, but I felt my request was appropriate here)

I'd suggest the first place to direct your request is to Starfire. If Starfire doesn't respond after a reasonable time, then others can help you. But after all, it's Starfire's mod.

I want to say that she might return again around the summer time. That is when she joined and the end of summer was the last time she was active on the forum.

However, spring break in the US is in full swing. And perhaps plans on what would be done with the mod if someone were to update it?

*Pop* hehe I feel like one of my teleporting mages appearing out of the blue like this after so long. Sorry all for the vanishing act I've been caught up in the world of work since leaving uni last year had have barely had a moment to myself since. However things are calming down a bit and I am very much getting the urge to try my hand at a bit more modding now that the dust is settling. I have been reading all your kind comments left for me over the past months and am currently evaluating what needs tweaking and fixing in the current mod and also what direction I should then take it in. I wouldn't expect anything much from me in the next month however because I am waiting on my computer be fixed as well as banging my head against a wall trying to remember half of what I knew about the construction set. I still have all my old files and wip scripts safely stored away though ready for me to wipe away the dust and get a fresh perspective on which is good. While I may not be scripting much this month I still plan to spend a fair chunk of time catching up on whats happening in the community and also being about this thread to throw ideas around with people for when the scripting starts again in earnest. Oh and also while i was gone you were more than welcome to update my mod however you wished, you don't ever have to worry about me getting angry over stuff like that.

So to sum up I thought I would post to say

1) I am sorry.
2) I hope to be back modding over the coming months.
3) In the mean time feel free to fire questions, suggestions and things you feel deserve my attention at me.

You've returned!! Oh Joyous day! It's great to see this mod continuing, even in it's current state it's a must have for me. Thank you.

YAY! :laugh: I'm so happy you are back =) No need to be sorry on my account, just next time, give us the memo
Your mod never left my game, it's a very important addition imo.

I witnessed a Mage fighting guards the other day, first time, the rare occurrences make these things very intriguing! I tried helping the mage but he was to weak.

Will the mage always loose? or is there chances of more powerful Mages spawning as enemies for the guards to fight?

1) You needn't be. You don't work for any of us, we have no right to call you out on this kind of thing. Hell, we should all just be glad you are creating such a wonderful mod for us to enjoy .
2) Awesome. This is one of those mods I really couldn't play Morrowind without anymore. It's like MCA without the svck .
3) You have done an excellent job so far of keeping this mod lore friendly and unobtrusive, both of which are qualities I truly value in mods. All I can say is: 'Keep up the good work.' Also, Teen Titans ftw :laugh:.

agreed there is nothing to be sorry for, we were all just worried you wouldn't return to continue such a fantabulous mod (wait, did i really just say fantablulous? wtf) but either way, its awesome to at least hear you are back...

erm was the mage fighting the guard part of that small beta I released for the patrol add on I was making? If so then the plan was/is to balance it so the fight could go either way. I think I will have to go back to the drawing board for the patrol add on in terms of how it works as I remember finding a lot of glitches happening based on the current scripting (the main one being the guards not resetting right after a month had past. Mind you if the mage fighting the guard is just from the basic npc adder then I have no idea why the hell they are even fighting lol. Seems from what I have been reading I need to patch some naked npc's people have seen walking around among the barbs and warriors.

I'm using the "patrols beta 0.5" not the actual name but the gist of it. IIRC it was supposed to add such a feature o_O

Good work with reworking the system! I'm as before, ready to test things out for you (even tho there are people far more qualified at testing who know the inner workings of the engine a lot better then me).

Cheers!

:) cheers well I need to get back to grips with the code i was playing around before I can even start thinking about how to rework it, but the second I have a something new that needs testing I know who to call.

I'd be happy to help test it as well starfire. also, i can't wait for that patrols addon to be released. sounds interesting...

an idea for that mage vs guards though, perhaps make him/her/it skille din conjuration so that it could summon a monster to help fight the patrol? could even things out a bit more

good to hear. You will be glad to hear in the 0.5 version that some people were testing for me there was a necromancer south of Balmora who conjured various undead etc when they fought with the guards and that all worked really well as far as I can remember. I can send you the file In a few days once I get all my files organized again if you want to try it out. Atm I am thinking about how to get around the issue of getting the patrol and its enemies to carry on following their scripts even after multiple re-spawns... Also its so so tough to get a patrol to actually patrol as group and still obey all the scripts (may be impossible)

hm is there any way you could get the guards to recognize the summons as monsters so that when they fight, they fight as if a monster is invading their town...

Good to see you're back Starfire, your mod very quickly became one of my favourites! :celebration: