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=head1 FAQ, Tips and Tricks |
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Here are some questions you might asked yourself over time. |
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Also some nice Tips and Tricks are listed here, which you may find informative. |
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=head2 Meta - About the Game and the Client |
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=head3 What is the relation between Deliantra and Crossfire? |
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Deliantra was originally a Crossfire server, but by now most of the code |
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has been rewritten. Still most maps are very similar or identical to |
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Crossfire maps, so the games share a lot. |
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The major differences are a better client, better graphics, a stable |
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server (i.e. no crashes every few hours with players and maps getting |
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reset) and the ability to let more players play, by using less resources |
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and having a fully asynchronous design. |
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=head3 The client is very sluggish and slow, what can I do about this? |
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Most likely, you don't have accelerated OpenGL support. Try to find a |
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newer driver, or a driver from your hardware vendor, that features OpenGL |
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support. |
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If this is not an option, the following Setup options reduce the load and |
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will likely make the client playable with software rendering (it will |
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still be slow, though): |
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=item * B<Video Mode> should be set as low as possible (e.g. 640x480) |
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=item * Enable B<Fast & Ugly> mode |
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=item * Disable B<Fog of War> and C<Map Smoothing> |
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=item * Increase B<Map Scale> |
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=head2 Generic how do I... |
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=head3 X<faq_igniteandthaw>How do I thaw icecubes? Or: How do I ignite a torch? |
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The right-click context menu in the playerbook inventory has an entry |
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B<ignite/thaw>, which will ignite something or thaw icecubes. You will |
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need a B<flint & steel> L<$ARCH/light/flint_and_steel.base.111.png> for |
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this to work! |
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An alternative would be to use the L<mark|command/mark> and |
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L<apply|command/apply> commands like this: |
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mark icecube |
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apply flint and steel |
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You can bind these commands to a key and invoke them repeatedly. |
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=head3 How do I cast a cone spell all around me (burning hands, holy word etc.)? |
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Use the C<5>-key on your keypad. This will cats spells "onto yourself" |
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which has the desired effect with cone spells. |
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=head2 Magic |
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=head3 How can I summon a specific monster with C<summon pet monster>? |
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Higher levels of L<skill_description/summoning> give you access to higher |
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level monsters, but not all monsters have equal abilities. Instead of |
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summoning the highest level monster allowed by your level you can also |
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summon any other monster you had before by adding its I<archetype name> |
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after the command, i.e. to summon bees you would use the C<cast summon pet |
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monster bee> (short: C<cspm bee>) command. |
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Level Monster |
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1 bat |
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3 bird |
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4 spider |
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6 killer_bee |
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7 pixie |
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8 skeleton |
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9 stalker |
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11 devil |
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13 beholder |
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15 dark_elf |
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17 skull |
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20 angel |
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25 vampire |
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30 spectre |
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35 lich |
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40 demilich |
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50 hellhound |
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60 unusual_kobold |
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70 chicken |
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80 gr_hellhound |
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90 dave |
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100 laoch |
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105 snitchangel |
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=head2 Praying, Gods and Cults |
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=head3 How do I pray? |
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First enter the "praying mode" by readying your L<skill_description/praying> skill |
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(by default bound to C<Alt-P>, or by typing C<rspraying>), then hold and keep holding |
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C<Shift> and a direction key (e.g. C<Shift-Up>). |
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You will now pray as long as you keep pressing the keys. |
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=head3 How can I summon a specific monster with C<summon cult monster>? |
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You can't, your god selects the monsters for you. |
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=head3 How do I join a cult/become a follower of a god? |
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That is simple, just find an altar of a god of your choice and start |
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L<skill_description/praying>. Eventually, the god will recognize |
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you. |
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=head3 How do I change gods? |
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That is far more difficult: gods really hate it when you defect |
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them. Expect to lose a lot of L<skill_description/praying> experience in |
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the process. |
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First you should pray long enough to your god, until you gain 95% |
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resistancy to god power. Then quickly go to the altar of your newly-chosen |
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god and pray on her/his altar. Your old god won't make it easy, but if you |
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are persistent your old god will let you go at one point. |
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