Magic circa 1995

[LordHomerCat]

I'll have to post it as soon as the bugs are worked out but me and some friends added some cards to the game.   I have all of Fallen Empires, The Dark, some of Ice Age, and the missing cards from the previous sets working now.   I am working on Affinity since a friend wanted me to make it into the game, but that particular ability is hard to convert since there's nothing similar to it already.  Cards that already are similar to one in the game are simple to add.   I want to get rid of the interrupts also and add 6th editions stack into it.   That's a lot of work by itself, but the game is too much fun to let die.

As in, you coded them into the game and got them to interact properly?  If that is the case, I would be very impressed and would be interested in trying out the new cards.  Sounds really cool.

[CCClark]

Well since I got asked in a few PM's about this and people want to know about getting power easier also, I figured I'd help out.

Ok, find one of these files like this.  0094.dck   It should be under the decks folder in the games program folder.   Now open it with Notepad.   You'll get crap like this.

Fungus Master (G/U, 4th)

.91   11   Forest
.126   11   Island
.193   4   Prodigal Sorcerer
.94   4   Fungusaur
.125   3   Ironroot Treefolk
.269   2   Wall of Brambles
.208   4   Rod of Ruin
.305   2   Carnivorous Plant
.831   2   Untamed Wilds
.285   2   Wild Growth
.275   2   Wall of Wood
.445   2   Oasis
.201   4   Regeneration
.260   4   Unsummon

.vNone
.191   3   Power Sink
.vBlack
.191   1   Power Sink
.136   2   Kormus Bell
.vBlue
.191   3   Power Sink
.vGreen
.147   2   Living Lands
.191   1   Power Sink
.vRed
.191   3   Power Sink
.vWhite
.191   3   Power Sink


Now using this file you can save it as a different name.  That's so you can put this back to default later.  I just changed mine to 0094a

In this file replace anything with some of these values.

.165   1   Mox Emerald
.166   1   Mox Jet
.168   1   Mox Ruby
.167   1   Mox Pearl
.169   1   Mox Sapphire
.230   1   Sol Ring
.510   4   Mishra's Workshop
.528   4   Strip Mine
.17   1   Black Lotus
.529   4   Su-Chi
.480   3   Candelabra of Tawnos
.398   2   Bazaar of Baghdad
.162   4   Mind Twist
.10   4   Balance
.282   2   Wheel of Fortune
.1   4   Ancestral Recall
.249   4   Time Walk
.250   4   Timetwister


now add this to the bottom after hitting enter a couple of times
.vNone
.vBlack
.vBlue
.vGreen
.vRed
.vWhite


The number refers to the number of that particular card he will have.
Now when you run into one of those creatures he will only have the cards you entered in.   Duel him with some Bronze Tablets and Demonic Attorney's and take everything you can.  Keep going after them until you get all you want or they give you cards from their deck.  lol 

Remember whatever you put in that file is what they are going to have and they will try to play it like a deck.   It's pretty funny, but make sure you only add one timetwister or Wheel of Fortune or it will go into a loop recasting it over and over everytime they draw it.   You don't want to accidentally deck yourself.   Put some stupid crap to fill in the gaps or they will cast mass creatures off moxes faster than anything.   Look in other files if you want a particular card or I can give you the number.   

Go back into the file and put it back to normal.   Play as usual with some new goodies. 

You can make your own files like this also or edit the utter crap out of theirs.    I remade them so their decks don't suck.   They have actual good ones now.    It's more fun when they try.


As for the rest,

Too add cards is a lot trickier but too bad as long as it does something similar to one already in the game.   This part you  need to be a half assed programmer for.    Now remember, you can only add them to decks, the game only looks for certain numbers of cards.   You will have to change the value to have it look for more cards than what was in the database.

The folder cardart is exactly what it says.   There's your borders and such.   They are in PICT format so you'll have to convert them if you want to view one, but there's no need.  You can pretty much figure out what they are from the names.  It sucks trying to find a converter for something like this anyway.

The folder Deulsounds is fun to edit.  It's just sounds so you can add whatever you want.   They do carry over to all cards that use the sound though.

The rarity, info, and deckbuilder files can be opened and edited in Excell of all things.    Those are easy to edit.  You can figure those out pretty easy.

The card art unfortunately is in a DLL file so it can't be edited easily.   You'll need someone with an editor to add that.   

You basically use an existing card to use the mechanics from.   For example, Shock is just a toned down Lightning bolt.   Take away 1 damage in the file for it.  Simple enough if you can get into the DLL's.   You can see why Affinity is becoming a hassle, there's nothing remotely similar.    Most cards deal with something already done, just in a different fashion or different numbers.  The 6th edition rules is the worst part.   They don't quite work right especially with that damage prevention phase we used to have a long time ago.   You can edit the interupts as instants pretty easy though.

I'm not a programmer by the way, but I can lead you in the right direction of some people that can help if you want to mess with it.   

 

[silvernail]

So I got this game from the link and a I fired it up, it seems to run alright, but I cant figure out how to see cards Ive bought. To buy cards Ive clicked on the picture and hit 'Y' , is that what im supposed to do ?

I really dont know how to make the deck editor realise i have extra cards :-\


*edit* ok I can get most cards into and out of my deck, but lands like Strip Mine dont show up anywhere

[OfficeShredder]

There are buttons right above the cards that aren't in the deck that let you see/hide certain types of cards.  Find the land button and hit it, you probably made lands invisible by accident

[EnialisLiadon]

I tried making an enchantress deck.  I had to take a mostly aggro approach.  I think it can be better.

4x Birds of Paradise
4x Rabid Wombat
4x Verduran Enchantress

4x Aspect of Wolf
4x Web
4x Wild Growth
3x Disenchant
4x Holy Strength
4x Spirit Link
3x Swords to Plowshares

12x Forest
4x Plains
4x Savannah

I took a simple route, so if anyone could think up something flashier, that'd be cool.  Like Bazaar of Baghdad, there has to be a way to break Enchantress in the Shandalar card pool.

[zeus-online]

4x Llanowar elves, just for speed
And more swords.

/Zeus

[silvernail]

Clicking those buttons doesnt DO anything.

Also in the deck editor you've got the card picture in the top left area, and the current deck to the right. Then you have the buttons just below both of those. Finally you have this blank area that has a scroll button - is that area supposed to be blank?

Also when I right click in the editor, It doesnt have an option to add in by color for land.

[Toad]

The Underdog link doesnt work for me, anyone experienced the same problem?

[silvernail]

I still see no way to add non basic lands to my deck

Also I occasionally lose due to not having enough power for an ante...what is that ?

It would seem logical that there would be some kind of marker on the map to indicate where you are, but I cant figure out what that would be

[EnialisLiadon]

I still see no way to add non basic lands to my deck

Also I occasionally lose due to not having enough power for an ante...what is that ?

It would seem logical that there would be some kind of marker on the map to indicate where you are, but I cant figure out what that would be

No idea how to solve the first problem.

As for the second, how many cards are in your deck?

There is a marker.  It's a small white dot.  Not very smart, since most of the map is light-colored, but that's how it goes.

[OfficeShredder]

To find yourself on the map, I find it helps to turn it onto plain map, and wait a couple seconds.  Eventually you'll pick up the dot.

[Harlequin]

I still see no way to add non basic lands to my deck

Also I occasionally lose due to not having enough power for an ante...what is that ?

It would seem logical that there would be some kind of marker on the map to indicate where you are, but I cant figure out what that would be

I had the same problem.  Try closing any Mouse / USB controler programs.  Hopefully your mouse will still function (at least the movenment and both clicks, no extra stuff).  If that doesn't work hist Ctrl+Alt+Del and open your task manager.  Start killing applications until it shows up. 

I have no idea why that works, but I know it had something to do with my mouse.

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Also the indicator on the map is like 4 pixels large and flashes slowly from black to white.  Its like playing "Where's Waldo" to find the damn thing.  Good luck if it overlaps with the name of a town.

[Mr. Nightmare]

The easiest way to find yourself on the map is to waive your cursor over the "OK" or "DONE" button (Whatever it is, I'm not looking at the program).  This forces the little marker to flash, and makes it pretty easy to scan the map for your guy.

[silvernail]

I dont "think" I have any mouse programs or usb stuff? Perhaps my nvidia settings have something to do with it ?

[CCClark]

It works better if you right click on the program and play it in win98 compatibility mode.  After all Windows XP wasn't around when this game was made.    It slows down the map and corrects a few graphical distortions.   Directx9 wasn't invented yet so doing that helps. 

Hope that helps some.

[sys41o]

I found that after experimenting with various colours that Spirit Link is an absolute bomb in this game.  There has been many a time that I have used it to stall or recover from an early route.

[Harlequin]

I agree, I'm running W/R right now.  I have Moat, Spirit Link, Bless, Divine Transformation, Inferno, Earthquake, Mana Flare, and for creatures I run 3 Serra Angle and 3 Shivan Dragon.  Moat + Spirit Link + nasty flyers = GG.

Along with that I have 3 Disenchant and 3 Swords to plow ... Also just for fun, I have Wall of Swords.

I think I'm going to soon be swapping out Red for Black and go for Rits, Contracts, Sengir Vampires, and Pestilence.  Inferno was cool but I'm just not really feeling it right now... I need too much Bless/Divine to make it really broken.

[Matt]

I would play RG beats but Ironclaw Orcs is so expensive that by the time you get 4 you have better decks to play.