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Aerich · 07-06-2006, 01:06 AM

Hi Tuco, [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img]

From purely a gameplay perspective, HoW is far superior. It adds great features and spells to druids and bards, giving significant power to what were mediocre classes in the vanilla version. I'm also a big fan of the Call to Arms feature, which draws all the nearby enemies if one enemy spots you - in addition to being much more realistic, it makes it a lot easier to trap a whole bunch of enemies. [img]smile.gif[/img] HoW adds lots of equipment, including all manner of magical items, weapons, armour, etc, in addition to the critical inventory management items - potion bags, scroll cases, and gem bags.

As for the changing of the weapon/shield sprites, I honestly didn't notice the difference when I installed HoW - I'd played IWD 2 times through before I got HoW.

I'm not much into fiddling with graphics, etc, so I'm the wrong person to answer your question about removing the change to the shields. I imagine the HoW readme probably mentions the change, which could at least give you a starting point. Azred, Dundee Slaytern, or Grog might know more about it.

07-06-2006, 01:06 AM	#2
Aerich Lord Ao Join Date: May 27, 2004 Location: Canada Age: 44 Posts: 2,061	Hi Tuco, [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] From purely a gameplay perspective, HoW is far superior. It adds great features and spells to druids and bards, giving significant power to what were mediocre classes in the vanilla version. I'm also a big fan of the Call to Arms feature, which draws all the nearby enemies if one enemy spots you - in addition to being much more realistic, it makes it a lot easier to trap a whole bunch of enemies. [img]smile.gif[/img] HoW adds lots of equipment, including all manner of magical items, weapons, armour, etc, in addition to the critical inventory management items - potion bags, scroll cases, and gem bags. As for the changing of the weapon/shield sprites, I honestly didn't notice the difference when I installed HoW - I'd played IWD 2 times through before I got HoW. I'm not much into fiddling with graphics, etc, so I'm the wrong person to answer your question about removing the change to the shields. I imagine the HoW readme probably mentions the change, which could at least give you a starting point. Azred, Dundee Slaytern, or Grog might know more about it. __________________ Where there is a great deal of free speech, there is always a certain amount of foolish speech. - Winston S. Churchill