Discard Sculptures

otter · 06-25-2002, 11:24 PM

I've discovered a new art form. If you drop several items from the Inventory window, they make interesting forms as they meld together.
16 Spear-types, 7 pairs of boots, 10,000 arrows....or mixed groupings, they can get kinda psychodelic.
You can also see Vi the Dom from INSIDE if you stand where she appears in He'li's and dismiss her. You should see that!

Kakero · 06-26-2002, 03:47 AM

really? do you have a screenshot proof? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

otter · 06-26-2002, 04:39 AM

well, there are several responses to that, i'll try to sort them out:
1. i'm disappointed i should be expected to prove something.
2. i don't know anything about getting, or posting, screenshots, and if you mean about being inside Vi, a screenshot wouldn't do it justice. You have to rotate and change your veiwing elevation, and you see various bits of her shell sort of flashing around you. If i can recreate this, maybe you can tell me how to send a copy of the save file. If you want to try it for yourself, just stand right where Vi would show up when you dismiss her. Maybe a pace backward from up against He'li.
3. The idea is for you to make your own discard sculptures. I suppose you could get some idea of what they look like from a screen shot, but the visual effect of the way some things rotate together really needs its own animation. (the spears is a good example of that.)

Kakero · 06-26-2002, 04:52 AM

interesting. I try that.

[ 06-26-2002, 05:34 AM: Message edited by: Kakero ]

Gimli · 06-26-2002, 10:51 AM

someone must know how exactly, but I think you just press the "print screen" button during the game and it saves the screen shot somewhere in the wiz8 folder; what i remember is that it would save up to 100 of them and then start overwriting them. i have no doubts you've sculpted and been in Vi

just want to see pics out of curiosity...

otter · 06-27-2002, 01:37 AM

This is getting better--i'm gonna go into the game in a bit here, and see what happens if i try to leave a discard pile inside Vi. I wonder if i can get inside anyone else...gonna try Saxx next. Imagine dropping his horn inside his figure, which carries the thing even if you have it! i don't think it'll work, though; there's too much space in that room. My guess is it only works where there's no place else to put the RPC. I've almost never used RPC's, just Vi and then only to Braffit and then He'li, where i let her go. (and i didn't discover this until i'd done that more than--i'm guessing--30 times) so i don't know where any of the others reappear when you release'm. I'll also try taking a screenshot, then you gotta tell me how to post it.

otter · 06-27-2002, 03:25 AM

Well, i got inside Vi, the trick is you have to push the "i" (for inventory) immediately upon checking "Dissmiss Vi?". It apparently doesn't know you're there when you're in the inventory screen. Thus i found out one thing- there's room for her to appear elsewhere, which means i CAN get inside Saxx. Or whomever...
Anyway, i dropped a bunch of stuff, but it all landed accross the room from Vi, i guess the game can't superimpose people and objects.
I also hit "Print Scrn" a few times, different views of Vi from various places close to the middle of her. I have no idea even where to look for the pics, they're not obvious in any folder in the W-8 files.
I really know very little about how these machines work, just how to make wierd stuff happen in games.

[ 06-27-2002, 03:26 AM: Message edited by: otter ]

otter · 07-06-2002, 01:08 AM

Well, i finally got around to looking again, and i found the screen shots i took by pressing >Print Scrn<. It seems i have some extra Wiz-8 folders, what's that all about?
Anyway, some of these are amusing, somebody has to tell me how to post or send these...?

Kakero · 07-06-2002, 01:47 AM

okay here's step to step help.

1. press printscrn
2. find out where your screenshot is stored.
3. load it up onto some art program like ms paint.
4. save it as .jpg format.
5. log into internet.
6. if you already have a website of your own then upload it there. ( if you don't have a website then find one that suits you. eg, fortunecity.com or lycos.uk.com etc etc.
7. after uploading it there you can link it here. just copy and paste your website address ( the one where the picture is stored )either by the URL botton or the image button.

Gimli · 07-06-2002, 12:14 PM

Send them to me as e-mail attachments, I can put them up on the www too if you want to :0) cw@post.com

06-26-2002, 10:51 AM	#5
Gimli Emerald Dragon Join Date: January 12, 2002 Location: Moria Posts: 912	someone must know how exactly, but I think you just press the "print screen" button during the game and it saves the screen shot somewhere in the wiz8 folder; what i remember is that it would save up to 100 of them and then start overwriting them. i have no doubts you've sculpted and been in Vi just want to see pics out of curiosity... __________________ There\'s one dwarf left in Moria that still draws breath!

07-06-2002, 12:14 PM	#10
Gimli Emerald Dragon Join Date: January 12, 2002 Location: Moria Posts: 912	Send them to me as e-mail attachments, I can put them up on the www too if you want to :0) cw@post.com __________________ There\'s one dwarf left in Moria that still draws breath!

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06-25-2002, 11:24 PM	#1
otter Elminster Join Date: March 26, 2002 Location: portland or Posts: 434	I've discovered a new art form. If you drop several items from the Inventory window, they make interesting forms as they meld together. 16 Spear-types, 7 pairs of boots, 10,000 arrows....or mixed groupings, they can get kinda psychodelic. You can also see Vi the Dom from INSIDE if you stand where she appears in He'li's and dismiss her. You should see that!

06-26-2002, 03:47 AM	#2
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	really? do you have a screenshot proof? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

06-26-2002, 04:39 AM	#3
otter Elminster Join Date: March 26, 2002 Location: portland or Posts: 434	well, there are several responses to that, i'll try to sort them out: 1. i'm disappointed i should be expected to prove something. 2. i don't know anything about getting, or posting, screenshots, and if you mean about being inside Vi, a screenshot wouldn't do it justice. You have to rotate and change your veiwing elevation, and you see various bits of her shell sort of flashing around you. If i can recreate this, maybe you can tell me how to send a copy of the save file. If you want to try it for yourself, just stand right where Vi would show up when you dismiss her. Maybe a pace backward from up against He'li. 3. The idea is for you to make your own discard sculptures. I suppose you could get some idea of what they look like from a screen shot, but the visual effect of the way some things rotate together really needs its own animation. (the spears is a good example of that.)

06-26-2002, 04:52 AM	#4
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	interesting. I try that. [ 06-26-2002, 05:34 AM: Message edited by: Kakero ]

06-27-2002, 01:37 AM	#6
otter Elminster Join Date: March 26, 2002 Location: portland or Posts: 434	This is getting better--i'm gonna go into the game in a bit here, and see what happens if i try to leave a discard pile inside Vi. I wonder if i can get inside anyone else...gonna try Saxx next. Imagine dropping his horn inside his figure, which carries the thing even if you have it! i don't think it'll work, though; there's too much space in that room. My guess is it only works where there's no place else to put the RPC. I've almost never used RPC's, just Vi and then only to Braffit and then He'li, where i let her go. (and i didn't discover this until i'd done that more than--i'm guessing--30 times) so i don't know where any of the others reappear when you release'm. I'll also try taking a screenshot, then you gotta tell me how to post it.

06-27-2002, 03:25 AM	#7
otter Elminster Join Date: March 26, 2002 Location: portland or Posts: 434	Well, i got inside Vi, the trick is you have to push the "i" (for inventory) immediately upon checking "Dissmiss Vi?". It apparently doesn't know you're there when you're in the inventory screen. Thus i found out one thing- there's room for her to appear elsewhere, which means i CAN get inside Saxx. Or whomever... Anyway, i dropped a bunch of stuff, but it all landed accross the room from Vi, i guess the game can't superimpose people and objects. I also hit "Print Scrn" a few times, different views of Vi from various places close to the middle of her. I have no idea even where to look for the pics, they're not obvious in any folder in the W-8 files. I really know very little about how these machines work, just how to make wierd stuff happen in games. [ 06-27-2002, 03:26 AM: Message edited by: otter ]

07-06-2002, 01:08 AM	#8
otter Elminster Join Date: March 26, 2002 Location: portland or Posts: 434	Well, i finally got around to looking again, and i found the screen shots i took by pressing >Print Scrn<. It seems i have some extra Wiz-8 folders, what's that all about? Anyway, some of these are amusing, somebody has to tell me how to post or send these...?

07-06-2002, 01:47 AM	#9
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	okay here's step to step help. 1. press printscrn 2. find out where your screenshot is stored. 3. load it up onto some art program like ms paint. 4. save it as .jpg format. 5. log into internet. 6. if you already have a website of your own then upload it there. ( if you don't have a website then find one that suits you. eg, fortunecity.com or lycos.uk.com etc etc. 7. after uploading it there you can link it here. just copy and paste your website address ( the one where the picture is stored )either by the URL botton or the image button.

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