Dungeon Lords 1.4 is finally released

tripcrow · Post by **tripcrow** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:38 pm

http://www.dreamcatchergames.com/forums ... hp?t=26984

This version includes cumulative updates from version through 1.4:

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:09 pm

Wow! That's certainly been a long time coming. I might play around with this a little.

Dungeon Lords could've been a very good game if all the ideas would have been finished and the game world fleshed out a bit.

Butterknife · Post by **Butterknife** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:20 pm

So, is the game any good now? That would have to be some patch, from what I've heard (don't own it myself).

D.A.Lewis · Post by **D.A.Lewis** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:51 pm

I was in mid game and stopped playing while I waited for the 3rd patch. But I never installed the third patch and just stopped playing.

Since then my hardrive crashed so now when I reinstall it will literally be a new game.

But first things first, I have to finish Gothic 2.

Eightball · Post by **Eightball** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:54 pm

Will it add the content it was sorely lacking?

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:56 pm

Ah, the game that was so bad that Dreamcatcher didn't even bother to protect it with Starforce. Being craptastic was copy protection enough!

tripcrow · Post by **tripcrow** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:59 pm

You'll need the 1.3 patch before you can install 1.4.

I've had it a long time and never installed it because of all the negative feedback. But I'll give it a try now.

edit: you don't need the disk to play

Jarrodhk · Post by **Jarrodhk** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:23 pm

Glanced at the release notes: 1.4 No Details Available.

So what does this patch do?

May have to dig out the disks and reinstall it to find out.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:26 pm

I played it when it first came out. Quit right after the 2nd area. Does this make it fun? I think I hated the respawning enemies the most.

D.A.Lewis · Post by **D.A.Lewis** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:21 pm

PATCH NOTES

Version 1.4 updates/fixes:

Monsters no longer get stuck in the wall/floor.
Fixed: Spawnings at gates getting trapped in wall in Demon Realm.
Fixed: Monsters no longer spawn in some floors (Celestial Towers, Arindale buildings).
Fixed: Thrall guards no longer get stuck in Forbidden Gates.
Game Settings & Keyboard Controls fixed.
Players must now meet stats requirements to gain specialty class advancements.
Completed quests no longer remain in quest log finished.
Mage Aleister – Deliver Aleister’s letter to Lord Davenmore.
Vartugg: Travel to the Temple of the Naga in the Forbidden Lands.
Staroxia: Journey to the Isle of the Damned in the Wea of Woe.
Players can now re-enter the Shadow Ruins if exiting before completing the quest and not obtaining the Rod of Divinity.
Character customization enabled.
Valkyra - Valkyra arrives more quickly when summoned, eliminating problems related to delays causing her not to visit the altar.
Weapons that must be charged can now be charged at the shrines.
Various potion and rune buff effects corrected.
Shield of Retribution – reflected spells now cause proper damage (e.g. Ice Bolt reflected from a Succubus will now freeze or do damage to the monster).
Multiplayer will now operate more smoothly with 2-4 players over slower connections.

Version 1.3 Updates (available at retail box and downloadable) :

Added feature: Auto-map available for usage throughout the game world.
Includes all changes made in previous updates.

Version 1.2 Updates (available at retail box) :

Gameplay tweak: Two boss battles (Shaduroth, Nypherus) slightly adjusted.
Gameplay tweak: Random monster drops adjusted slightly.
Gameplay tweak: Locust spell has been slightly reduced in damage and no longer "jumps" over distances.
Gameplay tweak: Samurai/Imperial armor bonus strike/parry changed to +1 per item.
Added feature: SaveGame thumbnail images.
Bug fix: Junk inventory operates correctly now allowing players to keep duplicates of the 18 most valuable items.
Bug fix: Potions of Power working correctly.
Bug fix: Rare cases of automatically equipped items which can't be removed.
Bug fix: Occasional Volgar double-speech at end game fixed.
Bug fix: Quest characters now remain in the world if the player runs away and enters another scene.
Bug fix: Monster summons can no longer get stuck in terrain or walls in the Demon Realm.
Bug fix: NPCs (Elderon, Morgus, Valkyra) should no longer get stuck in
objects if blocked in their path.

morlac · Post by **morlac** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:34 pm

Daehawk wrote:I played it when it first came out. Quit right after the 2nd area. Does this make it fun? I think I hated the respawning enemies the most.

Theres an option to adjust the frequency of respawns, think it's always been there.

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:09 pm

Well I patched this last night. I'll give it some time over the next little while and see if it's worth playing at all. My time's gonna be scarce for the next couple of weeks though. I'm not sure how far I'll get.

Ripstar · Post by **Ripstar** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:40 pm

Patched it played it last night.

Most notable is that you can customize your character a little better now and the there is an in game map. Otherwize it seems to play out the same.

The map came with the 1.3 patch as you know. but it is a nice addition.

The 1.4 adds different skin colours, hair colours and hair styles and the faces seem to be slightly different.

The world still seems kinda empty.

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 1:27 pm

DL 1.4: Extreme Makeover Edition?

Ripstar · Post by **Ripstar** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:57 pm

Just noticed that you don't require a cd in drive to play.

A small thing but nice for those of us that might give it another go.

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:44 pm

I made it to the first town again, it's as unfinished as it always was.

Guess it's time to wait for the 1.5 patch.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:26 pm

That company sure has some balls on them. They have a Collectors Edition now for $40

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/260562.asp

Check out the customer reviews at the bottom hehe.

Tareeq · Post by **Tareeq** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:32 pm

Daehawk wrote:Check out the customer reviews at the bottom hehe.

Good lord, where did they get the three imbeciles who claim it's a great game, then proceed to trash it as hard as the rest of the reviewers?

Have we as a society become so afraid of giving offense that some of us feel compelled to call a game great before describing why it isn't?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:08 pm

heh Its a great game but it sucks.

Butterknife · Post by **Butterknife** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:20 pm

Character customization enabled

That is scary.

I think I'll just count my lucky stars that I never picked this one up.

CeeKay · Post by **CeeKay** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:33 pm

Tareeq wrote:
Daehawk wrote:Check out the customer reviews at the bottom hehe.
Good lord, where did they get the three imbeciles who claim it's a great game, then proceed to trash it as hard as the rest of the reviewers?

Have we as a society become so afraid of giving offense that some of us feel compelled to call a game great before describing why it isn't?

Didn't that happen here too?

Ripstar · Post by **Ripstar** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:46 pm

Well I don't think anyone here said it was a great game.

Some of us were willing to give it another try, but sadly even with a few more buttons, it is still an empty, boring, bugged, offering.

I agree with daehawk the company must have or be nuts to have a Collector's Edition.

Pharaoh · Post by **Pharaoh** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:50 pm

This is one of those games that will end up a special IGN/Gamespy story about the Top 10 Gaming Shams of all time, and it will be about Number 2, talking about it released missing half the features on the box, and the developers actually had the balls to re-release it months later in a collectors edition, claiming it was the ultimate version, when really, it was what they sold last year.

Character Creation! Maps! No fatal bugs on non-skippable NPCS!

Christ, I played this game because Eightball told me it wasn't THAT bad, and still want him to pay for what he put me through.

Eightball · Post by **Eightball** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:06 pm

Pharaoh wrote:Christ, I played this game because Eightball told me it wasn't THAT bad, and still want him to pay for what he put me through.

It wasn't THAT bad....it was awful

I think my debt to you was paid back with the 2 world epic drops you got while duoing with me in WoW.

Pharaoh · Post by **Pharaoh** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:12 pm

Bah, you never paid back that Epic 2 Hander Axe someone got while on vacation, so that was overridden

The hell of the sewers is nothing to us getting Robes of Insight like in December 2004 my friend

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:58 pm

I should receive my copy from the Ebay seller in the next day or so. I'm figuring for $13 I'll have a lot of fun with this one.

Does anyone know the alltime record for the biggest game patch ever created? 1.4 weighs in at 140mb!