Wizardry Wizardry Chronicles for Windows (PC) - Translation Project to English COMPLETE!!! V0.983b Released!!

[MrRichard999]

Glad you 2 are enjoying this one! I hope you guys will check out Lunatic Dawn - Book of Futures once its all done. Helly & I have been working hard on this one for the past 2 weeks! :D

 

[Shackleton]

Tip for floor 8- not really a spoiler, but if you haven't already, make a banker character and pool the gold with him before you venture down again. There's more than 1 mob who'll drain your gold!

Also tip regarding classes, and I will spoiler this one if you want to find out about the advanced classes yourself-

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The Thief might be Neutral or Evil only, but the advanced version, the 'Great Thief' is Good or Evil only. Kinda screws you over if you're going a good party with a neutral Thief, have to either change someone else over or level up another char. The problem with that is you'll probably want to keep your existing thief in there to open up the chests so you'll either be losing melee dps or magic dps. I dropped my Melee Swordsman for now until the Tiron Soldier levels up enough to switch.

Of course not an issue if you're going evil.

 

[Shackleton]

Dorarnae aweigh Courtier MrRichard999

Ok, second boss down and ahead to floors 11 and 12 now. Don't know if anyone else is still playing this, but I'm loving it and documenting my journey down into Balma Laga here for posterity in case anyone else is playing this rare gem. It's so refreshing to be playing something where I'm pretty much playing blind and figuring it out as I go, although this is not a game to turn our friendly blobber troll into a fan- there's been quite a lot of grinding on these mobs:

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In my travels I've found some mobs who are very straightforward,

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Some mobs who are an enormous pain...

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And some who are just plain weird...

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I've found some nice loot,

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And I've found some clues that are simple-

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And some that are definitely not!

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I think I might be coming to a tricky part here (Hall of Origin clue is baffling me for now), but my party is all getting well into their 20's now and I've got some lvl 6 spells that are making things easier, (teleport, how long I waited for thee!) But as Courtier I think said in another post, no matter how much you abuse systems and power level, a good Wizardry will always turn around and kick your arse with some overpowered shit you weren't expecting! This game has that in spades, very few fights don't contain the possibility of character death and it keeps it challenging even as I level and get better spells and weapons.

Onwards to the Hall of Origin and the Hall of Creation!

Edit- I should add, I've found no skills yet for anyone up to about lvl 23, but I think there must be at some point. I found a 'Thief's key' that it says functions in the place of other keys 'if the Thief has the 'Big Steal' skill. So there must be some skills somewhere!

 

[Courtier]

I will begin playing it soon, your posts are greatly appreciated

 

[Shackleton]

Ack, nearly forgot the absolute most important tip!

If you get the Teleport spell and think you'll have a go teleporting around the levels where you think there might be secret rooms- BACKUP YOUR SAVE FIRST!

It auto saves if you teleport into rock and that's your party gone if you haven't copied your wizsave.dat into another folder ready to replace it. I'm sure most veterans wouldn't be caught out with this, but I'd hate someone to lose 40+ hours of game in an instant by playing with teleport.

 

[Dorateen]

compare that to the god-awful max AGILITY of the Elminage "default caster race", the Elves, with an abysmal 16 AGI max.

aweigh, just to clarify, you are talking about an earlier Elminage or Elminage Gothic? I just referenced the EG manual, and elf max agility is 18. Also loaded up the game to confirm I have an Elf bard with 18 agility in the party.

I don't disagree with your point about the premium placed on speed and gaining initiative in combat. One of the advantages of the classic fairy ninja is to go first and unleash carnage, wiping out mutiple enemies in a single round.

 

[Courtier]

I am playing Elminage Original right now and all me elves got 18 AGI. Don't forget Alch speed spells, very useful as well.

 

[Shackleton]

MrRichard999

I think I've found a mistake in one of the clues for Floor 11-12.

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Now I figured out the answer..

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really, this is the answer, don't click unless you're MrRichard or REALLY want to have less of a feeling of achievement from completing the riddle..

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Which would only make sense if the original clue was R15 L18, not the other way around. If you turn the dials L15 R18 you get 4762, which is definitely not the answer.

 

[Courtier]

I'm almost done with B1F. These things can be immediately refought for some reason.

I HIGHLY recommend anybody that's also just starting the game to:

-Change message speed in settings to infinite (no more waiting, can tap through combat messages which speeds it up manyfold)
-Turn Map Usage ON (automap, unless you like mapping by hand which I tried w/ graph paper in B1F till I fucked up and drew half the map backwards)
-Use the starting party at first because they have gear and are Lv3, then start switching in your homemade guys one by one (newly made chars are naked)
-Have soldiers with spears in the back

S toggles status display in dungeon, and opens detailed info window when hovering over items
M shows coordinates or automap
Bump into walls to find secret passages (torches reveal them for a short time, check the store they're cheap)

I'm once again using a gamepad using Better DS3 to map keyboard keys to buttons. If you dislike constantly tapping enter in fights (circle button in my case) you can ofc set message speed to default 5 which automates it, but it makes combat so slow you have time to go make some coffee every round

 

[Shackleton]

I'm once again using a gamepad using Better DS3 to map keyboard keys to buttons. If you dislike constantly tapping enter in fights (circle button in my case) you can ofc set message speed to default 5 which automates it, but it makes combat so slow you have time to go make some coffee every round

I've got it set up so my R trigger on the gamepad is set to repeat the 'Enter' input 4 times a second if held down, and the 'select' button is set to repeat it 4 times a second on a toggle. The first for normal fights and the second for when I'm grinding out mobs that resummon themselves. It's a massive oversight to not have a faster setting in the game, but thankfully 3rd party software, (JoytoKey in my case), can work around this.

Glad you're playing it Courtier, interested to see what you think of it as I'm sure you've played more of the traditional Wizardries than I have.

In other news, I finally had the option to change class to a Bishop. My 'Mendicant' was level 24 and with Int 18 and Piety 19 along with most other stats in the teens. Going to hang fire until I have more max level Priest spell casts though.

There's some weirdness with the translations of the classes actually. My 'Philosopher' is apparently actually a 'Sage' according to the spell lists and gear he can use. My 'Mendicant' must actually be a 'Monk' judging from the fact he can use Monk only spells and I've seen Spells for a 'Ruler', which is a class I've never seen hide nor hair of (Edit- I have now!) I've also seen some lvl 6 spells for a 'Warrior' which is clearly wrong somewhere and might actually be a Samurai, (my Sam isn't quite high enough yet for lvl 6 spells.)

 

[Severian Silk]

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[Courtier]

Shackleton that JoytoKey button repeat tip was fantastic, it took me like half a minute to set up and works great.

Also:

Crooked Bee

 

[MrRichard999]

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Never anything nice to say

 

[Severian Silk]

Only perfection is worth acknowledging.

 

[Shackleton]

So I have a new No1 in the hall of 'ohshitohshitohshit'-

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Yeah, check out those abilities! Poison, (pffft, I wish he'd just poison me!). Petrify, money drain, Flame breath that hits hard enough to one shot my casters and almost kill my Ninja, and just for good measure, he can insta-kill as well.

I knew there was a reason I hated bleeding clowns as a kid! This thing must have been born from my nightmares!

Apart from the ridiculous mobs and loot, not really excited by Floor 14. This looks like a bit of a 'phoned in' map. Very straightforward, nothing much to discover yet. Must be getting closer to the end now and I'm getting the 'ran out of time before release' vibe from this floor. Hope the next one is more interesting.

 

[MrRichard999]

You are about 75% of the way through :D

 

[MrRichard999]

Thanks to the former potato and Shackleton, I posted a new .exe fixing that clue blunder mentioned and a spelling mistake

 

[Shackleton]

Finally figured out that door of origin puzzle and found the (final? I don't think so somehow!) boss.

He is a new standard of tough. Some levelling required for this beastie! Thankfully XP is pretty abundant on Floor 15 and the mobs aren't that hard, (if you avoid the clown and daddy demons who level drain you x3!).

That origin puzzle is a nice one, I'm not going to post spoilers but if someone is *really* stuck rest assured it's doable if you think about it and get a pencil (or pen) out!

 

[Courtier]

How does alignment shifting work? One of my guys turned evil after after a surprise attack, and after that I've always opted out of them but he never changed back. There are multiple messages for a pre-emptive attack, but there doesn't seem to be a ''friendly encounter'' one like in other Wiz-titles.

''You are not seen. Will you attack?''

''You see the enemy but are unoticed (sic). Will you attack?''

Is one of them supposed to be the friendly one?

The good old trick of joining the party in the dungeon still works to create mixed good/evil parties (though as soon as you get back characters who clash are removed from the group). I see Faust can convert characters, but it's 250,000GP a pop.

I searched for sites that mention ウィザードリィ クロニクル 聖地奪還 (name of the game), and I couldn't find any discussion of it anywhere, much less any wiki-like site with info. Just the playthrough aweigh linked (start at 001). We're entering unexplored territory lads, I'll aid resident dungeon master Shackleton in making some notes for posterity

As always fixed encounters respawn when reloading a save and changing floors. I realized the pandas mentioned before are kind of a mediocre Murphy's ghost - they hit for only a few points of damage, immediately respawn and give no chest, with ~30-60xp (it still takes like 2500 exp to get up to LV5). About rolling @ chargen: If you add all the base stats, luck (randomized) and the bonus pts together, usually you'll get something around 60 points, if you're lucky >70 and if you're blessed by RNGesus 80+.

 

[Shackleton]

Yeah, the alignment change came as a bit of a surprise to me as well, but I just ALT+F4'd and reloaded afterwards. It seems very rare, but I'm assuming it works the same as in the other games. If you attack after one of the messages, I think it's the 'unoticed' one, you can cast spells first round and the enemy gets an attack as well. The other message if you attack you get a free round and can only melee and use items. I'm thinking it's the former that causes an alignment shift as an ambush is usually safe and usually that only lets you melee first round.

I also assumed how you react to the wandering parties must have an alignment effect. you always have the option of 'speak, attack or leave'. Surely that must be the 'good, evil, neutral' option? I've been going good so I've spoken to all of them and fulfilled their requests if they have any, usually buying stuff or giving them potions.

 

[Courtier]

I'm thinking it's the former that causes an alignment shift as an ambush is usually safe and usually that only lets you melee first round.

Yep, my guy just changed back to good from leaving an encounter with the first message. MrRichard999 please consider changing

''You see the enemy but are unoticed (sic). Will you attack?''

To something like ''You see the enemy, but they ignore you. Will you attack?'' to make it clear you're doing something that will cause a shift to evil

 

[Courtier]

I made it to B5F and immediately got massacred lads, this game is tough

 

[MrRichard999]

I thought anytime you attack a party that you surprise or ignores you is an automatic shift to Evil eventually? That always seemed the case with the Wizardry Gaiden games.

 

[Courtier]

In every crawler that had this mechanic that I played (e.g. Wiz 1/Elminage/Wiz Emp/CoH/GenXth), there is a difference between attacking friendlies and getting a surprise attack. Only attacking friendlies affects alignment

 

[MrRichard999]

II'll go ahead and fix that. I'll post a new link when the file is accepted at