Development Info Gearhead 2 plots up version .240

[LlamaGod]

UnReal World is pretty neat. It is pretty difficult, but thats the nature of the game. All about taking easy and careful steps one at a time and spending time on things.

It's kinda fun when you establish some sort of free little meta-game that plays like a deadly version of Sims. I was a fisherman and found a big lake and I knew cooking abilities, so I was able to provide myself my own food and water for as long as needed.

I spent time with learning clothes making and chopping wood and slowly and stediliy made myself warm clothing and a cabin for the winter. I could've easily kept on and started talking to villages and get married and have a big home and everything.

It was a pretty neat game. The only real goals are to keep yourself alive in all sorts of ways.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

The good thing about GearHead is that it feels meaningful. It's not just dugneons, dungeons, dungeons... There are people to speak with, and a lot of scripted sequences, plus the world of the game has a history.

Not to mention that actions and inactions have consequences. I had a falling out with my corporation in a game I was playing because I was taking orders from a bad guy in the ranks of the corporation. Something about them wanting me to take out civilians I kept refusing to do. Oh well!

 

[Naked_Lunch]

The only reason I use the graphical version of Gearhead is because I like the UI better.

 

[Kos_Koa]

The only reason I use the graphical version of Gearhead is because I like the UI better.

Yeah the UI is better since you can use the mouse to navigate it, but I'm enjoying the ASCII version more for some reason.

Question: I'm playing ADOM and I came across an issue multiple times now. Some levels in the first dungeon do not have stairways, which would restrict me for finishing the quests (such as finding the carpenter). I would restart my character and playthrough, hoping to reach my quest objective, but to no avail. Is this a bug? If it were, I would think more people would have posted about it on other forums, but I haven’t seen anything written about it, even in the FAQ.

I have opened all doors and gone through all the rooms, yet I still can't find the stairs to go down. And I know that it's not the end of the dungeon because in some games it's the first floor. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[LlamaGod]

maybe they are HIDDEN

 

[Kos_Koa]

maybe they are HIDDEN

How do I UNHIDE them good sir?

 

[Elwro]

"s"earch?

edit: you can also use a certain medical item you can get early in the game...

 

[Kos_Koa]

"s"earch?

edit: you can also use a certain medical item you can get early in the game...

Actually I just figured it out. I have to kick a wall that I believe is a hidden door. I do that a few times and the wall gives way, and the room is revealed. Thanks for the help.

 

[Nicolai]

Just hit "s" a few times when close to a wall to reveal secret doors.

 

[Elwro]

As a side note (from the best guidebook):
"Some doors are hidden and must be 's'earched for. A ring of searching will do this automatically. Alternatively, secret doors may be discovered by 'k'icking them. Kicking a normal dungeon wall results in the message "You hurt your foor kicking the wall!". Kicking a concealed secret door results in the message "You really hurt your foot kicking the wall!""

Whoa, I've been playing this game for 8 years I think, and I didn't know it. I discovered the stetoscope usage, though.