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Keeper Tyrandela
May 11th, 2012, 19:11
Greetings, lesser keepers. I am Keeper Tyrandela, queen of the icy realms and conqueror of the hero kingdom of Faithen.

Though I -am- a much greater keeper than all of you, surprisingly, even I am not perfect. I know, right? I have a series of questions that must be answered, and I expect them to be answered correctly, less you face the dire consequences of lying to a goddess. I also expect tribute with each answer or attempt at answering. A fruit basket or a nice box of chocolates will do just fine. ((Hehe. I like to roleplay. x_x ))

EDIT: First Issue Fixed!!

Secondly! How do I change my color? I'm oh so bored of being red. I would love to be purple or blue, or perhaps even black or white.

Thirdly! Is there a place I can go to battle other keepers? My poor mistresses have run out of heroes to torture.

Metal Gear Rex
May 12th, 2012, 00:09
((Hehe. I like to roleplay. x_x ))

Perhaps you would be interested in the Awakening (http://keeperklan.com/forums/10-Dungeon-Keeper-RPG-The-Awakening)? : D


EDIT: First Issue Fixed!!

What was the first issue? You actually didn't really specify on that.


Secondly! How do I change my color? I'm oh so bored of being red. I would love to be purple or blue, or perhaps even black or white.

It's not really possible to my knowledge about that. I know that it's possible with DK1 using this color selecting tool (http://keeper.lubie.org/html/dk1_tools_other.php) and with KeeperFX, but not so much in DK2. I suppose no one really bothered with that as there hasn't been enough interest in DK2.


Thirdly! Is there a place I can go to battle other keepers? My poor mistresses have run out of heroes to torture.

Well there's various hamachi servers that host games and I've heard of a few others coming by, asking to try out a game. Unfortunately, I don't think people play DK2 as much as before so finding a game will be difficult. I used to play it more myself but I've stopped as I don't have so much time now available for that.

Keeper Tyrandela
May 12th, 2012, 00:10
Aww... It'd be fun to play with you. And i'll look into the "Awakening" thing.

Keeper Tyrandela
May 12th, 2012, 02:12
Oh! Does anyone know about the DKS official editor? The pro one. I've tried different things like taking out players and keepers. I'm wondering why my map keeps crashing when I try to start it up in the game. Is it because I have too many portals, or do I have to line my walls with solid rock?

Metal Gear Rex
May 12th, 2012, 02:16
Oh! Does anyone know about the DKS official editor? The pro one. I've tried different things like taking out players and keepers. I'm wondering why my map keeps crashing when I try to start it up in the game. Is it because I have too many portals, or do I have to line my walls with solid rock?

Can you upload the map in question? I can take a look at it to see what the problem is.

Keeper Tyrandela
May 12th, 2012, 02:16
Ya. Where do I upload it to?

EDIT: I was looking for more like helpful tips.

Like how many portals can I have until I reach the crash limit, or how many keepers/players can be in a map before it crashes.

Metal Gear Rex
May 12th, 2012, 02:19
Ya. Where do I upload it to?

You can attach the file to your post and upload it here.

Keeper Tyrandela
May 12th, 2012, 02:26
It keeps saying "Invalid file" when I try to upload them.

EDIT: Whoa! Sometimes when I try to play it, it actually starts and says on for about 5 seconds! Then it crashes. But most of the time the level won't even start.

Metal Gear Rex
May 12th, 2012, 03:19
It keeps saying "Invalid file" when I try to upload them.

Hm, strange. Perhaps try uploading elsewhere, say, box.com (http://www.box.com/)?


Like how many portals can I have until I reach the crash limit, or how many keepers/players can be in a map before it crashes.

Well there's a 5 Keeper Limit for sure. I don't know about Portals, how many do you have? I tried a map with 60 Portals and I didn't get a crash at all.

Keeper Tyrandela
May 12th, 2012, 05:03
Ya. I brought it down to 5 keepers, and it still didn't work. I have 16 portal.

Metal Gear Rex
May 12th, 2012, 05:14
Ya. I brought it down to 5 keepers, and it still didn't work. I have 16 portal.

Are they owned by Players from the start? Is there anything else notable about your map?

Keeper Tyrandela
May 12th, 2012, 05:27
They're all marked as computer players, except for keeper 1, which is me.

EDIT: I also may have... messed with some... map variables.

Also, sometimes the editor itself crashes. Sometimes when I move quickly across the scrollbar or when i'm trying to put down a terrain tile.

EDIT AGAIN: I just fixed the editor crashes. It was happening every time my mouse hovered over an area of land that used to have a dungeon heart on it, but those dungeon hearts got deleted when I took out the other keepers. Turns out I guess you have to delete the dungeon hearts -before- you remove the extra keepers from the game, or it still thinks there's glitched dungeon hearts there. I remedied it by using a portal to cover up the land with new land without my mouse touching it, and it worked fine after. Now i'll see if the map works.

Keeper Tyrandela
May 12th, 2012, 20:01
Got everything to work. Now I just need to figure out the editor some more. Patrol paths, triggers, sounds, etc. I wish we could have much larger maps with more keepers, though.

Metal Gear Rex
May 12th, 2012, 20:04
Got everything to work. Now I just need to figure out the editor some more. Patrol paths, triggers, sounds, etc. I wish we could have much larger maps with more keepers, though.

You can try looking at some of the official campaigns to see how some things are done.

Keeper Tyrandela
May 12th, 2012, 22:13
Lawl. I changed all the meshes of the rooms around, and now everything has the casino floor. Some of it is glitched, so i'm just gonna change it all back. x_x

I'm trying to make it so I can play as the heroes. I'm going to try and make my walls look like the white hero walls, as well as my claimed path, and the hero lair and hero bridge. I've already figured out the hero bridge. Easycakes. Now i'm gonna figure out how that map "Frosty's Castle" was made. You know--that map where you get mercernary portals and get to play as the heroe creatures.

ARMofORION
May 12th, 2012, 22:20
No one's been able to figure out how the Mercenary Portals work. I have a few maps with them, and they work, but I don't know how to get in contact with their creators.
Well, if you do manage to figure it out, please do let us know. I know I want to make some maps with Mercenary Portals.

Keeper Tyrandela
May 12th, 2012, 22:26
I wonder we could make our own custom models and skins for characters and rooms... Maybe even doors and traps. I've got some great minion ideas...

ARMofORION
May 12th, 2012, 22:42
I don't believe that is possible in DK2 or DK1, but I'm not sure. You'll have to ask the Keeperfx team if they might know.
As far as I know for DK2, you can have Horned Reapers as a normal creature, but you'll have to screw with it's stats and spells a bit to balance it out.

Keeper Tyrandela
May 12th, 2012, 22:56
When you hover your mouse over a Hero Portculis Door that you own, it says "Jelly" as a tooltip. Why? O_o

ARMofORION
May 13th, 2012, 00:14
Design flaw by Bullfog.

Keeper Tyrandela
May 13th, 2012, 00:35
How could it not have been intentional? You don't just accidentally type the word Jelly where "Hero Portculis" goes. x_x

ARMofORION
May 13th, 2012, 01:13
I don't know. I just point and blame the developers for the screw-ups they do.

Mothrayas
May 13th, 2012, 08:59
Presumably "Jelly" was placeholder text to be filled in later, but because of EA's deadlines, they never actually got around to filling in that. May also be that they didn't actually enter tooltip data into it if you weren't supposed to own it through regular means anyway.

Skarok
May 13th, 2012, 09:20
No one's been able to figure out how the Mercenary Portals work. I have a few maps with them, and they work, but I don't know how to get in contact with their creators.
Well, if you do manage to figure it out, please do let us know. I know I want to make some maps with Mercenary Portals.

*Ahem* http://keeperklan.com/threads/642-Creating-maps-with-HERO-PORTALS?highlight=mercenary

I'm quite sure I made it work once too.

ARMofORION
May 13th, 2012, 15:17
*Ahem* http://keeperklan.com/threads/642-Creating-maps-with-HERO-PORTALS?highlight=mercenary

I'm quite sure I made it work once too.

That, my friend, is a Hex editor. That is something different.
I'm talking using the DK2 Map Editor only. No Hex Editor.