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Old 09-09-2006, 09:39 PM   #1
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I'm using DosBox to play Albion due to the limit of my Windows XP x64 to run 16-bit applications such as Albion via VDMSound. DosBox requires lot more resources and tweaking done before you can try running the game. Another thing I must mention is that I'm using experimental build (daum cafe), avaliable to download from this site. Now you need to do some modifications in DosBox config file:

1. Set CPU type to "dynamic".
2. Set cycles to "auto" or 40000 (value highly depends on your actual CPU, e.g. the better you have the higher value you can set there).

I also like a bit blurred graphics to smooth pixels, this can be done by setting output to "opengl" and windowresolution to something like 800x600 or 1024x768. You can play around more with those values, I bet you'll find interesting results but as for me windowed mode with opengl works perfectly.

I think that's all. By the way I have original CD so I can't really tell how to run ripped versions without it, here I just simply mount my actual or virtual drive via "mount d e:/ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl" (where e:/ is path to your drive) and that's it! The game runs perfectly, everything is intact, including bugs and crashes this game have (yes, but fortunately they happen rarely, anyway save often). I hope that helps...

p.s. My CPU is AMD64 3200+, just saying it so the people would know at which system I play the game.
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Old 11-09-2006, 04:08 PM   #2
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I'll give what you said a try, thank you

Although i think i may be doomed to never play this...man my luck with games it terrible
                       
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Old 15-09-2006, 01:35 PM   #3
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I love this game but there has always been one thing that I haven't been able to figure out:

Does anyone know what the Turquoise Music crystal is for? (the one you get the Kenget Kamulos place)

I know the Blue music crystal is to give to Argim (and he teaches you how to get the stat bonus)
I know the Red music crystal is given to the guy guarding the Oak tree in Gratogel and he gives you a crystal throwing axe

but I just cant find a use for the Turquoise one!!!

Can someone help???

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Old 16-09-2006, 01:23 PM   #4
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest_Matthew_* @ Sep 15 2006, 04:35 PM) [snapback]255132[/snapback]</div>
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I love this game but there has always been one thing that I haven't been able to figure out:

Does anyone know what the Turquoise Music crystal is for? (the one you get the Kenget Kamulos place)

I know the Blue music crystal is to give to Argim (and he teaches you how to get the stat bonus)
I know the Red music crystal is given to the guy guarding the Oak tree in Gratogel and he gives you a crystal throwing axe

but I just cant find a use for the Turquoise one!!!

Can someone help???

Thanks
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As much as I can remember colors of the crystals don't make a difference. For example, blue crystal can be used for Argim or the Celtic Guard. But I don't remember coming across a third crystal, I only remember two of them. It could be a subtitute for the others, I guess.
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Old 16-09-2006, 04:28 PM   #5
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(melthas @ Sep 16 2006, 05:23 PM) [snapback]255385[/snapback]</div>
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As much as I can remember colors of the crystals don't make a difference. For example, blue crystal can be used for Argim or the Celtic Guard. But I don't remember coming across a third crystal, I only remember two of them. It could be a subtitute for the others, I guess.
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Well actually there is third, and like Matthew mentioned it's in Kenget Kamulos dungeons. However I too haven't figured out whom to give it. Perhaps there is someone in that savannah to the left of the cave which leads to Toronto, but I got tired running around there so I'm not sure if there is actually anything of interest.
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Old 17-09-2006, 04:33 AM   #6
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Since I lack a manual, answer me these:
1: What do luck, stamina, and intelligence affect?
2: How much does STR affect close-range combat?

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Old 20-09-2006, 08:20 PM   #7
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Hey there, just found this site, and I just had to react to this.

Albion has been my favourite game of all time for years, when I found the demo on my brand new (back then) Settlers II CDrom. Couldn't stop playing it, I think I have finished it over 8 times the last couple of years. My first try out of a website those days was dedicated to Albion. Its great to find it here, as it doesnt seem to work on windows XP anymore, but now I might get it to work.

It pleases me to see other fans I don't know many who know about this fantastic bluebythe game.

Well im off to install it rofl

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Old 18-10-2006, 07:06 AM   #8
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I used to be so obsessed about this game when I had it. I shifted house, it wasn't packed carefully and the CD broke. God, even to this day, I regret not being able to continue with the game. It's by far the best RPG in my opinion.
:wallbash: Just wish I could play again.
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Old 20-10-2006, 05:30 AM   #9
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I truly cannot understand why this games has such a high rating, or why most of the people commenting here seem to love it. The game has some great positives, which I'll get out of the way so I don't have to worry about them while I vent out all the negatives:
-Truly unique and expansive cultures for each of the peoples introduced during the game.
-I very much like the idea of magic that gets stronger with use.
-Animebona/Animenka story bit was well thought out and quite interesting.
-Dungeons were very interactive, puzzles were difficult enough to keep it interesting

and now some MAJOR flaws:
-Because every monster gives you exp more or less on the same scale, it's easy to become super powerful by just fighting weaklings forever. It also means that characters you never use will be impossible to level up quickly.
-Sira has a 'win every battle' spell, frost avalanche. It paralyzes ALL enemies for 3 rounds and makes it impossible to lose any normal battle.
-The quests are often ambiguous... I spent much of my game time wandering about the cities trying to figure out who I was supposed to talk to/kill/find/ect. to make the story progress.
-Being able to cast healing spells using life points is just wrong. Towards the end of the game, I mowed down a whole army of Service Bots without using one single potion just because I was able to heal to full for free using Melthas' heal spell.

and minor complaints:
-The music for certain cites, like Umajo, is bad enough to make me turn it off.
-Giving weight to the money is more realistic, but it can be irritating. Especially after you get back from the Kenget Kamulo and have many items worth MORE than their weight in gold. I tried selling them only to realize that I had to dump half my money in order to move (of course I reloaded). The addition of some type of bank would ease this problem.
-The made a whole bunch of nothing to explore down in the southern desert... it isn't a game stopping flaw, but it does seem quite pointless.

Because I was enthralled by the depth given to the different cultures of Albion, I gave the game a 3/5 despite all the severe problems with the game. Without it, it certainly would get a 2 (or 1 if I was in a bad mood).
                       
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Old 20-10-2006, 07:39 AM   #10
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Elaborate this a little more and you could post it into Community Reviews.

How about it? k:
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