Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:28 pm
by Semi-Happy Partygoer
Tawmis wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:20 pm
Awesome! Thanks for adding them! I love the Kyrandia games! So it's cool to have a thread that has this info on here.
Absolutely!
BTW, I've been meaning to share this review here for a while. If the opening paragraphs are accurate, Kyrandia would've been a Sierra game had history played out differently. http://www.tap-repeatedly.com/Reviews/K ... ndia.shtml
Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:23 am
by Tawmis
That was an interesting read; in relation to Sierra and that it was based off a Text Adventure for BBS'.
Having run my own BBS back in the day, I can't say I ever heard of the game it was based off of - and I use to have a ton of BBS 'door' games.
Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 6:20 am
by Semi-Happy Partygoer
To round things off, here is a set of saved games for Book 3: Malcolm's Revenge.
I included three sets of files for the final chapters, as gameplay varies somewhat depending on which conscience(s) you choose to keep. All possibilities are represented here.
Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:31 am
by Semi-Happy Partygoer
Partly to divert myself from the stressors of the last few years, I’ve been digging into these three games deeper than I ever have before. Not just replaying them, but studying how they’re put together, and have found some useful hacks through trial and error. I’ve even managed to correct a few graphical glitches using a combination of programs, and will try to assemble a patch someday. There were also more differences between re-releases than I first thought, and I can’t believe it took me so long before I spotted them. Fun to still be learning new things about games that are pushing 30.
I’ve compiled a fair bit of research so far and will find a way to present my discoveries for anyone interested. In particular, I finally found a way to export raw artwork from the first game with the proper palettes! For those who don’t know, palettes were stored differently for the first game than the later two, and no Westwood art program is capable of loading a K1 image’s entire palette due to missing colours. Through pure luck, I found a solution, so I’ll share details of that when I compile all this together.
Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:18 pm
by Tawmis
Semi-Happy Partygoer wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:31 am
Partly to divert myself from the stressors of the last few years, I’ve been digging into these three games deeper than I ever have before. Not just replaying them, but studying how they’re put together, and have found some useful hacks through trial and error. I’ve even managed to correct a few graphical glitches using a combination of programs, and will try to assemble a patch someday. There were also more differences between re-releases than I first thought, and I can’t believe it took me so long before I spotted them. Fun to still be learning new things about games that are pushing 30.
I’ve compiled a fair bit of research so far and will find a way to present my discoveries for anyone interested. In particular, I finally found a way to export raw artwork from the first game with the proper palettes! For those who don’t know, palettes were stored differently for the first game than the later two, and no Westwood art program is capable of loading a K1 image’s entire palette due to missing colours. Through pure luck, I found a solution, so I’ll share details of that when I compile all this together.
Yes! Count me interested in all of the above!
I really enjoyed these games - save for a few puzzles (the gems, for example).
Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:22 pm
by Semi-Happy Partygoer
Now this is interesting. I never knew there were Chinese translations, or that they went to the trouble of redoing the opening titles.
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Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:16 pm
by Tawmis
Oh, wow! That's pretty cool.
Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:31 pm
by Collector
Is that official or a fan translation?
Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:07 pm
by Semi-Happy Partygoer
Collector wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:31 pm
Is that official or a fan translation?
I think they’re official. I remember comments about someone wanting to use a KryoFlux to preserve their copy of the disks. Also, I saw a picture of the “Malcolm’s Revenge“ CD, which looked officially pressed and had all the relevant copyright info.
Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 9:21 am
by Semi-Happy Partygoer
So, I was bored today, and decided to do a little modding of The Hand of Fate. After some file conversions and renaming, I managed to replace Zanthia's sprite with Jessica's, revealing her hitherto unused walking animations buried within the resource files. I'll try to upload a video at some point demonstrating this, but here's a preview.
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Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 2:08 am
by Tawmis
That's cool. What are you using to view/edit the LoK Source?
Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:22 am
by Semi-Happy Partygoer
Tawmis wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 2:08 am
That's cool. What are you using to view/edit the LoK Source?
Mostly Engie File Converter. WestPak is useful for some things, but it's an older program and doesn't offer as much compatibility.
Re: Kyrandia Book 1.
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:25 am
by Tawmis
While I was working with GoG about the Lighthouse game issue I was having - I decided to play Legend of Kyrandia (Book 1) and captured it and figured - might as well throw that on my Let's Play Sierra Games channel (and yes, I know it's not a Sierra game!)
I admittedly used my own map from this post below for the caves...
And still managed to get lost a few times. lol
Also initially forgot about saving before trying the birthstones... Sigh.
So there was a lot of wandering trying to find random stones... lol
I have a freaking MAP of the caves and still keep dying, because I can't get to that 5th rock I need to get out of the caves!
I am actually doing screen shots and making my own map at this point.
By making my own map I found the 5th rock - this took me much longer than it should have (not sure if the forum will shrink the size and make it useless)
Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:21 pm
by Collector
2 was by far my favorite of the series.
Re: Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (In Progress), III (Pending)
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 8:54 pm
by Tawmis
Collector wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:21 pm
2 was by far my favorite of the series.
I love LOK1 because I love the main character - some of his dialogue is really fun/good.
LOK2 I also enjoyed... with the surprise villain. I love how the games don't take themselves seriously.
With the Hand of Fate, literally being a Hand.
