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  1. Lum the Mad

    Lum the Mad Developer Emeritus Dev Emeritus

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    For R48 existing words of power will clear when new words of power are invoked.
     
    Lum the Mad, Oct 31, 2017
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  2. Browncoat Jayson

    Browncoat Jayson Legend of the Hearth

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    http://sotawiki.net/sota/Words_of_Power
     
    Browncoat Jayson, Oct 31, 2017
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    Awesome :)
     
    Echondas, Oct 31, 2017
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    I really dislike the words of power being displayed over my characters head. It is distracting and annoying. When it was in chat at least I could disable it or put it in a different window. I tried disabling chat bubbles and even rebooted after disabling chat bubbles with no effect, the words of power still display.

    Now, it seems some people like it and that's fine...just please give us a way to disable it. Please. =)
     
    Hawkwind, Oct 31, 2017
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    DavidDC Programmer Moderator SOTA Developer

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    But in uo you had a spell book which the word was written in. Where are those word coming from? Not written anywhere in the game..
     
    DavidDC, Oct 31, 2017
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    Perfect thank you...


    *EDIT: Just tested, didn't work...this a bug?
     
    Retro, Oct 31, 2017
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    Very likely. Did you make a bug report?
     
    Barugon, Oct 31, 2017
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    Alley Oop, Oct 31, 2017
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    i have chat bubbles turned off, logos turned off, just about everything i can think of turned off and i cant get them to go away. 5m after combat im still spouting random words above my head from stuff that happened in the previous battle. doing a bug report guessing that "chat bubbles" was suppose to make them go away.
     
    AthenaBorune, Oct 31, 2017
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    Tip to devs: Make this knowledge very available. Ultima lore fans eat this stuff up. If you want us to love your game more, feed us and put it in our faces.
     
    Quenton, Oct 31, 2017
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    To the people who really dislike these words appearing, would it still annoy you if it was brief - only appearing for a second or two?

    (instead of its current bugged minute or two)
     
    Quenton, Oct 31, 2017
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    I really agree with Quenton on this. I didnt know there was a wiki about it nor heard those word anywhere that is why i tought they were random words. Now that i saw the definition on that wiki it become more clear. Hard to know you have to search a fansite to understand what is in game ;p
     
    DavidDC, Oct 31, 2017
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    true but normal chat is fine :) i just dont want to see some random words many seconds later after casting it... if the spells are think and fast, then they need to show above my head at the same speed (or preferably not at all)
     
    liz_the_wiz, Nov 1, 2017
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    I need to say "Luna" for Night Vision is not very original but for some reasons I love it :D
     
    Rada Torment, Nov 1, 2017
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    Personally? Yes. Flashing words above my head, especially during combat, is like nails-on-the-chalkboard annoying. I understand that, for some, reading the incantations spoken by the digital avatar brings some sense of immersion. But, even out of combat, for me, it is a distraction from the immersion. I really do enjoy what Portalarium has created for us, but I won't play this game much until we can turn it off.

    Another big question - What do new players think of it? If they don't care, great! If it's annoying in the least to them, it should be off by default. First impressions are so important.

    I do notice that, personally, I don't mind it in turn-based combat like ultima 6, and that I might be able to ignore it in a less visually immersive overhead game like ultima 7.
     
    Asbury Baker, Nov 5, 2017
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    th words last 3-5 seconds, can you put up with that?
     
    Lord-Galiwyn, Nov 5, 2017
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    3-5 seconds is a long time; they shouldn't last more than 2 seconds, max. Should be closer to 1-1.5.
     
    Quenton, Nov 6, 2017
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    See Lum's message at the top of this page 2. It will get fixed eventually.
     
    Elwyn, Nov 6, 2017
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    I don't think this was implemented in a way that implies that the text that is display is in fact words. My first impression was that the font and text position appears too close to a players name and title. All those texts are displayed in one area which I think makes some clashing.
     
    mike11, Nov 6, 2017
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