Achilles Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Hey, does someone know where I can download some skins? I found this website called Paine's Site. But there are only a few skins there.. - Ghost Down 99% of all the skins worth having are on Paine's site. If you look really, really hard, you might find a handful of other sites that have skins on them as well, but almost all of them can be found on Paine's . At least that's been my experience. tk102 mentioned the music, so I thought I might offer a "suggested playlist" for a homemade music mod (sorry folks, can't make this one available for download): <all of these tracks can be found in X:\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\Vampire\sound\music\licenced> 05. chiasm - isolated replaced with Flesh - Tiesto feat. Jan Johnston aerial - pound and glaze replaced with Kayama Painters - Endless Wave (Ferry Corsten remix) asp hole replaced with Only - Nine Inch Nails genitorturers - lecher bitch replaced with Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson ministry - bloodlines replaced with My Girlfriend's Girlfriend - Type O Negative vesuvius replaced with Never an Easy Way - Morcheeba (this has to be replaced in X:\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\Vampire\sound\music\hollywood\asphole also) last but not least music_rock2 less muffled and music_rock2 replaced with Strict Machine - Goldfrapp (these can be found in X:\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\Vampire\sound\environmental\music) Personally, I felt these tracks fit the mood of their locations a little bit better than the default music. EDIT: Also, FWIW, I enjoy playing as a Nosferatu the most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoiuyWired Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Well, the only Disappointing thing is that when I choose true Brujah... and its almost the same as a regular Brujah. I mean, they should be quite different from one another, and oh... I miss their time stop ability thingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Ran into my first bug... appears to be a show-stopper for me. I found Lily and freed her. After she kills the entering doctor and completes her dialog with, my character evidently goes into frenzy mode and gets permanently stuck trying to walk out of the door. I can see the a doctor that Lily attacked standing in the hallway. At first I thought this due to the fact that I already had 10 humanity and that the humanity gain from the dialog was driving me into the frenzy. I tried again with 9 humanity but got the same result. Looking for patches... Edit: Found this thread link so I reloaded the scene and made sure to not touch my mouse or keyboard. Problem solved... continuing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Hoon Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 The Ocean House quest is sooooo creepy! I recommend playing that during the day and/or turning the volume down unless you have nerves of steel. I kept jumping every few moments! I'm playing as a Tremere... Gotta love the billowy skirt:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceAlex Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I love this game. Anyone that hasn't picked it up yet (because of bugs or whatever), should get it. The unoffical patch fixes pretty much every bug in the game, so there's no reason not to own the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaelastraz Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 It's a pretty good game. Bought it the instant it was released. There was a bug though, a critical one where I had to use console commands just to continue playing. That's annoying, didn't the guys even check if you can play through the game? Anyway, there's a fan patch now, but there wasn't when I played the game... Anyway, I played a female Toreador. Speed is just the BEST ability. Dodge bullets in a Matrix like way! Btw can we discuss story here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 @beehoon: Stopped playing at the Ocean House last night just after entering the house. Looks like a well-made area. @SpaceAlex: good to hear about the unofficial patches... I was a little leary to install them. @Vaelastraz: Which bug is that? It'd be good to recognize it if it happens. And I suppose you can talk about the story line a little, but since there's quite a few of us who are playing for the first time, could you use the tag where necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoiuyWired Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Yes its wonderful. *sigh* too bad you can't play as Revanos, anyone have a link to a mod site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I heard about how this game was amazing, but had a crapload of gamestopping bugs. Have they not fixed it by now (officially)? I guess going out of busniess will make things harder. It's been out for awhile hasn't it? Also, is there a demo somewhere? I'm thinkin' of getting it off steam. It's only 20 bucks. SpaceAlex, do you have a link to these unofficial patches' homepage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoffe Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 @Vaelastraz: Which bug is that? It'd be good to recognize it if it happens. And I suppose you can talk about the story line a little, but since there's quite a few of us who are playing for the first time, could you use the tag where necessary? I would guess this is referring to the bug where you can get stuck trying to escape from the Society of Leopold at the end of that mission. (It's quite late in the game, after you've been to all four city districts.) To my knowledge that bug has been fixed in the patch though. At least I've never encountered it when playing. You could bypass that bug using the debug console to run a function that sets the "mission completed" variables and warp out of the area. But hopefully that isn't needed any more. Also, is there a demo somewhere? I'm thinkin' of getting it off steam. It's only 20 bucks. SpaceAlex, do you have a link to these unofficial patches' homepage? As far as I know there hasn't been any demo released for the game. The unofficial patches don't seem to have any homepage of their own that I have been able to find, but you can get them all from here. Since the game engine source code isn't available its mostly superficial scenario bug fixes and modifications though. Nothing essential to play the game, though I suppose they can improve some things if you agree with the changes that they make. The patch/change notes for the patches are below, if you want to know what they do before spending time to download a 180 Mb patch. SPOILER ALERT! v3.5 ---- Placed Yukie into endgame Temple like planned and fixed more props. Swapped Boris' Colt with a Glock and updated CIS computer details. Added female Desert Eagle and gave it to hunters, thanks to MooCHa. Restored about ten unused lines from Jack, Knox, Trip and LaCroix. Inverted Milligan humanity loss and clarified a tutorial quest log. Lowered flamethrower lethality and Eldritch Prodigy damage effect. Fixed missing stealth kill sounds for replica katana and bush hook. Restored Protean claw effects and solved some smaller text issues. Added missing lamps to the Ocean House trailer and locked the door. Stopped Doris from falling in floor and the need to reset options. Fixed wrong auras of Ash, Barabas and Julius and raised dog health. Unified irregular maximal ammo values and changed some ammo worth. v3.4 23.02.2007 ---- Added civilian humanity loss to Giovanni, pier and Blood Hunt maps. Increased chance to notice the Ocean House killer and hid his axe. Made Giovanni snort girl mortal and added xp for Dementating Chunk. Restored female rat drain, male Hysteria, Mira and Heather sounds. Made more Chinatown enemies wield new blade and lowered it's worth. Placed Gary in council cutscene and synced courtroom sword sounds. Gave .38 on tutorial completion and an xp but no items on skipping. Restored Yukie's visible sword and moved Ra blade to Fu Syndicate. Added unused quest logs and missing muzzle flashes to the tutorial. Made Mercurio sell the body armor, but only after the Hallowbrook. Swapped a Tremere history and showed player alive at Anarch ending. Corrected more misplaced props and replaced "DMP" flickering blood. Restored missing flamethrower stats and voices at Grout's mansion. Repaired Romero lip-syncro, cut line and Strauss not giving reward. Fixed Milligan Pisha bug, Lotus Blossom key board and Carson's pc. Created a few missing Malkavian lines for Damsel, McFly and Imalia. Fixed lines of Gary, Kanker, Venus, Jeanette and more text issues. Restored invisible tabletops and many absent light and lift cables. Renamed flaming to 'Pyro Crossbow' and adjusted the warrens dates. Added stealth bonus hints and cut Heather's hair, thanks to MooCHa. Included Bloodlines editing tools and fixed a Pisha quest log bug. Adjusted Glock deploy sound and restored missing Desert Eagle ones. v3.3 11.01.2007 ---- Replenished Misti's blood and repaired broken Tremere blood return. Awarded xp when releasing Julius and restored Ming/Fu connections. Made ghouling Heather easier again and added camera moving to cfgs. Gave katanas to Temple and Society enemies and removed respawning. Prevented Boris' door from closing and Dema from vanishing in view. Fixed hospital screams and dialogue bugs of Arthur, Cal and Pisha. Shortened Ventrue loading tip and some histories names to fit page. Removed flickering reservoir decals and fixed many floating props. v3.2 30.11.2006 ---- Added humanity loss when killing innocents in several combat areas. Put unused cat model at 609 and replaced flickering blood on Dane. Modified bad discipline effects for non humans, thanks to Populism. Used hidden Ithaca sound, gave Colt to Boris and fixed more props. Renamed Bloodsuckers' to Bats' Communion and updated female Sabbat. Made Imalia and Mitnick turn better and Isaac give his gift later. Fixed hunters spawning on main hubs and another Imalia's quest bug. Repaired possible freeze on freeing Lily and left over respawning. Corrected GLOCK name, modified clothing text and added cl_smooth 0. Made sure the fast Nosferatu dies and rendered Empire TV inactive. Improved first Heather dialogue and fixed Vandal and Bertram lines. Changed Yukie log, two pc prompts and wrong level re-enter sounds. v3.1 20.10.2006 ---- Unbarred Ming's Temple door and hopefully fixed Beckett's wait bug. Made Copper leave for infusion and restored Pisha's meal cutscene. Removed hunter when Ash is gone and erected more tipped over props. Turned character screens music off and lowered Venus' cut to $125. Fixed ammo in Romero's trunk and reduced zombie spawning frequency. Restored Jeanette/Therese struggling scene and a few Heather lines. Made speech stop when Bruno enters and fixed some Giovanni guards. Corrected errors in dialogues of Christopher, Milligan and Jezebel. Deleted theatre statists and restored Larry's quest for Nosferatu. Changed some weapon infos and moved Giovanni Mansion diving boards. v3.0 05.10.2006 ---- Darkened Beckett's glasses and fixed some others, thanks to MooCHa. Added speech to Jack's cheat lines and lessened Ming's bar weight. Granted humanity for persuading Therese and Jeanette to make peace. Lowered baseball bat, tire iron and new katana skill requirements. Erected several tipped over props and added a few inspection nodes. Corrected a few bugs in dialogues of Milligan, Julius and LaCroix. Moved the bum in the abandoned building and restored his fast exit. Fixed entering the pawnshop crash caused by sound, thanks to Bogj. v2.9 13.09.2006 ---- Renamed new blade dropped by the asian vampire to 'Replica Katana'. Tseng will offer the SPAS directly and the flaming crossbow later. Made Larry's quest independent of buying and fixed briefcase scene. Released trapped Fu Syndicate guard and added Julius killed lines. Changed flaming crossbow text and added some more inspection nodes. Corrected typos and lines for newscaster, Lily, Copper and Vandal. Removed another warehouse spawning and restored beachhouse weapons. Fixed superguards at Giovanni Mansion and the bonus Sweeper lines. v2.8 22.08.2006 ---- Made all enemies drop their weapon when killed except the Brothers. Added missing inspection node to Bertram's CD and many more items. Unlocked doors to Boris for Venus quest and lowered Dema condition. Removed .38 got for skipping the tutorial and added the quest log. Swapped histories around again to alter those that made no changes. Lowered .38 ammo price and time when crossbow bolts are available. Added humanity loss for sending Copper and a wrong bloodpacks line. Moved misplaced Ra texture folder and corrected female wield model. Restored exploding King's Way runner and altered book loading tip. Fixed options when asking Trip for weapons and a Prince line error. Removed respawning warehouse thugs and missing beachhouse weapons. Made clinic guard not open doors twice and added a Nurse condition. Fixed Eerie Presence bonus and reactivated the downtown sewer map. Repaired possible Gallery crash on entry and resetable quest state. v2.7 08.08.2006 ---- Cops now have Glocks and dead enemies will drop somewhat more ammo. Missing texture for the Ra blade reconstructed, thanks to Xealous. Made paying angered Vandal easier and added a Gargoyle quest state. Removed the zoom mode of the 'Jamie Sue' and balanced with damage. Fixed Eliza not raising Melee and wrong Thistle effect description. Moved computers and firearms books from Trip to clinic and Carson. Restored Zygaena appearing in the Red Dragon after talking to Ming. Fixed wrong conditions in dialogues of LaCroix, Beckett and Tseng. Circumvented bug that made it possible for Boris to be unreachable. Corrected several histories in which the Melee bonus did not work. Repaired bug that could make Imalia angry before getting her quest. Fixed python script errors in Grout's Mansion and Vesuvius levels. v2.6 27.07.2006 ---- Added missing xp for plague quest and fixed Hannah quest state bug. Made Tseng not offer blood as he doesn't even know about vampires. Venus will now give you a constant $250 payment when you visit her. Removed another double Malkavian line and clarified two quest logs. Fixed a bug that reset Yukie's quest if you spoke with Ming again. Made Chunk not be in the Asylum anymore after you met him downtown. v2.5 30.06.2006 ---- Made Mitnick mail his reward already after the first schrecknet hub. Raised chances for Jeanette and Therese peace and Jeanette winning. Lowered Persuasion requirements for all Giovannis to the same value. Hacking and lockpicking powerup models centered, thanks to DDLullu. Modified xp and log for one plague quest state, thanks to Acleacius. Made Mercurio morphine quest update if you already had some on you. Fixed xp gain for entering Gallery Noir by seducing Chunk once more. Removed a surplus Malkavian line and altered some answers to Venus. Restored missing Masquerade redemption for ways to get rid of Patty. Fixed Glock walking animation and changed the Ra blade description. Repaired VV and Jeanette sending you their emails at the wrong time. Corrected a condition when telling Damsel about the Chang brothers. v2.4 13.06.2006 ---- Visible fangs added to all vampires missing them, thanks to DDLullu. Raised Obfuscate frame rate with autoexec.cfg, thanks to Acleacius. Made it possible for all clans to get the secret info from Johansen. Fixed a stats condition issue that may result in several new lines. You will receive a point of humanity for warning Wong Ho about Ming. Gaining the Tremere haven is now independent from the quests order. Restored Jeanette encounter that somehow got lost in recent changes. Changed conditions and text for entering gallery with Chunk's help. Corrected two lines to Isaac and Knox and changed a Muddy quest log. Fixed speaking to LaCroix before going to the Society another time. Removed double Masquerade redemption gained by taking care of Patty. Added variable for Vick's death that may clear up connected quests. v2.3 23.05.2006 ---- Put ten 'Jamie Sue' rounds in Romero's trunk for the cemetery quest. Lowered humanity points gainable during the serial killer dialogue. Standardised key names in options, loading tips and tutorial popups. Made charity money stay available after the paintings were slashed. Decreased kick of Mac 10 and Steyr Aug and restored Ra blade damage. Removed illogical player@directory prompts from computer terminals. Altered an Imalia line and a quest state for "bonus" magazine quest. You'll lose a point of humanity for giving the pendant to Jeanette. Stopped VV sending her poster so you won't miss out on Gary's email. Repaired 2.2 bug of Giovanni and Hitman quests not being recognized. Persuading Jeanette and Therese to make peace is like intended now. Checking of texts and subtitles concluded by RobinHood70 and myself. Fixed a double answer to Gary and modified Viktor/Maria Persuasion. Altered some histories that made no change, no sense or added items. Shortened a line of Strauss that wrongly claimed moving your stuff. Changed a Pisha line to reflect the possibility you killed Milligan. Added the missing graph files for the modified Venture tower level. Corrected one last name on the Santa Monica busstop and sewer signs. Stopped dead Malcolm sending mail and Adam repeating a line of his. Fixed small bugs in Damsel, Knox, Beckett, Venus and Ming dialogues. Restored lost lines of Flynn and moved some Malkavian lines around. Removed bug allowing all clans to move using one downtown sewer map. Correctly stated Brujah Unarmed bonus and Nosferatu Seduction zero. Made speaking to LaCroix before going to the Society possible again. v2.2 22.03.2006 ---- Included the unused histories so that each clan has seven plus none. Swapped trouble making history conditions with similar limitations. Provided twenty places for Malkavian voice whispers during dialogue. Restored welcome lines of Bertram including xp gain and log update. You will lose a humanity point when making Ash exchange his clothes. Fixed graphics of baton, VV photo, Megahurtz card and Gary's tapes. Restored xp gain for entering the Gallery Noir by befriending Chunk. Made Bruno attack on lockpicking the Giovanni Mansion meeting-room. Removed respawning at Lotus Blossom, Temple, Venture and Giovanni's. Making love to Jeanette is now possible before taking on her quest. You will lose humanity for taking money for solving the Tawni quest. Moved Giovanni loading tips up and added lost lines of the sweeper. Removed Gallery Noir key after use and made several items droppable. Lowered additional damage done by all weapons using the zoom modus. Renamed flaming crossbow 'Kuei-jin' and lowered both bow accuracies. Repaired 2.1 story state continuity bug after talking to the Changs. Checking of text and subtitles continued by RobinHood70 and myself. Corrected one occasion where Mr. Ox would not give the right reward. Fixed missing state and xp for bad luck Talisman quest from Mr. Ox. Changed text of Isaac, Beckett, Romero, Knox and Bertram's postures. Added infos for flaming crossbow bolts and made vendors offer them. Removed Barabus line calling you a Cammy and fixed a line with Mira. Fixed Venus giving you a quest twice and a question about Jeanette. Awarded xp for killing Bruno Giovanni in the second mansion map too. Fixed quest state reset on drop and re-pick up of the Salvage card. Added Pisha line about quest item and checked state for another one. Corrected a warrens sign and added lines for Malkavians and Kanker. Removed an endsequences taxi bug and added some missing level names. Made Strauss offering you money or taliman and fixed a Chunk error. Repaired not working Muddy quest fix and modified plague quest logs. Mr. Ox will react correctly when you already have aquired the eyes. Restored Yukie to shop from the start and set lock difficulty to 10. Prevented activating hubs a second time and revisiting Ocean House. Made Tseng talk only of known people and Johansen scream more often. Deleted invisible blocks at the warehouse to provide stealthy exit. Fixed wrong conditions of Gimble, Jack, Strauss, Bertram and Slater. Wong Ho and hostess will be gone from the Red Dragon for all clans. Removed bonus for stealth killing Johnny and made guards more aware. Changed Grout quest log, sewer key description and a Mitnick email. Modified Milligan's Intimidate dialogue so that it makes more sense. Many Malkavian responses and Dementation uses fixed by RobinHood70. Fixed Protean tutorial text, body armor description and a quest log. Corrected Tawni quest failure warning to work for all quest states. v2.1 10.02.2006 ---- Moved occult items from warrens and Tseng's to be rewards of Mr. Ox. Made everybody lose a humanity point for sending Milligan to Pisha. Swapped damage of Desert Eagle / Colt Anaconda and SPAS-15 / Ithaca. Moved one Tawni quest camera into the kitchen to fit Imalia's text. Made letting Julius go free for money end up with humanity balanced. Lessened damage for frenzy check and corrected shown armor ratings. Added line so you can give the CD to Bertram if you already have it. Made CDC guys leave later and Chunk not send you up again at times. Stealing charity money will not cost humanity if you know its usage. Made vendors sell SWAT rifle bullets and lowered price of fire axe. Created new braid icons and placed unused chewing gum in Ramen shop. Corrected typos, mapname LA to downtown and subtitles to fit speech. Removed npctemplate* files, delete those if found in /vdata/system. Renamed Sabbat Thug speaker name to Thug and a few Trips to Vandals. Redid lost changes to Wong Ho dialogue about the silver haired man. Made Giovanni guard at the rear entrance of the mansion speak again. After giving Ash the bloodpack it will be gone from your inventory. Fixed Damsel recognizing Malkavians and Romero offering them pimpin. Repaired more problems in Hitman quest and added a new quest state. Added plague bearer quest log hint and allowed sewer-warrens detour. The morgue computer will now mention Crumb only after he is around. Restored sounds for the Ra blade and made killing Lu lower humanity. Fixed dialogues asking Flynn about Castity and Wong Ho about glaze. Made Dane cop acknowledge quest and repaired sending Patty to Pisha. Added a line for Skelter and deleted a tutorial answer for Ventrue. Replaced wrong use-icons in Venture Tower and lower Giovanni levels. Fixed Strauss dialogue about Gargoyle weakness and one quest state. Plugged Ash introduction hole and Therese knowing ghost item riddle. Restored a broken Vandal line and conditioned a response for Nines. Fixed telling Damsel of the alliance and corrected feed loading tip. Deleted icons of unopenable doors at Lotus Blossom and Luckee Star. Fixed Mitnick's reward and corrected text on three inventory models. Modified discipline options for Kerri and removed a line with Knox. Changed Ji's superhero and Johnny's asshole lines to reflect gender. Removed taxi driving you to Mercurio in the end game if he is dead. Deleted imperfect threat to LaCroix and fixed three wrong xp titles. Added conditions to Beckett's Assyrian dialogue and removed a loop. v2.0 13.01.2006 ---- Removed the annoying sidetable in Gary's lair and hid two map holes. Made crossbow bolts purchasable sooner and added a doll easter egg. Provided baseball bat and tire iron to anyone skipping the tutorial. Lessened MAC-10 kickback on firing with increasing firearms skills. Made Empire clerk bisexual, responding to Seduction from either sex. Corrected Hitman quest rewards and added peace-talk lines for both. All dialogues matched to speech and fixed thoroughly by RobinHood70. Repaired a lot of lines that were not audible to female characters. Removed Empire key after use and continued standardizing many names. Made Prince react to Persuasion for money when sending you to Ming. Restored additional lines of Jack, Imalia, Ming-Xiao and the cabbie. Fixed money bugs with Bill, Hatter, Heather, Misti and prostitutes. Moved dance spot at club Confession because of the cross-zoom error. Removed an exploit with Copper and fixed Jeanette taking the knife. Restored Ventrue specific Prince dialogue and some more unused text. Corrected bug caused by 1.9 corruption that broke Chinatown quests. Restored feeding on rats that would not work for some people in 1.9. Changed wrong status display for the power of pump 118a in warrens. Fixed problems with morphine quest and more after angering Mercurio. Restored unused Nosferatu and Malkavian lines of Tseng and Wong Ho. Fixed possibility of Beckett not talking on return from the Society. Cut exclamation of Nadia that was audible when she was not present. v1.9 01.12.2005 ---- Let Ra blade cause more damage instead of not working faster attack. Relocated Pearl of Dubai and the pulltoy to Kilpatrick's bailbonds. Put Obfuscate and lockpicking powerups in sewer and downtown havens. Removed critical bum cutscene and illogical Pisha feeding cutscene. Put unfinished dogs at Giovanni Mansion and fixed Mira dialogue bug. Granted occult hacking powerup as reward for doing Mitnick's quest. Placed two of the unused female raver models at the club Confession. Made Grout's wife fully visible and repaired a Muddy quest shortcut. Fixed a bug with Patty appearing in the alley although she is dead. Replaced location labels of the missing sewermap with worldmap ones. Made the Hallowbrook hotel's naming consistent throughout the game. Resized unspectacular lower resolution fonts for better readability. Made Hannah actually die at the time that she is supposed to do so. Corrected the corrupted Intimidation font "W" at higher resolutions. Fixed a quest bug with the Fu Syndicate elevator and an Isaac text. v1.8 21.10.2005 ---- Restored female Sabbat and put three into the first Hallowbrook map. Added the missing Dodge II manual to second Giovanni Mansion level. Placed the Pearl of Dubai and the occult braid into the SM pawnshop. Put the unused male asian nurse model into the Santa Monica clinic. Created Justicar guards at Giovanni Mansion and fixed a synchro bug. Continued adjusting location names by correcting bus and sewer maps. Corrected a wrong dialogue option for female Malkavians with Nadia. Made cemetery quest easier and fixed Romero raising female firearms. Removed unused subdirectories on two of the Kamikazi Zen computers. Fixed several dialogue errors regarding Beckett, Flayton and Hatter. Repaired dialogue getting cut of in the Fu Syndicate for Nosferatu. Fixed Carson's appartment key not being removed when it's been used. Corrected formatting of a few haven pc emails and the Sin Bin note. v1.7 02.09.2005 ---- Lessened the sway of zoomed weapons and balanced with magnification. Replaced some male hunters at the Leopold Society with female ones. Made Yukie give you the Ra blade instead of taking it from Chastity. Restored original funny answers when not being able to read a tome. Provided a xp for keeping Zhao alive and modified quest accordingly. Restored original models for the low and high grade computer tomes. Awarded a xp for killing Bruno Giovanni and changed log accordingly. Fixed bug of Heather not appearing at the haven for female vampires. Corrected wrong name of the cafe and other locations and map names. Restored many mistyped intimidate options and some answers to Pisha. Fixed feat conditions in Muddy bum dialogue and a missing variable. Corrected bug that made it possible to get Ox's harvest quest twice. Repaired wrong subtitles speaker names for Vandal and other people. v1.6 08.08.2005 ---- Lowered lockpicking skill needed for chemical substances door to 10. Made Model Citizen quest show failure directly after leaving Tawni. Re-branded Uzi, Mac 10, Glock 17c, Ithaca and both Remington rifles. Adjusted damage values of Steyr Aug, SWAT rifle and Ithaca shotgun. All dialogues were spell checked for typos and more by Paul Moloney. Several mistyped variables found could provide additional dialogue. Corrected still not working Hitman quest fix and other related bugs. Fixed variables in texts of Ash, Bertram, Boris, Venus and Mitnick. Reconstructed lip-synchro for the misplaced Isaac text moved by Dan. Prevented triggering the building scene before getting Muddy quest. Fixed double option with wrong link in the dialogue file of LaCroix. Renamed Blood Purge and spell checked every text besides subtitles. Cleared up the log texts of the Muddy quest and Pishas occult quest. v1.5 14.06.2005 ---- Awarded a xp for getting Imalia's magazine to compensate money loss. Provided a humanity point for not telling Hannah that Paul is dead. Lowered award for freeing Ash from the Society of Leopold to one xp. Adjusted knockback ranges for McLusky, SWAT rifle and the shotguns. Corrected some errors in Hitman quest log, dialogues and doll texts. Fixed bugs in the dialogue files of Ash and Velvet for extra lines. Corrected a bug that kept the Santa Monica haven active for Tremere. Modified the dialogue files of Damsel and Isaac to fix bad options. Fixed Hitman quest bug that showed failure when making them friends. v1.4 04.05.2005 ---- Removed illogical placed flamethrower and Ra blade from Hallowbrook. Made rifles and crossbows use single shots to fit reload animation. Put flaming crossbow, torch and flamethrower at the Leopold Society. Chastity will have the Ra blade and a crossbow can be found nearby. Imalia's magazine quest is now also available after her Tawni quest. Made CD quest available to all clans as Malkavian lines were there. Vendors will sell crossbow bolts and Slater sells a crossbow itself. Changed damage of blunt weapons to fist < arm < baton < bat < iron. Barabus will not be in the Fu Syndicate anymore after you have left. Repaired SWAT rifle crosshairs and set damage close to 'Jamie Sue'. Fixed Tawni and friend noticing you before accepting Imalia's quest. v1.3 23.03.2005 ---- After providing Romero with a sexy night he will give you his rifle. Made Bach drop rifle or sword on defeat, may remove teleport light. Provided two xp for freeing Ash from the Society of Leopold caverns. The White Cloud doors in Chinatown are unlocked from the beginning. Modified inventory texts of 'Jamie Sue', Bach's rifle and Steyr Aug. Removed Dan's "Ginger Swan fix", because the quest was not updated. Isaac-Tzimisce dialogue line will disappear after quest is complete. Corrected some subtitles so the Hengeyokai surprise is not spoiled. Changed lots of subtitles so not every thug is called a Sabbat thug. Edited quest log texts of Necromantic to prevent misunderstandings. Corrected Isaac dialogue options so you can't get his gift right on. Changed the strange "untie" lines in the Johansen dialogue options. Removed Yukies untakeble sword and changed the dialogue accordingly. Modified some dialogue of Wong Ho in regard to a silver haired man. Yukie will not appear before you visited the Temple to fit her talk. Wong Ho and hostess will not be in the Red Dragon after he is gone. The Hallowbrook Hotel cutscene will only happen if Heather is alive. v1.2 - LAST OFFICIAL PATCH RELEASE BY TROIKA ----- fixed an indentation error in warrens.py that was causing scripts to stop working v1.1 ----- included romero's dialogue file, so the fix from v1.0 stands a better chance of working this time around v1.0 ----- patch now automated (and merged with leopatch) -> undone prince/beckett cutscene fix is back in fixed a typo in beckett's dialogue that was breaking an auto-link (thanks to doug thompson) fixed beckett's dialogue trailing off as you're teleported into the ventrue lobby fixed romero locking up if you're a woman, you flirted with him and completed the zombie quest fixed imalia's newspaper from appearing when you fail the tawni quest fixed the society of leopold crash with style and grace (meaning all clans should now transition unbugged to the correct landmark in la) undid a previous mess i'd made of gary's poster quests - should work as originally intended now v0.9 ----- fixed beckett trying to increase your scholarship when it's already at max (thanks to Executor for this and the similar fix in v0.8) updated fix for society of leopold exit crash (see leopatch0.3.rar) v0.8 ----- removed the prince/beckett cutscene fix until a reported bug is confirmed/fixed placed the sound file for a line of isaac's dialogue in the correct directory (had been incorrect since v0.1) fixed beckett trying to increase your inspection feat and failing - now increases investigation instead v0.7 ----- hunters won't spawn if the courier is behind the fast buck in hollywood - should stop people being killed during this cutscene the highlight for imalia's newspaper shouldn't appear when the newspaper isn't there anymore shouldn't be possible to get stuck in vv's dialogue so that you can't take the chastity quest if you get the quest log entry for the igor quest from venus, igor should be there the prince/beckett mini-cutscene/broken convo bug should be fixed (i disabled the cutscene) updated fix for society of leopold exit crash (see leopatch0.2.rar) v0.6 ----- if you try to use the locked computer in warrens4 without the keycard, the keycard is highlighted if your inspection feat was too low to highlight it automatically cleaned up brother kanker's dialogue - shouldn't get stuck in a loop anymore zygaena shouldn't be in the red dragon after you've killed him anymore shouldn't teleport to kingsway mansion after watching snuff film with isaac shouldn't be able to get stuck with vandal's dialogue so he thinks you're on the replacing lily quest when you're not if you've already read about rolf toten on the krimeputer when you find the bail bond, you don't need to read about him again if you've already read about virgil crumb on the krimeputer when you get the driver's license, you don't need to read about him again should no longer get a masquerade violation for convincing the serial killer not to kill again should now get xp for completing the replacing lily quest relinked the xp award for finding lily's items to the experience table fixed a logic error in beckett's dialogue that resulted in "no valid responses" when talking about disciplines v0.5 ----- if you've already read about ginger swan when you talk to the courier, you shouldn't need to go back and read again -> removed bonus xp for completing warehouse quest without killing should now be awarded even if you don't make it to beckett before the timer runs out fixed another incorrect gender reference in samantha's dialogue v0.4 ----- should no longer be able to get both rewards for the hitman quest in chinatown bonus xp for completing warehouse quest without killing should be awarded isaac should now no longer refer to everyone as a toreador gargoyle quest completion lines should now stop reappearing before you've been to king's way, not just after isaac should give everyone a gift for completing the king's way quest fixed some responses to samantha in hollywood that were referring to the player as the incorrect gender v0.3 ----- xp for killing bach and saving johansen in the leopold quest should now be given when intimidating vandal, you should now get the free bloodpack fix for society of leopold exit crash (see leopatch0.1.rar) added changelog.txt for those who want to know exactly what's been altered -> removed v0.2 ----- the computer in the nocturne theatre being hackable for mitnick's quest before you've even met mitnick mercurio giving morphine quest reward twice if you have morphine the first time you meet him skipping the tutorial now gives lockpicks, the .38 and two xp food critic quest should now always give reward, only worked in v0.1 under very specific circumstances (if you've already completed this quest, you'll notice it become unfinished in your log - go to your haven and type "tomSetQuestFour()" to complete it and get the reward) dialogue option from asylum blood donor showing up for the confessions blood donor when playing as a female v0.1 ----- lily's sire's license plate not showing up in quest log mercurio not selling the swat rifle food critic quest not giving a reward serial killer quest failing when persuading him not to kill again isaac's conversation not allowing anyone but toreadors to mention the tzimisce gargoyle quest completion lines constantly reappearing in isaac's conversation dialogue line showing up twice when venus gives you money melee attacks doing zero damage when breaking obfuscate level 1 or 2 with an attack being able to tell strauss you solved his gargoyle problem even if you didn't know he had a gargoyle problem gary's email quests for the posters sometimes not all appearing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 The Ocean House quest is sooooo creepy! I recommend playing that during the day and/or turning the volume down unless you have nerves of steel. I kept jumping every few moments! I'm playing as a Tremere... Gotta love the billowy skirt:p I still count the Ocean House as one of my favourite areas of any game. Its doubly amazing considering you never actually fight anyone. For added creepiness, play through as a Malkavian. You see a few things that the other clans don't. In the Boiler room right after you turn on the power, if you turn quickly enough, you can see the ghost of the husband trying to stop you. Also, right after you enter the hotel, turn to the right. There is what appears to be a Toreador holding a shotgun. He only appears for a few seconds, so you have to look quickly. Thats all off the top of my head... Malkavians are my favourite class. I just lover their responses and the developers threw in quite a few "extras" for the class. The news reporter will occasionally have slightly different stories. There is even a random even where you can talk to him and he tells you a joke. Your character will actually give you quite a few spoilers, but they are disguised in ways that you won't understand if its your first play through. "I'm your pet turtle." Arguing with a stop sign- "Stop" "No, you stop!" There are so many, but thats all I can think of off the top of my head. I also love how many of the other vampires respond when they find out you're a Malkavian. About the unofficial patch: Their is a bug fix that many people think is a bug introduced by the patch. Its concerns Heather Poe. Talk to her three or four times in the exam room. The patch fixed a broken dialog tree where it would immediately give you the option to feed Heather your blood. It apparently now works as was originally intended. @stoffe: Love your avatar, by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igyman Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Yeah, the Malkavian is the most comedic clan to play with. I forgot most of the characters' reactions to him but I do remember Jack's first comment was extremely funny and as for the TV guy, I'd say ''Hello TV'' was one of the funniest lines I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerhs Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 well, i just got this game at y'alls recommendation off of Steam for $20. it took me 2 hours to download it at 425KB/sec (approx. 3 Mbps). so, it had better be good or i'm holding you guys accountable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Sun Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 425MB/sec??? Wow I want your ISP fixed. its amazing what happens when i miss that first cup of java in the morning. -stingerhs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted March 28, 2007 Author Share Posted March 28, 2007 well, i just got this game at y'alls recommendation off of Steam for $20. it took me 2 hours to download it at 425MB/sec (approx. 3 Mbps). so, it had better be good or i'm holding you guys accountable. Don't worry. The question is, will you be mad at us when it sucks up all your time and you won't be able to sleep at night after the creepy parts. I was playing through Grout's mansion last night and got scared so bad by one of the guys nearly jumping on top of me that I jumped and startled the kids who were across the room playing on the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoffe Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I was playing through Grout's mansion last night and got scared so bad by one of the guys nearly jumping on top of me that I jumped and startled the kids who were across the room playing on the desktop. Did you listen to all the tape recorders scattered about the mansion? Not exactly the happy-crazy type of Malkavian your own character can be. At least you can feed on the poor (non-burning) lunatics to help you get through the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted March 28, 2007 Author Share Posted March 28, 2007 Yeah, I did listen to them. Not much help for the quest itself, but it was interesting to hear. I was amused by the talk about phrenology. I did feed on them--the hard part was hitting them enough but not killing them with the fireaxe so I could feed on them. Seems like what works best for me is to use a couple buffs, kill all but one, and feed on the last one. A couple of times I just waited in a safe spot for the hit points to regenerate because I didn't feel like using up a blood pack. It drives me nuts that I can't pick up all those knives--100 bucks worth of weapons just sitting around doing nothing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I was playing through Grout's mansion last night.Me too Looks like I caught up with you. The short cutscene at the end makes you feel triumphant in an Incredible Hulk sort of way. Btw, Achilles thanks for the music tips... I might try those soon. Still liking "Isolated" everytime I walk into Asylum. vv--- yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted March 28, 2007 Author Share Posted March 28, 2007 I finally finished the Plague victim thing, too. You definitely need the buffs, and definitely need the fireaxe. When Strauss asks if you want the item or the money as the reward, take the item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Just read this interesting tidbit from the Vampire wiki regarding "Histories Mode" during character creation. There was supposed to be one more character creation mode in the final version of the game: the histories mode. This mode allows player to give his character a specific history rather than just set various attributes by hand. The choice of history has a large impact on the game, as it basically gives players a bonus effect in certain areas and a negative effect in others. For instance, if players choose "Eldritch Prodigy" (Tremere specific history), he gets a 40 % bonus thaumaturgy duration, but loses one XP point every time he gains three as a penalty. Histories are disabled by default in the final version due to instability issues. They can be re-enabled manually, and have also been re-enabled by the unofficial patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoffe Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Just read this interesting tidbit from the Vampire wiki regarding "Histories Mode" during character creation. The standard histories give some additional variety, but are not all that useful in my opinion. Fortunately they can be modded so you can add your own histories. All the histories data with their benefits/penalties and descriptions can be found in the histories000.txt data file (and the referenced bonus/penalty effects are in traiteffects000.txt) if you feel like making your own history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igyman Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I finally finished the Plague victim thing, too. You definitely need the buffs, and definitely need the fireaxe. When Strauss asks if you want the item or the money as the reward, take the item. Killed the Plague cult, did we? If you hadn't done it already, don't forget to do the quests for Venus at Confession, they'll provide you with a continual source of income, if you do them right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 ^^--- after finishing Fat Larry's quest, picking up my cut from Venus, and seeing Heather Poe at my apt, I found myself suddenly rich in the span of 5 minutes. Too bad there's not much for me to buy yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igyman Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I guess it depends on whether you prefer melee or ranged weapons. I prefer melee, so I've been in a similar situation, a bunch of money and... err... not so much things to spend it on, but I'm guessing that if I used ranged weapons more, that money would have come in handy for the ammo expenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoffe Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 ^^--- after finishing Fat Larry's quest, picking up my cut from Venus, and seeing Heather Poe at my apt, I found myself suddenly rich in the span of 5 minutes. Too bad there's not much for me to buy yet. You'll get access to more weapons both of the melee and firearms variety as the game progresses. Keep checking back with the vendors (Mercurio, the guy in the Santa Monica pawn shop, Fat Larry etc) as their stock of goods is expanded after you complete certain quests. There are also one guy in Hollywood and one in China Town you can buy from. Though I agree that if you primarily use melee weapons you'll eventually get more money than you know what to do with. Ranged weapon users will have more use for their money to buy ammo for the guns. If you didn't piss off Vandal in the blood bank in Santa Monica you can buy bags of blood from him throughout the game as well, which can be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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