What now?
Posted: 28 Jan 2012, 16:17
I can sympathize with Swtorfan.
It literally took me hours of searching on these forums before I could get "mok's 2k patch", the cardart and other assorted files working.
With the wiki if you follow the instructions, you will get a working program and file structure.
"Are these really the latest files? The people on the forums are talking about some totally different shit. What the hell is this MagicNL, csv2dat.exe, CardArtGY_NL_20111103, etc etc"
If you don't have intimate knowledge of the program then prepare yourself for a tedious trial-and-error process.
I constantly make backups of my magic directory in case guy X's update, cardart, .dll, .csv whatever overwrites or is incompatible with the original file.
Over these past couple months we've seen the 2k card limit obstacle obliterated. That was essentially the achille's heel of this project.
Now there can (hopefully) be one version, one set of installation instructions, and a common pool of cards.
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To me, building decks is the core of the game and the part I most enjoy. We've now got a solid deck editor with all the cards that have been coded and space for the foreseeable future.
So now what?
I can build any deck I wish now but the actual gameplay leaves something to be desired.
Duels are ok, they work mechanically and there is rules enforcement but i think we can all agree the AI is weak.
The gauntlet challenge aspect was fun...
Sealed deck and drafting have to be the most entertaining gameplay. I still find myself doing a sealed deck draft with no clue whether the 2 starter decks of 8th edition i selected will result in actual 8th edition cards being in my pool.
EDIT: sorry for the rant just wanted to kinda give my feedback having found this software a couple years ago and lurking on the forums ever since. I'd like to see what other people's thoughts are on the manalink going forward...
Edited by Stassy
It literally took me hours of searching on these forums before I could get "mok's 2k patch", the cardart and other assorted files working.
With the wiki if you follow the instructions, you will get a working program and file structure.
I have often found myself lookin at the above section of the installation instructions page and thinking:*Latest Code Patch (required): http://www.mediafire.com/?tj5685wvogvz5aj
*Non-Card Art (required): http://www.mediafire.com/file/nzgzzjzuh ... rd_art.zip
Alternative server for non-card art : http://rapidshare.com/files/404516253/n ... t.zip.html
*Card art in Constructed and Limited mode : http://www.mediafire.com/?h2cb2atdlz2qqeu
"Are these really the latest files? The people on the forums are talking about some totally different shit. What the hell is this MagicNL, csv2dat.exe, CardArtGY_NL_20111103, etc etc"
If you don't have intimate knowledge of the program then prepare yourself for a tedious trial-and-error process.
I constantly make backups of my magic directory in case guy X's update, cardart, .dll, .csv whatever overwrites or is incompatible with the original file.
Over these past couple months we've seen the 2k card limit obstacle obliterated. That was essentially the achille's heel of this project.
Now there can (hopefully) be one version, one set of installation instructions, and a common pool of cards.
-------
To me, building decks is the core of the game and the part I most enjoy. We've now got a solid deck editor with all the cards that have been coded and space for the foreseeable future.
So now what?
I can build any deck I wish now but the actual gameplay leaves something to be desired.
Duels are ok, they work mechanically and there is rules enforcement but i think we can all agree the AI is weak.
The gauntlet challenge aspect was fun...
Sealed deck and drafting have to be the most entertaining gameplay. I still find myself doing a sealed deck draft with no clue whether the 2 starter decks of 8th edition i selected will result in actual 8th edition cards being in my pool.
EDIT: sorry for the rant just wanted to kinda give my feedback having found this software a couple years ago and lurking on the forums ever since. I'd like to see what other people's thoughts are on the manalink going forward...
Edited by Stassy