I wanted to do a media project once years ago, but there's no Free pipelines to the Arx engine.

I have a horrible pirated version of the game, yet I love it so much I do not throw it out. It's got all sounds in Russian and the actors were nowhere near professional, yet they made a great job screaming in hilarious voices.

What I really dig is the inventory, the great crafting system (to get a potion you first need an empty bottle, to fry rat meat you need to place it by the fire, to make a pie you need flour and some water and an egg and the stuffing, etc.) The crafting process is lively, with all the sounds and animation and stuff. Never seen anything like this before.

I've been meaning to play this game forever! Perhaps it's time to do so. You reckon Arx Libertatis is the way to go?

F2bnp wrote:

I've been meaning to play this game forever! Perhaps it's time to do so. You reckon Arx Libertatis is the way to go?

It usually runs much better than the original game engine. You do lose out on the curious "bump mapping" though because the Libertatis crew removed that, but it doesn't really look good anyway. On the other hand you gain anti aliasing, anisotropic filtering and OpenAL support among other things. Probably bug fixes too.

It's easy enough to experiment with both if you like. Saves aren't compatible however.

RacoonRider wrote:

What I really dig is the inventory, the great crafting system (to get a potion you first need an empty bottle, to fry rat meat you need to place it by the fire, to make a pie you need flour and some water and an egg and the stuffing, etc.) The crafting process is lively, with all the sounds and animation and stuff. Never seen anything like this before.

Yup it is interesting! Apple pie with wine. 😀

swaaye wrote:

F2bnp wrote:

I've been meaning to play this game forever! Perhaps it's time to do so. You reckon Arx Libertatis is the way to go?

It usually runs much better than the original game engine. You do lose out on the curious "bump mapping" though because the Libertatis crew removed that, but it doesn't really look good anyway. On the other hand you gain anti aliasing, anisotropic filtering and OpenAL support among other things. Probably bug fixes too.

It's easy enough to experiment with both if you like. Saves aren't compatible however.

I guess going to Libertatis is well worth it then! Will definitely give it a try when I sit down and play this game 😉

I never even heard of Libertatis until just now. Is that a recent development?

By all accounts the game is extraordinary. (They were angling to call it Ultima Underworld III originally.)

Jorpho wrote:

I never even heard of Libertatis until just now. Is that a recent development?

The source code for Arx was released in 2011 and the Arx Libertatis project formed to make use of it.