Bloodstone - Release Version 1.0.1.1317
Jun 04, 2008 Full Version 22 commentsThis is the Gold Master version of "Bloodstone - The Journey Home". Eventhough this mod is meant for Episode 1, you can play it without owning Episode...
Bloodstone - The Journey Home
Half-Life 2 mod | Released Jun 5, 2008
Bloodstone: The Journey Home is a third person role-playing total conversion of Valve’s Half Life 2 - Episode One, using the Source engine. In this modification, Khrinz, a common farm boy is plunged into an unknown world of magic and deceit, on the brink of an unstoppable invasion by a technologically advanced race.
The player must lead our hero through the mysterious land of Darynia in search of the fabled bloodstone, a powerful gem that has the ability to create portals to other planes of existence, whilst also discovering their innate magical powers, so that they may defend themselves from the sinister and evil creatures of the world.
This power can either be used to fuel mystical and powerful spells of the arcane, or infuse deadly weapons with the force of the elements. As the player grows in experience, more potent spells and abilities are unlocked, to use against the ever increasing number of enemies.
Darynia is a fully realized fantasy world where the player will become immersed in an enriching storyline, driving the player’s actions, and pushing their emotions to the limit.
“It’s not the blood that courses through your veins that defines what type of person you are; it’s the decisions you make, on the journey of life.”
- Nienna, Princess of the Graymir Elves.
Please check our our website www.bloodstone-thejourneyhome.com for more details.
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30 comments by Indaril on Jun 4th, 2008 digg this super bookmark
Hello everybody,
the time has come, "Bloodstone - The Journey Home" is now available for download:
I'm not going to talk much about whats going on in the game. Just go ahead, play it and tell us what you think about it.
Anyone who wants to see us in action, can visit us this Saturday, 7th of June, at the Cube Gallery in Manchester.
Eventhough this mod is meant for Episode 1, you can play it without owning Episode 1. Please check our Tutorial on how to do that.
We are proud of what we've produced and we hope you like it too,
your Greenhorn Productions Team
Bloodstone Website,
Greenhorn Productions.
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Please check here for a tutorial on how to play Bloodstone without owning Episode 1: Bloodstone-thejourneyhome.com
I'm guessing that carrying more than half full of your inventory causes the game to crash during a map change, therefore killing your save. Try avoiding this at all costs.
model consolidation might help this problem
HolmstN's method was tested and verified by a friend of mine. The mod runs fine under Source SDK Base. No Episode 1 related bugs found so far.
What about to release your FGD files? It would be cool, if other players should create their own mods and stories based on this mod.
Wonderful mod, I couldn't imagine all these being possible in Source. Congratulations. HOWEVER, there are quite a few minor bugs, which I ignore and forget about them. But there are problems which I find... disturbing.
#1. Only one save slot (perhaps allow custom saves?), this is pretty hard. Especially when you keep losing your saves on transition crashes. I replayed this game over 5 times, due to save losses. I'm not sure what causes this but in the Wilderness, possibly caused by completing the stable master quest (I tried many ways to determine the cause), upon attempt to return back to Riverside, the game crashes... with your save too.
#2. I tried to work around this by copying/backup my savedata.dat file. Turned on my game, pressed F7. Press press press. Nothing. I made so much progress *sniff*. I'll understand if you aren't able to develop a patch, but this is absurd.
Again, this is a feature that just got lost in the big pile. But if you copy paste around with the savedata.dat in the main Bloodstone-Folder, you should be able to save different stages. Might your crash have something to do with another issue described, where it crashes on level-change when you have too many items in your inventory?
Ah yes, this is probably the cause. When I have more than half of my inventory filled, it crashes on transitions. I've tried copying my savedata.dat file away, I couldn't load after that. I'm not trying again to risk my progress :P. It appears that after I crash, I shouldn't try loading (it takes to me the menu map with my items). If I go straight to new-game, I start in the AB Inn room with all my stuff intact.
Out of curiosity, why does the mod only work with Episode 1?
I was trying earlier to figure a workaround, and with a bit of help, it may be possible to simply run an executable file to the mod without Ep. 1.
Try doing this, though I'm not sure if it works:
Create a shortcut to Steam. Right click and then go to "Properties." In the "Target" field, copy this:
"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -applaunch 215 -game "c:\program files\steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\<Bloodstone Folder>"
(Im not sure what the Bloodstone folder is called, so you'll have to manually edit that in)
Then, in the "Start In" box, fill in this:
"c:\program files\steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\<Bloodstone Folder>"
I suggest renaming the file appropriately. I'd imagine this is a valid way of getting IN the game, but, I'm not sure of how safe such a method is.
Yes this is correct. You can launch mods that require Episode One instead through Source SDK Base (appid 215). It works fine this way, there shouldn't be any problems resulting from running this way.
Hope you enjoy the mod. :)