puzzle quest the legend returns (for PC) (2.5.1) file

nope !

delete all files in patch folder (of the previous builds)

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then you have 2 options:
option a) use only the files of this download for a version of puzzle quest 99% similar to the switch version, with a couple of crash fixes

option b) download also the "mysteries of the dreamlord" mini expansion, to try a revamped game (the game can be completed 100%, but it is best to use only 1 of the 5 professions that already got enhanced)

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by the way:
Patch127a - encounter (mod) [quick remove].zip

is the new alternative way to avoid encounters, if you find them boring... while this file is inside patches, monsters not tied to a quest will vanish very often...

if a monster spawn is linked to a quest, you need to complete that quest to make the monster vanish as often as the others.

yes: use base 2.5.1 files, and then add the "new unofficial mini-expansion" files.

the 2.0 saves should be compatible... but you miss the enhanced spellbook for the 5 new classes. (if you intend to play the 5 enhanced professions, it is best to create a new character from scratch)

a suggestion is to just create new characters for the 5 enhanced profession.

if you want to check all the new spellbooks you can get the "Veteran, Become 50" quest immediately at the start of the game, without taking the first red quest.

you become lvl 50, unlock the full spellbook, then you can try the new spell outside the single player campaign, in the fight an opponent/choose an opponent screen.

if you like one of the new profession, it would be better to create a new character from scratch and start from lvl 1, skipping the veteran quest. (veteran quest can be taken only as the first quest, and disappears once you take the first red quest.)

at the moment i am finishing balancing all the spells, out of 270 of the original game, only 27 still need some polish, other spells have been refined more than once.

as far as i could test, the fights should be tight and close, if you lose you may need to shop for items, or try to figure out which spell to carry and which color to keep away from the opponent.

the next days i will finish the wizard profession, and boost the smartness of more monsters... so far all monsters got a statistics pass, that helps them gather mana, but i still have to boost the spellcasting a.i. of many spells :D they use sometimes enhanced a.i., sometimes they fallback to unmodded a.i. because i still haven't written the code :D

Patch110a - Challenge of the Warlords (raw) = base game switch files
Patch110b - Challenge of the Warlords (fix) = base game crashfix
Patch111a - Revenge of the Plague Lord (raw) = expansion 1 switch/xbox
Patch111b - Revenge of the Plague Lord (fix) = expansion 1 crashfix
Patch112a - Attack of the Golem Lord (raw) = expansion 2 switch files
Patch112b - Attack of the Golem Lord (fix) = expansion 2 crashfix

Patch121a - class (mod) [stat boost] = classes have 70 starting stats
Patch121b - class (mod) [stat boost] [new spells] = revised spellbook

Patch122b - monster (mod) [refined] [new spells] = monsters now level up like the player with 70 starting stats, and 6 each level, also their equipment and spellbook may be improved

Patch123a - mount (mod) [skill boost] = there are 11 mounts, now 2 mounts boost a gem colour, 8 total, the other 3 each boost a non magic skill, also each 1 level up of the mount, grants the owner 1 skill boost of the appropriate skill linked to the mount

Patch123b - mount (mod) [skill boost] [new spells] = also 70 starting stats, raising 6 stats per level, better equipment and spellbook

Patch124a - item (mod) [cheaper] = unmodded item at 20% of the gold cost

Patch124b - item (mod) [cheaper] [new spells] = also revised items, new items

Patch125a - city (mod) [income 2x] = double gold gained from conquered cities

Patch125b - city (mod) [income 2x] [new spells] = cities may have a new spellbook, to make the conquering battle more unique

Patch126a - quest (mod) [award boost] = when you have to choose among different skill gain awards, now every choice gift the same quantity of skill points

Patch126b - quest (mod) [award boost] [quest polish] = work in progress... the idea is to link the red quest line of expansion 1 after the last chapter of the main game, and to give more variety to quests and fights... but at the moment it is on hold, since there is still the spell pass to finish, and the item pass.

Patch127a - encounter (mod) [quick remove] = if you move on the map, the spawned encounter spawn quickly, unless they are tied to a quest.

Patch129a - status (mod) [boost] = just a boost of feat status effect, lowering all skills to 0

Patch130a - spell (mod) [easy learn] = learn new spells with ease

Patch130b - spell (mod) [easy learn] [refund] = researched spell refund the 50% mana of extra casting cost, if spellcast is not resisted

Patch130c - spell (mod) [easy learn] [refund] [new spells] = spell pass: spells usually cost less, also new spells and modified spells.

english
french
german
spanish
italian

you are free to translate it if you wish.

there are xml files
take for example english
inside each "raw" zip files like
Patch110a - Challenge of the Warlords (raw)
there is an English folder with xml files within

translate those in chinese using the latin alphabeth, otherwise the 2007 engine crash

then create a new zip file with the same folder structure and the translated chinese files... call it:
Patch110c - Challenge of the Warlords (ch) if you do not use mods

or

Patch999z - Challenge of the Warlords (ch)
if you use mods

and the new text should appear

if you have the steam or 2007 boxed version of the game, make sure that inside the patches folder there is no .zip file

then extract the 178.52mb zip file, inside the game folder.
it has got some mp3 files, one .exe file, some guides and maps, and zip files with content taken from nintendo switch version

you now have a game 99.99% similar to the nintendo switch version, the graphic is the same of the 2007 pc version, except the starting menu and all the new content

(in theory it could be possible to make a graphic mod to turn even the 2007 things with the graphic of nintendo switch, but i opted to keep the original graphic where possible, spending time to make gameplay mods for the game.)

at the moment i am still modding items, monster stats, spells, professions... and quests... eventually in the future i may see if i can make a graphic ui mod to change all the graphic of the 2007 things to their cartoonish switch counterpart... at the moment you can see the switch graphic with the portrait of the new professions, like paladin, or the new monsters like thrarg and barbarian

when i made the addon, i was more worried about making the new professions, spells, and items, and quest usable... i kept the old files where possible, that is why the graphic for some things is the 2007 one.

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after you have finished playing this game version, you may want to try how the gameplay changes with the mods (bundled in the dreamlord unofficial expansion which is still unfinished) at the moment only fighter, warlock, monk, bloodmage, elementalist got "revised".
at the end of february i plan to update my mod, with new stuff added in and changed.

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anyway when i will get the time i plan to include in the 178mb version the "updated graphic" for everything that can be updated... but i will need months :D

ops !

the zip files, in the patches folder: keep them zipped !
if you want the pure 99.99% switch game version

you need only 6 zip files in the patches folder:

Patch110a - Challenge of the Warlords (raw) = base game switch files
Patch110b - Challenge of the Warlords (fix) = base game crashfix
Patch111a - Revenge of the Plague Lord (raw) = expansion 1 switch/xbox
Patch111b - Revenge of the Plague Lord (fix) = expansion 1 crashfix
Patch112a - Attack of the Golem Lord (raw) = expansion 2 switch files
Patch112b - Attack of the Golem Lord (fix) = expansion 2 crashfix

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the 178mb download has everything unmodded, except a few crashfixes... the result is the game working.

the files inside the "Patches" folder need to stay as zip files ^^

the dialogue files are only in 5 languages.

you can take any file of the polish translation and force them over my files, so your game will return in polish... except the new content that needs to be translated in polish.

to learn which files are needed, open Patch110a - Challenge of the Warlords (raw), and check the English folder.

you then need to extract the zip file somewhere, delete everything except the english folder, rename the main folder to:

Patch110c - Challenge of the Warlords (pol)

then place your polish files, inside the english folder... you can also use notepad, open the xml files and translate them from english to polish

then create the zip file Patch110c - Challenge of the Warlords (pol).zip and place it inside the Patches folder of the game.

edit: for revenge of the plague lord and attack of the golem lord you will need to do the same thing, again !

and i suppose a polish translation does not exist for the expansions... so you need to make your own one !

there is a minimod that make those monster vanish if you move around in the map:

Patch127a - encounter (mod) [quick remove] = if you move on the map, the spawned encounter spawn quickly, unless they are tied to a quest.

it is from mysteries of the dreamlord beta, place it under Patches folder as a .zip file

at the moment i am trying to fix this problem in my mod, the last expansion added strong golems to the game.

with "mysteries of the dreamlord" i revamped and enhanced 5 of the 13 classes, my current step while playing monk is to edit monsters keeping almost everything intact, and giving the ability to skip a fight while using a mount... even an unleveled mount.

the next step will be to enhance the leftover classes, while also putting a cap on spells, to avoid them raise any resistance above 20

this would help making those monsters easier to defeat... keep in mind that even using a powered up class (monk), nerfing one golem item (mana node), defeating the wood and straw golems was harder than usual.

i still haven't published anything new, but i am refining the monk spells, and i finally found a way to make monsters challenging but not too much... and very easy at the beginning of the game.

plus i will upload some basic bug fixes of the switch/xbox/pc files, i mean content very close to the unmodded game that needs a little correction

i remember you asked this a year (or more) ago
i could benefit for that thing too, but there is no way.

i had to find a different solution: i created a new companion, an orc shaman, that lowers by 10% the highest enemy resistance (if enemy has at least a resistance at 10 or higher)

there is no way to change a game rule, without the source code... that is why i could not make this rule: a resistance works only if you have enough mana in the mana reserve...
so a 25% fire resist, works as a 8% fire resist if you have only 8 red mana in the mana reserve.

there is no way to apply such rule to the game, so i ended up with the new companion shaman ^^, i plan to make it available the next update... i am still finishing tweaking the monk spells (missing 2), fixing the monsters (i am on chapter 3), and i will have to translate the text of the new companion and insert it as a reward for a quest, ideally after getting the the halfelf undead hunter companion, since tutorial on companions is given at that time... but this shaman orc companion should be gived before the first monster with 10+ resist appears.

do not worry ^^, no need to be sorry !

edit:(delete all old files in patches folder then use these)
here is the latest version i am working on...
Mediafire.com(beta_2.5.X).7z/file

it should be compatible with your save...

if your character has not been created with this mod on
Patch121b - class (mod) [stat boost] [new spells]
or if your character is not one of the six enhanced professions

then it is better to remove the mod
Patch122b - monster (mod) [mount skill boost] [easy avoid]
and
Patch129a - status (mod) [boost]
and
Patch130b - spell (mod) [easy learn and refund] [new spells]

let me know if swarm stops crashing the game...

it does contain all patches, the current build i am working on...

revised monsters up to chapter 3
revised monk spells up to lvl 40
new shaman companion, got from a placeholder lvl 5 quest in bartonia
a few revised spells...

i think i found a problem, the swarm spell contained 1 new feature meant for the [new spell] mod, taking it out is 99,99% similar to the unmodded game, except easier to learn and giving back the mana spent in excess after casting it successfully.

if you want to try:
Mediafire.com

with this, swarm should no longer crash, spells would be easier to learn and casting a researched or mount spell would give back extra mana if the spell is not resisted.

place the zip file, found inside the .7z archive, in the patches folder if you want to try it