Comments - dremor8484

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

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 ^^

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

english
french
german
spanish
italian

you are free to translate it if you wish.

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.

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

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.

no idea sorry, did you try a software that creates a virtual gamepad out of a real gamepad ?

so you can change which key activates a virtual gamepad key.

if you want to give a peek to what i have done so far...
here is the current mod, i still need to refine all spells and quest chains before releasing it as 2.5 version.

Mediafire.com

you should unzip this in a new installation of puzzle quest, copy and paste, since this is an unfinished mod.

as a new mod there is a companion mod that makes each companion lower monster resistances by 5%, if you manage to have 2 companions trigger against a monster (example undead and elf)
the monsters get -10% spell resistance to all colours.
this should make boss fights, and expansion fights less frustrating, due to less spell resisted.

at the moment only the warlock class has revised spells, and the monsters up to almost the end of chapter 2 + rotpl quests have the updated spells.

spells have cost updated, including cooldown.

a spell that raise a skill, now also has a bonus effect based on the skill raised

a spell that burn mana now also deals damage to hitpoints based on quantity of mana burnt

disease can also damage hp up to 4, poison now also reduces maximum hitpoints

the warlock has 2 new unique spells: Mana Blight as a mirrored version of Mana Burn

and Toll of Death as a unique version meant to replace charm spell, you can still learn charm spell from harpy

there is a refund mechanic, when you cast a learnt spell or a mount spell, you gain back the extra mana cost... it now works for 212 of 272 spells, but unfortunately it is buggy on those spells that change the mana of the caster... and i am fixing them when i find them... i am currently 92 of 272 of the second check pass.

the idea is to:
1) finish the spell cost revamp mod, with added mana burn and extra skill boost effect

2) finish and fix the mana refund mechanic for researched and mount spells

3) finish polish on the quest chain.

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releasing as version 2.5
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make a proper item mod with 20% item price of the unmodded game, not there is a mod with 10% item price of unmodded game as a temporary solution

make an item mod that gives extra effect to skill boost

make a rebalance of companion trigger condition and benefits.
for example: based on the squire companion you choose you can have 20% spell resistance of one color, or 5% resist of all colours... instead of the currently sad bonuses

this includes updating the monster tags "undead" "elf" "flying" and check how many monster each tag is able to "hit"

squires should appear often, not always.
no matter which squire you choose, it should have the same chance to appear to help, giving 20% of an element resist, or 5% to all

i would also like to add a shaman class, inspired by puzzle quest 3, the shaman class would have as unique core feature a heal over time and a spell damage that lower both hitpoints and max hitpoints...

poison bolt
channel poison
heal over time

edit: i forgot the bounty system
bounty system, a repeatable quest giving no xp, but gold based on level and 1 random item.

when you take the quest, a specific random encounter monster does not disappear and wait to be slain...
useful to capture a particular monster, when you want without the need to wait to meet and defeat it 4 times.

example you reach a city, inside there is a bounty for imp, it is optional, you can take it infinite times, you use it to be able to capture imp and learn its zap spell... each time you slain the imp you get some gold and 1 random item.

the imp monster appears on the road as a "random" encounter

this mod goes on the 2007 pc version, and unlocks 2 expansions with 9 extra classes.

i am also working on a better refined version, but i will need more months

probably not, there are monsters from doom2 roster.

nice work ^^

very nice voxels, if you have the time... i noticed that some glasses and buckets are not made into voxel

if it is possible, it would be nice to have them too into voxel...
in any case, what you have already done is fantastic !

thanks for the info

hi there,
i went here Github.com

downloaded source, used visual studio 2022, but i could not compile...

what did you do to make the game compile ?

just place these files in the patches folder and it should work.

status effect fear gives -100% to all skills instead of -50%

and the quantity of mana needed to learn a monster spell should be reduced.

probably at the end of june i will be able to release a 3.0 version, with a refund mechanic that gives back any extra mana spent casting a researched spell.

yeah, pegasus does not exist as a random encounter.

i wanted to find a way to always have a chance to capture rare monsters...

at the moment, while i play, i keep notes on which monster is rare, i plan to release in the future a quest polish mod that helps in the capture of rare monsters among other things...

by the way, at the moment i finished up a minimod that boost fear status effect, and a minimod that makes researching monster spells easier: Mediafire.com

i posted a version of the offending file, without pegasus random encounter. (doesn't exist in the unmodded game too)

Mediafire.com(mod).zip/file

my goal is still to release the raw and fixed files as essentials... and then offer single-topic mods that can be optionally used

i think i should take little steps to avoid a mess ^^

as a temporary fix use this file
Mediafire.com

another solution is to delete the file with the same name inside patches folder

i removed the encounter...

here is what the file does, it is an optional file

status effect, 1Energized, energize, now gives board's yellow/2 life each turn and no longer stacks with itself.
status effect, 1Reflection, reflection, now deals back half damage received up to 10 damage STATUS_1REFLECTION_DESC
bard, spell, S1SP, Song of Pain, turn doesn't end SPELL_SSNK_DETL(SPELL_S1SP_DETL)
bard, spell, S1FR, Song of Fear, reducing their abilities SPELL_S1FR_DESC

S1WH, Wild Hunt, stars/2 battle skill instead of stars/3
S1TR, Track like, S1CO but for green instead of blue

E1PG, added a Pegasus encounter between Stormreach and Storm Hills

K1Q0, Trouble in K'Tarn, starts at level 25(20)

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of course i removed 2 files about pegasus, so it doesnt spawn randomly anymore, like in the unmodded game

i am happy this file is still online:
first i found it by accident, and thought it was useless.

then i play doom 1 and i find something strange: it seems like a swastika, but it isn't and i remember bethesda censoring.

luckily i remember i saw this mod somewhere and find it again, then i search with google and i find out the map changed in doom version 1.25

so i get the original doom 1.2, use slade software to create a wad file with just the e1m4 map of version 1.2

here is the result, enjoy ^^
Drive.google.com

i am happy this file is still online:
first i found it by accident, and thought it was useless.

then i play doom 1 and i find something strange: it seems like a swastika, but it isn't and i remember bethesda censoring.

luckily i remember i saw this mod somewhere and find it again, then i search with google and i find out the map changed in doom version 1.25

so i get the original doom 1.2, use slade software to create a wad file with just the e1m4 map of version 1.2

here is the result, enjoy ^^
Drive.google.com

soulcube not always come back if it cannot find you.
you can shoot it again in any case, once you collect 100 more kill points

you accumulate enough points to use about once every 1 or 2 maps, depends on number of monsters killed.

use it when you are really in trouble: tough monster, too many and low hp or ammo.

yes, it is the same thing i did with the mod

alphabetically last mods are applied last

any file in raw is UNTOUCHED and may be incompatible with the pc version. sometimes due to higher resolution.

any file inside fix is a modded version to be compatible with the old pc game engine (the pc engine do not accept all switch files, so here is a modded version of them)

if you want to replace, find something of the correct resolution and format, then place it inside a zip file named zzzzz.zip with folders inside to mimic the same folder structure that you see in raw and fix files

fixed:

Moddb.com

all of these mods should work on the pc version of challenge of the warlords.

just download the zip file
extract it once
move the extracted zip file inside
.\Puzzle Quest\Patches\ <-- here, like all zip files

i did not change anything...

people that played the switch version complained about golems being too overpowered.

if you want you can study my wood golem and scarecrow golem nerf to learn how to nerf this bronze golem: you can lower its resistance and/or lower its hitpoints...

same as all other zip files, paste those inside the Patches folder

.\Puzzle Quest\Patches\ <-- here, like all zip files

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fixed, if you find some other bug... let me know !

Moddb.com

my little modification is based on files changed after using the community patch.

maybe you do not need to install the huge download offered here, i just made it available just in case for who is too lazy to manually download the mod manager and the community patch files...

in any case the mod with reduced shop price, high damage grenades, weaker mako shield with double time speed boost is made modding only 2 files, if you already have the community patch installed (even without pinnacle station dlc and voice over extra files) just drag and drop the two modded files to have the new behavior... you also find a txt file with explained exactly how each modification has been made, so you can learn and eventually customize further the game, changing it how you like even more.