EverQuest II: Poet’s Palace Dungeon Maker Forum Challenge!

[feldon30]

Mermut wrote:

Cyliena wrote:

Jexi@Antonia Bayle wrote:

I have spent days working on this dungeon. I created a whole upper level floor for one room out of tiles, and no matter how high I make this floor, the mobs aggro to the floor below or aggro from the floor below.

Mobs ignore player-contructed barriers like that in dungeons, sadly. It is intentionally that way.

I don't think it's 'intentional' so much as it's a by-product of how things work tha they haven't had the time/resources/motivation/whatever to address. It may not even be possible to address without major revamps to how walkmeshes are calculated.

• You pick a dungeon-themed house.
• You can place enemies.
• You can make them talk.
• You can place furniture.
• You can place items that buff or debuff ALL the mobs in a room.

That is the extent of the customization.

What would really make Dungeon Maker shine:

• Encounters (they could use the tagging system)
• Mob: Individual buffs/debuffs
• Mob: Agro range
• Spawned Adds
• Boss controls (stoneskins, effects, behaviors)
• Traps
• Lifts
• Keys (on a specific mob)
• Doors (which mobs respect, and which may or may not require a specific key)
• Barriers (which mobs respect)

[Nicoo]

Character Name: Nicoo

Server: Unrest

Dungeon Name: Mystery Palace

Description: The legend of genie lamp is hiding in the Mystery Palace.  Rumor says that it can give 3 wishes to who can find it, and therefore many treasure hunters enter to this palace.  However, this palace has full of monsters and traps to protect the lamp...

Dungeon Promotion Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Rxt40W19s

Dungeon Photos:

[Faesong]

Character: Dragonwise from server Splitpaw

Dungeon: Shaman's Sanctuary

Made this when it cameout realy like the textures of this layout. Wanted to keep evrything used to fit with those textures same goes for the npc used. Remodeld it a bit with some crafted items.

Screenshots: www.thecfiles.eu/eq2/sc_palace.html

(posted there as part of my fansite)

[Pixiewrath]

Varsik@Runnyeye wrote:

Pixiewrath@The Bazaar wrote:

I have two questions. If we unpublish this dungeon and republish it after the 10th to correct i.e. typos and similiar, will it get disqualified or can we continue editing on and off after this date?Second question is, if we DO get chosen as a Dev Pick, can we unpublish and redesign in the dungeon without losing the Dev Pick status?

I would imagine if you edit your dungeon after the 10th either one of two things, The devs have not yet seen your dungeon yet, so no problem. The devs have seen your dungeon, and will not see any update you make.

Same rules will probably apply with normal dungeons, if you unpublish, it gets removed from any lists.. If you edit your dungeon that is under the "Dev Pick" listing.. it isn't really anymore the dungeon that got you the status in the first place. so I would imagine you lose it. And rightfully so.

Righfully so? So if I find i.e. a spelling error and correct it, it will make the dungeon worse? How?When you reach HoF with a dungeon and unpublish it, and re-put it up again, as soon as it gets a single vote, it once again goes back to the HoF list.I hope Dev Picks work the same. Once you've gotten it, you can republish the dungeon and get it back there again.Also the dungeon maker will continue to get changes and additions, and one want to keep one's dungeons up to par with that. I had to take down Delving into the Depths from the HoF list and re-tweak it once they added the second set of effect objects into the game to keep it updated.I really hope that won't affect it. I can understand if they don't want you to edit the dungeon between 10th june and the date they are done with the evaluations, but editing it after the competition is over shouldn't punish you.

[Ahlana]

Server NagafenPlayer Zophael

Dungeon Name : Tales of Scheherazade.

Short Description : Dungeon themed after the '1001 Arabian Nights", explore through a few of many tales that Scheherazade told the Sultan in order to save her life. From Aladdin to Ali Baba and the 40 theives, come see the wonders!

[Sidharrah]

Alrighty, here goes!

Character Name: Sidharrah

Server: Freeport

Published name of published Poet's Palace Dungeon: The Fate of the U.S.S. Proxima (duo)

Brief description of the theme, max 100 words: A strange object appeared in the sky over Paineel and fired some sort of weapon at the city. The Erudites combined their considerable mental powers to interrupt the attack and make a strike of their own on the object. Diviners have determined that this object in fact houses many people, they have now requested that a few brave adventurers teleport to the object to determine if they are in any further danger, and to neutralize the threat if so.

Screenshot!

Note: This dungeon was balanced for a duo and tested using the Windrider Curate and the Dujhalm Sentinel And don't miss the Captain's logs!

[Merker]

It appears that Flavor Text is still broken. Many of my NPCs have text set but I have only had one (placed in a stairway) actually ever say anything.

[Raferty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccLGCYrIZS8

Any chance this could get changed, altered or fixed? This loading per-room thing is game breaking. If you had to sit at the entry and let it load for a while would be acceptable. But deloading when you walk from the room means it's all but unplayable as a decorated dungeon.

[Travilia]

• Character Name: Shadowlink
• Server: Butcherblock
• Published name of published Poet’s Palace Dungeon: Sjahriaar
• Brief description of the theme, max 100 words: A fun dungeon with original use of decorations to create some surprises. Sjahriaar is Scheherazade father from One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights). In his citadel different creatures from his daughters imagination have come to live.
• Screenshots: at least 1 and up to 4 web-ready screenshots (.jpg .gif or .png), either posted in this thread or linked. Screenshots must be no larger than 800x600 pixels! Hope the picture input worked!

 

[Katz]

I'm not decorating a dungeon but several in the thread have caught my attention.  It would be cool if we could travel across servers to play in some of these that aren't on my server.

[Neversea]

Character Name:  NeverseaServer: Antonia BaylePublished name of published Poet’s Palace Dungeon: Of Dusk and DawnBrief description: 

Hidden deep underneath the palace of the Royal House Swiftblade, there are dungeons of a frightening nature.  Each dungeon was crafted to protect something of a powerful nature.  Not even those of the royal house can call off the guards and enchantments placed within these dungeons.  You must take the form of a creature fierce enough to battle the enchantments, spells and monsters.  Defeat the obstacles and obtain each set of keys to unlock the ancient towers.

Your first task is to retrieve the Shard of Dusk and the Shard of Dawn.  Go forth now and complete your task!

Screenshot:

 

 

Special thanks to Layla for her help with this dungeon and her encouragement!  Another special thanks to Maiden's Fancy for inspiration!  Thanks guys, enjoy!  For further in depth journey of the building of this dungeon, check out my blog: Crimsonblade Interior Designs!

[Trishie123]

Hi,

I still haven't figured out how to put pictures in here, so I put them on Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...unson?sk=photos

My character Justpeaches has a Poet's Palace Dungeon on the Unrest server for you to check out.  I am not sure if just creating a Poet's Palsade dungeon is a theme, however, the theme is based on the running of a palace.  Arnak's Palace is the place to go if you loads of fun groups and a lot of character too.  Enjoy and let me know what you think

[Travilia]

Hello

It seems the images i tryed to post yesterday didnt work. Anyone that can help me out? Have image reay in jpg, how do i get it into the message?

[Cyliena]

Travilia wrote:

Hello

It seems the images i tryed to post yesterday didnt work. Anyone that can help me out? Have image reay in jpg, how do i get it into the message?

Click on the tree icon (it's for insert image), paste the image url into there.

[Cyliena]

Trishie123 wrote:

Hi,

I still haven't figured out how to put pictures in here, so I put them on Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...unson?sk=photos

It looks like that's not a direct link to the album you uploaded them to, and it's not viewable if you're not friended as well. Maybe try tinypic.com or flickr.com?

[Mystfit]

nvm

[Pixiewrath]

3-ish more days... Still no flavor text...

[Cyliena]

• Character Name: Trimia
• Server: Everfrost
• Published name of published Poet’s Palace Dungeon: Elemental Crossroads
• Brief description of the theme, max 100 words: Ages' End is coming and the gods of Norrath are preparing for the final battle with Kerafyrm. They seek only the strongest of adventurers that can endure their trials to be their champion.
• Screenshots: See below
• Optional: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC2-tNZiULQ (quality can be adjusted up to 480p)

(bonus pic since I took one extra, for the curious!)

Extra stuff that isn't part of my submission, but random babbling:

My dungeon does utilize flavor text, and while it does add something to the theme, it doesn't make or break the dungeon. As mentioned by many others, the flavor text simply does not show. There are two books, one at the beginning and one at the end, that do aid the story, however.

The dungeon was successfully tested with:

1. Duo: the Tallonite Warrior (power-building fighter) and Libant Frostfuser (mage)2. Duo: Nightblood Reaver (fighter) and Seelie Priestess (healer)3. Solo: Mystic Guardian (fighter)4. Solo: Libant Frostfuser (mage)

I did have to tone it down some to make it soloable, originally I had it tweaked fully for duo or stronger. Anyone should be able to run it now, though! It should award around 121 tokens, and expect 35-45 mins solo or 15-25 mins duo.

[Blackwiddow]

Character Name: Pommedesang

Server: Guk

Dungeon Name: pomme's catacombs

Description: Deep beneath the streets of Maj'Dul evil things lurk. Work your way through the catacombs, but beware, once you enter you may never leave. Powerful beings hide in the dark hoping to make you a member of their dark hordes. To reach safety you only need to walk to the light...

[Travilia]

Character Name: Shadowlink

Server: Butcherblock

Published name of published Poet’s Palace Dungeon: Sjahriaar

Brief description of the theme, max 100 words: A fun dungeon with original use of decorations to create some surprises. Sjahriaar is Scheherazade father from One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights). In his citadel different creatures from his daughters imagination have come to live.

Screenshots: This time with the pictures, txs for the info.

[FlameingPumpkin]

Barl

Unrest server

Dungeon name   "Members Only"  

This dungeon is a Villains resort.

 A place for evil to chill read a book pillow fight or watch some games (sumo and Pit fighting). The garden is by far the hardest to pull it is filled with roaming villains and should prove to be a challenge.

This dungeon was decorated with just the basic poets palace items. Other than 2 misty tiles the work was done with out editor or other worldly items. Enjoy

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[Cyliena]

FlameingPumpkin wrote:

Having trouble getting screens to post  < needs help

Make sure you upload the pictures somewhere (Flickr, Photobucket, TinyPic, etc) and then click on the tree icon in your post and paste the direct url to the picture there.

[BighHighCurt]

• Character Name: Ginrummy
• Server: Splitpaw
• Published name of published Poet’s Palace Dungeon: Ginrummys Palace nr1
• Brief description of the theme, max 100 words:

THE ASSAULT ON PALACE SQUAREThe Orc Warlord Molgan and his minions has built a fort just outside the Palace Square. Dark forces are joining him in his attempt to breach the barricades that protect the Palace Square and the Queen.

YOUR ORDERS: Cristo the Sarnak, has been captured by the Orcs and has vital information about Maj'Dul defences. The Orcs must not get their hands on this knowledge. Kill him! Queen Mimmicita have also captured an agent. That gnoll must be silenced!

Finally listen to the Goblin Band featuring Loreen and Euphoria at the Palace Square Arena.

[Kallah]

Character Name: Kalleh

Server: Antonia Bayle

Dungeon Name: Tsh`Akan Family Mausoleum

Description: A story based dungeon adventure that's survivable solo or fun with a friend! Use pop up clues to learn about what happened to the Tsh`Akan Family Mausoleum, and help fend off the intruders. After you've cleared out the baddies, take a second look through to discover details you may have missed – from stories on the headstones and crypts to pages of books scattered around the workshop – and get to know the people whose graveyard you just saved!

Note: The load times and distances in there are horrible. My apology for any difficulties.

 

Clues pop up as you explore the dungeon, leading you into the mystery!

 

Look for special items in the world around you to learn more about the dungeon!

 

Every tomb, crypt, headstone, and book contains a story about the Tsh`Akan family or what was happening before the break in!

 

 

Can you stop things before the Tsh`Akan Family Mausoleum is completely overrun? Find out by battling your way through on the on Antonia Bayle server!

 

[Pixiewrath]

Where did you get that lying statue sarcophagus in the picture above?

[Cyliena]

Pixiewrath@The Bazaar wrote:

Where did you get that lying statue sarcophagus in the picture above?

It's from one of the Wanderlust Fair DLW quests after the zone was revamped: Breaking a Blood Bond is the quest, Thexian Sarcophagus is the item. You can do the quests with a good aligned toon, I took my Swashy main through them.

[Ysondre]

Character Name:        Ysondre

Server:                       Antonia Bayle

Published Dungeon: Tunare's Forgotten

Brief Theme Description: 

     600 years have passed, a realm, hidden in a scar left by Veeshon, has lain undisturbed.  As The Sleeper Awakenened and the world collapsed, this one place remained unchanged, untouched, free of the outside world. Without the faction of Tunare or Veeshon, everyone is an unwelcomed guest. Abandoned by the Elves, food and shelter can be found by adventurers along the way.  Left to their own, Tunare's followers and Veeshon's children band together to keep their world unchanged.

[SirRanRap]

Character Name: Rhenwen

Server: Oasis

Dungeon Name: Twilight In MajDul

Description: If you love or hate the "Twilight"  movie and book series, this dungeon is for you.

 

 

[Nakeela]

Character Name: Nakeela

Server: Oasis

Dungeon Name: Trials of the Sha'ir

Description:  The final test for an apprentice to become a Sha'ir consists of three trials.  Each trial contains creatures plucked from the regions surrounding Maj'Dul: Sinking Sands, Pillars of Flame and Clefts of Rujark.  You must complete all three trials and defeat all the dungeon's denizens to claim the honor of defending the fair city of Maj'Dul.

Sinking Sands

Pillars of Flame

Clefts of Rujark

[Terrorpeutic]

Character's name: Terrorpeutic

Server: Nagafen

Dungeon's name:  Death is a Fisherman

Brief Discription:  Poetry in the Poet's Palace.  I've chosen "Death is a Fisherman" by Benjamin Franklin.  Dungeon is divided into 4 main areas:

1. Ante Room- for a brief introduction to dungeon.

2. Reading Room- where the poem "lived" out through the names of mobs.  Exit is here for easy mode.

3. Power Room- because Benjy flew a kite.

4. Peace Garden (aka Heaven)- a taste of life after death.

Overall, a mixed up facts and fantasies fun.