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spiders?

January 3, 2014 4:40:28 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums


well, as you all know there's spiders in this game, but i think they should be removed because alot of people suffer from arachnophopia (not sure how its spelled sorry) meaning that they are REALLY scared of spiders. im one of those people and i literally cannot play with monsters because those spiders give me the chills..... i think they should be replaced with another kind of monster

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Reply #1 January 4, 2014 1:44:47 AM
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If it really bothers you that much, you might want to consider changing their appearance for yourself. You can alter the xml so spiders get a different name and different models.

Most spiders are found in CoreMonsterUnitTypes.xml (FE instalation folder > data > English)

 

Change the following lines to something you have less problems with:

- DisplayName

- Backstory

- Medallion

- AnimationPack

- CutSceneDataPack

- ModelPath

- SkeletonPath

- Texture_Skin

It's best to take everything that comes after Medallion from a single other unit so you don't end up making weird abominations.

Don't forget to change the Bound spiders for Resoln as well (and the cloth map icon for spider lairs if it bothers you as well)

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Reply #2 January 4, 2014 2:43:49 AM
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I like spiders I find them very cute.

I find the spiders in elemental to be pretty benign honestly. Considering they are a staple enemy of many games, this must severely limit your gaming choices.

 

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Rotlung
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Reply #3 January 4, 2014 4:59:11 AM
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I don't think they're that bad, though I do think the game has too many spiders (maybe because it's easier to have multiple types of the same group of monsters do you can use the same animation package?). Would be nice to see more varied monsters.

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Crastiloowa
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Reply #4 January 6, 2014 9:08:40 AM
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In principle, it should be feasible to remove almost all instances of spiders by creating a mod that makes all spider units, lairs, and quests, Binding tech, and Resoln faction, unspawnable.

It would take a fair amount of effort though, and the audience would probably be limited to arachnophobes like yourself, so you might want to undertake it yourself, if you're committed to playing this game.

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ElanaAhova
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Reply #5 January 8, 2014 9:24:36 AM
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Yes, fear of spiders has its impact on many games. Skyrim (vanilla) has some really gruesome giant spiders. Some even have personal names.. LOL (er.. ROFL?) One of the first mods that came out was a mod that changed the appearance of spiders to that of bears. The silly part was that these bears hung out in webs and descended form the ceiling in a most un bear like fashion. In nay case, fear of Spiders is very widespread - so you are in good company. Me? Spiders are Ok. I wish someone would make a mod so I can use a giant spider as a mount. Its heights that get me. When wandering around Skyrim, and coming to a cliff, or a very high bridge... I physically cringe...
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Reply #6 January 8, 2014 10:38:14 AM
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Quoting ElanaAhova,
reply 5
I wish someone would make a mod so I can use a giant spider as a mount.

Actually, this is already in the base game; it's just that those particular mounts are only available when you recruit certain quest NPCs.

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Reply #7 January 9, 2014 9:55:24 AM
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Yeah I was mighty surprised to encounter an enemy champion with a Harridan mount. I thought it was a mod until I checked the files... Really cool actually!

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ElanaAhova
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Reply #8 January 10, 2014 9:10:05 AM
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Oh? really cool. LH has something skyrim doesn't. way cool.
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Reply #9 January 10, 2014 11:46:50 AM
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There's too much damn computer game in this computer game. I'm afraid of computer games. The devs should give an option not to play the game when I launch it. That way, those of us who suffer from playing computer games won't have to.

Besides the fact that this computer game has a computer game in it, I quite like it.

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