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A screen capture from the network connectivity test. This event was held on 11 August to help as many players as possible get set up on Hamachi and WON.
Tales from the Crypt
Welcome to Planet Vampire! Whether you're a White Wolf fan, a fellow gamer, or a wandering soul who lost their way and wound up here, you'll find something for everyone. We are the number one fansite for White Wolf's Vampire Role Playing PC games. Here you will find info, art, mods, patches, fan creations, and on-going discussion on both the pen and paper (P&P;) RPG and the PC games Vampire: the Masquerade - Redemption (VtMR) and Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines (VtMB). Full of dedicated role-players, gamers, modders, and storytellers we do our best to bring you up-to-date news on White Wolf releases, state-of-the-game news, in depth game discussions, lovingly made fan creations, and much more.
Make sure that you have the latest version of the official patch installed to ensure the best and most reliable performance from the games. The current final official version for Redemption is v1.1, and for Bloodlines it is v1.2. Bloodlines also has a very well-made unofficial patch, which will bring you to v3.9. Visit the Patches section on the left-hand menu to get the official patches. The forum has external links to the unofficial patch. Join in the fun and help keep the community alive. Carpe Noctem Kins!
This past Thursday Changeling: the Lost went on sale all across North America. I've reviewed the book myself, and it looks just as good as we could have hoped for. Head over to our New World of Darkness board to talk about it. Also, the last page of the book is a puzzle that basically reveals the 6th game in the series. Click here to see the not-so-shocking answer to what that game will be. Only click it if you really really want to know which game will be coming out next year.
A few of you have already seen this, but GameSpy has been converting its ForumPlanet site over to a new forum system. So far PlanetAFP, PlanetGrandTheftAuto, and PlanetHalfLife have been converted. We (the PlanetVampire staff) are working with the IGN/GameSpy staff to work out how and when PV's forums will be converted. Feel free to head over to this thread to discuss the migration.
CCP and White Wolf Celebrate 15 Years of Gaming on the Dark Side
Leading independent game developer CCP | WW to host anniversary party during Gen Con Indy
ATLANTA � Aug. 13, 2007 - In the summer of 1991, only one word mattered in the hobby game industry. One word and one game took tabletop adventures to a new level of creative chaos, seizing an unsuspecting generation of gamers by their collective throats and never letting go. That word, that game: Vampire. The industry never knew what hit it, and it has never been the same since.
Now in the summer of 2007, the thirst for more has never been slaked as the Vampire legacy, which has evolved to become the core franchise in the trend setting World of Darkness series, continues to grow darker and richer with each compelling new release. Celebrating the 15th anniversary of this wildly popular RPG phenomenon, CCP | White Wolf will once again invade Gen Con Indy--August 16-19, Booth 522, at the Indianapolis Convention Center--with their unique brand of monsters, mischief and mayhem.
Friends, fans and fiends are invited to join them for an over-the-top night of music and debauchery, in their signature hedonistic style, on Saturday, August 18, at Club Industry from 9 pm to 2 am. Invitations will be available at the CCP | WW booth.
"Over the years, our parties have become as legendary as our games themselves," said Mike Tinney, President of CCP North America | White Wolf. "It gives us a great opportunity to get together with the people who inhabit the other-worlds we�ve helped to create and kick back and share a couple of drinks together."
During Gen Con Indy, CCP | WW will be launching the new installment of the World of Darkness series, Changeling: The Lost, a storytelling game of beautiful madness. For more information, visit www.white-wolf.com/gencon/.
As of late last night, Wodal v0.2a has been released to the public. Wodal -- which stands for World of Darkness Arbitrary Language -- is a pen-and-paper mod for Redemption, and it's brought to you by our very own Javokis. We hope to use Wodal for the Official PlanetVampire Redemption Chronicle, so all of the players are definitely encouraged to download the mod and try it out. At the very least, it's probably a good idea to read up on it just a little bit. Here is a quote from Javokis' announcement last night:
It's out. The Wodal Modification version 0.2a is ready for public testing and developing with tons of new features and some more included samples of content with much more complete documentation that should be everything you need to help you start your way to creating PnP disciplines... I think.
NOTE: You do not have to create a character named Test anymore. Make a character as you normally would and it shall be affected by the Global file settings, which are editable. I recommend that all test the Leaves of Three and To Curse the Darkness chronicles so to assure that Wodal is stable. You will encounter lag on first time load for only a short period of time as Wodal loads up the new Global system into all npcs and enemies on pre-scripted chronicles (Leaves of Three and To Curse the Darkness).
*******BE SURE TO READ THE DOCUMENTATION AND REFERENCES********
The "Community Links" area was updated today with current sites that are known to be Redemption or Bloodlines fan sites or "Friends of Planet Vampire". We would like to add as many sites to this list to help bring traffic and members to your site, whether it be a Vampire site or a theme our members may be interested in. To have your site added, simply send a private message to Signothorn and request that your name be added. All that we ask in return is that you place a link to Planet Vampire somewhere on your site, perhaps in a similar fan site link area. You may also subtly link to your site in your signature and profile in the PV forums, as long as your site doesn't pirate VTM games.
Today's addition is a new Vampire PNP and RP site called City Gates by Sonja Blue, who is a friend and subscriber to our YouTube Channel.
On a side note, we have recently added new Bloodlines videos to our YouTube channel so if you haven't visited in a while, be sure to check them out and subscribe, there is much more yet to come!
Heads up, everyone. This weekend I'll be hosting a connectivity test on both WON and Hamachi. Everybody and their grandma are welcome to attend. The purpose of this exercise is to make sure that everybody gets all the help they need in setting up their PCs to play Redemption online. The schedule is as follows:
WON test #1
When: Saturday 5:00-6:00 PM GMT (10:00-11:00 AM Pacific, 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern, Sunday 1:00-2:00 AM Singapore)
Where: Lobby Central
Hamachi test #1
When: Saturday 6:00-7:00 PM GMT (11:00 AM - noon Pacific, 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern, Sunday 2:00-3:00 AM Singapore)
Where: network "PlanetVampire", password "vtmr" (both are case-sensitive)
WON test #2
When: Sunday 2:00-3:00 AM GMT (Saturday 7:00-8:00 PM Pacific, Saturday 10:00-11:00 PM Eastern, Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM Singapore)
Where: Lobby Central
Hamachi test #2
When: Sunday 3:00-4:00 AM GMT (Saturday 8:00-9:00 PM Pacific, Saturday 11:00 PM - midnight Eastern, Sunday 11:00 AM - noon Singapore)
Where: network "PlanetVampire", password "vtmr" (both are case-sensitive)
If you don't have Hamachi, download it now from their website. Feel free to join the "PlanetVampire" Hamachi network whenever, but be forewarned that if it fills up between now and Saturday, I will temporarily boot everybody out before each test so that there will be room for whoever is there and ready to participate. For these tests, all you need is Redemption, including the v1.1 patch. Sometime in the next 24 hours I will post some (hopefully) helpful instructions on how to optimize Windows XP network settings to work best with Hamachi and Redemption.
A couple days ago we announced that we�re going to be launching a Redemption multiplayer role-playing chronicle soon. I ran a poll this past Saturday, asking you all which type of game play you prefer. Based on the 12 votes cast so far, most PV members seem to favor a story-driven style of play. However, a few of those players are also into a more casual, mayhem-oriented style too. Later on we�ll discuss the exact kind of chronicle to run, but for now I want to get a good feel for how well you all are able to connect. Help me help you by voting in these three polls. The results will help ensure that as many people as possible are able to play.
Once we work out the logistics, we�ll be able to determine the type of story to be told. After that we�ll be in a good position to choose which add-ons to use, and eventually what kind of characters you, the players, will be crafting. Use the three new polls to express your thoughts and opinions, but please limit the discussions to the specific topic that each poll was made for. For all other discussions related to the upcoming chronicle, head over to the new Official PlanetVampire Redemption Chronicle thread.
On Saturday the 27th of October our illustrious website will turn 8 years old. We haven�t had much in the way of birthday parties in the past, but this year we�re going to make up for that. There are several events in the works, but most of them are still under wraps. What I can tell you right now is that we will be running the following two activities, with others to be revealed in the weeks to come:
Redemption online roleplaying sessions via Hamachi and/or WON.
Bloodlines fan fiction contest based on a theme that will be announced soon (so don�t start writing just yet!). There will even be prizes, but you�ll have to wait to see what will be given out.
Since this celebration is all about you, you get to decide what kind of things we�ll be doing between now and then. For starters, head over to the latest poll to cast your vote and share your thoughts on what kind of Redemption game you want to play.
In April we lost the ability to sticky important forum threads. Today we got that ability back, so rest assured that the latest Bloodlines patch, Featured Article discussion, and various helpful tutorials will be right at the top of the pile where they're supposed to be.
After all these years people still make mods for the old Vampire the Masquerade - Redemption PC game. This time the aim is at reviving Pen and Paper role-playing once again. The new mod is called Wodal, which stands for World of Darkness Arbitrary Language. Wodal is like Wod Mod all over again, but in a whole new form started from scratch.
For more information and to actually download the early stage alpha of the mod, go to this link:
For questions about Wodal, sign up at the forum there at E-Mods.net or just email/pm Javokis. Be sure to check back here at PV for more updates on future releases of the Wodal Modification.
Wesp5, the guy who never rests, has just released version 3.9 of his unofficial patch for Bloodlines. Head over to the forums to download the file and discuss it to your bloody heart's content.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 3.8 unnofficial patch has been launched!
In this version, Wesp has made the following alterations:
Changelog 3.8 from 03.07.2007:
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Made NPCs act comforting to more disciplines and added male sounds.
Altered duplicate Lu Fang conditions and re-added Nadia sentences.
Restored cabbie and E lines and fixed some for Bertram and Strauss.
Made Mercurio sell Steyr Aug earlier and sorted Larry's inventory.
Added humanity loss for telling Johansen that you won't rescue him.
Increased Blood Heal healing rate and improved activation details.
Made Galdjum prolong Blood Buff and Heal and Vandal more talkative.
Added Dominate for Danielle and prostitute and fixed Milligan bug.
Added and corrected inspection nodes for containers at Ocean House.
Fixed Glock running animation and corrected SWAT crosshair errors.
Swapped teleporting female Lasombra and fixed a Nines dialogue bug.
Modified placeholder names and descriptions of four upgrade books.
Lowered difficulty of one critical door to fit with new Blood Buff.
Corrected Blood Heal and Buff tutorial popups at high resolutions.
Fixed Potence, Ravens, Trance, Wipe and Hysteria issues and sounds.
Repaired completing Larry's quest being impossible in basic patch.
Wesp has released another unofficial patch for Vampire the Masquerade:Bloodlines. This patch fixes some bugs and alters a little of the game-play experience. This patch also includes multi-player support originally introduced by Exulx to bring more attention to it.
Also inside is a separate more basic patch that tries to leave the game-play like Troika left it but fixes most major bugs. We at PV would like to thank Wesp for his continued efforts and continuing to make the game more interesting. Also kudos to Exulx for not giving up on the possibility of playing Bloodlines online. More info can be found here.
A few days ago White Wolf announced on their website that they are hiring 3 game design interns to work on what they call "an upcoming MMO project" (complete with finger quotes). They didn't specifically say that it was WoD Online, but seriously...how many MMOs are White Wolf and CCP making? Read the whole article here.
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