Crossfire nostalgia and related discussion =)

Zortan · Post by **Zortan** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 7:36 pm

I played the old skillsystem and maps since probably 92/93....

RovinRogue · Post by **RovinRogue** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:26 am

Me too Zortan...

I found it one day in a Comp Sci lab and have not been able to leave it alone for long since then

on the other hand my GPA took a nose dive and I have not been back to the U since

Website · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:59 am

Wow, you folks have been around longer then I have.

I seem to recall early '94 and Crossfire was replacing my MUD addiction, er.. I mean recreational playing.

It was probably 3 or 4 months before someone told me the password to get out of the Scorn gates. I was thrilled to see an entire world to explore (level 12 or 13 and never left the "old" scorn.. sheesh!

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RovinRogue · Post by **RovinRogue** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:08 am

The other thing I remember - is the really old bug where you coudl crash the client and as long as that did not crash the server then there would be an exact copy off your entire inventory left on the ground where you were

made it very easy to create so-called god weapons - which made the Quetzalcoatl the ultimate char... incredibly fast - immune to Fire

and able to weild nasty weapons...

of course at that time they could also wear certain kinds of armour as well...

also the Stormbringer was the ultimate weapon as it put all of your kill exp into whatever skill you wanted it too ...

ah the memories...

hoxu · Post by **hoxu** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:53 am

Does anyone have _old_ screenshots of Crossfire? Since I have only been around for few years it could be interesting to see some..

How old are the screenshots at the homepage by the way?

RovinRogue · Post by **RovinRogue** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 6:02 pm

Well there used to be quite a few sites for Crossfire back in Tha' Day

Now there's really just the server sites and Real-Time...

I was able to find one of the old sites here: http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~quinet ... re-en.html
Its been up for what seems like a decade without many changes so... I hope it'll stay up for awhile longer

and also a screenshot of an older version of the cfclient here:
http://www.games.ru/games/linux/screens ... ssfire.gif

Other than those (courtesy of Google) I think we'd have to compile an old server and client and get screenshots that way

The screenshots on Real-Time are moslty from the newer clients and servers... post 1.3.0 I think...

Website · Post by **Leaf** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:35 am

Actually, those are not "original" screen shots..

The original crossfire had alot of yellow and black (xpm?) and I see now the site that used them is no longer available. =(

Zortan · Post by **Zortan** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 12:12 am

I remember that bug! Don't quite remember how it worked, but I do remember it!

I also remember being able to throw a large fireball through a store door and burn the whole inventory down

..Also, there was a wyvern blocking the eastern exit out of scorn and there was a library building with a BUNCH of spell books which were worth a LOT of money for someone with dimension door (you could actually do it then before it became blocked to dimension door)..

There was a titan and a dragon guarding the area so you had to be careful or loose all the books..

..Ahh memories..

RovinRogue wrote:The other thing I remember - is the really old bug where you coudl crash the client and as long as that did not crash the server then there would be an exact copy off your entire inventory left on the ground where you were

made it very easy to create so-called god weapons - which made the Quetzalcoatl the ultimate char... incredibly fast - immune to Fire and able to weild nasty weapons...

of course at that time they could also wear certain kinds of armour as well...

also the Stormbringer was the ultimate weapon as it put all of your kill exp into whatever skill you wanted it too ...

ah the memories...

hoxu · Post by **hoxu** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 1:57 pm

Congratulations, you are the first top poster I have seen in CFMB.

Anyway, wasn't it just a while ago that the shop teleporters were changed so that players couldn't burn/freeze/whatever the items in the shop (or perhaps they modified the rest of the tiles to disallow spellcasting)?

I remember killing people in the shops using spells..

Zortan · Post by **Zortan** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:55 pm

Heh.. I also remember being mean and nasty sometimes and burning a store while someone was looking for spellbooks or rings

.. It was quite enjoyable to fill a store with gravestones..