Greetings,

This project was abandoned as well, actually it was a long time ago, but I've haven't made any public announcement because I was unsure if I want to abandon it completely or continue in development later.

Now I've found somebody who wishes to continue in development, that person is Saruman from ArcanumClub, and he already proved that he means that seriously by releasing new version, newly called UltimateArcanum, which is a standalone multiplayer module (it uses MultiArcanum files, but MultiArcanum was mod, not module), that allows you to play singleplayer online, as MultiArcanum did, but it has a nice idea implemented, because my world travel patch was not working completely, it uses traveling via teleport stones, so you can travel to long distances easily without needing to walk.

By this announcement, I'm asking you to support Saruman is his work, because I think that we all wished at least once to play Arcanum singleplayer with others, and now its came truth!

UltimateArcanum:
http://forums.arcanumclub.ru/index.php?showtopic=7041

hi,

I've seen many people complain about the original multi mode in Arcanum - took ages to get it to work and then kept crashing/signing players out/lagging etc.

If I understand correctly, your mod and the UltimateArcanum module allow you to play singleplayer campaign in multiplayer mode. Does it do away with the bugs of original multi? Do you also need match-maker or something else to make it work? Altogether, can you play single-p campaign in co-op multi-player mode without problems? Thanks.

Also, is that new project website (and module itself) available in English?

Cheers.

Greetings,

I think that multiplayer in Arcanum works perfectly, except that players with high ping to server can slow down whole server. Anyway, I've never experienced any crashing, so I believe that its only gossip...

MultiArcanum is game mod, which will modify whole game to make Arcanum singleplayer module works in online/network mode. Everything was tested and everything is included, including patched WorldMap...
To travel to long distances, you must walk...

UltimateArcanum is module, which will not affect game, but it will allow you to play Arcanum singleplayer module in online/network mode as well, but its alpha version and many things are missing.
To travel to long distances, you can use teleport stones... English version is not yet available.

MatchMaker is "patch" that will allow you to create online game, so you dont need hamachi anymore. More info can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20


I hope thats all... have a nice day

Hi, you know what, you should take ultimate arcanum and apply the english script to it. Calling it MegaArcanum. They "stole it" and should get robbed ! If I could mod I would translate it but I can't.

An Idea like that can you make a shop keeper like in the single player ?

Welcome delarn,

well, nobody has "stealed" anything, yet, because I gave to Saruman a "permission" to continue working on it, but I admit that there is not even a English support nor proper credits, so it might look like it has been "stolen". Also he claims that I've "contributed" to his project, but actually he took my project, "fixed it" and released it as his own project.

Anyway, I don't care anymore, even I'm still a bit snarky, because its his project now, I gave him permission and he has decided to continue working on it, so I'm glad that there is at least one new module that will revive Arcanum a little bit.

Also I just hope that "they" will add English support soon. That's all.

Have a nice day.

Perhaps a second reading of the first message in this topic would reveal some results for all in doubt about this evil project:http://forums.arcanumclub.ru/index.php?showtopic=7041

And I would like to publicly state here as well that I renounce any rights to continue the work on MultiArcanum granted to me by Crypton, all that was done is his work and his honour, not mine.

UDP: Heh, it seems from the look of my messages that I was granted a donator status for that small gift of mine. Than all of this makes even less sense. A donator that cheated and stole from his beneficiary. Sounds idiotic.

Hello there,

thanks for letting me know, so I've replied to your message About donator status, its given to anybody who donate any amount to ArcanumAlive. You can read that in post at our website -> http://arcanum.game-alive.com/post/14/

Have a nice day.

Saruman, I can't read a thing of Russian. The sad thing is that I'm sure your module is great, but having it in russian make it unaccessible to the world. I'm sorry to says that there is more people understanding english then russian and english is not my first language. I mean would it be hard to have made it in both language at the first time and not have to redo everything ? I'm going to have some players into Arcanum and I have to do Vormatown and the other cheap modules because MultiArcanum has been discontinued, and that you lack the will to make your module in english.

Ok I remove the thief accusation and I excuse myself. But please make your module in english and post it here.

The start message from the topic linked above was in English, but it has been edited for good. Now it is dubbed in English and Russian, as will be all of my further messages in that topic except for replies to specific questions (they will be in the same language as of the one who asked them).

Renouncing is cancelled, the work will go on.

Saruman will you make the module in english ?