Arcanum - Arcanum Installation Guide

[Null]

I'm trying to follow this but the retards running this guide have linked only to broken shit.
http://terra-arcanum.com/drog/guide.html
https://archive.is/KQaPg

I'm trying to find the missing files.

Still looking for:

1. Install the unofficial patch, it doesn't matter if you choose any of the extra options or not.
2. Install the HQ Townmaps and HQ Music packs (MP3 or Lossless (WAV + WAV Patch)).

 

[ThatDutchManace]

For the unofficial patch:

Mirror for Unofficial Arcanum Patch (UAP) as of December 28, 2009 (version 0.91225 - same version as above link):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5j6iD8ffNt7b3VnOTZSUk9BcVU

HQ Towns:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5j6iD8ffNt7ZWNHZFA1UzBDbkk

HQ Music packs:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1riCaPAT0h8m_ngGo6QYyXOnJ0I-QGSnh

Source:
http://arcanum.wikia.com/wiki/Modding_and_Patches

 

[Oddjob OTP]

Just a shot in the dark, but was Sseth's recent video your inspiration for trying it? I played it sometime in the early 2000s and wasn't wowed by it but I was kind of thinking about giving it a shot again. As I recall I didn't like how the game penalized you for trying to go magical/technical hybrid.

 

[Dreamland]

Just spam molotov cocktails, cheap and easy to make, and grenade mastery is easy to get iirc.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

So, you can get the extended edition on steam I think, which includes the fan patches, but it runs like absolute shit on windows 10 for some reason.

I dunno. When I played it recently it was rather underwhelming. The locations are boring, the dialog is boring, some of the background stuff is kinda cool, but worst of all it's fucking buggy as all hell. Also the combat isn't great. So enjoy wondering "Do I need to do something else for this quest or did it just get bugged?".

You can craft a sword at the start of the game that you can use to beat the entire game. The way the game forces you to do either technology or magic is an unfortunate idea, and limits build diversity. So much shit is just useless and unneeded in the technology trees, all the complicated and expensive stuff you can do is outclassed by hitting dudes with the sword you made at the start of the game.

 

[Bagronkleton]

How to cheese arcanum: pure charisma build.

You won't need any combat skills at all. What combat you cant talk your way out of your army of followers can more than pick up the slack. Best combat follower? A dog. Seriously. Its teeth cant break like weapons can.

Spoiler: The true power of charisma.

That and as charisma build you can quite literally tell the final boss to kill himself...and he does.

 

[Zaryiu]

So, you can get the extended edition on steam I think, which includes the fan patches, but it runs like absolute shit on windows 10 for some reason.

I dunno. When I played it recently it was rather underwhelming. The locations are boring, the dialog is boring, some of the background stuff is kinda cool, but worst of all it's fucking buggy as all hell. Also the combat isn't great. So enjoy wondering "Do I need to do something else for this quest or did it just get bugged?".

You can craft a sword at the start of the game that you can use to beat the entire game. The way the game forces you to do either technology or magic is an unfortunate idea, and limits build diversity. So much shit is just useless and unneeded in the technology trees, all the complicated and expensive stuff you can do is outclassed by hitting dudes with the sword you made at the start of the game.

How far you got?

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

How far you got?

Hmm... it was after you get shipped off to the island with the fighting arena, after finding the elven village somewhere when I stopped playing. My character was only getting more powerful as the game went on.