Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines - Revision history

KennyMan666: Aaaand links.

2013-07-02T08:34:09Z

Aaaand links.

HonorableJay: /* Additional Information */

2013-07-02T05:59:51Z

‎Additional Information

HonorableJay: /* Additional Information */

2013-06-13T03:38:05Z

‎Additional Information

HonorableJay at 03:33, 13 June 2013

2013-06-13T03:33:48Z

HonorableJay at 01:58, 5 June 2013

2013-06-05T01:58:16Z

HonorableJay at 01:23, 5 June 2013

2013-06-05T01:23:40Z

Show changes

HonorableJay at 00:13, 5 June 2013

2013-06-05T00:13:55Z

HonorableJay: /* Bunny Hopping */

2013-02-22T05:00:47Z

‎Bunny Hopping

HonorableJay: /* Vent Boosting */

2012-11-11T03:07:42Z

‎Vent Boosting

HonorableJay: /* Quick Dialog */

2012-09-23T22:35:00Z

‎Quick Dialog

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 = Categories =
-[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_any%|Any%]]- Do whatever it takes to beat the game as fast as possible<br />
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines/Any%|Any%]]- Do whatever it takes to beat the game as fast as possible<br />
-[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_allquests|All Quests]]- Complete every quest in the game<br />
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines/All Quests|All Quests]]- Complete every quest in the game<br />
 = Additional Information =
-[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Help|Compatibility Fixes]]- Having problems getting the game running? Check out the general fixes here.<br />
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines/Help|Compatibility Fixes]]- Having problems getting the game running? Check out the general fixes here.<br />
-[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Clans|Clan Comparison]]- So what does separate the clans?<br />
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines/Clans|Clan Comparison]]- So what does separate the clans?<br />
-[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Tricks|Basic Tricks]]- Basic tricks required.<br />
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines/Tricks|Basic Tricks]]- Basic tricks required.<br />
-[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Advtricks|Advanced Tricks]]- Advanced tricks (practice required).<br />
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines/Advanced Tricks|Advanced Tricks]]- Advanced tricks (practice required).<br />
-[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Console|The Console]]- Using the game console.<br />
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines/Console|The Console]]- Using the game console.<br />

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:59, 2 July 2013
Line 16:		Line 16:
	[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Tricks\|Basic Tricks]]- Basic tricks required.<br />		[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Tricks\|Basic Tricks]]- Basic tricks required.<br />
	[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Advtricks\|Advanced Tricks]]- Advanced tricks (practice required).<br />		[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Advtricks\|Advanced Tricks]]- Advanced tricks (practice required).<br />
		+	[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Console\|The Console]]- Using the game console.<br />

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 = Additional Information =
-[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Help|Compatibility Fixes]]<br />
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Help|Compatibility Fixes]]- Having problems getting the game running? Check out the general fixes here.<br />
-[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Clans|Clan Comparison]]<br />
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Clans|Clan Comparison]]- So what does separate the clans?<br />
-[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Tricks|Basic Tricks]]<br />
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Tricks|Basic Tricks]]- Basic tricks required.<br />
-[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Advtricks|Advanced Tricks]]<br />
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Advtricks|Advanced Tricks]]- Advanced tricks (practice required).<br />

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 Released on November 16, 2004 by the ill-fated Troika Games, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is an RPG based on White Wolf's World of Darkness universe (which is in turn based on a million nerdy goth fantasies.) Like Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption, Bloodlines is set in White Wolf, Inc.'s Vampire: The Masquerade universe, but it is not a sequel to the earlier game. The game allows the player to choose one of several different vampire clans and progress through the game according to the different strengths and weaknesses of the player's character, as in its paper and pencil role-playing origins. Bloodlines is notable for being the first game along with Half-Life 2 to use Valve's Source engine, which allows the game to be played from either the first-person or third-person shooter perspective. You play a recently turned vampire who, through no fault of your own, becomes embroiled in a bloody power struggle over an ancient sarcophagus.
-#[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Help|Compatibility Fixes]]
-#[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Clans|Clan Comparison]]
+= Categories =
-#[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Tricks|Basic Tricks]]
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_any%|Any%]]- Do whatever it takes to beat the game as fast as possible<br />
-#[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Advtricks|Advanced Tricks]]
+[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_allquests|All Quests]]- Complete every quest in the game<br />
-#[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_any%|Run Categories & Routes]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:58, 5 June 2013
Line 11:		Line 11:
	#[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Advtricks\|Advanced Tricks]]		#[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_Advtricks\|Advanced Tricks]]
	#[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_any%\|Run Categories & Routes]]		#[[Vampire_The_Masquerade:_Bloodlines_any%\|Run Categories & Routes]]
−
−	~~=Sequence Breaks=~~
−	~~==Why can't I skip you, Mercurio?==~~
−	The very first mission you're given is to find Mercurio, who you see stumbling into his apartment in the beginning of the game. The normal way to complete this mission is to visit him once to find out about the Astrolite and where to find it, then visit him again once you've obtained it. It is possible to get to the drug dealer's house without talking to Mercurio first.
−	~~#Go to the beach~~
−	~~#Stand against the rocky cliff to the right. Make sure you're at the highest point in the sand.~~
−	~~#Do a circle jump to the left, duck as quickly as possible. If done correctly you'll land on the light just above the locked gate.~~
−	~~#Drop down past the gate and continue on to get the Astrolite~~
−	~~#Return to Mercurio to finish 2 quests at once~~
−	You'll still have to listen to both sets of dialog (the initial meeting and returning with the Astrolite) which will waste some time. The good thing is you won't lose out on the experience for not going to him first, you only have to see him once (instead of twice the normal way), AND you skip the forced dialog scene with the Malkavian at the beach (since the trigger for that dialog doesn't become active until you've talked to Mercurio).
−
−	~~==Skipping the Sewers==~~
−	After fighting Andrei for the first time, you're introduced to the most annoying section of the game: navigating the abandoned sewers. As soon as you get to the sewers, you'll come across 2 doors, one locked and one unlocked. The unlocked door will take you to the Hollywood sewer section, allowing you to restock on supplies before venturing further in the quest. One of the doors in the Hollywood sewers is locked and normally can't be opened until much later in the quest. By standing to the left side and pressing the use key on the right spot, you can open the door. Doing so tricks the game into thinking you've progressed further than you're supposed to and immediately jumps to a cutscene where you're dropped out of a sewer pipe in the second to last section of the sewers before finally finding the Nosteratu.
−
−	~~==Chinatown shortened==~~
−	Once you finally get to Chinatown, the first stop is Ming Xiao's temple. Once inside the courtyard, find the rocks to the right of the temple steps. Jump on that, then onto the tree to the right, and finally onto the roof of the building next to the rocks. This will allow you to get over the wall and proceed inside the temple to complete the game. The difficulty is that the game still thinks you're in an Elysium: you cannot attack, use weapons, or use disciplines while everyone else can attack you at free will. If you can survive and make it to the inner temple entrances the game will proceed as normal.
−
−	Once you make it to Ming Xiao's chamber the dialog will not match the scene. Since you never played through the normal missions, Ming Xiao will have the same dialog sequence as if you were meeting her in the Downtown streets. Once you finish speaking with her, the fight will commence as normal. After killing her and grabbing the key for the sarcophagus, the next scene will be your initial cab sequence where you're supposed to choose which side you will fight for. If you choose anything BUT siding with Lacroix, you will be sent back to Chinatown to fight Ming Xiao again. Siding with Lacroix will immediately start the game's ending cutscene.
−
−	~~==Bad Temple Door==~~
−	After getting into the Chinatown temple, navigate to the center door. You should be overlooking the center of the temple which has a strange fountain along with a door that needs to be unlocked by pushing a block of wood. Normally you'd have to go around that room to find a door on the lower level that is unlocked. However, like the door in the Hollywood sewers, if you stand at the correct angle to the left of the doorknob, the door can be opened (even though it's shown to be locked). This will skip half of the level and give quick access to the last temple sequence.

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 =Overview=
 Released on November 16, 2004 by the ill-fated Troika Games, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is an RPG based on White Wolf's World of Darkness universe (which is in turn based on a million nerdy goth fantasies.) Like Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption, Bloodlines is set in White Wolf, Inc.'s Vampire: The Masquerade universe, but it is not a sequel to the earlier game. The game allows the player to choose one of several different vampire clans and progress through the game according to the different strengths and weaknesses of the player's character, as in its paper and pencil role-playing origins. Bloodlines is notable for being the first game along with Half-Life 2 to use Valve's Source engine, which allows the game to be played from either the first-person or third-person shooter perspective. You play a recently turned vampire who, through no fault of your own, becomes embroiled in a bloody power struggle over an ancient sarcophagus.
 =Engine Notes=
 Since VTMB uses an early early beta version of Valve's Source engine, it's definitely buggy. The good thing is that many of the same physics bugs/tricks you'd expect from a Half-Life game are present (minus accelerated-back-hopping). Many of these tricks are inherited from the original Quake (the engine which was the basis for Half-Life). All velocity numbers are shown as Units-Per-Second (a unit being the measured distance of 1 in the game engine). As with Half-Life, higher framerates can heavily affect certain tricks.
-===Compatibility Issues===
+==Compatibility Issues==
 During development of VTMB, 64bit Operating Systems weren't the norm, and most users still barely had 1Gb of RAM (let alone more than 2Gb). Due to this oversight, there are 2 main issues that most users have when it comes to playing the game: the dreaded "less than 15Mb of memory" and "blurred textures" bugs.
@@ Line 18: / Line 25: @@
 #Compatibility modes - The easiest way to combat the issue is to run vampire.exe in a compatibility mode set to Windows XP or earlier. This will return a proper 32bit number to the memory check and allow the program to launch without issue. If you are running any version of Windows XP and need compatibility information, go here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301911     For Vista and Win7, it works the same way. Right click on the exe, choose the Properties option, then find the Compatibility tab. However, in Vista, the compatibility tab isn't always there. To enable/disable the tab, go here: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/182398-compatibility-properties-tab-restore-remove.html
 #HEX edit engine.dll - If using a compatibility mode either isn't an option or doesn't work, you can always just fix the base problem itself. Follow the link above (at the start of this section) and use the instructions to HEX edit engine.dll to ignore any results obtained from the memory check and simply load the game.

@@ Line 97: / Line 97: @@
 Normal bunny hopping runs will consist of your player moving in a constant S-pattern, with smooth transitions between turning left and right. This doesn't always have to happen, as switching between left and right is only limited based on how fast you can change strafes and move the mouse. The best acceleration comes from sharp turning at the start and then long sweeping turns as speed builds up. Being able to balance moving in a controlled S-pattern and still moving in as straight a line as possible will take practice, since moving faster means nothing if you're not moving towards your goal.
-Another factor to take into consideration is your framerate. Unlike the original Quake, all jumping has to be timed manually. There is no way (without scripting) to automate jumping, nor can you prime a jump (Quake allowed players to hold jump before touching the ground) to get perfect timing. Higher framerates not only allow for faster acceleration in the air (due to speed being calculated on a per-frame basis) but also makes timing the jump upon landing much easier (less control lag, larger window for error). Using the mousewheel to jump and rolling it just before landing can increase the success of proper timing, but even at framerates as low as 60 it's easy to mess up.
+Another factor to take into consideration is your framerate. Unlike the original Quake, all jumping has to be timed manually. There is no way (without scripting) to automate jumping, nor can you prime a jump (Quake allowed players to hold jump before touching the ground) to get perfect timing. Higher framerates not only allow for faster acceleration in the air (due to speed being calculated on a per-frame basis) but also makes timing the jump upon landing much easier (less control lag, larger window for success). Using the mousewheel to jump and rolling it just before landing can increase the success of proper timing, but even at framerates as low as 60 it's easy to mess up.
 Bunny hopping can also be performed while ducking. The only difference is you must turn slower (resulting in a wider circular arc) or all speed will be lost in an instant.

@@ Line 69: / Line 69: @@
 ==Vent Boosting==
-While crawling through a vent angled upwards, press and hold jump while at full forward speed to get a burst of speed. This appears to be a side effect of the way jumping is handled. In most games, the jump action gives your character an immediate push upwards, and bumping into a ceiling brings your speed to 0. In VTMB, the jump command gives your character a constant upwards push for a given amount of time (about 500ms) so long as the key is pressed. Once the jump timer runs out, gravity takes over. In a vent, holding jump has the same effect as wallstrafing, except the wall happens to be the ceiling and the boost is a lot stronger. This effect is calculated per frame until the jump timer runs out, so the boost is stronger at higher framerates. At 60fps, your speed has the potential to average around 230, but at 300fps the boost can get as high as 850.
+While crawling through a vent angled upwards, press and hold jump while at full forward speed to get a burst of speed. This appears to be a side effect of the way jumping is handled. In most games, the jump action gives your character an immediate push upwards, and bumping into a ceiling brings your speed to 0. In VTMB, the jump command gives your character a constant upwards push for a given amount of time (about 500ms) so long as the key is pressed. Once the jump timer runs out, gravity takes over. In a vent, holding jump has the same effect as wallstrafing, except the wall happens to be the ceiling and the boost is a lot stronger. This effect is calculated per frame until the jump timer runs out, so the boost is stronger at higher framerates. At 60fps, your speed has the potential to average around 230, but at 300fps (fps_max 300 in console, the default for the game) the boost can get as high as 850.
 ==Fast Ladder Climbing==

@@ Line 75: / Line 75: @@
 ==Quick Dialog==
-To skip dialog, simply press a number key or jump. If jump is held as soon as dialog begins it will instantly skip the first conversation piece and go onto the next set or your first dialog choice. Note that only the very first line of dialog can be entirely skipped, as every other line following can only be skipped after a certain amount of time. Spamming an input key is the fastest method to speed through conversations, and using the key you need for your dialog choice is the fastest method.
+To skip dialog, simply press a number key or jump. If jump is held as soon as dialog begins it will instantly skip the first conversation piece and go onto the next set or your first dialog choice. Note that only the very first line of dialog can be entirely skipped, as every other line following can only be skipped after a certain amount of time. Spamming an input key is a fast method to speed through conversations, but using the key you need for your dialog choice is the fastest method.
 ==Hitbox Shifting==