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Gelcur
Senior Scribe
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 Posted - 17 Mar 2018 : 00:47:16
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Today I was browsing the FR Interactive Atlas, as I often do when bored. And I realized it has a very large map for UM L5. Oddly I don't remember this being published in any paper source? I know 3E Expedition to Undermountain featured a few chunks of it.
Was this a digital exclusive? I am also curious if the Shaft labeled in the center of the level could be where Belkram's Fall passes through this level?
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Barastir
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1600 Posts |
Posted - 20 Mar 2018 : 18:55:10
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| Nice find, I haven't found any printed references, this far. |
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Duneth Despana
Learned Scribe
Belgium
273 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2019 : 23:04:14
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| I just had exactly the same experience. No news on printed lore other than Expedition? |
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
2066 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2019 : 00:32:08
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Originally posted by Duneth Despana
I just had exactly the same experience. No news on printed lore other than Expedition?
If I remember right, this was one of the selling features of the FR Interactive Atlas ... new hitherto unseen maps.
If you apply patch #3, you can see my one and only decent village map in Maskyr's Eye. I carefully made it fully consistent with Ed's Polyhedron articles. Never been published before or since.
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6646 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2019 : 09:20:24
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Yeah Eric. Send me that Maskyr's Eye map!
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2019 : 11:04:53
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Originally posted by Gary Dallison
Given that the atlas is no longer available and will likely not work on modern PCs, could someone take pictures of these maps so that they aren't lost forever
It works just fine on my PC. It's a Windows 10 box that I built myself. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2019 : 11:06:24
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Originally posted by Gary Dallison
Did anybody find a way to overcome the patches 1 and 2 requiring the cd. I have the cd but its 20+ years old and doesnt work anymore.
Try copying the files on the CD to your hard drive and install it from there. I've got the CD, but I've been using the copied files for the install for years, and multiple computers. |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
2066 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2019 : 12:45:11
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Originally posted by Gary Dallison
I've got the basic atlas working fine (copied over from an old usb that i copied from an old xp machine), but the patch#1 and patch#2 require the presence of the cd in order to install the new maps. The cd no longer reads in the drive so the patches refuse to install
I thought patch 3 was a superset. |
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Seethyr
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 18 Sep 2019 : 13:43:47
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| Many years ago I owned the interactive atlas, but it is long since gone. If I wanted to start from scratch and pick up my copy today fully updated, will a Google search produce the most recent version? And how recent is the most recent? Does it include 5e era Realms? |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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ElfBane
Learned Scribe
USA
275 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2019 : 14:31:58
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ElfBane
Learned Scribe
USA
275 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2019 : 14:33:23
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 18 Sep 2019 : 15:38:12
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The Interactive Atlas came out in 1999, and hasn't been updated since like 2002 or so, when the 3rd patch came out. It predates 3E and doesn't include anything from that era or later.
I've installed it on Windows 98, Windows ME (ye gods, what a horrible OS), Windows XP Home, Windows XP Pro (multiple systems), Windows 7 Pro, and Windows 10 Pro.
I've got the original CD -- I bought it from the TSR Mail Order Hobby Shop, when they were dumping them at half price -- but I've just used my copies of the files for most of those installs, from XP onward. Not an iso or anything, just copying the files to a folder and running them from there. |
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Gary Dallison
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 18 Sep 2019 : 16:24:18
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Originally posted by Gary Dallison
I think patch#3 doesn't do the CD check, but if you want the updates from 1 and 2 it does check for a cd
As I recall, it's not as much looking for a CD as it is looking for the original installation files -- which is why I've never had an issue, despite not using the CD. |
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Gary Dallison
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 19 Sep 2019 : 04:00:21
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Originally posted by Gary Dallison
Major bummer if the CDs lose their magnetism and weren't copied onto a hardrive
Uh... CDs have nothing at all to do with magnetism. Data is written onto them as a series of pits, which are read by a laser.
As long as they're not exposed to major temperature fluctuations and the disk doesn't get scratched or dirty, they'll last for half of forever. |
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Gary Dallison
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
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Posted - 19 Sep 2019 : 11:24:50
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Originally posted by Gary Dallison
All sorted, you can mount a cd iso using winiso, as long as it is designated as the D: drive (perhaps requiring you to change the drive letter of your existing dvdrom), then the patches will pick up the new mounted cdrom iso and run.
All three patches appear to be successfully installed (although i barely used the original so i dont know how to check).
If Maskyr's Eye is mapped (near Mulmaster), then the 3rd patch is installed. Don't remember how ot check the other 2. |
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Undermountain Level 5, The Maze Level
