Getting back into Arcanum
The new UAP mods have got me digging this old chestnut back out and firing it up again :) I am hoping to uncover some new paths that I have not tried out before. Check back for my progress.
Aphex Twin: an Arcanum inspiration?
Recently, I noticed something interesting. Arcanum’s Void track sounds awfully similar to Aphex Twin’s Grey Stripe track. Given that the Arcanum designers are admirers of Aphex Twin—who served as an inspiration for Fallout’s soundtrack—it’s quite possible that this track influenced Void. The tone and the sounds are quite similar.
Here is the Aphex Twin track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TUipBopgb0
And here is the Arcanum track:
https://youtu.be/y3JtaNaaG_w?t=2668
Compare them and judge for yourself.
More content
I started replaying Arcanum again after many many years and it's slowly becoming my current favourite game, even in the year 2015.
When I wanted more information about some things, I stumbled on this wikia. It has tons of content and I found most of what I needed, but I saw that a lot of pages and content are still missing, so I took it upon me to start contributing.
A lot of pages had formatting problems and some pages had really confusing and bad English. I fixed most of them but I'm still searching for more pages to fix the simple mistakes.
I'm also on the path of creating pages for all the Quests that Arcanum has, but the majority is still missing in this wikia. Hopefully I will have the time and motivation to keep contributing :)
Huge changed
Massively updated the item pages so now they have separate categories for the weapons armour and new Miscellaneous objects added. Included in this was a massive update on the pictures for the Torso where they we subcategorised into:
- Barbaric
- Cloaks and Gowns
- Civility
- Chainmail
- Leather
- Pate
Hopefully by categorising everything it makes it easier to find the information that people are after. Also the stats of all of the Torso objects were added.
Finally, I made a huge discovery while browsing the Russian Arcanum fan pages, where I found that they have a copy of the Arcanum Beta which can be found here:
http://arcanumclub.ru/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=55
Thanks - Cephean
Changed the Arcanum Home page and added Schematics!
Hey guys, I've already done a lot for this wiki and ive decided to follow some advice and make a blog about the wiki; however Im not to sure what to say in this, but ill give it a go anyway. So far today I've changed the home paged adding in new buttons:
- Quests
- Bestiary
- Characters
- Skills
- Endings
- Items
- Locations
- Races
- Combat
- Spell Colleges
- Technological Disciplines
- Schematics
And i still need to find images for Easter Eggs and followers to make a button for them. Also today I've added in a bunch of new pages for schematics with images and linking them all up. So far the pages ive added today are:
- Clockwork Decoy
- Explosive Decoy
- Google Helmet
- Eyegear
- Helmet of Vision
- Poison Arachnid
- Medical Arachnid
- Mechanized Arachnid
- Feather Weight Chainmail
- Elite Platemail
The fo…