Short Questions Thread

[Dreamhunter]

How to make or obtain indestructible jewel?

[Murreh]

Short) Is there a way to change the maximum number of items displayed with alt (I assume it's a game engine limitation of some sort because Multires only makes the problem worse, the first fix I tried) or to change the item despawn timers without breaking anything else?

Less-short version) I find the biggest thing that annoys me in D2 is the amount of loot that drops in some areas. Eventually, a character hits the point where the best idea for farming is /players X in a heavily-populated area. It's very easy to run into situations where (even after a thorough effort) you miss an item or drop because it's totally invisible no matter where you move due to being buried under whites and magics, orbs, and runes/gold and +1 Druid Skills Sigil of Tur Dinmyoatmeal that are totally useless to all your characters. I was hoping Multires might fix the issue, but being able to see more only makes the problem *worse* because the number of possible visible items doesn't change. The cold calculus of war states that eventually trying to pick through loot too thoroughly is going to tank your killspeed so hard that you're better off simply accepting the lost loot as inevitable, and that makes my brain hurt. One way I've sorta worked around it is to set a timer for 22-25 minutes, clear huge areas, and retrace my steps after all the junk has despawned.
This would be a lot easier if the "alt-displayed item tag limit" were increased, or if it were possible to modify the loot timers so junk despawns after a minute or two (allowing you to still pick through stuff if you actually want it) and the rarer drops were made to last for a lot longer than 30 minutes (so perhaps set it to 2-3 hours so you can exterminate the entirety of Fauztinville and safely do a "loot-picking run" afterwards).

I've looked at a lot of mods and my Googlefu is usually pretty strong, but I haven't found any options available that don't also break Median. Nearly anything is possible, but does such a thing already exist?

[Murreh]

How to make or obtain indestructible jewel?

It's a (somewhat rare compared to many modifiers) random affix on just about any jewel... it only requires a low item level, I believe you can start finding it in the 20's. Find a decent ilvl rare jewel, reroll it with Oils of Renewal (the green ones) until you get Indestructible

[Mnasyllus]

I'm looking for the list of what oskills do. I remember there being one on the old site...
Would love to know what some of these skills are doing (especially passives!!)
Thanks!

[Fumbles]

Click documentation link at top of page, on left side expand [characters] and select the [item-only skills (old)] link.

http://docs.median-xl.com/MXLU_vXVc_Doc ... monly.html

[SeaWeed]

If I add the UMO "Larzuk's Round Shot" with the modifier "Adds Strength Bonus to Damage" to a dex weapon can i basically make a str weapon out of it? How does the scaling work of that modifier?

[Quirinus]

If I add the UMO "Larzuk's Round Shot" with the modifier "Adds Strength Bonus to Damage" to a dex weapon can i basically make a str weapon out of it? How does the scaling work of that modifier?

yes. the scaling is indicated in the docs:
Adds Strength Damage Bonus (4/256 per Strength)%

weapons usually have (20/256 per str)%

[SeaWeed]

thanks very much

[Murreh]

"Adds Strength Bonus to Damage" to a dex weapon can i...

Almost all weapons have a strength or dexterity damage bonus inherently, and any others you get from orbs or charms stack right on top of them. Besides the bonus directly from weapons, the ratio is usually pretty small though. For example, Marco's charm gives 25/256 strength bonus, so any weapon dealing "WDM/Weapon Damage" will deal 1% more physical damage for every 10 strength you have. It's possible to have several strength bonuses on top of a Dex throwing weapon and make better use of all that +Str you get from ubercharms, or stack them on a Strength weapon like axes or scythes. I don't know the exact formulae involved (you'd have to ask someone who's picked apart the game), but more damage bonus from any source definitely helps, especially endgame when those stats can get to 3-4k pretty easily

[qweqwe]

can't kill baal in yshari, guess open wounds is not enough to stop his regen. read previously one suggestion was to get death force su crown shield and nightmare him. any other tips? or any specific chars/builds to get him? kinda disappointed had to exit the game when i finally could not kill him