Ashes Afterglow TC - closing the vault

[Ihavequestions]

Hey, just wanted to ask: Is there any way to break that one brick wall in the sewers of Prosperity?

Yes, there is.

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You need to side with the bad guys against the Baron in order to get the bomb for that.

[AboveLightningCube]

Hope this is the right place to post this...

NEED HELP / ADVICE FOR ENDGAME

When deciding to side with

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The Baron, or Garavito, or Kyle,

is there a way to help more than one group? Ideally all of them?

Each has somewhat noble intentions, but also problems. It'd be nice to

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increase water rations and free them from slavery (Kyle's cause), enact stronger leadership and governance (Garavito), and plant the modified crops. (Baron)

I don't want to

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destroy Kyle, or destroy the Roamers' ammo and fuel supply, or destroy Uptown.

Cant' find a walkthrough for Ashes yet. Can someone offer a minimal-spoiler advisory on this?

[Ash_Scav]

Well AboveLightingCube,
why don't you use the save game and try out what will happen if you choose your options.

For me as I get on that point i liked that you can take things in your hands an decide what to do. This is a very cool feature.

Ash_Scav

Hope this is the right place to post this...

NEED HELP / ADVICE FOR ENDGAME

When deciding to side with

---

The Baron, or Garavito, or Kyle,

is there a way to help more than one group? Ideally all of them?

Each has somewhat noble intentions, but also problems. It'd be nice to

---

increase water rations and free them from slavery (Kyle's cause), enact stronger leadership and governance (Garavito), and plant the modified crops. (Baron)

I don't want to

---

destroy Kyle, or destroy the Roamers' ammo and fuel supply, or destroy Uptown.

Cant' find a walkthrough for Ashes yet. Can someone offer a minimal-spoiler advisory on this?

[s0ulman]

Hope this is the right place to post this...

NEED HELP / ADVICE FOR ENDGAME

When deciding to side with

---

The Baron, or Garavito, or Kyle,

is there a way to help more than one group? Ideally all of them?

Each has somewhat noble intentions, but also problems. It'd be nice to

---

increase water rations and free them from slavery (Kyle's cause), enact stronger leadership and governance (Garavito), and plant the modified crops. (Baron)

I don't want to

---

destroy Kyle, or destroy the Roamers' ammo and fuel supply, or destroy Uptown.

Cant' find a walkthrough for Ashes yet. Can someone offer a minimal-spoiler advisory on this?

Kyle's branch

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is entirely optional, and nothing will happen if you ignore it completely. You don't have to do his bidding or report him to the sheriff.

Out of the other two

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it looks like you need to choose one or another. In order to progress you need to accept one of the two quests, and doing so will remove your dialog options with the other party.

[AboveLightningCube]

Well AboveLightingCube,
why don't you use the save game and try out what will happen if you choose your options.

For me as I get on that point i liked that you can take things in your hands an decide what to do. This is a very cool feature.

Ash_Scav

Totally agree, it's awsesome. I'm just lazy, impatient, and strapped for time, so I generally like to read how decisions can play out first and then choose a preferred path. Just my way of doing it.

[AboveLightningCube]

Hope this is the right place to post this...

NEED HELP / ADVICE FOR ENDGAME

When deciding to side with

---

The Baron, or Garavito, or Kyle,

is there a way to help more than one group? Ideally all of them?

Each has somewhat noble intentions, but also problems. It'd be nice to

---

increase water rations and free them from slavery (Kyle's cause), enact stronger leadership and governance (Garavito), and plant the modified crops. (Baron)

I don't want to

---

destroy Kyle, or destroy the Roamers' ammo and fuel supply, or destroy Uptown.

Cant' find a walkthrough for Ashes yet. Can someone offer a minimal-spoiler advisory on this?

Kyle's branch

---

is entirely optional, and nothing will happen if you ignore it completely. You don't have to do his bidding or report him to the sheriff.

Out of the other two

---

it looks like you need to choose one or another. In order to progress you need to accept one of the two quests, and doing so will remove your dialog options with the other party.

Ok cool, good to know. Really appreciate it.

[Ash_Scav]

Well AboveLightningCube,
I think impatience is not helpful for getting further in Ashes Afterglow @S0ulman correct me if I'm wrong

I also think that this mod is not made to just ran over to end just do a bit get rid of enemys.
The creators did a very good job doing this and also to create such large mod needs much patience.
Give it a try AboveLightingCube, cause you might be missing some details. (an there are lot's of them)

Kyle's branch

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is entirely optional, and nothing will happen if you ignore it completely. You don't have to do his bidding or report him to the sheriff.
It just changes the epilouge

Have fun playing futher on...
Ash_Scav

Hope this is the right place to post this...

NEED HELP / ADVICE FOR ENDGAME

When deciding to side with

---

The Baron, or Garavito, or Kyle,

is there a way to help more than one group? Ideally all of them?

Each has somewhat noble intentions, but also problems. It'd be nice to

---

increase water rations and free them from slavery (Kyle's cause), enact stronger leadership and governance (Garavito), and plant the modified crops. (Baron)

I don't want to

---

destroy Kyle, or destroy the Roamers' ammo and fuel supply, or destroy Uptown.

Cant' find a walkthrough for Ashes yet. Can someone offer a minimal-spoiler advisory on this?

Kyle's branch

---

is entirely optional, and nothing will happen if you ignore it completely. You don't have to do his bidding or report him to the sheriff.

Out of the other two

---

it looks like you need to choose one or another. In order to progress you need to accept one of the two quests, and doing so will remove your dialog options with the other party.

Ok cool, good to know. Really appreciate it.

[AboveLightningCube]

How do I get the best ending? From having tried Kyle's way, Garavito's way, and Baron's way, I found the Baron's way most agreeable. However, I didn't rat out Kyle because I understood his situation.

Is this the way to the best ending or should I have told the sheriff?

[Vostyok]

How do I get the best ending? From having tried Kyle's way, Garavito's way, and Baron's way, I found the Baron's way most agreeable. However, I didn't rat out Kyle because I understood his situation.

Is this the way to the best ending or should I have told the sheriff?

I can explain more -

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Snitching on Kyle was added as a way to unlock more dialogue with the Sheriff if you had already upset him previously. It was a way to allow players to go back to the "best" ending if they had made a bad impression before, and found his and Garavito's options distasteful. We did want to make Kyle's path a bit more interesting with regards to resolution and possible reconciliation, but it was quite a complicated questline already and I had run out of time.
Out of the four endings (Help Baron/Help Kyle/Help Garavito/wipe out the Roamers and get told to leave by the Baron), helping the Baron is arguably the "best" ending as it allows the town to thrive. Any other ending results in massive loss of life, which is a bad thing, and you'll find out why soon enough.
Whether or not this is the best ending for you is up for debate. You could argue that Garavito's reward is slightly better, but I didn't want to suggest an obvious best ending. None are considered canon, incidently. And this will become apparent later. So don't feel there is a path you *have* to choose, everyone.

Also, I appreciate that I haven't been very active here recently. Many apologies. Will be giving an update on what I'm working on later this month.

[AboveLightningCube]

I can explain more -

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Snitching on Kyle was added as a way to unlock more dialogue with the Sheriff if you had already upset him previously. It was a way to allow players to go back to the "best" ending if they had made a bad impression before, and found his and Garavito's options distasteful. We did want to make Kyle's path a bit more interesting with regards to resolution and possible reconciliation, but it was quite a complicated questline already and I had run out of time.
Out of the four endings (Help Baron/Help Kyle/Help Garavito/wipe out the Roamers and get told to leave by the Baron), helping the Baron is arguably the "best" ending as it allows the town to thrive. Any other ending results in massive loss of life, which is a bad thing, and you'll find out why soon enough.
Whether or not this is the best ending for you is up for debate. You could argue that Garavito's reward is slightly better, but I didn't want to suggest an obvious best ending. None are considered canon, incidently. And this will become apparent later. So don't feel there is a path you *have* to choose, everyone.

Also, I appreciate that I haven't been very active here recently. Many apologies. Will be giving an update on what I'm working on later this month.

Your game is a masterpiece. I've had so much fun with it. Thank you for this reply, makes sense. And please, keep up the great work.

Is there a way to donate?

[Serathis]

How do I get the best ending? From having tried Kyle's way, Garavito's way, and Baron's way, I found the Baron's way most agreeable. However, I didn't rat out Kyle because I understood his situation.

Is this the way to the best ending or should I have told the sheriff?

I can explain more -

---

Snitching on Kyle was added as a way to unlock more dialogue with the Sheriff if you had already upset him previously. It was a way to allow players to go back to the "best" ending if they had made a bad impression before, and found his and Garavito's options distasteful. We did want to make Kyle's path a bit more interesting with regards to resolution and possible reconciliation, but it was quite a complicated questline already and I had run out of time.
Out of the four endings (Help Baron/Help Kyle/Help Garavito/wipe out the Roamers and get told to leave by the Baron), helping the Baron is arguably the "best" ending as it allows the town to thrive. Any other ending results in massive loss of life, which is a bad thing, and you'll find out why soon enough.
Whether or not this is the best ending for you is up for debate. You could argue that Garavito's reward is slightly better, but I didn't want to suggest an obvious best ending. None are considered canon, incidently. And this will become apparent later. So don't feel there is a path you *have* to choose, everyone.

Also, I appreciate that I haven't been very active here recently. Many apologies. Will be giving an update on what I'm working on later this month.

we know it's the sexy goblin DLC for Hedon

[Zeem]

I seem to have ran into an issue with the final boss. I can't seem to avoid the instakill attack it does after being defeated and doing the short monologue. I can't kill it while it's lying on the floor (as my attacks just go straight through it) and I can't dodge the attack by hiding behind a pillar. Using Titan stim prevents death, but the forcefields remain and the screen is permanently red.
I'm using Afterglow v1.10, and here's the save https://files.catbox.moe/imwy8f.zds

[Captain J]

Think i mentioned this on my feedback; where final boss is still able to insta-kill you even if you shoot her before that. Pretty sure that doesn't happen anymore if i recall my previous playthrough, Version 1.10 played on GZDoom g4.9.0.

Speaking of the version, i can't load your save file even though i put it right into Save folder. Maybe the version of GZDoom is mismatching?

[Ihavequestions]

Speaking of the version, i can't load your save file even though i put it right into Save folder. Maybe the version of GZDoom is mismatching?

Here's what his savegame's info.json looks like:
{ "Software": "GZDoom g4.9.0a", "Engine": "GZDOOM", "Save Version": 4559, "Title": "ashes-afterglow", "Current Map": "MAP28", "Game WAD": "DOOM2.WAD", "Map WAD": "AshesAfterglow1_10.pk3", "Creation Time": "2022-12-02 16:38:08", "Comment": "MAP28 - Missile Gap\nTime: 01:25:52" }
Perhaps this helps.

[Zeem]

Think i mentioned this on my feedback; where final boss is still able to insta-kill you even if you shoot her before that. Pretty sure that doesn't happen anymore if i recall my previous playthrough, Version 1.10 played on GZDoom g4.9.0.

Speaking of the version, i can't load your save file even though i put it right into Save folder. Maybe the version of GZDoom is mismatching?

I'm playing on Linux, version should be the 4.9.0a I got from the .deb package.
After a couple more attempts I managed to kill the boss, I just needed to land the final shot before it falls to the ground with a Junker Driver instead of the Service Rifle's altfire. I think it may have something to do with gibbing, as the problems happened when the last attack during the fight was an explosion, and the Junker Driver kill (which allowed me to finish the boss off) had an audible gibbing sound when it fell to the ground.