All savegame data accounted for

Another one!

Variable mistake

Mispelled variable

I voided that for now, but something must be done about it!

something is definitely wrong with the ), as it keeps insisting to be a term rather than an operator

And let's see if it works

Linked to the savegame flow

And a quickmeta link table

Table Created which stores which abilities have been mastered.

I couldn't bear anymore to see the Field Menu project being empty so i created #41 to have at least one card thre :P

#33

Important to note is that the test swap did not yet get set to the disc... This is most likely due to time issues and not yet being enough swap files... Nothing to be alarmed about. I will need to see how things will hold out on the longer run, and I simply cannot test that yet!

Take XIII

Creation had to count as a modification as well, this was not properly seen and thus the data was not written to the disk when it had to be done

Take XII

Another chat line must give me some important answers (I hope)

Take XI

I've added a few "CHAT" lines, which hopefully gimme some answers

Let's sync the pure debugging version once more, as this is getting annoying

still no good, but at least no more crashes

Take X

A LOT (read: Everything) was wrong in the definition department.... Hopefully not anymore

Take IX

Hopefully a try{}catch (I wanted to leave them out, but I got no choice) can get me an answer

Kewl... a .NET user code error... Now THAT tells me a lot (NOT)

Let's see what a "SHOWSWAP" command will tell me!

0 swap entries found, the outcome couldn't be clearer... The question is now how this could happen

Take VIII

Let's look into this with an extra debug console command!

I can also see that the swap dir was not created, but I know I know why that is...

Faulty named savegame file

I can confirm though that the inventory numbers are no longer written in decimals so that's good!

Apparently NOT, since the only swap file created up until now does NOT appear in the savegame file

(would be a new record in complex parts of the game).

No more errors thrown, but does that mean it works?

Take VII will tell

No guarantees, but this SHOULD fix the issue I was dealing with

any swap action that is

The first time you take any action at all, the swap will be initized

I think I know why this happens... Say it, I'm a stupid cow!

It goes wrong on the very first step... Clearing the swap data... Cool huh?

Take VI

Some debug lines must break down WHEN this happens, as only then can I even BEGIN to debug all this!

.NET error in user code... Somehow I KNEW this was gonna happen...

Take V

Illegal Function call

Take IV

I've added a line to NIL, and hopefully this can help crashing on whitelines in quickmeta scopes

???

Take III

Blah blah

Forgot to embed the NIL script

And Take II

And let's run the compile script again!

Swap was not initized in NALA

Yup, I forgot something!

Take I (of the many I expect to follow)

And I've linked the savegame routine to the swap engine

On the moment a new game starts the swap folder will be entirely cleaned (if needed), and a "ReadMe" file will be created (in order to test if everything works the way it should).

Swap classes linked to Save Game engine

Recompile of NALA was succesful, but it's too early to put things into action yet!

I've written the link code to allow NIL to communicate with the Swap handler that's now in NALA

Yes, this has to do with #33

I could NOT yet put it to the test though, so I can only HOPE it works

I've set up an advanced swap system for NALA which only saves when data appears not modifed long enough to deem it no longer needed for the short term. This is also set up in order not to pay too heavily on SSD drives that are the standard these days.

Maybe this will stop that (as this can cause conflicts later on)

What I do wonder is... why those decimals in what are supposed to be integers?

Inventory['*CLEAR*']=1

Inventory['ITM_ANTIDOTE'] = 3.0
Inventory['ITM_APPLE'] = 6.0

all crashses accounted for, but now I need to know if everything works properly!

An that brings us to take VI

And the call did indeed not return anything which should not have happened

NALA was not properly set up for when a return failed

At least the system makes no bones about the fact that LuaGetString is the function to blame, but that is odd, since that function is also the function that did some important transfers before without issues, so I wonder what happened there

In order to get stuff done in the debugging department, I now need to find out why NALA pops up an error generated by .NET

#40

Since this bug cannot be fixed as the cause is very old (Star Story also suffered here), I'll have to suffice with reset points, so you can at least "jiggle free", and that brings us to

#40

Now this is a bit odd! The error generated is generated by .NET (I recognized it's wording).Where exactly this goes wrong needs to be properly investigated, but for now let's suffice to say it doesn't work, but that I need to get some things done before I can start to fix this

Take V

Time for a break, brb

Invalid state load

Take IV

Forgotten state references

Okay.... mesa too fast!

Take III

Another function name then?

At least the quickmetatable worked

Take II -- And let's try it again now!

New Anyway.nil generated

I know why that happened

Apparently the quickmetatable didn't make it properly through

Btw... I closed #3

And NOW let's run take I

Oh wait, before that... Let's first rebuild NALA :-/

So let's get this over with... Take I

As the inventory screen is NOT present yet, all I can do to test things out is to simply run the game and save the game, and see what the savegame will contain... Thanks to my GJCR tool that's easy, but still :-/

I've set the start script to make sure you start with some apples and antidotes.... The number depends on your difficulty setting.

However I went a bit too fast, I now realized, so this code ain't gonna work

And linked this to the savegame routine, which should now save the inventory

I've written the link code for this table

I've set up a quick meta table to use for the inventory, but it will not really be taken in use now, but at least the save game routine can be completed this way without any issues later

If you counted well, you may see an initial error first, but then again, this devlog was NEVER too precise on things.

a few config issues in this devlog

'quickmeta' added to NIL

One too many

A few issues

Code Typo

SIGH!

And fixed a crash in the process!

Faulty variable declaration, but then again, i didn't need that variable anyway

Case+$ errors

the very first savespot has been placed (it only does NOTHING AT ALL YET!)

To start simple I've added the constant game time to the game

Does it work now?

For now I've voided this issue

It's still beyond me why private elements are still so buggy

The directory file was currupted.... So that was an easy fix, but still, odd

Nonsensical error

I think I fixed the missing "Create new" slot

The disappearing slot bug has been fixed

Apparently it DOES have the effect I wanted to see

Will it really work with ' in stead of "?

Attept to get rid of the unwanted leading spaces

Yup!

I THINK I found the issue.... Not 100% sure, but hey, ya never know!

Why does this happen?

Impossible bug

No property called "Kthura"???

What I did fix was a call to a removed variable I didn't need anymore, but I forgot to remove that call

And now the error is gone without a fix... Computers, don't even try to understand them

Wtf?

The field data and the actor position should be saved

still a lot to do but at least we're closing in, eh?

My new RPG Char Viewer is not yet finished, but it can already make a full analysis of a save game file, and tell ya what? The data shown is the data I wanted to see! GOOD!

Things are beginning to look good!

Well, I gotta try, I suppose

I hope

A "not" where the opposite of "not" (for which the English language has no word.... WEL, you can better speak DUTCH people) (and now that "wel" is NO missspelling!)

An extra debug line to sort a few things out!

The RPG Database does save the global data, like links (which are none at this moment) and the current party members, but the individual data is not saved.

this was a bug that also affected Aziella's Babbling Bubbles, although that game oddly enough didn't suffer from it :-/

Game ID not properly saved in savegame files

No errors popped up... But that does not always mean stuff works the way it should

Did I fix it? (Visuaul studio was playing tricks on me)

As the error I get now is downright odd!

Let's take a closer look inthe debugger

The %d issue should be fixed now

Game Variables have been properly saved, so that's cool!

That issue's been fixed by the way

Some secret data that was now just open shows what I wanted to see... Well almost, but that was not the fault of that data file, so at least that's okay

well for starters... In stead of a number %d was the extension and everybody who's ever coded in C or languages based on that using C formatting know how that could happen, right?

All I know now is that no errors pop up... But if that means stuff works... THAT is another story, and that needs to be investigated

Take VII

Empty XTRA registry

Take VI

config errors

Take V

Code Typo

Take IV

Forgotten #endregion in NALA

Take III

Some workouts

Table style fix

I wonder how many "imbecile" bugs I'll get along the way!

Take II

Illegal Function Call!

Take I

#33

GameVars stored

It's 6 o' clock and time for the news!

a few general preparations

Of course, the real work hasn't yet even begun... Saving the actual data that should go in the savegame files

All's well now

Take SIX

Tried to show empty character slots (resulting into a crash)

Take FIVE!

And fixed a crash in the process!

an "s" somewhere in a string where it was NOT wanted!

Take FOUR!

Declaration fault

AAARGH!

Take THREE!

More forgotten

Take TWO!

Forgotten

SHOULD, so here goes... TAKE ONE!

The characters in the party and their respective levels should now show

Directory integry

#36

#31

IT WORKS!!!

Forgotten "end"

Scrolling with mouse

And the down arrow appears, but only when scrolling down is possible

Arrow now in FULL COLOR and not greyed out a little (people could think it was disabled).

I fixd that!

All wrong! The arrow appeared when scrolling was IMPOSSIBLE and not when POSSIBLE! :(

Code typo

*SIGH*