Nothing Effect

Effect Script work out

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XDraw

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What?

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Da fuck!?

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Target issues caused due to array start difference

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Code typo

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Did I void this?

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Some trouble!

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Work out for skill level up (even though Young Irravonia doesn't benefit from it, the game needs it or it will crash).

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Will this work?

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Version conflict. Now the builder and run-time environment use the same header file for the header (to prevent conflicts), I hadn't yet recompiled the builder. Well, that's been done now, so now this issue should be out of the way.

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I've turned off the timer freezer for enemies. This will activate the enemies in combat. This way I can get to actively debugging the enemy's movements. I already knew the game crashes on this, but I haven't yet taken the trouble to find out why, as other aspects had priority, so a study take will be required to get things done.

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SCI version

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Compiling

Code to address this issue has now been set up.

It seems states planned to be killed are only added to the plan list, but that the list is never processed.

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Old style Kthura read-out

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Now I need a study run. I know the game crashes when I pick up an emblem, but I now need to examine the EXACT error

For today I'll first get into the traveler's emblems. Although an non-combat feature (at least purely codewise), indirectly very important for the combat engine.

Apparently my computer crashed last night.

Yeah, that stuff happens in Linux too.

FINALLY!

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No good, but I think I fixed the issue now.

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Right, now I got the savegame. Let's load it and study the results!

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Right... The emblems themselves still crash the game. No matter, that shall be remedied on later. I do however need another take now, as I had no valid savegame allowing me to debug this out all properly.

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Don't fuck with me!

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Code typo

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PermaKill handling. That should take care of #300, but I gotta check it out!

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When debugging is no possible all I can do is dummy the crap up

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I wonder!

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Extra debug

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Forcing me back into the old, eh?

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Fuck off!

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Why does the game still refer to FOE_1 after killing it off?

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Arrays do NOT start at 1

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Another link I guess...

KillChar in RPG fake module

Victory tune was the normal X-Ray

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Case issue

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A few last checkups

That should link it all together

The RPG conversion now contains a propery for character iteration with the "FOR" keyword

Glue code for linking Scyndi with the underlying C++ APIs for SCI.

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Compiling

Charlist API

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The Death Fader used 1-1000 to set the fade. SCI doesn't need that approach. That caused the crap I just mentioned to happen.

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Another SELF issue

Well, the crap I get onto my screen when an enemy is killed is really overwhelming. ALthough only cosmetic it will need fixing. But first things first.

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Initiation issues victory

I guess that does not fix the whole problem, but I guess I'll look into this later.

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Well, at least the loader for a bad referrence causing an empty GINIE to be created. If that fixes the whole issue remains to be seen, though.

I did try to study why the only savegame I have in which the tutorial about travel emblems keeps repeating itself after loading a savegame.

Analysing the saved data strongly indicates that the permanent kill has been written into the database, but is somehow now properly read. If that is as issue in the savegame loader or the map loader, I currently do not know.

I really need a break, so I will do less on the game today.

I hope to resume in full soon.

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XDraw

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Illegal Function Call

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Let's add some suff or this is gonna take forever!

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Syntax?

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Points.Dec

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Dupe

Rukkie Fuckie

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Conflict

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?

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Init

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Oops

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Another

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Self

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Perhaps THIS will work

Now I must see why the game crashes on actually taking action, but that's the next chapter of this story

YAY!

Take MCCCLX

Forced redefinition

I think I found the source of "all evil"

Just as I suspected. Everything points to the same address, at least as far as the stats are concerned. This should NOT be possible, so I wonder what the fuck is going on here.

Take MCCCLIX

Some hardcore debugging

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This really goes beyond me. A few more things to add to see wtf is happening here

This makes it at least safe to assume the char pointer is okay, and that the "evil" must be sought in the RPG converter.

It's not the same character pointer at least, as all names are still the way they should be. It's just a points reference thing.

Take MCCCLVII

I've expanded the debug

Well Irravonia and all her enemies have 5 HP.

Hero::YoungIrravonia: 5/ 5
Foe::FOE_1: 5/ 5
Foe::FOE_2: 5/ 5
Foe::FOE_3: 5/ 5

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Yeah, I mustn't be too quick with this crap. Syntax error fixed

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For that I've set up a few debug codes. Let's see how things turn out!

My suspicion is that the system went to use the same pointer for all HP and stats. I need to make sure of that, though.

Take MCCCLIV

Is the END_HP really to blame?

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Bad C string format

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Illegal function call

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The HP -> 5 bug investigation has begun

Take MCCCL

better?

take MCCCXLVIII and MCCCXLIX

more precise

Irravonia Icon

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fine tuning

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Hotspotting Player pointer

Still a long way to go!

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As the enemy AI will crash the game, and it being impossible to debug two things at once, I've frozen the enemy time position to 0 temporarily.

Take MCCCXLIV

"delegate" keyword bug in function definitions in Scyndi

Take MCCCXLIII

How come Irravonia's HP is so low when combat starts (for no apparant reason?) I need to check again!

Take MCCCXLII

Level Up transferred

Take MCCCXLI

Victory tune transferred

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Start turn signal transferred

Take MCCCXXXIX

Audio loading expanded as a lot of unexplainable errors came forth from improper handling

Take MCCCXXXVIII

Bad Extern

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Buzz()

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Startup

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Corrections that I knew were coming

Take MCCCXXXIV

The "self" cockroach in properties made another victim

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Secret icon alias

I did

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Did I fix it?

for some reasons the for-loop for the guage icons is completely ignored.

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The "self" cockroach in properties

A NEW ERROR!!!!!

PROGRESS!

AT LAST!

Take MCCCXXX

MOAR of that crap?

Take MCCCXXIX

HOw such a tiny little thing can cause so much fucking trouble

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And now the mouse pointer comes with a fucking issue like this?

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WTF?

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Persistent, aren't we?