But Of course, we'll have to see if that's true

I think I fixed the bug refilling the gauge too quickly in dungeons with infinite encounters

Up to the point that I gotta start on "The Thief's Den" it's nothing but testing.... And the Thief's Den cannot be unlocked until the moment Aziëlla enters the party... My plan is now to do this checking work and also get the movement of enemies in Star Story done, however I am thinking to give the Thief's Den priority over the combat engine in Star Story.... After all.. This game is more important at this time

With that I've done what I wanted to get done prior to working out the combat stuff in Start Story more.... For the time being this game is in a state that I can combine testing this with doing development work for Star Story

That all works

Take I

Well, that should link it all together, but truth is... I don't know if it works... so.....

Handle

Handle

Handle

Handle

This will be used to link to the Jukebox and to link back, the link itself has not yet been established

Jukebox launcher

Quick study to make sure ending the jukebox will NOT lead you back to the main menu

Handle leads to the Jukebox.... Now due to the license some music I've set up, I've also made the jukebox available in the main menu (to avoid composers complaining that the music was not attributed to them, as the credits only names all composers in general. Many composers want their name accredited to only those songs they contributed, and the Jukebox does just that).

#252

And you know what's odd... Handle now just appears in the Hall of Heroes like he should

the Lost Ark is operational now

Take IV

Let's continue then

Banklink

In map backlink not operational

Take III

(I think)

Crap!

It appears I only got part of the problem

Take II

(And I found more of those)

Found the issue

Why?

And the gap in the Lost Ark still doesn't work

The logs confirm that Handle should just be in the Halls of Music (code typo is not possible due to the usage of copy-and-paste)

An I'll scan the variable list in the process, to see why Handle didn't appear, as that should NOT be possible in any way

I need to run another test

gap in Lost Ark did not allow Scyndi over, while it should

Script analysis render this possibility impossible.... So I need to find out what exactly happened there

Handle doesn't appear at all in the Hall of Heroes

He will now only appear if you actually completed the hall of music

Placed Handle in the Hall of Heroes

Handle doesn't yet appear in the Hall of Heroes... Can't do all at once, you know!

Take V

Database reference typo.... So let's deliberately put the same reference in command awarding the achievement (is needed or I also need to hack the link to GJ open)

Take IV

I'm grateful I won't need it anymore in Star Story thanks to no longer be dependent to MonoGame

Although I think I found the issue already.... SASKIA works a bit different than a regular language after all

Extra debug lines in the SASKIA script

Crash

Take III

Did I void that issue?

Why?

For some reason the maptext is not properly read

And so a test II is in order

I saw some damage came up in the dungeon's metadata, so I had to fix that first!

Don't tell me the game "Eternal Sonata" is about Chopin and not about Handel, because I already know that!

Eternal sonata

Eternal sonata

Eternal sonata

Eternal sonata

Eternal Sonata

Handel

Re-read this.... I really had to make sure things were done right here

Scenario

Updated

vUpdate

I also regenerated the monster list in order to make sure the enemies as they appear in the Hall Of Music will be viewable in the Hall of Heroes (if you found Diane Foxey)

Regenerated some important data for the True Abyss

That links it all together

Queen put in the True Abyss

Rammstein put in the True Abyss

Heaven 17 put in the True Abyss

Golden Earring put in the True Abyss

But first a little break

The next step will, of course, be to put in the representative of the Hall of Heroes

AT LAST!

Pfwew... that works

Take III (This is beyond silly)

Exit data swapped

DA FUUUUUUUUUCK!?

Take II (Who could have imagined?)

Missing tag, causing a missing link to the next room from the boss room

Ah yeah, I forgot something VERRRRRY important!

No trouble should be expected, yet a test is still in order! So here goes!

Configured not to go for encounters in the final room

The Hall of Heroes representative won't yet be present

008 will be the final room

Area 008

Area 007

And I released the bitbucket version of the repository was falling a bit behind, so let' have that one updated as well....

Updated

Lic & Version information

Finally

Take VIII

All lame excuses accounted for?

Again

Take VII

Happy now, whiner?

Why?

No reason to crash, and thus it crashes

Take VI

Running in the background, so lags can be expected

I think

Found the issue

And thus I need to find out why that is!

The move "Are you lonesome, tonight" did the opposite of what I had in mind

Take V

You never know what to believe these days, after all

???

Take IV

Effect script referrence error

Speed issue

Take III

Removed faulty file

File failure

System claims the label "Boss" doesn't exist in the SASKIA script.... fun fact... it DOES exist, so the computer is lying.... I need to find out how that is possible

Take II

No encounter zone not properly recognized

Based on all this, I hope we can start testing

Map meta issue

Checkups

That should link it all together now

Boss script

Now to link this all to the map so the boss fight can begin

You ain't nothing but a hound dog

You ain't nothing but a hound dog

You ain't nothing but a hound dog

The King

Are you lonesome tonight

Are you lonesome, tonight

Love me tender

You ain't nothing but a hound dog

No, they will NOT get me again! I'll first generate the new NEG pictures....

The king

Up to the moment you'll meet the boss everything works

Take I

Savespot at the entrance (needed anyway)

Links it all

Tied to the map

Rammstein

That will do

Engel

Ich tue dir Weh

Asche zu Assche

Given that Queen does not have anything new, let's move on to Rammstein

Queen

Breakthrough

Miracle

Who wants to live forever?

Radio Ga-Ga

I want it all, and I want it now!

I'm going slightly mad

I want to break free

Next patient: Queen

No real technical issues expected here so no test required yet

Heaven 17

Temptation

From here I can more easily set up Heaven 17

Last note was actually a techno note, but it contains a spoiler.....

What is important to note is that I did take Shanda and Kirana in this.... Both are women... For Shanda it should not be possible to meet Heaven 17... For Kirana it is possible.... I only included Shanda for security reasons, and since it was very easy to do, no trouble....

Now that I had the charm script for the men,it was easy to make a similar script that only works for the women

Next patient: Heaven17

That works

Take II

Code typo?

Take I

I've set the enemies in the hall of music for now to Golden Earring only so I can test this enemy out, as the charm men ability is new, and I need to test it out

Golden Earring

Charm the boys

I need to script that one out though

When the lady smiles

Twilight Zone

Well Let's first get some base data in order!

As the move "When the lady smiles" will only affect the men, I need to work things out properly....

The next enemy on my list is Golden Earring

As I'm through my time for today, I will do the others very likely tomorrow....

Abba works

Take VI

Macro error

Take V

I and I hope I can get the neg effect done in C++ for Star Story... That will save me a lot of trouble I tell ya!

Since I already transferred all enemies (except for the boss), I won't have this trouble until the boss comes in (which is fortunate if you ask me).

So let's do it

I forgot to 'neg'

Take IV

To the debug environment then

It keeps insisting on this non-existent error, but the error message immediately gets away from my screen so I can't read it.....

Take III

Copy and paste must ensure this can't happen AGAIN!

WTF?

Take II

?

Crash

Take I

Abba has been linked to the dungeon.... I must note that for now I am merely testing stuff, so I will unlink Abba in later tests in order to do the other enemies.... These enemies have some rather tricky moves I must take into account

Abba has been linked to the True Abyss....

Unfortunately this is only the beginning

Abba

"The winner takes it all" will allow Abba to steal all your money

In the hard mode cash that is stolen is lost forever, regardless if you can kill the enemy before it runs off.... In the other difficulty modes, you can recover your cash

Stolen cash recovery when killing an enemy