I removed .git from the backup

Although I did not yet compile I had to see if at least my OLD stuff will at least run the builder the way it should. Well, it LOOKS like that's the case!

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A quick shell script to get things on the move!

Now all the builder can do as far as .AppImage is concerned as ask a few important configuration questions.

Downside is that the .git folder gets backed up as well, but that's easy to get rid of!

Quick backup before starting. This should not be that dangerous, but I need to be 100% sure!

Oh yeah, did I note that setting up a VM allowing me to make Windows compilations failed. The trouble is that SCI has evolved during the production of Star Story and needs features the current Windows version of SCI doesn't support. If worst comes to works I may need to compile them on a different PC, but I hope it won't ever come to THAT point.

Once the automated created of .AppImage works, I think it will be best if I still focus on the test of the Hard Mode first.

And I fear FlatPak won't be any better in THAT regard.

Now things are a bit complicated here, since I create my games on an ExFAT device, and ExFAT does not support SymLinks and .appimage requires those. Of course, I can still rely on RAM drives, so I guess I have to use those.

Why not flatpak? Well, because I have not yet been successful figuring flatpak out. I hope I can support flatpak as well.

Now before I move on, I'm going to set up things that will make the SCI builder able to create .APPIMAGE files of games.

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I had a little break

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Now I wonder how that floor got there in the first place. Oh well, I removed it and that should solve the problem!

Kthura managed to do this... but then again.... Kthura maps build prior to fixing, were only bound to show this behavior... but still.

isn't it frustrating how fixing one bug creates another.

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In the meantime I can test some more. Long live alarm clocks, eh?

Boiling two eggs now

BETTER!

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Conflict on status resistantance percentages

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Illegal function call

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Is er een dokter in de zaal?

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Right?

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WTF?

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Scope Error

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Fuck on the Goddess herself

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404

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At least I fixed Mid-Boss, and why was the Goddess herself missing here?

It seems like that except for Mid-Boss (where the dash was the reason) the cause was just variables not properly being carried over to a new game cycle. I think I fixed that, but this will take a long time to test properly.

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Some enemies will keep on counting as "not defeated" in the bestiary and it's unclear why. I think I fixed Mid-Boss, though.

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Code typo in Volcania Boss workout

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:upper() causes the game to crash when any character reaches level 10,000

Most notably in high level cycles this fight can otherwise take forever (if you are unlucky)

I've set a few extra things for the boss in Volcania.

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StoneSeller

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Banika's Ultraheal store converted

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Cycle 2 healing items - Banika

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Shopping! Hey! I gotta eat too, you know!

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I could confirm a fix I did earlier now

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Dummy fault....

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Some debug lines I no longer need and which slowed down the game.

(No it would not have affected the release, as the used functions I dummied dummy themselves automatically in release builds. SCI is more sophisticated than you think).

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Summon Cultist

So far, so good!

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I had a little break

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And another case just like that!

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Another array 0-1 fuckoff

The achievements bound to the number of victories should now also work

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Events

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Missing extern

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Link

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Sys

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Forgot to save

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"or"

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Time will tell if it's works. ExHuRU should immediately learn this as soon as he joins in my altered savegame

BlitzKrieg

As far as I can check all prologue stuff is in order now. (Of course, when the hard mode is gonna be tested a few issues that I cannot check now, may come past).

Oh, hold it. The achievement work, but the messages won't appear until the combat is over

I do see that the kill achievements are not awarded, so that will need so investigation, as soon as this take is over.

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Some big updates come with big generations and if they go wrong, they go wrong ALL THE WAY!

Another one like that!

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Huge error came up in achievement data. After math of that += thingy

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Well, I guess all preparations are taken care of, so let's get ready to rumble!

The achievements for a certain number of kills were not counted

I did create a very special savegame to go into the next cycle. Yes, this is cheating, but all that counts for me at this point is that stuff works! Ow kay?

Savegame dir. Too much crap there. It's been archived, as I may still need the data, although it's not expected. There's a max of 999 savegame files and I was already past 600, and then with another cycle, plus the test of the hard mode... Could spell some trouble.

House of cards issue (caused a function referrence to end up in the savegamefile. Not really dangerous, but it will cause some bugs)

I've tried to have a VM set up so I can compile Windows builds of SCI. Unfortunately the VM refuses to cooperate at all. It doesn't even start up a session. This can endanger the Windows release.

Now to see, how to move on with testing... A new cycle in the easy mode or to test the hard mode. I'm not yet fully sure.

Well, I guess my void worked

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Oh, is there a bug with +=, even counting it within a string? Now THAT's rich

And now it compiles... how about that?

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WTF

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Computer lies.The string *IS* finished... WTF is going on here?

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WTF?

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I've set a dirty way to easily get some last things I need to add to make sure awared achievements are carried over to the New Game+

A few adaptions to the credits as it still referred to Apollo and Neil.

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:=

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Huh?

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An already converted script magically went back to Neil.

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Coordinates of the status resistance percantages. It really had to be done, I guess.

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ExHuRU/Rolf/Johnson will learn this move when you attack anybody after completing the Lost Ark

Stoomwals

Everything around the Black Hole Dweller appears to be working.

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Transfer

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Some incompatibilities with older versions of the game I suppose

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Removed savespot at the end of the Lost Ark

How could I forget such an important thing

Import the Black Hole Dweller's lair

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Another

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MScript

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Graphics

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Screen

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Little script error

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Well, here goes nothing

But first... it's time for a well-dserved break. After all, I don't feel so well, either.

Well, some ofthelast things to be definitely done are... ExHuRU/Rolf/Admiral's move for completing the Lost Ark (I forgot this the last round) and the Black Hole Dweller.

The last one just has to work, after all.

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I feel terrible, but I'll try to work on, but I may require more breaks than usual.

Three-time streak on Saturdays... or so it seems....

Inevitably this did mess up things a little, but anything is better than THAT slowdown

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I've now pre-tiled the image to 500x300 and that should work out a lot better I think

The floor tile was only 5x3 pixels, and the system had to fill a rather HUGE area with that tile, which comes down to thousands of pictures being drawn, and that took really a lot of the CPU, hence the slowdown.

I still wanna investigate why the first secret floor in Excalibur slows the game down so much

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Camera going ballistic in pre-Johnson-join-event

Johnson name issue?

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404

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Ghost Girls did heal on healing?

Those girls are undead, so I can't let THAT happen!

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Crash on party wipe

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Better, but not enough!

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Visual conflict between header and wares

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Arrays start at 0 now and not at 1.

Well, it compiles now, but whhat's next?

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Syntax error

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FitText

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Global issue

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Sys

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Events

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:=

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:upper()

:=

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RPG2Stat

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multiple 404s

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The Phantasar Merchant

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