Star Story

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19:10	COCKROACH	Or so I thought
19:08	TEST	Take V
19:08	VOID	ALmost there
19:06	NOTE	Incredible eh, how many fixes something trivial as this can need
19:06	TEST	Take IV
19:06	FIXED	ID conflict
19:04	TEST	Take III
19:04	VOID	GRRR!
19:00	TEST	Take II
19:00	FIXED	And the other fixed
19:00	VOID	One issue voided
18:59	NOTE	Some bugs pop up that should even not be possible at all
18:59	BUG	Wishful thinking
18:59	NOTE	(And the only take I hope)
18:58	TEST	Take I
18:40	STATUS	Now even though the game will crash when engaging into combat, I can try to see if stuff in general works.... I know the exact error I should get when all else works... or at least without crashing, as true bugs cannot be expected until the actual engine itself is set in motion... Oh well....
18:37	STATUS	Good!
18:37	VERIFIED	And tune number 2 also works
18:36	STATUS	Just waiting for tune number 2 then ;)
18:35	VERIFIED	At least I can say that boss tune number 1 plays the way it should
18:35	NOTE	Although the game will crash for now, once the combat starts, this because the combat engine has not yet been scripted, and a lot is there to do before I can even make that happen
18:34	NOTE	Right, the foes moving around in the field should be able now to initiate the battle
18:33	SCRIPT	Right, script set for a random tune for both mob as boss fights
18:32	STATUS	NOT THERE YET THOUGH!
18:32	SCRIPT	the Script is now able to pick a random tune, just out of the correct folder for the occasions
18:31	SCRIPT	While the music plays in order to test this all out, I could alter the script
18:30	TEST	Another test coming up
18:30	DONE	Eating
17:52	POWERSHELL	HERE GOES!
17:51	APOLLO	Another pack is required though so.....
17:51	FIXED	That should be fixed now
17:50	INVESTIGATION	And I need to find out why
17:50	FAILURE	That didnit work
17:48	STATUS	Well, since that looks like it's in order, the boss songs will now come into play
17:47	VERIFIED	Mob song 002 works
17:46	VERIFIED	Mob song 001 works
17:45	MUSIC	I am currently listening to hear if all the alterings did go according to how they should go
17:43	STATUS	So far so good!
17:43	POWERSHELL	Script run
17:43	APOLLO	I've made some aliases for the music used in combat, this so I can be sure the random tune picker picks this all up accordingly
16:39	TECHNO	In order to save myself tons of bugs, I will always add the "kill" attribute to foes on the map as soon as you touch them igniting combat. You cannot run away anyway (you can use ability to force the enemy out of combat in stead) and if you respawn after combat the map is reloaded also, so all in all no reasons not to do this. All that would cause are needles bugs... or rather cockroaches
16:35	OFFTOPIC	Now I didn't create that Einstein quote picture that I placed onto this page out of protest for the imbecile way in which the COVID19 virus is being combated, however whoever did misspelled "stupidity"
16:34	CHECKED	I've checked the Arena pictures, they look good enough for me to be stretched.... It would save me tons of work... I know I'm lazy, but I gotta face the facts, this project is not worth it to put that extra kind of extra effort into it....
14:59	NOTE	This has NOT YET been linked to the in-field enemies, so don't expect anything to happen there yet!
14:59	LINK	Some linkup code has been written in order to make starting combat possible
12:47	TECHNO	In order not to stress things up too much, I'm going to look into a kind of possibility to fake a lower resolution screen in order to make combat possible without having to redo all arenas, like I had to do in Dyrt, however it is possible that life will be harsh and that I will have to keep that setup going.... This to prevent too much pixellation in higher resolutions... I really gotta sort this out
12:45	SCRIPT	A start has been set up for the combat.... Two classes that will allow me to configure the start of a combat. Very important... After all, without this data the battle cannot even start at all...
1:35	FIXED	Voila
1:32	INVESTIGATION	So my dear Watson, it's only elementary we're gonna find out why
1:29	COCKROACH	Doesn't work... at all
1:29	STUPIDITY	I had to recompile the engine
1:20	TEST	Hopefully this works, and if so, I can go to bed
1:19	ENHANCEMENT	The Scroll value in the savegame screen should now be saved whenever a savegame is accessed... Counts for both loading and saving
1:03	MYSTERY	We'll never know why, and frankly I don't care... What works that works!
1:03	HUH	It appears to work now
1:01	EXPERIMENT	This is highly unorthodox, but what the heck
1:01	COCKROACH	This is really really odd
0:56	EXPERIMENT	I really must see what happens now... This is a bit of odd way of working
0:49	BUG	Chasing works FAR from perfect
0:47	FIXED	Missing check
0:38	NOTE	(In the original game this part also gave me nightmares. It was for that reason I never re-implemented this in TFT REVAMPED, Dyrt.NET nor even 63 Fires of Lung)
0:38	DEBUG	Let's dig into this a bit more, shall we?
0:34	STATUS	Very well, I expected this to take some time
0:34	BUG	Doesn't work.... at all
0:24	TEST	But I can of course check if the chasing itself works the way it should work
0:23	NOTE	They will NOT yet engage in combat, though, and I'm not even gonna start that part today
0:22	DONE	The enemies will now chase after you
- = 24 Dec 2020 = -
20:59	FIXED	Code typo
20:59	VOID	An error in Rolf's experience stat data has been voided.... This "error" is actually non-existent, but the zlib encoder I could get for C# keeps on refusing it. The data I added will by my inside parser just be read normally, but some checkup data has been written in a way making the the actual level initiator always ignore it
20:13	FIXED	Several issues
20:05	NOTE	This is debuggable though
20:05	NOTE	I am not sure about the enemies appearing actually being appearing in all difficulty settings they should or only in the lowest available to them. The Easy Mode enemies must appear in all three modes, and the Casual mode enemies in both casual and hard mode, and the hard mode enemies in hard mode only
19:59	FIXED	Crash in debugger
19:59	MYSTERY	Computers are sometimes beyond human comprehension
19:58	HUH	And now they DO show???????
19:44	DEBUG	Some extra debug so I can check things out
17:56	DEBUG	I'll get into this later....
17:53	COCKROACH	Except for the standstill enemies, all enemies have disappeared.....
17:49	TEST	GRRR!
17:49	FIXED	Illegal Function Call
17:49	CONFIRMED	At least I know the API appears to work now
17:47	NOTE	(And the think the HARD WORK has yet to begin)
17:46	FIXED	Everything fixed now?
17:40	STUPIDITY	And (for course) I must never forget to rebuild my resource file
17:39	FAILURE	No, neither do I
17:39	FAILURE	And it was A MISSING NAMESPACE REFERRECE! The compiler never missed it before, the code I changed was not even close (and the audio couldn't even have worked with that error in place), and suddenly it's an error... You follow?
17:36	COCKROACH	Of course C++ had to return 1200k+ errors, as I didn't touch my code in awhile.... typical
17:34	DONE	It's there now!
17:34	HUH	No "Blocked" check?
17:19	FIXED	Several fixes
16:28	TEST	Of course, the question now is... Do they work? Well, let's see...
16:28	NOTE	They will only move their basic pattern... They will NOT chase after you when you get too close, nor will they initiate combat when you touch them
16:26	DONE	The enemies should now move
0:10	STATUS	However, Dyrt is at a point that I can almost reap what I sowed.... once that is done, I will first put myself to Star Story,....
0:09	STATUS	This is still in a standstill....This is because the combat stuff is very complicated and then having multiple projects may not be the best way to go....
- = 18 Dec 2020 = -
16:21	ANNOUNCEMENT	I see Github.com now supports a DARK MODE, and all DECENT people now think FINALLY! (better late than never, eh?)
- = 16 Dec 2020 = -
18:57	STATUS	Oh, this picture of Einstein is annoying ya? Sorry, it will remain visible for awhile :-P
- = 14 Dec 2020 = -
21:43	TECHNO
21:42	TECHNO
21:37	TECHNO
- = 4 Dec 2020 = -
16:50	MEDICAL	And I really must take a break now.... I seem to have overexhausted myself in my work in general. I hope I can resume the action, soon!
- = 1 Dec 2020 = -
0:16	C++	SaveGame directory configuration works
0:14	C++	New Game screen done, except for the start button itself, but before that I suppose there's work to be done
- = 28 Nov 2020 = -
11:59	STATUS	This project is temporarily on hold.... Dyrt being almost ready and TFT REVAMPED being done in a way that may produce a playable result in only a very few months, and this being the longest project measuered in estimated time left, I did have to make choice... Please note, I said ON HOLD, and NOT CANCELED. This project will be continued, but I cannot yet say when....
- = 27 Nov 2020 = -
11:02	FAILURE	Now C# appears to refuse to read the level data for Rolf between level 600 and 699, while it does compress it properly. This appears to be an issue in the C# zlib expander. Now I did try it with my JCR6 tools written in Go, and there the file offers no issues. This only causes some trouble with some mini tools setting things right, and I can get around it, however what matters, of course is if C++ is able to expand it nonetheless, and it will take awhile before I can check all that.... Let's hope it does, and if not, then there are always a few way to cheat things.
- = 26 Nov 2020 = -
14:58	C++	It works! Cool! Now I do not know if it searches for zlib.dll as a dependency or that it uses internal code only.... This is hard to tell with the stuff I got to get zlib working, but hey it works, for the short term my most important concern....
12:59	C++	I've now added zlib to the Apollo engine... Stuff is not yet tested though
- = 25 Nov 2020 = -
21:15	TECHNO	At least I can try to get stuff working now... Better a working zlib than an lzma beyond understanding, but it remains odd nonetheless
21:13	FIXED	zlib packing now works in C# of some odd reason.... I don't understand why, but it does.....
20:02	C++	I got the zlib routine working for JCR6 in C++ This is not half as good as lzma and there are still some issues with packing zlib in C# which will still get me issues here, but at least it's something and when worst comes to worst I can create a repacker in GO or even C++, but I hope I don't have to go down that route!
0:00	STUPIDITY	wrong devlog.... for quite a long time I see... fuck that!
- = 24 Nov 2020 = -
23:59	CONFIRMED	All sealed bosses are okay, I only need the test the two located in Dyrt
22:04	REMOVED	And all backups have been remove... of course!
22:04	TEST	Let's see if the problem's been solved now
22:04	FUCKYOU	Done
22:02	FUCKYOU	I really need to turn off jEdit's ~ style backups.... The engine hates them, or so it seems
21:58	HUH	WTF is this error? (no reason to come up with it, really)
21:54	NOTE	(At least I hope so as this part is giving me more and more headaches)
21:54	FIXED	Possible crash in red temple for GJ only dungeon
18:53	VOID	It's not possible this random routine could crash the game, but I made now sure that if it crashes now I can 100% irrefutable proof that Lua is busted!
18:20	FIXED	Broken steal on Kabi sealed boss
17:49	MYSTERY	This will remain a mystery then
17:47	FUCKYOU	And suddenly it doesn't happen anymore.... Well it was impossible from the start, but now I cannot guarantee if stuff works and THAT SUCKS!
17:44	POWERSHELL	Let's rebuild all the crap
17:43	HUH	For some reason the security is now failing COMPLETELY!
17:35	DONE	Taken care of some real life business
15:55	INVESTIGATION	I'm trying to see where it goes wrong when contacting GJ for the check on the GJ only dungeons, as what is happening here is beyond possible.
15:15	FIXED	#233
15:15	DEBUG	I've done a few extra lines that should short the impossible crashes out, if no results I guess I must make it always return true in case of failure
14:27	TEST	Going for the black priosn now... No issues expected there, but hey, ya never know, right?
14:27	STATUS	I hope everything is in order now.... :-/
12:10	FAILURE	for some reason my mouse is malfunctioning now, though
12:10	DONE	Cleaned up my desk (and it was about time)
- = 11 Nov 2020 = -
1:09	C++	I've set up a compression method which I could now unpack in C++. It's far from perfect, and the compression ratios are a bit sucky, but it does the job, and that's what matters most... At least on the short term. I will still try if lzma is an option on the longer term, though....
- = 31 Oct 2020 = -
14:23	OFFTOPIC	In memoriam Sean Connery
- = 24 Oct 2020 = -
16:36	DYRT	Speaking of Dyrt -- My time for today is not very well.... Tonight the final revelations for Wie is de Mol? will be shown and I do not wanna miss it, as I followed this entire season... Doing the foe control is gonna take too much time.... Tomorrow I have some appointments that can also be time consuming (as every Sunday), so I'll focus on Dyrt where things are (for the time being) a lot simpler, until at least after the weekend.
16:33	STUPIDITY	AAARGH! I really should finish Dyrt so the devlogs don't mixed up anymore
15:26	TEST	Let's see then
15:26	FIXED	The GJ Crash on login failire in Gagolton should be fixed now
15:13	C#	A small basis has been made for the savegame transfer tool.... This is all layout for now as the actual transfer requires more stuff to be in order...
- = 22 Oct 2020 = -
18:16	NOTE	Wrong Devlog
18:16	FOE	Heaven 17
18:12	ABILITY	Temptation
18:10	TECHNO	That secret note below is just a test.... I wanted to make sure the text was invisble, but the CSS config was not set to set
18:07	SECRET	Test
- = 21 Oct 2020 = -
18:36	STATUS	Before I get onto moving the enemies, I think I can best now get onto finishing the Hall of Music in Dyrt first.... I am thinking of enrolling the closed Alpha out more once that has been finished, and the more content of the New Game+ that has been finished the better....
1:42	CONFIRMED	Works!
1:38	TEST	Take II
1:38	STUPIDITY	I guess I'm getting really tired
1:31	TEST	Quick Test (I hope)
1:24	STATUS	Now bosses are a different matter.... The first boss that makes use of this system in in the grass forest, and it will take awhile before we get to that point
1:19	DONE	Movement configuration in constructor
1:18	DONE	The random factor will now also filter half of the enemies out, except for the bosses, and enemies in the "AS" (Always Standstill) category....
1:05	CONFIRMED	THAT cleans things up a bit, oh yeah!
1:00	TEST	Take II
1:00	FUCKYOU	Oh well!
0:57	TEST	Take I
0:57	DONE	Enemies not tied to the chosen difficulty setting should no longer appear
0:54	MYSTERY	Why it suddenly works now is a mystery though (Well, it was already a mystery why it didn't in the first place)....
0:44	UPDATED	#45
0:41	STATUS	Now I must make sure the enemies spawn in moderation... For starters, some spots only work in certain difficulty settings, so I should make sure those are ignored in the lower difficulties, and a random factor also comes to play.... The game will in other words normally never use all spots....
0:40	DONE	THAT should do it!
0:36	TEST	Take IV
0:36	DEBUG	Let's see
0:34	COCKROACH	Fix ignored!
0:31	TEST	Take III
0:31	FIXED	!
0:31	STUPIDITY	Right!
0:27	TEST	Take II
0:27	FIXED	Declaration error
0:27	TEST	Take I
0:06	TECHNO	This can cause extra crashes on the short term so an extra test is needed....
0:03	OPTIMIZATION	That should work out better
- = 20 Oct 2020 = -
22:19	STATUS	Well more on that later... First a break!
22:19	NOTE	Now I also realized (this will particularly be important in the multi-layer maps), that I should make multiple lists of enemies... It won't make sense to update enemies on a layer you are not on, and it only would cause slowdowns and crashes and stuff....
22:18	NOTE	Not altering the invisible enemies did appear right....
22:02	TEST	Take XVI
22:02	OPTIMIZATION	attempt
21:37	NOTE	Of course, in the end result there will be less enemies....
21:37	UNDESIREABLE	The game slows down terribly as a result....
21:36	NOTE	It works, but....
21:31	TEST	I will have to test this out
21:02	FAILURE	If you see a capview video in stead of an a cappella act, you fell victim to a bug within YouTube... Sorry, that's not something I can help (I used the same code on my Dyrt Devlog and I saw the correct video there, so it's really a bug in YouTube... I thought they'd have fixed it by now as I encountered before years ago).
20:58	LINK	The monsters have now been linked to the callback routine
20:56	OFFTOPIC	I love this
20:48	NOTE	this will only turn the enemies green, yellow or red accordingly to their difficulty settings, as their movements have not yet been scripted
20:48	SCRIPT	CheckAll method written
19:50	NOTE	Important to note is this.... Difficulty settings are NOT yet taken to mind, so all enemies spawn regardless of setting... random factors are also not yet taken to mind, all in all, we more enemies in the field now than there should be, but that is planned
19:49	FIXED	Dominance issue
19:49	CONFIRMED	That does indeed the trick
19:45	TEST	Take XV
19:45	FIXED	I think I fixed that
19:41	INVESTIGATION	Yup, it really seems that the actors DID spawn
18:55	INVESTIGATION	It looks like the actors do spawn, but that there's something wrong with their visibility.... I need a break now, but this will be my focus!
18:44	INVESTIGATION	Now this needs to be sorted out
18:44	COCKROACH	Nothing appears to happen at all... At least not visably.
18:40	TEST	Take XIV
18:38	VISUALSTUDIO	So recompiling was in order
18:38	C++	That was in my C++ code
18:38	OPTIMIZATION	Stuff no longer needed dummied
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