Star Story

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13:40	NOTE	It's hard to work when the cat is sitting in front of your screen.
13:39	LINK	And now from Party also fully established
13:19	LINK	Call back setup made for clicking party members in the character bar
- = 4 Oct 2020 = -
23:50	STATUS	I only noticed that I have more trouble concentrating than I should have... I have no clue why... All I can do is write for tomorrow to link the party bar at the bottom to the Field Menu
23:45	NOTE	It's not yet linked to the interface
23:45	LINK	Link module setup
23:37	TECHNO	Now the field menu will both act as a flow as as a sub.... This to make it possible for the combat menu to pop up some stuff, rather than to go to this menu entirely... This is not as hard as it seems, especially not now that I have an engine functioning better than NALA could on this depertment....
23:33	NOTE	And not yet accessible at all, also
23:33	NOTE	Which is now only a blank screen linked to my debugging system
23:32	SCRIPT	A basis has been set up for the field menu
23:24	LUA	Small Adaption done to Neil
21:22	STATUS	Well this will do for now....
21:12	CONFIRMED	Well! That works! I wonder why I had some mouse trouble on my debug scripts, though
20:34	COCKROACH	Things are not working the way they should.
20:27	TEST	Let's see how this goes
20:27	KTHURA	Scripted the enemy spots
20:19	TEST	Let's see if that's true
20:19	KTHURA	The script should show me the spot for
20:15	KTHURA	Empty script created.... I need that to see the markers for Random Treasures and monsters.... It's not that likely I'll change their setups, but still for debugging I must be able to see them properly.
11:49	STATUS	Time is short today, so I cannot do much
1:39	STATUS	Now I did say that I was thinking about the combat engine, but I think it would be more prudent to get onto the field menu first... And that menu may also cause me a lot of headaches... The inventory screen in particular....
1:38	CONFIRMED	PFWEW!
1:34	TEST	Take XXXIII - And that should now be the final take.... I hope!
1:34	DONE	I've brought Briggs back
1:33	DUMMIED	And checkup stuff has been dummied as well
1:32	DUMMIED	WalkTo debug I no longer need
1:31	CONFIRMED	AT LAST!
1:29	TEST	Take XXXII
1:29	FIXED	AHA! Type error on function declaration!
1:25	TEST	Take XXXI
1:25	FIXED	Syntax error
1:22	TEST	Take XXX
1:21	HUH	DA FUCK!
1:19	TEST	Take XXIX
1:19	DEBUG	More debug has to get me on track (I hope)
1:18	FUCKYOU	This cannot be....
1:15	TEST	Take XXVIII
1:15	STUPIDITY	Ah.... Wrong C-string-expression
1:12	TEST	Take XXVII
1:11	FUCKYOU	The boolean variable just doesn't contain a value???
1:09	TEST	Take XXVI
1:09	DEBUG	Force What does this do?
1:09	RESULT	DA FUUUUUUUCK!
1:09	TEST	Take XXV
1:06	DEBUG	I MUST know now!
0:51	TEST	Take XXIV
0:51	EXPERIMENT	This way then?
0:47	TEST	Take XXIII
0:47	FIXED	Syntax error
0:45	TEST	Take XXII
0:45	EXPERIMENT	I wanna see what happens now... Crystal does walk to the correct position, but ONLY if the distance between her and Wendicka is less than 96 pixels (causing her to get no further walking instructions)
0:40	TEST	Take XXI
0:40	NOTE	It's getting late... Forgive me!
0:40	FIXED	Illegal Function Call
0:36	TEST	Take XX
0:36	DEBUG	Debugging the hard way then.... :-/
0:34	COCKROACH	And now Crystal does NOTHING at all!
0:32	TEST	Take XIX
0:32	EXPERIMENT	Crystal walks in all directions, except where she HAS to go.... Let's try to work this out with some extra routine and more debug crap, as I am still not sure what she's doing!
0:25	TEST	Take XVIII
0:25	DEBUG	Moar debug data must give me answers
0:23	BUG	Crystal does walk but doesn't seem to understand where to go to AT ALL!
0:20	TEST	Take XVII
0:20	DUMMIED	I've now dummied to protection code
0:19	CONFIRMED	Crystal appears and so does Wendicka and Wendicka can even walk around
0:17	DEBUG	Temporarily I'll only spawn Crystal.... Briggs will be done if I can get Crystal to work
0:16	VISUALSTUDIO	Compiling
0:16	FIXED	I hope
0:16	DONE	I've brought the ID numbers (which are always unique) into the dominance mapping
0:13	NOTE	I think I got the solution to the invisble actor thing.... All values the dominance map bases itself on are the same for all three actors... This must have caused a conflict....
0:12	CONFIRMED	That at least brings Wendicka back
0:09	DUMMIED	Temporarily dummied all code, and now I wanna see what happens next!
0:07	TEST	Take XV
0:07	EXPERIMENT	Let's fist turn off the follower.... Let's see how things turn out now
0:05	TEST	Take XIV
0:04	EXPERIMENT	Will THIS work then?
- = 3 Oct 2020 = -
23:59	TEST	Take XIV
23:59	FORCE	let's force a few things through
23:54	TEST	Take XIII
23:53	NOTE	A few debug lines
23:50	EXPERIMENT	Well?
23:44	TEST	Take XII
23:44	NOTE	I do not know if this confusion caused the misery as it should not have hidden the leader, but hey, who knows
23:43	FIXED	The leader tried to follow itself
23:39	TEST	Does this new approach make any difference... Take X!
23:39	BUG	For some reason, only Briggs appears, and Wendicka and Crystal are nowhere to be seen... Odd!
23:38	DEBUG	A different approach to prevent needlessly long logs
23:34	TEST	Take IX
23:34	FIXED	Illegal class usage
23:28	TEST	Take VIII
23:28	FIXED	Wrong type on declaration
23:26	TEST	Take VII
23:26	FIXED	Illegal Function call
23:23	TEST	Take VI
23:23	LAZY	Alias
23:20	TEST	Take V
23:20	FIXED	Call to non-existent class members
23:17	TEST	Take IV
23:17	DONE	Update callback for MapScript activated
23:16	STATUS	Nothing happens... At least no parse errors, and that's worth a lot, but what next?
23:13	TEST	Take III
23:13	NOTE	This is remarkable as it implies no more compilation errors are there... Did I outdo myself, or is this merely the recipe for a bigger disaster than I can imagine?
23:13	FIXED	Unknown identifier in mapscript
23:11	TEST	Take II
23:11	FIXED	False variable
23:09	TEST	Take I
23:08	STATUS	Only one way to find out, I suppose
23:08	TECHNO	Hard to tell if this will work
23:08	DONE	Correct sprite should appear now
23:04	TECHNO	Because this is the only dungeon in which I need that.
23:04	NOTE	I do need to deal with the sprites, though, as this is not automated, as it is for the player sprites
23:01	DONE	I've set up the Yaqirpa's Follow-The-Leader system
22:58	LINK	Link functions
22:39	LINK	HasTag for MapLinking
22:28	TODO	#23
22:08	STATUS	AT LAST!
22:06	TEST	And take VIII
22:06	CHECKED	A few more checkups
22:05	FIXED	Yup! And that's something I AWLAYS fall for!
22:05	TECHNO	But I think I already know why that is!
22:04	BUG	Scrolling up immediately goes to the top
22:02	TEST	Let's see!
20:25	BACKUP	I'll run the backup in the meantime in order not to let this time go to waste :)
20:25	STATUS	Hold the show.... I'm gonna watch TV first, as the show I wanted to see is about to begin
20:24	TEST	Take VII
20:24	FIXED	But fixed I hope
20:24	STUPIDITY	Well that was stupid
20:24	NOTE	I think I got it.... the check up was still within the for-loop, and thus executed multiple times
20:21	TEST	Take VI
20:21	NOTE	The system keeps bugging on me, but at least the scroller cannot pass 0 any more...
20:12	TEST	Take V
20:12	TEST	Force Hopefully this will work things out a little
20:12	COCKROACH	I guess there's gonna be war about mouse events as this is certainly NOT working the way it should
20:11	COCKROACH	WTF?
20:09	TEST	Take IV
20:09	FIXED	Syntax error
20:07	TEST	Take III
20:07	TEST	Well let's MAKE it right!
20:06	FORCE	This is NOT right!
20:03	TEST	Take II
20:02	FIXED	Scrolling up != Scrolling down
19:58	TEST	Take I
19:58	CHECKED	Well, if no silly cockroaches come along the way, I should have more than enough time to test this
19:57	DONE	The Scroll buttons should work now
19:54	CONFIRMED	Works
19:51	TEST	Take II
19:51	FIXED	Extensions are required
19:49	TEST	Let's see now!
19:49	DONE	The scroll icons should appear in the save screen accordingly
19:41	LINK	Savegame routine will pick them up
19:40	TECHNO	Given the way Star Story has been written I do expect them only to be used in the savegame screen, but you never know where else they can be useful, so it's always a good thing to make them more general... They ain't that RAM eating, anyway.
19:39	DONE	I've put the icons for up and down into the main loader
19:37	STUDY	Up and Down icons for scrolling
19:34	NOTE	I do follow "Wie is de Mol?" is that limits my time!
19:34	GITHUB	I've moved #22 to "In Progress"
19:33	CLOSED	#20
19:31	STATUS	It works!
19:29	TEST	Take II
19:29	FIXED	Syntax error
19:27	TEST	Take I
19:27	MAPSCRIPT	I've linked the save functions to the GoSave function.... cheap, yet effective and costs less RAM too
19:09	CONFIRMED	It works... I get the expected error
19:07	TEST	Take III
19:07	VISUALSTUDIO	Compiling
19:07	LINK	So that's been linked together
19:06	NEIL	Glue code
19:06	C++	Okay it really WAS missing... Not any more
19:01	BUG	I do NOT believe THAT!
19:01	HUH	Oh really?
18:59	TEST	Take II
18:59	FIXED	Right-o
18:59	STUPIDITY	Forgotten declaration
18:59	BUG	Ah!
18:57	TEST	I wanna know if that works (if that does I'll get a crash as the event being linked to has not yet been created, but that's a later concern)
18:56	DONE	This should also result into clickables doing their specific events if properly set
18:56	DONE	Walking check
17:14	STATUS	I still need to take a break though.... I'll be back to work soon!
17:14	DYRT	Dyrt was giving me a few cockroaches, but we're back on track
14:57	DYRT	Today I'll first get to test somet things in Dyrt... I may due to less time today not yet focus on the new dungeon, but I'll make sure everything's ready for the new dungeon to start... Since the combat engine is one of the next things in Star Story I'll need to be really able to focus on that, and then Dyrt may not be in a too complicated setup
0:45	STATUS	And that will be it for now!
0:43	GITHUB	Repositories updated
0:40	BACKUP	Running!
0:38	SYSTEM	I guess some maintenance is also needed on my main drive
0:38	TODO	#22
0:35	TODO	#21
0:35	TODO	#20
0:31	CLOSED	#18
0:29	DONE	I've ensured that if the player arrives after a normal walk, a clickable event NEVER takes place
0:25	CONFIRMED	So far, so good!
0:23	TEST	Take XI
0:23	FIXED	I guess I needed to do this the long way around
0:21	BUG	However clicking them will now crash the game, though, and I need to find out why!
0:21	CONFIRMED	At least the clickables are listed now and no longer ignored
0:18	TEST	Take X
0:17	FIXED	Error would pop up anyway, even when everything was right
0:17	COCKROACH	Hmmmm....
0:14	TEST	Take IX
0:14	FORCE	Let's force things then
0:11	COCKROACH	Perhaps this traceback can get me some answers, as this no longer makes any sense at all!
0:11	RESULT	Error: [string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:100: Clickable::Create(NPC_SAVE1,YAQIRPA,816,function: 0000019158078E50,NPC_SAVE1,nil): Illegal function call! State: FLOW_FIELD stack traceback: [string "--[[?]] local Neil = Neil --[[ Neil Translati..."]:4: in function <[string "--[[?]] local Neil = Neil --[[ Neil Translati..."]:3> (...tail calls...) [string "Apollo_Panic"]:24: in function 'Apollo_Panic' [C]: in function 'error' [string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:100: in function <[string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:84> (...tail calls...) [string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:122: in function <[string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:113> (...tail calls...) [string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:215: in function <[string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:173> (...tail calls...) [string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:336: in function <[string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:334> [C]: in function 'xpcall' [string "--[[RawCall]]..."]:5: in main chunk
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