Let's see then.....

Take I

Will it work?

Done

I do need one more link in the item screeen though

As treasure drops and succesful pickpocket attempts all call the same routines as treasure in the field, those linkups happen anyway as this central routine is what they all link to in the first place

Combat routine also linked (although consumable items with this effect are rare, but with the way this system has been set up not impossible).

The status screen has now been linked to this link (does that make sense?)

The combat engine and the status screens will need this

JewelRecalc now accessible through all states

(And also only affects the character whose inventory is changed... that will always remain that way, but in normal gameplays started with the stable releases not an issue, of course).

Simply loading an old savegame won't do much good, the trigger will now only be activated on placing an item... This is because removing has a few extra workouts required

One thing at a time, effects on status changes will not work

Jewel effects on status changes should now work

Actually it's not really a fix, but a void of some dirty scripting I used there, which would be exposed if you loaded a quit-save 🤣

And also in the Yaqirpa

I've blocked Quit-Saves in all areas of Excalibur

Jewel data which is now unused, but which is later needed when jewels are being placed and removed

Everything appears to be in order up to the point where ExHuRU joins the party

Good!

It's only cosmetic, but it can confuse the crap out of people, so it's important nonetheless

Should be fixed now

Cosmetic issue, but a serious one.... It shows stuff when you enter your home for the first time

Up to the boss everything appears to work

Prevent walk error on Astrilopups top floor Yaqirpa

Time to eat!

I am also listening to this now!

Some more tets for the Yaqirpa

Yup, that works

Take II

Syntax error

Let's see if the fix works

#142 should be fixed now

This is however not for now... It's 9pm time to get my rest... I work too much on this project anyway, so I need my rest!

This is all fine now

Take IV

Code order... To to prevent Wendicka's pony tail to block the ability printed above her head. Those letters are more important than that pony tail

Coordinate finetuning

The concept work, but a bit of polishing is still required

Take III

Cycle check error

Another Syntax error

Take II

Syntax error

Take I

This I should have done before. You can now view the set attack + target(s) if a character you select for a combat action has any.

Okay, as far as I can judge the transfer into a new cycle works now

Take V

?

But I must say why uniform Crystal enters the new game on level 6 in stead of the 100+ as she should be

almost there

Take IV

Load Image issue

Da fuuuuuuck!? How is it possible this issue was never seen before?

Take III

Transpad kill issue?

Take II

(I really hope this ain't gonna take long)

KillReset Link Error

Take I

And now the grand tests can start.... Well... for a part

For Wendicka this is not needed, as although listed as two different characters in the database, all her data is linked to the same memory addresses, so if one character changes, the other will too.

Crystal syncup (as the uniform Crystal has different base stats as her cyborg form, I need to make sure this happens. Her buffs and upgrades are linked, so those are fine).,

Recreation of Briggs on old Level Cap

No extra test for that... Should work and since I need more tests anyway, this will be tested automatically in the process

Small blockmap issues

Seems ok

Take II

Oops!

A quick test

That links it all together

Put in the New Game+

Permakill resetter

The next step is to clean the swap data

The "No new cycle" error appears... which was supposed to happen at this specific point

Take II

Sounds illogical, I know, but what sounds logical and what is logical are two different things

At least the raw data is loaded correctly, otherwise this error message was not possibe

Loop error

Take I

The gamevar transfer routine has been written

Post Game Hawk should recover.... (as always... It's supposed to fool you to think it's the same map, after all) :P

So far... so good!

Take II

Fixed it!

Dang! THAT was stupid!

As expected

So here goes!

Still a test is in order to make sure, as it appears to be a rule in coding that the more simple the code, the more easily bugs come in.... A bit of a Murphy's law in this field.

The game will (for now) crash on the answer "Yes", as this is were the delicate stuff happens, which I yet have to code, but I wanted to wait with that until I had this set up, so I can test more easily... The "No" feature should be easy though, and that's coded already

I've now linked the action functions to the menu

Yippee

Take II

Syntax error beyond stupidity

JEROEN! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!?

Well?

Hovering

Mouse config for New Game+ menu

FINALLY!

(Funny how the most trivial things always take the most takes)

Take VII

Instance error

Take VI

Method error

Take V

How could I forget such a thing?

Callbacks need to be global

Take IV

Okay, that's x3

Take III

x2

Member error

Take II

THAT should do it!

This won't affect the process in the current stage, but it prevents (needless) crashes later in the process.

Regenerated data

I saw a quick error in the data generator

Faulty Scenario Tag

Take I

At least I can test a few things out this way, so here goes

I prefer to work step by step whereever possible, you know

What is important to note is that I only set up a base, as actually starting a New Game+ is not yet possible.....

And as such a big link up took place in the process

Script to activate the New Game+, at least to make the link to the New Game+ script possible

This has to do with the way the game has been set up to make it easily expandable as I create the game, but it is a bit nasty in situations like these I suppose

It *is* however very likely (read: 100% certain actually) I will need to run this generation again, because (most notably about abilities I didn't obtain in my curren tests so far) some variables were not yet created by the game yet....

Generation complete

Data Generation Script for starting a New Game+

Expansions to QuickNeil to make the entire operation possible

Very well, now it is important to note that I've come to the point that the New Game+ can start, or rather, that you can start a new cycle of the game.

This is a pretty delecate process. A lot of data has to be reset, but a lot of data must remain... An extra generator tool will be in order to accomplish all this, so the next step will be to write that generator in order to prepare for the big cycle transfer itself

I'll be taking a few days off now... I need my rest... Soon I'll setup the start of the New Game+ and run more test and dig through my issue tracker to get more and more dealt with....

See ya soon!

It all works... yeah!

Take IV

Syntax error

Take III

A few linkup issues

Take II

Regenerate is needed in order to fix this!

Typo in generated code

Take I

Linked to the final Johnson event

A temp crash will happen when the credits have done rolling. This is a safety measure.

Credits code written

I've generated the data for the credits.... Now to code the routine to display it all on screen

The message below was sent with a delay, as I was already done with preparations after my break when it was sent

I will take a break now.... I will get onto the preparations for the end credits later....

FINALLY!

Take V

(How did that one surive the original game development, or was I really that lazy back then to take the mispelled version?)

Scenario tag typo

Take IV

Crash?

Take III

Another conflict?

Another go then?

Identifier conflict

Let's see

Actor and other objects can beam now (if this is done well, that is)

Syntax error

I will first test if up to that forced crash it all works

After a break I will get to that.

Speaking to Johnson will work, up to the moment the end credits will appear, then the game will crash, as the end credits have not yet been scripted

Some NPCs scripted

Right.... Stuff is not working...

Take III

IDIOT!

Take II

Scope error

Let's see

Post boss event on the post-boss location start

Template script set up for the post game Exclibur room

I've not yet fully sorted out the balancing, this comes later!

The final boss appears to be working properly

Well, since this is still the Goddess fight we're talking about let's count on... -- Take XXXIII

Dispell Effect

A small radius change to the gun drones

Next stop is to implement the spell effect script "Dispell Everything"

So far everything works

Take XXXII

I increased the radius with wich the drones circle around the goddess

I think i fixed it!

Aha, the reason of all evil has been found

Take XXXI

But I need to know when to quit a sessions in order not to overwork myself into the far deep of the night, so this will be for tomorrow!

I've set up a debug line for that

The stats of the Goddess appear to be way too high, and I need to sort that one out.... I mean 69K healing, and her speed being so incredibly fast, while she should have the average of all other characters, that's odd

This will be for later though

I need to code the dispell script

Take XXX

Forgotten members

Take XXIX

Syntax error

Take XXVIII

Drone stats based on yours... Things didn't turn out so well

Removed a plan I first had... Too much trouble

Take XXVII