Cleaned up my desk (and it was about time)

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....

In memoriam

Sean Connery

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.

AAARGH! I really should finish Dyrt so the devlogs don't mixed up anymore

Let's see then

The GJ Crash on login failire in Gagolton should be fixed now

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...

Wrong Devlog

Heaven 17

Temptation

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

Test

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....

Works!

Take II

I guess I'm getting really tired

Quick Test (I hope)

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

Movement configuration in constructor

The random factor will now also filter half of the enemies out, except for the bosses, and enemies in the "AS" (Always Standstill) category....

THAT cleans things up a bit, oh yeah!

Take II

Oh well!

Take I

Enemies not tied to the chosen difficulty setting should no longer appear

Why it suddenly works now is a mystery though (Well, it was already a mystery why it didn't in the first place)....

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....

THAT should do it!

Take IV

Let's see

Fix ignored!

Take III

!

Right!

Take II

Declaration error

Take I

This can cause extra crashes on the short term so an extra test is needed....

That should work out better

Well more on that later... First a break!

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....

Not altering the invisible enemies did appear right....

Take XVI

attempt

Of course, in the end result there will be less enemies....

The game slows down terribly as a result....

It works, but....

I will have to test this out

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).

The monsters have now been linked to the callback routine

I love this

this will only turn the enemies green, yellow or red accordingly to their difficulty settings, as their movements have not yet been scripted

CheckAll method written

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

Dominance issue

That does indeed the trick

Take XV

I think I fixed that

Yup, it really seems that the actors DID spawn

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!

Now this needs to be sorted out

Nothing appears to happen at all... At least not visably.

Take XIV

So recompiling was in order

That was in my C++ code

Stuff no longer needed dummied

Take XIII

Syntax error

Take XII

Forgotten class object

Take XI

And more logs

I have tried a few things

I can still not really pinpoint, why this happens... I did put in a counter, and I must say if this answers some questions

I've added an extra debug line....

The logs do not make much sense, but what they do tell me is that it's likely an infinte loop is somehow created

The game freezes completely

The result the log now produces makes the error make even LESS sense

Test Take X

This error does NOT make sense....

Take IX

Code typo x2

Take VIII

Illegal method

Take VII

A very terrible bug in Neil that doesn't let me loose, I guess

Take VI

Syntax error

Take V

Illegal Class Interchange

Take IV

Conflict

Code typo

Replaced old variable with current macro

Take III

Real-life stuff got in the way

Take II

Finally time to fix a list of unknown identifiers... I may not have them all yet, but let's see....

Reorganized my e-mail

Mess out my e-mail

Important phone call was came in

Figures

Let's see - Take I (out of many I'm afraid)

What is important to note is that the enemies won't yet chase you, nor will they be colored in accordance with the difficulty setting yet

And now everything is linked to the main map loader

Class linkup

Enemy scanner done

Not nearl ready to test yet, though.....

More prework done

Constructor set up

Foe list

MinLevel and Max level properties

Map Stuff

Alien heads being loaded

That should work out now!

The original game did only calculate this through upon creation (easier way to go at the time). The new system can keep renewing it, this will allow enemies to change as you go

I've set up to calculate the enemy's level and the party's level. The average of all enemies in the encounter will be taken vs the average of the 3 characters up front... This is a bit conform the original set up....

A basis for the aliens in the field class has been set up....

Project adepted

Done

Right the alien files have not yet been transferred, so I guess that is what needs to be done next

As this is gonna be delicate, I will not devote my full time on this.... Combat.... First of all, the enemies moving in the field.... I will not yet make the combat begin.... Before I get to that point I will first do some work on Dyrt, first... That is make sure the Hall of Music is done and the links to the jukebox are fully taken up in the Hall of Heroes, as I don't wanna have that on my mind when the combat routines actually begin, but when it comes to the enemies walking in the field I also got a lot to do... It's only less complicated than the combat itself, so I can start on that now....

Take IV

I think

Apparently some things are not yet properly taken up here

Take III

Now only the sockets of the powerups you can actually aquire for that specific ability will appear

It will have to do, I can't rule out any more fine tuning requirement once the actual icons appear, though

Take II

a bit bigger, and the space made a big wider (which was needed as a result as the sockets touched each other)

Better, but not yet satisfied

Okay, let's go!

I made them a tiny bit bigger, as the sockets do not show so well

Okay, all sockets show... This at least allows me to see that all sockets work... I do wanna have a few small changes though

Well, let's see then....

Testing can only be done half, since the powerups cannot yet be unlocked (the combat engine is required for that), however this shouldn't be too hard to deal with (I hope)

The power-up sockets should appear now

(As a matter of fact EXACTLY the same)

Which have just been copied from the old game, so in other words, they will be roughly the same as in the old game.

Power up colors

I've set the integer fields that come with abilities

I am now installing Elementary in Virtual Box for evaluation purposes.... I do need to see if this is finally a bit of a trustworty alternative for Windows and Mac (as most Linux distros are definitely CRAP).

Added tag LINUX

Under da hood check also okay

no changes in your face... but how are things under the hood?

I need to test this, of course!

it

First a break though...

Oh crap.... I see that things are still noted a bit differently.... Not hard to fix, but it does require me a bit of a fuck over

YAY! Doesn't happen.... Whoohoo.... I'm so cool :P

Now this test will tell me if a game where Wendicka's start ability should already be initialized will also handle it correctly and not dupe it

so far so good

Take X

X position fixed

Take IX

But easy to fix

But the location of the AP cost is ridiculous

All crashes accounted for

Take VIII

Illegal meta call

Take VII

if so the error is completely demented but we'll see

I think

Take VI

Let's see what happens now

To make it even stranger, a string was indeed asked... and received, so the entire moan is really beyond me

????? Number required for string variable (got string)

Take V

Conflict between old and new

Take IV

The AP cost of an ability should show.... This will also be affected by the powerup that halfs AP cost, and also will display red when your amount of AP is too low.

Take III

UniWendicka conflict

Take II

Compiling

Missing API links

Take I

Spell names will show ___ This is only a start, as we're not there yet!

The next step will (of course) be to list out the abilities themselves

It works at last

Take X

Illegal meta call

Take IX

Recompiling

Washed out the computer's mouth with soap

Lies

Take VIII

BARF

If you thought you had it all today

Code typo

Take VII

BARF

I voided that issue

Who is the sucker who neglected to add a proper boolean check when reading out Lua arguments with C/C++?

Take VI

Ah, missed one

Fix ignored?

Take V