Extra debug and stuff done in order to get things well on the move

I've found the issue. The version checking is the source of all evil here.

Now this is as well good and bad news. As this makes it a more general issue.

Right... In Windows I now get the same trouble. WTF is going on?

I've done a few adeptions. Although the trouble is in Linux I'll first check out a few things in Windows.

As well as a way to panic the way in the measuring procedure. This is where things appear to go wrong after all.

In order to cope with that one, I've placed a few extra debugging lines into SCI.

Unfortunately when it comes to Linux I have less good news.

I already saw that SCI would crash when going into graphics mode in Virtual Box (Zorin OS)

A friend of mine now tried to get an SCI game running on a real Linux PC (Gentoo), with the same result.

It will be quite a hassle now to sort out what went wrong, or why.

In any case, this endangers the coming of a Linux version, but it's too early to give up yet.

I'll try out what options to debug this all out I have at my disposal.

All pre Quayaro stuff accounted for.

Take MMMDCCLXXXVII

Random encounters will now also appear in area 006 till 009

All that remains now as far as the main story line is concerned is the final boss and the ending sequence.
My work as a whole won't end there, though.

My pal managed to get House Of Cards running in Linux.

Since Luna's Father uses the same executable that should theoretically mean that Luna's Father should work in Lunx, as well.

Star Story for which I am now preparing the move to SCI should therefore work too.

So all-in-all, the Linux version has made a very critical step forward.

Mesa happy!

Take MMMDCCLXXXVI

And Go!

Fine tuning

Linking it all together

The beheaded elf

Required map adaptions

Linked to the medal system

She feared the woman she'd never become

The beheaded elf

A little blockmap thing, no big deal, and definitely not worth another take

Take MMMDCCLXXXV

Quayaro is not yet present, and the party will also not YET react to the statue in this room.

Quayaro's room

It works!

Take MMMDCCLXXXIV

Now linking the cauldron to the map is not that hard

The cauldron has not yet been activated, that comes later!

So far so good!

Take MMMDCCLXXXIII

Basis area 010

Still a good thing I took care of that

Phwew! Things ain't as bad as I imagined

Take MMMDCCLXXXII

I messed a bit up with my savegame directory

Take MMMDCCLXXXI

Area 009

I may be expecting some friends to visit me today, meaning I won't have much time to spend on the game or programming in general.

Oh, when you think that the fact that I'll start on Quayaro, the final boss, soon means the development of the game is almost over I must disappoint ya.
I have a New Game+ to add, a lot of alpha testing to do, and there are a crapload of features still not implemented.
In other words, this is gonna take awhile.

Now it's likely that area 009 will be the final regular area, and that 010 will be a savespot and a cauldron only.
I'll move Quayaro likely to #011.
The reason is because I plan to make entering that room a point of no return, and I'd like to stop the music upon entering, which is all easier when Quayaro has a room to himself.

Typo

That appears to be okay now.

Take MMMDCCLXXX

Missing hook spot for Scyndi (which would render the game in an unwinnable state, which I DON'T wish to happen).

Exit spot from area 009 was missing (would crash the game if you went back from 009 to 008)

Way back from 008 to 007 didn't work

Cosmetic Fixed label issue

Take MMMDCCLXXIX

008

Everything appears to be in order

Take MMMDCCLXXVIII

Dominance issue but that's all

Take MMMDCCLXXVII

Again!

I was too quick. The generator needed more input from me first.

I know this sounds odd, but I need to open Kthura to see the results!

Take MMMDCCLXXVI

Extra generation in motion

007

(Of course, once the final dungeon is finished there's still a lot to do).

When you notice you're reaching the end it's always harder to keep motivated. I don't want to rush this, yet I do want to get the job done.

So far, so good!

Take MMMDCCLXXV

Random encounters will (for now) not appear on floors past fighting Mercedes.
I will (of course) make that happen later.

Area 006

Done a bit of enhancement work to the Slyvina framework that is far overdue.

Next part will of course be floor 006 till 009, and yes Quayaro will be waiting for you at 010.

Okay, that turns out well

Take MMMDCCLXXIV

And I need to check something in game

A little secret didn't know its boundaries.

That has been fixed now!

It seems to be okay... at least... for now!

Take MMMDCCLXXIII

Boss would come again and again!

Take MMMDCCLXXII

Crash, but the reason is known to me. I really need to sort that one out!

Take MMMDCCLXXI

Music error

Take MMMDCCLXX

404

Take MMMDCCLXIX

That should cover all preparations

(A fitting title for somebody like her).

Nobody by Nihilore will be played during your fight against Mercedes.

Oh Lord, would you buy me some humility?

Not there yet!

Boss fight

Mercedes

Post-boss Mercedes

Pre-Boss Mercedes

So far, so good!

Take MMMDCCLXVIII

AI nerf on Ghost Befindos.
(Too many Ultra Sonic is not fun. Only frustrating).

Take MMMDCCLXVII

Random encounters

Tiny fix

Ghost Befindo

Take MMMDCCLXVI

(Nor is the enemy data even avaiable at the present time)

Game WILL still crash when you approach her. The boss event has not yet been scripted.

Placed her into the map

Female Ghost Befindo Front (for the Mercedes encounter)

Male Befindo Ghost

I'm afraid the same art will have to do when it comes to the boss Mercedes.

Female Befindo Ghost

Before I get to work on Mercedes, I will first make work of the random encounters

So far, so good!

Take MMMDCCLXV

This will be where you will fight Mercedes.
She won't appear yet, but trying to approach the place where she will be will (for now) crash the game

Area 005

And now it's time for me to eat. It's almost 9pm already, and I'm hungry!

Nah ENDLICH!

Take MMMDCCLXIV

Did I fix it?

It never ends

Take MMMDCCLXIII

But another ANOTHER fucking issue pops up in the process!

Main issue fixed

Take MMMDCCLXII

Please?

Still no good?

Take MMMDCCLXI

This oughta do it

Things are worse than I could've imagined

Take MMMDCCLX

Blockmap issue

Label issue

Take MMMDCCLIX

What the?

Take MMMDCCLVIII

A few more bonus possibilities

Area 004

Read this devlog update about House of Cards for the full story.

Everything in Linux section of that log, applies to Luna's Father as well.

No luck in Linux yet, but I don't think Linux is to blame this time.
VMs can be a very nasty thing when it comes to hardware required by games
My distro does seem allergic to the drivers to get full access also.
But then again, with this many Linux distros, it's hard to get drivers for all distros.
I hope owners of real Linux computers (and who know what they are doing), can help me out on that one.

So yeah, officially we got a failure here, but given the likely nature of things, things ain't hopeless.

I've been working out on some bugs in House of Cards and this in the interest of Luna's Father.
Why?
Because HOC and LF use the same SCI engine which I'm trying to port to Linux.
LF is a big game, but HOC is pretty small. Easier to get into my VM.
If HOC works, LF is also likely to work.
Capiche?

Start the day finding out the system crashed while you were asleep

It all appears to be working

Take MMMDCCLVII

Missing pole for Scyndi

Chests not defined

I forgot a few VERY important things

Take MMMDCCLVI

Area 003

A few cosmetic enhancement on my work tools

A release for both Windows and Linux was done.

A bit of a workout on Jalondi (Which is needed with the last enhancement)

If you want a full explanation of what I did (and why), read my commit notes on SCI and perhaps you may understand.

SRF -> Exe merge

Linux never ceases to amaze me.
The issue with SCI in Linux seems suddenly solved.
Now a true test will be hard, but the game House of Cards could help me here.
If House of Cards works, I think it's safe to assume Luna's Father (and any other game using SCI) will work as well.

A little issue taken care of

And now it appears to work properly

Take MMMDCCLV

The Secret Passage didn't turn out to be so secret, after all.

Juggernaut event (must for now crash the game) not triggered

Take MMMDCCLIV

A complete recount has been done and exactly 250 black orbs were counted.

In order to make sure no broken savegames or broken sessions will appear, an error to make sure that won't happen.

Secret passage added with the final black orbs

So there are 242 black orbs (according to my counter)

System counting the total number of Black Orbs.
It should be noted though that Juggernaut itself will be taken care later!

Quick Scyndi appears to be succesfully ported to Linux

Did that make sense?

Cover up.
Nobody will know it's there, because it's there, but everyone will notice when it's not there.

Take MMMDCCLIII

A little bonus has been added.
Just because I'm such a nice guy!

Barrier removal script

Hold the show... I forgot something important

Take MMMDCCLII

Area 002

The library has been converted to Linux, already, btw

Side effect of trying to get SCI to work.
The editor comes later.

Let's fire up Kthura

Well, I'll sort out later if I can get SCI to work on Linux.
Until that time, let's focus on a few different matters.

At least that appears to be working

I will still try to get the Scyndi compiler to work in Linux.

but then again, Linux NEVER fails to fail me on at least SOMETHING.

On Linux SCI refuses the find the Mixer so file
(while it just exists on the spot it should be, so why the computer is lying I don't know as the other SDL2 files just load).

Aha, so that's how it works

Still taking a break, but good to see that my VM managed to end all the crap.

In the meantime I'll be taking a break

Let's try to force down the system

VM system freeze

Basis SCI building script set up. Not yet ready to build, though.

Technobabble below better readable now?

SDL2 development libs have been installed in my VM. Time will tell if stuff is gonna work... or not

I do see that SDL3 is in the making, I do not know if I should be happy about that.
For now it's not important, and since my own projects have their very own TQSL libraries, and basically I just have to adept those to be compatible to SDL3.
(Not having to worry about such migrations was not the primary, but still one of the reasons to set that ystem up).
This will be a later concern, since there are (as far as I could find out) no stable versions of SDL3 yet, and I won't make the move until I can be sure there is.

Doing some study on SDL2 on Linux.

I cannot tell if it works other than that it should the basic screen when run without a project.

Testing will only be possible once I actually get to work things out.

The SCI builder compiles in Linux now.

When it comes to Linux, one of the more pressing matters will now be to get SCI to work, but this may sound easy, but it will take some work.

There is still a lot of work to be done, though!

Jalondi now works in Linux, and with this an important barrier I was facing has been removed.

Take MMMDCCLI

A few tiny cosmetic fixes

Take MMMDCCL

Exit mistagged

Take MMMDCCXLIX

Area 002