It's a coder's thing, don't try to understand

At least two takes will be needed...
This to test two different crashes that MUST occur.

Although it should be possible to reach the entrance to the secret level, hitting it WILL crash the game...

After all the secret level doesn't yet exist, let alone the linkup scripts

Area 002

Part of the secret set in

So far, so good!

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Music file not found

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Empty mapscript...

Nope, I forgot something

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Well, is that all?

Empty Renc Data (it had to exist)

Chest Data

Compass data

Configred the map for this

"We built our own Vesuvius" by Nihilore has been chosen for the Yushore Tunnel

Generation Origin workout (there's a savespot in the first room... I don't want it busted on the first save, thank you!

A bit of a start up for the Yushore Tunnel

Yushore Tunnel Welcome Text

Start of the Yushore Tunnel

The next stop will, of course, be the Yushore Tunnel, which will also contain the entrance to the secret dungeon.

It all seems to work so far

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And a bit extra

Skill workout

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x2

Syntax error

Take MMMCCXII

Ankie Post Olympyona

Ankie post Olympyona

Well at least that stuff is also in order now, eh?

Updated

Updated

Update

I think I overall do first deserve something to eat... I'm starving!

Before I move on to the next dungeon.... For now Ankie will ignore you if you try to interact with her after defeating Olympyona... I'll fix that up later.

So far so good!

That one won't get another take... Some more serious ones might....

Scyndi and Aziella could never be backlashed by Rule Of Vengeange

Take MMMCCXI

Boss' HP down... this would otherwise take hours

Color fix

No extra take will be done for that one.

Rule of Vengeance calculation was correct, but it was not properly substracted from the total HP. Now that works

Take MMMCCX

The heath must have gotten to me

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Revolution did NOT have the desired effect.... so it seems

Take MMMCCVIII

Fixed

Solved!

Nil value?

Take MMMCCVII

Now the actual ingame testing... again

How many takes did that take? Did you count them?

All failures due to Scyndi not dealing well with new compilations accounted for

Take MMMCCVI

Yup.... But if it's just compiled it crashes... How odd....

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Er... no, that's not it... I saw the code getting compiled.... What the actual freaking fuck?

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It's clear that Scyndi does denote non-existent pre-compiled code as "Up-to-date". I guess that's where the issue lies

Take MMMCCIII

Perhaps, I should stop noting the crashes (that are unavoidable, but do denote progress)

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...

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....

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Don't worry!

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I knew this would happen, but it's alright!

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We komen er wel, maak je geen zorgen
Is het niet vandaag, dan is het wel morgen!

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I wish I know how to deal with this

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But I'm not there yet

Ah, that did fix itself in the end

Take MMMCXCV

Twice on PIMI Myrah... I hope this can be worked out.

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Progression takes take!

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It's a bit annoying, but Scyndi can crash when some pre-compiled stuff is missing.... It mostly fixes itself, you know.

Take MMMCXCII

No worries

Take MMMCXCI

All expected..... again!

Take MMMCXC

Expected crash.... Again!

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It will get several takes now to get the game compiled again, but here goes nothing

I had to remove all compiled Scyndi code, as now some files that shouldn't exist came in.

At last

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Some extra saving work

Acting up on me?

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Faulty data

Take MMMCLXXXVI

Ah, one forgotten line

Why?

No damage from Revolution

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AGAIN?

No PNG export of the Olympyona art?

Take MMMCLXXXIV

Well, so far the compile tests, NOW the actual INGAME test!

That seems to be all accounted for now....

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Is that the last one?

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This is getting on my nerves!

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Wow! How many mispellings where there?

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Some more of the same

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Identifier typos

Take MMMCLXXVIII

Huh?

Take MMMCLXXVII

And ANOTHER!

Take MMMCLXXVI

I think If found it!

Take MMMCLXXV

Compilation conflict... or so it seems (Scyndi is a bit primitive, so I already gotta check this out)

Take MMMCLXXIV

Everything SHOULD be working now....

Olympyona

And now I can fully set up the boss enemy

Oympyonna's Rule of Vengeance

Not there yet, though.... Still loads of work to do

Linkup Script the the ability Rule Of Vengeance

The Rule of Vengeance Joker Link Script has been set up for Olympyona

Joker template set up for the Rule Of Vengeance backlash

Record created for Olympyona, but it's not yet complete. Trying to challenge the goddess in this state would be very very unwise.

All compilation errors appear to be accounted for. (at least... for now....)

Take MMMCLXXIII

Sigh

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Oh, so there was more, eh?

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Sigh!

Take MMMCLXX

Local in declaration issue in Scyndi compiler (I really should fix that)

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404 #use clause

Take MMMCLXVIII

Another syntax error

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And I see I forgot another important line... (silly me)

General syntax error

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Missing link

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Sigh!

Take MMMCLXIV

Link reference error

Take MMMCLXIII

Well, the weather is too hot to work, so cut me some slack!

Focus, Jeroen! Focus!

Fuck that.... This was really something that should never happen!

Take MMMCLXII

Function definition syntax error

Take MMMCLXI

No visual effects yet, but I can at least make sure the stuff compiles.... which is also a vital part of the process, after all!

Preparational code for "Rule Of Vengeance"

Revolution

Revolution effect

Made with GIMP so I had to convert it to PNG

Added tag CONVERTED

Olympyona

Pic search

And I think I'm stll a bit... drowsy....

So far.... so good!

Take MMMCLX

Ah, failure on the savegame due to the origin shifting.... Was bound to happen

Take MMMCLIX

RENC table updated

Just as I thought... zlib driver wasn't activated... well, now it is!

Take MMMCLVIII

Does a recompile help? Or is something else the matter?

Renc crashed? Odd, since it should already be compatible with the compiled Kthura maps now

I'll update the alpha first, though

From here I can however run a bigger test with all the encounters set the way they should up to the point where you can reach the boss

At least I can safely update the alpha now!

Please note, Olympyona has not yet been implemented so this WILL and SHOULD crash the game (for now)

Works the way it should

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Fire op boss fight

Well, from here I can focus on the boss fight... Which might also give a little issue or two.

Right! That works!

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Namespace

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