Take CMLXXXV

First Basis

Although not all things are settled yet, I can at least for now let it be and move to the hero compiler

Take CMLXXXIV

Icon Foe

Take CMLXXXIII

HP handling in Foes

Take CMLXXXII

Stat copier

Take CMLXXXI

Start of statistician record

Right! Back on track.

Take CMLXXX

Due to Windows being programmed to crash every now and then, I must try another take in order to see if everything is operational and where I was.

Blue Screen Of Death due to a non-existant problem.

Take CMLXXIX

SIGH! I really must fix that!

Take CMLXXVIII

A few needed linkups (oh no, I'm not done yet!)

That it does... good

Take CMLXXVII

I can only test now if it compiles.

Start of the Foe Compiler. Right now it only loads the raw data.

Take CMLXXVI

Basis class for foe handling. Still a lot to do here, though!

It was just a remove and place it back exactly the way it was.

Before that it didn't work, after that it did.

Every code knows this woe well.

Take CMLXXV

????

Take CMLXXIV

Set up a quick fighter register with a few indexes to speed things up

Success, at last!

Take CMLXXIII

Scyndi's declaration bug

Take CMLXXII

GRRR!

Take CMLXXI

Force wrongly set up

An now everything seems to be in working order.

Take CMLXX

missing declaration + definition x3

Take CMLXIX

Scope error

Take CMLXVIII

Add Extra diamond

Add Hero diamond

Add Foe diamond

It compiles.

Take CMLXVII

Stupidity

Take CMLXVI

Scope error

Take CMLXV

Clear screen needed. Conflicting data comes my way

Take CMLXIV

Empty Slot

Joker

It compiles

Take CMLXIII

I've set up a new class for the gauge slots. Although a few things in this will certainly be taken over from the original setup (as it was better than I though).

Contrary to TFT REVAMPED (and to Star Story II where they were (due to lack of time) not even implemented at all) Jokers can now be asigned to ALL enemies (regular foes and bosses alike) and Joker cards will be added to every 100 positions on the diamond gauge.

All enemies can take a special effect from Jokers, but this does not necessarily have to be the case. Now the script will place 20 jokers at the start and place a new joker at position 2000 every time a joker passes. Any spot already taken WILL be overridden. Part of the game rules (for multiple reasons both gameplay wise as technical).

Joker field in foe editor

And that's precisely what happens. Good!

Take CMLXII

A quick take is needed to see if this all compiles and loads. Basically when the main menu appears, the test is succesful.

Done "Backside" diamond (in other words an empty slot)

Joker (will be more prominent here than ever before)

Hero diamonds will be loaded now (except for Luna as her sprite has not yet been designed)

Foe Diamonds will be loaded now

Combat diamonds in the wrong directory

FINALLY the error message I wanted to see.

Take CMLXI

Fuck you, Jeroen!

Take CMLX

I think I voided the problem

Wait a minute. I think I know where the pain lies

Take CMLIX

This is NOT possible unless the compilation for the C++ code failed, but accoriding to the VisualStudio log, it was succesful.

All I can do is run SCI in VS then.

Take CMLVIII

Don't ask!

Take CMLVII

Link up code... Far from beautiful, but IT WORKS (at least, it should) and that's all that should matter!

compiling

StopWalking API

Take CMLVI

Syntax error x2

Take CMLV

The first required #use clause caused an error due to being missing

Take CMLIV

NewEnemy property

Très bien! That's what I wanted to see

Take CMLIII

Whatever

Take CMLII

Another. How did I manage to do that?

Take CMLI

Wrong operator

Take CML

Other approach

Take CMXLIX

Fuck it

Take CMXLVIII

added some required fields

There was nothing wrong... Silly me

Take CMXLVII

In order to not spook this up any more than I have to let's do this with a different approach

Now I am a bit flabbergasted by the claim that the function I created would not exist

Take CMXLVI

Set up start function (big moment in which little happens, but what happens is vital)

Take CMXLV

Well, in order to resume I need a take to get my persoanl update ... Nothing serious! Just a memory refreshment. Don we all need that sometimes?

FINALLY the error message I wanted to see

Take CMXLIV

Got it?

Take CMXLIII

More lies covered?

Take CMXLII

Syntax error

Take CMXLI

Ah, yeah, that way

Take CMXL

An impossible error message. I need to figure out why this happens. A few more debug lines must guide me here

Take CMXXXIX

C-string format error

Take CMXXXVIII

Missing definition

Take CMXXXVII

Problem voided and I'm very pissed about having to do this

It appears to go wrong sooner than I could possibly imagine

My debug log should tell me more about what's happening now

Take CMXXXVI

The error I get makes no sense... at all!

Take CMXXXV

404 (well the errors don't have numbers here, but you know what I mean) XD

Take CMXXXIV

What I am going to do now may make perfect sense to fellow coders, but if you ain't it won't. I'm deliberately gonna cause errors, but the error messages will tell me if some underlying setups are corect. Yeah, you follow?

A few data errors in this devlog after some saved data was lost due to a reasonless Blue Screen Of Death

All compilation error accounted for... (for now)

Take CMXXXIII

Not gonna mention this

Take CMXXXII

Faulty definition

Take CMXXXI

Syntax error

Take CMXXX

Ah yeah, just copy in all #use clauses, I don't care. It's clear I'm gonna need them all anyway

Take CMXXIX

All I care about now in tests if it this all compiles

Not much I can do today, but a small template has been set up (as I could just copy and adept the template for the field flow. So far the easy part)

Today I have no time at all to work on the game. And especially since the combat engine is the most complicated part of the game which I do NOT want to mess up, I guess it's wiser to leave that for either tomorrow or perhaps tonight, but no sooner than that.

FINALLY the error I wanted to see (namely the error indicating the combat flow scripts do not yet exist), but that is no more concern for today. I'm tired and I need rest now. See ya another time!

Take CMXXVIII

Syntax error

Take CMXXVII

Conflict

Take CMXXVI

Oh well

Take CMXXV

Interfacing case error (luckily these interfacings are part of the core and once they work, they work)

Take CMXXIV

Da fuck?

Take CMXXIII

GRRR!

Take CMXXII

Big fonts

Take CMXXI

Link up code typo

Take CMXX

Now the game should give the combat intro screen, but it should surely crash as soon as the combat itself is to be loaded. For multiple reasons. For starters the combat code itself does not yet exist, duh! Yet another should should do it.

All direct compilation errors accounted for

Take CMXIX

Hmmm

Take CMXVIII

Anything but the kitchen sink

Take CMXVII

Effect for encounter (will be the same as TFT. Is less resource and memory consuming than what I originally had in mind. And perhaps better looking too).

Boss intro tune (although not yet needed, it would be safer to have it present already)

A bug in the encounter editor giving odd values

Link to worlmap works! Good!

Take CMXVI

Fuck it!

Take CMXV

Exit didn't work

Template for combat link up

FINALLY the system tries to call the not yet existent combat routine giving me the error message I wanted to see.

Take CMXIV

I think I must do things differently. I guess Lua had it's original "len" function removed.

Take CMXIII

When interfeacing directly with Lua, case sensitivity is always an issue

I see... what I wanted to see. Good!

Take CMXII

Let's have a look at this

Line! Good one. Well, perhaps, I can do something better than a line

Take CMXI

I think I fixed that

Just as I though.... MaxEnc contains value zero. Now the question is why

Take CMX

Let's find out why the guage bar doesn't appear

At least I've put the gauge a bit higher

Static locals. I really must see to it that that feature gets to work properly, as this is driving me NUTS!

Devlog tool crashed