As I do see a crash caused by the combat starter (not quite the error I expected) I guess the encounters themselves will fire up.

I also need to sort out if that means if the encounters don't start at all

Well the gauge appears... I do need to put it a bit higher on screen but that's only a minor issue. The major issue is why the gauge is empty

Take CMIX

Did I fix the hotspot of the guage?

Well, that void did the trick

Take CMVIII

Tag?

Something happens

Take CMVII

I don't know if this does anything, but I gotta try

Take CMVI

Fucking fuck fuck!

Take CMV

let's fuck up things even further!

How could that happen?

In stead of the countless lines I should see in my debug log, none appear, which means that the routines in question are not called at all.

Take CMIV

Let's fuck in some more logs, shall we?

It's absolutely clear to me that the RENC routine is for some reason still thinking no encounters should take place.... But why?

Nothing appears to happen. Or is that my imagination?

Take CMIII

And that should make the linking complete

The update part has now also been linked

The draw part has been linked now, but that's only part of the work

The debug code has been dummied, as I no longer need it.

Added tag DUMMIED

I do see that the number of foes is properly loaded, but a few things are not in order.... But that was PURE STUPIDITY... I forgot to link the Renc routines to the main flow.

Take CMII

Got it now?

Still no fucking good?

Take CMI

I think I found the little critter

Take CM

More work out here!

Well, the GINIE does at least report 0 for the list of foes. No idea why, so that needs to be sorted out

Take DCCCXCIX

A little check I need to do in the GINIE link up code

Hmm, still no data in the log, which indicates that the foes are not being processed AT ALL.

Now we got ourselves a serious case to solve, my dear Watson.

Take DCCCXCVIII

I've put in an extra line that should tell me how this could happen

Right, just as I thought! The enemies are not properly taken into account, leading to no enemies tied to the map, and thus the rest of the Renc does what it's supposed to do, declaring the entire area enemy-free.

Take DCCCXCVII

Another debug line that should give me more clarity

 Layer FRENDORBUSHES has 35 encounters
Layer __BASE has no encounters!

That's at least the result I wanted to see, but that makes things only more mysterious. But wait there's more to check.

Take DCCCXCVI

Let's first figure out if the number of encounters is loaded properly

A little issue with this devlog

The question is of course WHY

WTF! After all this work NOTHING HAPPENS AT ALL!

Take DCCCXCV

Code typo

Take DCCCXCIV

Property definition error

Take DCCCXCIII

Time now to put to the test wether or not the random encounter routine will respond at all (yes, it will crash... at least when it works the way it's supposed to work it WILL crash!)

All compilation errors accounted for (at last).
Well I only expected this to take time.

Take DCCCXCII

I really need to implement += and -= into Scyndi

Take DCCCXCI

Mistake in varname

Take DCCCXC

Code typo

Take DCCCLXXXIX

Haste makes waste

Take DCCCLXXXVIII

Well let's implement it then

Did I really forget the SUFFIXED function in the Scyndi Core?

Take DCCCLXXXVII

Keyword "and" is not existent in Scyndi (it was in NIL and Neil)

Take DCCCLXXXVI

But more testing for compilation crap is still required

This will at least disable to compiler to generated any errors for non-existent combat linkups. When a combat starts, the game will now DEFINITELY crash due to non-existent content, but for now that's fine... actually even the desired behavior.

A (for now) empty script created for combat linkups

And now we come to the error I was waiting for. The missing of the Combat linkup code

Take DCCCLXXXV

I wonder how many more #use clauses I'll need that Neil never needed XD

Take DCCCLXXXIV

Yeah, I guess the 1000th take will happen before the first dungeon is complete. The number of takes increases quickly enough, doesn't it?

replacement

Take DCCCLXXXIII

No script in SCI without libs/sci/sys in a #use clause

Take DCCCLXXXII

More

Take DCCCLXXXI

Another #use

Take DCCCLXXX

Declaration + definition issue

Take DCCCLXXIX

More #use commands needed than Neil ever did... I guess that's the downside of this type of compiler

DCCCLXXVIII

Forgot to save before compiling

Take DCCCLXXVII

And mysteriously enough the crash doesn't happen again... Oh well

Scope error

Take DCCCLXXVI

Another one of THOSE!

Take DCCCLXXV

I had to remove one entire function. But it was not an important one, anyway.

Take DCCCLXXIV

I need to fix a few things, that for sure. But this was easy to void anyway

Take DCCCLXXIII

Done

Converting that one to Scyndi shouldn't be too hard.

The xmath library Neil

Take DCCCLXXII

More adaptions

Due to the new way the data has been stored I needed to rewrite the loader from scratch

DCCCLXXI

Several adaptions

Take DCCCLXX

I wil have to make some takes for the compiler. As long as Scyndi won't compile we're getting nowhere, anyway

Script from TFT... I only need to adapt it in order to work properly with Scyndi

Gauge graphic

This WILL be a time consuming operation. The combat part has always been the most complicated part of my RPG games and Luna's father will be no different.

With all the data I need now generated I can finally get into the actual fighting itself.. that is, the routines that initiate the fight in game, and of course the fighting flow itself.

Layer data editing added

Poured some dissovler in my shower drain.... It was stuck

Adding to Renc it will be... No need to write an entire app which can do so little

I've been thinking whether or not to make a "Layer Data" editor, but I am not fully sure about that. The number of maps where I'll need it will be relatively small (there are not as many things to handle as in Star Story II due to different approaches between the two games, you know), and I wonder if just putting these in the Renc editor wouldn't be the better approach due to this. Ince encounter blocks or alternate numbers of encounters are the most likely things to happen anyway (the only non-combat thing is alternate titles for locations. Oh my, big deal), I think that will be the best way to go.

I have less time than I usually have today, but I will try to get a few things done

Let's not reinvent the wheel where I don't need to. There are already too many things I have to redo from scratch....

I copied the several kinds of enemy pictures I need for the first dungeon

The boss section is not yet done, but that doesn't matter at all at this time, as the first boss won't appear until the Feenalaria's tutorial caves have been reached. I now have the basis to get working on the random encounters in the game, which is already an important thing on its own.... right?

Encounter management tool

"Boss Battle" by Eric Matyas will now be imported to the game for basic boss fights

That takes the enemy creation in order... But a few more steps are required to get this show on the road, I'm afraid.

Blue Slime

Status resistances done

Well the Foe editor is almost done

A quick stat program. It's not much, but it can allow me a quick view into savegame stats in order to balance the enemy properly

The next stop will be the statistics

AI parameters all fine

Which actions may and which actions may not be performed by an enemy?

A little preparation

AI Script can be chosen.... and now I need a break.... and food too.

Yup this code makes it possible, I guess...

Meta Data For Gobin... But of course, this does not nearly count to what data we're gonna need

Added tag FOE

I'm now working on the Foe Editor.... That is always a very time consuming thing, so please hang on.

Added tag C#

Take DCCCLXIX

Idiot!

Take DCCCLXVIII

method miswritten

Portrait Jake was missing

Take DCCCLXVII

Missing Link

Take DCCCLXVI

Wrong function

Take DCCCLXV

Syntax error

Take DCCCLXIV

Use error

Take DCCCLXIII

Jake's event at the start of the dungeon

Take DCCCLXII

Jake, Osha and Asha should now appear in Frendor Bushes. Please note that Osha and Asha will already respond to you if you try to talk to them. Jake will not yet do so.

Sprite for Jake

The next step will be, of course, to put in the random encounters.... But before that can happen some things need to be taken care of. First of all the opening talk with Jake at the entrance, the Foe Editor, and when I got all then I can start on the combat routines and the encounter trigger... Well at least there will be no bosses in this area.

Overall I can say that the Frendor Bushes work

Take DCCCLXI

Tai's portrait

While I focus on a few other things first, the system can look for the assets I need to make Jake appear here

Added tag SEARCH

Take DCCCLX

Loading

music link missing in Frendor bushes

Take DCCCLIX

Leave camp site

Take DCCCLVIII

alignment issue

Take DCCCLVII

One tiny more touch

Take DCCCLVI

code typo

Take DCCCLV

Back to the game now

NOW it compiles

Take DCCCLIV

Huh, did I REALLY forget the do-scopes in Scyndi? What the fuck...

Let's try to narro this out

No good, eh?

Take DCCCLIII

let's force thigns a little

Complaint about an "end" for no reason

Take DCCCLII

Healing can be shown now in hover text

#13 Take DCCCLI

#13 Doh!

#13 Take DCCCL

#13 Coordinates

#13 Only show hover text when hovering

#13 Take DCCCXLIX

The same will be done on the ability and alchemy overview later, but that will not be part of #13 anymore

#13 Linked to inventory overview

#13 All compilation errors accounted for

#13 Take DCCCXLVIII

#13 Syntax error