Star Story

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0:20	TEST	Take XVII
0:20	DUMMIED	I've now dummied to protection code
0:19	CONFIRMED	Crystal appears and so does Wendicka and Wendicka can even walk around
0:17	DEBUG	Temporarily I'll only spawn Crystal.... Briggs will be done if I can get Crystal to work
0:16	VISUALSTUDIO	Compiling
0:16	FIXED	I hope
0:16	DONE	I've brought the ID numbers (which are always unique) into the dominance mapping
0:13	NOTE	I think I got the solution to the invisble actor thing.... All values the dominance map bases itself on are the same for all three actors... This must have caused a conflict....
0:12	CONFIRMED	That at least brings Wendicka back
0:09	DUMMIED	Temporarily dummied all code, and now I wanna see what happens next!
0:07	TEST	Take XV
0:07	EXPERIMENT	Let's fist turn off the follower.... Let's see how things turn out now
0:05	TEST	Take XIV
0:04	EXPERIMENT	Will THIS work then?
- = 3 Oct 2020 = -
23:59	TEST	Take XIV
23:59	FORCE	let's force a few things through
23:54	TEST	Take XIII
23:53	NOTE	A few debug lines
23:50	EXPERIMENT	Well?
23:44	TEST	Take XII
23:44	NOTE	I do not know if this confusion caused the misery as it should not have hidden the leader, but hey, who knows
23:43	FIXED	The leader tried to follow itself
23:39	TEST	Does this new approach make any difference... Take X!
23:39	BUG	For some reason, only Briggs appears, and Wendicka and Crystal are nowhere to be seen... Odd!
23:38	DEBUG	A different approach to prevent needlessly long logs
23:34	TEST	Take IX
23:34	FIXED	Illegal class usage
23:28	TEST	Take VIII
23:28	FIXED	Wrong type on declaration
23:26	TEST	Take VII
23:26	FIXED	Illegal Function call
23:23	TEST	Take VI
23:23	LAZY	Alias
23:20	TEST	Take V
23:20	FIXED	Call to non-existent class members
23:17	TEST	Take IV
23:17	DONE	Update callback for MapScript activated
23:16	STATUS	Nothing happens... At least no parse errors, and that's worth a lot, but what next?
23:13	TEST	Take III
23:13	NOTE	This is remarkable as it implies no more compilation errors are there... Did I outdo myself, or is this merely the recipe for a bigger disaster than I can imagine?
23:13	FIXED	Unknown identifier in mapscript
23:11	TEST	Take II
23:11	FIXED	False variable
23:09	TEST	Take I
23:08	STATUS	Only one way to find out, I suppose
23:08	TECHNO	Hard to tell if this will work
23:08	DONE	Correct sprite should appear now
23:04	TECHNO	Because this is the only dungeon in which I need that.
23:04	NOTE	I do need to deal with the sprites, though, as this is not automated, as it is for the player sprites
23:01	DONE	I've set up the Yaqirpa's Follow-The-Leader system
22:58	LINK	Link functions
22:39	LINK	HasTag for MapLinking
22:28	TODO	#23
22:08	STATUS	AT LAST!
22:06	TEST	And take VIII
22:06	CHECKED	A few more checkups
22:05	FIXED	Yup! And that's something I AWLAYS fall for!
22:05	TECHNO	But I think I already know why that is!
22:04	BUG	Scrolling up immediately goes to the top
22:02	TEST	Let's see!
20:25	BACKUP	I'll run the backup in the meantime in order not to let this time go to waste :)
20:25	STATUS	Hold the show.... I'm gonna watch TV first, as the show I wanted to see is about to begin
20:24	TEST	Take VII
20:24	FIXED	But fixed I hope
20:24	STUPIDITY	Well that was stupid
20:24	NOTE	I think I got it.... the check up was still within the for-loop, and thus executed multiple times
20:21	TEST	Take VI
20:21	NOTE	The system keeps bugging on me, but at least the scroller cannot pass 0 any more...
20:12	TEST	Take V
20:12	TEST	Force Hopefully this will work things out a little
20:12	COCKROACH	I guess there's gonna be war about mouse events as this is certainly NOT working the way it should
20:11	COCKROACH	WTF?
20:09	TEST	Take IV
20:09	FIXED	Syntax error
20:07	TEST	Take III
20:07	TEST	Well let's MAKE it right!
20:06	FORCE	This is NOT right!
20:03	TEST	Take II
20:02	FIXED	Scrolling up != Scrolling down
19:58	TEST	Take I
19:58	CHECKED	Well, if no silly cockroaches come along the way, I should have more than enough time to test this
19:57	DONE	The Scroll buttons should work now
19:54	CONFIRMED	Works
19:51	TEST	Take II
19:51	FIXED	Extensions are required
19:49	TEST	Let's see now!
19:49	DONE	The scroll icons should appear in the save screen accordingly
19:41	LINK	Savegame routine will pick them up
19:40	TECHNO	Given the way Star Story has been written I do expect them only to be used in the savegame screen, but you never know where else they can be useful, so it's always a good thing to make them more general... They ain't that RAM eating, anyway.
19:39	DONE	I've put the icons for up and down into the main loader
19:37	STUDY	Up and Down icons for scrolling
19:34	NOTE	I do follow "Wie is de Mol?" is that limits my time!
19:34	GITHUB	I've moved #22 to "In Progress"
19:33	CLOSED	#20
19:31	STATUS	It works!
19:29	TEST	Take II
19:29	FIXED	Syntax error
19:27	TEST	Take I
19:27	MAPSCRIPT	I've linked the save functions to the GoSave function.... cheap, yet effective and costs less RAM too
19:09	CONFIRMED	It works... I get the expected error
19:07	TEST	Take III
19:07	VISUALSTUDIO	Compiling
19:07	LINK	So that's been linked together
19:06	NEIL	Glue code
19:06	C++	Okay it really WAS missing... Not any more
19:01	BUG	I do NOT believe THAT!
19:01	HUH	Oh really?
18:59	TEST	Take II
18:59	FIXED	Right-o
18:59	STUPIDITY	Forgotten declaration
18:59	BUG	Ah!
18:57	TEST	I wanna know if that works (if that does I'll get a crash as the event being linked to has not yet been created, but that's a later concern)
18:56	DONE	This should also result into clickables doing their specific events if properly set
18:56	DONE	Walking check
17:14	STATUS	I still need to take a break though.... I'll be back to work soon!
17:14	DYRT	Dyrt was giving me a few cockroaches, but we're back on track
14:57	DYRT	Today I'll first get to test somet things in Dyrt... I may due to less time today not yet focus on the new dungeon, but I'll make sure everything's ready for the new dungeon to start... Since the combat engine is one of the next things in Star Story I'll need to be really able to focus on that, and then Dyrt may not be in a too complicated setup
0:45	STATUS	And that will be it for now!
0:43	GITHUB	Repositories updated
0:40	BACKUP	Running!
0:38	SYSTEM	I guess some maintenance is also needed on my main drive
0:38	TODO	#22
0:35	TODO	#21
0:35	TODO	#20
0:31	CLOSED	#18
0:29	DONE	I've ensured that if the player arrives after a normal walk, a clickable event NEVER takes place
0:25	CONFIRMED	So far, so good!
0:23	TEST	Take XI
0:23	FIXED	I guess I needed to do this the long way around
0:21	BUG	However clicking them will now crash the game, though, and I need to find out why!
0:21	CONFIRMED	At least the clickables are listed now and no longer ignored
0:18	TEST	Take X
0:17	FIXED	Error would pop up anyway, even when everything was right
0:17	COCKROACH	Hmmmm....
0:14	TEST	Take IX
0:14	FORCE	Let's force things then
0:11	COCKROACH	Perhaps this traceback can get me some answers, as this no longer makes any sense at all!
0:11	RESULT	Error: [string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:100: Clickable::Create(NPC_SAVE1,YAQIRPA,816,function: 0000019158078E50,NPC_SAVE1,nil): Illegal function call! State: FLOW_FIELD stack traceback: [string "--[[?]] local Neil = Neil --[[ Neil Translati..."]:4: in function <[string "--[[?]] local Neil = Neil --[[ Neil Translati..."]:3> (...tail calls...) [string "Apollo_Panic"]:24: in function 'Apollo_Panic' [C]: in function 'error' [string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:100: in function <[string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:84> (...tail calls...) [string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:122: in function <[string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:113> (...tail calls...) [string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:215: in function <[string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:173> (...tail calls...) [string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:336: in function <[string "Script/Flow/FlowField.NeilBundle/FieldMap.nei..."]:334> [C]: in function 'xpcall' [string "--[[RawCall]]..."]:5: in main chunk
0:06	TEST	Take VIII
0:03	UNDESIREABLE	It may slow down the loading a bit, but who cares... I doubt anybody will notice that millisecond of time loss
0:02	FORCE	Not really good for a beauty contest, but I guess it will get the job done... at least... I hope so
0:00	NOTE	I guess the multi-value return is to blame here... Something Neil cannot really handle right
0:00	RESULT	Clickable::Create(NPC_SAVE1,YAQIRPA,816,function: 00000240DDD86D20,NPC_SAVE1,nil): Illegal function call!
- = 2 Oct 2020 = -
23:56	TEST	Take VII
23:55	DEBUG	Error line added.... If not right, error!
23:55	NOTE	I have the feeling the system didn't really understand what I was getting at here
23:52	INVESTIGATION	It's making less and less sense now, but at least I got a lead now... well, sort of!
23:51	BUG	Well, I'll be, the constructor for clickables must dump a message in the log and doesn't do that... which means that it hasn't been called...
23:49	TEST	And let's see now, Take VI
23:49	DEBUG	And another
23:48	DEBUG	Extra debug line
23:47	HUH	No clickables? And yet the automator says it found one.... This is interesting....
23:45	TEST	Take V
23:44	FIXED	Illegal class usage
23:43	TEST	And See what this checker lists
23:42	DEBUG	Let's first make a checker for all clickables
23:29	INVESTIGATION	Elementary.... We do need to investigate why!
23:28	BUG	Clickables appear to be ignored
23:28	STATUS	Walking normally still works
23:26	TEST	Take III
23:26	FUCKYOU	GRRR!
23:24	TEST	Take II
23:24	FIXED	Ah, declaration issue
23:23	HUH	"CLay" unknown identifier? That can't be!
23:21	TEST	Let's see then...
23:21	NOTE	I can test if Wendicka does respond to this, though
23:20	NOTE	The events tied to this do not yet work
23:18	DONE	Clicking clickables should make Wendicka walk to them now
22:49	STATUS	Before I get onto the other things, let's get the savebook to work first, and maybe I can also get onto scrolling
22:03	FIXED	Player invisible after entering great hall
22:00	MAPSCRIPT	Great Hall And tutorial about foes
21:35	CONFIRMED	Not really up for the beauty contest, but at least it works....
21:26	FORCE	I didn't want to do this, but I guess a "ForcePassible" has to bring the solution now, or this will take forever!
21:21	TEST	Quick test!
21:21	KTHURA	Obstacles have always been a kind of an issue in Kthura as far as the BlockMap is concerned... Nowadays I even stopped using them in connection with the blockmap and I use zones in stead now to make sure the BlockMap is properly generated.... Of course, since this was the first dungeon ever created with Kthura, I was back then not fully aware of its pros and cons
21:20	DONE	I've set the zone with the book to also respond... This was needed anyway (in case players walk back), and this also fixes savegames that would malfunction in the process
21:15	HUH	And no crashes now!
21:13	VISUALSTUDIO	Let's run in VisualStudio now to get more answers
21:12	MYSTERY	I cannot see why the game crashed (without a warning or error message), but at least the log indicates that the clickable has been created!
21:10	HUH	Crash?
21:08	DEBUG	Because I cannot see if stuff works the way it should, I've added a few debug lines
20:15	CONFIRMED	Fix confirmed
20:13	TEST	Quick test!
20:13	FIXED	I think
20:12	BUG	But when saving it tries to load in stead of to save, and that leads to a crash, but it shouldn't have happened in the first place
20:12	CONFIRMED	The save tutorial only appears once
20:11	STATUS	No more crashes on THIS department
20:08	TEST	V
20:08	FIXED	Very big error
20:06	TEST	Take IV
20:06	FIXED	I think I fixed this
20:00	TEST	Take III
20:00	POWERSHELL	B.A.R.F.
20:00	EXPERIMENT	I hope this helps
20:00	HUH	This should never have resulted into "nil"
19:55	TEST	Take II
19:55	FIXED	Syntax error x2
19:51	LINK	Well, let's see if this works, then!
19:47	GENERATION	Should get to work as soon as a new map is loaded!
19:47	DONE	Clickable generator
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