Neil glue code expanded

I've set up a clickable class

I've retagged the savebook.... Easier for me to script, you know :-P

Test comes later

Let's compile it all, shall we?

Done

Saves me a lot of work later, you know!

And now to cheat things up a little

Basic function

API

And now for the API, but there's a little crux here, as when an object doesn't exist, it should not be checked.... Maybe I should make Apollo crash out to that anyway, and leave it to the script to check that up

Done!

Going for the Kthura Core first would be the wisest approach

The next step will now be the "clickables"... These are very important, you know... NPCs and stuff will be accessible this way, but they can also be (ab)used in order to do the save book....

And that will be the only take, as it all works as it should.....

Take I

I'll test later... I first have a few real-life issues to take care of!

And I guess I gotta put this to da test!

And the explanation will follow

MapText should be loaded now *if* it's available

I had to look up how the mapscript was stored.... Well that happens to be in the way I expected so that makes things easy

My next objective here is to make sure the MapScript loads upon loading a map, and to attach it to the mapscript of the Yaqirpa so the save tutorial can be put onto the screen

I've done my stuff here, and fixed a very crucial bug.... My next objective in Dyrt will be a new optional dungeon, so that can keep me away from Star Story, especially as the start of the combat engine is closing in

That will be all for now... The next step will now be to make sure that the scenario is chained to the map, so the game can easily connect to the mapscript. After all the game begins with a tutorial about saving, and will soon after also have a tutorial about encounters.... Covering the encounters themselves will be a later concern.... The battle engine has not yet even been set up at all.... And like always, the battle engine will be the most complex part of the entire process....

AT LAST!

Take XXII

Jeroen, you moron, you did only half the job (and the most crucial function in this particular case was forgotten)

Take XXI

More debug

The script says the right ifno is sent, yet the engine appears to have a different opinion....

Extra debug line to find this one out!

Fix ignored

Take XX

And fixed... I hope

Idiocy confirmed

Now this is interesting... The produced log shows that it's using the LAYER name in stead of the LABEL name

Take XIX

A debug line in my C++ code in order to get some answers!

At least showing the player works

Take XVIII

compiling

Code typo in my C++ code.... Due to it being an API call with a string, the compiler never picked that one up

What?

Take XVII

Syntax error

Take XVI

I've at least made sure the player re-appears after hiding and showing stuff... Since the player has no label at all, this needs to be done manually

The logs show that there are entries to be shown, so why it doesn't happen is beyond me

FINALLY!

Take XV

I forgot to compile Apollo

Take XIV

IS ER EEN DOKTER IN DE ZAAL?

Take XIII

Code typo

Take XII

ZIEK word je hiervan!

Take XI

Syntax error

Well, NEXT (Take X)

Console command

Debug

Neil

Put this in the API

for Debug purposes!

Labelmap dump

But it doesn't show what has to be shown, either

At least it hides everything

Take IX

Save Game file

I can fix the savegame manually

the code itself

WTF? Why was the layer name not saved as a string?

Take VIII

Hmmm

The question is now why the hiding of objects is being ignored

FINALLY!

Take VII

PLEASE!

Fix ignored!!!

Take VI

Why do so many nonsensical errors pop up when I only need to have a savegame linked to Game Jolt?

Take V

!

GRRRR!

Take IV

Hopefully this fixes that

It falls over the fact that the player is not yet present

I do not know why but nothing happens

Take III

Forgotten "end"

Take II

Syntax error in mapscript

Glue error in Kthura Neil linkup code

Take I

I've set the mapscript to show and hide stuff by label accordingly now, and I've also linked them to the ZoneAction routine

VERRRRRY important, you know!

I've set this all right now in the general map link code, so I can easily access it from mapscripts

Compiling

And that links it all indefinitely

Neil glue code

NOT THERE YET!

Linked to scripting engine

API functions

And about 500 error messages disappeared in the process.... sheesh!

Removed a } on a very crucial spot where it shouldn't have been

There's also the Apollo part of the code

That covers the part of the Kthura core code

Showing and hiding by label has now been coded in the core of Kthura

This will require me to dive into Kthura itself, as this is a core feature

The next part will be the possibility to hide and show based on the labels

It seems to work now!

At least I now know that the CONSOLE error doesn't appear anymore

Not sure if this will work, but I gotta try things out

I do see a dramatic drop in the fps....
Now this not always to blame on the current code, so I need to be careful before setting conclusions to this...

I think I got the "No "CONSOLE" flow" error under control now...

Take XVI

Sigh!

Take XV

I see why the MapScript didn't work

First of all is it beyond me why the Zone Action doesn't trigger on the spawnplayer, which is also odd....

"Nil" value is not possible... This is a fully automated metatable...

Take XIV

I think

This is odd... Maybe I linked things differently in Dyrt

WTF????

Take XIII

Hopefully that fixes stuff

I've brought the IsInZone to the collective object

"Main Object must be either Object or Actor (it is a )"

Take XII

The error cannot be happening, but I expanded the error in order to get more clarity on this bullshit

Take XI

Let's NOT talk about that one!

Take IX

I configured Visual Studio to perform the BARF automatically whenever I compile the C++ code

Compiling

And that links it all

Glue code

Part of the link done that way

Attached as an API

Is in zone function for Apollo

I hope I voided that no CONSOLE flow issue

Yeah, with IsInZone a valid error pops up

Take VIII

I've linked the ZoneAction to the main flow

I do not know why it complains about the CONSOLE flow, as there is no reason for this to happen

Take VII

Did I void this?

Member is not static... Of course it's not... it was not even a static call....

Take VI

Init needed

Take V

Wrong variable

Take IV

Fixed that

I do need to set this right, eh?

Take III

Ah!

FUNCTION VALUE?????????

Take II

Syntax error

Take I

Now it comes down to hiding and showing by labels.... Something the API does not yet support. I did however put a debug line in the first event.... It should cast a message if it works....

Zone Action

Of course, the linker has not yet been set up, and that means that everything it still possible

No more crashes

Take VI

only " make a string in Neil... not '

I think I fixed all unknown identifiers

Voided that issue

I really must find out why Neil doesn't accept "self" in Destructors

Take V

Destructor definitions are a bit different in Neil

Take IV

Kettingkaart -- For the short term I won't need it, and when I need it I think I must recode that anyway

Take III

BARF needed

This error was in a bug routine, so another error is expected, but at least I can now see what it is, and very likely also WHERE it is!

Syntax error in Neil itself

Take II

For now I'll void that... I don't need it anyway, and in the rare occasions I still might (I don't expect them) there are tons of ways around this....

I see that infinity is still not operating the way it should

All I can test so far is if no errors occur, but that already counts for a lot.... Neil is still pretty fragile, you see....

Zone Action main script has been transferred and been adapted for Neil

I think I fixed the fact that "infinity" was ignored by Neil

This means that I am ready now to get onto the ZoneAction routines.... And these are very important, as 99% of the stuff happening in the game is bound to that, and don't underestimate it as there are many things taken care of by this routine than you think. Not only the activating of bosses or scenarios, but stairways linking to each other also happen through all this....

It works!

Take II

Barf

Fixed

Linkup error

I need to test if this works, though

This should also work on if Wendicka walks on while a BoxText is up

AutoTexPlayer is now part of the CallBack setup.... This should also cause Wendicka to automatically turn her face as she walks

Success!

Let's try that again!

AHA!

Compiler didn't like that!

Compiling!