Star Story

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19:23	VOID	One case of DarkText voided
19:22	VOID	GetFont doesn't exist in Apollo, so I replaced it with the equivalent that Apollo DOES have!
19:21	CONFIRMED	So far so good!
19:21	TEST	Take VIII
19:21	FIXED	Several unknown identifiers
19:06	TECHNO	Now "DarkText" is a library that was needed in Dyrt due to the used background, but in Star Story it's not needed, and will in fact only slow the the down needlessly, that should be removed
19:05	VOID	I removed to two "self" as they were both just mentioned in a destructor and that doesn't yet work very well
19:01	FIXED	The __LANG macro is now defined so that should work now!
19:00	RESULT	= __LANG in line #54(BOXTEXT) = SELF in line #??(BOXTEXT) = SELF in line #??(BOXTEXT) = BOXPIC in line #121(BOXTEXT) = DARKTEXT in line #126(BOXTEXT) = DARKTEXT in line #144(BOXTEXT) = ERROR in line #180(BOXTEXT) = ERROR in line #186(BOXTEXT) = ERROR in line #191(BOXTEXT) = ERROR in line #209(BOXTEXT) = GETFONT in line #211(BOXTEXT) Frankly, odd as it may seem this is good to see... It shows me that the main issues have been taken care of, and that the issues at hand are solely there due to calls to stuff Neil shouldn't support in the first place, but NIL did, so I just need to lead that otherwise, and that some libraries I won't need in Star Story but I did need in Dyrt are called, and that is just a matter of replacing functions.... The actual syntax issues (which I was most worried about) appear gone now, as this report only appears when that kind of stuff is taken care of! (Although it is possible the translation still generates invalid syntax in Lua, so let's not celebrate too early).
18:55	TEST	Take VIII
18:55	FIXED	Scope issue
18:53	TEST	Take VII
18:53	FIXED	Does it do now then?
18:53	HUH	Did Neil not yet support "do" scopes?
18:48	TEST	Take VI
18:48	FIXED	NIL/Neil conflict (x2)
18:44	TEST	Take V
18:44	VOID	Neil does NOT wanna see do and then at the end of for/while/if
18:16	TEST	Take IV
18:16	VOID	Neil doesn't like ~= (and it's dirty syntax in Lua anyway)
18:05	STATUS	At least the syntax errors in the linker appear fixed.... But the most complex part has yet to come
17:56	SOLVED	Ah.... Window file conflict
17:55	COCKROACH	Fix ignored
17:54	TEST	Take III
17:54	FIXED	Syntax Error
17:53	TEST	Take II
17:53	FIXED	Code Typo
17:46	TEST	Take I
17:45	STATUS	Time for the moment catastrophale
17:39	TODO	I think I'll prepare my dinner first, though
17:39	STATUS	Well, the big catastrophe is about to begin.... I hope it will work out....
17:38	MAPSCRIPT	And the log should now start (without audio)
17:35	NOTE	And from here there's no telling where things will lead to....
17:35	LINK	Loaded linked
17:28	LINK	The link code is present now!
17:19	STATUS	Some links must be set up first though... I only did the base code so far....
17:17	DONE	In theory the boxtext routine should work, although I highly doubt it
16:53	NOTE	It is important to note that I now need to work a few things out as the system will really not know at all now what to do with all this crapload of code
16:51	LINK	That link will be VERRRRY important!
16:51	SCRIPT	Callback for Boxtext in the field routine
16:49	ANALYSIS	Nothing really springs in the eye now that could cause trouble, but I'm sure there are thousands of things there that can and WILL cause me trouble.
16:45	NOTE	Ah voice acting stuff is present, but dummied.... Well that's a later concern, but I gotta keep it in mind I suppose
16:42	DUMMIED	Adaption for Eric's big secret in Dyrt has no value at all in Star Story, so let's dummy that code!
16:39	CONFIG	Color changes applicable for Star Story
16:36	LAZY	Quick link to the color function... I don't wanna have to replace all that crap
16:28	REMOVED	Neil doesn't require the keyword "void" at constructors and destructors... (In fact, NEVER place them in Neil)
16:24	TRANSFER	I've copied the boxtext routine from Dyrt, however, the former being in NIL and the latter in Neil some adaptions are required, not to mention that NALA was (thanks to MonoGame) set up in a way that is just garbage... Now in Apollo I can (thanks to SDL) set it up more properly!
16:23	DONE	Basis set up for the scenario configurator
15:38	NOTE	Before the audio comes into play I first need to make sure the actual boxtext routines will work, so fo rnow the focus must be put onto that.
14:01	STATUS	No errors (that was unexpected), but the logs look fine
14:00	TEST	Again!
13:59	FIXED	That should be fixed now
13:58	BUG	I DID get an error, but not the error I expected
13:53	TEST	And Now to see what'll happen!
13:53	LINK	Link to mapscript itself established
13:39	DEBUG	I've added an extra line which should confirm always that Lovejoy's rant function should start... Now the chance is big the game will crash anyway, as I made a link to a few features not yet present in Neil.
12:44	DYRT	And now first a few Dyrt duties
12:42	STATUS	The log says everything's okay now... All I can do for now is trust on that, as the Lovejoy's intro is not yet fully scripted... That will happen soon, though!
12:40	TEST	Let's throw in another test!
12:40	VOID	I'll do it manually this time, but this really should not be possible in any way!
12:39	BUG	Scheduling itself works, but when the calling comes it complains about an expected string value (which should have been given automatically if missing, so WTF is the computer talking about?
12:36	TEST	Let's see now!
12:35	BUG	No static member "Schedule" exists???
12:33	TEST	Another test then!
12:33	FIXED	Dang!
12:29	TEST	Let's see how things work out now!
12:29	LINK	Ah, there was a missing link to the mapscript scheduler
12:20	RESULT	Clearly the scheduler has not been called
12:17	TEST	And again!
12:17	CHEAT	Sometimes cheating can be so much fun
12:01	TEST	So let's put it all to the test and see what results my console returns!
11:59	DEBUG	I cannot yet check if everything works the way they should but at least these debug lines can tell me
11:12	NOTE	This will allow all scripts to schedule mapscript calls for the next cycle
11:11	LINK	I've linked the schedule requestor to the Map linker
11:04	BACKUP	Running a full backup now... This can slow down my computer terribly, but sometimes this is needed, you know!
11:03	VOID	I've written a way to void those
11:03	FAILURE	And suffering from some issues also
11:03	BACKUP	Was overdue
9:47	FIXED	Illegal class call
9:44	FIXED	Conflict NIL-Neil
9:43	VOID	Type bug in Neil
9:42	BUG	NeilProject/Neil#20
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22:53	NOTE	Very likely the game will produce MANY MANY crashes now!
22:53	DONE	Some pre-config done
22:29	DONE	I've set a small measure that can help me to quickly reload all scenario.... This is an experiment to make it possible to change the scenario language in game. No promises I'll make it happen, but at least I can try
20:30	NEIL	I DID do some adaptions to the scenario loader, but I fear I got a bit of a way to go in order to put it into good use...
18:57	TECHNO	The one written in NIL I got may very likely only need to be adapted so I can use it in Neil, although some issues may be there....
18:56	STATUS	Now I do need to make sure the scenario loader is properly transferred to Apollo.
18:56	NOTE	And with a littlebit of luck (unless I can get more done on the GJ API), we'll see.... I may only need the scenario editor now to do some spelling error checks... hahaha
18:54	SCENARIO	That part has been written out.
17:59	SCENARIO	Part of the scenario done
17:25	DONE	RL business
15:28	FAILURE	Oh waite.... dupe run?
15:23	FAILURE	It appears these NON-ASCII characters keep on coming... I guess I'll have to do some handwork to get all that removed then
15:19	TEST	That worked?
15:19	FAILURE	My Devlogger crashed without any apparent reason
15:18	NOTE	A lot of warnings came in about non-ASCII characters during the first save, though
15:18	SCENARIO	Merged
15:18	DONE	Fooled my scenario editor in to thinking it was all one big scenario file (while it was just a jql file linking stuff together. JCR6 is a wonderful tool).
14:56	DONE	Some pre-work
13:18	TEST	Well?
13:18	FIXED	Okay, then!
13:18	NOTE	Aha I see... In stead of two letter codes, the languages full names were used in this project
13:16	TEST	Another test is in order then?
13:16	FIXED	Ah, just a name change between the two versions... That's been corrected now!
13:15	BUG	That didn't work... I guess the directories have not yet been properly set
13:15	NOTE	Everything I do now is pre-merge
13:14	POWERSHELL	A quick script to make me quickly start things up
13:11	CONFIG	Done.... That was just a matter of changing directories....
13:08	STATUS	First I need to set up a script for the editor.... That is actually the easiest part, since all I gotta do for that is cannibalizing the script I used for Dyrt.NET
13:07	STATUS	Operation scenario is about to start... I gotta merge two scenario files into one in order to make this work properly, now the way to do it is easy, but that doesn't mean that it's not a lot of work... unfortunately.
- = 16 Sep 2020 = -
22:13	STATUS	Now the next step will be to configure my scenario editor... I will in a later stage of the game also have to merge the demo and full game scenario together, this can be pretty easily done with "cheating"
20:51	STATUS	FINALLY!
20:16	NOTE	It was indeed a remap issue.... Odd!
20:09	DEBUG	The logs indicate the mappings are not done.... Should not be possible, but hey, I gotta sort it out!
19:47	DEBUG	MOAR debug must gimme some answers
19:31	DEBUG	MOAR DEBUG CRAP and hopefully it tells me something!
19:21	HUH	Clearly the annoying line does not appear, which does mean the routine in question has NOT been called... But why?
19:19	DEBUG	I've now added a line that will annoy the crap out of me, but if it annoys me, I know that some needed routines are at least called at all, as it looks like it doesn't even do that...
18:56	TEST	But what will I see?
18:56	DONE	defined a few extra gamevars, and they are also handy for the savegame routine later anyway
18:53	TEST	Let's see, then....
18:53	DEBUG	Extra debug data!
18:47	STATUS	No more crashes, but the starfield doesn't appear
18:43	FIXED	Wrong object
18:04	BUG	Impossible (and unacceptable) claim of an unknown identifier
18:02	FIXED	Syntax error
18:01	FIXED	Code order error
18:01	VOID	Loading order issue
17:57	TEST	Let's have a look
17:51	SCRIPT	And I've written the script to show the Kthura map in the field flow
17:38	LINK	This has been linked to the "New Game" script
16:59	NOTE	(The reason I don't do this right away is not because it's hard, as it's actually quite easy, but it's very delicate and I can't test it right now, so it has to wait until I can test it!)
16:58	REMINDER	#8 -- And THIS is a very important one, also!
16:47	STATUS	Not there yet, though!
16:47	SCRIPT	A few crucial things have been done...
16:37	SCRIPT	Map Loader now present
16:15	STATUS	Now I can test if the star field appears, after I did some more scripting, but before I can get to the scenario there are several things to be done, I'm afraid!
15:28	PLAN	Contrary to the original game, I am planning to write the original story out so you can see it on screen. This was actually already planned for the original game, but never executed due to scheduling reasons. I will also not make it appear on screen in the startfield, like originally planned, but I'll just use the BoxText routines for that. This way I can also test if voice acting works in general. Since I would like to give Wendicka and Crystal voices (if I can find capable actresses to do their voices) and of course some actors who can do the others... I don't mind doing a few myself, but not all of them, and especially not the females.
15:26	MAP	I've added an extra entry to the intro map. This will be used for Admiral's Lovejoy's introduction story.
14:16	DYRT	Done my Dyrt duty
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23:05	UPDATED	Repository updated
22:55	DUMMIED	A debug line that would only be annoying on the longer run (and which I also no longer need, anyway)
22:37	SCREENSHOT	And this shows things are slowly getting on the roll again!
22:31	BUG	Now there's more trouble, but I need to check this out piece by piece
22:30	FIXED	C++ issue - Get color didn't return green too well
22:13	SCRIPT	I've set up a quick StatBar function that will be easily importable in all states
21:52	FIXED	Okay, i guess I fixed the core issue
21:32	FIXED	I think I fixed the maxcopy issue, and this should set the HP maxima to their correct values in stead of always 0
21:26	HUH	For some reason the instruction to store the value was missing.... Was I really that hurried?
21:25	NOTE	That confirms something is wrong in my C++ code, but what?
21:24	RESULT	CHAR: Briggs; Defined stat: BASE_Strength; value is now 0; Value must be: 103! = Strength for Briggs is 103 CHAR: Briggs; Defined stat: BASE_Defense; value is now 0; Value must be: 46! = Defense for Briggs is 46 CHAR: Briggs; Defined stat: BASE_Will; value is now 0; Value must be: 67! = Will for Briggs is 67 CHAR: Briggs; Defined stat: BASE_Resistance; value is now 0; Value must be: 42! = Resistance for Briggs is 42 CHAR: Briggs; Defined stat: BASE_Agility; value is now 0; Value must be: 21! = Agility for Briggs is 21 CHAR: Briggs; Defined stat: BASE_Accuracy; value is now 0; Value must be: 19! = Accuracy for Briggs is 19 CHAR: Briggs; Defined stat: BASE_Evasion; value is now 0; Value must be: 7! = Evasion for Briggs is 7 CHAR: Briggs; Defined stat: BASE_HP; value is now 0; Value must be: 840! = HP for Briggs is 840 CHAR: Briggs; Defined stat: BASE_AP; value is now 0; Value must be: 0! = AP for Briggs is 0
21:22	DEBUG	Things keep fucking up, all stats remain zero, while they should have a proper value. I've added a debug line that should answer me why!
20:26	HUH	No integer (from a variable that is set to it to only be able to hold integers)?
20:24	FIXED	Wrong API function link
20:11	FIXED	a few tiny things
20:05	FIXED	At least one part of the problem is fixed, but that bug should never cause THAT effect
20:03	HUH	" " as party tag? That is a lie!
20:02	FIXED	Hotfix
20:01	DONE	The portraits of Wendicka, Crystal and Briggs should appear now
18:30	STATUS	What I wanted to see works now....
17:52	CONFIRMED	!
17:45	STATUS	for now it seems that way?
17:45	FIXED	I think I fixed the issue ???
17:34	DEBUG	The same log also confirms that the trigger conditions should be true, forcing to make a class and not a group. Yet the system fails here.... Why? A few more debug crap lines
17:31	INVESTIGATION	The question is... why?
17:31	NOTE	The log confirms that the system tries to create a group even when it had to be a class....
17:29	INVESTIGATION	Why?
17:28	BUG	I see that neil is not really able to understand a "module class"
17:25	TEST	So let's do it!
17:25	NOTE	All I can test now is if no syntax errors occur on the way and if the Vector library is properly imported in the process.
17:24	SCRIPT	I've set the system to create 4 boxes to do the character's HP/AP/EXP in... 3 for the front party and one box for miniatures for the back row
14:01	NOTE	None of this has been tested, though!
14:00	SCRIPT	I've set up the way the boxes for character status, boxtexts and other stuff should be drawn.
13:17	STUDY	The exact measurements of the curve I made for the basis of the UI back in the original version.
11:54	TEST	Take VI
11:53	FIXED	Fixed it!
11:53	C++	Found it!
11:51	INVESTIGATION	Debug log confirms this is nonsensical
11:49	TEST	Take V
11:48	ANNOUNCEMENT	And behold: Wendicka Lovejoy!
11:48	DEBUG	More debug code will have to shine a light
11:46	BUG	"Set Member Out Of Range"???? Bullshitto! I need more debug info to sort this out!
11:45	TEST	Take IV
11:45	FIXED	Which I fixed now!
11:45	SOLVED	Ah, I see where it went wrong. I misread my error.... It was a bug in the glue code
11:44	HUH	It goes even a step further.... The DEBUG LOG even confims this bullshit!
11:43	TEST	Take III will show me what's wrong here then!
11:42	DEBUG	Extra debug line added
11:42	INVESTIGATION	Let's find out what the fuck is wrong here
11:42	HUH	Claiming to get a string while my code really shows a number? I don't think so!
11:39	TEST	Take II
11:39	FIXED	Invalid reference in glue code
11:37	TEST	Take I
11:37	C++	At least the engine compiles, that's always a good thing, but actually that's the base only.... The REAL test starts now!
11:36	TECHNO	Please note that when everything works the way it should NOTHING will change at all for the human eye... for now... The time I can see if this works will however arrive soon if I can work properly
11:35	SCRIPT	And I've set the party to begin with Wendicka (in uniform), Crystal (in uniform) and Briggs.
11:35	LINK	And that links it all together
11:35	LUA	Glue code
11:34	C++	I've added a function to the API to allow to configure the max size of a party
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