Everlong

I recently discovered this game, and I have had a lot of fun playing it. Thank you for creating it and constantly working on it, DJC. Before reviewing it (which I'll do once I finish it), I wanted to ask a few questions and report a few bugs I´ve seen. For context, this is my first time ever playing it, and I downloaded the 3.31 version from the official website on the 18th of February, so it should be the latest version, with all the fixes you´ve outlined on the blog, I think? I had very few issues, which were:

-that chest in the Cascade caverns which makes the game crash.

-Vetu´s level when he joins the party being aroud 60

-the airship docking function is a mess. I read you´ve decided to change that into having mere proximity trigger the docking option, and I definitely agree with that choice. It took me hours to figure it out, because unless I approached the dock from the right direction (different between locations) and put it on exactly the right tile, it didn´t offer me the option to dock. Another issue is that I had no idea where the teleportation tile inside the airship was at first, because it´s not visible until you dock and activate it. All in all, it was very frustrating. May I suggest having a visual marker for the teleportation tile even when the airship is not docked so new players aren´t lost?

-I got the debug message before Altair´s battle.

-Crissaegrim is, from what I read, a double-handed weapon, so it makes sense dual wielding characters can´t equip it, but single wielding characters can equip it and yet retain their arm equipment?

-Dragona´s directions for Kuwadora were wrong.

-after leaving Ignis Castrum down the lava tubes, no direct path between Niveus and the dwarf castle opened up, which means I had to redo the entire Cerulean Silex so I could go back and recruit Peregrine after reforging the Pumice. Is that normal? Given that the 4 aspects of power are said to be doable in any order, I would have preferred knowing that it was best to do the Cerulean Silex after completing Triangle Island and the Phoenix Cave, which is where I found the two Pumice pieces, if I´m remembering correctly. As it stands, Ignis Castrum is the only settlement in the game you can´t reach quickly once you have the airship, necessitating redoing an entire dungeon.

-at one point, about 80% into successfully battling Uber Daemon, the game froze. No crash, but the speed gauges weren´t moving, so the game was stuck. I had to close it, which was a bit frustrating, as you can imagine. I have no idea what caused it, and it´s the only battle where that´s happened.

-the skill swap issue others have commented on. I am pretty sure I noticed it after applying the rebirth option, although I am not 100% certain it´s what caused it (I´ve done the Phoenix cave, and from what someone else wrote, it´s also a possible culprit). So right now, that means only Meredith, Drakeor and Sammy retain their original skills. The other 9 have an interesting mixture, from Azrael having only a few of Vetu´s spells to Julia, Vixen and Vetu having the entire arsenal of another 4 characters, sometimes in duplicate. The reason I think it might have something to do with the rebirth is that the skills I acquired after level 99 were not transferred to other characters (Phoenix for Vixen and Kurgalaxes for Drakeor. Something bizarre happened with Beomaust, because it appeared on the list even before I had defeated it, but I could not really conjure it). Anyway, if it helps, DJC, I can try and remember more details about the way this skill swap is configurated.

-ever since the skill swap issue occurred, if I peruse a character´s skills during battle and mistakenly try to go below the last skill, the game crashes. This happens with Willis and Keen in particular.

-I don´t know if it´s possible, but is there a way to highlight the difference in color between hits that heal and hits that hurt the enemy? This was only an issue during the Kurgalaxes battle, but if I hadn´t read your strategy tips online, I wouldn´t have noticed that hits in his chrysalis state heal him. That light green looks a lot like the normal light blue, maybe especially because of the starlit background.


So going by the latest comments and announcements, since I have the autosave feature and the Scarab amulet, I definitely have at least the 3.30f version, but the fixes that were implemented since the 3.31a version aren´t there for me, despite the recent date of my download. Does that mean the official site doesn´t have the latest version and that I do need to download the latest patch?

Anyway, these are all the technical problems I´ve encountered until now, as far as I can remember (I still haven´t done the Abyss, last place left!). You´ve done a fantastic job, DJC. There are obviously a lot more things to be said about a game this huge! I just thought I would first get the bugs out of the way, and leave other observations for another post.

Oh, and just to get confirmation, the last slot at the bottom of the first page of Battle Arena is for Khaer Magnus, right? Which I can´t get until I do a new Game+ (or was it Continue+)?
Thanks again.

ETA: I had a few more bugs today. First, in Solus Insula, on the way down a battle started, but there was no visible enemy and I was immediately told I was victorious. Secondly, another battle with Uber Daemon got stuck (no movement on the speed gauges). This time, I noticed what sequence caused it. It was putting the Protect spell on a character that already had Might. It looks like the high values involved in this battle might be problematic.
Oh, and something else I´ve noticed: casting Slow on ennemies never seems to work. I´m always told the spell missed, even against regular enemies, whereas casting Haste on my own party members works just fine. Is there something I´m not doing correctly?