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Progressing Onwards

Somehow, in the midst of being eaten by irl, I've been managing to get work done on SEM. Especially recently. Thankfully I've managed to clear away all of the bothersome menu work. But while doing so, I also made some minor changes as well.

Caith's presence has been added to all the growth systems and menus. So that's finally out of the way. Re-arranging things to make room for her was a pain, but I managed to push down my irritation and finally just do it. It took almost a year of procrastination and slowly chipping at the wall to get to this point though. I feel that maybe I shouldn't gotten here sooner, but alas. Motivation is a fickle thing.

Secondly, some changes have been made to the Advancement System. The menu where skills and abilities are learned. Specifically in terms of learning spells. Before, all characters had ten spells, but only five Ether Ranks. Which meant they'd end up with any combination of those ten spells by their choice.

Well now, I've changed it so that the player will need to learn every spell in every tier in order before they can proceed to the next Ether Rank. So now, Gunnar will need to learn Thunderbolt and Shade Imperial before his Ether Rank progresses to 1 from 0. That way, more advanced spells are kept away a bit longer and earlier spells will be available to use.

The main point of this change is that you will never end up potentially missing an element you may find yourself needing down the line.

And that's pretty much all. This update's been entirely about the boring coding side of things, so I don't really have anything to share there. But with all of this crap out of the way, I can finally get to work on the story again. The menus and walls of code are finally out of my way as far as I can tell!

But let me throw this in.



It's a more modern(but drawn a while ago) rendition of Patchoulli's SEM design.

And with that, I bid adieu~

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(That shield. :-P)

As long as some form of remote progress is being done – I can’t complain!

And yeah, custom menu making stuff is always an annoying task, especially in 2k3. But at least it sounds like you’re finally done with it all. So it should be just smooth sailing from here on out now.
Well, considering that single target Barrier Ethers can now heal ailments (if anyone asks, it was my idea. As with Shade Imperial and Lumière extending to secondary attacks), the decision to have spells from both elements learned before reaching the next rank makes a whole lot of sense.
The shield gives off a Megaman X vibe.

But regardless, it's good that you're makin' good progress! Be sure to stay warm out there, I hear it's fuckin freezin' out there, it'll be hard to concentrate on game making with the weather being incredibly cold, hell, colder than Canada, and that's saying a lot. :P
author=Addit
(That shield. :-P)

As long as some form of remote progress is being done – I can’t complain!

And yeah, custom menu making stuff is always an annoying task, especially in 2k3. But at least it sounds like you’re finally done with it all. So it should be just smooth sailing from here on out now.


Yeah, it's almost neverending...until it actually ends. In which case, you wind up with this lost feeling since you've been doing it so long.

author=DBAce9Aura
Well, considering that single target Barrier Ethers can now heal ailments (if anyone asks, it was my idea. As with Shade Imperial and Lumière extending to secondary attacks), the decision to have spells from both elements learned before reaching the next rank makes a whole lot of sense.


Yeah, a friend of mine who played made the suggestion that all spells be learnable. Considering that it was possible to skip elements accidentally. But now that's not a problem. Though I feel a little apprehensive about bloating skill lists.

author=J-Man
The shield gives off a Megaman X vibe.

But regardless, it's good that you're makin' good progress! Be sure to stay warm out there, I hear it's fuckin freezin' out there, it'll be hard to concentrate on game making with the weather being incredibly cold, hell, colder than Canada, and that's saying a lot. :P


Hahaha, yeah, no kidding. I've seen the weather reports. It's madness out there. I haven't left the house in like, three days now. But yeah I'm fine for now. Thanks!
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