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Strange Bug

  • NicoB
  • 02/12/2011 04:46 AM
  • 2973 views
Hey guys,

So I've gotta question I want to ask you all. I've just recently encountered a really bizarre bug for 2k3 and was wondering whether anyone else has encountered it or figured out a way around it.

So one of my battle commands, I've set to Link to Event (instead of attack, defend, skill subset, etc.). I wrote an event for it in battle, so it should work fine. However, when I use it in battle, sometimes it will do some random action rather than the one it's supposed to do. A few times it had the character do an attack animation, another time it had him use a random item, and another time it actually had him attack himself! What the hell?! I didn't even think that was possible!

A majority of the time, the command works fine, but I really don't want to leave it as it is. Anyone have any suggestions?

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Nightblade
2723
02/12/2011 04:59 AM
It's a bug that only appears with stand alone commands. It can be reproduced if you select a skill, cancel out of it, and then use the command.

The way around it would be to avoid using stand alone commands whenever possible.
NicoB
3071
02/12/2011 05:40 AM
Damn, that sucks. So basically, Link to Event is a no go then? I can't really see any other way to use Link to Event without using a stand alone command.
Nightblade
2723
02/12/2011 06:26 AM
Make the skill a switch and have that switch activate whatever event you wanted to link to.
NicoB
3071
02/12/2011 06:34 AM
Alright, cool. Thanks for the help NB.
mellytan
995
02/12/2011 09:11 AM
Dude, that happened to me, too. Now that I know what's causing it, I might also have to take NB's advice.
Skie Fortress
2394
02/12/2011 02:27 PM
Instead of link to event. have you tried making the command a 'defend' command. That should work better than link to event.
NicoB
3071
02/12/2011 04:27 PM
@Skie: That was exactly what I wanted to avoid doing. I'm doing a special battle where I don't want to allow the player to defend. Note, I'm just doing it for these particular battles. Thanks for the suggestion though.
NicoB
3071
02/12/2011 11:06 PM
Alright, I've got another quick question for people. Do you know if there's any way to unlock someone's equipment after setting it to lock at the start of the game?
Versalia
must be all that rtp in your diet
1405
02/12/2011 11:10 PM
Set it to "attack" if it's an event that will target something in particular, then inflict and immediately cure a Paralyze status in the event coding. That will prevent them from ever actually attacking, and still run the battle script.

Also, if you want to start with locked EQ but later unlock it, start them equipped with a set of Cursed items and then replace them with identical, Not-Cursed items (or just remove them entirely) to "unlock" it.
Versalia
must be all that rtp in your diet
1405
02/12/2011 11:13 PM
author=Versalia
Also, if you want to start with locked EQ but later unlock it, start them equipped with a set of Cursed items and then replace them with identical, Not-Cursed items (or just remove them entirely) to "unlock" it.


Oh yes, or make two identical Classes. One with "EQ Locked" and one without it.
NicoB
3071
02/12/2011 11:30 PM
Awesome, thanks Versalia. Phew, I was pretty nervous there for a second. You see, the old demo had Slade's equipment locked, and I was afraid it would've had Slade's equipment stay locked in this new demo for anyone who played the last demo.
dragonheartman
Developer, Starless Umbra / Heroes of Umbra
2966
02/16/2011 09:47 PM
author=NicoB
Awesome, thanks Versalia. Phew, I was pretty nervous there for a second. You see, the old demo had Slade's equipment locked, and I was afraid it would've had Slade's equipment stay locked in this new demo for anyone who played the last demo.
I remember a similar situation occurred for me when I altered the exp curve. I don't remember the exact details but anyone who had played an old version either leveled insanely quick, or couldn't get past level 3 or 4. A lot of that data gets saved with the lsd files for better or for worse.
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