DJC'S PROFILE

author=kenlan
Hi.
Whats best, if i choose EXP on rate adjust and Default on monster scale ? For the first time i play this game.You have done so much great work on this game that it should be commercial if it was possible.
I really doesn`t find any answer anywhere, but surely missed them.
EDIT:i want a real challenge, the battles should be hard but fair/not frustrating

I would just leave the default options for difficulty and scaling. Then, if you find it's too hard, too easy, or not enough power leveling, change the settings as you play. You can adjust options at any time!

author=whacker
I've discovered a bug where dual wielding characters second slot weapons are duplicated. The weapon in the dual wielders second slot is duplicated into the first slot and the first slot weapon is put back into the inventory. I believe the cause is the battle arena breaking/removing your weapons and equipment. The save in my locker has Glen with 2 Masamunes and Justin with 2 Crystals.

Thanks whacker.

I just updated the v3.33 BETA patch. This duplication issue is addressed, but more importantly, the DynBattleChoices crash is fixed. Huge thanks to the plugin author AubreyTheBard for the correction. Either download the patch again and overwrite, or grab his plugin and place it in the correct game folder.

There are a few other changes I want to make before issuing a new version number, but for now there should be no more crashes with the updated patch.

author=whacker
I think I found a way to consistently recreate this semi-recent dynbattle choices crash. You can download the relevant save from my locker. My party is Glen, Meredith, Justin, and Vixen in that order. As soon as you load the save don't move and immediately open the red monster chest.
An octopus will attack and then one of the skeletons, then the Minock will swallow someone. This method requires Glen to be the one swallowed, so close and reload if he isn't swallowed.
After Glen is swallowed do these actions in order. Vixen uses Arctica, Meredith uses Castigation on Minock, Justin uses Elemental Cross(Minock should be the only enemy left), Meredith uses Castigation, Vixen uses Chocobo, Justin Attacks, and Meredith uses Restore. The game should then crash with Access Violation in module "DynBattle Choices.dll" in with address 6CD46112 and offset 00000004 of type read occured.

Thanks whacker. I was able to recreate the crash bug with your save file and instructions, though the battle actions don't even have to be an exact match to cause the error.

This is a plugin by another author, so I'm going to pass this along to him and see if he has any insight.

The review is much appreciated, zorro. Let me try to comment on some of your points and questions.

I can definitely see how the name changes are confusing if you're familiar with previous versions. The revisions were intended to correct unoriginality and remove the vestiges of the final fantasy fangame roots.

The major story revisions stop after exiting Mariner's Landing when you travel to Eridwell's Refuge. A significant amount of expanded or new scenes for the plot and character development after this point were cut.

Character access to weapons, armor, their skills, and physical attacks versus magic were all rebalanced to create equity. Later in the game when you reach maximum level and recruit an NPC that can rebirth your heroes, all characters can then dual wield weapons and gain access to equipment previously restricted, allowing more play styles.

The amount of money received and the costs of items was reduced by orders of magnitude to make it easier to accumulate a meaningful amount later in the game. Otherwise, it was too easy to max out in the middle of a dungeon and stop earning. Access to the bank in the realm of Purgatory where players could deposit their money originally addressed this, but the process was tedious.

Traders generally accept drops from monsters in the adjacent regions or the previous dungeon, unless they are special traders with rare rewards from Monster Hunter Island or other tough bonus zones. They're mostly meant as an alternative means to acquiring restorative potions, similar to collecting items in hunting grounds, so the player can spend money on equipment first.

Any problems with fonts has mainly to do with the rm2k3 engine. Prior to the official release, players needed to install the fonts for most games to display correctly. I used to include them in the download package, but the fonts are available on this site.

The character stats after battle is the newest addition to Everlong. No other rm2k3 game has this with the default battle system, as it's a custom DynRPG plugin I wrote myself. There's a limited amount of control, but I thought seeing stat gains on level up, and EXP to next level would be useful for players. If you do not like the short stats displayed when you first toggle the menu, this can be disabled via key press. I think it's the period "." button on the numpad, which cycles through short, full, and no display. Check out the controls section under options for more key toggles.

I believe the bug in battles with the "electric" animation was counter attacks being triggered incorrectly. I do believed this was addressed in a patch prior to the current version, so hopefully you won't experience that anymore.

"Tyr-Anon" refers to the nation or land, while "Tyr-Anox" refers to the people, or more specifically the military rulers, both singular and plural. They worship the warrior god Tyr, whom you can acquire as a summon later in the game.

Thanks again for the feedback!

author=the_zorro
This game is one of the games I played in my primary school. When my sister downloaded it back then, it was the earliest version of the game. I watched her playing as walkthrough and played by myself too. My sister finished the game and played the hero+ mode before our PC was broken for the first time. I didn't finished the game (the earliest version).

After some years (I was in high school, around 2012-2015), I downloaded it again and tried the v3.27(?). Of course there were changes here and there, but I thought I'd finish the game before I wrote a review. Throughout the gameplay, I noticed some errors and wrote an e-mail to DJC, but I kept the review for later. As I was stuck on Aquaron before I went away from my hometown to study at uni (and I could only continue playing when I was on my vacation), I finished the game either in the middel of 2017 or in early 2018. I was curious about what happened after defeating Entropy, yet I didn't want to take the hero+ mode, so I explored more a lil' bit before I came back to uni. Now, as I'm on vacation, I should be doing my review. But, I still can't do that because my PC is broken, so I can't wander to figure out more things, and the newer version is out. I just downloaded it on my laptop, yet I can't try the newer version soon--not until my laptop keyboard is fixed. So, I might write down some of my thoughts before playing the newer version and give a review later.

Sounds like you have a storied history with the game. A review would be much appreciated, especially for the current version.

After you finish the game, choosing a New Game+ restarts the player back at the beginning, but with experience and items saved. Choosing the Continue+ option returns the player prior to the final battle, free to finish any end-game content they missed and attempt the now available bonus dungeon, the Tomb of Khaer Magnus.