MISSILEBOATER'S PROFILE

author=DJC
The bug with Sammy's equipment slot results from a conflict between his hero and class data. The engine doesn't resolve the dual wield flag in the desired and previously assumed manner, but I created a duplicate initial class to bypass the issue.

Here's a link to a small patch update that should cause Sammy to function correctly. Let me know if there's more issues!

The fix doesn't seem to work for me. It still forces Sammy back into Dual Wielding when I load the save.

Edit: In the Abyss, right after selecting the three parties before battle, I get an error message "Event script referenced a common event that does not exist." when the screen fades to white.

Thanks for the saves. It is strange how I no longer experience skill mixing, but the seemingly simple fix using the Skill Shard system doesn't work. Could just be something about my device. I'll report if anything out of the ordinary happens.

Edit:
Well, something strange did happen. I was doing some Phoenix Cave Battle Arena, and I came across this screen after the last battle:
https://rpgmaker.net/users/Missileboater/locker/Everlong_EquipBug.png

After trying the first option a few times with nothing happening, I used the third option. Checking the equipment of my heroes got me to this:
https://rpgmaker.net/users/Missileboater/locker/Everlong_SammyWrongWeapons.png

Sammy originally had a Ziedrich equipped in the Arm slot. Strangely enough, this bug stuck with the previous save file I had, but seems to fix itself once I changed Sammy's style back to Dual -> Default -> Shield+.

author=DJC
@Missileboater

Thanks for uploading the save files. I tested as you instructed and did not duplicate the bug, just as you are now experiencing. Adding some forced frame waits to the menu and skill equip code seems to have remedied the issue. Hopefully this error is fixed, but keep me posted.

The new code will also clean up hero skill lists if you load and exit the Skill Shard System. For example, Keen will no longer have multiple copies of Desperado, a skill that is not even on his list. Unfortunately, any heroes that have invalid skills on their lists (negative values or numbers beyond the database limit) cannot be fixed and still crash the game. The code should prevent this from occurring in the future.

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Manage to make my way through Phoenix Cave without any further issues with skill swap. There are probably other maps with the issue, such as the Tower of Propugnaculum, where the problem started for me, unless the fix is universal. In the former case, going to have to go through it again later to find them.

I have tried to mess around with the Skill Shard system, and the mixed skills are staying.

Thanks for the update. I was planning to finish the game before posting, but the combination of being busy and getting the game-breaking skill-swap bug prevented that, so I'll post what I have so far on bugs:

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1) I managed to pinpoint a location where the skill swap bug happens. Just installed the new patch and the problem is still there. To me, it happens in the first room where Trap Doors appear in Phoenix Cave. If you are within that room and you open/close/switch parties within the first menu, skill swap tends to happen. Opening and closing the first menu twice usually does it for me, with Keen in Party A or Vixen in Party B getting an error that causes my game to boot back to the title screen if I try scrolling to the bottom of their skill list.

The bug doesn't happen if I avoid the menu, since I can fight battles and open chests without it happening. However, it's a big issue in Phoenix Cave since you have to swap parties in that room, and multiple times from the little I played of it so far.

I have the save file before that room if you want to test it out yourself, and to make sure it isn't just me.

2) Keen's second skill scroll is lit up, but I cannot activate it. This is probably Dispel Slash, since it was around the time I picked up that scroll.

3) The Yellow Beret headgear item doesn't seem to prevent Paralyze, as my White Mage wearing it was paralyzed by Marowit's Luminare. Not sure about the Daze prevention, since lightning usually inflicts both and you can't see multiple statuses stacked on the same character.

4) In Nemus Aevum, past the first knight with the middle-left path taken, there's a chest on the far left up on high ground across a bridge that seems to be unreachable. I might've just missed a path, but the most obvious one seems like it's blocked by a flower.

5) Not too sure about this one, but it seems like Drakeor's Spear Rain's Piercing Resist reduction doesn't work with Keen's throwing consumable weapons. Could be that Pierce and Piercing are different damage types, or the bonus isn't significant enough to tell.

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And here's some thoughts:
1) There are a few temples on the world map that haven't been updated, namely Mjollnir -> Vaethros, Lixandru -> Lixandra, Carbunkle -> Stellio.

2) Could be nice to know if a Dispel ability is Magic or Physical. Tried using Prismatic Eye on Marowit's Reflect to try to break it, but instead it was reflected back. Energy Collapse and Jump work well though.

3) The help totem in Pullus Unda says that the map gets revealed as I explore it, but it's shown fully at the start. Might just be a Normal mode thing, as I do remember having to explore on my own in the past.

4) In Nemus Aevum, Dragona says that Kuwadora is in the west, but he is actually to the east, unless left and right don't correspond to west and east, respectively.

5) Sammy seems very weak when he's reborn. This might be due to the fact that his weapons were originally balanced to deal about half damage each compared to others since he was the only one who dual-wielded, but he still gets hit with the penalty fully when reborn.

6) Drakeor and Vixen's special spells don't seem to scale all that well. For example, from the tooltip, Drakeor's Kurgalaxes deals about 3300 damage to all enemies at level 99, while Keen's Catastrophe deals about 7500 to all enemies in addition to causing status effects. Considering the effort it takes to get each of those, their skills just seem underwhelming in the damage department.

Hey Everyone,

Recently re-discovered this game after quite a long time (about 5 years ago with an early RM2k3 release). I was surprised to see that this game is still being updated so I decided to check it out, and I am amazed at how much has changed. It's still early into the game, but I already see a lot of new stuff and it feels surprisingly fresh.

I did discover some bugs though:
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1) In Vanguard, a set of gray tiles (such as the ones surrounding the garden fountain) appear over the characters instead of under them.

2)Currently going through the Tower of Propugnaculum, and apparently I got hit with the skill mix bug. Justin suddenly got Prismatic Eye and Banishing Blade (Keen's skills if I remember correctly) as well as Arctica (from the animation, looks like Vixen's Ice summon). Since I recently got the new Lesser Shard accessory, I thought that was the cause of it and fiddled around with it along with the skill shard menu to try to fix it. However, all that did was also give Justin the Psyche ability as well.

I don't know if it's the Lesser Shard specifically, considering I initially equipped it on Meredith and she (along with Glen and Vetu) were unaffected. I do have a save before I started the series of dungeons (before Internus Vorago), so I can reload if things break really bad. It is strange how I do get access to skills from characters I haven't recruited yet, although hilariously does make Justin pretty powerful with his mix.

==Found a few more===

3) When talking to the merchant in the Airship Fleet battle with Glen's party, Sammy's and Keen's dialogue also pop up despite them not being in the party.

4) I was using the autosave feature at the beginning, but recently disabled it since I manually save after every little thing anyway, so I rather have the extra 2 save slots. However, during the first visit to Fhorestian, when I used Slot 14 to save, and the game changed Glen's name to (Autosave 1). This persisted into other saves and also during dialogue. Saving in Slot 15 changes his name to (Autosave 2).
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I'll report if anything else strange happens. Despite the weirdness that happened, I am enjoying the game a lot. Thank you DJC, for making and maintaining Everlong. And I honestly won't mind paying for the game, for the amount of content, systems, and the interesting fights that happen later on that I can recall.