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At Last Alone: Canyon of Fires

author=name
i started back at a save and crashed again killing monsters in the city streets. i killed some then hit one and got:
"script" effectus antilag' line 1587: nomethoderror occurred. undefined method 'viewport1' for nil:nilclass" (i didnt copy case). game crashed cant play.

hm, i'd at least think she could put up a fight, challenge them 2 on 2 or even 2 vs 1 (i'd probably win it...). and seemed they gave her up way too easy, when that nation would be next on the chopping block.

still crashing...

Well, this is frustrating for you I'm sure. Where exactly where you killing monsters? In the town in the first nation? In the other nation (at night)?

Effectus Antilag script can sometimes get hung up on certain sprites for no good reason. I uninstalled that script and put in a different one. Maybe that helps? I haven't tested the game with this new antilag script, so if there is a problem you find, please let me know.

At Last Alone: Canyon of Fires

author=name
ok thanks. are you sure you put up the latest version of the game (not sure if i got it from here or its own site) because i dont know how you could get past the missing georgie pic. the alacof.exe file i got is 482 mb, and some files in it are from 2014, 2015. the graphics/characters are all 2014.

also, i got lockpicks as a drop from maybe it was bandits. and npcs mention using and buying them. i kept thinking to find a thief character then gave up on it.

um, you could make the chests like magical traps put there that open a normal map like a dreamzone of sorts where the player has to do a puzzle and defeat a monster to unlock it... lol, a workaround where they take the role of a lockpick.

EDIT: crashed again, screen all black cant play. this time, its when go back to city after finishing in the other nation, and going to break Aly out of prison 2nd time, it did the rabbit fine but then when he was to do his comedy act it became black screen, cant play. not sure why since it worked fine the first time getting her. so now im stuck.

(ps, killing muffintop was as easy as 1 fire spell did them all in, no challenge at all.)


There was a file corruption that happened when I compressed the game for upload, it seems. I have fixed the sleeping georgie now.

Yes, changing the chest and having a new minigame would be nice. But I had to move on to other things. Now they're just out there. Yeah, it's a little out of character to open them up and take things. But it's also a well-worn rpg trope so I decided to settle with it for now. But I like your idea!

As for easy/redundant battles: Yes, this is common. I'm bad at planning skills. You do seem to be highly leveled to where you're at in the game, so you may be excelling a bit in this department. I should commend you on your battle prowess - not all players have it as easy.

As for the crash: Thank you, this is a bug I missed. You shouldn't be able to go back and break Alyseth out of prison a second time. I missed a self-switch here. I would suggest, once you land back in town after you leave the other nation, head up to the castle. I hope you have an older save before going to the inn.

If there are other bugs or hard crashes, please let me know. There are always things I've missed!

At Last Alone: Canyon of Fires

author=name
crashes at beginning of game when cant find sleeping georgie pic. i copied another pic (a coffin) and renamed it what was looked for and that fixed it so now it shows a coffin when it would show georgie sleeping (instead of crashing).

i dont know how to lower the water in the cave. how? maybe add some help to that?

i have lockpicks but yeah never a way to use them. one shop sells them too.

the chests randomly just giving huge cash just sitting around i dont like very unreal, and stealing is character inconsistent. there could be ways to get money without that problem, whatever.

and the monsters on the paths right next to people and settlements, could be more realistic ways to have monsters around, like specifically hunting party, but whatever. sorry you spent so much time making it (i quit making one because such time wasting was no good)

crashes when woman guard of secret village reappears and clicking her starts pull of village leader after already did that.

some other issues i forget.

a party order ability might be good like to match battle order. do the dex and agility buff items do the correct stats or swapped?

the divine deck booster seems to mostly just give commons (i clone it and opened a lot to see). advanced is the good one.

best items from cave are often ignored by "optimize" so bit of let down.

the fooj and stuff language of the one woman is a turn off for me not sure how it benefits the game her constant foul mouth, name calling, etc bad minded.

most of the abilities characters get i never use. especially due to using multiattacks. can end battles in like 2 rounds usually by just dumping multis. so very redundant battles. hit max lvl 15 before new continent and then is like huh i cant go anymore but still random fights.

just posted since want hint to lower water. i dont have an item to fit in the room with the statues. i didnt need the 1-6 huts or frog. the 7th station was instantly obvious to me just from its own question before i saw those.

i'll stop now, probably forgot some crashes


Sorry you're having so many crashing issues. I'll go back to see what the issues may be. I played through with the latest build and didn't have an issue.

The second switch is just as you walk in the left area. There are three little rock piles in a row - walk along them and into a hidden wall. Go up and you'll find the switch.

At Last Alone: Canyon of Fires

author=bicfarmer
man, I wish i can make a 10 hour rpg, but im not even close. I think u got unlucky and some scripts happened to clash with each other, causing some unfixable problems.

Actually, I gotta apologize: Sorry, bicfarmer.

I was in a bad place last night and my skin was a little thinner than usual.

I'm actually glad you mentioned the crashing because I went back through and found the script problem. It spiked my lockpocking minigame... But a worthy sacrifice on the altar of gammak to make a game that doesn't crash every 3 battles.

So. Finally. A stable game. I played through the WHOLE THING. Not one crash.

Don't use fyxinput is all I can say.

At Last Alone: Canyon of Fires

Also, it's gotten to the point where I dread seeing that I've gotten comments on this game.

Nothing like spending 5 years on something for it to be a broken, shitty mess.

At Last Alone: Canyon of Fires

author=bicfarmer
Got as far as the canyon maze before the game crashed. This game isnt bad but it doesnt seem too polished. The lockpicking gets easily broken for some reason where it just stops responding to inputs after a few picks. Most NPC's dont say anything interesting and can easily block back alleys as they wander around, making town navigation difficult. Direct pressure heals for about 16-30 HP which is pretty much useless. Battles arent too difficult since everyone seems to have high crit rates. However, for some reason alot of enemies early on have counterattack and my party has no magic so there is no way to deal with it other than luck which felt a bit unfair, but it doesnt seem to have a high chance of success so it's not a big deal.

I assume this game is much longer than the other 2 games in this series, so its kinda sad that I ran into so much problems. This game probably needs more polish and bug fixes.


Yeah, there is a major problem with it and I'm not entirely happy with how buggy the fyxinput script made it.

Not sure which build you're playing - but there have been some substantial changes just in the past few weeks. But if you downloaded in the past few days, then things are still broke.

I'm pretty upset with how buggy it got... I really don't know what else to do aside from strip out a bunch of what makes the game even slightly unique.

Maybe it's time for a complete overhaul. :/

At Last Alone: Rescue at Moranthia

author=Old_Timer
Hi DJBeardo!
Thank you for the swift answer: I was at last able to finish the game. The first version I played was AtLastAlone1.exe (without RTP), the second you uploaded ALARAM.exe (with RTP): I think that's the source of the problem (change in the folders and files). I downloaded your two other games, but unfortunately tactical stategy (Risen) and too much stealth sequences(Canyon of Fires) discouraged me to start (the former) or finish (the latter) both. The quality of the games was not by far involved, just my own preferences of play.
For a first game ("start small""), I salute the great work you achieved. I'm looking forward now to the announced next instalment of your saga!
Best wishes,
Old Timer


Thanks for your kind words! I'm sorry that the other two games in the series weren't your style of game. You know, I've heard from a bunch of people that they respected that I was able to make a tactics game in RPGMaker, but they sure don't want to play it. Ha!

As for the stealth moments in Canyon of Fires - sorry! The prison sequence can get easier if you talk to the joke brothers; each joke draws out another guard so you can take away 5 guards from the path. But, as I was playtesting things, I found that you could just hold down shift and yolo-run through them all as long as you knew where to go. In fact, holding shift and running is the key to all the stealth parts - the guards are faster than your walk but slower than your run.

Anyway, thanks for playing the game and I hope it gave you a few hours of enjoyment! I hope you find some other games on the site that you like too!

At Last Alone: Rescue at Moranthia

author=Old_Timer
Help!
I don't know wether there is still someone checking that thread: I post it just in case. I'm completely stuck in the game, unable to find the rope ladder, despite may many repeated complete searches of every floor of Moranthia castle and village (there is now no more fiends in the place!).
Thank you so much for your answer!
Hopefully,
Old Timer

I hope too that the problem is not related with the game crashing I experiment when trying to talk to the last captive of the prison (Unable to find file: Graphics/Pictures/AdraedEmoset-7)!

Yep, I'm still following this page.
I have to say that the rope ladder is related to talking to the captive in the prison - he gives you the ladder. Sorry for the error - I don't know why this is happening now given the download has been up for years. I have updated it and it looks like it is working okay now. Lemme know if you have any more problems!

At Last Alone: Canyon of Fires

author=EggZekutor
Nevermind, I reinstalled the game and the bug disappeared. Maybe something went wrong during the extraction. I finished the game satisfied with both the gameplay and the story. I know you said you're on to other things in your Reddit post, but I do sincerely hope for a sequel :)


Thanks for your kind words! I'm glad you were satisfied!

At Last Alone: Canyon of Fires

author=blackassassin7
Yes, finally finished the game without any more problems. Thanks a lot for the quick response. Btw, is the ending hinting at a sequel perhaps?


That's great! I think you may be the first person to get through it!

Yes, I have a rough outline for a sequel. Not sure how long it will take. I have a few other ideas I want to finish before I move on to that.