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A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
Well, to be fair, there are at least 5 people with character portraits who you can't recruit, and I should note that, for 2 of them, I was confused about why I couldn't (although it was for a very good reason, as it turned out).
Speaking of those two, Clive's death has to be the second most emotional scene in the game for me so far (only Mint's death beats it). I actually cried!
A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
Wow! From your description, I'd say you ran into something we programmers call an active memory reuse error, which is exactly what it sounds like. Having never worked in RPG Maker myself, I couldn't have guessed it had a limited number of global flags (what you, and presumably RPG Maker as well, called "switches").
In light of that, I'm just glad the process didn't segfault entirely! I suppose RPG Maker might have some kind of standard mechanism for raw memory protection, so that badly scripted games don't just crash the user's system, but still...
Thanks for figuring this out! Now that you've clued me into the problem, might I suggest taking a look at how the "general purpose" switches are used elsewhere in the game? If this happened once, it could very, very easily happen again, with no-one the wiser until something breaks. :/
In light of that, I'm just glad the process didn't segfault entirely! I suppose RPG Maker might have some kind of standard mechanism for raw memory protection, so that badly scripted games don't just crash the user's system, but still...
Thanks for figuring this out! Now that you've clued me into the problem, might I suggest taking a look at how the "general purpose" switches are used elsewhere in the game? If this happened once, it could very, very easily happen again, with no-one the wiser until something breaks. :/
A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
Bug report!
Going back through Solomon's Trail looking for extra goodies, I walked through one of the ordinary office doorways and the view crashed. Completely black screen, no tiles, no character, but the "Esc" info screen still showed up. Sadly, I didn't think to get a screenshot, but it wouldn't have showed much anyway (the screen was literally completely, uniformly black). There was nothing I could do but quit; I'm loath to try it again at the moment, in case it happens again.
I don't remember which doorway it was, but it was
EDIT: I figured out which doorway it was:
EDIT 2: I just tried that room again, and it worked, so whatever bug I ran into isn't constant.
Going back through Solomon's Trail looking for extra goodies, I walked through one of the ordinary office doorways and the view crashed. Completely black screen, no tiles, no character, but the "Esc" info screen still showed up. Sadly, I didn't think to get a screenshot, but it wouldn't have showed much anyway (the screen was literally completely, uniformly black). There was nothing I could do but quit; I'm loath to try it again at the moment, in case it happens again.
I don't remember which doorway it was, but it was
somewhere close to the exit to Sylvia's room.
EDIT: I figured out which doorway it was:
it's the one that leads to the single saecelium crystal record in which Solomon talks about apologising to the "other" Sylvia.
EDIT 2: I just tried that room again, and it worked, so whatever bug I ran into isn't constant.
A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
@Mizushimi Housekeeping already posted a solution for that earlier in the thread. :)
A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
I'm having way too much fun trying to :D I think I may just spend over 100 hours talking to everyone I see, just in case! ^.^
recruit people for Sanctuary.
A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
On a different note, I can't stop listening to Boomerang. :) The whole soundtrack is incredible, even when played on its own. I may just have to make a cover of Cloud Farm; I'll see if I have time.
A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
Thanks, Housekeeping! That's actually been a chronic problem for me in this game: the lack of mana potions and similar things by the time I get to the end of a dungeon.
I'll do my best with the information you've given me; I'd hate for the game to have to be dumbed down even further on my account. :(
It doesn't help that Oliver keeps using MP Vacuum and reducing Leif and Gainer to 0, where they can't possibly recover without potions.
I'll do my best with the information you've given me; I'd hate for the game to have to be dumbed down even further on my account. :(
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