Hey Ian
Thanks a million for that fix. The AI is now working as it should. Am
hoping to have my updated map ready for release in a few days.
Dickson
*From:*ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Ian Reed
*Sent:* Saturday, September 07, 2013 5:52 PM
*To:* ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [ian-reeds-games] Re: AI again, map creation
guide/changelog documentation and crash
Hi Dickson,
Thanks for keeping on me about these bugs. I have a lot of things I
work on between scripting features for TB and the new RPG engine so
sometimes things I mean to do in the near term keep getting pushed
back until I forget about them.
I've fixed the ai buff bug. It was a side product of adding the
friendly name flag to everything.
The AI compares the names of effects to see if it should use the
effect again and in this one scenario the name segregation was handled
incorrectly.
I couldn't reproduce the error you reported when saving a map and
returning to the main menu but I analyzed the error report you pasted
and I believe I've fixed the issue.
Ah yes, the map creation guide. I still need to get around to
updating that.
Hopefully I'll get around to it soon, or feel free to remind me once a
week until I do.
The 2 above bugs and the one Jarek mentioned are fixed in dev 36.
Hope everyone enjoys!
Ian Reed
On 9/6/2013 9:36 AM, Dickson Tan wrote:
Hi Ian
Have converted all my units to the new version 10 format.
Unfortunately the weird AI issues seem to persist and it also gets
stuck only casting 1 spell when I choose other units as test
cases. Has the way that you hint to the AI the kind of skill been
changed? E.g I've always used ai_buff to indicate buff skills and
ai_curse for detrimental effects that you can inflict upon
enemies. The latest version of the map with the version 10 parser
format can be found here
<https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2138237/demon%20wars%20cycle.zip>.
You've also done lots of great work on updating the flags that we
could use for maps and such. Could you also update the map
creation guide and/or changelog with these changes so that there
is a central reference that one can refer to? Have so many emails
with the release announcements of multiple versions detailing
changes that you've made.
Finally, in dev 35 when saving a map in the editor and navigating
back to the main menu, I get the following error.
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An error has occurred. Please notify the game creator of this
error. You can copy the entire error to your clipboard by
pressing control + C. Then you can paste it into an email by
pressing control + V and send the email to
support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an
instance of an object.
at Game.ExtensionMethods.LastSplit(String s, Char seperator) in
C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\ExtensionMethods.cs:line 26
at Game.HM.GetShortName(String s) in
C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\HelperMethods.cs:line 1048
at Game.Resources.DisposeMapMusic() in
C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\Resources.cs:line 109
at Game.HM.ReloadMapMusicAndSounds(Map m) in
C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\HelperMethods.cs:line 1063
at Game.MainMenu.Enter(Empty ent) in
C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\States\MainMenu.cs:line 30
at Game.StateMachine`1.EndChangeState() in
C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\StateMachine.cs:line 57
at Game.StateMachine`1.Process() in
C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\StateMachine.cs:line 40
at Game.Form1.RunGameLoop(Boolean keyPressed) in
C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\Form1.cs:line 242
at Game.Form1.Form1_KeyDown(Object sender, KeyEventArgs e) in
C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\Form1.cs:line 281
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyEventArgs(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmKeyChar(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at
System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at
System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd,
Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
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Keep up the good work and sorry for being the bearer of more
bugs/errors.
Dickson
