April 30 Update
Added 2023-04-30 17:06:19 +0000 UTCI had a themed development post written up, then this week went really well and I decided that I shouldn't distract myself. But then I ended up with a lot of things to report this week:
- Posted another art preview for $10 patrons, with some lovely new scenes. ^-^
- Also updated the big image pack, which is now 2.7 gigabytes of TLS scenes, fanart, and more!
- These posts don't include the above fanart I just received from patron TheShrubKing, which you see above. I haven't gotten much map fanart and this is fun to see!
- If you've ever wanted to try my series Street Cultivation in audiobook format, I've received a special deal all this month. 40% off for you, but I apparently get full royalties. I don't know how special this really is, but the publisher is pushing it hard, so I figured I should link it.
- Also dang, I just realized that the Street Cultivation trilogy has 5000+ collective ratings/reviews now. That's a lot.
I have made a lot of progress on TLS 0.67.0, picking up unfinished content from before. But to meet my goals for the next couple months, I need my weeks to come in well above average, so I'm hoping this momentum doesn't slip through my fingers.
Comments
Correct, I'm trying to work ahead without revealing my WIP content. Hopefully I won't repeat the mistake in future builds.
Sierra Lee
2023-05-06 23:50:12 +0000 UTCOK, I have confirmed that the reason I couldn't reproduce the error is that I am stupid. I never bothered to download build 0.66.2 until today which appears to be where the problem is. 0.66.2 (possibly 0.66.1, too lazy to check) has the Serum, Holy Draught, Eldritch Draught, and Sylvan Draught clear a state that is currently undefined. I assume noticing this is the fact that you alluded to as probably solving the error in your post above. I also assume you are intending to add a new state in 0.67 and were working ahead. Note that Nullshroom and Givini Potion in the dream world might need to negate this state for consistency with previous items, although this should never be an issue. One thing I still don't understand is why code that should fire on the CONSUMPTION of an item in Yanfly Shop is being triggered when attempting to SELL said item. In practical terms though, this is an esoteric concern. Hope that clarifies things, at least.
DukeLeto7
2023-05-06 21:50:52 +0000 UTCOooh, that's some really cool maps! I've been recently getting into mapmaking, trying to make an adventure set in a world inspired by the general vibe of TLS (but sanitized so that I can actually talk about it and find people willing to play it without expecting... yeah).
Seriathus
2023-05-06 15:10:17 +0000 UTCSo this is a bug in Yanfly Shop for condition Remove State? EFFECT_REMOVE_STATE = 22 # Remove State That seems to be the code trigger in effect.code. The effect.value1 has to be greater than 0 and not nil. Then effect.data_id has to be out of range or no icon associated with it. Any trace logs or saves that have this problem? I see there is some debug info sent to error_log.txt but not sure if the debug info is as detailed as Exit-EX. Kinda curious as to what values are stored in effect.value1, effect.data_id, and the States database entry it's using.
Ditto
2023-05-04 02:54:32 +0000 UTCThe main thing I want is some idea that this isn't papering over some other underlying issue. People using the altered version would suffice, I'd just prefer not to do that in an official release. EDIT: As of this edit, I have an idea about why this could be happening. It should be taken care of in the next build. You probably don't need to send info to Decanter or invest more time on this.
Sierra Lee
2023-05-03 23:51:19 +0000 UTCBe prepared for the possibility that no such understanding ever comes. Decanter's better than I am at scripting, but I'm not sure he'll want to put in the time it would take to arrive at a root cause diagnosis.
DukeLeto7
2023-05-03 23:24:15 +0000 UTCAppreciate you looking into this, but yeah, I think I definitely want to wait on a better understanding of the issue.
Sierra Lee
2023-05-03 21:23:05 +0000 UTCOK, we have A fix, though it might not be THE fix. If you add the following line of code @ line 1037 of the Yanfly Shop script: next unless $data_states[effect.data_id].nil? ... then that prevents the error from occurring. Mind you it just keeps the error from happening and whatever else would have been done @ what will now be line 1038... whatever that is. It doesn't address the underlying issue that some people's installations are triggering this state of $data_states[effect.data_id].nil == true and some people's installations are not triggering it. You can argue that I've just improved Yanfly's error handling here. Since I have very little idea how this works or why, I think having Decanter vet the code change is more or less mandatory.
DukeLeto7
2023-05-03 20:40:46 +0000 UTCYeah, I've seen reports. This is pretty not great, because I'm not sure what I'd to debug, so I'll hope a solution shows itself.
Sierra Lee
2023-05-02 22:06:52 +0000 UTCFYI, we have a really nasty bug in the forums. In certain cases, selling some objects are triggering an error in the Yanfly Shop script. It doesn't help that I can't reproduce the bug on my installation of TLS. Still trying to figure out the cause much less a solution. Will keep you informed as I have more info.
DukeLeto7
2023-05-02 18:12:32 +0000 UTCAh that makes sense, especially since the "borders" would not have formally existed under the Incubus King, much less in the exact same spot.
Dubsington
2023-05-01 14:23:43 +0000 UTCThey don't have exactly those same philosophies, but the name was meant to evoke that, yes. The other meaning was less the shape of the region than the fact that it's a series of valleys within mountains.
Sierra Lee
2023-05-01 12:22:19 +0000 UTCArclent is bigger than the others (Simon states this in the Stineford Academy library in chapter 1), but to a lesser extent than the example you gave.
Lamsey
2023-05-01 10:01:33 +0000 UTCQuestion just out of curiosity: Is the "chalice" in "Chalice States" meant as in the "sacred chalice" in Divine Feminine thought? I assumed so at first since it is a succubi area, but the more I think about it the less certain I am. And now looking at the map, it could just be a reference to the vaguely cup-shaped borders.
Dubsington
2023-05-01 04:26:13 +0000 UTCIt might be partly a consequence of how much more we've seen of a larger number of countries, but I was thinking Arclent might be considerably larger than the other two continents, like maybe comparing Afro-Eurasia to South America or Australia. But it's hard to extrapolate from that, since even one continent, or really just one country, could supply a lot more space than we could realistically explore within a single game.
Desertopa
2023-04-30 22:51:25 +0000 UTCThere exists a world map that will answer these questions, but the three continents aren't too far from one another in size. The world is relatively well-explored with more ocean-covered surface than Earth. My original plans included a sizable island that had been missed, but I don't think it really fits into the story anymore. There are some island chains that aren't properly explored. My worldbuilding in this case was very much politics first, with attempts to fit the continents into coherent latitudes. For mapping, I always do some basics with tectonic plates, rivers, and rain shadows, but TLS wasn't a particularly in-depth project geographically.
Sierra Lee
2023-04-30 22:18:02 +0000 UTCHere's a random thing I've wondered a bunch of times, which comes to mind since you're sharing images of all the continental maps here. How big are these continents in relative scale? We know Arclent is the biggest, but not by how much. And how thoroughly has the world been explored? Are there any potential Australias or Antarcticas lurking around in unattended regions of the map? I'm also curious how much of your time you've put into working out the non-political geography of the setting.
Desertopa
2023-04-30 18:20:45 +0000 UTC
