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[BobTokyo]

Well, we did need a thread for this.

[SConrad]

Ironically, it's the "King of All Code" (Bob calls me that) that reports the first bug of the released beta (it was actually jcompton that discovered it, and told me):

In BSC#Hub.d it says:

Global("AnomenRomanceActive","LOCALS",3)

and it should be:

Global("AnomenRomanceActive","GLOBAL",2),

which means that the players won't see that banter unless they change it and reinstall. This will be fixed in the final release, I promise.

[SConrad]

jc spotted two bad state triggers in that file again:

Global("LavokDead","LOCALS",1) //Lavok must be dead.
Global("PCKeepOwner","LOCALS",1) //PC must have the keep as stronghold.

You won't see those banters either. Dammit!

/*I actually checked my old versions of that file, and it was correct. I have no idea how it was possible for those to become such BAD examples of how you NOT write state triggers.*/

[SConrad]

A discovery. There isn't any GLOBAL's at all in that file. And now I recall why.

I had a momentary lapse of insanity and did a mass find/replace. Don't ask me why. All GLOBAL's were replaced with LOCALS'. The file was correct, and I screwed it up.

[Imrahil]

Not bugs, per se, but some proof-reading stuff that might help...

I believe the "Durring" in the Horn's desc. has already been noted.

When Fatigued, he says "Ma heid's burstin'." but in the dialogue (if you have the Feedback turned on) at the bottom of the screen it says "Maheidsburstin.", all one word, no apostrophes.

In his banter w/ Mazzy about the topiary, she says "Let us bestir ourselves, arose our swords..." which should be "arouse", I assume.

In the banter w/ Edwin, Edwin *snapps his fingers*, he says "Simian!(No wait,..." (no space), & it reads "...an' the doves, cause..." which s.b. 'cause (apostrophe)

The note from [the guy you get the gold back from] is signed "Your obedient serpent,"

The talk with Hamlish...
- uses lots of "..." where you'd used ". . ." before ("That's... that's wonderful.", "You'll... be ok?", "Mah son...") - I prefer the "...", for consistency with the rest of the game, but your internal consistency's off, too.
- "Ham. Ah may..." s.b. "Ham, Ah may..."
- "Yer ma always had a better hed fer business..." should, presumably, be either "heid" or "head"
- "...respectable middle aged" needs a dash between middle & aged
- "What!" s.b. "What?!"
- "Take care our Hamlish" s.b. "Take care, our Hamlish."
- I believe there's an "and" shortened to "an" without an apostrophe, as well

I'm about to take him to Spellhold, so I'll keep looking, but so far so good. The Pratchett/Python stuff isn't intrusive - I liked hearing the hedgehog song voiced - that was worth it by itself. The quest is very well done, as well - nice use of some characters who had no good reason for being there.

- Imrahil

[BobTokyo]

Thanks for the proofing catches.

More to be done for the Beta2.

[Shed]

Biographies have caps, so...



"When asked about his life, HUBELPOT seems surprised by your interest."


Why, in SC#FAN, does it only allow you once chance to talk to her? I wanted to do the quest after a bit of fun, but no, not allowed. If you used globals, you wouldn't need to use "NumTimesTalkedTo(0)".

In Minsc' banter, "alright" is spelt with one L.

Edwin's banter, only one P in "snaps", and when he says "... another notch. (and I thought it was impossible to do so)." it should read "... another notch (and I thought it was impossible to do so).", otherwise what you have is two full stops.



This mod R0X!

[SConrad]

Biographies have caps, so...

"When asked about his life, HUBELPOT seems surprised by your interest."

Already been pointed out, but thank you anyway.

Why, in SC#FAN, does it only allow you once chance to talk to her? I wanted to do the quest after a bit of fun, but no, not allowed. If you used globals, you wouldn't need to use "NumTimesTalkedTo(0)".

I know. It was just a lot easier to put an ~EscapeArea()~ there...

This mod R0X!

We thank you very much for the compliment!

[BobTokyo]

Why, in SC#FAN, does it only allow you once chance to talk to her? I wanted to do the quest after a bit of fun, but no, not allowed. If you used globals, you wouldn't need to use "NumTimesTalkedTo(0)".

I know. It was just a lot easier to put an ~EscapeArea()~ there...

This should be fixed.

[BobTokyo]

Just got second Minsc dialog before first Minsc dialog; we need to make sure that dialog 1 always fires first.

[SConrad]

Just got second Minsc dialog before first Minsc dialog; we need to make sure that dialog 1 always fires first.

Hmm... I'll look into this. I might be able to solve it without using GLOBAL's.

[BobTokyo]

Just got second Minsc dialog before first Minsc dialog; we need to make sure that dialog 1 always fires first.

Hmm... I'll look into this. I might be able to solve it without using GLOBAL's.

Yes, I understand that you hate GLOBALs.

[SConrad]

Yes, I understand that you hate GLOBALs.

Bah.

[Beyshaliban]

NO BUG!!

I just wanted to let you know, that I started a new game (just to pick up Hublepot), and since I now had him installed BEFORE I entered Enge's shop, he was there and asked for help.


Banters do fire in the order they appear in the according B-files, don't they? Unless you have a certain check on the first dialogue it should be sufficient to put them into the B-files in the desired order.

[BobTokyo]

NO BUG!!

I just wanted to let you know, that I started a new game (just to pick up Hublepot), and since I now had him installed BEFORE I entered Enge's shop, he was there and asked for help.


Banters do fire in the order they appear in the according B-files, don't they? Unless you have a certain check on the first dialogue it should be sufficient to put them into the B-files in the desired order.

Glad to hear it!

It would be good if this were just an order mistake. Here's hoping.

[SConrad]

Banters do fire in the order they appear in the according B-files, don't they? Unless you have a certain check on the first dialogue it should be sufficient to put them into the B-files in the desired order.

Not when they are triggered by diffrent persons, as the Minsc-banters is. The first one is innitiated by Hulelpot, the other by Minsc. I can give you a longer explanation of this if you wish.

I could weight them a little diffrently, but if that doesn't work, I'll have to use globals. Dammit!

[BobTokyo]

Want me to re-write then so that Minsc triggers both? That would be easy.

[Sillara]

I love GLOBALs. That is exactly how I managed to get my banters to fire in order without using anything other than the placement order in the d file. I have NO weights in my whole mod!

Ah, GLOBALs. A modder's best friend!

Sillara

[BobTokyo]

The first Jansen dialog is triggering when you speak to Jansen for the very first time, rather than after he has already joined the party. This is not actually bad, but it's not how I planned it; I will re-write the end of that dialog slightly to fix things.

[SConrad]

Want me to re-write then so that Minsc triggers both? That would be easy.

One way to fix it, but not necessary. I can do it some other way.

I love GLOBALs.  That is exactly how I managed to get my banters to fire in order without using anything other than the placement order in the d file. I have NO weights in my whole mod!

I hate to use GLOBALs in the banter-dlg. I don't want a single GLOBAL (except for checks) in that file. LOCALS is one thing, GLOBALs another.

I still love them when it comes to other things though.

Oh, one thing, Sillara. If you don't wieght the banters which are innitiated by the other NPC (i.e. if I write a Minsc-Hubelpot banter and Minsc intitates it, but I place it in BSC#Hub.d), WeiDU will put that banter at the bottom of Minsc's BMINSC. If you wieght them, however, WeiDU will place them wherever you desire.

The first Jansen dialog is triggering when you speak to Jansen for the very first time, rather than after he has already joined the party.

Of, forgive me. I thought you wanted it like that. I think it makes bigger sense if the banter initiates when Jan sees Hubelpot, and not when he joins.