Castle Paradox

[Mike Caron]

Anyway, #3 IS possible with the new WIP, but I'm sure you guessed that.

I'll get those stat modification commands in soon.
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[Shadowiii]

I'd like to have WAY more npcs available for each map.

Granted, you have two years to figure this out () before I'll end up using it anyway, but I'd like maybe up to even 99 different npcs per map. This would REALLY help me a LOT.
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[TMC]

The reason there aren't more npcs is because of memory restrictions- npc data has to be stored in an array, and all the walkabout graphics have to be stored in memory. They are in video memory, and as far as I understand, that's pretty much 99% full.

But, whenever memory can be freed up, it can be realotted to memory starved features. Of course, there are already dozens of hacks in place to save it, so it's not easy to find. Still, I found 10kb the other day, and plan to investigate uses >.> <.<

[phyrfox]

[Blue Pixel]

iders from me:

1.plotscrips activated by enemys or attacks like when an enemy is created use attack(1) for like an opening attack or when they die so it goes to a death cutseane insted of just pixleating away or like explode when dead.

2.mayby being able to make moving battle backgrounds like if there fighting on a train or something.

3. more animation sets!!!
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[Mike Caron]

1. Not going to happen unless God Himself (of any denomination. we're not picky) comes and does it for us.

2. Would be nice, but... Uh... Wait a tick, this may be possible, actually. Shall investigate.

3. No. (if you mean more sets as in more heros, or whatnot, no, because 32767 is the highest number that can be stored in a signed integer, which is what is used to index the graphics)
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[Mr B]

I would like to see some import features for CUSTOM.EXE. As it is, the OHR is really only a one-man engine, since its lack of import features severely limits what can be worked on in parallel.

I know that I can do some import/export stuff by unpacking the file using certain utilites, but I seem to have a lot of difficulty with that. It seems as if no new elements show up after importing.

...

Did that make any sense..?

[Mike Caron]

Actually, that makes perfect sense. See, in addition to the data itself, the OHR stores the count of that particular thing. It ignores more than what is said to be there.

There's more information on the Wiki about how everything is stored.
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[LeRoy_Leo]

Three animation frames is so much smoother than two. Thank you. *Slips back into obscurity*
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[Mike Caron]

No, see... No.
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[LeRoy_Leo]

I don't care if it's possible to implement. It is still a lot smoother. I was stating a fact.
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[Mike Caron]

Ah, but the title of the thread is "New Suggestions for the Programmers", and so anything that looks like a suggestion will be [s]rejected[/s] reviewed.
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[TMC]

2) I'd thought of this myself (thinking back to the ghost train in FF6 :/). It would technically be possible if you reloaded the backdrop continously from harddisk, but that sure sounds slow to me. Also, you would need to put the backdrop sequence somewhere.

As for the importation features, yeah that's a real problem with custom. But what exactly do you want, ability to browse to another RPG file and select data to import? I feel it would be easier to program a 3rd party utility to do that rather than reprogram all the editors in custom.

[LeRoy_Leo]

[Fernurion]

How about givving the option to fire plotscripts diresctly from items, for example:

1. On use script: not too different from firing from a textbot this script probably won't work with a battle.

2. On hold script: Works like the on hold tag, however it will remove the need to have item dependent scripts on ever map, under the 'on heartbeat' trigger, freeing it up for something else. (Eg: an item that increases walking speed)

3. On drop script: could make for interesting gameplay, such as allowing dropped items to be recovered, set bombs and mines, ect (Eg: player drops a key item, item returns to inventory, hero is struck by lightning. he he.)

4. on get script: probably not nessesary, as a script could be fired from an npc or map trigger. However it would be nice to have the option there.

this will probably lead to more plotscript commands as well.