VCMI 0.7b - development version

[Steven_Aus]

#5 Map Loading Crash
It crashes every time when loading “Arka Noego” (“Noah’s Ark”) map
It didn’t go spoiled through previous versions
?new feature related crash?
Possible it crashes on all map, which have “flag creatures generator” as win condition

I can confirm that with 0.7b that the 5 “flag all creature generators” maps crash (initially “vcmi_server” crashes followed by “vcmi_client”). Also I tested the 4 “flag all mines” maps and they all crashed in the same way.

Other victory condition map types seem to load up properly in 0.7b, but it appears that there is something new and specific with maps with a “flag all” victory condition.

Best regards,
Steven.

[Tow]

#5 Map Loading Crash

I can confirm that with 0.7b that the 5 “flag all creature generators” maps crash

Fixed.

#8 - Battle interface froze when Cavalier tried to attack Archangel from below:

I’m not sure though if this is not the bug TowDragon was referring about.

Yes, it is. If you encounter freezee when moving two-hex creature, it’s probably by that.

#2 - crash in end of battle, I don’t know why (I got it 3 time’s)

Is it reproducible in any way?

[Aidis]

#9 Still missing arrows: http://i44.tinypic.com/nf5es2.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/xkzq0p.jpg (both are VCMI pics, dno why i took the pictures with 2 different heroes xD)

#10 After gaining a level you can no longer scroll the adv. map with you mouse (you can scroll it with ctrl + arrow keys tho).

#11 Walking to a object with a popup window (at least it’s most noticeable, I think it can happen when picking up resources too) makes the adv. map flick a little to the way your going towards. Also happens more often after a long route (i think).
Probably caused by the change that makes the adv map smoothly follow the hero when walking.

#12 You can only attack the Nomads ass. (he’s 1 hex should be 2 hex)

#13 Wrong hexes is occupied by object. As you can see the object occupies the hexes above it. http://i39.tinypic.com/jt1l09.jpg.

#14 Also, wrong object for that background.

[Zamolxis]

#11 Walking to a object with a popup window (at least it’s most noticeable, I think it can happen when picking up resources too) makes the adv. map flick a little to the way your going towards. Also happens more often after a long route (i think). Probably caused by the change that makes the adv map smoothly follow the hero when walking.

Just for the record, we have this bug since 0.68b. It may have been expressed/noticed in different ways, but it’s the same with #b1 reported for 0.68b:

#b1 - Unstable interface when hero stops moving (reproducible)

When hero stops moving, in the change from the moving animation to the static position, for like a fraction of a second, the interface hangs a bit (or very shortly trembles, like an unstable focus or sth). If at the end of the movement there is an object which trigges a message window (e.g.: treasure chest), we can see this very short tremble behind the message window. This was introduced now with 0.68b. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t in 0.68.

…and perhaps it’s also related to what Aidis reported in the 0.7 thread:

#57 When the hero is on the move the screen seems to get centered after every step instead of smoothly following the hero.

Just felt it was so annoying i had to report it . maybe it’s possible to change this already somehow?

[Aidis]

[quote=“Zamolxis”]

[quote=“Aidis”]
#11[/quote]

Walking to a object with a popup window (at least it’s most noticeable, I think it can happen when picking up resources too) makes the adv. map flick a little to the way your going towards. Also happens more often after a long route (i think). Probably caused by the change that makes the adv map smoothly follow the hero when walking.

Just for the record, we have this bug since 0.68b. It may have been expressed/noticed in different ways, but it’s the same with #b1 reported for 0.68b:

#b1[/quote]

• Unstable interface when hero stops moving (reproducible)

When hero stops moving, in the change from the moving animation to the static position, for like a fraction of a second, the interface hangs a bit (or very shortly trembles, like an unstable focus or sth). If at the end of the movement there is an object which trigges a message window (e.g.: treasure chest), we can see this very short tremble behind the message window. This was introduced now with 0.68b. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t in 0.68.

Yep what you wrote there is definitely the same behavior that i ment.

[Zamolxis]

#15 - [size=75]Spells do not work anymore. I open the spell book, I select the spell (e.g.: Magic Arrow), the book closes and mouse cursor has the correct “Cast” animation, but when I click on the target nothing happens and cursor changes back to normal cursor.[/size]

EDIT: Ignore this. It was because hero did not even have a spell book to start with. Maybe log it as #15 - Hero should not be able to open spell book in battle if he/she does not have one equipped; and when he/she has one, only learned spells should be available.

#16 - Spacebar does not work when hero is at Subterranean Gate. It should toggle his position between Surface and Underworld. Similar functionality for Monolith Two-Way and for visited map location (Spacebar should reopen the interface/msg for the visited map location).

#17 - Tooltip when hovering over Subterranean Gate is correct only if there are no objects behind it. If however there are trees behind the Gate for example, the tooltip will read “Trees” i/o “S.Gate”. It affects of course only the side tiles of the Gate, not the center one (behind which we cannot place anything in the editor).

#18 - A scroll picked from the adventure map turned into a Spell Book (both message window and object on hero - it was a Ranger which didn’t have one before)

#19 - The console showed the following message every time (I think) my Grand Elves were shooting at some Efreets: Something wrong with stackNumber in actionStarted. If useful, I’m attaching the client log as it was just after the battle finished:
Sth wrong with stack number in actionStarted.zip (6.49 KB)

[Aidis]

#20 Hero spell animation in battle isn’t working correct. if you cast a spell like Magic Arrow the hero animation is shown during the spells “flytime”. if you cast a spell like Bless the hero animation is shown forever or until another spell is cast. (could it be that it’s shown for the whole spell duration?)

#19 - The console showed the following message every time (I think) my Grand Elves were shooting at some Efreets: Something wrong with stackNumber in actionStarted. If useful, I’m attaching the client log as it was just after the battle finished:

I also got this messege everytime i was shooting a magic arrow at some creature (dont remember what kind) + got it one more time earlier every time it was my pikemen’s turn if i remember it right.

[Zamolxis]

#18 - A scroll picked from the adventure map turned into a Spell Book (both message window and object on hero - it was a Ranger which didn’t have one before)

A second scroll picked by the same hero turned into a second spell book in his backpack. Which also brings me to a new bug:

#21 - Spell books can be opened while in backpack.

And because no release should go without a “O nie, tylko nie znowu te cholerne ścieżki!” report:

#22 - If hero is out of movement points, the second click on the destination spot makes the pre-set path disappear.

[Aidis]

#22 - If hero is out of movement points, the second click on the destination spot makes the pre-set path disappear.

I actually noticed this too but it’s happening very very rarely (for me at least, i think i’ve noticed it only 2 times) and didn’t find a way to reproduce it so I waited with reporting it.

[Steven_Aus]

#23 - Heroes of the same colour can’t meet to transfer artifacts and troops (the second one just walks over the first one).

Best regards,
Steven.

[Steven_Aus]

#24 - level up skill advancement changes when loading a save game. So if you don’t like a particular choice, just reload before levelling up and you can get the choice you want. In H3, given a certain group of secondary skills, level-up will always give the same choices of secondary skills, and I think the same primary skill too.

Best regards,
Steven.

[Steven_Aus]

#25 - Sometimes the same skill choice is given for both alternatives in a level-up. See screenshot.

img10.imageshack.us/img10/6866/samesecondaryskilltf5.th.jpg

Best regards,
Steven.

[Steven_Aus]

#26 - Bonus luck and/or morale from map objects for next battle doesn’t seem to be re-setting after the next battle.

Best regards,
Steven.

[Steven_Aus]

#27 - Water Wheel should only give 500 gold in the very first Week 1, then give 1000 gold once each week for the rest of the game. Currently the 500 gold is given in Week 1 of every month.

I’m also getting frequent crashes or freezes in battle (no creature selected), but loading from save game seems to help. Let me know if you want to see some of my save games.

Best regards,
Steven.

[Steven_Aus]

#28 - Hero spell animation in combat does not change back after the spell is cast.

img10.imageshack.us/img10/8067/herospellanimationdoesnyc2.th.jpg

Best regards,
Steven.

[Steven_Aus]

When a hero is selected, map movement is locked apart from movement of the hero (except for Ctrl + Arrow). However you might want to move the map further than the immediate map shown near the hero.

[EDIT] I think the screen might be stuck for everything except Ctrl + Arrow after a dialog box is closed, but this is just a guess.

Also it would be great if the picking up of resources, chests or artifacts would make them fade out gradually, rather than disappearing suddenly. =)

Keep up the good work!

Best regards,
Steven.

[Tow_dragon]

Ad #1 - prisons are not yet implemented

Ad #8 - no, it’s something different. I’ve encountered this bug once but unfortunately I didn’t debug it immediately and I couldn’t reproduce even once.

Ad #9 - I’ll try to fix it soon.

Ad #12 - because WoG config files don’t mark them as two hex creatures. But I’ll fix it.

Ad #13 and #14 - yes, thanks. I’ll correct it.

Ad #19 and #20 - I’ll try to fix it.

Ad #21 - spell book should never be in back pack anyway…

Ad #23 - it’s not yest implemented

Ad #28 - the same as #20

[Zamolxis]

#24 - level up skill advancement changes when loading a save game. So if you don’t like a particular choice, just reload before levelling up and you can get the choice you want. In H3, given a certain group of secondary skills, level-up will always give the same choices of secondary skills, and I think the same primary skill too.

Hehe… I think I like this “bug”.

I know it may be an exploit, but still, it was a bit annoying in H3 to know you’re pretty much doomed to get a certain choice, and only that, for the next level up. It was only with the WoG skill rebalancing that it didn’t bother me anymore.

Ad #8 - no, it’s something different. I’ve encountered this bug once but unfortunately I didn’t debug it immediately and I couldn’t reproduce even once.

I guess you can reproduce it based on my attached file…

Ad #21 - spell book should never be in back pack anyway…

Yep, I’ve been playing WoG for so long, that I didn’t remember if spell books in backpack was in the original game as well or not.

[Tow]

#1 - crash when I try marked “Prison”:

Fixed. I’ve added also support for Prison functionality.

#4 GUI problem
resolutions changing works ONLY when starting game
so it don’t work while loading save

It works but you have to set it again before loading a game. It will be improved later.

#5 Map Loading Crash

Fixed.

#6 - When only 1 Secondary Skill left to upgrade at level-up, it should be already selected; and the “Confirm” button should be also pre-enabled so that we only need to press Enter to close the window:

Fixed.

#7 - NumPad Enter still does not work (possibly all NumPad keys… haven’t checked yet)

Remains on “to be resolved” list. (#62)

#10 After gaining a level you can no longer scroll the adv. map with you mouse (you can scroll it with ctrl + arrow keys tho).

It’s a feature!

#15 - Hero should not be able to open spell book in battle if he/she does not have one equipped; and when he/she has one, only learned spells should be available.

Fixed.

#22 - If hero is out of movement points, the second click on the destination spot makes the pre-set path disappear.

Seems to be fixed.

#23 - Heroes of the same colour can’t meet to transfer artifacts and troops (the second one just walks over the first one).

#25 - Sometimes the same skill choice is given for both alternatives in a level-up. See screenshot.

Fixed.

#26 - Bonus luck and/or morale from map objects for next battle doesn’t seem to be re-setting after the next battle.

Fixed.

#27 - Water Wheel should only give 500 gold in the very first Week 1, then give 1000 gold once each week for the rest of the game. Currently the 500 gold is given in Week 1 of every month.

Fixed.

[Steven_Aus]

[quote=“Zamolxis”]

#24[/quote]

• level up skill advancement changes when loading a save game. So if you don’t like a particular choice, just reload before levelling up and you can get the choice you want. In H3, given a certain group of secondary skills, level-up will always give the same choices of secondary skills, and I think the same primary skill too.

Hehe… I think I like this “bug”.

I know it may be an exploit, but still, it was a bit annoying in H3 to know you’re pretty much doomed to get a certain choice, and only that, for the next level up. It was only with the WoG skill rebalancing that it didn’t bother me anymore.

This was only because there were way too many dud skills in H3 compared to H2. In H2 the only real dud skills were Eagle Eye and (depending on the map) Navigation. In H3 there is Mysticism (because it had not been adjusted for H3’s cost of spells), Eagle Eye, arguably Armorer and Resistance (unless you had a hero with one of these specialties), Estates (not adjusted for the real cost of troops etc.), Sorcery, First Aid and Navigation (on low water maps).

So it’s really just that standard H3 has too many dud skills. With skill rebalancing (either in WoG or when VCMI is further along the development path) there will be few dud skills (maybe only Navigation on a non-water map).

So I agree with you that it doesn’t really matter what choice you get, as long as practically all secondary skills are worth having.

Best regards,
Steven.