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Noticed bugs

Before...

November 7th 2019, 05:30 PM
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Herbie
Peasant He/Him Poland
 
I'll be posting noticed bugs here as I will proceed with the game, the ones so far:
1. Already known issue with DinkHD, tried different settings but nothing unfreezes that scene, on FreeDink works fine;
2. After you talk to the guard in Stonebrook for the first time and Chealse when she comes in if you leave this screen and re-enter it from any side Chealse will appear again, but the birthday party dialogue will start;
3. After talking to the bug and snake if you choose to move to the screen with ducks after removing the ear Dink will notice that probably they are talking about him, but no matter if you will try to put on the 3rd ear or not you cannot get out of that scene, you're stuck there with Dink constantly wondering what the ducks are saying.
November 7th 2019, 05:37 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
Okay...I'll look into #2 and #3. It would help if you could make available some save[#].dat files that show examples of these two issues as you did once before. I never had those problems when I was testing, so I'm not sure how to reproduce them at present.

TIA
November 7th 2019, 06:54 PM
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Herbie
Peasant He/Him Poland
 
I did? Hmm... I really don't remember what was I doing few years ago when I was here last time.

But sure.

By the way:

4. After I talked to Martridge for the first time and opened all the chests the screen stayed locked. Also Martridge asks why 4 of the chests are open while I was only able to open 3 of them.

Unfortunately this bug is game breaking since it happens for the 4th time in a row making it impossible for me to proceed with the game.

UPDATE:

I dealt with this problem by transferring the save file to DinkHD where I could use the ghost mode to get out of it. In addidtion to one experiment performed:

Bug #

5. If you open 2 chests, then leave the screen, then open the remaining 2 ones Martridge won't appear at all.

EDITED:

Could you PM me with your address or send me an e-mail? I would be able to send you the save files and some screenshots.
November 8th 2019, 10:27 AM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
I did? Hmm... I really don't remember what was I doing few years ago when I was here last time.

But sure.

Hmmm. Sorry, I just realized I was confusing you with Angler. I assumed that I was hearing from him again when I started reading your post. It was Angler that used Google Drive to make available to me some of his save game files to help in testing and patching "Before..." in recent weeks. Anyone can set up a free google drive and make files they upload there shareable to all who wish to download them. (For example, I uploaded a ANBERNIC_game_console_with_dink.jpg file to my Google Drive for my "ANBERNIC game console (from China)" thread.)

4. After I talked to Martridge for the first time and opened all the chests the screen stayed locked. Also Martridge asks why 4 of the chests are open while I was only able to open 3 of them.

Unfortunately this bug is game breaking since it happens for the 4th time in a row making it impossible for me to proceed with the game.

UPDATE:

I dealt with this problem by transferring the save file to DinkHD where I could use the ghost mode to get out of it. In addidtion to one experiment performed:

Bug #

5. If you open 2 chests, then leave the screen, then open the remaining 2 ones Martridge won't appear at all.

Hmmm. So it seems that issue #5 is really a workaround that you used to get past the problem. Okay. BTW, if you look at Angler's "Zippo does not work?" thread, you can see that I think that the 1.04 version of "Before..." should contain a fix for issue #4. I uploaded my 1.04 version a few days ago on Halloween. Unfortunately, the folks who are able to make uploaded dmods available for download here on the Dink Network have not yet made the 1.04 version available.

Anyway, I'll do my best to look into issues #2 & #3 and prepare a 1.05 version once I think I have those bugs addressed.
November 8th 2019, 12:56 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
Here are the results of my work on patching issues #2 and #3:

2. After you talk to the guard in Stonebrook for the first time and Chealse when she comes in if you leave this screen and re-enter it from any side Chealse will appear again, but the birthday party dialogue will start;
Okay, so I added code to the 1.05 version to address this bug and I tested it. So, I think that is fixed.

3. After talking to the bug and snake if you choose to move to the screen with ducks after removing the ear Dink will notice that probably they are talking about him, but no matter if you will try to put on the 3rd ear or not you cannot get out of that scene, you're stuck there with Dink constantly wondering what the ducks are saying.
First of all, you should not be able to "remove the ear" after Dink uses it near the garden with the bug and the snake. There should be no other magic item for Dink to swap it with in his inventory at that time. That being said, I found that I could get Dink stuck in a loop (involving the attempted use of the third ear) at the duckpond when he had just returned from the garden IF Dink never used the third ear in the garden area in the first place and instead slew the snake and bug that were in the garden area. I tried a number of changes to try to avoid this infinite loop and finally gave up trying to coerce the Dink engine to my will. Instead, I added code that forced Dink to put the ear on when he came from the garden to the duck pond area. It is necessary for the plot at this point that Dink talks to the ducks anyway.

I have (just now) uploaded the 1.05 version of this dmod, with the above fixes in place. Can ANYONE tell me how to get this version made available for download? I've already tried sending email to redink1 (or someone else who can make dmods available for downloads) for the 1.04 version (that I uploaded over a week ago).

November 8th 2019, 01:49 PM
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Herbie
Peasant He/Him Poland
 
Wow, fast fixes!
Did you try to send him an e-mail or only a PM? PMs can be easily missed or ignored, for example you did not answer mine regarding the Iron Ring dmod <cough, cough> I actually already finished this game already and I'm thinking about a review.

I noticed that sometimes things take some time, for example I waited about a week for my review to be updated.

So you cannot upload a file directly to the website?

EDITED:

Oh, by the way:

6th bug: if you enter the life saver menu, but decide you won't use it at the moment 1 ability to use it will be deducted from the total 7 anyway. And at the moment you even receive this item you are being told that there is a total of 0 uses of it.
November 9th 2019, 12:08 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Herbie:
Wow, fast fixes!

Thank you for your kind words.

Did you try to send him an e-mail or only a PM? PMs can be easily missed or ignored, for example you did not answer mine regarding the Iron Ring dmod <cough, cough> I actually already finished this game already and I'm thinking about a review.

Well, given that your message came in on Nov. 7th for "THE LAST QUEST (part 2): The Iron Ring of Destiny 1.10a", I'd say the fact that I put off answering it until two days later isn't that long to wait.

I noticed that sometimes things take some time, for example I waited about a week for my review to be updated.

So you cannot upload a file directly to the website?

No, a developer can only upload and wait for the dmod to be "put into place" by the "webmaster".

EDITED:

Oh, by the way:

6th bug: if you enter the life saver menu, but decide you won't use it at the moment 1 ability to use it will be deducted from the total 7 anyway.

I'm unable to reproduce that issue.

And at the moment you even receive this item you are being told that there is a total of 0 uses of it.

Ah, I know why that happened. I can fix that. I'll put that fix in the next release.

Thanks for bringing these to my attention.

November 9th 2019, 04:20 PM
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Herbie
Peasant He/Him Poland
 
Not necessarily a bug, but a general suggestion for the future projects you make. There is one thing that I absolutely hate in all of your dmods so far except the first part of the last quest: tons of messages when I am in the middle of the fight. An example: I am near the fire shrine, a scorpion attacked me (why to put a scorpion with a screen lock here?) and I got seriously poisoned. What does Dink do when I urgently need to use the anti-venom kit? Is thinking loudly that there is something that he should do here... and when I finally space out those messages and use the kit (another 4 messages to space out) Dink is almost dead. The other super-annoying thing is when Dink is being attacked by scorpions/pillbugs etc. and after stepping on a food he is thinking whether he should eat it or not? It only makes me avoid not only the enemies but also all types of food on the ground because all of them are making me freeze, but still take damage at the same time. I don't want to eat any food during the fight, I just want to be able to continue the fight without being disturbed!

After spending some time on the desert I get an impression that this area simply puts too much rush on the player making it impossible to actually enjoy the exploration of the game. I always like to check all the areas when I am playing, find all secrets and your dmod makes it impossible. Even if I use a kerchief and dropping all the gold Dink is still constantly losing health no matter if you change the area or not. So as I said you are in a constant rush: run (to proceed for as long distance as possible) - fight - avoid food - get hit - manage health - use anti-venom kit (4 times space pressed) - fight - run - run - run... AAARGH! Even according to Bear Grylls surviving on a desert isn't THAT hard. Or rather annoying.

And if you add the absolute lack of the save bots and limited amount of saves you can use...
November 9th 2019, 04:36 PM
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Herbie
Peasant He/Him Poland
 
To separate it from the previous remarks:

7th bug or rather a series of similar bugs. Try to re-check the caves and other entrances, I once was not able to enter a cave behind the snake after Apollo revived me and few times when I entered one of those square entrances on the ground (the maze area) Dink did not appear inside and the game was just freezing even without being able to enter the game menu.
November 10th 2019, 11:59 AM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Herbie:
Not necessarily a bug... use the anti-venom kit? Is thinking loudly that there is something that he should do here... and when I finally space out those messages and use the kit (another 4 messages to space out) Dink is almost dead...I just want to be able to continue the fight without being disturbed!...Even if I use a kerchief and dropping all the gold Dink is still constantly losing health no matter if you change the area or not. ...Even according to Bear Grylls surviving on a desert isn't THAT hard. Or rather annoying.

#1 Request to not have to worry about picking up food during a fight.
Well, to me, this was just a challenge that made the game more interesting. I always thought that there are times when Dink might need to pick up food during a fight to stay alive and times when he is better off avoiding it. Perhaps I can make it an [E]scape menu option to toggle on or off picking up food while monsters are on screen in future games.


#2 Request to not take a long time[4 messages to space out] to use the anti-venom kit. I decided that using the anti-venom kit should not be a quick process because in real life, it would not be a quick process. Depending on the type of poison involved, it is actually pretty dangerous to try fumbling with one of these kits when you need it. Trust me, I know. Anyway, I thought that this would (again) make the game a bit more challenging. I'll think a bit about whether I should change this though.

#3 Request to reduce the danger-to-health level of crossing the desert.
Did you dampen the kerchief? Did you only cross the desert in the evening?


So, now there are three possible changes I may put into the next release of the "Before..." dmod. Like I say, I'll think about implementing these. Perhaps I'll put all these together on one single [E]scape menu option to toggle on or off these more challenging aspects of the game all at once, so you can play in easy or hard mode. Thanks for your suggestions.
November 10th 2019, 12:04 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Herbie:
...7th bug or rather a series of similar bugs. Try to re-check the caves and other entrances, I once was not able to enter a cave behind the snake after Apollo revived me and few times when I entered one of those square entrances on the ground (the maze area) Dink did not appear inside and the game was just freezing even without being able to enter the game menu.

Hmmm. So far I cannot reproduce this issue. Does it happen all the time or just some of the time? Does it only happen when you are "rushing" as you mention above and might jump right from one thing quickly to the next? I know that sometimes timing can be a general problem with the use of the Dink engine.

November 10th 2019, 03:24 PM
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SlipDink there are no files waiting that I can see. Did you upload them as a patch? I believe that doesn't work - upload as a new version instead.
November 11th 2019, 07:59 AM
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Herbie
Peasant He/Him Poland
 
Starting with the bug:

1. The one with the snake cave happened only once when I was brought back to life by Apollo, I was approaching it in different ways and nothing worked;
2. As for the desert entrance bug - related to the entrance 2 screens below the one where you find the lighter - today I noticed something important: if you approach the entrance from above and don't release the down arrow button in time for a short moment you will see Dink appearing just above the entrance, then he will disappear going down and either the game will get stuck on the current screen without transition to related one, or it will freeze on the exit screen. The game just gets dumb in such a situation and cannot handle it. Not sure if it is not a problem with the Dink engine itself.

As for the suggestions:

1. Food: since I already noticed you are able to make really advanced menus maybe you could create an options menu for this with the following to choose:

What to do with the food when you approach it?

a) pick it and store in the backpack if possible (excluding meat);
b) eat it;
c) leave it on the ground;
d) every time ask the player what to do.

2. The venom kit etc. - no no, you got that wrong, I was not irritated just because of that. I mean it is actually good, because indeed it is realistic. You really need some time to do it, so the time must pass. I wouldn't change that. What I meant is that you should avoid situations when - like in the one I described - there is a direct threat to Dink and instead of fighting/healing himself he is wondering what to do with a shrine? Now that is not realistic. Who cares about a shrine if you may just not even be able to reach it? Since a shrine is visible from only one side the "loud thinking" cannot be avoided, so the only thing to do would be removing that scorpion since it doesn't serve any significant purpose here.

3. About wandering around the desert: yes, I found and put the kerchief on Dink's face and I am even using that advanced feature (well done!) to drop gold at sight and obviously after I rest under the rock at the very beginning I am moving only at night. As for making it realistic, since you are not losing health on a desert just like that: maybe Dink could find an empty bottle or something like that and would have to store water in it whenever possible and a "dehydration meter" would be added and when Dink would be getting dehydrated his health would start to deplete?

A personal opinion: your dmod's are indeed different in a challenging way, especially Before..., because in this game you are not guaranteed to succeed and you can actually screw up and not be able to finish the game at all, so planning ahead is required. Partially the same was about the Last quest, part 1 where before proceeding I spent some time drawing a complete map of the cave.

Phew! That was long!
November 11th 2019, 09:44 AM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@ Sparrowhawk:
SlipDink there are no files waiting that I can see. Did you upload them as a patch?

Nope.

I believe that doesn't work - upload as a new version instead.

I can't understand why you don't see them. I used the same browser to make the same type of upload for dmods the same way I have always done it using the https://www.dinknetwork.com/contribute/file/new/ web page.

Sigh... anyway... if you can't find them then... well, just wait a while. I should be uploading the 2.0x version of "Before..." some time after Herbie finally stops posting bug descriptions here and I come up with a new version that will address most of those issues. When that happens, I'll mention it here in this discussion thread. Alternatively, if there is some other way I can make the 2.0 version available for posting on this website, then let me know.

BTW, the .dmod file might be too big an email message.

But, thanks anyway for checking to see if you could post the new version(s) for me. I'll check the https://www.dinknetwork.com/file/before/ location every day I visit the Dink Network to see if they get posted.
November 11th 2019, 12:21 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Herbie:
Starting with the bug:

1. The one with the snake cave happened only once when I was brought back to life by Apollo, I was approaching it in different ways and nothing worked;

Hmmm. Thanks for the effort to describe this in greater detail. I'm afraid I still cannot reproduce it or otherwise figure what is causing the problem.

2. As for the desert entrance bug - related to the entrance 2 screens below the one where you find the lighter - today I noticed something important: if you approach the entrance from above and don't release the down arrow button in time for a short moment you will see Dink appearing just above the entrance, then he will disappear going down and either the game will get stuck on the current screen without transition to related one, or it will freeze on the exit screen. The game just gets dumb in such a situation and cannot handle it. Not sure if it is not a problem with the Dink engine itself.

Okay, I was able to reproduce this one and took some steps to address it. This problem should not happen again for this screen "entrance 2 screens below the one where you find the lighter". But in general, once you are in transition to another screen, it is a good idea to stop pressing arrow keys until you see what happens next.

As for the suggestions:

1. Food: since I already noticed you are able to make really advanced menus maybe you could create an options menu for this with the following to choose:

What to do with the food when you approach it?

a) pick it and store in the backpack if possible (excluding meat);
b) eat it;
c) leave it on the ground;
d) every time ask the player what to do.

Okay, I just made the ability to NOT pick up food when monsters are on screen a part of easy mode. Sigh... I'm trying to keep things simple here (for reasons I explain below when talking about variables).

2. The venom kit etc. - no no, you got that wrong, I was not irritated just because of that. I mean it is actually good, because indeed it is realistic. You really need some time to do it, so the time must pass. I wouldn't change that. What I meant is that you should avoid situations when - like in the one I described - there is a direct threat to Dink and instead of fighting/healing himself he is wondering what to do with a shrine? Now that is not realistic. Who cares about a shrine if you may just not even be able to reach it? Since a shrine is visible from only one side the "loud thinking" cannot be avoided, so the only thing to do would be removing that scorpion since it doesn't serve any significant purpose here.

Okay, I moved the scorpion that was in the rear of the shrine and deleted two others. Hmmmm, I admit that I thought you were complaining about "The venom kit etc.", so I went ahead and made a change that made a quicker version of it part of "easy mode" for those that are too challenged by it (even if that group does not include you since you admit you like it "because indeed it is realistic").

3. About wandering around the desert: yes, I found and put the kerchief on Dink's face and I am even using that advanced feature (well done!) to drop gold at sight and obviously after I rest under the rock at the very beginning I am moving only at night. As for making it realistic, since you are not losing health on a desert just like that: maybe Dink could find an empty bottle or something like that and would have to store water in it whenever possible and a "dehydration meter" would be added and when Dink would be getting dehydrated his health would start to deplete?

One of the things I have to be careful with in working on this dmod is to be sure to NOT create too many more variables. During game development I had to rewrite things several times to avoid running "out of the 248 available slots for variables". So, I think I'll pass on that elaborate (but fun sounding) idea to have Dink "find an empty bottle or something" and then implement a "dehydration meter" and a juggle a new factor in his health. Don't forget that there is quite a lot of code and a few variables in use now to manage Dink's poison status already. Maybe I could do something like this in a future dmod though. But, it was straight forward enough (and required no new variables) to implement a less dangerous desert to cross as a part of easy mode.

A personal opinion: your dmod's are indeed different in a challenging way, especially Before..., because in this game you are not guaranteed to succeed and you can actually screw up and not be able to finish the game at all, so planning ahead is required. Partially the same was about the Last quest, part 1 where before proceeding I spent some time drawing a complete map of the cave.

I'm so very pleased to know that you are enjoying my dmods and the somewhat unique challenges they offer! Thanks for mentioning that.

Phew! That was long!

Well, I've added a lot of code and made a few changes to things for my 2.0 version of this dmod. But, I won't upload it just yet.

You might want to know that it seems to me that you may have missed an important survival item that would help you get water at several locations while in the desert. Like some other items, it is found near a skeleton, in this case near the cliff's edge of the Eastern High Desert.

BTW, how far have you gotten in playing "Before..."?


November 11th 2019, 12:58 PM
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Herbie
Peasant He/Him Poland
 
...after Herbie finally stops posting bug descriptions here...

Having enough of me already, eh?

Oh sh... so I forgot to take that canteen again after initially checking the area. Yet still I would have to find a cork for it

Now that you reminded me of that I will want to find that cork! I am also curious if there is a way to get down to that area with an opened chest and an entrance that is below the surrounding sand.

On my furthest save I am trying to figure out how to get to and use the shrine and how to pass the fire barrier, so after this the road to the pyramid will be open for me.
November 11th 2019, 02:01 PM
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Skurn
Peasant He/Him Equatorial Guinea duck bloop
can't flim flam the glim glam 
i, too, have a bug to report. when i click the red x on the top right of the window, the game crashes!! with no error!! COME ON
November 11th 2019, 04:08 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Herbie:
Having enough of me already, eh?

Well, I admit that I'm trying to get to the point where all your bug reports are in so I can release one version with all of them in it instead of one version every few days.

Oh sh... so I forgot to take that canteen again after initially checking the area. Yet still I would have to find a cork for it

Now that you reminded me of that I will want to find that cork!

I think you need to read the "* * * Safe Water" paragraph in my walkthru.txt file in the before directory. You may benefit from reading other paragraphs too, such as the one titled "* * * Pocket Knife".

I am also curious if there is a way to get down to that area with an opened chest and an entrance that is below the surrounding sand.

I don't understand what you are talking about. I can't recall any areas that start out with an already opened chest in them.

On my furthest save I am trying to figure out how to get to and use the shrine and how to pass the fire barrier, so after this the road to the pyramid will be open for me.

I think you also need to read the "* * * To the fire shrine" paragraph and (perhaps more importantly) the "* * * To get past the test of fire" paragraph in my walkthru.txt file in the before directory.
November 11th 2019, 04:13 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Skurn:
i, too, have a bug to report. when i click the red x on the top right of the window, the game crashes!! with no error!! COME ON



To fix this you will need to reboot your operating system. I do not mean to refer to your computer's operating system, I mean YOUR operating system, in your brain! I hope that helps!
November 11th 2019, 04:13 PM
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If you go to "view contributions" can you see them there? Maybe the upload just didn't work.
Anyway - guess it doesn't matter now if there's a newer version coming soon.
November 11th 2019, 04:26 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Sparrowhawk:
If you go to "view contributions" can you see them there? Maybe the upload just didn't work.

Nope, they are not on the https://www.dinknetwork.com/contribute/page_1/ web page. I don't understand. I watched the uploading percentage go from 0% to 100% on my web browser each time.

Anyway - guess it doesn't matter now if there's a newer version coming soon.

Well, it matters if we expect the pending 2.0 version upload to work. Does anyone have any suggestions? I know I ran into a similar issue before when working with redink1 for another upload on a previous dmod, a long time ago. Sigh... anyway, thanks for your ongoing attention to this matter.
November 11th 2019, 07:27 PM
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Herbie
Peasant He/Him Poland
 
Well, I admit that I'm trying to get to the point where all your bug reports are in so I can release one version with all of them in it instead of one version every few days. And walthrough guides.

Whoa, are you trying to... make me rush B?

But... the game is finished! The only thing I took a look in the walkthrough was the fact that the cork is located in the Oasis, nuff said

Ok, now where was I with the bugs numeration? Yep, there are more You know, in the meantime when I was not here for few years I was a tester and a beta tester of few games, so some habits just stayed with me.

Ah yes!

8. Probably related to 6: when I was in the chamber with the coffin I decided to save the game and - despite I used that ability once at the very beginning, near the stone that Dink was resting under, once in the Oasis and once in the mine - I've been told that I still got 6 uses and it was after I saved my game, so something is definitely wrong here.

9. When Dink is about to leave after using the stone he says "Take me back take me back...", intended?

10. When I tried to go back, but without the Scarab and I went upwards through the entrance I mentioned earlier (game freeze bug you took care of) Dink disappeared and I was only seeing his voice talking something about some... planks?

11. Two screens for you: a hardness bug and a problem with the design of the map: if you leave the screen with the pyramid through the top right part of the screen Dink gets stuck in a rock. Overall the desert map is not that polished as the jungle in Last Quest Part 2.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1216C8DIpEMHX2rLaYNEU6h1O_nIIHWRH
https://drive.google.com/open?id=11ihfXaG41PmGv0OE2sjIjBLvqIrIg72s

Generally if you memorize the whole map the game actually becomes easy, even with the damage taken while walking through the desert. I never used the revival offered by Apollo or smelled the flowers, even forgot about having them. Not sure what I could use other 2 bombs for.

Nevertheless you can make final fixes and upload the 2.0 version - as soon as you hopefully will deal with the problems you are experiencing.

But don't go far! Next dmod: Glitters! MWAHAHAHA!
November 11th 2019, 08:25 PM
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Skurn
Peasant He/Him Equatorial Guinea duck bloop
can't flim flam the glim glam 
ooooh no. i'm not falling for that again. last time i underwent shock therapy, my hatred and vitriol manifested as a bowl of mashed potatoes. screw that
November 12th 2019, 11:34 AM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Sparrowhawk:
Tell me what you think is the best way for me to make the "Before..." 2.0 upload to the DN. I'll be ready to do it by Wednesday (unless Herbie points out more bugs, etc.). Alternatively, I can make it available to you on my Google Drive.

Thanks (in advance) for your help.
November 12th 2019, 11:36 AM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
Whoa, are you trying to... make me rush B?

No.

But... the game is finished! The only thing I took a look in the walkthrough was the fact that the cork is located in the Oasis, nuff said

I see. Some of your earlier remarks gave me a different impression.

Ok, now where was I with the bugs numeration? Yep, there are more You know, in the meantime when I was not here for few years I was a tester and a beta tester of few games, so some habits just stayed with me.

Ah yes!

9. Probably related to 6: when I was in the chamber with the coffin I decided to save the game and - despite I used that ability once at the very beginning, near the stone that Dink was resting under, once in the Oasis and once in the mine - I've been told that I still got 6 uses and it was after I saved my game, so something is definitely wrong here.

I'm not sure how this is happening. In fact, it is hard for me to figure out how it is possible, but I made a change to try to prevent it from happening again.

10. When Dink is about to leave after using the stone he says "Take me back take me back...", intended?

Well, yes, it was intended. But I added some needed punctuation to make it more clear what is happening.

11. When I tried to go back, but without the Scarab and I went upwards through the entrance I mentioned earlier

The ripplestone should prevent Dink from going back if he does not have the Scarab, and Dink even realizes that (thinks about it on screen) if he attempts to do that. I'm not sure what you are talking about here.

(game freeze bug you took care of) Dink disappeared and I was only seeing his voice talking something about some... planks?

So, Dink "went upwards" (go north one screen?) when the ripplestone did not take him to his preferred destination and then he mentioned planks? This is puzzling, I must say. Dink mentions planks in several places, all in the Western High Desert near some planks, ONLY IF he "attacks" those planks. So, I have no idea how to reproduce this issue or even any way to guess what happened.

12. Two screens for you: a hardness bug and a problem with the design of the map: if you leave the screen with the pyramid through the top right part of the screen Dink gets stuck in a rock.

Okay, I added a few more rocks and some additional hardness to the area near where you attempted to "leave the screen with the pyramid through the top right part of the screen" (the 1st screen in your list below).

Overall the desert map is not that polished as the jungle in Last Quest Part 3.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1217C8DIpEMHX2rLaYNEU6h1O_nIIHWRH
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12ihfXaG41PmGv0OE2sjIjBLvqIrIg72s

The 2nd screen in the list above seems to be the one that is 1 screen north of the screen where Dink finds a grave and a stone to rest under until evening. I was not sure what exactly you found troublesome here, but I tried to expand certain hardness areas.

Generally if you memorize the whole map the game actually becomes easy, even with the damage taken while walking through the desert. I never used the revival offered by Apollo or smelled the flowers, even forgot about having them. Not sure what I could use other 3 bombs for.

So then these complaints:
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I always like to check all the areas when I am playing, find all secrets and your dmod makes it impossible. Even if I use a kerchief and dropping all the gold Dink is still constantly losing health no matter if you change the area or not. So as I said you are in a constant rush: run (to proceed for as long distance as possible) - fight - avoid food - get hit - manage health - use anti-venom kit (5 times space pressed) - fight - run - run - run... AAARGH! Even according to Bear Grylls surviving on a desert isn't THAT hard. Or rather annoying.
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about the ability to survive in the desert were not necessary after all? You never used Apollo's help or sniffed the magic flowers? You should have mentioned that before.

Nevertheless you can make final fixes and upload the 2.0 version - as soon as you hopefully will deal with the problems you are experiencing.

I'm not sure when I will upload the 2.0 version, but I'll mention it here when I do.

But don't go far! Next dmod: Glitters! MWAHAHAHA!

Okay, I check into the Dink Network at least once a week. Just be sure to separate those comments from these and put them into the "File Discussion" section for "All that Glitters!".
November 13th 2019, 05:14 AM
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Try again upload new version first. Then try on a different browser maybe.
You can send it to me and I'll try to hack uploading it under your name. If all else fails you'll need to contact redink1 probably. Good luck
November 13th 2019, 09:28 AM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Sparrowhawk:
Try again upload new version first. Then try on a different browser maybe.

Well, just to be 100% clear about what I did a few minutes ago... here is what took place.

I logged in and went to... https://www.dinknetwork.com/contribute/ .
I clicked on [New File].
I entered Title of "Before...".
I set Version to "v2.00".
I entered a description of the changes for this version.
I selected D-mod as a Category.
I chose the file to upload as "before-v2_00.dmod" (loaded from my local ~/tmp directory on my Linux box).
I typed [Please replace the existing version of the "Before..." dmod with this module as soon as is convenient.] as the Instructions.
I clicked the [Submit] button and watched the "Uploading (%0)..." message at the bottom of my web browser window reach "Uploading (100%)" while noting that a monitor I have running (iftop) was telling me of the bytes being uploaded to the DN.
I left that Contribute web page open in a tab on my browser for as long as it took me to type up this message.


You can send it to me and I'll try to hack uploading it under your name. If all else fails you'll need to contact redink1 probably.

Do you have any idea of how I can reach him? I have been unable to do so for some time.

Good luck

Thanks! I look forward to hearing how things went.
November 13th 2019, 12:42 PM
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Herbie
Peasant He/Him Poland
 
The only thing I took a look in the walkthrough was the fact that the cork is located in the Oasis, nuff said

I see. Some of your earlier remarks gave me a different impression.


I mean that after your suggestion I only noticed that the solution was located on the Oasis and that was just enough.

So then these complaints:
about the ability to survive in the desert were not necessary after all? You never used Apollo's help or sniffed the magic flowers? You should have mentioned that before.


Well, the game sometimes seems more difficult than it really is until you master it. If you memorize what monsters drop what healing items you can even survive on a desert without saving at all. As for Apollo and flowers: I treated them as a help if you want to through the game going the easy way. If the game is well-balanced - and this one is - then those additional items are not required.

Okay, I check into the Dink Network at least once a week. Just be sure to separate those comments from these and put them into the "File Discussion" section for "All that Glitters!".

No worries, I know how the forums work In fact I already found few things, would you prefer to have the list attached to the existing thread that you created or would it be better if I created a new one?

Oh, I saw your post elsewhere about your latest work. I would not be able to help you with coding since I simply don't speak DinkC, but if you would need some help in bugs finding and functionality testing - let me know.
November 13th 2019, 02:23 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Herbie:
Okay, I check into the Dink Network at least once a week. Just be sure to separate those comments from these and put them into the "File Discussion" section for "All that Glitters!".

No worries, I know how the forums work In fact I already found few things, would you prefer to have the list attached to the existing thread that you created or would it be better if I created a new one?

Please create a new thread for any "All that Glitters!" issues you come up with. Put those bugs into a new thread in the "File Discussion" section for "All that Glitters!"

Oh, I saw your post elsewhere about your latest work. I would not be able to help you with coding since I simply don't speak DinkC, but if you would need some help in bugs finding and functionality testing - let me know.

I'd be pleased to have you assist in testing the beta release of "Crowns of Stone". I'll probably make the beta release available on Google Drive sometime in the coming weeks. Thanks for volunteering.
November 13th 2019, 03:47 PM
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I clicked on [New File].
I entered Title of "Before...".

Perhaps not working because you're uploading a new file (ie, entirely new D-Mod) with the same name as an existing one.

Use new version, not new file, see if that works. Here!

If not, send it to me, I've just discovered I can easily add versions to any file, no silly hacks needed, duh.
November 14th 2019, 10:31 AM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Sparrowhawk:
Perhaps not working because you're uploading a new file (ie, entirely new D-Mod) with the same name as an existing one.

Use new version, not new file, see if that works. Here!

Okay. Well, I feel a little silly about having used the menus improperly, but I will still be grateful if using the "New Version" mode means that the upload "works" this time. The "Your version was added successfully, and it will be reviewed by a staff member soon." message that followed my upload certainly looked encouraging.

If not, send it to me, I've just discovered I can easily add versions to any file, no silly hacks needed, duh.

Okay, I don't think my internet service provider will tolerate me sending the (large file) dmod in email. If the above effort did fail, then I'll make it available to you on Google Drive.

Thanks for your ongoing help.


November 14th 2019, 11:19 AM
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Worked
I'll sort it this evening, can't right now.
January 16th 2020, 10:10 PM
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Silberfarben
Peasant She/Her
Lady Silberfarben, mighty ruler of the Silbershire 
hmmm

I am playing Before... again.

and again, same as before, the pampered pet duck cutscene freezes me.

I can't find the proper script for this cutscene, duckpond just... kill tasks.

i talk to smilestein, and get to the outside of ethel's house.

the duck says lets go!

and then...

doesn't move.
I can't move either.

I will try to fix it myself but i cant find the script

January 17th 2020, 08:19 AM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
...i talk to smilestein, and get to the outside of ethel's house.

the duck says lets go!

and then...

doesn't move.
I can't move either.

Hmmm. I'll look into this. But I think you mean that Dink is the one who says, "Come on, let's go.", right?

Below is the conversation outside Ethel's house, after Dink has sold the first duck to Mr. Smilestein.
Dink: "Okay duck, it's time to meet your new future owner."
Duck: "If she feeds me more frequently than you do, then I'll be grateful."
Duck: "Yipee! I'm going to become a pampered pet! I'M SO EXCITED!"
Dink: "Okay."
Dink: "Come on, let's go."

Thanks.
January 17th 2020, 08:38 AM
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Silberfarben
Peasant She/Her
Lady Silberfarben, mighty ruler of the Silbershire 
yeah i got that wrong

still i cant move.
January 17th 2020, 12:29 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
I was unable to reproduce this error. However, I know that sometimes editor_seq() does not work the way I'd like it to, in that sometimes it seems to require that Dink leave a screen and come back to it before values that are assigned via editor_seq() are readable later. This problem may (or may not) be associated with particular versions of the Dink Engine.

Anyway, I simulated this error using a variable and then decided on logic to replace the use of editor_seq() using that variable.

So, the 2.01 version of "Before..." will soon be uploaded. Now, you need to wait for redink1 (or someone else maybe?) to make it available for downloads.
January 17th 2020, 02:25 PM
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Silberfarben
Peasant She/Her
Lady Silberfarben, mighty ruler of the Silbershire 
yay

ok!

it is a pity you have almost 300 downloads and no review
January 17th 2020, 04:11 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Silberfarben:
yay

ok!

it is a pity you have almost 300 downloads and no review

Feel free to be the first to review it. Of the dmods I've made, it is my favorite dmod.
January 21st 2020, 10:12 AM
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Silberfarben
Peasant She/Her
Lady Silberfarben, mighty ruler of the Silbershire 
I was going to review it!

and now i will, hopefully it is working now
January 21st 2020, 11:44 AM
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Silberfarben
Peasant She/Her
Lady Silberfarben, mighty ruler of the Silbershire 
yay!

It is indeed fixed by version 2.01!

great!


expect compliments soon...
January 21st 2020, 11:52 AM
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Silberfarben
Peasant She/Her
Lady Silberfarben, mighty ruler of the Silbershire 
oh..
just found another bug.

if i try to talk to the pigs to take them to the market without the third ear, i get stuck i a weird conversation loop
January 21st 2020, 01:11 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Silberfarben:
oh..
just found another bug.

if i try to talk to the pigs to take them to the market without the third ear, i get stuck i a weird conversation loop

That is not a bug. The game requires that Dink wears the third ear here. Dink must put on the third ear at this point.
January 21st 2020, 01:15 PM
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Silberfarben
Peasant She/Her
Lady Silberfarben, mighty ruler of the Silbershire 
hmmmmm....

it seems a bit broken on my computer.
maybe it is the dink I use???

dfarc...

EG: when I first went into terris there was no market, I just wandered around and saw lots of nonfunctioning enemies.
i just loaded a saved game and it was all right.

also, in the desert some things are kind of broken too...

the conversations with the bird are strange, he talks about a skeleton even if there is none in the screen, stuff like that.

also, the spell creates a cutscene of expanding blue fire, that lasted so long i died before it ended. I had almost full health...

January 21st 2020, 01:58 PM
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RangerLord
Peasant He/Him Hungary bloop
The nation above all 
Silverfarben, I never encountered actually being able to walk into Terris. It seems either the file SlipDink uploaded is broken, or your download was corrupt. You didn't use cheats, right? I can see no other reasons why this could happen. Oh, and you can actually drop your coins to be less fatigued in the desert. I don't remember what button was that does it (P maybe?), but you should drop the coins - you won't need gold anymore anyway. This will hopefully solve the problem with the spell taking too long. The funny thing is, when I playtested, I didn't know at first that it was even possible. SlipDink, you might want to make that more obvious.
January 21st 2020, 02:43 PM
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Silberfarben
Peasant She/Her
Lady Silberfarben, mighty ruler of the Silbershire 
....

I am honorable...

i have no coins...

i gave them to mumma.

I am honorable so i dont use cheats.

and the spell animation was really long, i complain about that, apollo revived me anyways.

the blue fire animation getting bigger took around one or two minutes
January 21st 2020, 03:42 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@Silberfarben:
EG: when I first went into terris there was no market, I just wandered around and saw lots of nonfunctioning enemies.
i just loaded a saved game and it was all right.

I am unable to reproduce this error.

the conversations with the bird are strange, he talks about a skeleton even if there is none in the screen, stuff like that.

I am unable to reproduce this error. Apollo only mentions the skeleton on the screen with one in it (along with the snake bite kit). This is screen #280, just south of the first chance Dink has to go up to the high desert.

also, the spell creates a cutscene of expanding blue fire, that lasted so long i died before it ended. I had almost full health...

There are many things Dink should do to keep from loosing his health in the desert. If you don't do most of them, it is likely Dink will very quickly die of dehydration.

I am honorable...

i have no coins...

i gave them to mumma.

But you will accumulate them again as you travel through the desert if you pick them up from monsters, etc. And yes, the [P] key is used to check Dink's pockets (for many things, including gold). The [P] key menus will also allow you to determine if Dink should hold onto any of the gold coins he comes across in the desert, or just drop them. Note that the [Escape] key menu is another way to get Dink to check his pockets, etc.

I am honorable so i dont use cheats.

and the spell animation was really long, i complain about that, apollo revived me anyways.

Good. Between Apollo's help and the special item gifted to you from Mr. Smilestien, you should be alright then.

the blue fire animation getting bigger took around one or two minutes

I am unable to reproduce the problem of the "blue fire animation getting bigger" taking "around one or two minutes". Also, I cannot imagine any circumstance where the spell should take as much as 120 seconds to disperse. Something must be wrong with your setup. Does your PeeCee have so little ram that it might be "swapping"? Be sure to close all (other) windows when running dfarc. Does this always happen when you use the spell? If not, where does it happen?
January 21st 2020, 04:06 PM
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SlipDink
Peasant He/Him United States bloop rumble
2nd generation. No easy way to be free. 
@RangerLord & Silverfarben:

Silverfarben, I never encountered actually being able to walk into Terris.

You should be able to enter the town limits, though Dink never enters anything like a market place in the town.

It seems either the file SlipDink uploaded is broken, or your download was corrupt.

Possibly you ignored the "Before... 2.01 * * * NOT COMPATIBLE WITH 1.xx SAVE GAME FILES! * * *" message? Or perhaps 2.01 is also not compatible with 2.00 files?