TFMurphy
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The spider currently doesn't recognise 3.1 demos. This is expected.

When 3.1 is final, the spider will in turn be upgraded to use the new code. This should not only allow 3.1 demos to be accepted by CaravelNet, but also fix the bug with TCB and JtRH demos each having different problems with regards to turn counts and Double Placement. As a result of this planned bug fix, a great many demos on the side will need to be revalidated, so expect a huge backlog of demos for the spider to work through at that point.

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I am trying the patch right now.

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Thanks for testing out import on build 54, jbluestein. I'm glad my changes seem to have fixed your import issues. I'd say 3.1 is final at build 54. Sure, we're going to fix bugs in the future as they come up, but it seems we don't have any obvious bugs at the moment, and we're going to have to stop tuning 3.1 at some point, right? So how about we stop now. (Also, Caravel has gotta get a move on with our next projects, and as long as 3.1 doesn't have any issues, I see no reason why we shouldn't turn our attention to that. Rest assured, we'll still release new patch fixes after 3.1 if any more serious issues come up.

In related news, Erik just submitted TCB 3.1 to the 2008 IGF. Woo!

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mrimer wrote:
In related news, Erik just submitted TCB 3.1 to the 2008 IGF. Woo!

That's really good news

Does this mean we should all now start promoting DROD TCB as much as we can on our own sites/pages/blogs/livejournals/whatever?

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bomber50 wrote:
I am trying the patch right now.

It is finished now.
Everything seems to be working smoothly.

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mrimer wrote:
Thanks for testing out import on build 54, jbluestein. I'm glad my changes seem to have fixed your import issues. I'd say 3.1 is final at build 54. Sure, we're going to fix bugs in the future as they come up, but it seems we don't have any obvious bugs at the moment, and we're going to have to stop tuning 3.1 at some point, right? So how about we stop now.

Seems like a perfect time to me. Thanks for all your efforts!

Josh

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calamarain wrote:
Does this mean we should all now start promoting DROD TCB as much as we can on our own sites/pages/blogs/livejournals/whatever?

Yeah, let's get the promotion machine turning!

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mrimer wrote:
Yeah, let's get the promotion machine turning!

There goes the neighbourhood...

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Does this patch work on the demo version of TCB?

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I'm wondering - did the hold ID for the TCB hold change? After installing the 3.1.0.54 version afresh not only am I able to get demos verified for TCB (because the spider isn't updated yet), but I also get a "This hold is not published on CaravelNet" for TCB...

*insert turning gears and a light bulb here*

Oh, wait - there were some hold changes due to the slightly different briar behaviour... so I guess this has to wait until it's possible to update a hold in a patch, or everyone would have to re-install rather than patch their game, right?

np: The Orb - Blue Room (U.F.Orb Remastered)

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By the way, custom characters are always surrounded by black or white. Is it a change in the transparency color or is it a bug?

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Jeff_Ray... wrote:
By the way, custom characters are always surrounded by black or white. Is it a change in the transparency color or is it a bug?

The transparency color for custom NPCs is (192,192,192). Using anything else for sprite transparency is not supported.

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I'm working on a new build that addresses some latent bugs in 3.1 that should be mopped up now for correct high-scoring.

So far, bug fixes include:
Bomb explosions: Gerry's 3.1 targate fix broke bomb explosion expansion when a targate is involved. TFMurphy has rewritten the bomb explosion code to regain the original 3.0 intended bomb explosion behavior.
Halph: (2.0.x only bug) Shouldn't be able to bump Halph when he's on a force arrow pointing against the player.

I'm also including some other minor bugfixes that have been reported.

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I'm using 3.1 Build 54, and I just conquered Beethro's Teacher, and it says I've conquered 50% of the secrets... even though I haven't cleared a single one. And it's the same thing with TCB... I thought this bug was supposed to already have been fixed

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New erroneous data should be fixed. It cannot correct any data that was added before the upgrade.

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coppro wrote:
New erroneous data should be fixed. It cannot correct any data that was added before the upgrade.

Well, I can understand that DROD still says that I've conquered 80% of TCB, but I cleared Beethro's Teacher yesterday. And I don't think I played anything of Beethro's Teacher using 3.0.0.

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mrimer wrote:
So far, bug fixes include:

I would add to the changelog:
* Tarstuff / invisibility: Fixed an incompatibility between 2.0.x and 3.x when no tarstuff is under a mother and the player is invisible.

A longer description is here.

[added - mrimer]

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Whenever I open up DROD 3.1, I get a window that says 'DROD must upgrade your data files for this game version to function. Do you wish to have DROD upgrade your files now ("No" exits)? I got this error once I upgraded DROD from 3.0 to 3.1, then tried reinstalling it. Nothing worked. Anyone want to help?

Keep posting,

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UrAvgAzn wrote:
Whenever I open up DROD 3.1, I get a window that says 'DROD must upgrade your data files for this game version to function. Do you wish to have DROD upgrade your files now ("No" exits)? I got this error once I upgraded DROD from 3.0 to 3.1, then tried reinstalling it. Nothing worked. Anyone want to help?

Keep posting,

Do you have your data files from before you attempted the upgrade? (ie from your backup).

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Nope. I think the reinstallation deleted all of the data files.

Keep posting,

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If reinstalling really deleted all your dat files, you wouldn't be seeing that message. Take a look for something like C:\Program Files\DROD - The City Beneath\Data\*.dat. Or if you're using Windows Vista, you'll probably need to open that folder and then use some 'Compatibility Files' option. If that doesn't work, try C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\DROD - The City Beneath\Data\*.dat.

Once you find a player.dat, move it and any other *.dat files EXCEPT drod3_0.dat out of that directory, then see if DROD will start up.

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It worked, yay! Thanks schep!

Keep posting,

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Just thought I should mention that Jeff_Ray has just informed me that the music bug is still present. According to him, he downloaded the final beta for KPVIIID3 and the music files were replaced with random speech. And when I downloaded it, the music associations were gone, eg. Everywhere in the hold where music was supposed to play said 'Play Music : ?'.

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Now, whenever I click on Change Location, DROD crashes. What should I do?

Keep posting,

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UrAvgAzn wrote:
Now, whenever I click on Change Location, DROD crashes. What should I do?

I'd say put your DAT files somewhere where Erik can see them...

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I'm unstickying this thread to make way for the new 3.1.1 (build 55) patch thread.

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