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Quote from: Frugal on May 25, 2017, 01:05:27 am

Ah, yes, the Mirror dialogue tree started normally, I just ran out of dialogue on my first attempt and had to enter combat.  I wasn't sure if it was working right since the Mirror's life bar was visible but I couldn't attack it as it wasn't on the battlefield.

Working as intended.  As you kill shadows the mirror loses health.

Are they supposed to take no damage from poison's damage over time debuff as well?  I wonder if it was just the Watching shadows that did that, since they don't do anything until they explode in your face.  I can't remember if the last one was taking poison damage, or if I even managed to hit it with poison before dying.

Could you send the save game that is causing that crash?  These are normally located in C:\Users\asdgsdgadsg\AppData\Local\Towergirls and take the form of two .ini files.

It only crashed once, when I tried to load the game while in the middle of the snow golem fight.  Worked fine after I started the game back up again, and I have since overwritten the save.

edit: I started a new game as a Fighter and went for the Human princess quest.  I got to the ghost tower, went east then north, got into a fight with a chest and a stool and couldn't attack.  Neither my knight nor the bard knight could attack.  The attack icon was greyed out.  I wound up shield bashing my way through the fight.
Later Bard Knight got killed by one of those Shadow Knight minibosses (which, by the way, have a pathing problem-- they just walk to the bottom of the screen once they get near you) and went back to the entrance to exit the dungeon, then got ambushed by a chandelier which killed me.  I clicked load game, tried to load my game and got this crash:

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FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Draw Event
for object obj_kingdom:

Variable obj_battle_sprite.<unknown variable>(100278, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
at gml_Object_obj_kingdom_Draw_0
############################################################################################

But, again, this was a one-time crash.  The save still works.

Haha, WOW.  I found a great crash!  I quick-moved to the entrance of the ghost tower and the Shadow Knight was there.  I quickly mashed the "exit dungeon" button and the mob reached me as the screen was fading to black.  The world map appeared, yet it was off to the left, and the little flames from the battle screen candles were visible, so was the Shadow Knight lifebar.  I clicked in the empty space to the right of the map (I didn't try clicking anywhere else) and this crash happened again:

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############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Draw Event
for object obj_kingdom:

Variable obj_battle_sprite.<unknown variable>(100278, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
at gml_Object_obj_kingdom_Draw_0
############################################################################################

Okay, so, I got to the Mirror.  I entered the room while in Sneak mode which prevented the battle from actually happening initially but I removed Sneak and got into a fight, but I think it was completely broken.  I cast poison on everything and nothing took the poison damage, then after doing nothing for like 5 rounds the "watchful Dism" monsters bumrushed me and did like 30 damage total to both party members.  Then the last one wore me down after I discovered Sterile Wound Dressings do basically nothing.
Is the Mirror fight (if you wind up entering battle) supposed to be a random encounter with the Mirror's hp bar visible yet no Mirror?

So anyway I died, clicked Continue and got this crash:
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FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Destroy Event
for object obj_battle:

Unable to find any instance for object index '34' name 'obj_dungeon'
at gml_Object_obj_battle_Destroy_0
############################################################################################

The Enchanted Tower fights in general seem to be way harder than they should be, and there's basically no way to use the shops to buy gear because there are almost no money drops.  The ice dungeon is tolerable because they at least drop healing items.

Overall I'd say the game needs much faster fights, more LOOT (and I don't mean more BERRIES) in the dungeons instead of 90% empty rooms, and a UI that makes sense.  The ESC key should reliably exit menus instead of requiring you to click on the X or in the case of the map, left-click on empty areas of the map.  When selecting abilities in battle I would first and foremost insist that the game needs to more reliably recognize clicking on abilities, and when you succeed in clicking on the button it should indicate that you have done so in a way more obvious than numbers appearing near valid targets.  The numbers themselves need to be more readable as well- put a solid circle around them for instance.
Stronger monsters should give way more exp and all monsters should drop money.  I'd say it would make sense for all the monsters I've fought to drop silver, as there aren't any wild animals or anything.  If you want to be creative you could substitute ingredients for silver drops, but something should always drop, so that you can make money and be able to afford equipment upgrades.  Everything I saw in the shops was either way out of my price range or basically the same quality of gear that I started with.
Lastly, there should be a way to zoom in on the world map.  It's quite hard to click on smaller territories when you're standing on them.  It'd be nice if you could scroll the map faster, too.

I have an old save from the end of the 0.100 version, right after rescuing the Kobold Princess and my army is en route to return.  If I load that save in 0.123, my army just walks straight there without getting a conversation from the princess halfway through, and then nothing happens.  The quest does not progress any further.  I saved my game at the start of the second conversation (that ends the demo) in the 0.100 version, and loading it in 0.123 results in the army arriving at the land just north of canopy then refusing to go anywhere valid afterwards- the waypoint is somewhere offscreen to the northwest.  I thought initially that I had not managed to save my game then because the save menu didn't let me do anything, but apparently it saved after all.  Or it decided to autosave?

I made a new character in 0.123, went and started fighting the penguins, then a scout summoned a dog after I killed the first one and the new dog didn't show up in the enemy list at the bottom of the screen.  I attacked it (with poison talent active) and it crashed with a complaint about applying a buff to something.
I heard someone else had a crash at the boss.

Got a crash during the army fight, when I pressed A during the second round of combat (I'm guessing it's not a valid shortcut in an army battle)

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FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Draw Event
for object obj_panel:

local variable y5(100071, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
at gml_Object_obj_panel_Draw_0
############################################################################################

I went left in Glacier Keep and reached the second to last room in that path, and the chest was directly in front of the exit leading north, so that I seemingly could not get close enough to open it.

On Elven Sieges- they don't.  When Elves get angry, they just set up ambush parties outdoors and kill any dwarf they see until their bloodlust is sated.  They never actually try to enter the fortress.

When a dwarf enters a strange mood of some sort and demands blocks, will he ever need blocks made of something other than stone?  I just found out you can make blocks out of glass and metal, and was wondering if it was a good idea to make some just in case.

I noticed one of my dwarves was unhappy that they were wearing tattered clothing so I started making more.  50+ Shirts, Pants, and Shoes later, I notice a bunch of worn clothing lying around my Finished Goods stockpile.  The dwarves also often store them in their rooms.  My problem is that the new clothes wear out so quickly that I'm starting to worry about the old clothing cluttering up my fortress.  I can't usually trade them away, as they don't show up as something I can move to the depot.

Do Dwarves hang on to all their used clothing, or just one extra set of clothes?

Also, many of my military dwarves are still using their heavily worn Cloaks in spite of there being like 20 extras in bins.  Why aren't they replacing them?  Do dwarves not actively seek out Cloaks, and only wear them if they have them on when they arrive?

Will he?  I'd like him to wear some armor in case the dwarf he's arresting decides to fight back.