Monday, April 21, 2008
Frayed Knights: A Beta Odyssey
Sitting on the sidewalk, watching water pour out from under the sidewalk and the lobby of one's place of business is (hopefully) one of those weird, once-in-a-lifetime experiences that really makes you wonder.
Like wondering, "Crap, am I gonna have a job to come back to?"
The answer is apparently yes, as it's back to business as usual this week (with perhaps a weekend or two of extra work thrown in for good measure). However, it almost gave me an extra day and a half to work on Frayed Knights. It would have, if I hadn't lost yet another video card one night. A few hours of the following day were devoted to discovering the problem, acquiring a new card, and installing it.
Total gain in dev time: About the same amount of time I lost the previous weekend due to the mandatory overtime.
Well, either way, I managed to get the beta out. We've got about a week to get cracking on it. There are a ton of additional features and improvements I want to make in the pilot already. And maybe I will. But our first concern is making sure it is fully playable and stable, and accomplishes the goals of a pilot episode - which is to solicit feedback.
Some changes that have gone in over the last week or so:
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* Bug: Zone exit to Ardin only works once (or doesn't work after load?)
* Fireball - Incindiary Crackleball added
* Fixed bug: Silas ignored party after Benjamin's confession
* Fixed Interactive Object dialog title width
* Fixed missing portrait for Benjamin when targeted after incapacitation
* Fireball wand for Chloe
* Fixed getting stuck inside door bug.
* Fixed autonomous dialogs
* Fixed load game at game-over
* Added Angry Flower spell
* Changed Silas and Hoss skins & portraits
* Added Fireball Wand Dialogs
* Added potion of recapacitation + recapacitation effects
* Added Frayed Knights website jump at end of game
* Enter Key and ESC key in all dialogs
* Prevented player from hopping the railing to talk to Silas and avoid talking to Florentine (although I'm really conflicted on that one... I may put it back in once I come up with some alternative dialogs with Florentine and Silas).
Times they are excitin'.
Expect a public release in 1 week.
Labels: Frayed Knights, Roleplaying Games
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If you've lost multiple video cards, you probably should replace your power supply. I suggest a Corsair 520, damn nice PS. Remember that the wattage that's shown on PSes is strictly a marketing number these days, so you've got to go with one that's been tested - most of them don't do anything like what they claim.
You know, I was thinking it was my motherboard, but a very slightly wonky power supply would really explain it even better.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm gonna look into it!
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm gonna look into it!
I second Backov on the power supply possibly causing issues. From personal experience, there are a plethora of symptoms caused by a bad power supply that can appear to be memory, video, mobo, etc. problems. Other than sufficient wattage of course, the key things to look for in a solid PS are Active PFC (Power Factor Correction) and 80 PLUS Certified.
Oh and it's "incendiary". =)
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Oh and it's "incendiary". =)
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