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#1
Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log
Last post by CraigStern - Yesterday at 07:28:00 PM
Did some searching online to find an artist able to draw a map of Dese.

- worked on the final battle some more.

- new script action: ChangeArmyColor. Two parameters: army number and color.

- fixed: the Transfer script action would add a character to the destination roster even if they no longer existed in the roster they were to be transferred from, causing characters who fell to permadeath during the bandit fortress escape maps to appear on the main roster anyway.

- fixed: the -ATKX- and -ATKY- special characters had started each returning 0 when using skill scripts regardless of where the attack was centered.
#2
Telepath Tactics Liberated (2022) / Re: Dev Log
Last post by CraigStern - Yesterday at 11:59:53 AM
For hotfix 1.0.60h:

- fixed in version 1.0.60h: the Transfer script action would add a character to the destination roster even if they no longer existed in the roster they were to be transferred from, causing characters who fell to permadeath during the bandit fortress escape maps to appear on the main roster anyway.

- fixed in version 1.0.60h: the -ATKX- and -ATKY- special characters had started each returning 0 when using skill scripts regardless of where the attack was centered.
#3
Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log
Last post by CraigStern - March 12, 2025, 09:48:23 AM
- worked on the final battle some more.

- new object added to the game: Mandala. A floor object that is indestructible and can have various effects...

- new terrain stat modifier supported: RangeBonus.

- finally added Dayaan's spriteset to the game.

- created a couple of new enemy types.

- reduced the salary of the recruitable kineticist in the Monkey League Qualifier.

- the enemy axefighter in the Monkey League Qualifier now only has throwing axes in Brutal difficulty.
#4
Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log
Last post by CraigStern - March 11, 2025, 10:19:59 AM
Hired a pixel artist to create one last character animation.

- finished the scene leading up to the final battle, connected it to the main menu in town such that players can now actually initiate the final confrontation.

- received, integrated new battle background for the Desan throne room.

- extended the big dialogue tree before the final battle; it now has over 100 branches, and can lead to a bad ending where the final battle never occurs.

- the game now supports emission textures to accompany battle backgrounds.

- the Conclude Investigation button now shows up in town after Malatose offers to let you investigate the summer palace, letting the player choose not to trust Malatose.

- added effects to the dialogue branch where you attempt to scan Dayaan.

- fixed a scripting error that was preventing the vindictive character quest event chain from ever initiating.

- fixed a scripting error that could cause the Conclude Investigation button to show up in town after being kicked off the investigation.

- fixed: setting parameters using a Run reply type was only working in battles, not in cutscenes.
#5
Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log
Last post by CraigStern - March 07, 2025, 09:34:41 PM
- worked on the final battle more.

- new items added.

- fixed: the Together in Battle skills XML file had a formatting error that was keeping it from being loaded.

- fixed: bonus damage was not showing up in skill tooltips within the character screen, only in the Actions Bar.
#6
Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log
Last post by CraigStern - March 06, 2025, 12:06:29 PM
- continued working on the scene leading up to the final battle.

- new skill added to the game...

- new unlockable glossary entries added: Dara Abhedy and Sandesh Andhera.

- added some new flags to various moments in player interrogations to give the game ways to recall if the player has gathered certain information.

- the engine now supports baking bonus damage of differing elements directly into a skill.

- further increased the base winnings for matches in the various arena leagues.
#7
Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log
Last post by CraigStern - March 05, 2025, 07:16:31 PM
- continued working on the scene leading up to the final battle.

- fixed: under some circumstances, it was possible to access certain investigatory sub-activities from the town menu even after being removed from the investigation.
#8
Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log
Last post by CraigStern - March 04, 2025, 03:46:57 PM
- fixed: the option to scan Prince Ajit during his interrogation was not leading to the correct dialogue branch.

- fixed: Nihal Agarwal was not informing the player that his mission wouldn't occur that same day until they'd already accepted it.

- fixed: in some instances, clicking to skip score tallying in the victory box could fail to end the "score tallying" sound loop, leaving it playing until the player quit to the title screen.
#9
Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log
Last post by CraigStern - March 03, 2025, 07:50:58 PM
- worked on the scene leading up to the final battle.

- fixed the offset on directional lights--they now appear to originate on the space where they are placed.

- fixed in the map editor: unit tooltips could show  up over the top of the light properties window, obscuring it.
#10
Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log
Last post by CraigStern - March 01, 2025, 10:31:47 AM
- fixed: female axefighter sprites were not displaying their character hair palettes correctly; replaced their bandana with uncovered medium-length hair to make their hair color easier to see.

- fixed: human photokineticist sprites were displaying character hair color in a much darker shade than intended.

- male pyrokineticist sprites and pyrokurios/pyrarch sprites are no longer bald; they display character hair color correctly.

- cleaned up a frame in the right-facing human female photokineticist casting animation that was offset by a pixel.

- updated one of the lines in the dissident interrogation dialogue to make more sense.