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[bugfartboy]

I suppose I can play TRPG2 again.  I've been wanting to anyway.


Is there going to be a limit as to how big custom AOE patterns can be in the future?  Unless I've just not figured it out how to make it bigger quite yet, there's a size constraint, correct?

[CraigStern]

As of right now, the size limit is 5 X 5; I'll be removing that restriction in the next update, however. ;)

[carlosfan666]

do you plan on making a new game+ option in telepath tactics like you have had in previous games?

[CraigStern]

Nah; going through a highly linear campaign with massively overpowered characters isn't quite as much fun as it sounds. (The fun of New Game+, I find, is in getting to explore without having to worry about survival quite as much.)

That said, I might consider updating it at some point to unlock a hard mode after you beat it. :)

[bugfartboy]

Is there any way to use unicode characters in dialog and scripts? I'm trying to write a script that sets a specific variable to a blank space, and everything I've tried has failed.  If I use simple blank space, the game reads it as having nothing in it, and I haven't been able to find any way to have the game read a unicode string as its respective character.


Is there any way to spawn a character based on its ID tag, either with the SpawnChar action or by default in a map's xml file, or use the ID tag to add a character to the roster?

[CraigStern]

Is there any way to use unicode characters in dialog and scripts? I'm trying to write a script that sets a specific variable to a blank space, and everything I've tried has failed.  If I use simple blank space, the game reads it as having nothing in it, and I haven't been able to find any way to have the game read a unicode string as its respective character.

I don't believe there is at present. Is this as part of your character-naming project?

Is there any way to spawn a character based on its ID tag, either with the SpawnChar action or by default in a map's xml file, or use the ID tag to add a character to the roster?

Not presently, no. You can spawn characters based upon their name or their class, but that's about it at present.

[bugfartboy]

Is this as part of your character-naming project?

Yeah.  I'm trying to think of instances where that capability could come in handy, but the keyboard idea is the only one I can think of.
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Definitely a silly question.  I would think the game's custom font would be a pain to add Unicode support to.

Not presently, no. You can spawn characters based upon their name or their class, but that's about it at present.

Fair enough.  I guess I have a few experiments to do now regarding if the game will recognize a character even though it now has a different name.
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or their class

Now I feel really silly.  I don't know why I didn't think of this.

[CraigStern]

No worries. I've definitely considered adding support for spawning characters according to some sort of unique numerical ID on various occasions, but haven't had the need for it yet.

[bugfartboy]

Was it intentional that when you spawn a unit by it's class name, it's name is set to it's class?

[CraigStern]

That's intentional for destructible objects; that should not be happening for characters, though.

[bugfartboy]

We have the SpawnParticlesAt action, but what about a SpawnVFXAt or PlaySFX action? Not a request, just curious.

[CraigStern]

For sound effects, PlaySound is already an action. I've wanted to add a PlayVFX action to the game for some time, but it would be complicated to make it work due to the structure of the game's code. Currently, it's not supported.

[bugfartboy]

I was asking about PlaySFX because while PlaySound is useful for playing a single sound, you can't string sounds together with specific timing with it.

That's a bummer about PlayVFX, although I understand the reasoning.

[bugfartboy]

What is the range of values that can be stored in a single variable in TT?

[CraigStern]

Numerical variables store integers, so any integer value should work. (Is that what you were asking?)