To Lands Unknown 3.9

[Konrad2]

But the explanation was that 'living' things suffer from the cold and Ums are very much living.

[inferno8]

Hello, vanillared Thank you for the complete error message. Interestingly I have never encountered such an issue, but it looks like the game reports a problem with a small part of code in Fire Canyon scenario. I've already disabled it as it had no impact on the gameplay, so this issue should not bother you anymore (at least I hope so). The fix will be available in the upcoming version.

@Konrad2: you are right, I'll mention Ums not being affected in the scenario's objective notes.

Edit: I tried to fix the issues with the banish weapon special. I also improved the soul catcher ability code, because I believe it may be connected to the latest problems. I am attaching the files. It would be good to test them in the Mag-Magar scenario. I run some tests and found nothing suspicious, but I want to be sure if it works.

[Konrad2]

So...why do I start the last scenario with an negative amount of gold? Is that minus a mistake..?

EDIT:

Spoiler:

And I've apparently lost a lot of my living units (about half), because they didn't fit into the starting room. I request a change before I finish this campaign. ._. Maybe 'recall' them all, after you open the door? To begin with, why are they all there, instead of being at the Sky Kingdom, waiting to be recalled?

EDIT 2:

Spoiler:

Don't ignore the possibility of the circle being finished before Glomin appears.

EDIT 3:

Spoiler:

You check for everyone in the circle before the turns of Rashtis halves happen.
And the Robots are passive after becoming my allies. Like really passive.

[inferno8]

Depending on your difficulty settings the starting gold for the last scenario is this:
easy: 700; normal: 500; hard 300
Carryover percentage from the previous scenario is 40. Looking at the scenario configuration file it looks like there is a new piece of code, unfamiliar to me, reducing player's gold at the very beginning of the scenario - I didn't code that I am going to remove it. This should help.

Spoiler:

The whole recalling action in the corridor could be implemented better in my opinion. I'll store all player's units present on the map when we enter the bunker so they could be later unstored inside. This will be more realistic.

Good point with the circle completion before Glomin appears. I forgot about such a possibility.

I am aware of the passive robots in that scenario. Unfortunately I don't know what causes this. The main problem is that they don't want to move closer to Destroyers but if the enemy is in range the robots attack. This is very unusual. One of possible explanations is that the robots consider Destroyers too powerful, so they don't even dare to reduce the distance to them. This is similar to how ai_special=guardian works, but they don't have it applied. Together with ForestDragon we've been trying to solve this, but a limited success. I'll try one last thing: modify ai candidate action to force robots to chase Destroyers in a similar fashion Dharma'rashti chases Mehir. But I can't guarantee it will work.

The patch should be ready soon.

Edit:
It is ready:

[Konrad2]

There you go, see for yourself.
Notes: I can tell you changed something about the way your 'unstored'(?) my people. None of the lvl 1 units made the cut though. Did you perhaps use something similiar to the teleportation in sky kingdom?

[inferno8]

The script works this way: it stores your recruited/recalled living troops at the end of the previous scenario and unstores them at the beginning of the next one. It skips lvl1s.

Btw, I'd like to see your North Pole replay, if possible, so I can analyze the composition of your troops.

[Konrad2]

Then it didn't work at all.

EDIT:
Maybe you need to give me a new 'North Pole' scenario? How can it store my units at the end of the scenario, if the only new thing I have is the next scenario?

[inferno8]

Ok, I think I have finally fixed this (at least I hope so). You will probably have to play North Pole once again (I did it on my side and it worked). Be sure to download the updated scenarios:

[Konrad2]

No last words for Mehir in Sc21. (And I had him freeze to death as well...)

[inferno8]

No last words for Mehir in Sc21

Fixed, thanks

(And I had him freeze to death as well...)

B..but how? How did you do that?

[Konrad2]

He was attacked, he survived with 1 hp, then my turn started. And it's like this: freeze dmg, then regeneration heal. So he died before he healed.

[inferno8]

I see. The damage should be calculated on turn refresh then. Fixed, thank you once again! Your playthrough helped me a lot to improve so many things just before 1.14. I am very happy about this cooperation

[Konrad2]

Some things that are both in the old and new version:

Spoiler:

'Ruins'
Why does nothing spawn in turn 3?
Rashti starts on a 'void' tile.

I accidentally destroyed Dharma'Rashti for good with Mehirs dmg aura. Oops.

EDIT:

TLU-Ruins replay.gz

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Something went wrong with the unstoring in Epilogue. And btw, Wesnoth shut down at 'The End' sequence (First time it happened there, normally it's fine. Maybe it's because I set it's speed at 0.25? I did so, because I saw a dimensional gate appear the very end, after they stop talking.)

[inferno8]

Spoiler:

Nothing spawns on turn 3 to allow players to better position their troops around the battery. But by looking at your replay I can say that Mehir with 6mp can win this scenario by recalling almost nothing. I will probably change some things to take his high speed into account so this scenario won't become trivial.

Rashti starts on a 'void' tile but this has no impact on the gameplay as she moves to the battery room later.

Mehirs dmg aura should ignore Dharma'rashti - thanks for reporting

Something went wrong with the unstoring in Epilogue.

Could you describe the problem more? Do you mean there are no human troops present?

And btw, Wesnoth shut down at 'The End' sequence (First time it happened there, normally it's fine. Maybe it's because I set it's speed at 0.25?

This has something to do with the memory limit. It can't be helped, for now. Devs will probably do something about it in the future.

I saw a dimensional gate appear the very end, after they stop talking

Indeed. Thanks for reporting

[Konrad2]

Could you describe the problem more? Do you mean there are no human troops present?

Exactly. The whole point for the battery was to be able to bring himself and his fellow summoners into the Abyss. The abyssal beings were not really a problem. Reciful already proved that it's possible to banish them without wiping their mind.

I'm aware that the void tile doesn't impact the game, but it is an inconsistency.