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When I hold my cursor over the TBD icon, the floating name is nwjs, not TBD. I looked it up and it's programmer nerd stuff that I am sure you are aware of. Could my various issues be relating to Javascript?

I remember that I used to have to manually update Java on my PC periodically, but I haven't done that in years. Do I still need to or has that age long passed? And either way, is it or could it be relevant? I really am a noob with all this stuff. I get that it exists and to a point I get how it all works, but most of it goes in one ear and doesn't even make it to the other ear. I think it hangs around somewhere near my eardrum and leaves the way it came in so as to not disturb my brain into even tempting itself to learn what it has to offer.

1StepCloser1 year ago(+1)

NW.js is essentially a standalone version of the Google Chrome web browser. Thus, when I was asking earlier about your use of Edge, in this case it doesn't matter as all that is needed to run the game is packaged in the export in the form of a google chrome browser. (The engine utilizes HTML5 (Browser-based)).

docnutnut1 year ago

The old soft crash thing is happening. I think it's 'soft' because I can exit the game properly.

It happened twice in a row and both times Sorawind was at the front of the queue waiting to attack. It may be a coincidence, but it feels like Sorawind is messing with my game. When I get a half decent replacement, I'll see if it's the game or the character who's messing with my mojo.

docnutnut1 year ago

Froze again with Sorawind so I threw her from the team and replaced her with anyone and the game worked fine.

Next place I put in Sorablaze to see if the problem could be Sora-related.

Sorablaze avatar moves normally, doesn't leave her shield behind and doesn't make the game freeze.

I think Sorawind is cursed or something.

docnutnut1 year ago(+1)

Maybe not. Still freezing.

As much as I enjoy the game, freezing so often is starting to get annoying :(

1StepCloser1 year ago

Oh for sure, I can imagine.

I think the tough part now, is that if I can't reproduce the issue, it's a bit of a shot in the dark on how I can fix this for you.

My main idea at this point is that it may be GPU related.

When I export the game there is an option to allow blacklisted GPUs, this is the consequence:

"Some systems with poor quality graphics drivers can end up crashing or causing severe display glitches when running games. Browsers provide blacklists to recognise faulty drivers or hardware and fall back to software rendering. This guarantees the game will work, but can result in poor performance on such systems. Disabling this option always uses GPU rendering which can be much faster, but can then run in to issues on systems with poor quality drivers."

1StepCloser1 year ago

I can release a new build with Devtools enabled, but you'll need to open up the console log to help identify a potential issue (usually F12 if on Windows) when the freezes occur.

1StepCloser1 year ago

I did find a stall in "Scenario" though, if that's one that you've experienced. I'll work on fixing that.

docnutnut1 year ago(+1)

Not sure what 'Scenario' is. But I am sure it is due to my lame old PC. Nothing works well on it. I can't even watch HEVC downloads consistently.

If a Devtools log could help, add it for sure.

1StepCloser1 year ago

Scenario is an Outerworld option that has a book in the center of the portal.

If a Devtools log could help, add it for sure.

Adding it, update should be out soon.

docnutnut1 year ago

I haven't had a freeze for a while. Maybe what I did helped. No idea if what I was doing was a bad idea.

I put the first TBD update in the TBD folder and the next in that folder and so on. I just put it on its own and deleted all the old folders.

1StepCloser1 year ago

Oh wow. ^^ Could create a few conflicts.

1StepCloser1 year ago

Update up.

docnutnut1 year ago

Gottit.

No idea if this is because of the update or always been an issue, but...

The team I have in Expeditions all had 20XP last night. Now they have 3XP.

No idea when, how, what I did. It has just dropped like it was doing before with the Outerworld team before. I'm guessing it's the same or a similar issue, but I'll leave it in the hands of the experts.

Do you enjoy figuring all this stuff out or do you spend you evenings swearing at your monitor and threatening it with a hammer?

1StepCloser1 year ago

Well I've come to accept bugs as a part of the overall process. There will be bugs now, and there will be bugs later. As long as we're working towards solving them, then eventually we'll be one step closer to a better game overall.

The team I have in Expeditions all had 20XP last night. Now they have 3XP.

The key stat is the level, they are gaining exp not only from the XP Creator, but also from the expedition itself (when it completes), so depending on how much they gained, a level-up might have occurred.

docnutnut1 year ago(+1)

No level up. I have left them alone with each of them also in a Soul Room. No expedition done either. Waiting for the next cooldown to be done.

1StepCloser1 year ago

Hmm, interesting, as of now I'm not sure if there's even a way for a character to lose XP. So this is quite puzzling. (Thinking face)

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docnutnut1 year ago

And rather than waste creds checking it, would two power generators double the output of a room?

1StepCloser1 year ago

Not currently, later on we might be able to push the depth of interactions.

docnutnut1 year ago(+1)

OK. I had thought that the generator would have to touch the room, allowing for four rooms per generator. But now I see that I can have 6 rooms per generator which had me wondering if the extra space would be for multiple generators.

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