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Diary to 1.6
DIR By: Aeroblyctos
Date: June 8, 2011, 6:42 am
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Hello.
So I will once again try diary. This is actually my third time.
I'll update the diary until 1.6 version is completed and then
I'll decide if I continue or not. The idea of the diary is to
show you how is the campaign progressing and my thoughts. Also
you can ask here about anything related to the project.
Still to do:
[*]Fix other chapters quickly
Testing progress:
[*]Main cinematics
[*]First cinematic
[*]Second cinematic
[*]Third cinematic
[*]Fourth cinematic
[*]Fifth cinematic
[*]Sixth cinematic
[*]Seventh cinematic
[*]Eighth cinematic
[*]Optional cinematics
[*]Phodom's Letter
[*]A Duel
[*]Galeoth and the King
[*]Siluze's Mission
[*]About Xada
[*]Opinions shared
[*]Man of Mystery
[*]Jakob The Adventurer
[*]Mysterious Ring
[*]Fradz & Tharo
[*]Vandart
[*]Optional quests
[*]First Optional Quest
[*]Second Optional Quest
[*]Third Optional Quest
[*]Fourth Optional Quest
[*]Fifth Optional Quest
[*]Sixth Optional Quest
[*]Seventh Optional Quest
[*]Elite Boss
[*]Epic Boss
[*]Mini-Games
[*]Tower
[*]Racing
[*]Kita Lock
[*]Explode Rate
[*]Magic Stones
[*]Gladiator Arena
[*]Solo League
[*]Team League
Estimated time before the next version: 1-2 weeks(23.7.2011)
Diary:
[spoiler]
7.6.2011, Tuesday: I completed Mother Earth item tech-tree. This
includes items such as Jade Cloak, Emerald Javelin, Nature
Shield, Ancient Leaf, Holy Stump... And so on. There are still
some things I must complete before I start testing chapter 7
such as few item tech-trees.
8.6.2011, Wednesday: Today I've been doing Magma Set. This
includes Magma Cloak(previously Improved Fire Cloak), Magma
Helmet and Ragnarok. Very powerful item set.
9.6.2011, Thursday: Today I updated the combat kings and made
some improvements to the main cinematics. Also I created a
mini-puzzle that gives a Greater Magic Ball when completed.
10.6.2011, Friday: Now I've completed the epic boss. Next I'll
finish esper Nyrxz. I went to LAN party later today.
11.6.2011, Saturday: Today I was in LAN party so I couldn't do
much. I continued doing Nyrxz.
12.6.2011, Sunday: And today I was also in LAN party. I
continued little Nyrxz.
13.6.2011, Monday: Today I imported some new icons and models to
the campaign. Now all the dragons are imported and no need to
worry about them anymore. Also today I started brainstorming to
make the game-play a little bit less annoying. This is the
result: I'll move all spell book spells to a single category
which can be easily accessed from a "dummy hero"(works same with
as current restore and game panel).
14.6.2011, Tuesday: Today I created four classifications for
units: "Summoned", "Undead", "Dragon" and "Monster". Against
these type of units some items and abilities are more powerful.
For example, "Dragon Buster" item does 300 extra damage to
dragon type enemies.
15.6.2011, Wednesday: Today I've been doings there and there. I
also calculated how long it takes for me to actually release 1.6
version and here's what I think: 1 month. I'll go to countryside
for one week and from there I can do the campaign nearly
nothing. Also there are still some important things to do that
can take a lot of time to create(I'll make some improvements to
the spell book system). Also I can't say how much time the
testing will take.
16.6.2011, Thursday: Today I started doing this new spell book
system.
17.6.2011, Friday: Today I finally completed the cinematic
dialogues I've been doing last one month. Huh, what a job now I
need Killa to fix the grammar errors. Then I can finally start
to make them.
18.6.2011, Saturday: I was in a party meaning couldn't do much.
I tested chapter 7 for the very first time and it's in chaos at
the moment. Almost everything bugs but that's what I expected.
19.6.2011, Sunday: Started my journey to countryside so couldn't
do much. I wrote some more story.
20.6.2011, Monday: Even if I was in countryside, I was able to
complete Maximillian item set and fix the bugs I got from last
test.
21.6.2011, Tuesday: I designed today all Gladiator Items and
will do them later.
22.6.2011, Wednesday: Still in the countryside. I'll come back
at Monday or Tuesday to home. Today I worked a little bit
everything, but I focused on checking what spell book spells I
must change for the new spell book system. This new spell book
system is a lot more user friendly: you simple click a button
from left corner and you can see all spells immediately. Then
you simply can cast them in no time. This however means that
instead of 5 elements and totally of 20 spells there will be 3
elements and 12 spells. Also stealing will be made a little bit
easier: now you simply press two times R button and you have
your stealing ability ready(it's still in that spell book
sadly(don't know an easier way to do this)).
23.6.2011, Thursday: And today worked on the new spell book
system and esper abilities. Also I've been thinking about later
chapters and how I'll do them.
24.6.2011, Friday: Today I fixed and made few items more. Now I
go to party and I'm already drunk. Yeeehaaw!
25.6.2011, Saturday: Today I almost completed the boss, I also
nearly finished Gladiator Items and thought once again the new
spell book idea how it will work.
26.6.2011, Sunday: And today I finished Gladiator Items and now
I focus on Alchemist Items. Tomorrow back to home and I finally
start to test the campaign again! Here I cannot, the computer
sucks(too slow).
27.6.2011, Monday: Finally home! Oh my computer is so slow
nowadays I have to format it! It even gives bluescreens!
Horrible! Anyway when I traveled home I managed to finish many
texts. Today home I tested second time chapter 7! Many bugs to
be fixed again.
28.6.2011, Tuesday: Today I fixed bugs from the last test and I
improved the terrain inside the castle. Also I formatted my
computer.
29.6.2011, Wednesday: And today I fixed rest of the bugs and
started doing main cinematics, so far the first and the second
main cinematics are done.
39.6.2011, Thursday: Today I tested the campaign and have been
fixing bugs.
1.7.2011, Friday: And today I finished half of "Fradz & Tharo"
cinematic, fixed bugs from last test and thought about the
spells. I also tested the campaign, I almost tested everything
the chapter had and it took about three hours. I would say
estimated time to play this chapter can go really high: play
time could be over 10 hours. This is a gigantic chapter with so
much to do.
2.7.2011, Saturday: Fixed half of yesterday's bugs. Other half I
also fixed but just before I was starting to save the computer
crashes and I lost one to two hour. Then I lost my motivation
doing the campaign.
3.7.2011, Sunday: Fixed rest of the bugs today and also I made
some improvements to many things, finished "Fradz & Tharo"
cinematic, thought about the new spells and decided rest of the
Alchemist Items. Ohh, and also I'll balance the starting item
packs so that they're all useful.
4.6.2011, Monday: Tested chapter 7 again in the morning and then
went to a LAN party.
5.6.2011, Tuesday: No progress: in LAN party.
6.6.2011, Wednesday: No progress: in LAN party.
7.6.2011, Thursday: Back to home. Tested the campaign again,
fixed some bugs and almost finished the floating text.
8.7.2011, Friday: Still more Floating Texts and in the end I run
out of them and couldn't finish the job. Argh! Also once again
tested and fixed some bugs.
9.7.2011, Saturday: Finished fifth main cinematic. It took
several hours to finish this cinematic, ehh.
10.7.2011, Sunday: I have been trying to do sixth, seventh,
eighth and ninth cinematic but it's not going well.
11.7.2011, Monday: Today I've been updating the website with
Xarwin and I tried to continue with the cinematics but once
again it's not going well.
12.7.2011, Tuesday: Today I've been updating the website with
Xarwin and now I have finally decided all the spells and soon
I'll start actually do them(the decision part is always the
hardest thing to do for me).
13.7.2011, Wednesday: Finished Floating Texts.
14.7.2011, Thursday: Finished many things from all over the
chapter.
15.7.2011, Friday: I can already feel the next version. It's so,
so close. I have only few things in my list left. It's only few
things and nothing but testing and fixing. Today I tested &
fixed and also did the Alchemist.
16.7.2011, Saturday: Started doing the last big thing: spell
book systems. Many crashes while deleting the old system but I'm
still positive.
17.7.2011, Sunday: Continued doing the spell book system, still
some crashes from the old system. Still positive.
18.6.2011, Monday: Continued doing the spell book system. Slow
progress, but the first part is now fully complete: all spell
texts are done.
19.6.2011, Tuesday: Today I got really frustrated with the
campaign crashing and nothing moving forward at all. I was
thinking to have a long pause but in the last moment I thought
how close I'm to the next version. Then I went to grab a nice
cold beer, put good music and started working on the campaign
again. Everything just started to work forward rapidly and now
I'm doing pretty well!
20.6.2011, Wednesday: Today I almost finished all the spells,
few left.
21.6.2011, Thursday: This day I took a break from spells and
continued fixing chapter 7. Tomorrow I'll probably continue with
spells or do something still need to be done. I was thinking
it's a bit useless actually have a closed beta, it could just
save time if I don't do it.
22.7.2011, Friday: It seems like some things are good enough and
no need further testing. There are still many things need to
tested again and again. Testing is going pretty well, but slower
than I first thought. Today tested and fixed bugs.
23.7.2011, Saturday: Today I got a bad day. Didn't do much. Well
best thing is that the new starting sets are nearly done.
24.7.2011, Sunday: Not much done today, did things here and
there.
18.6.2011, Monday: Not much done today, did things here and
there.
19.6.2011, Tuesday: Today I managed to do rest of the main
cinematics except seventh which is the hardest. Also finally I
have decided what will be the reward of optional quest 2 and now
I can actually finish it.
20.6.2011, Wednesday: Today I finished rest of he campaign
cinematics.
21.6.2011, Thursday: And now is the optional quests fully
completed and all are ready to be tested. Later today I started
testing chapter 7 again and it was so big job I had to continue
tomorrow.
22.7.2011, Friday: Continued the testing and then started to fix
some bugs.
23.7.2011, Saturday: Still fixing bugs, big job.
24.7.2011, Sunday: Still fixing bugs. I forgot completely the
professions and will do those once bugs are fixed before next
test round. I think I still have to test about 5 to 10 times,
but every time I test less bugs so it becomes every time easier
and I don't need to test same things over again if they're
already perfect in my opinion. Also I'm going to improve the
terrain in one part of the city, I'm gonna add something new
that I haven't seen in any other warcraft 3 projects(except one
blizzard campaign map).... Some elevators!
1.8.2011, Monday: Today I fixed rest of the bugs and tested.
Again I got a huge list of bugs.
2.8.2011, Tuesday: Continued fixing last test round's bugs.
3.8.2011, Wednesday: Fixed rest of the last test round's bugs.
Then continued with other unfinished things. Tomorrow I'm gonna
test again.
4.8.2011, Thursday: Today I fixed the professions and some other
things. I tested and I still got that damn spell book bug. Next
gonna focus on that.
5.8.2011, Friday: Tested and fixed again. Things like basic
Boss, Epic Boss and Gladiator Arena Team matches are in bad
shape. Need to focus on those next.
6.8.2011, Saturday: I did something in the morning... But I
don't remember anymore. I drank too much alcohol... I can't
remember... I was totally wasted. I mean totally.
7.8.2011, Sunday: And today... I have a great hangover... But
let's see what I can manage.
1.8.2011, Monday: Today I almost fixed all bugs. Also I
continued little with "Elevator Hills". Tomorrow I will fix rest
and then test. My opinion has once again changed: I'll be
releasing a closed beta test for chapter 7.
2.8.2011, Tuesday: Finished Elevator Hills, fixed rest of the
bugs and tested little. Still the Spell Book isn't fixed.
3.8.2011, Wednesday: Got depressed of the Spell Book system: it
doesn't work. Didn't do anything until my friend Kitabatake
figured out what was the problem. It's finally fixed! Also
before I went to sleep I tested the campaign little.
4.8.2011, Thursday: Today I tested and it seems like all
optional quests have reached my standards, Elite Boss is done
and most of the systems are working perfectly. Still need to
test some more and fix bugs.
5.8.2011, Friday: Tested and fixed again. I'm having some
problems with Epic Boss and multiboard is giving me headache.
Otherwise testing going smoothly and just few bugs and fixes
anymore. Next week closed beta. Tomorrow I go to a car trip and
I can't work on the campaign Saturday and Sunday. I don't know
if I even have time to come here to peek what you guys are
doing. Anyway, next week I believe is finally the closed beta
which will take few days, then I release the next version. I
believe this can be done within two weeks and hopefully before
my school starts. Next week is going to be my last week before
school. Shit!
13.8.2011, Saturday: On car trip.
14.8.2011, Sunday: On car trip.
15.8.2011, Monday: I came back evening. Almost fixed last test
round's bugs.
16.8.2011, Tuesday: Today I fixed & tested. Still didn't start
Closed Beta: some bugs still remain. Thursday to Saturday I'll
be in lan party so then there won't be much progress. After that
will be closed beta and then next version. So the next version
won't be this weekend.
17.8.2011, Wednesday: Tested & fixed. Nothing special happened.
Tomorrow I'll probably give the campaign to Killa to be tested.
So it's like first time ever I give the campaign to someone
else. He'll test and I'll fix. It's good to give someone else
play. Killa will find more bugs from places I usually don't
search. I'm not sure if I do the Closed Beta. If I do that it
will be Saturday or Sunday We'll see, we'll see.
18.8.2011, Thursday: At lan party.
19.8.2011, Friday: At lan party.
20.8.2011, Saturday: At lan party, but will come back home today
evening. I've been testing optimator programs with my friend and
there might be possibility to reduce the campaign loading time
dramatically.
21.8.2011, Sunday: Really, really, really close now. After Killa
and Chimto have tested then I test few times and next version.
So next week from Monday to Sunday!!
22.8.2011, Monday: School started meaning I have a lot less time
per day to make the campaign. Today fixed bugs from last test
round plus Killa's and Chimto's bugs they gave from testing. I
didn't have time to make a next test round but tomorrow I'll do
it. I believe I need three more test rounds and chapter 7 is
done.
23.8.2011, Tuesday: Today fixed few bugs Chimto told me and then
tested. I didn't have time to fix bugs from my own test
round(will do that tomorrow and test again). However, what I see
only Epic Boss battle and Honor Shop aren't ready.
24.8.2011, Wednesday: Testing & fixing. Maybe tomorrow the next
version or Friday!
25.8.2011, Thursday: Now chapter 7 is ready. Next I'll do other
fixes quickly from other chapters and done.
26.8.2011, Friday: I didn't do anything.
27.8.2011, Saturday: Today's plan is that I'll release the next
version... Okay, I couldn't do that but tomorrow that'll be
done.
28.8.2011, Sunday: Today I tried everything I could to actually
finish this new version... But it wasn't enough. I'm so close, I
would need one or two hours more to finish this. Tomorrow I
however have school and I must go sleep so that I can actually
drive with my bike to school(it's everyday epic 1 hour journey
to school). So... I'm disappointed to myself but this is life.
Tomorrow this will be done.
22.8.2011, Monday: Today is the release day.
[/spoiler]
#Post#: 3344--------------------------------------------------
Re: Diary to 1.6
DIR By: Tears
Date: June 8, 2011, 12:12 pm
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Yeah, writing diary is a great way to plan and increase moral. I
can't help anything but cheer you up. C'mon keep up with the
great work, Aero. And beside, I want to ask you something
personal, something don't relate to the campaign..
I want to ask you:
[spoiler]Do you have any girl friends?[/spoiler]
And now you read the question, I hope you don't think anything
wrong about me (yeah I hope you know what I mean about "wrong").
It's just a interview to the creator of this epic campaign (or
maybe I should open a topic in which people come and interview
you?)
#Post#: 3346--------------------------------------------------
Re: Diary to 1.6
DIR By: chimto
Date: June 8, 2011, 10:48 pm
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I didn't know that there were two 8th of June days.
#Post#: 3349--------------------------------------------------
Re: Diary to 1.6
DIR By: [H]ell[H]eaven
Date: June 9, 2011, 3:39 am
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--- Quote from: Chimto link ---
>
> I didn't know that there were two 8th of June days.
>
--- End Quote ---
And 1 is wednesday, 1 is Sunday :o
Btw, keep up your motivation, we always by urs side :P
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Re: Diary to 1.6
DIR By: Aeroblyctos
Date: June 9, 2011, 6:01 am
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--- Quote from: Tears link ---
>
> Yeah, writing diary is a great way to plan and increase moral.
I can't help anything but cheer you up. C'mon keep up with the
great work, Aero. And beside, I want to ask you something
personal, something don't relate to the campaign..
>
> I want to ask you:
>
> [spoiler]Do you have any girl friends?[/spoiler]
>
> And now you read the question, I hope you don't think anything
wrong about me (yeah I hope you know what I mean about "wrong").
It's just a interview to the creator of this epic campaign (or
maybe I should open a topic in which people come and interview
you?)
>
--- End Quote ---
Well I never had a girlfriend. But I know that when the time
comes it will consume a lot of my. This time is not just yet. I
still have so much time in my life there is no real rush yet.
That interview sounds fine. ;D
But you must be then neutral! Ask your own made questions and
I'll answer.
--- Quote from: Chimto link ---
>
> I didn't know that there were two 8th of June days.
>
--- End Quote ---
--- Quote from: [H ---
> ell[H]eaven link=topic=517.msg3349#msg3349 date=1307608764]
> [quote author=Chimto link=topic=517.msg3346#msg3346
date=1307591287]
> I didn't know that there were two 8th of June days.
>
--- End Quote ---
And 1 is wednesday, 1 is Sunday :o
Btw, keep up your motivation, we always by urs side :P
[/quote]
Hohhoo.
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Re: Diary to 1.6
DIR By: AdmOrian
Date: June 10, 2011, 12:39 pm
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Love the diary, then I don't have to keep wondering how its
doing every other day lol
Keep up the epic Awesomeness!!
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Re: Diary to 1.6
DIR By: Aeroblyctos
Date: June 10, 2011, 1:05 pm
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Great.
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Re: Diary to 1.6
DIR By: chimto
Date: June 12, 2011, 10:08 pm
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What about the new flower system?
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Re: Diary to 1.6
DIR By: Aeroblyctos
Date: June 13, 2011, 6:16 am
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That's done already.
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Re: Diary to 1.6
DIR By: AdmOrian
Date: June 13, 2011, 6:36 pm
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Hey I have to say its always slightly annoying that stealing
doesn't properly give the bonuses intended will that be fixed in
this upcoming release???
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