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DD#149 Another Seemly Peaceful Week, or Is It?

Hello, agents of secret worlds, supervillains of underworlds, and all the spies in this occult cold war, welcome to a relatively peaceful week. As mentioned in last week's developer's diary, something in the "normal" side of the world is slowing down the development. Or, is it?


Oh, well, at least she disagrees.
You can find this silent maiden in a strange building in Samujier.

The House of the 20th. What's the secret of this building?
So, far it's not yet revealed. But, when it does, maybe you will find another layer of the meaning of NEOLITHIC. Previously, some clues already existed in the House near the Paddy Field and the dialogs of a Father and a Doctor.

Meanwhile, Hottle Equipment Store is open for business.

You can find the weapon merchant is selling wind-based weapons while the armor vendor is selling wind-proof armor. They certainly do not get along well. However, their manager seems happy to see such competition play out all by itself. He has more important matters that are having his attention after all. You may find one of those matters if you can break into the backroom of this building.
Meanwhile, as a quite open RPG, you certainly can have a lot of dialog options to get information and discounts from him.

Players with business person backgrounds may have an easier time here while everyone else can still achieve it by passing a persuasion check.
In addition to a discount, he may also provide you with vital or...not so vital information.

Maybe, one day you will find out what that means. A clue exists in another developer's diary a few weeks ago. :)

That's basically all the obvious content updates of this week. However, there is more behind the veil.
I think it's a good time to clean up some code and optimize some workflows.
Thus, you can find some quite huge game updates this week. That's me refactoring code to make them more flexible and can make content easier. The most significant part happens in the random item generation parts of the game. Now, almost all weapons and equipment can be easily turned into 3D printing blueprints. They will automatically scale based on the crafter's 3D modeling skills on their base attributions. Their prefixes are also mostly managed by a unified prefix manager so that when something changes in the prefix, I no longer need to go over all the item codes to check everything.
To prove this concept, three new crating blueprints have been created immediately. They are sold in Liu's PSB and the Bazaar, allowing you to craft common shirts, pants, and police uniforms all can have their attributions affected by your skills when crafted. Some small changes also got updated along the way when I worked on those two locations. For example, the Friendly Old Lady now provides you with endless cloth materials so that some players no longer need to rob those poor NPCs' pants and recycle them to craft their own clothes. :)

The GPA faction also gets an update. You may now find more of their agents in all major towns of the Sayinas Isaland. Some of them even stand right next to the Tomb Stone card players. Some items in their shop now get much cheaper. Meanwhile, to bring more awareness to the still ongoing war in Ukraine, mini-games such as "The Special Tractor Operation" and "The Ghost of Kyiv" now also reward you with GPA coins. I see many people seem to get some level of war exhaustion in this marathon. But, that's not me. Because, THIS IS NEOLITHIC, a game updated for more than 19 years since 2004.

The art pipeline also gets a bit improved. I am slowly moving my workflow into another 3D modeling software. Although the progress is slow, one obvious improvement this week is I figured out a way to easily solve some skin texture issues. Previously it may take quite a while to manually fix those issues. It may not be a problem for our male characters because not many care how ugly they are. :P
However, when it comes to female characters, I hope other people will not look down upon them just because I failed to make them born with a good appearance in general. That's not a problem for me as I think all girls are beautiful. But, let's face it, many people do. A pity.
Thus, consequently, after improving the pipeline, we now get two more female characters in this week's updates made with my new skin texture tricks.
If you only see one, look closer, the other girl is also in this developer's diary with a close-up photo of her beautiful face. :)
The appearances of both of them can be used for your character customization.

That's the content of this week.
I'm still preparing for something in real life that will happen in December. 3rd. Thus, maybe there will not be much update during this weekend. After that, I will likely come back to bring more progress. Meanwhile, in celebration of our Steam release anniversary, a sale will take place soon. Have fun. :)


This week's full log:
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[Samujier]New Location: The House of the 20th
[Butterfly]Once you enter The House of the 20th, you can teleport to this location.
[The House of the 20th]A butler will block your path for now.
[The House of the 20th]Added 4 dialog options on the bulter.
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【萨姆吉尔】新地点:第20号房
【蝴蝶之翼】在你首次进入第20号房后,你可以传送到这里。
【第20号房】目前,一个管家会阻挡你的去路。
【第20号房】为管家增加了4个对话选项。

20231126
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[Character Customization]New Playable Female Character Variation: The Maid.
[The House of the 20th]Added a maid.
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【角色自定义】新的可用女性角色外观:女仆。
【第20号房】加入了一个女仆。

20231127
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[Localization]Moved item prefixes to their own localization file.
[Prefix]New Prefix: Storm
[Hottle]New Location: Hottle Equipment Store
[Butterfly]Once you visit the Hottle Equipment Store, you can teleport there.
[Hottle Equipment Store]Added a weapon merchant who sells weapons with the "storm" prefixes. (Weapon types are random.)
[Hottle Equipment Store]Added a dialog option on the weapon merchant about the source of those weapons.
[Hottle Equipment Store]Added smelters and magic aveils.
[3D Printing]Crafted Stone Axes now have their attributions scaled with your 3D modeling skills.
[3D Printing]Crafted Stone Spears now have their attributions scaled with your 3D modeling skills.
[3D Printing]Crafted Bone Spears now have their attributions scaled with your 3D modeling skills.
[3D Printing]Crafted Daggers now have their attributions scaled with your 3D modeling skills.
[3D Printing]Reorganized the sword's item generation code. It's now an OIG item with an independent item generation code instead of attached to a crafting script.
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Added a new module to manage the 3D modeling level's crafting effects.
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【本地化】将物品词缀移动到了它们自己的文件内。
【词缀】新词缀:风暴
【霍特尔】新地点:霍特尔装备店
【蝴蝶】蝴蝶之翼可以在你首次访问霍特尔装备店后让你传送到那里。
【霍特尔装备店】加入了一个武器商人,贩卖有风暴词缀的武器。(武器种类随机)
【霍特尔装备店】在武器商人身上加入了对话选项关于武器的来源。
【霍特尔装备店】加入了熔炉和魔法铁毡。
【3D打印】制造的石斧的属性现在会随你的3D建模能力变化。
【3D打印】制造的石矛的属性现在会随你的3D建模能力变化。
【3D打印】制造的骨矛的属性现在会随你的3D建模能力变化。
【3D打印】制造的匕首的属性现在会随你的3D建模能力变化。
【3D打印】调整了剑的代码生成结构。现在它是一种有独立生成代码的OIG物品,生成代码不再附着在一段物品铸造代码上。
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加入了一个程序模块来管理3D建模技能在打印物品时的一些基本操作。

20231128
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[GPA]Added a generic GPA agent NPC prototype that can be used for generic purposes.
[GPA]Added a GPA agent in the Samujier Supermarket.
[GPA]Added a GPA agent in Hottle.
[GPA]Added a GPA agent in the Marinas Station.
[GPA]Use GPA coins to purchase Butterfly Wings now cost 1 GPA coin. (Previously 2.)
[GPA]Use GPA coins to purchase Circuitries now cost 1 GPA coin. (Previously 3.)
[GPA]Use GPA coins to purchase Out-of-Print Game Disks now cost 1 GPA coin. (Previously 8)
[Special Tractor Operation]This mini-game now rewards GPA coins equal to (10% of captured tanks).
[Wiki]Added a page of Special Tractor Operation on the game wiki.
[Ghost of Kyiv]This mini-game now rewards 5 GPA coins if you win on any difficulties.
[Ghost of Kyiv]It's no longer a hidden achievement on Steam. It's now public.
[The Bow of an Elf King]Increased the basic attack value from 117 to 177.
[Prefix]Feeble is no longer a random prefix that may appear on random loots. Now all random loots only have positive prefixes.
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Almost all weapon OIG codes are now in a new format. It shall allow all of them to easily become a craftable item later if needed. They are now also under the management of a unified prefix manager.
Some unique weapons still remain in the old format as they manage their own prefixes.
My automatic debugger has been running through all code changes without problems. But, if you see any bugs on random weapons, please let me know.
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【GPA】加入了一个GPA工作人员通用模版可以被作为通用NPC使用。
【GPA】在萨姆吉尔超市加入了一个GPA工作人员
【GPA】在霍特尔加入了一个GPA工作人员
【GPA】在玛丽娜斯车站加入了一个GPA工作人员
【GPA】使用GPA金币购买蝴蝶之翼现在只消耗1GPA金币。(此前是2)
【GPA】使用GPA金币购买集成电路板现在只消耗1GPA金币。(此前是3)
【GPA】使用GPA金币购买绝版游戏光盘现在只消耗3GPA金币。(此前是8)
【特殊拖拉机行动】这个小游戏现在会奖励GPA金币。数量等于(10%的捕获的坦克数量。)
【维基】加入了【特殊拖拉机行动】维基页面。
【基辅的幽灵】这个游戏现在会提供GPA金币奖励。(任何难度胜利都+5GPA金币)
【基辅的幽灵】这不再是一个隐藏的Steam成就,而是一个公开成就。
【精灵王之弓】基础攻击力数值从117增加到177.
【词缀】【脆弱的】现在不再是一个出现在随机掉落物上的词缀。现在随机掉落物只有正面词缀。
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几乎所有的武器OIG代码现在使用新的格式,以便之后它们都可能被容易地转化为可以制造的物品。同时,他们的词缀现在统一被一个词缀管理器控制。
一些较为独特的武器依然使用旧的格式,并且自行管理词缀。
自动化的测试工具已经运行过所有代码变动了。但是,如果你发现武器上出现了Bug的话,请让我知道。

20231129
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[Item]New Item Template: Leather Armor
[Loot]Longdead Rome Soldiers may now drop Leather Armors.
[Hottle Equipment Store]Added a new merchant who sells equipment with "wind-proof" prefixes. (Their attributions are a bit lower than the random loots dropped by enemies.)
[Hottle Equipment Store]Added an interactive chair.
[Hottle Equipment Store]Added a forge master.
[Hottle Equipment Store]The forge master can provide you with some information.
[Hottle Equipment Store]You can convince the forge master to give you a discount either by the business person's background or your persuasion skill.
[Hottle Equipment Store]Added an inside joke. XD
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Almost all equipment OIG codes are now in a new format. It shall allow all of them to easily become a craftable item later if needed. They are now also under the management of a unified prefix manager.
Some unique equipment remains in the old format as they manage their prefixes.
Standard auto-debugs have been performed on those code changes, and one bug was detected and annihilated. (Located in the function: change_prefixValue_in_pplist)
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【物品】新物品模版:皮甲
【掉落物】逝去千年的罗马士兵可能掉落皮甲。
【霍特尔装备店】加入了一个商人贩卖防风词缀的装备。(属性相对于敌人掉落的物品略低。)
【霍特尔装备店】加入了一只可以交互的椅子。
【霍特尔装备店】加入了一位熔炉大师。
【霍特尔装备店】熔炉大师会为你提供一些当地的信息。
【霍特尔装备店】你可以使用【打工人】背景或你的说服力技能来说服熔炉大师给你一个商店折扣。
【霍特尔装备店】加入了一个圈内梗。XD
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几乎所有的装备OIG代码现在使用新的格式,以便之后它们都可能被容易地转化为可以制造的物品。同时,他们的词缀现在统一被一个词缀管理器控制。
一些较为独特的装备依然使用旧的格式,并且自行管理词缀。
自动化代码检测对所有变动代码进行了扫描,发现一处Bug,已经消灭。(位于函数: change_prefixValue_in_pplist)

20231130
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[Crafting]You can now craft common shirts and pants. (Blueprints are sold by the Friendly Old Lady in the Bazaar.)
[Crafting]You can now craft police uniforms. (Blueprints are sold by the officer in the warehouse of Liu's PSB)
[Item]Added 5 types of element stones in the database.
[Hottle Equipment Store]Added a set of alchemy devices.
[Hottle Equipment Store]You can now pick the lock and enter the backroom of this building.
[Hottle Equipment Store]New document: Another Shipment Delayed.
[Hottle]New Location: Hottle Illuminati Field Office
[Butterfly]Once you visit the Hottle Illuminati Field Office, you can teleport there.
[Liu's PSB]The police officer in the warehouse now sells police uniforms. (No prefixes.)
[Liu's PSB]Slightly changed the police officer in the warehouse's comments about guns
[Liu's PSB]Added a dark joke on a police officer.
[Minesweeper]Added information about how to mark mines.
[Bazaar]The Friendly Old Lady now also sells cloth materials.
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【制造】你现在可以制造普通的衬衫和裤子。(3D打印图纸在巴扎的慈祥的老奶奶那里出售。)
【制造】你现在可以制造警服。(3D打印图纸在疁城警察局仓库的警官那里出售。)
【物品】在数据库中加入了五种元素石。
【霍特尔装备店】加入了一组炼金设备。
【霍特尔装备店】你现在可以开锁进入这间建筑的后室。
【霍特尔装备店】新文档:货物又延迟了!
【霍特尔】霍特尔光照派商馆
【蝴蝶之翼】在访问霍特尔光照派商馆一次后,你可以传送到那里。
【疁城公安局】仓库里的警察现在也出售警服。(无词缀。)
【疁城公安局】略微修改了仓库里的警察对于枪械的评论。
【疁城公安局】在一个警察身上加入了一段黑色幽默。
【扫雷】加入了如何标记地雷的提示。
【巴扎】慈祥的老奶奶现在也会出售布料。

20231201
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[Character Customization]Added 1 new female character customization.
[The House near the Paddy Field]Scarecrows will no longer wander out of the Paddy Field. They will also no longer chase you if you escape out of the Paddy Field.
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【角色自定义】加入了一个新的可用女性角色造型。
【水田近家】稻草人现在不会主动走出水田区域。在你逃离水田区域后它们也不会继续追逐。



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