Warlordocracy News

Linux app is working, but Steam Proton is also working fine, so I'm not including the Linux app yet just because I don't wanna have to compile it on another computer every time I want to upload a patch. Let me know if you want the Linux app and I'll include it.

Finally figured out how to cut off the bottom of a character sprite while walking through shallow water or deep sand/snow, and I added sound effects. Other minor fixes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLf2Ed3Ur-c

Complete list of changes:

-Fixed Steam Proton compatibility and Steam Cloud (Linux app later).
-Moving through slow tiles now cuts off mobile sprite bottom (deep snow, etc.)
-New command: "mapStepSound" to play sound when given tile is stepped on (updated Builder's Manual).
-Made all sand tiles cause slow movement and play a sand step sound effect.
-Included condition and status effects in tooltips for left-side party bar.
-Increased max number of missiles drawn at one time to 10.
-Extreme weather now makes climbing require more Cunning.
-Removed "mapDrawPri" script command.
-Added tiles: shallows, shallowsSand.
-Added objects: throne, bedNoble.

Complete list of changes:

-Fixed major bug checking range for objects with larger collisions (like attacking doors from the north).
-Unsuspecting targets now have a small delay when attacked for the first time (20 frames).
-Attacking stone or metal objects now always damages the weapon (not just 20% chance).
-You can now play locked stories if you want, but first it will ask you to confirm.
-Fixed script bug with filling empty bottles up at wells, pools, etc.
-Updated all manuals.

Working on Linux, but I haven't included it. Still gonna playtest it more, probably release the Linux app in the next update.

Complete list of changes:

-Reworked arrays in source code to optimize for Linux compatibility.
-All filenames in media folder are now lower case for Linux compatibility.
-Merchants now only buy items one time (name then changes to "Happy Merchant").
-Pathfinding no longer gets stuck north of windows (all mobiles now, not just party).
-Setting objBlock to 2 in the scripts blocks non-party members (to keep livestock in pens, etc.).
-Stories with "Demo" at the end are locked as well as main stories in locked list ("Chapter 2" now "Chapter 2 Demo").
-Added new object only visible in editor: aiBlock (placed at gate of livestock pens mostly).
-Added new party members and scripts for Ch.2: Oakia, Minax, Shale, Dustbiter.
-Added new sprites for shelves: shelfBooks, shelfStuff, etc.
-Updated Player's Manual (species, characters section).

Got everything down to one EXE and one Launcher program, fixed a no-start crash on some rare inbred computers, and reintroduced Exclusive Mode, which looks crisper, but it can't minimize. Also other little fixes. Thank you to the people on the DarkBASIC forum: https://forum.thegamecreators.com/thread/229211

Complete list of changes:

SOURCE CODE:
-Updated Brigand Launcher program: added Exclusive Mode and web link, changed 1600x900 to 1600x1200.
-Once again included Exclusive Mode in the launcher, which has a crisper picture but crashes when minimized.
-Removed in-code resolution change at launch, which caused immediate crashes on some computers (all resolutions now separate EXEs).
-Fixed exitfunction commands in code that may have caused rare problems on some computers.
-Added advice window when player tries to overwrite main stories in world editor.
-Changed launch warning to "MAKE SURE anti-virus programs are disabled."

SCRIPTS:
-Changed confusing Laughing Coyote dialogue in Ch.2 about the "underground" (outdated, player can now also go through Scumlands).

For Brigand's 6th birthday, please give it a vote on the GOG wishlist, because I'm gonna resubmit it in about a week. I've said that before, but then I kept patching it, and I know GOG does not want games that keep getting patched. This time, no more patches until the prequel DLC.

GOG Wishlist: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/brigand_oaxaca

Speaking of which, I just got a video from Quadrajet of nuclear winter in the former US somewhere. It's gonna be the shit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdcBYj3f6qM