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Try this in your exult.cfg:

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I think set_gumps_dont_pause_game only gets called when you bring up the game options menu. The real problem is the 'dont_pause' feature (which defaults to 'no'), which means we pause everything when a gump is open. This is what has been bothering me while I've been playing lately. And it's probably...

I wrote a lot of it, but have also forgotten most.

But U7 (and exult) keeps track of the world in 3D, but the coordinates are in tiles, which I think are 8x8 pixels. The maximum z-dimension is 16, but I believe we extended that in Exult.

Sorry, I've been really busy lately. Is this related to a problem I'm seeing when playing, where I'll perform some action when gumps are open, like giving food, but nothing happens until I close the gumps?

That's really cool. We had to reverse engineer those functions, and it's good to see them so easily described. I wonder if some of ours could be improved or fixed.

I've noticed the second item a lot in recent playing, and plan on fixing it when I get some time.

I think it's done. I played all the way through BG, fixing lots of problems from it along the way. Then I went about half-way through SI with very few problems. But a vacation side-tracked me. :-) I'll start playing again and see how it goes. I agree with Dominus, that Marzo should take a look, and ...

Working on a change to the way Exult handles memory. Hopefully, this will solve some of the more mysterious problems, or at least make them easier to find.

Pretty sure it has to do with schedules which create objects and then delete them, like baking and serving at an inn. I fixed some problems a while ago, but there still seems to be one. I was just reading about a newer C++ feature called 'smart pointers' which might be better in managing memory. I'l...

The bug Dominus is talking about keeps popping up. I'd like to fix it, but I haven't been able to see it on my computer. If anyone comes up with a savegame where it reliably happens, please submit it.

I've made an attempt to fix this. You might have to start a new game to see the change.

Perhaps I'm seeing it by just dropping items on a character, like Iolo at the start. The items aren't all stacked at the edge; but they're not spread out evenly either, and some are on top of each other even though there's lots of room.

Mostly bug-fixing mode for now. Some users are working on mods, as you can read in this forum.

If you're using Ubuntu, I seem to remember a problem with the 'alt' key working with Exult.

You could enhance the engine to support video cut-scenes. We just never got around to doing it.

Yes, it has, because: 1. There didn't seem to be much interest in it. 2. When I replaced my phone, I didn't get around to setting it up to develop. I'd also have to re-establish a development environment on my PC after at least a couple OS upgrades. 3. Being a separate line of code, it wasn't gettin...

The advantage of Exult is that we can fix the bugs. The original used to crash on me all the time.

Or why not play both?

I don't think the customers will be happy when they realize it's useless without a copy of Ultima7.

If you haven't already, you could submit this as a bug and I could take a look.

I'll have to take a look, but it might be a few days.

Looks like we're checking a path from the top of the attacker to the bottom of the target. Not really correct, though it's probably okay in most cases. Maybe it should start from 2/3 of the height of the attacker, and to to the middle of the defender.

I hope they're not backing up THROUGH walls. That would be a bug.

And arrows should not go through things either. I'll have to check, but I think an NPC won't fire if there isn't a clear path.

An NPC should now try to step back if he's closer than his weapon's reach, so it should be better now.

Thanks! It is possible we could make the NPC's smarter using the pathfinder; ie, search for a spot where there is a clear shot instead of just picking a random one. Still thinking about that.

Back with sore feet. Could use another croissant; maybe Marzo could send one. :-) I only tried to fix the problem with ranged weapons, where NPC's would run adjacent to the target if they didn't have a clear shot. Now they wander a bit, then try again. I wanted to hear from users if there are any pr...

Just checked in my first try at having an NPC back off if he's attacked, and he's closer than his own weapon's reach.

I also see some strange logic where, if an NPC with a ranged weapon doesn't have a clear path, he tries to run all the way up to his target. Will look into this next.

For higher numbered shapes, you can specify usecode for them using the "#shape(nnnn)" or "#object(nnnn)" directive in a function's definition.

So if you have, say, a piano with shape 0x701, you could write

void piano_function #object(0x701) {
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I don't remember ever trying manual combat in U7. How do you turn it on? I agree that the first thing to look at is why the NPC's crowd each other. I just set up a saved game where the Avatar has a halberd of range 5, and he's fighting an NPC with a sword with range 3. But they just stand there at d...

Could be possible. Interesting idea.

Looking through the usecode disassembly for the copy of SI+SS that I have, the only time I see an egg shape # (0113H) used is in calls to 'find_nearby'.

How useful would it be to have a UI_create_egg intrinsic? It would have to be a bit complicated, with parameters to set all the criteria, plus different ones for each egg type. Are there things you can only do this way, vs creating an egg in ES and then, say, changing its usecode function?

Thanks! I might fiddle with it a bit more, maybe get the crops to grow more gradually.

Okay... the crops now get cut.

But in the original, if you leave the area and come back, they're restored. I didn't see an easy way to do that, and didn't care much for it anyway. Instead, at the start of the schedule, you'll see several of the plants grow back. I think I like it this way.

Ok, ok, I'll look at that one next.

Playing around: 1. I noticed that creating a barge through the shape browser wasn't doing it correctly, so I'm fixing that. 2. But double-clicking a barge itself doesn't do anything; you need to have barge 'parts' on top of it. For example, placing a piece of the cart over the new barge and double-c...

I can see why the eggs created in Usecode don't work, and am thinking about a solution. We might need to add a 'create_egg' intrinsic.

But the barges *ought* to work, so I'm looking at that too. Something's wrong...

A little fiddling today. It's true that we weren't placing items or picking them up from the desk itself, and that's fixed now. We do create sealing wax. It's random, so you might not see it that often. I also checked that the NPC will open the shutters during the day. Maybe we don't search far enou...

Yes, getting each NPC to back away to his weapon's maximum range would be a good first step.

I'll look at combat next, since that seems to get the most criticism.

Currently, we use tables, stoves, cauldron and search for these to find the kitchen: static int shapes[] = {333, 1018, 1003, // Tables. 664, 872, // Stoves 995}; // Cauldron Plate: 717 Food, pot: if (cooking) { // Find food, pot. cnt += npc->get_objects(items, 377, c_any_qual, c_any_framenum); cnt +...

Waiters clean up plates and leftover food now. I think I'm about done, other than fixing problems you may find, and using Knight Captain's idea for setting plate shapes. Although one more idea: When the waiter is standing at the counter after serving everyone, and one of the customers yells for more...

More fiddling with the schedule, so the waiter will sometimes put food on the prep tables. Didn't see any cases of multiple food items being placed before customers, though.

Thanks for the report! I'll look for them putting food down when there's still some there, as that's not supposed to happen. And I need to have them put items on the prep tables as they 'cook'. Currently they only pick them up, and then put them by the customers. Maybe later today. The last major th...

The crash Dominus reported on March 3 was fixed later that day, so try a more recent version. Or maybe I broke something else...

This might be the first time I've looked at that file. Yes, would make sense to have a 'plates' section. The 'prep tables' and stoves should also probably go there.

That's probably the solution.

Thanks! Easy fix. Still have lots to do, but I'm happy with how it's turning out. The waiter now goes around and takes orders, then goes to the kitchen (if we find it, which is sometimes a problem), comes back, and gives them all their food. She then waits at a counter for a bit (if there is a count...

I like Knight's idea for setting the plates. As to why schedules were hard-coded instead of done in usecode, we can only guess. Maybe it was too slow, thought that probably wouldn't be a problem now. Dominus: Not surprised if I broke something. Hopefully we'll get an example I can look at. My only t...

From what I saw browsing in Dosbox, the plates were randomly white or wood. I'm pretty sure I saw different ones used at the same table. That's how I have it now in Exult. But I could change that to match the tables.

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