Version 0.85 beta is live!

[jack1974]

Finally I uploaded beta 0.85!! here are the download links:
http://www.didone.com/testing/PSAlpha085.exe
http://www.didone.com/testing/PSAlpha085.zip
http://www.didone.com/testing/PSAlpha085.tar.bz2

This fixes many bugs (minor/major) and adds basically two big things: all the romance/friendship subplots, and the new battle system with aggro mode. It also adds training center, new weapons/armors, many new quests (one for each character). The main plot still stops after you submit/form an alliance with all the races, but there are all the various character subplots with the special CG to try out. The arena challenges are also all finished.

In pratice, beside obviously the bug reports I'm looking for:
- feedback on the new battle system
- if you find any plot hole or bugs in the quests (like some quests don't get solved, you're stuck, etc)
- forget about the english, the texts aren't yet proofreaded, but if you want to suggest changes, you can do it
- difficulty: at easy/normal level you should be able to win most battles. The boss battles however are tough. In general you should be able to win against all the boss after you reach level 7-8 with your main character and few other team members, and using the new aggro system + grenades + lifegivers/healing items + new bonus HPs, you should really be able to win (not easily, but able to win!)

That's all for now, I'll keep finishing the main plot while this build gets tested. You should be able to continue playing loading a savegame from version 0.8, but you would lose the bonus HPs/PPs of the new level up system for all the levels you got, and also miss oppotunity to train at the training facility, so I recommend restarting from beginning or at least from chapter4 when you have to pick a side (the end of the demo in practice). This time though should be the last time that I recommend to do this!

I've also uploaded a video on youtube explaining the basics of the new battlesystem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB00rk-A4vU&hd=1

[Ketilk]

I think there is a bug in the new battle system.

When I'm battle the robots they always attack my hero(Lisa Nelson, Psionic), even when after she gets knocked out. This is on easy difficulty. I did restart the whole game from start in this version. It gets very easy when they only attack one person and continues when she's KO.

This does not affect the alien races I have battled until now. I'm not sure whether it affects the training bots(The Warui Sentinels is affected, but is also able to KO Jacob Miles. In my battle with those Jacob and Lisa got KO, and the rest stayed full health because they continued to attack of Lisa.)

[jack1974]

Ah! thanks, I'm going to investigate. Strange that happens only with robots

[jack1974]

Thanks, I've found the bug, was a miscalculation of the minimum damage (enemy thought couldn't do enough damage to target).
For such a small change I'm just going to reupload the file with same name, since it should happens only early in the game but not later I think. Will wait until tomorrow to update just in case new bugs shows up!

[koneko]

Hey could just be because he doesn't have one in the game yet.
But Phillip doesn't seem to have a battle voice in mine..or is that normal?

[jack1974]

Ah yes forgot to say, are still missing: Philipp, Lisa & Joshua. Will be added before the final version of course

[koneko]

hey when the 85 came out I started a new game, and all went well untill I came to the piece you have to reach through the hole.

I tried sending Rumi in and the mirror thing came forward, but when she almost killed it suddenly she started missing like every turn she missed, and it went on for ten turns or so untill I shot the game down and started again, and then it went well I sent in Michell and she got the thing.

But on my way out with the enemies again, suddenly my entire team started missing every turn, I had joshau and bellamy, rumi and michell with me.

And I found out that their accuracy somehow fell from over 50 to 10..

Also when I save a game , the name of the game does not change, even if I am in chapter four, the title still states I am in chapter two, but I can fine get into the game in chapter four, it's just the name of the saved game that is wrong it seems.

[jack1974]

It's not a bug, the Robobrain special power is to double its evasion rate (it says when he activates it, in the battle messages), so isn't like your team has less accuracy, but the enemies have higher evasion. Not all enemies BTW, only the robobrain, you should be able to hit the other robots present in that battle you talk about just fine

[koneko]

I had in mind it was something like that..but wasn't sure so decided to ask in case it was something else..didn't see your answer so edited my last post with another bug I found...

It's not that I am annoying..I just play the game daily..heh

[jack1974]

Heh I never said you're annoying
The save bug is strange! I see it correctly here, I wonder what could be! Hmm... what OS do you use (forgive me if I already asked you, but I'm a bit lost with all the various feedbacks from people)!