OK decided to upload it to the main site since testing seems to go well (plus wanted to upload the new layout). So now the new downloads are:

http://www.winterwolves.com/download.php?game=PlanetStronghold-1.5.2.exe

http://www.winterwolves.com/download.php?game=PlanetStronghold-1.5.2.zip

http://www.winterwolves.com/download.php?game=PlanetStronghold-1.5.2.tar.bz2



includes all OSes version in a .zip. If you bought the strategy guide, you can play the game with the new feature (collect metal scraps after each battle and assemble new items). If you haven't, you can do it here:

http://www.winterwolves.com/buy.php?prod=17030044



Of the new items, some are quite powerful, others not. I'll leave to you the pleasure to find out which one are worth getting In the end, I decided to not make other changes since I prefer to focus working on new games (and each new feature/zone/etc could cause extra bugs, so...).



What's New in 1.5.2

- fixed bug that was causing the new assemble item screen to not appear later in the game

- reverted to slightly older version of Ren'Py to avoid some weird errors



What's New in 1.5

- changed the difficulty levels, making everything slightly more difficult. Removed the super-easy level and added a Nightmare level. Don't try that one unless you like to die

- new GUI artwork, changed font, new buttons, etc

- added new feature: if you have bought the strategy guide expansion, beside the 4 extra weapon you will now collect "metal scraps" after each battle. If you visit Lucille in the science laboratory, you can ask her to assemble an item (if you have enough metal scraps).

So we can buy the strategy guide now? It is complete, or just partially complete. Just asking as the link wouldn't come up.

Which link wouldn't come up ?

Is in beta, but I tried the item assembling and works, I don't think there's any major bug

I managed to get past that part and it worked just like you said. I downloaded the game and paid for the strategy guide. Theres a few problems with saving/loading screen. The saving and loading screen just has 4 save games that were for previous characters I made. Since this version is new, it would only have load and save in the background while those 4 screens were taking up space in the front. I don't know what could cause that.

Ah yes, because I changed the layout in the load/save screen so the thumbnails are too big. I forgot to change the directory, since this version is not compatible with previous save games (it will cause problems). Will fix it today, thanks.

OK updated it (same download link). You need to start a new game to see the new changes though

Thank you Jack, time to revisit PS as Lisa again while waiting

I usually play PSTronghold on my mac, but this might help you if you are looking for bugs for pc. There are 2 ive noticed on my pc laptop (asus). 1-When playing the game in smaller mode instead of fullscreen mode, the bottom part is cut off by about 1/2 an inch. 2-Again on pc, from time to time when the game is moving forward from text in beginning, there is a line that goes across the screen when moving from text box to text box. These are minor errors but I just thought to mention them while I still can. You fixed the other error I mentioned before which was on the mac the save screen

Ah I think is just a videocard driver problem, try pressing shift+G while playing and choose DirectX renderer, I think will solve the graphic artifact problem

Righty then, upgraded to Deluxe, now let's see if I have time to fool around with this over the weekend.



(I'm not going to do fan proofreading of a branching RPG with 6 love interests though, especially when you remove super-easy level and I have to actually work my way through the game. )

Haha, but but... Easy is really easy!! with that extra 50hp in the beginning you should have no problems

(super easy had +100hp and that honestly was a bit ridiculous)

Am I the only one who got an error tyring to look at the armor Barracuda?

Didn't get that one in the standart Version, so I was just wondering.

Got an error while trying to check out Barracuda in the inventory.

That one didn't occur in the standard version so I was wondering if that only happended to me.

hey jack, shouldn't you update the one in the web-portal?

i accidentally thought it was the new 1.5 version.

Am I the only one who got an error tyring to look at the armor Barracuda?

Didn't get that one in the standart Version, so I was just wondering.

What error do you get?

hey jack, shouldn't you update the one in the web-portal?

I NEVER update the one I have live on the website until is in beta, to avoid angry emails from people telling me that the game has bugs (I get them sometimes even with the "stable" version but with a beta is asking for trouble!). See the post above for an example

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.



While running game code:

File "game\data.rpy", line 873, in script

File "game\data.rpy", line 1096, in python

File "game\script.rpy", line 214, in python

UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0x93 in position 12: ordinal not in range(12



-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------



Full traceback:

File "C:\Users\Tobi\Desktop\PlanetStronghold-1.5-all\renpy\execution.py", line 288, in run

node.execute()

File "C:\Users\Tobi\Desktop\PlanetStronghold-1.5-all\renpy\ast.py", line 718, in execute

renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)

File "C:\Users\Tobi\Desktop\PlanetStronghold-1.5-all\renpy\python.py", line 1258, in py_exec_bytecode

exec bytecode in globals, locals

File "game\data.rpy", line 1096, in <module>

File "C:\Users\Tobi\Desktop\PlanetStronghold-1.5-all\renpy\ui.py", line 237, in interact

rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)

File "C:\Users\Tobi\Desktop\PlanetStronghold-1.5-all\renpy\display\core.py", line 1838, in interact

repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, **kwargs)

File "C:\Users\Tobi\Desktop\PlanetStronghold-1.5-all\renpy\display\core.py", line 1967, in interact_core

self.compute_overlay()

File "C:\Users\Tobi\Desktop\PlanetStronghold-1.5-all\renpy\display\core.py", line 1645, in compute_overlay

i()

File "game\script.rpy", line 214, in overlay

File "C:\Users\Tobi\Desktop\PlanetStronghold-1.5-all\renpy\ui.py", line 448, in __call__

w = self.function(*args, **keyword)

File "C:\Users\Tobi\Desktop\PlanetStronghold-1.5-all\renpy\text\text.py", line 1109, in __init__

self.set_text(text, scope, substitute)

File "C:\Users\Tobi\Desktop\PlanetStronghold-1.5-all\renpy\text\text.py", line 1154, in set_text

i = unicode(i)

UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0x93 in position 12: ordinal not in range(12



Windows-7-6.1.7600

Ren'Py 6.15.2.281

Thanks, it happens only with that specific item or with other too?

edit: nevermind, found the problem, exported wrong characters set! will upload a fix soon (is just a txt file to change).

Thanks

Here it is, update 1.5.1, tested myself, now works:

http://www.macgames.biz/games/PlanetStronghold-1.5.1-all.zip

Does this fix the problem with me being unable to make items and collect scraps or is that in the new release you just made. Currently just got done doing Chapter 4 and I still have been unable to make items yet. Is this triggered way after "The choice"?