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Rigby, can you give us an update on the progress of rewriting Swarm and Branch Break? I'd like to be able to cast Swarm again in the foreseable future.
Bluefalcon
From the horses mouth sep 7th.
Category Abilities, Skills and Magic (4)
Topic Life Magic Feedback (34)
By DR-RIGBY from PLAY.NET (Magic Team Supervisor)
On Sep 7, 2002 at 12:41
Subject Re: Rigby (1010)
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>>>I found a bug in swarm and branch break. It kinda funny really, the bug is that I cant cast them. PLEASE fix. ::grovels::<<<
<cackles>
The problem is that Branch Break and Ring of Spears were all written with extremely (and honestly unnecessarily) complex code. Those two spells essentially include their own custom versions of existing systems like combat and contested spells. Weeding through all the code and discarding the stuff that's redundant while preserve all the messaging, charm and function of the original is a very big task.
With Swarm, I'm just having problems working out the last of the bugs and balancing issues. The hornets either seem to rip through the target like bullets, or they don't do anything at all... which is obviously a lousy condition in which to release a spell. You're just going to have to be patient.
And yeah, I know you didn't ask about RoS, but I think of it and Branch Break in the same thought because they suffer from exactly the same issues.
Rigby
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I'm waiting for it just like you blue.
Arrys
Category Abilities, Skills and Magic (4)
Topic Life Magic Feedback (34)
By DR-RIGBY from PLAY.NET (Magic Team Supervisor)
On Sep 7, 2002 at 12:41
Subject Re: Rigby (1010)
<< >>
>>>I found a bug in swarm and branch break. It kinda funny really, the bug is that I cant cast them. PLEASE fix. ::grovels::<<<
<cackles>
The problem is that Branch Break and Ring of Spears were all written with extremely (and honestly unnecessarily) complex code. Those two spells essentially include their own custom versions of existing systems like combat and contested spells. Weeding through all the code and discarding the stuff that's redundant while preserve all the messaging, charm and function of the original is a very big task.
With Swarm, I'm just having problems working out the last of the bugs and balancing issues. The hornets either seem to rip through the target like bullets, or they don't do anything at all... which is obviously a lousy condition in which to release a spell. You're just going to have to be patient.
And yeah, I know you didn't ask about RoS, but I think of it and Branch Break in the same thought because they suffer from exactly the same issues.
Rigby
****
I'm waiting for it just like you blue.
Arrys
