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[IndigoFenix]

Ah, there does seem to be an issue with updating the titles of existing gates.  I'll fix it in a little while.

EDIT: Okay, it's fixed.

[Kamani]

How can I make my replies have an effect? I assume it would be an if statement, but I don't know what exactly it would be.

[IndigoFenix]

You mean for dialogue?  The value of the player's reply goes to the reference variable.  You can then call the reference variable in an if statement.

For example, you can ask a question, make the reference "reply", and make the value "yes" equal 1, and "no" equal -1.  Then you have an if statement saying "If reply = 1 (effect of yes) else (effect of no)".

[Kamani]

Okay, not really sure how to do this with the question dialogue I found.

[IndigoFenix]

What are you trying to do?

[Kamani]

Just trying to understand it better.

[IndigoFenix]

I'll make a package with a dialogue tree example.

[Kamani]

Thank you. That should really help.

[IndigoFenix]

I made a "shoddy key" package.  You know, those keys that can only open one door before breaking?  It demonstrates both pseudo-items (items that work by modifying a variable of the avatar) and dialogue options.

I have also fixed up the special variable system.  You can now create custom parameters for packaged objects.

[Kamani]

Thank you. I don't know what the special variable system part is talking about, but the first part should be really helpful.

[IndigoFenix]

Special variables allow you to create custom variables for a sprite outside of functions.  The main benefit of this is that you can set them to be modified individually (similar to how most sprites allow you to use the green checkboxes), letting you create a class with custom options.

I improved the basic AI for flying creatures.  If they have both a maximum altitude and a hover height set, they will try to hover at their maximum altitude when stalking a target, keeping them out of reach unless they need to fly in and attack.  Since this makes bats really annoying, I also made the avatar's spring jump into an attack so you can hit them in the air.

[Kamani]

Okay. Thanks.

[IndigoFenix]

I added a "Doppelganger" package containing a copy of the default avatar, which can be used as an enemy.

[Kamani]

Thank you. That should make it easier to do some testing with transformations as well as for some new enemies.

[Whisperling]

Are fireballs intended to be impossible to defeat without some sort of stamina/attack powerup? They don't do a ton of damage individually, but I figured I'd ask given that their healing factor seems to get pretty silly.

EDIT: Sidenote, more editor confusion. I'm having some trouble getting the player to die properly when they fall off the screen with platformer physics. Been able to fudge it with a gate on the bottom of the screen, but I doubt that properly restores health/stamina levels and such.