Thursday, January 28, 2016

On the Horizon

Just to keep everyone on tabs what's happening. I've been (very busy/managing my time poorly) but I've managed to scratch together the start of a promising project. It's still a bit early to talk details, since it's already changed shape dramatically (from a stat-management game to a more traditional AIF adventure) but right now I think I've got it down to a manageable size and concept. I think it will be much lighter in tone than my other projects, so if you like that, that's something to look forward to.

Alongside that, I'm also working on a conversation extension, my own take on the Threaded Conversation concept already released by Chris Conley. Once that's done I can expand the AIF Toolkit, probably with a new extension focused on everything around actually "doing it": seduction, relationships, willingness, NPC-directed sex, etc. I probably won't be releasing any extensions until Inform 7 fixes the extension system.

Finally, I've been working very hard on my next book, Duel to the Death. I don't want to bring it up too often, I want this blog to be game-focused, but it's a very important part of my future so I don't want to completely ignore it either. If you are interested in the new book, I'll try to keep my updates about it mostly on the new site I've made (http://anotherwannabe93.wix.com/author) and on my (sigh) twitter https://twitter.com/Anotherwannabe9. It's coming out this spring, though I don't feel comfortable naming a month yet.

Anyways, that's it for now. Have a fun new year!

~AW

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Temporary Fix for ALC

A temporary fix has been made to solve compatibility issues with Advanced Layered Clothing with the new 6M62 release. You can download it here.

 The issue was the result of a bug introduced in the new Inform 7 which breaks (in place of...) headings. Unfortunately the AIF Toolkit relies on these headings to ensure everything works smoothly, so Simpler AIF and Advanced Layered Clothing had to be clumsily stitched together.

This also means that other parts of the AIF Toolkit are probably broken as well, if you are using any of the other optional extensions. However, the following should work:

1) Copy that extension's source code into your source code.

2) Delete any instances of "(for use with Advanced Layered Clothing by Another Wannabe)", but only that part.

3) If there are any instances of "(for use without Advanced Layered Clothing by Another Wannabe)", comment out the heading and everything below it, including sub-headings.

I'm hoping that there will be a new release fairly soon that will fix these issues. If not, I'll try and release a less haphazard fix.

Thanks!

ALC Not Compatible with New I7 Build

Hi, I just wanted to let people know that Advanced Layered Clothing is not compatible with the new build of Inform 7 released this winter. I'm working on a fix but I really don't know what the problem is yet. If you are working on a project that uses ALC I suggest not updating Inform 7 until I fix the issue.