Bugs in book 7: Castle Death

[Rob Rendell]

I found a few small issues when playing through Castle Death:

Section 13. The button "If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Animal Control or Psi-surge, turn to 180." is enabled even though I did't have those disciplines (I had Curing, Nexus, Divination and Weaponmastery)


Section 27. The button "If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Psi-screen, turn to 38." is at the bottom of the page, under the combat button.  It should appear before the last paragraph - see here for how it should appear.


Section 183. (and others)  My "Notes" section got an entry "You found a piece of parchment with a snake coiled around the number 123 drawn in red ink on it", but in section 183 you find a carving on the floor.  The note should probably be something more generic, such as "You discovered an image of a snake coiled around the number 123 in Kazan-Oud" which would be applicable for both the parchment and the carving.

[gdv82]

Section 27 and 183 have been fixed in 1.13.2;

I have not been able to reproduce the bug in Section 13, but you are not the first one to report this problem. Still investigating

[Rob Rendell]

Dec 10, 2015 16:33:24 GMT gdv82 said:

I have not been able to reproduce the bug in Section 13, but you are not the first one to report this problem. Still investigating

My phone is rooted, so I could possibly send you my profile if that would help. Let me know, and I'll see if I can dig it out.

Another issue (although I'm not sure if it counts as an issue for this book or the next): the "maximum of 12 special items" limit that begins in book 8 is being applied on transition from book 7 to book 8 by silently truncating your list of special items. Since your weapons are confiscated in book 7 and you get them back basically at the end of the adventure, that means that they'll be at the bottom of your list and there's a good chance you'll lose something important and not even notice.

If it were possible, a better behaviour would be to not truncate the list at the end of book 7, allowing you to carry any number into book 8. Instead, prevent the player from leaving the monastery inventory screen at the start of book 8 until they comply with the new limit.

[Rob Rendell]

Dec 10, 2015 16:33:24 GMT gdv82 said:

I have not been able to reproduce the bug in Section 13, but you are not the first one to report this problem. Still investigating

I did some experimenting. If I get to section 13 directly from section 11 by setting the number, the button is enabled when it shouldn't be. If I go via section 167 to section 329 and then navigate to 13 via a normal transition, the button is disabled.

[gdv82]

Thanks Rob, I will have a further look; your post is enlightening, I think I may know now where the problem lies

I'll also cehck out the problem in the transition between books 7 and 8, thanks for reporting this problem

[gdv82]

Both problems have been solved, I am currently investigating some other minor bugs, then before this evening I think I will be able to publish version 1.13.3

[Rob Rendell]

Dec 11, 2015 13:03:20 GMT gdv82 said:

Both problems have been solved, I am currently investigating some other minor bugs, then before this evening I think I will be able to publish version 1.13.3

I can confirm that all the issues I've mentioned in this thread are fixed for me in 1.13.3.  Thanks!

Sorry, but I noticed one more thing when going back to test these.  When leaving the monastery screen at the start of book 7, it you have too many special items it tells you that there's a limit of 12 special items "starting in book 8," and won't let you continue until you've deposited special items to bring your total down to 12.  However, this is book 7, and the limit shouldn't be enforced yet.