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1200: Bottle (letter) graphic is broken.

9 replies · 1,642 views · Started 19 March 2010

Hmm... the bug is that the "Letter (Used)" item's tile is 0. But this quest file was saved in or after November 2007, when the Letter (Used) item was long in use. So it seems to be a bug with the quest file itself.

Well when you get the bottle the graphic is correct, the instant you use it to activate a potion shop it gets corrupt even before you actually purchase a potion.

Yes, that's how the "Letter (Used)" item works. When you use the "Letter" item, it changes to the "Letter (Used)" item.

Could you do me a favour and check if this bug is present in the "Lost Isle build"?

I'll PM DFW as she/he/it can just cheat the necessary items to test. My savegame won't be transferrable and I don't really want to have to play to get bombs then the bottle.

DFW IS a pretty big perfectionist though so I doubt it would have let such a bug without at least mentioning it in a readme.

edit: She has a walkthrough video of playing it on the Lost Isle build on her Youtube channel.

The bottle (used) item, I believe, was added after the 183 beta, which Origin was originally built on before being transferred to the Lost Isle Build. So I was unaware of the bug even after it had been ported to the LI Build. So shame on me and shame on testers for not catching it. Regardless, it doesn't hurt the overall product and isn't much of a gamestopper, so at the moment, I'm not going to bother to fix things. Because in beta 183, the bottle worked fine, it was probably after I ported it that it got screwy. But at least the 'function' of the bottle is still intact, and that's what matters.

What I'll do is make it so that items that use tile 0 are invisible instead of just showing the famous glitchy hearts symbol.