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1204 & 1200: item selection resets to top left most items on the higest row

15 replies · 3,134 views · Started 30 March 2010

Nicholas Steel 30 Mar 2010, 08:42

Start Freedom's SwanSong Genesis quest (doesn't affect other sub-screen types I believe).

Make sure you have multiple equipment items in the top row to choose from.

equip the sword and roc's feather then save&quit.

load the quest and items in the top row will be equipped instead of the sword and roc's feather.

Nicholas Steel 30 Mar 2010, 12:57 

When you push right it goes across and down 
->->->->v
->->->->v
->->->->v
->->->->(return to top left)
When you push left it goes across and up.
(return to bottom right)<-<-<-<-
^<-<-<-<-
^<-<-<-<-
^<-<-<-<-
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In latest builds we get the below behavior...
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When you push left it goes across and up.
(return to bottom right)<-<-<-<-
^<-<-<-<-
^<-<-<-<-
^<-<-<-<-
When you push right it goes across and down but stays to the lowest row once the courser reaches there.
->->->->v
->->->->v
->->->->v
->->->->(return to bottom left)

elise 30 Mar 2010, 19:44

Gleeok wrote:Okay, now we're just splitting hairs here. ..How does it work in the NES?


you don't know half how irritating it is for me as player to start everytime without my sword but a boomer there

Nicholas Steel 31 Mar 2010, 06:02

Even if it was a NES limitation (not remembering last selected weapons), the subscreen type affected isn't used in the NES version so the fix shouldn't be bound to NES limitation that doesn't exist.

My previous post was discussing another problem with the same subscreen.

_L_ 31 Mar 2010, 07:16

How about this: if a sword is in the inventory, then at game start, shove it in the A slot regardless of the quest rule?

Freedom 31 Mar 2010, 20:22

I was responding to L
I know of no such quest rule that should effect where it saves the position of the last weapon used.
If there is one, I'd like to know about it.

Joe123 08 Apr 2010, 18:31

Right, my diagnosis of this bug is:
Firstly, the post about how franpa doesn't like the selection in SwanSong ~Genesis' subscreen is down to how it's set up in the quest rather than anything else.
The subscreen cursor is currently set to pick the two items with lowest subscreen selection ID, and seeing as the sword in SS ~G is in the bottom right-hand corner it doesn't pick that on starting the quest, which could be 'corrected' for that quest by having it select the sword on start up, or by re-arranging the items in the subscreen - and some people might not want the sword to be selected on start up.