QUOTE(Saffith @ Nov 8 2012, 04:41 PM)
Hm, I don't think there were any changes that would do that. Did you delete ag.cfg? That would make it forget the quest directory and default to the program directory. That's all I can think of.
Urk.. I feel like a dumbass, but you're possibly right. I'll check it again tomorrow,although the exact error was something like 'Could not locate file C:\path\cz25rc5\quests\/quest.qst.' Note that there is a backward slash and a forward slash in the middle of the path. I'll try to jot down the exact message if you need it.
(Did you ever fix the issue with .sav files breaking when swapping them from Windows to Mac/Linux, with the path hierarchy & nomenclature differences?)
Anyhow...
I have noted two sets of problems in zelda-w; whether you can do anything about them is another matter.
First Issue
Fade to Pink:
Two, are quite similar, and have to do with background process changes to the desktop:
1> Whenever any pop-up (e.g. Update request) message appears, the border of the screen goes momentarily from black, and flashes like pink lightning. This fixes itself in a flash.
2> If a rotating backdrop is in use, say one that updates every hour, then the background becomes pink and the colours shift across the board until you exit and then re-enter fullscreen mode.
This also was an issue in RC4, and probably earlier versions; I never saw it on XP though: Only with W7.
Now, I'm guessing this is an allegro issue, and perhaps setting ZC to a colour depth of 16 or 24 would stop it from happening, but I wanted to mention it.
Second issue
Joypad Woes:
The more critical problem seems to do with quests that have
'allow diagonal walking' enabled. With five different controllers, I have noted that on such quests, some movement becomes scrambled. Down becomes left, or left becomes down. Stuff like that. I'm going to test SoW with one of the worst-offending controllers to see if it does the same thing, but I wanted to mention it in advance.
I never had this issue with a retroUSB adapter and a factory NES/SNES controller, but the clone USB controllers seem to display this phenomenon, and diagonal movement quests exaggerate it terribly. One controller proved
unusable in
Path of Shadows, and I will retest it with
Souls of Wisdom, as that quest does not have this rule enabled. The others are 'stumbly', and exhibit this behaviour at times, but the first, which was highly reviewed, was truly awful. I'm not joking when I say that pressing left
moved me up and left along a cave wall[/u]...
I'm guessing there is some kind of bus conflict involved, or merely the rubbish PIC code they they use in the controllers, not sending proper signals for the joystick engine.
Lastly, quests from 2.10 and 1.9x don't seem to permit using a joypad in 2.50RC5 on Windows-7. I loaded [i]'Lexx' for example, and none of the controls work at all once I load them game, although thy do work in the file select menus. Is this a limitation based on changes to the controller mechanics, or is it a Windows-7 issue? In any case, I tried several pre-2.50 quests that all had the same issue.
I can air-post one of the controllers for you to try wit a few quests and see the issue for yourself. I need to replace my retroUSB (I manged to misplace it somewhere) and try factory pads to see if this issue happens with them as well.
Notably, this doesn't seem to happen so notable in 'Carnage in Space', but the movement in that game is quite different to normal Zelda quest walking.
Here is a screen grab of the 'fade to pink' issue:
On a final note, early this morning after playing SoW, and then Lost Isle, and saving a game (Lost Isle), I closed ZC. When I later relaunched it, my quests were toast---gone, blank--all empty slots. Fortunately, I was easily able to restore them from a backup, and lost nothing--
let this be a reminder to everyone to back up your zc.sav files frequently--but others may not be so lucky. Perhaps it may be an idea to make an auto-backup every few hours an an option to enable?
ZC didn't crash, but on exiting, there was a
ghost instance of it still running that I had to terminate. I have seen this several times now: A ZC icon remains in the system tray/dock and it still appears in task Manager, but it's not actually running.
Maybe these are known issues, and maybe not. If you need any specific information, or want me to try to run through any steps that you would suggest to narrow down the cause, I'd be happy to assist.