RoP version 4.28 Released

Changelog

Mostly a bugfix release for chapter 5, notably, not containing combat fixes. Those are coming later and will be rolled into the next update.

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Major
*Refactored journal functions into a lua class. None of you know what this means but it means something to me

Minor
*Slightly changed JX-101’s dialogue during a part of the questline to avoid the world’s most minor continuity error.
*Added a bit more SX-399 dialogue so the long discussion doesn’t repeat after the questline is over.
*You can now talk to 55 before the Gala to get a list of suggested sidequests in case you missed anything. It is non-exhaustive.
*You can now examine Unit 8711’s body after completing the Equinox labs.
*Added a very silly dialogue in the LRT facility about crawling through vents.
*Added dialogue to the darkmatters who appear in Serenity Crater’s base.
*Added labels to the pipe nightmare pipes. This should help colorblind players to reach the same level of frustration as everyone else.
*Added a bit of shading to sector 119’s subway tunnel. That’ll teach you widescreen enthusiasts!
*Can no longer re-enter the electrosprite training program once it’s completed (that’s why I put it on the title screen for enthusiasts!)
*Adjusted position on Epsilon ending sequence for No-SX playthroughs so Christine is centered.
*Added a Rilmani to skip out of the moth movie on successive “viewings” in case you accidentally pushed the wrong button.
*Adjusted some of the golem voice ticks in the Biolabs transit station.
*Adjusted some dialogue in case Sophie knows about the runestone during the gala sequence.
*The gala objectives will now list how many prime command units you have identified.
*Adjusted dialogue with Dr. Maisie and VN-19 so meeting them with the other investigator won’t leave any awkward dialogue.
*Added a very stupid NC+ scene with 300910 and Raiju Christine.
*Whether or not Chris or Christine appears on the chapter select is now per-savefile rather than a saved game option.
*Added a few more form handlers for Cassandra in the basement of sector 15.
*Changed Sophie’s handlers for NC+ so she can still transform Christine into a latex drone if you haven’t seen the scene before.

Bugs
*Fixed error messages in the chapter 5 quest log.
*Fixed being able to warp to areas from other chapters if the warp points were unlocked in that savefile.
*Fixed the steam droids who need ammo knowing who Christine is on NC+ due to her carrying over Steam Droid form.
*Fixed several objects in Cryogenics incorrectly assuming you’re a golem and further in the story due to carrying over golem form in NC+.
*Fixed that shadow during the scraprat explosion part of the date montage.
*Fixed Psue using the wrong text tick in one conversation.
*Added the three ‘missing’ bestiary entries to chapter 5.
*Vivify dialogue topic should unlock correctly.
*Sophie won’t be standing on the tram station if you go back to sector 96 from sector 119 before seeing the cutscene there.
*Fixed Latex Packmaster not using the “My Pretties” ability when surrounded by adorable scraprats.
*Fixed all those GolemFancy error reports in the gala/raiju ranch.
*Fixed a sign in the Raiju Ranch showing the wrong leader text.
*Fixed Narissa’s sell-credits dialogue having a decimal on the credits count.
*Fixed the golems during the memory sequence erroneously being marked for 8 direction movement (and spitting error messages).
*Fixed a minor position desync during the Tennis Court negotiation.
*Stamina wheel should no longer appear during cutscenes.
*That weird camera jump during the Raibie sequence should be removed.
*Christine should vanish when placing the noisemaker during the Raibie scene.
*Fixed the lantern in Cryogenics not disabling its light when picked up. Be on the lookout for other bugs!
*Fixed some incorrect facings during a Raiju Ranch cutscene.
*Should no longer be possible to deathwarp out of the gala basement.
*You will no longer receive a Tazer and re-equip weapons at the start of a chapter 5 NC+ playthrough. Also removed that from that lord golem TF.
*Fixed the “broken” doll costumes not setting correctly when changing forms.
*Fixed always getting certain dialogue during the gala by bringing over EDG form from an NC+.
*Fixed electrosprite quest not working correctly when carrying over Electrosprite form from NC+.

Development Update

I’m going to take a bit of time off RoP since I have spent basically the last THREE MONTHS working constantly. Instead I’m going to be working on the Maiden Sealed in Stone translation, hooray.

We had a brief (TWO HOURS) meeting yesterday to pick our voice actors for chapter 5. We got… 152 submissions across the three characters. Chris is going to be voiced by Pyxxis himself (woooow!) while JX will be voiced by the same VA who does SX-399. There were so many good VAs to pick from we had to come up with a letter grading system just to keep track.

Everyone but me is still working on RoP stuff but me? Time to work on another thing. CLEAR THE BOARD.

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