Postscriptum: Fated Epistle ~ Courier Update (C2.4)

[Wafflez13 0]

3 hours ago, Xander said:

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Apparently there is a Joltik in the University. You have to go all the way through it again and interact with the statue where you found the lady and then go to the front where there's a locked door and it should be inside.

 

Okay... is there any were i can train this joltik.... I kinda beat everyone so I could beat ??? Guy??? Also thank u!!!

[AenaonDusky 51]

12 hours ago, Wafflez13 said:

Okay... is there any were i can train this joltik.... I kinda beat everyone so I could beat ??? Guy??? Also thank u!!!

Hello, thank you for playing!
You should:
 

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fight the Audino guy in the Under, he's in the bottom-right corner of the training grounds.
Or you can always grind over at the Uni, (which is painful, I know)



Some tactics you might find useful against the Blue Glove Boss:

-Deliby can Yawn-switch when fighting against Liepard and then Ice Ball sweep until Tentacruel
-Fletchinder may be able to do some damage to Liepard before switching. In case Sharpedo has
been paralyzed or is asleep, Growl can be used to lower its attack as well.
-Deliby can also Yawn-switch to Galvantula/Joltik, and proceed to attack from there. Fletchinder can be used
as a chance to heal your other mons using items.
-If you do have the focus sash, you can always use that to withstand a potential one hit ko attack from Sharpedo, when
using Joltik.

Unrelated question incoming; have you experienced any lag on Route 0?
It seems like semi-transparent shadows on trees and the such make RGSS go nuts. Sigh.

EDIT:  Anyone experiencing general lag (or specific-area lag) is kindly requested to report to your nearest Courier Center....(we cannot guarantee free cookies, sorry)

[Wafflez13 0]

1 hour ago, AenaonDusky said:

Hello, thank you for playing!
You should:
 

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fight the Audino guy in the Under, he's in the bottom-right corner of the training grounds.
Or you can always grind over at the Uni, (which is painful, I know)



Some tactics you might find useful against the Blue Glove Boss:

-Deliby can Yawn-switch when fighting against Liepard and then Ice Ball sweep until Tentacruel
-Fletchinder may be able to do some damage to Liepard before switching. In case Sharpedo has
been paralyzed or is asleep, Growl can be used to lower its attack as well.
-Deliby can also Yawn-switch to Galvantula/Joltik, and proceed to attack from there. Fletchinder can be used
as a chance to heal your other mons using items.
-If you do have the focus sash, you can always use that to withstand a potential one hit ko attack from Sharpedo, when
using Joltik.

Unrelated question incoming; have you experienced any lag on Route 0?
It seems like semi-transparent shadows on trees and the such make RGSS go nuts. Sigh.

EDIT:  Anyone experiencing general lag (or specific-area lag) is kindly requested to report to your nearest Courier Center....(we cannot guarantee free cookies, sorry)

 

13 hours ago, Wafflez13 said:

Okay... is there any were i can train this joltik.... I kinda beat everyone so I could beat ??? Guy??? Also thank u!!!

I've don't think I experienced any lag on 0 route... also I forgot yawn... so I'm done!!!

[AenaonDusky 51]

36 minutes ago, Wafflez13 said:

 

I've don't think I experienced any lag on 0 route... also I forgot yawn... so I'm done!!!

Don't worry you're not done for yet xD
 

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You tried looking for the guy I told you about? If that's not an option, consider grinding in the University a bit more using the speedup button (alt) and then try using joltik with/without sash or some growl combo.
Even if you can't find a tactic of some sort and have to rely on luck...well, you can do it.

If all else fails...




...then try again.

 

[Wafflez13 0]

14 hours ago, AenaonDusky said:

Don't worry you're not done for yet xD
 

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You tried looking for the guy I told you about? If that's not an option, consider grinding in the University a bit more using the speedup button (alt) and then try using joltik with/without sash or some growl combo.
Even if you can't find a tactic of some sort and have to rely on luck...well, you can do it.

If all else fails...




...then try again.

 

I think I made another mistake... the guy in the underground with the exp. Pokemon... I forgot it's name... won't let me battle him... because I said I wouldn't.... I wish I wasn't so nice to the poor guy!!! To the university for learnin!!!!

 

6 hours ago, Wafflez13 said:

I think I made another mistake... the guy in the underground with the exp. Pokemon... I forgot it's name... won't let me battle him... because I said I wouldn't.... I wish I wasn't so nice to the poor guy!!! To the university for learnin!!!!

....okay now I can... thank u 3.6.0!!!

Edited August 24, 2019 by Wafflez13

[AenaonDusky 51]

On 8/24/2019 at 4:37 AM, Wafflez13 said:

I think I made another mistake... the guy in the underground with the exp. Pokemon... I forgot it's name... won't let me battle him... because I said I wouldn't.... I wish I wasn't so nice to the poor guy!!! To the university for learnin!!!!

 

....okay now I can... thank u 3.6.0!!!

Glad you sorted that out.

On a side note:
Update version 3.7.0 is out.
The fixes just keep on comin' !
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- Fixed entering Orphanage displaying the "lockpick" message
- Fixed Beach tiles in Cianwood City, improved mapping
- SW Artes' "Fountain of Health" and Entrance parts of map remapped
- Fixed Summary Pokedex and Item Give Duplication glitch - credits to: Vendily & Buttjuice
- Applied uncatchable form patch - credits to: Maruno & Buttjuice
- Updated lotsa tiles
- Fixed Pipe Tiles Priority Display
- Remapped the Autosave key to T to avoid conflicts with WASD player movement,
- Removed unnecessary neighboring maps from parts of the city, improving fps (almost a 10 fps gain in some maps!)
- Caged Southeastern mons now turn at random
- Rewrote some pretty nonsensical snippets of dialogue
- Fixed an NPC's sprite frame
- Better dialogue flow in some cutscenes, typos, grammar etc
- Fixed Lag in Fall's Pass by reducing the amount of bridges, associated events and candies (big number of events boggles down RGSS1) got an almost 20 fps increase!
- Fixed a Liberator being naughty with his sprite
- Fixed Apartments showing lower/upper floors
- Fixed Fence Graphics on Route Falls Pass/ Route 0
- Fixed most of Deliby's sprite
- Ladders/Stairs now properly work everywhere
- Improved collision
- Fixed most shadows in Norella and Hermia
- Fixed Badge Display on card
- Fixed mapping errors in Southwestern Artemisia
- Fixed Southwestern Artemisia map name display
- Corrected some door exit/entrance warps
- Fixed Rasperga Cottage showing part of the other floor
- Tided up dialogue of some npcs
- Fixed some of the Bidoof tiles
- Other minor fixes

Notice on some bugs:
Since a lot of maps have been partially redesigned, there might be some warp bugs (testing so far has proven otherwise though). Please report any such bugs, thank you!



Also I'll just leave this here:

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A major update has just been released (3.9.7) Aside from fixing a myriad of tile bugs, this update is powered by the rigorous testing provided by the man the legend "ArtilleryOctillery", which led to a lot of improvements. Certain earlier event sequences and maps have been redesigned.
Also a couple of sequence-messing bugs have now been resolved.

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1.Outfits finally work properly and there's no need to change the player in order to show different sprites! Makes ep4 character animations possible again.
2.Fixed a rogue tile in the "PastOfThePast" map
3.Fixed even more tile bugs, improved tileset composition
4.Certain maps don't have their edges snapped anymore!
5.Remapped parts of Southwestern Artemisia and other maps once again, to adapt to the above changes
6.Improved a lot of events
7.Fixed Bidoof Bar Room entrance, and associated event sequence now takes player position into consideration
8.The player is now forced to enter the Thirsty bidoof before entering Artemisia for the first time.
9.Fixed Port Shadows
10.Fixed Route 0 tiles
11.Fixed first few battles losing warp
12.Corrected a lot of dialogue typos
13.Reduced certain tilesets' size via 256bit color reduction, should increase FPS on older machines (incomplete)
14.Added new events
15.Player cannot leave Route 0 without obtaining the envelope first
16.Thanks to Canneon/ArtilleryOctillery's scrutinous testing, the majority of early grammatical, tile and graphical errors are now fixed
17.Courier Card now displays Courier Rank instead of Pokedex
18.Courier Card is replaced having reached the end of the episode
19.Made Orphanage gauntlet more bearable, suggestion courtesy of Sesh
20.Fixed entering Branch sequence
21.Finally fixed starter obtaining cutscene sequence

Most early game bugs have been successfully purged. We'll continue hunting for the rest.
There's still some minor testing to be done, please report any bugs you find!

Please pay special attention to the animations; due to recent changes some sprite-changing bugs might show up.
We humbly request that you report these! Thank you!

PS: Ran into an outfit problem after the "disguise" part of the game while on 3.9.4? Make sure you're on 3.9.5+ and It will resolve itself later.
Apologies for this, some of the older workarounds to the outfit system have yet to be purged. I took a quick glance at certain related events and think this is the last one though.

[Socratic Method 0]

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I think I found a glitch. I'm at the port after getting knocked out on the ship, but I'm stuck because the transition tiles aren't working. I already talked to the maid, if that makes any difference. Will you please help me?

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I think this is my save file

 

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[AenaonDusky 51]

1 hour ago, Socratic Method said:

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I think I found a glitch. I'm at the port after getting knocked out on the ship, but I'm stuck because the transition tiles aren't working. I already talked to the maid, if that makes any difference. Will you please help me?

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I think this is my save file

 

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Apologies for this, let me take a look...

Alright, you need to enter the Thirsty Bidoof first for the warps to activate. Is the entrance blocked on v.3.9.7? If yes, then that's a remnant from the old map. Please paste over the files below and you'll be good to go. Just enter the Thirsty Bidoof, and talk to the man there and the warps will activate.
Also, on a side note, while there wasn't an inherent problem in the transfer event itself, it would transfer you a couple of tiles away from the designated destination when activated. Thank you for finding this as well, it is now fixed.

Can you please try to enter the Thirsty Bidoof before copying the maps over? Because if you can't then I need to upload a fixed version asap.

It's an honor receiving bug reports from the legendary Method itself

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[Chamberofsecrets12 3]

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I've been stuck at the start of liberation city/the start of getting back to the 1st city, where can I heal because it is hard for me to continue with an injured team

 

[AenaonDusky 51]

45 minutes ago, Chamberofsecrets12 said:

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I've been stuck at the start of liberation city/the start of getting back to the 1st city, where can I heal because it is hard for me to continue with an injured team

 

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Inside the "Museum". Have to get through the gauntlet first though. He's a gangster.

A new version is up - fixed the tile warp problem.

Edited September 24, 2019 by AenaonDusky
New version, tile warp fix

[Socratic Method 0]

 

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I copied the maps and updated to 3.9.8, but the entrance to the Thirsty Bidoof is still blocked

And thanks. I don't really think I'm worthy of the name myself.  The "Socratic Method" was the base of a theology/philosophy class I took in High School, and I really enjoyed it. When I was trying to come up with a name, I decided that "Socratic Method" was a phrase that I was OK with using to represent myself.

By the way, thanks for always responding so promptly to everyone's questions. It really shows how much you care about the game and the community. 

[AenaonDusky 51]

3 hours ago, Socratic Method said:

 

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I copied the maps and updated to 3.9.8, but the entrance to the Thirsty Bidoof is still blocked

And thanks. I don't really think I'm worthy of the name myself.  The "Socratic Method" was the base of a theology/philosophy class I took in High School, and I really enjoyed it. When I was trying to come up with a name, I decided that "Socratic Method" was a phrase that I was OK with using to represent myself.

By the way, thanks for always responding so promptly to everyone's questions. It really shows how much you care about the game and the community. 

Thank you for your kind words, we're trying to act semi-professionally here (well, huge emphasis on the semi part )
Ha, I bet you're more worthy than you think. I'm quite curious now though - did they teach you about the most important aspect of the method? Or just the, uh, rhetoric, cross-examination procedure of question asking?

Back on topic,
 

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here's your savefile after having entered the Thirsty Bidoof Game.rxdata
I can't replicate the bug on my end - Can you send me a screenshot before you replace the savefile?
This is the "proper", fixed entrance...

Version 3.9.9 is up, similar entrance bugs on other port maps fixed.

[Socratic Method 0]

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Here you go. It looks a bit different from the one you took, so maybe its something on my end. I actually started this run in 3.9.5, I don't know if that helps make any sense of it.

Thanks for all your help. 

 

Regarding that class, the teacher had us move our desks in a semicircle every day, and each person had to say something about the assigned reading. After that, people could voice agreements, arguments, or really anything about the subject matter or someone else's statement. The teacher would usually only guide the discussion if it was starting to go off on a tangent, or we were missing an important point. Depending on the part of the semester, the reading could have contained anything from Plato to Aquinas. The Greek philosophers were the beginning of the class to lay the foundation, and everything else was thought to be built off of them. If you have any more questions, I would be happy to answer them, but this was five years ago and I definitely don't remember everything.

[AenaonDusky 51]

10 hours ago, Socratic Method said:

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Here you go. It looks a bit different from the one you took, so maybe its something on my end. I actually started this run in 3.9.5, I don't know if that helps make any sense of it.

Thanks for all your help. 

 

Regarding that class, the teacher had us move our desks in a semicircle every day, and each person had to say something about the assigned reading. After that, people could voice agreements, arguments, or really anything about the subject matter or someone else's statement. The teacher would usually only guide the discussion if it was starting to go off on a tangent, or we were missing an important point. Depending on the part of the semester, the reading could have contained anything from Plato to Aquinas. The Greek philosophers were the beginning of the class to lay the foundation, and everything else was thought to be built off of them. If you have any more questions, I would be happy to answer them, but this was five years ago and I definitely don't remember everything.

I apologize for burdening you with this, but can you please check whether the problem persists on the newest version? (3.9.12). Make sure you've made a backup of your savefile before testing it with the one already provided above.
 

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That's a nice way of presenting it, especially to a high-school audience.
However there are two key elements that teachers usually forget to emphasize (or sometimes are unaware of). The method was a matter of love as defined in pre-modern societies (before the Enlightenment) , a sort of love for humanity, love for existence, love for the presence of other humans, love for nature - within an inherently non-confronting dialogue between two humans in search for the truth. Essentially a midwifery procedure of discovering the truth together with the interlocutor, rather than simple dialectic aiming to prove the opposition wrong. While the aspect of "common search for the truth" is a bit easier to deduce in rationalistic study, the aspect of "love" frequently eludes readers since there's two main obstacles to getting a complete grasp of it: cultural differences  and presentism, which interprets Ancient Greece as a society with inherent rationalism, which of course, was not. The whole "birth" part was an act of poetry in the original sense of the word (to make), a sort of metaphorical rhapsody and a hymn to life and to something higher.

Version 3.9.12 is up.

[Socratic Method 0]

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Problem is fixed in v 3.9.12

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I find that very interesting. I don't really remember if the teacher told us that, but I think that he had it in mind when guiding us. I wish I could contact the teacher to ask him, but I don't have his information.

 

[Socratic Method 0]

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Possibly another bug. I can't enter the police station or Courier branch. I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure I should be able to enter one of them at this point. Maybe this has to do with the fact that I updated so many times in the middle of this run.

By the way, I don't mind testing things out for you if you want me to. This is my second playthrough in episode 3, so I'm not exactly burning with curiosity about the rest of the story.

[AenaonDusky 51]

3 hours ago, Socratic Method said:

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Possibly another bug. I can't enter the police station or Courier branch. I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure I should be able to enter one of them at this point. Maybe this has to do with the fact that I updated so many times in the middle of this run.

By the way, I don't mind testing things out for you if you want me to. This is my second playthrough in episode 3, so I'm not exactly burning with curiosity about the rest of the story.

Wow, we're really grateful for your support! Thank you for reporting this bug as well. It's another remnant from the tileset corrections. Fixed.
Yes please, go ahead. You're already in the credits either way!

3.9.14 is up.

[Socratic Method 0]

1 hour ago, AenaonDusky said:

Wow, we're really grateful for your support! Thank you for reporting this bug as well. It's another remnant from the tileset corrections. Fixed.
Yes please, go ahead. You're already in the credits either way!

3.9.14 is up.

Thank you, I'm honored

[Socratic Method 0]

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I found another bug. Fighting Jade, his aerodactyl used sky drop on my talonflame, and rather than just failing after one turn like its supposed to, it failed and now talonflame can't do anything or switch out, and aerodactyl's attacks all miss

 

[AenaonDusky 51]

13 hours ago, Socratic Method said:

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I found another bug. Fighting Jade, his aerodactyl used sky drop on my talonflame, and rather than just failing after one turn like its supposed to, it failed and now talonflame can't do anything or switch out, and aerodactyl's attacks all miss

 

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Thank you!
Jade's team movesets were random. This has now changed for reasons other than the occasional skydrop problem as well. Changes will be included in the next update.

Can you please send me your savefile so I can test something related to this?

 

[Socratic Method 0]

3 hours ago, AenaonDusky said:

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Thank you!
Jade's team movesets were random. This has now changed for reasons other than the occasional skydrop problem as well. Changes will be included in the next update.

Can you please send me your savefile so I can test something related to this?

 

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I can give you my save file, but I already finished the episode. I do, however have a backup save in Zaratlansia. I'm attaching both of them  

 

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[AenaonDusky 51]

On 10/2/2019 at 7:37 PM, Socratic Method said:

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I can give you my save file, but I already finished the episode. I do, however have a backup save in Zaratlansia. I'm attaching both of them  

 

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Alright, thanks a lot!

EDIT: v3.9.18 is out.
Changelog:
 

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1.Fixed rail tiles in Southwestern Artemisia
2.Remapped parts of same map
3.Removed unecessary events, better performance
4.Updated Jade's team movesets
5.Fixed a whole lotta tile bugs
6.Fixed book interaction in Norella
7.Removed some relics from the old outfit system again (still WIP)
8.Fixed right-facing direction outfit change when talking to Flint
9.Updated Event in Old Artemisia
10.Updated Courier Card
11.Fixed Modesto's late-game dialogue
12.Corrected typos

EDITEDIT: v3.9.20
 

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13. Fixed some rogue tiles
14. Removed even more instances of the deprecated outfit workaround
15. Fixed player sprite disappearing during a cutscene

 

[PicklesThePikachu 3]

I've got a "help, I'm stuck!" question:

 

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I can't find the blue glove gang anymore.  I finished the orphanage and school quests, then crossed Cyan Bridge and met the scary gang, who then kidnapped that bloke.  Deliby bit and shamed me into pursuing them, and I remember MC said something about finding Flint?  I didn't see him back at Courier HQ or in the Under.  How do I progress the story from here?

 

[AenaonDusky 51]

1 hour ago, PicklesThePikachu said:

I've got a "help, I'm stuck!" question:

 

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I can't find the blue glove gang anymore.  I finished the orphanage and school quests, then crossed Cyan Bridge and met the scary gang, who then kidnapped that bloke.  Deliby bit and shamed me into pursuing them, and I remember MC said something about finding Flint?  I didn't see him back at Courier HQ or in the Under.  How do I progress the story from here?

 

Hello, thank you for playing!
 

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The MC mentions paging Flint. So Flint has already received your sos signal.

You don't have to do anything in particular, simply head east (in the southeastern area). The fenced area with the gangster guarding the rail opening will be accessible after talking to said gangster. Hope that helps!

 

[PicklesThePikachu 3]

4 hours ago, AenaonDusky said:

Hello, thank you for playing!
 

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The MC mentions paging Flint. So Flint has already received your sos signal.

You don't have to do anything in particular, simply head east (in the southeastern area). The fenced area with the gangster guarding the rail opening will be accessible after talking to said gangster. Hope that helps!

 

Thank you so much!! I had a feeling I was missing something obvious like that...