* COMPATIBILITY: Excellent :-) Although your existing pets will disappear.

* NOTE ABOUT A34 - I released A34 a bit prematurely in an experiment to get info about the new installer. To get patch A35 you will HAVE to have gotten the A34 full base version, but you might want to wait for other people to put in their opinion on the quality of the installer.

Please see the topic "A34 pre-release" if you don't understand how to get that version.

* BUGFIX: Stock market dialog remembers the last page selected.

* BUGFIX: Various pet invocation errors.

* BUGFIX: Selling more shares than you own doesn't leave your portfolio all weird any more. Also, the total ROI calculation is a bit better (though since I don't keep complete records of all transactions, this is not entirely informative)

* PETS PAY NO PP, XP, or GP. Since they are just sitting there, letting you bash them without fighting back, it isn't fair to pay you for it, so I don't. This also goes for a charmed monster in general. If it is still charmed at the moment of death, it pays no reward. If a pet goes wild, then it isn't a pet any more and killing it will pay off.

* BLACKJACK TABLE HAS A LIMIT. Well, I wanted it to be unlimited, but there are some practical reasons to limit it a little. I chose 100K per bet as the limit, so you should still be able to play the "double your bet when you lose" trick and come out ahead, most of the time.

* "ALL" Spells affect pets as if they were humans, not monsters. There are probably many more such things to be fixed as the notion of a team is brand new.. (and will need to be fixed again probably, though I am trying to lay the ground work for generic teams.. For example, an "all" spell that hits everyone in the same guild as the targeted player - but that will come much later)

* PET SKINS RELOAD WHEN CHANGING CHARACTERS. So when you switch between characters, the pet skins don't get 'stuck' on the previous set.

* YOU CAN NO LONGER SUMMON PETS FROM THE GRAVE. Heh, thanks for noticing. Dead players cannot summon pets. But if your pet already in battle lives, it can fight on for your honor.

* You can ONLY tame creatures BELOW your level, and the closer they are TO your level, the less likely you are to succeed. (sorry, I don't think you can have BWs any more).. And if your pets level up above you, watch out (well, in theory).. current math is you will be 100% successful catching pets which are 30 levels below you (or more) and 0% in catching pets at your level, with a linear distribution between (3% for one level below you...) And, of course, you have to catch them before the charm wears off.

* FIGHT SCENE DOESN'T END TILL ALL MONSTERS DEAD. Which is to say, a CHARMED monster is still a threat, but a PET is not.

* YOU CANNOT TAME A CHEATED MONSTER. If the monster arrived via the /fight command, you cannot tame it. Sorry. Not even if you are a cheat character. Makes it too messy to keep fair.

* YOU CAN NOW RELEASE PET BACK TO WILD. It disappears from your pen and appears in the scene with you, and it is always mad at you.

* ENOUGH BUGS ARE PRESENT IN A34 TO JUSTIFY AN IMMEDIATE A35. So, I will be pushing A35 tonight and A36 becomes the official pokegatchi release.

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REMEMBER: I will edit and delete your entries as I update the development notes...

OK, so I'm playing Big 'Ol Space Rocks and I came up with some thoughts.

1. Make a universal brake key. For example, if I'm going straight left, to brake I have to go straight right against my momentum; or just press the down key, but what if I accidentially change my alignment? So make the down arrow key slow you down regardless of what direction you're facing.

2. Make a high scores table.

3. Heck, make a server high scores table; server hosts do not necessarily have to host this file. But they can if they want to.

4. Add a small travelers guide so players can find out where certain minigames are.

Add two instruments and make a little panel. These are the compass and velocimeter.

The compass has two lines on it. One is green; it shows your current ship direction. The other is red; it shows the direction that your momentum from previous acceleration is carrying you. When the green line and red line match, hit Down to brake.

The velocimeter, of course, shows how fast you are going, and how much relative force it will take to bring you to a stop.

1. Fire posted this in the a34 prerelease thread, if you leave the stock market with the portfolio tab active, when you go back, it will still be on portfolio, but will show the graphs instead. [Fixed, sort of]
   
2. Someone makes a camp, and another joins. Player 2 summons a pet which they both can see. Host summons his/her pet, which only the host can see. Sometimes it works in reverse. [fixed]
   
3. Host creats camp and summons pet. Player2 joins camp, but can't see pet. Player2 summons a pet, but can't see it, instead he/she can see Host's pet. [fixed, no one else could launch pet while host had one]
   
4. Pet gets harmed when casting an all spell on other monsters.[fixed]
   
5. Pet as well as monsters get healed from an all spell.[fixed]
   
6. Pet as well as monsters get harmed with an all spell.[fixed]
   
7. I called my pet outside of a scene, and Captain Jim saw it when he logged on the server in the Well.[fixed - turned out to be huge old bug having nothing to do with pets]
   
8. If a party member (not the leader) calls a pet into the scene, everyone will see that pet in their scenes. This has been replicated a few times, and seems to be the leading cause of this phenomena.[same bug]
   
9. I'd like a "pet retreat" button so I can call a different pet out before the current one dies. This is also good for camping scenes to show off different pets. hehe [not ye, but eventually]
   
10. Pets get multiple death messages, somewhat like players used to get when multiple monsters attacked.[should see two. everone sees "slobber is dead" owner additionally sees "your slobber has died and returned to pen" Any more than that is bug]
    
11. Pet skins often do not represent the tamed pet. It seems as if a cache file is beingused, which isn't being emptied, since pet skins from another soul are being used instead of the ACTUAL skins. Suggest to clear cache on every different soul incarnation.[you were correct, sir. fixed]

    -NEW-

12. I see why BWs shouldn't be pets, although they're fun. I'm gonna miss Sparky and Spot (my pet BWs). I'd like to suggest having SOME probability of a level 99 character getting Warpaths and Trolls for pets, since a WP is 99 and a troll is 100. Maybe 1 level above your level is possible, but 2 levels is impossible? That would make the highest capturable monster a level 100.
    
13. Have the Pokedex sortable by name and class, mostly for world designers, they can then see all monsters by element to fill gaps, etc.[it's negotiable, for now it becomes impossible when they match your level]
    
14. The "Delete" button isn't selected anymore when you add soneone's page to the Diary. The cursor is in the stat box.[you think it was before?]
    
15. I agree about a BOSR high scores list. Maybe show the top 20 scores, 10 on 2 pages. [I agree, just synching it is a hassle, part of 'integrated tourney support' project]
    

That's it for now, but it's FAR from over! Muuhahahahahahaaaa

- Lurch -

[This message has been edited by Lurch (edited 04-09-2000).]

[you were correct, fixed in 35]

Minor stock market bug: You can opt to sell more shares than you own. You won't get the excess money but it doesn't look all that great.
[fixed in A35, and thank you]

Minor BOSR bug: Can't hear sound effects after first one (for example, if I die once, I hear the explosion, but don't hear it again until the game is over and I start a new one)
[hmm, "works for me" any other opinions?]

GJ

[This message has been edited by GJ (edited 04-08-2000).]

1) Pets that cast an all spell on monsters hurt themselves (mighta been posted before).
2) A pet dies, once all the monsters die the pet can come back out (maybe you wanted it that way)

[fixed in A35]

1)Does stock performance depond on how everyone in the game buys/sells?

[No]

2)There are no images for the different actions (probably not a bug, but very annoying)

["A34 is not a complete implementation of pokegatchi" - and neither is A35, as it turns out ]

1) Pet HP regens WAY too quickly, it shouldn't be completely recharged in the time it takes to get to a new battle

When you click to attack a monster (say with a staff) and that monster dies before you actually get to attack, the spell redirects to another monster in the scene, it is possible that one of the monsters that the spell gets redirected to is your pet.

When in a scene and then you let out a pet, then select a new pet and click the Xed out button to call him, even though he doesn't come out, if you go back to the Pet Pen you'll see he's become Xed out there and you can't interact with him...Dan you REALLY need to just entirely disable the call button when you let out your first pet (make it disapper) cuz it still does tons of wierd little stuff.

[fixed in A35, but as promised there are a zillion little end-cases]

[please don't request immoral/illegal program changes Hows that for a response ]

[BTW, I deleted it before because I was certain its presence would create a huge flame war, which I wasn't looking forward to]

[This message has been edited by samsyn (edited 04-09-2000).]

"Excuse me, Mr. Sand Worm, but I have to make a transaction. UDAN is up $5, and I want to se- hey! Don't try to bite off my arm! Hey! HEY!"

I am going to do an "emergency Patch A35 release" for a couple reasons:

1.) the 'pets appearing at random' bug is just too irritating to put up with until I finish my pokegatchi work (now deferred to A36)

2.) It lets us test the new patch technology, to go with the new installer technology.