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(fixed) I see dead people... hauling stuff
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:20 am
by kaypy
When a character dies, then the party leader is changed to someone else.
But there's nothing stopping you from changing it back again. And a dead party leader can interact and carry-in-mouse objects.
And (after some experimentation with a box full of boulders) has no burden limitations.
Re: [0.78] I see dead people... hauling stuff
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:26 pm
by terkio
They can carry a lot of stuff and don't eat. They are better than mules.
Re: [0.78] I see dead people... hauling stuff
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 2:28 pm
by The Journeyman
shhh..Let's hope the drug cartell is not listening in on this..
Re: [0.78] I see dead people... hauling stuff
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:08 pm
by kaypy
The problem here, of course, is that whenever I get my party optimized to consist entirely of dead characters, the game stops responding and I get a blue screen.
blue screen
Re: [0.78] I see dead people... hauling stuff
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:01 pm
by The Journeyman
oh yeah, the blue screen of hell...The trick here is to die while being in a mirror
I'm not kidding, btw. Just walk into a wall until you are low on health, poison yourself with a poison cloud and then die while you are inside a mirror in the hall of champions. You'll be amazed what you can do then.
This might only be possible in the original DM and CSBwin, though.
Re: (fixed) I see dead people... hauling stuff
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:30 pm
by Sophia
Now I almost feel bad about fixing this.
Re: (fixed) I see dead people... hauling stuff
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:02 pm
by kaypy
Thanks
Re: (fixed) I see dead people... hauling stuff
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 3:40 pm
by kaypy
By the way... what does the new version do if you get a character killed and then dsb_champion_fromparty the survivors?
(The current version works for a while but segfaults if you change leader)
FATAL LUA ERROR: Lua Function sys_render_magic: base/render.lua:214: dsb_get_charname requires int in param 1
@@@ LUA STACK @@@
[S:base/render.lua:214: dsb_get_charname requires int in param 1]
@@@@@@
Hmm. I would guess by default a no-switch-leader-to-corpse fix would leave the party stuck in ghost mode. Which might be the most correct behaviour?
Re: (fixed) I see dead people... hauling stuff
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:43 pm
by Sophia
In ESB, under ESB Options, there is a checkbox for "End game if whole party removed." If the box is unchecked and the entire party is removed, you will revert to ghost mode. If it is checked, you'll go to the "The End" screen.
(As of 0.79 it's impossible to select a dead character as leader so the Lua error will be resolved)