| JA2 Roguelike mod[message #336625]
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Mon, 13 October 2014 00:38 
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Hi everyone!
I recently made a small, simple mod of JA2. It turns off all normal save functionality, and replaces it with autosaves when you quit to the title screen. The game can only be loaded from the title screen.
Basically, it gives JA2 roguelike save mechanics. If you make a mistake, you HAVE TO live with it. No reloading and trying again. It's a small change but, at least for me, significantly changes the experience.
If anyone wants to playtest, it's here:
EDIT: Updated this link to be the latest version, to prevent people from downloading an out of date release.
http://www.ashleypringle.ca/docs/ja2-roguelike-1.0.zip
Installation instructions are in the readme.
I've playtested it a bit, but if you play it and:
-Can't install or run the game
-Find a way to save and reload that I didn't remove
-Or find any weird bugs
Then feel free to let me know so I can update it!
Thanks!
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| Re: JA2 Roguelike mod[message #336662]
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Tue, 14 October 2014 06:25 
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| arnodick |
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Iron Man only restricts you from saving when you're in battle, so if you want to you can save before a battle and reload if anything catastrophically bad happens.
In the roguelike mod you can never reload and try something again, because the only time it saves is when you quit to the title screen. You don't have the choice to manually save and reload.
For example, if a merc dies, you just have to live with it. There's no going back.
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| Re: JA2 Roguelike mod[message #336764]
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Fri, 17 October 2014 19:25
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| arnodick |
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A slightly updated version, has "options" at the game start menu for choosing roguelike saves.
EDIT: Updated this link to be the latest version, to prevent people from downloading an out of date release.
http://www.ashleypringle.ca/docs/ja2-roguelike-1.0.zip
If anyone notices any bugs or suggestions anything, get at me on twitter! https://twitter.com/AshleyPringle
Yeah quitting the game from task manager is something I thought about. Was thinking of highjacking the autosave.pls functions to create a backup save that could be used if the game quit unexpectedly. But implementing that is a bit out of my scope right now.
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| Re: JA2 Roguelike mod[message #337540]
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Tue, 04 November 2014 19:25
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| arnodick |
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Okay, I lied about autosaves being out the scope of the project!
Here is the new version 1.0 of the Roguelike mod:
http://www.ashleypringle.ca/docs/ja2-roguelike-1.0.zip
I've updated the UI so that you can still play Normal or Iron modes if you wish, and Roguelike mode now autosaves every turn and every 6 hours, as backup in case the game crashes and can't save on quitting.
Hope you enjoy! Any feedback would be much appreciated, especially if you find any bugs!
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| Re: JA2 Roguelike mod[message #337613]
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Fri, 07 November 2014 16:53
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| arnodick |
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Oh yeah, I replaced links to the old version with links to the new version, because there's really no point at all in having the old version available anywhere.
So those links from earlier in the thread are the new version. The old version was 0.9
I should update those posts to reflect that edit though. Thanks!
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