Proposed Patch for Y1

[Rhialto]

If the team decide to release a new Patch for Y1, I reckon that it should have the following features.

 

General Quality of Life Improvements:

1. Eliminating the DRM on the Steam version.

2. Changing the Prodigy: Incantation background to at minimum inform characters about Theory of Incantation, so that the background's increased maximum for Theory of Incantation works.

 

Bugs:

1. Fixing the bug that prevents characters from completing Luti Jaconelli's adventure.

2.  Granting Miya Hikari the ability to use her familiar’s ability, granting it a proper duration.

3.  Allowing characters to equip and use Tongs.

 

Restoring Cutted Content:

1. Restoring Aaran Ledale’s second adventure to the game.

2. restoring the Research topics The Obranabú Library and The Great Lecture Hall at Schohanwicht and their accompanying lores and rewards.

3.  Miya Hikari's personal ability is indeed supposed to give her +3 Acrobatics and +2 Knots/Climbing, and that's as it should be in the toolset.  If we're not seeing it in-game, there might be an issue.

4. Restoring students' Familiars' descriptions.

 

Adding New Content:

1. The romance adventure with the auburn-haired thief has a major disconnection between story and gameplay in its final stage that other adventures in Y1 avoid. The final stage, called "The Golden Telescope" concludes with the auburn-haired thief's giving the PC the eponymous telescope. Yet the player gains no such item in the PC's inventory. Aside from that, it was a very good adventure.

2. Creating an object for characters to receive as a reward for helping the graduating student during Kaliri.

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: I have updated the patch list. Will it be done, though?

[Schwarzbart]

If they find a fix for the save bug plaguing the steam release then I suspect they will push out a update even before year 2 release.

But otherwise I wont set my hopes high that there will be any fixes before year 2 is released,

[Rhialto]

9 hours ago, Schwarzbart said:

If they find a fix for the save bug plaguing the steam release then I suspect they will push out a update even before year 2 release.

But otherwise I wont set my hopes high that there will be any fixes before year 2 is released,

@Legate of Mineta: Is this true?

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhi;

If we find the fix, we'd certainly create a patch.

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: Any update about the patch?

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhi;

None yet!

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: Is this patch being worked on?

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhi;

It's not a priority, no- unless we find the source of the critical bug.

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: The ending is bugged and cuts short for characters who use Gift of the Familiar. Would you like me to write some suitably mournful text for characters who have sacrificed their familiars?

[Legate of Mineta]

Hmmmm!

That's a new one- can you tell me more?

Thanks.

[Metis]

There should be an automatic exit that has no prerequisites at all to prevent that. Granted the text makes zero sense for someone without a Familiar, but it should be there regardless.

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: What happens is that the standard Search for Familiar Scene appears, but where the familiar's name appears normally, "(?)" appears. When the choice is made, rather than shifting to new scenes saying farewell to classmates, the game cuts to credits. Rather like the old bug with Mr. Pebbles that was fixed in the last patch. Again, I can write some text if you want.

[Legate of Mineta]

Ah yes, now I understand- sure! The Team will be happy to look at any text you all suggest.

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: I posted the text for my suggestion in my writing thread.

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: I updated the first post in order to feature the issue about the Tongs.

[Legate of Mineta]

Understood.

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: In order to allow the player to use tongs (and another item, the poker), a new patch for Y1 should add an equipment slot called "Forge / Workstation Materials: Tools", because the tongs and the poker belong to this category. Would this be possible?

[Legate of Mineta]

I think so, should the Team do another Patch.

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: My recent experiences with Academagia have made me appreciate more that Y1 needs a patch. Even ignoring the saved game corruptions, a patch that would improve the Prodigy: Incantations trait would be wonderful. Are any plans for that?

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhi;

There's no fixed plans, but you never know what may come just before Y2 launches. We'll have to see.

[Metis]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Realistically I don't see Y1 -> Y2 importing happening without one final patch on Y1's end. In the meantime things like Prodigy: Incantation and whatever other final bugs were found can, hopefully, be fixed.

[Rhialto]

1 hour ago, Metis said:

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Realistically I don't see Y1 -> Y2 importing happening without one final patch on Y1's end.

Why not?

[Metis]

Because Y1 still has errors like the Prodigy: Incantation thing, and it wouldn't do for Y2 to inherit them. For example, it'd be very awkward if a Y2 adventure assumed a Y1 Incantation prodigy would have the increased skill max...only for that background to still be bugged. I imagine there's at least a few errors like that.

[Legate of Mineta]

Metis is correct in that the patch determination- it will come with the converter, and for the reasons suggested. Of course, it remains yet to be seen how easy it is to correct in the converter vs a Y1 Patch...;)