Alpha 4.11 out in a day or two

Alpha 4.11 should be out tomorrow or the day after, European time.

Tested the fix, works.
Fixed some other bugs.
Added a little something.

While I was in the AI code I improved some stuff there.
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Sounds good.
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Of course "improved" does not mean "adding more bugs"
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It's impossible.
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Never happens.
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Right?
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Please :(

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Alpha 4.1 The Impeding Death Of The Freezing Bug

FREEZE BUG FROZEN
Thanks for sending all those save files. You guys are great!
The bug is confirmed. All the save files had the same bug.
The CivilianAI is looping on a sequence of Equip-Unequip-Equip-Unequip... which are free actions. This cause the game to hang as the actor never ends his turn.
I will work on fixing it. Make the equip/unequip action takes a turn is the wrong solution as it changes the gameplay and just delays the problem over several turns, I need to change the AI code.
Again, thank you and no need to send me save games for this bug anymore.


OTHER BUGS REPORT
Feel free to post on the Alpha 4.1 bug page, or mail me and send me saved games if you think you spotted a bug or a glitch.

4.11
The freeze bug is a major and needs fixing asap.
So I'll release 4.11 in a few days with a couple more fixes and a little something as bonus.

SAVE/LOAD TIME?
4.1 was supposed to improve loading and saving time performance.
I'd like to know if the effort paid.
Do your games seem to load faster or not?

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Alpha 4.1 Freezing Game Bug :-}

As the old Chinese saying goes : "new features = new bugs".
I think I know where it comes from but I must be sure before sentencing the culprit to death by coding.


THE BUG
The game appears to freeze randomly and you have to kill the application.


YOUR QUEST
- Play the game doh.
- Same very often. I mean very very often. Like often, but a lot.
- Oh My God! The dreaded Freezing Game bug! :-/
- Kill the game.
- Restart and load.
- If the bugs happens again at about the same time, "YOU ARE WINNER"! (well sorta).
- ZIP the save game file. It is located in your documents folder, eg:
C:\My Documents\\Rogue Survivor\alpha 4.1\Saves\save.dat
- Mail me, or if you can't, host the file somewhere (mediafire, rapidshare....).

MY QUEST
Well....
Mmmmh....
Let me think...
Drink a lot? No.
Have fun with fan girls?... Ah...


FIX THE DAMN BUG? Ah yes!
I'll do it in fun way :
- I'll play the game in debug mode and made a video of it, posted on youtube in my "Play!" serie.
- If the bug happens.I'll keep recording while I debug it, so you'll get to see the code and me raging at it :p
Bug hunt will start at part 7. Wish me luck (or un-luck).

THE REWARD
If all goes well,  I'll fix the bug asap and release a patch/a 4.11 version.

UPDATE:

If found a cause for the bug, but it might be not the only one. A similar bug might be lurking elsewhere so still need your help.

Here is the BugCast :p

Rogue Survivor - 7. BugCast Alpha 4.1!
Rogue Survivor - 8. BugCast Alpha 4.1!
Rogue Survivor - 9. BugCast Alpha 4.1!

For the curious/impatient, jump to the 3rd video at 8:00 to see the bug and the debug session.

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Alpha 4 Bugs & Poll

BUGS

EDIT: Change of policy, please use the reserved bugs page "Alpha 4.0 buglist".

POLL : Spoilers section or not?
Since the game has now secrets to discover, I'm considering adding a Spoilers page to the blog.
If you are stuck or annoyed by something you can find (such as a missing Achievements), this could prove helpfull. I'll try to layout the page so you can read only what you really want to know.
On the other hand, it could be way too tempting to just read everything and blitz through the game without enjoying the "what the hell is this? what do I do now?" moments.
So I'm undecided, and ask you dear players your opinion.
I added a poll on the right where you can vote.


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Bugs

I hate them. I'll do an Alpha 3.2 to fix those bugs.

Known bugs in Alpha 3.1:

1. (Crash) AI attempt an illegal Shout action.
2. (Minor) AI sometimes won't take food while still having an inventory free slot.
3. (Crash) Giving stackable items sometimes crashes the game.
4. (Minor) AI doesn't switch weapon when out of ammo and no reload available. 
5. (Minor) Follower AI keep following directives/orders when fired.
6. (Minor) Difficulty rating always shown as 100% in post mortem and hiscores. 
7. (Exploit) Can always sleep for one turn.
8. (Exploit) Using then unequipping trackers is a free action.
9. (Minor) Trackers out of batteries are still working. 
10. (Crash) D3DERR_DEVICELOST exception. 
11. (Minor) Soldiers/Gangs don't flee when tired.

Report any other you might find, I'll update the post.
It's much better if you can provide a screenshot or a crash log if there is one.


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