Random Level Down?

[Nolund]

I was hoping to release a tech demo for my game to a few friends of mine who've been asking about it, and when I play tested it, I came across this problem:

On my way to town to pick up a party member, I level up to level 2. I get to town fine, get my party member fine, but when I leave, my main character is for some reason back to level 1.

Can anyone help me out with this? It's just...weird.

 

[Cait]

I would check to see if for any reason... do you remove the main character at any time, and put him/her back into the party? You might be putting the settings to: (Initialize) which would put the character back to whatever level he/she started out with.

 

[Nolund]

I thought that initially too, but I looked at every event I have. There is nothing that takes my main character out of the game. The only "initialize" event I have, is when I gain my first party member.

This really baffles me. I've never seen anything like this before.

 

[seven]

You may want to consider uploading a test demo or images of the events, which would give us more to work with than the information provided. It might also be a scripting issue if you're working with any custom scripts, so I would consider checking that as well.

 

[Nolund]

Here's the demo:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?djdnzmzmyqj

If this is the version I think it is (all I did was use Firefox history to grab the URL, but there were a couple uploaded today) then there is an event on the Kalea Gate map to get that level you lose back. But I want this fixed so people can come in and out of the city without having to start Valan over.

 

[KuidonNZ]

I downloaded your demo to see If I could help,
And I found that if you uncheck the 'Initialize' check box in the part of the
event that the second character is added it doesnt reset the first character.
So that does fix your problem but Im not too sure why...

Saddly I also found that if I re-check the box it doesnt reset the character this time,
so the problem is still unknown...

 

[Nolund]

I unchecked the box, but I still get reset to level 1 when I leave town, at least, on my end.

Definitely a new one for me.

 

[vgvgf]

I am a bit lazy for cheking all events in game, but have you added some event which remove exp from the actor? That may be the problem.
Also, I have checked the scripts in the project, and I see that "ACBS | Victory Window 3" modifies how is exp added to the actors when wining battles. It is a bit complicated to understand what it does(Really messy...), I'm still analysing it.
So, that script may be the problem also, as it seems to add again the exp again and someother things also.

 

[Nolund]

That actually makes a lot of sense vgvgf. The whole script is pretty raw, and I have been meaning to change it until it'd more concrete (as Atoa has informed me that there is an update coming), but since I'm still in early stages of the game, I didn't see the need. I'll take it out and test it.

EDIT: Still get the same error. I've played around with things, and for some reason, I only get this error when I enter Eamon's house, and when I obtain Eamon as a party member. I've tried removing all my scripts, and that doesn't solve the issue either.

I can't NOT get Eamon, as he's a valuable part of the game, but I can't seem to find a way to add him either. =/

 

[vgvgf]

Mmm, before the house of Eamon there is an event, which re-initializes Valan. An event without graphics called EV035. I bet that that event is the problem. Also, I played the game, without touching that event, and the level stayed the same after getting Eamon.

 

[Nolund]

Wow...I must've placed that there when I was playtesting at some point rather that setting Valan as a starting character in system.

I feel like such an idiot lol.

Thanks a ton bud. I owe you one.