Wrong XP progression + max for Female II - 7.07

[grävling]

Went in to rest at a hotel.

Kyera the Gun Custom
6595 Turns
XP ready 25
XP spent 33 (so this is not a starting character)

I am seeing BODY to 3 (6 XP) (blue button +1 BODY)
Strength to 3 (10 XP) (properly greyed-out button +1STR)
Dexterity to 4 (8 XP) (blue button +1 DEX) ** this should be greyed out, too **
ON the mind side things look ok.
Mind to 3 (6XP) (blue button +1 MIND)
Intelligence to 3 (6XP) (properly greyed out button)
Perception to 2 (8XP) (blue button +1 PER)

I press the Dex button, to get 1 point of Dex for 8XP
Now the button remains blue, says
Dexterity to 5 (8XP)
Since I have 17 XP to spend now, I press this again.

Now it says Dex to 6 (8XP)
but the button under it says MAX and is greyed out.
The button under Strength which now reads
Str to 3 (14 XP)
now is greyed out as well and reads MAX.
And my intelligence which reads Intelligence to 3 (6XP) now has a greyed out button which reads MAX.

So I stick 6 XP into MIND, and yes the Int button no longer says MAX but +1 INT, greyed out because it wants 8 XP and I only have 3 left over now.

So things are very confused. I will build a new not Female II starter and see if they have this problem. It looks to me as if the code, which has bugs, was trying to say that stats are Maxed if the base attribute (MIND or BODY) they are based on needs to be raised before they can be raised. This wasn't the feature I asked for -- while I can see the logic in doing this, I would like MAX to mean 'you absolutely cannot train this character any more in this stat' and not 'raise MIND before you can raise this one'. And somehow Kylara can get her dex raised to 2X her BODY stat. Did you intend this as a bonus for her not being able to fight with her fists?

[grävling]

Back to the hotel
XP ready (28)
XP spent (58)

Body to 3 (6)
+1 BODY
Str to 3 (14)
MAX
Dex to 6 (8XP)
MAX

train BODY

BODY to 4 (9XP)
+1 BODY
STR to 3 (16 XP)
+1 STR
DEX to 6 (10 XP)
+1 DEX

all the buttons are blue.

train DEX

now says DEX to 7 (10XP)
MAX

So it isn't a simple 2X that was happening.

[grävling]

Tested with Female Char I.

No oddnesses with the dex there, but yes, again it is saying MAX when you cannot increase a value due to its underlying stat being too low. I suppose I could get used to that, but then I would like a different way to indicate that no further progression is possible, period.

Perhaps these local but not absolute MAXes could say BODY or MIND instead, indicating what stat you need to raise first before you can increase this one, leaving MAX for 'there is no way to increase this one'.

[Cory Trese]

Sorry -- I will fix both issue tomorrow.

[grävling]

Looks like Female 2 gets to train dex to 2 + Body, instead of just Body. This might be an interesting way to compensate her for not being able to use brawling weapons, but if so this needs to be documented. And I would lean towards just starting her with dex 6, myself.

[Cory Trese]

Jun 12, 2012 4:38:26 GMT -5 grävling said:

Looks like Female 2 gets to train dex to 2 + Body, instead of just Body. This might be an interesting way to compensate her for not being able to use brawling weapons, but if so this needs to be documented. And I would lean towards just starting her with dex 6, myself.

That was the intention, but it looks like it got messed up somehow.

That Dex to +2 of Body bonus also applies to Firearms, so she can raise Firearms to Max of Dex + 3 which is normally 12, but for her that's 14 ... and if a gunslinger, she can raise to 18

[Cory Trese]

Jun 11, 2012 13:02:32 GMT -5 grävling said:

Perhaps these local but not absolute MAXes could say BODY or MIND instead, indicating what stat you need to raise first before you can increase this one, leaving MAX for 'there is no way to increase this one'.

Great suggestion. Wish I'd thought of that.

Implementing now ... ... ... ...