Hi everyone!~I've gotten various types of feedback and requests throughout the 3 versions of Magi Trias Cardinator released so far, many of them I couldn't address before due to my reliance on obfuscated third-party plugins (cough VisuStella cough) or on native RPGM functionality. Thus, I've been spending the last several weeks writing my own plugin suite, which enables much more flexibility to add better QoL and features. Amongst these includes:
Pitched message sound for each character (major characters only)
Hold CTRL or 'FF >>' button to fast forward (instead of VS's FF until cancel)
Message auto-play speed adjustment
New text box and choice selection UI
Footstep sounds and visual effects
New message history logs for better translation interoperability
Option to skip transformation sequences via CTRL button
New main menu with reputation + alignment score display
Quest completion toast notifications on rewards and rep/alignment changes
Dedicated cache for decrypted image files for near-lagless image loading
New UI box UI + buttons preview:
Skippable Transformations:
Footstep Visual & Sound FX:
Of course, there are downsides to writing dozens of plugins and completely replacing RPGM functionality or established third-party plugins. Namely, I run the risk of introducing many bugs or quirks.
I've been spending a lot time debugging my own plugins so there won't be anything game-breaking, but little things here and there may pop up that I miss. I'll do my best to find them all before I release v0.4.0, but please do report any as well.Due to significant underlying system changes, this update will take a little longer than the previous two updates, but I should still be able to hit my 2~3 month cadence (namely, it'll be closer to 3 months from the v0.3.0 release date).PS: One other major ask I've gotten from supporters is the ability to talk to the Soul Cards. To this end, I'm trying to write plugins to handle conversations with Soul Cards. It's not in a good state yet, but it looks like it's doable, at least tentatively. If all goes well, I'll make another post on it to confirm next week, hopefully.That's all my updates for this week! Thanks for being a supporter. :)