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Title: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Trickysticks on March 17, 2019, 09:25:39 PM
It?s been a while since the last RaNGE contest, so I think it?s about time for contest #20. 20 contests in 10 years, woo!

In many places winter is ending and spring is beginning. Shifting seasons are normal.

In Gensokyo, though, life is anything but normal. Residents find themselves able to harness the power of the seasons once more, just like in Hidden Star in Four Seasons, but this time the seasons are really going haywire. Everywhere, all the time, the season changes within minutes! When the season changes, one?s abilities also change.

The theme of this contest is to make a boss fight where the chosen character?s danmaku is influenced by the constantly-changing seasons. Just like in Okina's boss fight, your character will cycle through the four seasons.

RULES

* All scripts will have a minimum of 8 patterns, with each nonspell or spell being one pattern. This minimum is designed to accommodate one nonspell and one spell for each season.
* All scripts will have a maximum of 17 patterns. This maximum is designed to accommodate someone who makes two nonspells and two spells for each season, plus a grand finale.
* Multiple difficulties are allowed. Judges are not obligated to play all difficulties and will likely pick one that matches their skill level, so be sure each one is balanced!
* Midbosses and stages are optional. If a midboss is present it may have up to 3 patterns. These 3 patterns don't count towards the pattern minimum or maximum.
* Choosing Okina Matara as the boss character is not allowed. She may be present as a midboss as long as she follows the 3-pattern rule.
* Having multiple bosses present is allowed.
* Despite the usage of the word "script", entries do not need to be Danmakufu scripts. Entries can be made in any engine that you like, but keep in mind that it must at least be able to run on a Windows machine.
* Regardless of the engine you use, game errors or other bugs may lead to docked points or complete disqualification depending on the severity of the issue. Be sure to thoroughly playtest!
* Participants may work with up to one other person if they really want to. Both people will receive the same score.
* The relevant seasons are winter, spring, summer, and fall. The seasons need not be in that order. Seasonal danmaku is up to interpretation, but can be represented by playstyle differences and aesthetic changes.

RESOURCES FOR BEGINNERS TO DANMAKUFU
* Danmakufu Wiki (https://dmf.shrinemaiden.org/wiki/Main_Page)
* Helepolis' Video Tutorials (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsqimF6_OUHBNeOrp_k2t9bPk5Q6PsB_P)
* Sparen's Written Tutorials (http://sparen.github.io/ph3tutorials/ph3tutorials.html)
* Sparen's ph3 Function Reference (https://sparen.github.io/ph3tutorials/docs.html) (in case Danmakufu Wiki is dead...again)

JUDGES
Trickysticks (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=5010), yeashie (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=37107) and CrestedPeak9 (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=36167)

Scripts will be judged with the majority of the score attributed to the quality of danmaku. Visual effects and music are nice, but they are ultimately secondary to your entry's gameplay. Since this is a themed contest, a part of your score will also be attributed to how well you follow the seasonal theme.

Post your entries in the thread when they are ready to be submitted.

DEADLINE: April 28, 23:59:59 GMT (https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20190428T235959&p0=769&msg=Range+20+Deadline+II%3A+Electric+Boogaloo&font=slab)
(click the link for a countdown timer!)
Optional Sign-up Form Here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVoM2z3mpVT6NWd62gB-6tTsTgAALioNnLTL5CSgxGufT0mg/viewform?usp=sf_link) (to gauge interest - see here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fcsg0JgFzKmHys0fFSTB_ZlVisgBfJyovrWSGGRzecQ/edit?usp=sharing) for form results)
Entries 2 seconds late will be accepted (we close submissions a bit after the deadline, but don?t procrastinate!)
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: PhantomSong on March 17, 2019, 09:31:04 PM
owo I might participate for once, and with a good idea
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Jikan on March 18, 2019, 01:19:59 AM
If I have enough free time, I'll be submitting an entry.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Bro on March 18, 2019, 04:28:49 PM
I've been slammed with real life, but it should be letting up in a week or so. I think I'll participate in this contest to get back into the flow of coding stuff, and, with how far away the deadline is, I think as long as I don't get too ambitious I will actually have an entry ready this time.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Alufe on March 19, 2019, 06:46:17 PM
Hoi ~|?0?|~

It?s me :V

Me V:

I would like to make a script, too.

Uhhh, with passion this time♪

Wish us all good luck UwU
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Sparen on March 19, 2019, 10:17:42 PM
Submissions & Script Videos

Sparen: Seasonal Rabbit - Download (http://www.bulletforge.org/u/sparen/p/range-20-seasonal-rabbit)
Danmakufu Video Database: DVDb (https://sparen.github.io/DanmakufuVideos/scripter/sparenofiria.html#range20)

Kinedyme: Shrine-Visiting Season - Download (https://mega.nz/#!WDgWQSpB!HWDJJDT6CwUbRhvlAd8JhSgvMa--sSp1qbmDl54KdG4)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Ks4ytd6ec

Andi: Hanami in Four Seasons - Download (https://www.dropbox.com/s/08tt6b2xmbf3ib6/RANGE20%20-%20Hanami%20in%20Four%20Seasons%20-%20Standalone.zip?dl=0)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDb-cTH4JHU

JDude: Seasoned Alice - Download (http://www.mediafire.com/file/o0fpedyzo7g691j/Seasoned+Alice+V3+by+JDude.rar)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjG5-j8ifO4

NecroHeart/Vigor: Unseasonal Mooning Daydream - Download (http://www.bulletforge.org/u/necroheart/p/unseasonal-mooning-daydream)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=royS9ZSCwJk

Zino: Seasonal Chaos - Download (http://www.mediafire.com/file/ih8zuh8901e3i9a/Seasonal_Chaos.rar/file)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L26yMUFE85E

Conarnar: Youmu but with Seasons - Download (http://www.bulletforge.org/u/conarnar/p/range-20-contest-youmu-but-with-seasons)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YArD34s-W58

Crescendo: Seasonal Misplacement - Download (https://mega.nz/#!wxZGmaJI!7UeAHLVtVZPeYZzWpKxrEZ5jz9mNvcBG4zloU0dV9qE)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSgYfDRFTxI

Tad Marx Barba: Seasonal Dreams - Download (https://mega.nz/#!elVBXKDR!8D_0Y8UphsrQflkGMJNsm5PvlPvuRyav1dyS5sOlioQ)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBI2RHKNR8A

Asthmagician: Download (https://mega.nz/#!ffZUgIRJ!9MIj3xutFUagzzvD4b5hrcLYInrbsOVnLnihMsVNcD0)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcpg-8CN2gQ

Python: Four Colors of the Moon - Download (http://www.bulletforge.org/u/python/p/four-colors-of-the-moon-range-20-entry)
Danmakufu Video Database: DVDb (https://sparen.github.io/DanmakufuVideos/scripter/python.html#range20)

Gregory: Twin Seasons with The Most-Despicable and Disastrous Gods - Download (https://mega.nz/#!qHYUiASD!QvAqUXtkZ4Ry1sY7rS78KJ5jt2-StlOnc4URjSDSDPY)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MiBBC9RIM4

TTBD & Adam: The Netherworld's Feast of Four Seasons - Download (http://www.bulletforge.org/u/adam/p/range-20-the-netherworlds-feast-of-four-seasons)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugiLZQBdRZk

Achy: Download (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hSthyIACeWEzsVyx3skqhzL3WK0V7dS0)
Videos:
WishMaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFVGq2-CQnQ

Scripter Name: Entry Name Here
Danmakufu Video Database:
<OR>
Videos:
Uploader: Link w/ name
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Andi on March 20, 2019, 11:11:04 PM
Ack, I was thinking about trying running one myself but I guess I'll hold off. I might submit something for this, though.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Sparen on March 28, 2019, 12:28:40 AM
(https://puu.sh/D6kha/b2353ca63d.png)

It is available.

Download:
http://www.bulletforge.org/u/sparen/p/range-20-seasonal-rabbit

More information:
https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,13738.msg1421772.html#msg1421772

There may be bugs. There may be splats. There may be lasers. There may be strange things.

Enjoy responsibly.

-----

EDIT (April 6, 2019):
I've updated my entry in an attempt to fix an annoying bug/potential crash. If there are any issues with the new version, please let me know.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Trickysticks on April 14, 2019, 06:19:18 PM
Around one week left, woo. Remember that your script has to be posted here in some way when it's done.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Kinedyme on April 16, 2019, 09:47:06 AM
What's the best way to upload the script?
I'm having trouble registering for bulletforge.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Crescendo on April 16, 2019, 12:05:08 PM
What's the best way to upload the script?
I'm having trouble registering for bulletforge.
If my memory is correct BulletForge registration is technically down..?

I upload and share the file through MEGA, though there are other sites to share as well.  MEGA honestly looks the nicest so I trust it more lol
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Trickysticks on April 16, 2019, 06:22:38 PM
Yeah, BulletForge registration is currently down. If you don't already have an account you can use any filesharing service you like (Dropbox/MEGA/whateverFire).
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Kinedyme on April 16, 2019, 09:43:47 PM
Okay. Thank you.

Here is my entry:
Shrine-Visiting Season (Old) (https://mega.nz/#!WDgWQSpB!HWDJJDT6CwUbRhvlAd8JhSgvMa--sSp1qbmDl54KdG4)

It is a light-hearted script featuring Marisa as the player, and Reimu as the opponent.
Please be wary of bugs: Crashes are bad for the script.
Please be wary of bullets: Pichuuns are bad for Marisa.
Please give feedback as appropriate: Improvements are good for my technique.
Please have fun: Fun is good for everybody.

Take it Easy!

Oh, I also just realised that this is the first script I have released on this forum, so... Hello world?

Edit:
I have updated the script with some fixes to make it less annoying.

The boss position is now tracked at the bottom of the screen.
Marisa's seasons will reset when you restart the script.
Marisa can bomb during her respawn invincibility.

The previous link has been replaced with the new one.

Edit:
I have updated the script a second time.

Removed files and functions relating to unused sound effects.
Dialogue does not advance through actions made in the pause menu.

The old link has again been replaced with the new one.

Yeah, BulletForge registration is currently down.

Is that so?
It's okay, I will add this script to there once it is back up.
Is there any indication as to how long it will be down for?
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Sparen on April 17, 2019, 02:32:38 AM
It's okay, I will add this script to there once it is back up.
Is there any indication as to how long it will be down for?

Until someone else is willing to pay for the site's upkeep and is also willing to moderate it when trolls come to spam garbage on it.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Trickysticks on April 17, 2019, 03:59:36 PM
Good (insert time of day) everyone,

Since multiple users have expressed that they'd really like more time and since I'm going to be omegabusy the week immediately after the original deadline of April 21, I've decided it's a good idea to extend the deadline by 1 week to April 28 instead. This way everyone will have more time to finish and judging will only take 2 weeks instead of the usual 20 it'll be done ASAP I promis. There's a new countdown timer here (https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20190428T235959&p0=769&msg=Range+20+Deadline+II%3A+Electric+Boogaloo&font=slab) and in the original post. As usual, you can modify your entry as many times as you want before the deadline, so those that have already submitted can keep going if they want to.

Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Andi on April 18, 2019, 11:30:47 PM
Henlo,

here is script (https://www.dropbox.com/s/acdc8e3z0hkpvgx/RaNGE20%20-%20Hanami%20in%20Four%20Seasons.zip?dl=0)

I decided to explore a more season-themed side of someone who's caused a seasonal incident in the past - namely, Komachi. Rather than traditional "fire-themed stuff for summer, ice-themed stuff for winter, leaves for fall, cherry blossoms for spring" I decided to make danmaku inspired by different seasonal flowers.

This is a photography-based script - the controls are the same as in Double Spoiler. Hopefully I was able to strike a balance between the traditional challenge of photography-based gameplay and keeping it fair enough to avoid too much frustration, but just to make sure, the difficulty can be changed from the pause menu without needing to restart. Two modes are available, Pointdevice and Legacy; Pointdevice requires you to take all the photographs of a spellcard in one go, like the original photography games, while Legacy allows you to get hit as much as you want, resetting your camera's charge to 50% but keeping your photos taken. These can also be switched between freely in the pause menu.

Known issues:
- occasional crash towards the end of the fight - I'll update if I figure out a fix but in the meantime just play the rest as singles if it happens, I guess
- i forgot to restrict the player before uploading and I'm too lazy to fix it right now so just put the included Aya player in your free players folder (or use your own player if you want, the photography stuff is handled by the system not the player)
- i didn't actually test it again after going through and deleting unused resources so let me know if i accidentally removed something important lol

-Reuploaded with fixes
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: JDude :3 on April 19, 2019, 03:13:29 AM
RaNGE 20: Seasoned Alice

Yay I done something again for a contest, I still have faith in myself  :toot:
this is a joke plz don't take it seriously...

Download is here (http://www.mediafire.com/file/o0fpedyzo7g691j/Seasoned_Alice_V3_by_JDude.rar/file) in Mediafire (it's fixed, don't worry) - Thanks Crescendo ^^

Code: [Select]
hmm i wonder who's the boss  :wat: :wat: :wat: :wat: :wat: :wat:
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: tsunami3000 on April 19, 2019, 11:34:19 AM
Henlo,

here is script (https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ewaswuo2sx5pmu/RaNGE20%20-%20Hanami%20in%20Four%20Seasons.zip?dl=0)

I decided to explore a more season-themed side of someone who's caused a seasonal incident in the past - namely, Komachi. Rather than traditional "fire-themed stuff for summer, ice-themed stuff for winter, leaves for fall, cherry blossoms for spring" I decided to make danmaku inspired by different seasonal flowers.

This is a photography-based script - the controls are the same as in Double Spoiler. Hopefully I was able to strike a balance between the traditional challenge of photography-based gameplay and keeping it fair enough to avoid too much frustration, but just to make sure, the difficulty can be changed from the pause menu without needing to restart. Two modes are available, Pointdevice and Legacy; Pointdevice requires you to take all the photographs of a spellcard in one go, like the original photography games, while Legacy allows you to get hit as much as you want, resetting your camera's charge to 50% but keeping your photos taken. These can also be switched between freely in the pause menu.

Known issues:
- occasional crash towards the end of the fight - I'll update if I figure out a fix but in the meantime just play the rest as singles if it happens, I guess
- i forgot to restrict the player before uploading and I'm too lazy to fix it right now so just put the included Aya player in your free players folder (or use your own player if you want, the photography stuff is handled by the system not the player)
- i didn't actually test it again after going through and deleting unused resources so let me know if i accidentally removed something important lol

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I can't play your script. Each time I try to open it, danmakufu raises this error:
https://ibb.co/kJdmZ9j
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Jimmy on April 19, 2019, 12:11:33 PM
I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I can't play your script. Each time I try to open it, danmakufu raises this error:
https://ibb.co/kJdmZ9j
I receive the same error when trying to execute the script. Upon closer investigation, the "Package" folder that the "include"-function refers to appears to be nonexistent.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Andi on April 19, 2019, 10:32:29 PM
I receive the same error when trying to execute the script. Upon closer investigation, the "Package" folder that the "include"-function refers to appears to be nonexistent.
Whoops, that'd be me accidentally removing something important. I forgot that was in that folder. Should be fixed now, try downloading it again.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Crescendo on April 19, 2019, 10:56:55 PM
Whoops, that'd be me accidentally removing something important. I forgot that was in that folder. Should be fixed now, try downloading it again.

But now Danamkufu simply crashes :'D

I think something in the package system is off. I only say think because I have zero knowledge of package scripts work, but that's my only lead at the moment.
or I put it in the wrong spot which would not be surprising

I do hope it doesn't end up being a massive problem though, your StB styled entry caught my attention so I'm very curious on how it turns out!
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Kinedyme on April 21, 2019, 04:45:51 PM
Whoops, that'd be me accidentally removing something important. I forgot that was in that folder. Should be fixed now, try downloading it again.

I'm having trouble running your script still.  :( :(
I am a little confused which script to run. Perhaps I am blind, but I also can't find any readme.
I guessed that the correct script is ./Package/Package.dnh, which is titled "MAIN MENU"?
However, standalone running this script causes compilation errors:

Code: [Select]
#Include file is not found[C:/Users/funct/Downloads/Touhou Danmakufu/script/RaNGE20 - Hanami in Four Seasons/Library/selibrary.txt].
(#includeで置換するファイル[C:/Users/funct/Downloads/Touhou Danmakufu/script/RaNGE20 - Hanami in Four Seasons/Library/selibrary.txt]が見つかりません)
C:/Users/funct/Downloads/Touhou Danmakufu/script/RaNGE20 - Hanami in Four Seasons/Package/PackageFunctions.txt
PackageFunctions.txt line(行)=1


#include "./../Library/selibrary.txt"
#include "./../Library/DirPaths.txt"
#include "./../Library/EventList.txt"

let CANCEL_CLOSE = 0;
let CANCEL_SELECTLAST = 1;
let CANCEL_CONFIRMLAST = 2;
let CANCEL_DISABLE = 3;
let CANCEL_SELECTFIRST = 4;

/
~~~

Danmakufu cannot find the include files for your package scripts.
I hope you don't mind that I looked at the source file that caused the error.
The path for the includes in ./Package/PackageFunctions.txt and ./Package/Package.dnh is specified as "./../Library/*" .
Will it work to be changed to "./../RaNGE20 - Hanami in Four Seasons/Library/*" ?
Or is it that the ./Package folder should be placed inside ./RaNGE20 - Hanami in Four Seasons ?
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Andi on April 21, 2019, 05:34:38 PM
But now Danamkufu simply crashes :'D

I think something in the package system is off. I only say think because I have zero knowledge of package scripts work, but that's my only lead at the moment.
or I put it in the wrong spot which would not be surprising
I'm having trouble running your script still.  :( :(
I am a little confused which script to run. Perhaps I am blind, but I also can't find any readme.
I guessed that the correct script is ./Package/Package.dnh, which is titled "MAIN MENU"?
However, standalone running this script causes compilation errors:
It's not actually meant to use the package at all, it's just including some of the helper functions from there for the pause script. The package stuff is just left over from another thing (that's why I deleted it originally). Just run the plural in the main script folder (HiFS.dnh).

I do hope it doesn't end up being a massive problem though, your StB styled entry caught my attention so I'm very curious on how it turns out!
Thanks!

I hope you don't mind that I looked at the source file that caused the error.
Not at all, feel free to dig through it. I intentionally made the stuff for the photography fairly standalone so it should be easy to adapt for your own scripts if you want.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Kinedyme on April 21, 2019, 05:46:12 PM
Ah, no it's not that. That's left over from another thing, which is why I deleted it originally. Just run the plural in the main script folder (HiFS.dnh).

Ah, I see.
But I don't have any player to run with?
If I run with Rumia, I get this error:

Code: [Select]
2019/04/21 18:41:33.098 Array index out of bounds.
(配列のサイズを超えています)
C:/Users/funct/Downloads/Touhou Danmakufu/script/RaNGE20 - Hanami in Four Seasons/RaNGE20 - Hanami in Four Seasons/Library/DirPaths.txt
DirPaths.txt line(行)=5


while(dir[i-2]!="th_dnh_ph3"){i--;}
dir = slice(dir,0,min(i+1,length(dir)));
let dirstring = dir[0];
ascent(i in 1..length(dir)){dirstring=dirstring~"/"~dir[i];}
SetCommonData("ScriptRootDirectory",dirstring);
return dirstring;
}


let root
~~~

Edit:
Could it be that if the there is no folder name "th_dnh_ph3" on the current path, the value in variable "i" arithmetically underflows?
If th_dnh_ph3 is meant to be the folder that contains the running danmakufu executable, maybe getting a string acquired by GetModuleDirectory() might work instead?
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Andi on April 21, 2019, 06:00:46 PM
Ah, I see.
But I don't have any player to run with?
If I run with Rumia, I get this error:
...I knew that hack would bite me in the ass someday.
I'm guessing you renamed your danmakufu folder to something other than th_dnh_ph3? It's looking for that directory to find the main directory for the script without having to worry about where it's getting called from or if the main stage script is actually running yet. Either rename your danmakufu folder to th_dnh_ph3 or change "th_dnh_ph3" in DirPaths.txt to whatever your danmakufu folder is called.

I don't think the choice of player script should affect it but after checking again I think I might have put the wrong player script in there anyway, I'll just go ahead and set it up properly and reupload :p

Okay, fixed (https://www.dropbox.com/s/acdc8e3z0hkpvgx/RaNGE20%20-%20Hanami%20in%20Four%20Seasons.zip?dl=0). I tried to fix some of the things that were confusing people as well, hopefully it should be easier to work out now. (I also fixed that thing with DirPaths.txt, now it just uses GetMainStgScriptDirectory like it should).
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Kinedyme on April 21, 2019, 07:48:48 PM
Yes, it works now! \^_^/ Good job!
I ran into the crash at the end of Riverside Higanzakura, but until then it all felt very fun!
It took a long time to load everything though, is my computer slow??
The pointdevice system goes so well with the camera setup. Paru~
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Andi on April 21, 2019, 08:00:05 PM
Yes, it works now! \^_^/ Good job!
I ran into the crash at the end of Riverside Higanzakura, but until then it all felt very fun!
It took a long time to load everything though, is my computer slow??
The pointdevice system goes so well with the camera setup. Paru~
Thanks ^^ I'm glad you enjoyed it!

That's where I've had it happen, yeah. No clue what the cause is, I've played through it today several times without it happening.
Nah, it takes a while for me too. I think I'm probably just preloading too many textures, sounds, etc.

I played yours earlier and quite enjoyed it - I love the way you introduced each season, and the way Marisa's shot changes is very cool as well (especially during the last spellcard).
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Crescendo on April 22, 2019, 01:11:03 AM
Ahh, a friendly reminder of how bad I am at StB.

Self-deprecation aside... woah. I am really  impressed. Both fall spells were really cool, and it all being based on flowers was a creative touch. Also, pointdevice is a godsend and it flows nicely in the script.

My only real problems are Higanzakura blending in with the background a bit, and pausing the game crashed the script... and personally finding the winter spells bonkers but I think that's just me complaining lol

Other than that, it was a lot of fun!  :)

Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Andi on April 22, 2019, 02:55:18 AM
Ahh, a friendly reminder of how bad I am at StB.

Self-deprecation aside... woah. I am really  impressed. Both fall spells were really cool, and it all being based on flowers was a creative touch. Also, pointdevice is a godsend and it flows nicely in the script.

[...], it was a lot of fun!  :)
Thanks! ^^
My only real problems are Higanzakura blending in with the background a bit, and pausing the game crashed the script... and personally finding the winter spells bonkers but I think that's just me complaining lol
Crashing when you try to pause is one that I don't think I've encountered, I'll look into that later.
I could see having some trouble with the winter spells, yeah. Mountain Aconite doesn't give you much breathing room, and Asylum of Hellebore is, well, like that. Though I could say similar of most of the seasons, really, so I guess it comes down to what a given player finds difficult.

E: The crash on pause should be fixed now, I ended up making DirPaths.txt look for the "script" folder instead of the "th_dnh_ph3" folder since that should be consistent (basically everything #includes it, including the pause script, in which GetMainStgScriptDirectory is not defined).
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: AJS on April 22, 2019, 04:54:55 PM
Andi, I've tried playing your script, but Danmakufu just closes every time I try to start it.  No error message or anything.  I even made sure I downloaded your latest version.  ???
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Andi on April 23, 2019, 12:08:12 PM
Andi, I've tried playing your script, but Danmakufu just closes every time I try to start it.  No error message or anything.  I even made sure I downloaded your latest version.  ???
Oh boy. I'll look into it. Could you try watching the log as it loads and let me know about where things went wrong/what it was trying to load when it crashed/generally the last thing you were able to catch of the log?

I'm definitely learning a lot here and most of it is that my codebase is full of awful hacks that can't be relied on to work on others' machines.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Sparen on April 23, 2019, 12:53:58 PM
Oh boy. I'll look into it. Could you try watching the log as it loads and let me know about where things went wrong/what it was trying to load when it crashed/generally the last thing you were able to catch of the log?

I'm definitely learning a lot here and most of it is that my codebase is full of awful hacks that can't be relied on to work on others' machines.

My suggestions for this kind of issue are as follows:
- Download a clean copy of ph3, and rename the ph3 folder to the name of your script (or something else; the point is to locate absolute pathing issues)
- Install your script *exactly according to the directions that you have provided*
- Test for crashes and errors on the separate version

This will remove all of the issues related to absolute pathing and missing dependencies.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Kinedyme on April 23, 2019, 01:25:35 PM
Oh boy. I'll look into it. Could you try watching the log as it loads and let me know about where things went wrong/what it was trying to load when it crashed/generally the last thing you were able to catch of the log?

I'm definitely learning a lot here and most of it is that my codebase is full of awful hacks that can't be relied on to work on others' machines.

If it helps, this is what my log window gave me before the interpreter crashed.
https://pastebin.com/hugGKgiL

I don't actually know if the log buffer is flushed when the system crashes?

The script was launched at line 34.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Andi on April 24, 2019, 05:06:52 PM
I went ahead and did as Sparen suggested and installed in in a fresh copy of Danmakufu; I still have no idea what the problem was (I was unable to reproduce it on my machine), but here's (https://www.dropbox.com/s/08tt6b2xmbf3ib6/RANGE20%20-%20Hanami%20in%20Four%20Seasons%20-%20Standalone.zip?dl=0) said copy of Danmakufu with the script already installed. This version works on my machine. Hopefully it will work on others.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: tsunami3000 on April 24, 2019, 10:48:55 PM
I went ahead and did as Sparen suggested and installed in in a fresh copy of Danmakufu; I still have no idea what the problem was (I was unable to reproduce it on my machine), but here's (https://www.dropbox.com/s/08tt6b2xmbf3ib6/RANGE20%20-%20Hanami%20in%20Four%20Seasons%20-%20Standalone.zip?dl=0) said copy of Danmakufu with the script already installed. This version works on my machine. Hopefully it will work on others.

Aaaand danmakufu just freezes now. Not even an error window, it just freezes when I try to play the main script, so I don't know if the problem is mine. The individual scripts, however, work fine (they didn't with the last version I tred), and I've been able to play through all of the attacks. I've got to say the work you've done is incredible, both in the beauty of the patterns, and in the camera system itself. I really hope that, if there is still a problem with the main script, it can be fixed in time, because playing the entire script has got to be great, considering how the attacks are really solid on their own.

Edit: i was stupid. The main script works, as Kinedyme said, it's just that it took my laptop like a minute to load it
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Kinedyme on April 25, 2019, 12:04:56 AM
I went ahead and did as Sparen suggested and installed in in a fresh copy of Danmakufu; I still have no idea what the problem was (I was unable to reproduce it on my machine), but here's (https://www.dropbox.com/s/08tt6b2xmbf3ib6/RANGE20%20-%20Hanami%20in%20Four%20Seasons%20-%20Standalone.zip?dl=0) said copy of Danmakufu with the script already installed. This version works on my machine. Hopefully it will work on others.

This works for me now.
This is the log file which my machine saved: https://pastebin.com/4PTBMJ6A
If something is causing a crash, I would look at the loading of the boss scene objects, specifically Intro.dnh, because that is where I can hear my computer struggling the most to load. This happens on line 124 and 125 of the log file.
My machine also couldn't load some textures starting at line 147. I think this happens when the intro dialogue is running.
During the script, I also had some texture reading failures for taken photographs:
data/photo_41.png - line 305
data/photo_51.png - line 328
data/photo_54.png - line 336
I don't think these have the capacity to cause the script to crash, but it might be worth looking into.

On top of this, the bullet spawning of some of the patterns on Easy Difficulty is bugging out.
I had problems where bullets did not appear to be spawning correctly/at all here:
1st Summer Nonspell - 2nd phase
1st Winter Nonspell - 2nd phase
1st Spring Spell Card - 3rd phase
2nd Summer Nonspell - 2nd phase
2nd Spring Nonspell - 2nd phase <-- Maybe? I'm not sure if the pattern is working as intended or not.

The script eventually crashed after the second-last spell. There is no information regarding the crash given by the log file.
 
I hope this helps you fix it, because your script is really really cool.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Andi on April 25, 2019, 01:13:47 PM
This works for me now.
...
On top of this, the bullet spawning of some of the patterns on Easy Difficulty is bugging out.
I had problems where bullets did not appear to be spawning correctly/at all here:
...
The script eventually crashed after the second-last spell. There is no information regarding the crash given by the log file.
 
I hope this helps you fix it, because your script is really really cool.
Aaaand danmakufu just freezes now. Not even an error window, it just freezes when I try to play the main script, so I don't know if the problem is mine. The individual scripts, however, work fine (they didn't with the last version I tred), and I've been able to play through all of the attacks. I've got to say the work you've done is incredible, both in the beauty of the patterns, and in the camera system itself. I really hope that, if there is still a problem with the main script, it can be fixed in time, because playing the entire script has got to be great, considering how the attacks are really solid on their own.

Edit: i was stupid. The main script works, as Kinedyme said, it's just that it took my laptop like a minute to load it
Glad it seems to be working for everyone this time! Also thank you so much for the feedback, I hoped people would like it but I hadn't expected so much positive reception! <3
I'm kind of in love with this style of gameplay so I'll probably make more scripts in this style in the future. I'm feeling really happy that it seems like people will be interested enough to check them out when I do ^^

I'll look into the issues with Easy mode bullet spawning, I'll admit to not having testing Easy mode as thoroughly as the rest lol. Hopefully I'll figure out that crash at some point.
E: Easy spawning issues should be fixed now
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Vigor (NecroHeart) on April 25, 2019, 08:30:57 PM
This is my entry (even though I already posted in bulletforge)
http://www.bulletforge.org/u/necroheart/p/unseasonal-mooning-daydream
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Zinochan on April 26, 2019, 09:42:50 PM
SEASONAL CHAOS
Download link here (http://www.mediafire.com/file/ih8zuh8901e3i9a/Seasonal_Chaos.rar/file)

This script contains two (or three if you count Aiden's clone) OCs
Please read README.txt, it contains gameplay info of the players.

edit1: 26/04: Changed some errors really quickly, please download again if you didn't.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Conarnar on April 27, 2019, 01:41:23 AM
http://www.bulletforge.org/u/conarnar/p/range-20-contest-youmu-but-with-seasons
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Andi on April 27, 2019, 05:15:35 PM
SEASONAL CHAOS
I'm having a little trouble seeing the connection between the danmaku and the seasonal theme, but the danmaku itself is pretty good - I liked the one where the red and blue fields were changing the bullets' speeds. It has kind of a lot of survival cards, though, maybe change some of those to regular spellcards?
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Crescendo on April 27, 2019, 08:47:01 PM
Seasonal Misplacement (https://mega.nz/#!4kghEISL!TD57MtKytQnr3XO-V89o9Ga2Yim7kaV5Gh5-vD-aH-4)

I'm actually surprised I got myself to finish considering my personal lazy track record  :V

Enjoy~

Edit:
Put some last minute, tiny QOL stuff in. If you already have it and aren't a judge, don't sweat redownloading this. I've just polished some things, which I went over on my script page.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Zinochan on April 27, 2019, 08:52:05 PM
I'm having a little trouble seeing the connection between the danmaku and the seasonal theme, but the danmaku itself is pretty good - I liked the one where the red and blue fields were changing the bullets' speeds. It has kind of a lot of survival cards, though, maybe change some of those to regular spellcards?
Thanks for saying that! Your commentary is appreciated!
I already replaced the link (http://www.mediafire.com/file/ih8zuh8901e3i9a/Seasonal_Chaos.rar/file) (the download link is the same) with updated graphics to better represent the seaons (couldn't do patterns due to how close it is to deadline).
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons
Post by: Tad Marx Barba on April 28, 2019, 06:05:18 AM
Sparen: Seasonal Rabbit - Download (http://www.bulletforge.org/u/sparen/p/range-20-seasonal-rabbit)
Danmakufu Video Database: DVDb (https://sparen.github.io/DanmakufuVideos/scripter/sparenofiria.html#range20)

Kinedyme: Shrine-Visiting Season - Download (https://mega.nz/#!eWQRlK4A!xErx7Z-N2hWy3DBYbjuuynd6M5DIHybCF21JKwUhw4A)
Videos:

Andi: Hanami in Four Seasons - Download (https://www.dropbox.com/s/08tt6b2xmbf3ib6/RANGE20%20-%20Hanami%20in%20Four%20Seasons%20-%20Standalone.zip?dl=0)
Videos:

JDude: Seasoned Alice - Download (http://www.mediafire.com/file/o0fpedyzo7g691j/Seasoned+Alice+V3+by+JDude.rar)
Videos:

NecroHeart/Vigor: Unseasonal Mooning Daydream - Download (http://www.bulletforge.org/u/necroheart/p/unseasonal-mooning-daydream)
Videos:

Zino: Seasonal Chaos - Download (http://www.mediafire.com/file/ih8zuh8901e3i9a/Seasonal_Chaos.rar/file)
Videos:

Conarnar: Youmu but with Seasons - Download (http://www.bulletforge.org/u/conarnar/p/range-20-contest-youmu-but-with-seasons)
Videos:

Crescendo: Seasonal Misplacement - Download (https://mega.nz/#!wxZGmaJI!7UeAHLVtVZPeYZzWpKxrEZ5jz9mNvcBG4zloU0dV9qE)
Videos:

Tad Marx Barba(I supposed that I'm not so knowed): Seasonal Dreams; I don't have any video for my script, but the thing is to enjoy it!

Links:

Contact me if the script crashes, but I don't think fix it due to the lack of time (I was busy in these two weeks, my apologies :P )

Credits:
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Asthmagician on April 28, 2019, 04:56:21 PM
(https://image.freepik.com/free-vector/zombie-hand-coming-out-from-grave_395-2147490988.jpg)
It's been so long (https://mega.nz/#!ffZUgIRJ!9MIj3xutFUagzzvD4b5hrcLYInrbsOVnLnihMsVNcD0)
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Python on April 28, 2019, 08:05:49 PM
Yay I made a script, are you happy Tricky?

I didn't want to participate at first but one thing led to another and eight hours later this thing...happened: Four Colors of the Moon (http://www.bulletforge.org/u/python/p/four-colors-of-the-moon-range-20-entry)
And I seriously tried my best not to make it an impossible mess like...virtually every single one of my other scripts. Especially the contest entries.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Trickysticks on April 28, 2019, 08:47:49 PM
Are you happy Tricky?

No, I'll only be happy when we have 50 entries in 0.5 days. Good job.

The contest officially ends in around 2 hours and 15 minutes as per the countdown timer. I'm not going to close submissions right on the dot, so there's a little bit of leeway, but please get your stuff in soon :). I'll make a post that marks when entries are no longer accepted.

Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Gregory on April 28, 2019, 10:48:59 PM
I uploaded with rush

- Link: Twin Seasons with The Most-Despicable and Disastrous Gods  (https://mega.nz/#!qHYUiASD!QvAqUXtkZ4Ry1sY7rS78KJ5jt2-StlOnc4URjSDSDPY)
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: TTBD on April 28, 2019, 11:03:36 PM
Here's mine and Adam's entry!
http://www.bulletforge.org/u/adam/p/range-20-the-netherworlds-feast-of-four-seasons
Due to deadlines there were a few things we couldn't really fix (there's lag in some of the later things), but we tried our best!
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Sparen on April 28, 2019, 11:11:19 PM
I see thirteen entires. Looks like we have some good turnout (and some good danmaku ideas)!
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: WishMakers on April 28, 2019, 11:32:04 PM
As we're approaching the deadline and Tricky is too busy/lazy playing League to want to do a stream himself, let's do a livestream of all the entries!
I'll be hosting it on my Twitch page at https://twitch.tv/wishmakers at 8:30 EDT (UTC-4, if reading at the time of posting about an hour from now).
I'm not a judge this time around (so I guess it's not official xd) but I may be able to get one or two of the judges in voice call, we'll see.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Trickysticks on April 29, 2019, 12:08:36 AM
Achy also has an entry but forgot his MoTK credentials so I'll post it for him yay: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hSthyIACeWEzsVyx3skqhzL3WK0V7dS0

~~~

Okay, I said I'd close entries a bit after 7:00 PM my time. An hour and 10 minutes is a generous bit. After this post new submissions are late and will be turbo-penalized but if you still have stuff pls submit it don't waste good scripts. Judging will start now and Wish's stream seems like a pretty cool thing to watch if you want to. I'll be there!


Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: WishMakers on April 29, 2019, 12:28:55 AM
https://www.twitch.tv/wishmakers

We're live!
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Kinedyme on May 05, 2019, 09:39:10 AM
https://www.twitch.tv/wishmakers

Thank you to Wishmakers for his stream.
I have updated the script to reflect the feedback given during the stream.
The new version can be found here:
 Shrine-Visiting Season (https://mega.nz/#!KCJQXIwT!W6JZjUyu6NxpK3kZVfW2cgAp96wbt-lVPodTxZURWBM)
The contest entry version can still be found at the old post.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Trickysticks on May 26, 2019, 07:44:28 PM
As a bit of an update, I've been slammed by final exams and then graduating from college and it's been a lengthy process so judging took a bit of a backseat. However, I'm picking up the pace and I should be done very soon. Crested's already done with his and yeashie's in the process of finishing up too. So, what this means is...

We will definitely be done before Tuesday is over (like 32-36 hours from this post). We might be done by the end of today (like 8-12 hours from this post). Thank you for your patience.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Trickysticks on May 29, 2019, 07:52:45 PM
The results are in. Woo.

#1) TTBD & Adam: The Netherworld's Feast of Four Seasons
#2) NecroHeart/Vigor: Unseasonal Mooning Daydream
#3) Python: Four Colors of the Moon
#4) Sparen: Seasonal Rabbit
#5) Gregory: Twin Seasons with The Most-Despicable and Disastrous Gods
#6) Achy
#7) Conarnar: Youmu but with Seasons
#8) JDude: Seasoned Alice
#9) Andi: Hanami in Four Seasons
#10) Crescendo: Seasonal Misplacement
#11) Asthmagician
#12) Kinedyme: Shrine-Visiting Season
#13) Zino: Seasonal Chaos
#14) Tad Marx Barba: Seasonal Dreams


There were a lot of interesting ideas used in this contest! There was also a higher minimum amount of patterns than usual, so good job to all of the contestants for meeting that.

Score Spreadsheet Here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1375t-HYWErW0cKmvABxf8RAyyDo-Ah6oSwKBr7N4jbQ/edit#gid=0)

Congratulations to the winners!
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: WishMakers on May 29, 2019, 07:55:26 PM
Yooo, congrats to the winners!  I really liked this contest idea.  :toot:
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Crescendo on May 29, 2019, 08:58:13 PM
For a first competition being my second script, that wasn't as bad as I'd thought it'd turn out. I still got a long way to go though...

I got a ton of experience and future advice though. Thanks for the opportunity by hosting these!

Congrats to the winners as well!
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Kinedyme on May 30, 2019, 02:53:14 PM
Congratulations to TTBD & Adam, NecroHeart/Vigor, and Python!
Your scripts were great!

Thank you also to the judges for your valuable feedback, and also for holding the contest.
It was a lot of fun.
Title: Re: RaNGE Contest #20: New Stars of Four Seasons (deadline extended to Apr. 28)
Post by: Andi on June 26, 2019, 11:11:07 PM
"I wonder if the judging for this will be done soon" *forgets to check the thread for a month*  :derp:
Congrats to the winners!
Looking back, I agree that my nonspells were too samey. I'll probably do fewer of them in the future.