Important Bug Related News for All Patrons! (Patreon)
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We believe we've determined that the cause of the below issue is actually a side effect of installing the RPG Maker VX Ace RTP to a non-standard installation directory. Re-installing the directory to the default path should offer an immediate fix, but we will be sending out a patched version of this release with some additional fixes and puzzle modifications in the next week or so if you'd rather wait!
Great detective work everyone! This is one of those bugs we wouldn't have been able to track down without everyone's help!
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Hey guys!
So, after reviewing the error logs sent by some users experiencing issues with the latest release, we've found that there's a strong likelihood that another RPG Maker game (or some other popular application since we've seen this multiple times now) is actually deleting files from the RPG Maker RTP needed for Malise and the Machine.
If true, this is in all likelihood an accidental error, and is probably something we should have considered a possibility had we thought about it before.
Please note, that these missing files will not stop MATM from running, but it will make it nearly impossible to complete this version because you won't see necessary items on the ground (fuse rewards after exiting the puzzle, as well as an item that triggers an event related to finding Malise use these graphics files).
If you play other RPG Maker games and are experiencing the issues described above, could you message me and let me know which ones? I'd like to try to prove this theory and notify the author to reduce the likelihood of it happening again.
We will implement a fix for this in a patched version in the next week or two, as well as a safeguard so that it doesn't happen in future versions.
Thanks very much for reporting bugs and helping us find issues such as this one!
- Eromancer