I have now fixed all of the bugs from the Big List that can be fixed. Or at least, that can be fixed by me; I’m sure a better Flash developer could repair the LeftHand load bug, for instance. I want to thank everyone who took the time to post errors, having everything all in one place made the whole process much, much easier. You guys rule! Note that the fixes won’t be live until the final 2.5 update, hopefully next week.

I’ll now be moving on to copying over some of the component genre sets into other components. Here’s what I am thinking so far (edited to add new stuff per the comments section):

1. Copy Coats-Standard into Overshirts.
2. Copy Coats-CapeFronts into Overshirts.
3. Copy Coats-CapeFronts into Undershirts.
4. Copy Coats-FantasyArmor into Overshirts.
5. Copy Coats-FantasyArmor into Undershirts.
6. Copy Coats-FantasyCommon into Overshirts.
7. Copy Coats-FantasyCommon into Undershirts.
8. Copy Overshirts-Standard into Coats.
9. Copy Leggings-Standard into Overleggings.
10. Copy Leggings-Standard into Pants.
11. Copy Overleggings-Standard into Leggings.
12. Copy Overleggings-Standard into Pants.
13. Copy Pants-Standard into Leggings.
14. Copy Pants-Standard into Overleggings.
15. Copy Back-Standard into Wings.
16. Copy Back-Standard into Tails.
17. Copy Wings-Standard into Back.
18. Copy Wings-Standard into Tails.
19. Copy Tail-Standard into Back.
20. Copy Tail-Standard into Wings.
21. Copy Companion-Standard into Back.
22. Copy Companion-Standard into Wings.
23. Copy Companion-Standard into Tail.
24. Copy Background-Expansion1 into Back.
25. Copy Background-Expansion1 into Wings.
26. Copy Background-Expansion1 into Tail.
27. Copy Neckwear-Shoulders into Coats.
28. Copy Neckwear-Shoulders into Overshirt.
29. Copy Neckwear-Shoulders into Undershirt.

If there are other components you’re dying to have, by all means please speak up, preferably in the comments to this post so everything’s in one place. Each one of these duplications is easier than coming up with a whole new batch, but I do still have to manually position everything for three out of the six templates. I finally wised up halfway through developing this thing and started putting all components in the same spot so I could just cut and paste without repositioning, but it was too late for the first three.

It’s time for your weekly chance to win your very own professional custom black and white illustration! All you have to do is come up with the best caption for this comic book panel:

Leave your entry in the comments below, noting which dialog balloon gets which line. For instance:

ThoughtBalloon: I knew Group Hug Day at the Barbarian Retreat was a bad idea …

Good luck, and keep the great entries coming!

Congratulations to Count Libido, the winner of Caption Contest 6! Here’s his entry:

This is the second Mentos reference made on this blog, apparently I have a weakness for the stuff even though I’ve never had one. Strange. Anyway, I’ll be working with the good Count this week on his custom illustration. Look for your chance to win your very own black and white custom drawing by yours truly in the weekly HeroMachine Caption Contest!

I am happy to announce that the sixth and final body template for HeroMachine 2.5 has now been upgraded with the Expansion Pack! You can now use the Expansion items on any template, for that perfect character portrait.

I will be spending the remainder of the week squashing bugs, so if you have any reports not in the general Bug post, please let me know asap. Next week I hope to have the final, full 2.5 version ready and available for download, with all of the fixes in place.