DD# 300 The World Is Limited Only by How Fast You Can Process It

Welcome to the 300th Developer's Diary.
I want to make it extraordinary. Thus, an update like no other has happened this week. This is the best update so far in the update history. No other RPG Maker games can update better than this.
Because GER is here!
The world's first GROK-ENHANCED-RUNTIME has arrived this week.

What is a runtime? Many of you may ask.
To explain it, we need to dive into The Philosopher's Legacy.
What is this world exactly? Do everyone see this world the same? If you know even twins are not absolutely the same, then you can easily conclude that nobody really can perceive the world the same way, even if the world is objective. If we then scale it up beyond humans, you can easily understand that different species process the data of the world differently. Dogs cannot see as many colors as human do, but their noses are better. Bats can see almost nothing, but they can use echolocation to detect locations. Yet, the world out there is objectively the same.
Is the human meat suit the best in this world?
If you have read <> as I recommended, you will learn that the human race, if it does not continue to evolve, is going to be obsolete one day.
The world does not care if you cannot fly.
The world does not care if you cannot create fireballs from thin air.
The world does not care if you cannot link into a machine and control it and process 1TB/s data.
The world will simply move on.
And a game's runtime is its meatsuit, useful but limited, becoming a prison when the world evolves beyond its era.

Why am I telling this? A bit of a history lesson here.
Because this game's first runtime dates back 22 years: the original RPG Maker XP runtime, built on ancient DirectDraw tech, no longer fits modern infrastructure. That was the baseline.
Later, I invented a method to use RMVXA's DLL to make it work better. It was like transplanting a better organ for an old warrior whose organ is failing.
In the late 2010s, two Chinese developers, Cirno and Fux2, came up with the idea of replacing the entire runtime EXE to use DirectX 9 as the new rendering method, further boosting its power so we could at least keep up with the modern age. Only the EXE file is re-created; the DLL is untouched. That's like giving an old warrior an Exoskeleton to keep fighting. It's called RGD, which is the game's current mainline runtime. It will still be here until GER is fully stabilized and replaces it entirely one day.

Maybe, we can just keep patching up things like this and keep going.
But that is not ideal.
RPG Maker XP was abandoned 20 years ago. The Japanese company that developed it has moved on to their later JS- or Unity-based new RPG Maker series.
Both Cirno and Fux2 seem to have lost the RGD's source code.
Do we still have a future?
Here is where Grok comes in.

(Yes, this is another meme. Because GER is also Germany's short tag in Hearts of Iron 4. And Hitler did have saved the German economy before he went all ALL HAIL GERMANIA mode. :D)

Grok has been a great help to this game's evolution. I don't care what those anti-AI leftist lunatics say. What I care about is getting things done and making this game better every day. NEOLITHIA FIRST!
At first, I was not even seriously planning on the GER project. I only ordered Grok to do some research and testing with weekly spare usage. And then, one day, Grok came to me and delivered an astonishing result. Something that once may have taken years to achieve is now within our reach. Thus, for the last few weeks, I was actually working with Grok on this secret project to recreate the entire runtime of this game. And now it's finally here with a stable enough release.

The scope is far beyond RGD. We are replacing both the EXE and the DLL. Creating everything from nothing. So you'll find it's actually quite large.

What does it mean?
We are no longer beating around the bush! (By "we," I mean Grok and me.)
We are not making another Exoskeleton. We are recreating the entire DNA sequence of this meat suit. We make the entire source code. We are making an enhanced biosoldier!

The first thing you can see is that it now has Linux support and can very likely run on the Steam Deck.
But because it's still an experimental build, I am not going to mark it on the store page just yet.

Then you will be stunned by the performance increase!
All those old runtimes have very limited performance. Most of the time, they can only render things on the CPU. I had to optimize almost every single corner of this game to keep it running smoothly on modern machines. Now, I guess I can take a break from this.
There may still be bugs even after both Grok and I have tested it extensively. (Fun fact: Grok almost spent an entire week's usage just to test it with no stop on its cloud.)
The MIDI files will sound a bit different. Because, again, the project is from zero to hero, we are not using anything from the original RPG Maker. We didn't reverse engineer it. We don't know which MIDI library it uses. Thus, we are making our own MIDI library. Thus, the sound will play differently.

And we are not going to stop here.
We are going to replace the entire engine!

The editor and the development environment are also under development!
All the engine's limitations will be gone when it's done.

That's the main thing about the #300 DD. Our best days are yet to come!
Of course, we have some other game content updates.
First, you can give Trump a Nobel Peace Prize!

Because, after all, nobody deserves this prize more than Donald Trump! (According to Donald Trump. :D)

Remember to vote Republican in November! The Democrats will not allow you to have so much fun!

Yes, the Council is so powerful; they can manipulate the Nobel Peace Prize in the game.
Now, let's also add some Life-Quality improvements.

When you pull strings to change the relationship, you can now see the current relationship right on the screen.

Meanwhile, you can now sort/fliter the alchemy ingredients by their functionalities.

Yes, that's more Skyrim.

OK, folks, one last thing. Let's talk about Ukraine.
You may have learned about the big blow-up between the US and Ukraine recently.
I got information before the crack went public.
The Putin update this week was a few days before that.

Because I know Zelensky will attack President Trump after that.
And more importantly, he will attack Elon Musk as well.
I can tolerate his attack on Trump. That's politics.
But I will not tolerate his attack on Elon Musk, the best hope for human evolution in our era.
You know my policy. If one side attacks NEOLITHIA assets, I will, of course, favor the other side more.
Yes, Elon is my asset. He works for me. He is the CEO of two companies in which I have an ownership stake.
The Putin update is a warning shot. I care about my allies, unlike Zelensky, who recently betrayed South Korea and put the families of those captured North Korean soldiers in grave danger. Zelensky was not here defending SpaceX's stock price in July and August. He is not in the boardroom. There are also no public records that he holds any shares of the company. Who gave him the idea to demand how Starlink shall operate? Using Starlink for offensive operations violates its ToS. He should be thankful that Elon is merciful enough to overlook many of Ukraine's violations.
SpaceX is a civilian company with zero obligation to help Ukraine, yet it stepped up when governments worldwide were hesitating, when the EU was holding its month-long meetings to vote.
Maybe Russia has successfully destroyed Zelensky mentally. In that case, his removal would be a net positive. This is simply a math and engineering problem based on evidence and data.

That's for this week. Enjoy the new runtime of our endless evolution!

The full update log for this week:
20261011
English
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【Character Customization】A new Playable Male Character appearance hath been revealed: Vladimir Putin
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【Scenario】The final battle data setup code hath been unified into one function.
【Enemy】Twenty more slots for random Bosses have been added.
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【Scenario】A bug hath been fixed which caused the countdown not to disappear when thou manually quittest a scenario.
简体中文
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【角色自定义】新的可用男性角色外观：弗拉基米尔·普京
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【虚拟场景】整合最终战的数据准备到一个函数中。
【敌人】为随机Boss增加了20个槽位。
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【虚拟场景】修复了手动离开虚拟场景时计时器不停止的Bug。

20261012
English
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【Launch Option】The default game executable may now attempt to run upon operating systems that are not Windows. Whether it shall succeed or not is not guaranteed. (Perhaps it may run on Linux with Wine.)
【Launch Option】A new launch option hath been revealed: Run the game with the debug output console. (Thou mayest see a great deal of debug information in another window behind the game window. Currently, it is Windows Only.)
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【Item】A new Item hath been revealed: Nobel Peace Prize Medal (A gift item. Thou mayest also melt it for gold.)
【The Sunken Library】Thou mayest exchange Council’s Decima for Nobel Peace Prize Medals.
【Gift】Trump hath been added unto the gift system. And he shall be very happy if thou givest him a Nobel Peace Prize Medal. ♪(^∇^*)
【Wiki】The Gift Preference page hath been updated.
【Wiki】The Council’s Decima page hath been updated.
简体中文
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【启动选项】游戏的默认启动EXE现在会尝试在非WINDOWS系统上启动。（是否启动成功不保证，可能可以在LINUX的WINE上启动）
【启动选项】新启动选项：使用带有控制台DEBUG输出的方式启动游戏。（你会在游戏的窗口后看到一个额外的DEBUG输出窗口。目前仅限Windows）
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【物品】新物品：诺贝尔和平奖奖章
【沉沦的图书馆】你可以用议会德西玛兑换诺贝尔和平奖奖章
【礼物】将川普加入到了送礼系统内。你给他诺贝尔和平奖奖章的话，他会非常高兴。♪(^∇^*)
【维基】更新了礼物偏好页面。
【维基】更新了议会德西玛页面。

20261013
English
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【The Sunken Library】Council Diplomat’s store now displayeth the affected relationship of each entry. It shall also update after thou purchasest the pulling string services.
【Scenario】Demonic Entities are now a possible outbreak type in Egypt Civilian Evacuation.
【Wiki】The Scenarios page hath been updated.
简体中文
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【沉沦的图书馆】议会外交官的商店现在会显示受影响的阵营的当前关系度。在你购买改变外交关系的服务后会实时更新。
【虚拟场景】恶魔实体现在是一种可能在埃及平民撤离场景中出现的超自然威胁类别。
【维基】更新了【虚拟场景】页面。

20261015
English
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【GER】The first version of Grok-Enhanced-Runtime is ready. There are several bugs yet to be fixed. But it is stable enough to launch. The Steam launch option shall be online shortly after the payload hath been launched into the Steam pipe.
【Shipping】The pre-shipping cleanup bat hath been updated.
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The hidden exit message hath been removed.
简体中文
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【GRE】第一个GRE发布。还有几个BUG待修复。但是，基本上已经足够稳定。Steam的运行选项会在Payload成功发射到Steam pipe之后很快出现。
【发布】更新了预发布清理脚本。
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删除了隐藏的退出信息。

20261015B
English
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【GER】Issues hath been fixed wherein, when the window is not focused, certain keyboard input may still get through.
【GER】The text render hath been made better and more in line with the RGD runtime.
【GER】The text render for very long item names hath been fixed. (Those with a great many prefixes.)
【GER】A bug hath been fixed wherein the mouse may still affect the window even when the window is in the background.
【GER】A bug hath been fixed wherein the BGM incorrectly restarteth.
简体中文
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【GER】修復了窗口在后台时部分键盘按键仍然会影响游戏的问题。
【GER】美化了文字渲染，更接近于RGD的显示效果。
【GER】修复了很长的物品名称显示的问题。（就是那些有成吨的词缀的物品。）
【GER】修复了窗口在后台仍然会受到鼠标影响的问题。
【GER】修复了BGM错误重启的BUG。

20261016
English
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【Alchemy】You can now sort alchemy ingredients by their functionalities. (Yes, that's more Skyrim-like)
【Alchemy】The ingredient category list is dynamic based on what ingredients you have in your inventory. If there is none, there will be no window. Instead, an error sound will play.
简体中文
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【炼金】你现在可以通过炼金材料的功能来选取特定的炼金材料。（对，更像上古卷轴天际了。）
【炼金】功能列表根据你持有的炼金材料来决定。如果没有任何功能，则只会有一个报错的音效，没有选单。