[Beta 18] Negative talent category points

[effable]

I was playing a fairly uneventful game and eventually hit 23rd level during an ambush. The message traffic said that I had 3 stat, 1 class, and 1 generic point to spend -- exactly as one would expect. Imagine my surprise when I then went to the development page and saw this screen (attached below). Everything looked pretty normal, except that I had -1 category points!

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FWIW, I could actually still develop new categories -- an unlimited number, in fact. Each time I did, my category points would keep decrementing; I made it to -7 before I got bored (see below for your amusement). Each of the newly-opened categories was fully usable. Apparently the dark side IS more powerful...

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I tried to keep the log file, but I'm pretty sure I only saved everything prior the time in question -- likely useless. Still, it's available if you want it.

[yufra]

I am not sure how you managed to get to -1 category points in the first place, but LevelupTalentsDialog.lua needs to change line 397 to check for "<= 0" instead of "== 0" to avoid the infinite category points once you do.

[effable]

I am not sure how you managed to get to -1 category points in the first place, but LevelupTalentsDialog.lua needs to change line 397 to check for "<= 0" instead of "== 0" to avoid the infinite category points once you do.

I'm sure that would prevent infinite negative category development, but as you say the real question is how it got negative in the first place. For what it's worth, I've been able to continue playing the character without any new surprises. Now if only I could get negative class points...