RotDS v2.9.8 download

First RotDS update of 2022, and a much needed one at that:

v2.7.1

- fixed a game-freezing bug on the Floating Continent if you recruited Reaper but did not bring him along to said Floating Continent.
- fixed a game-freezing bug if Eiko was not present/re-recruited at the ending for New Game +.
- fixed a bug with Cloud's Climhazzard Limit where it would become uncharged if he did a regular attack.
- fixed the airship object on the FC from being absent if Reaper was recruited and not brought to the FC.
- fixed a sound effect on the FC that should of been happening about 3 seconds earlier.
- corrected a wrong 'attack look' animation for the Saibamen on Regular difficulty.
- set the 'retarget if target is dead' flag on Tifa's Reels skills: Beat Rush and Water Kick.
- added a small scene for General Leo at the ending character credits.
- the Psionic Wave Aether (Debilitator) now resets the previous imposed weakness upon setting a new one. (credit to Madsiur)
- an equipment flag was coded to protect against Frozen status, which was aptly applied to the Flame Cloak armor. (credit to Madsiur)
- fixed the vanilla bug dealing with Retort (Cloud's Climhazzard skill in this) and having Imp cast on the retortey, causing a counterattack to trigger each time they are hit. LeetSketcher made a patch for this also a while back, but it conflicted majorly with another patch that RotDS uses, HatZen's Forever Runic, and this fix is different in nature that Leet's. (credit to Madsiur)
- panned the sound effects Kefka makes while summoning a monster at the Sealed Gate battle to the right, because it's a back attack and before they panned to the left.
- level averaging returned to Aurora and Cloud after the banquet.
- adjusted the Marshal boss a bit for Insane difficulty.
- Runic no longer absorbs the monster spells: Aerods and Atomic Ray.
- touched up song: RS1 Beat Them Up! yet again, as the trumpets' volume needed to come down a bit.
- added an optional patch 'No Dialog' that removes the dialog outside of battles. (credit to Sir Newton Fig)
- added an optional cheat-patch 'Always Steal' that makes Steal 100% successful and always steal the rare item first, then the common after. (credit to Lufia)

EDIT: So 2.7.2 was just already released because I forgot to include the Reaper fix that I did to the Floating Continent, to another town that has the same max NPC limit. Hopefully that's the last one!