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Creating characters is so easy now that my cat just made one!

I've finished work on a new tool -- a friendly user interface that anyone can use to easily create and edit profiles of datable characters, male or female, for the game. Provided you have your images prepared, you can create a new character in minutes.

Although we did our best to test it (huge thanks to dude797 and Marrend for their help) it's quite probable that there are bugs in it still, so if anyone has any problems, please let me know!



In the future I may update the Character Customizer separately, but since I'm also releasing a new version of the main game today, it is included with the main download v0.72.

What's new in the main game? Nothing obvious if you're a player. If you're a content creator there's a number of things:

- Story Test now displays detailed information about a story before you play it
- MUSIC FREEZE and MUSIC UNFREEZE commands added. MUSIC FREEZE prevents the coming and going of characters on screen from changing the music
- Warning message replaces fatal error message when a story references a profiles file or story file that cannot be found; this means that if you create content dependent on other content, players will be able to play whatever content they have the appropriate files for
- Warning message replaces fatal error message when a profile's Relation ID references a profiles file that cannot be found
- Fixes for several bugs that were hindering content creation
- Updated documentation with the new Character Customizer in mind

There have been many people who have expressed interest in creating characters or story but presumably got stalled for whatever reason. If there is anything I can do to facilitate the process of creating custom content, I would like to hear your suggestions.

Players, if you're looking for new characters to add to the game, here's what users have made so far.

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LEECH
who am i and how did i get in here
2599
09/05/2011 08:58 AM
Im going to download this later. I want in on all the customization. (its the main thing i look for in games)
calunio
Shamed
10447
09/05/2011 12:13 PM
You can create characters in this program and export them to an RPG Maker game? :O
dude797
127
09/05/2011 05:04 PM
@ calunio
no you can't. this tool is for making profiles for use in heartache 101. The images have to be ready before you can use this utility.
LEECH
who am i and how did i get in here
2599
09/25/2011 08:09 AM
When i try to open the customizer, i just get an empty/empty ruby console thingie... Any idea how to fix? Am i opening it wrong? (Im running vista if that changes anything)

The game itself is good though
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
09/25/2011 01:15 PM
author=ldida1
When i try to open the customizer, i just get an empty/empty ruby console thingie... Any idea how to fix? Am i opening it wrong? (Im running vista if that changes anything)

The game itself is good though


I have no clue how the character customizer works on other computers, but on my Windows 7 laptop, two windows open. One is the console you're talking about that's basically a black screen. I can't interact with that window at all, except to close it (which closes the entire program), so I don't mess with it. The other window, however, is this screen shot. Plus or minus a few details.

I'm thinking Vista should work similarly, but if the "main window" isn't showing up, for whatever reason, I'm not sure what the issue could be. Unless the existence, or lack thereof, of RPG Maker XP, or it's RTP, is a factor? I have no idea if that is an issue, personally, but I'm throwing it out there.
flowerthief
Cult of the Chocobo
1853
09/25/2011 08:42 PM
Lack of RTP shouldn't cause that problem. Vista shouldn't cause it either. I don't know what would cause it at this point. To troubleshoot I would have to make test versions of the app and have Idida1 test them one by one, if he's willing. (Just to make sure, you don't have some version of Ruby already installed by any chance?)
LEECH
who am i and how did i get in here
2599
09/26/2011 06:18 AM
@Marrend: Yeah, the main window doesnt open..

I think i might have ruby installed actually. I wanted to learn it. But didnt... ):

Ill uninstall and delete ruby, then try again.


And yeah, i have RMXP and the RTP, so thats not the problem.



EDIT: I have no idea why, but i had 2 versions of Ruby installed, i deleted 1, and now it works. YAY! :D
flowerthief
Cult of the Chocobo
1853
09/26/2011 10:45 PM
I'm glad that it works for you now. So it was a conflict in Ruby versions. We're lucky you mentioned that the console you were seeing was a Ruby console. That was the tip-off that you knew it was a Ruby program and therefore were likely to have Ruby installed :)
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