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Heartache 101 ~Sour into Sweet~

author=TheMoonlitShadow
...Hinami was also referring to me as her boyfriend as well...

Doesn't she do this right from the start? She's a bit over-enthusiastic.

author=TheMoonlitShadow
I have to say, the depth of this game is just incredible. Even if Keika's route is really hard to get onto... she rarely even appears even though she was the only one I had at Lovesick, even before Akari and Hinami got to Love...

Looks like you keep missing a cue somewhere.

One basic hint (as far as I recall it's in the helpfile somewhere): If you're given a choice of answers and one starts with something like (Mind) or (Looks) this denotes a stats check. For the regular cast like your Keika, there are always four checks on any route and you have to pass them all.

And, of course, if she says something about a spot where she'll be you should check this place as soon as it's convenient.

Content creation (technical)

On a side note: those two packages - along with "Nami" who too uses one of those tachiesets - are considered incomplete.

Thus no one ever claimed they are perfect ;)

Maybe their authors once upon a time were planing to make "real tachie" for them when they are done? ...

By the way: don't let yourself be discouraged by that "incomplete" flag, tho.

In my humble opinion some of that stuff is really enjoyable.

Content creation (technical)

author=ShiningCryst4l
Regarding the tachies that flowerthief posted, I'm pretty sure the pack -shouldn't- feature the same exact "design" on different characters, so it has to be a bug.

Both the blonde and the lightbrown one are from the tachiesets I mentioned.

Content creation (technical)

author=ShiningCryst4l
I apologise if I'm using the wrong section.
I downloaded and installed the "official custom content" from the download section and I noticed that many characters are missing their portraits, or to be more correct they share the same appearance. Also, I'm pretty sure some of the locations I saw from the files don't even show up.
Am I doing something wrong? Is it a known issue?
I literally copied and pasted everything onto the game folder. It's pretty sad because I have 4-5 characters sharing the same aspect.
Some time ago flowerthief (the author of this game) posted a few tachie to be used by whomever wanted to use them.

A few of the custom characters are based on those. And there's at least some duplicates.

About not being able to see some events: if there's too much content they will start blocking each other. And don't forget that stories are chosen randomly if there's more then one possibility for one location at one point in time. So it'll take luck or patience.

For example: I - personally - would strongly advice AGAINST installing the whole "Official custom content" on your very first run through the game. Chances are very high that you won't get anywhere with anybody just because there's so many of them (and only 101 days ...)

You should only do this if you have completed the game at least once and thus can enable/disable which content you want to try next.

If you're new to this game: for your first run try using just the original cast. There's plenty of fun and interesting stories to discover.

Finished content

author=EgyLynx
Hmmh... If it was designed to with Masako? Or if player done at 1001 at Kitsune?

If you'ree asking what the rules are for writing content that depends on someone else's stuff: we would like you to ask permission before doing so.

As for Kitsune: she's specifically designed to have as few interaction with any other girl as possible. It just wouldn't fit if the player talked about her with some other girl and it would be impossible to meet her and someone else at the same time.

Call her shy.

Finished content

If you really want to tell for sure if clean mode is on you should check something like:

CONDITION = 1 DONE IN Built-in/game_stories_1.txt

This checks for Miki's introduction. If this hasn't played by - say - DAY 15 you either have had a strange streak of (bad) luck, are playing with CLEAN MODE ON or you might have way too much content enabled.

In a normal game this story should play on one of the first few days.

NOTE: there's a chance of wrongly guessing that CLEAN MODE is ON. But in most cases you'd be more interested in HOW FAR he's come with Miki or another of the build-ins.

No need to get her jealous about - say - Riho if the player never met her.

Content creation (technical)

Riku is supposed to be an unisex name in Japan, if the internet is to be trusted. In fact that was the reason why I picked it for her ;)
If most people would first think of a boy when hearing this name: that fits my purpose even better.

As for story IDs: just forget about them, unless you want to write your own content.
For example my content is numbered in way that's intended to make it easier (for me) to debug - and that's all.

I'm glad if you like my stories; after all that's why I published them. ;)

Content creation (technical)

I try to answer (most of) your questions:

The story ID has no real meaning. It's just used by the game to identify a story in case another one needs to. For all the game cares, you could just number them backwards (and write content that has 1 as the ID of the main ending).

About dating places: pick what you think a char likes and remember her reaction. You could even ask them - after the very first date, that is.

With some girls you could make a reasonable guesses. Like it should be easy to guess that Riku likes both the gym and the Children's Park but doesn't care too much about going shopping. Anyway: even taking a girl some place she dislikes might teach you something about her.

Sorry. But I don't really get what your trying to say in the last three paragraphs.

Content creation (technical)

author=ScarbucksCoffee
Himeko, Mayumi and Sayumi were made by Garage while Marrend made Uchioniko and Masako. I don't know about Kitsune though.

Kitsune is made by me, too.

As for endings: not every route published has been finished, some of the unfinished ones just ... stop mid-route.
Some others have bugs or are near impossible to get right.

And there's side chars who were never meant to be more then just that.

Content creation (artistic)

author=EgyLynx
author=Garage
OK. That leaves me enough time to finish Nadeshiko ;)
Are it was Riku whose meet first?? One Play time it was Arayne!?
Why?

Yes, there's a reason for it. But that's something you're supposed to figure out on your own.

I give you one hint: Ayame and Riku like different things in a boy.