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Escape from Ritova's Man...
Four girls step into a mansion to get shelter from incoming danger, unaware of where the real danger is.

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After a lot of sleuthing me and Tsubasa finally got the culprit!

It was on the Shihoko-Eliza multi route, feature the were cut out of the beta. With this bad guy finally on the trash bin I can get back on my way to fix the final details on Eliza's route and later write Yuriko's.
Edit: About the conditional errors, found out that I've forgot to write the story ID on a bonus event, so the game understood it all as part of the branch A. Way to fail Sataro!

Here he is
"PERSONALITY DOWN 5"

Off to laugh maniacally down the halls :D

PS. Yay! Emiko update, downloading :D

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author=Marrend
Larger files may take longer to load, but file size, by itself, should not throw an exception. Probably.

Though, that error message, and the context it's giving it under, doesn't tell me much. Maybe flowerthief would have an idea, but he comes around less often than a blue moon. For myself, I'd have to actually look at the file in Notepad++ and try to determine what it could be complaining about.


I tried one or two times, but I don't got much clue about it.
Sometimes it argue about branch declaratinons, ignoring JUMP comands, and about PLACE statings, ignoring the branch start, on the last event.
It got extra odd when I've deleted the event 64. it started to complain the same things at the event 63. (which he completly ignored before)
The only thing near a clue is that I've recently changed the folders names from "Wolfy_pack" to "Yamisaki"


author=Mute
author=Marrend
So, I'm trying to have <player> describe Emiko. One of the first things I wrote was...

ID = 0
She's 5'9"

...since not-me people are be able to judge this kind of stuff. Then, I realized that we are in Japan and I should probably use the metric system. Only stupid Americans use the English system, anyways. My thought is to use a rough approximation (3 feet is about 1 meter) which comes out to approximately 192 cm, after rounding. Crapastrophic accuracy aside, I'm hoping this is okay, in general.
It's not okay, and that's because the accuracy is severely crapastrophic. Simply put, the height you're planning to use (192 cm) is about 6'3".

We use Metric system here, so I decided to give my Two cents too.

Based on 3D and 2D people I decided to let Eliza with 152cm @16Years, to a slightly tsunderish (small) height. :3
As a nore accurate reference, here's a few famous chars and their heights.


Girl (student)
Miyamae Kanako______Maria Holic______173cm-175cm
Akiyama Mio__________K-ON!__________160cm
Hirasawa Yui_________K-ON!__________156cm
Tachibana Kanade_____AngelBeats!_____150cm
Aisaka Taiga_________Toradora!________144.5cm

Male and non-students.
Kraft Lawrence_______Spice and Wolf__178cm
Oreki Hontarou_______Hyouka__________176cm
Koyomi Araragi_______Monogatari______165cm
Sawako Yanabaka______K-ON!___________165cm


Guess that, anything smaller than the "Palm-top tiger" or higher than the "Tokyo tower" is offbounds. For anyone between 1st and 3rd years, taken that Emiko is not a student you may want to add about 7cm to the border vaules.

(My cellphone says that 1 Feet (US) equals to 30,4cm, which lets Eliza with 4'99")

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author=Marrend
A victim of identity theft, eh? Maybe. I've heard scattered stories about how hard it is to get back into good standing after being victimized. Amongst other things. How much <player> can really help with this, though? I have no idea.

Yeah... I don't really know how a civil could xD
Internet have databases of access and network cards have a fixed serial no. which can be located and stuff, but I don't know how much of this info can be gathered even by a average hacker. If the hacker is somewhat known, <player> could be charged with the mission to couterhack the account too, slip a keylogger or something alike to get the account back while Emiko get "clean up" her PC.

On a last, obvious note, we have a whole lot of girls that would like to beat the heck out of a ID thief. Oh wait, Emiko is one of them. :p

Edit2: Got a problem here, when I try to launch the game I get this damn message after loading the files.
For my great happiness, it just appears when my custom content is installed. At first I associated with the fact that Elizamain.txt had passed 100kb, but slice it didn't solved the issue... It still appears without any other branch or whatsover warning.
I'll take a deeper look at it when I get back from work. Can't do anything but argue and wreck the keyboard in the hurry I'm now. "¬¬

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author=Mute
author=Marrend
Though, perhaps, what Emiko's route needs is a good, old-fashioned crisis. An event that allows <player> the opportunity to show that he's reliable, and cares about what happens to her. A bit cliche, maybe, but I'm not seeing how else these two are going to get together.
"There is nothing new under the sun." Most 'new' things are variations of old ideas. As long as the crisis is interesting enough, your readers will like it.

True ^^
Also it's very hard to a girl just fall in love with someone she bumped three months ago (And the first time Emiko and <player> 'bumped' at each other weren't the best I must say.), <player> aren't a exactly a prince from disney.
Guess that a crisis is nearly mandatory for any girl that start below neutral, <player> needs to show that he can do something. :p

Just don't much clue of what kind of crisis could happen to Emiko... Her account will be hacked, or her boss will turn into a complete j... x3

Offtopic Edit: Just found out on steam about a new picture editing program, which have a (little nerfed of course) free version. My first impressions: It's a creation based photoshop variant, and it's not a bad thing at all.
If someone is having trouble with the floating windows and canvas restrictions on GIMP, you may want to give it try.

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Fair enough, some guys have a "Bob" face, others look more "John Smith", why not someone looking Ferdinandish? Someone is Ferdinandish when he look alike Franz Ferdinand?

And... I have to ask, what's behind Emiko's nickname?

Edit: There's weirder reasons for on-line names, right?
Taking that years ago I brought up my "surname" shuffling random car brands, guess I can't contest that. I wonder why that guy on minecraft decided to nickname himself Kill3rTaco tough. :p

On a almost off-topic side note, can we nickname Yuu after her theme? (GlassRose)
I was thinking about a reference at the Game Center. :3

EDIT: Forgot 'bout this.
author=Render
I wonder when someone will specifically make one of those jealous classmates :P
Nonetheless though

Lol, I thought about it for Yuriko's route, but avoided specifying built-in support chars. As council member she often will have to talk over problematic students.
Anyone got ideas of how they should look?

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author=Render
Oh, wow. It's been a while! .-.
I wonder when someone will specifically make one of those jealous classmates :P
Nonetheless though, from what I've read from Eliza's story, they would make good friends. It's a shame that Alessa isn't being routed though.
She'll have a route someday, but I'll give preference to Yuriko's due the lower complexity, well that's almost the same thing.
The end of the co-work change completely Alessa's route, they're very caring about each other and as said on Eliza's route our LightWolf already have a piece of misfortune with lovelife.
When Eliza find out that these two are hanging out, she'll very likely throw <player> on a minefield, not a literal one I hope, to test if he's worthy. Any major failure will cause the ShadowWolf to stalk him down until it gets evidence enough to kick the guy away from her sister. Probably literally.
Don't even think about double dating.

So well, It's hard to make this route due:
- Alessa high capacity to overcome things. (Player will help with what?)
- Writing at least three variants of most events, due Eliza's influence.
- Fine-tune to don't make Eliza look like a Yandere towards Alessa.

author=Render
Also something unrelated, I'm debating if I should
make Makoto a character that doesn't require clean mode on.
That's interesting, as most chars requires it off. ^^
It worries me if the PC will have enough girls on the game tough, to the game flow well he'll need at least 4 built-in sized routes running. Otherwise the game will be more random encounters than story.

author=Mute
Speaking of gamer girls, if Oracle_Askigaga plays online multiplayer games, than she surely would know of Nimbostratus..
Woot, now we have RPG party! (Sachiko is the Nimbostratus?)
Nimbostratus, Oracle_Askigaga, ShadowWolf7 and Ferdinand!
Anyone knows Yuu's nickname? :3

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Yay! online games!

Ferdinand sounds fine to me.
The idea of <player> using a alternate name as his Nick is interesting, maybe 'cause I do the same thing.
Is there some reference behind this name? One would help the PC be comfortable with it, guess that Emiko would like to know about it too...
It remembers me of Franz Ferdinand (From "Take me out" of GH3) :p

Or he could use something more "nicky" like our gamer girls, I dunno, way too many possibilities. But now I want this thing defined too. :3

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author=Dozen
I'd have the player say or think more in the above event.

Custom content creators have a tendency to forget the Player's aboundant inner monologues that helps the pacing. You wouldn't stand there, blank and thoughtless when someone is in the process of dumping you.

Oh lel, Marrend told something like that about the event I passed him by MP too.
Oks, let's try it again ^^
PLACE = School
ID = 0
Oh! Hey, Eliza! How you're doing?
ID = 74
SHOWCENTER
MUSIC = SouthCity.mp3
OTHER7
Terribly annoyed with a serious desire to punch someone.
# This is the kind of "weather forecast" somebody like Mayu could spout, if she was more of a wise-cracker.
UNFRIENDLY
And you?
ID = 0
Why's that?
ID = 74
FRIENDLY
Apparently, someone thinks I'm blind, deaf, and have some considerable brain damage. This particular person is trying to backstab me and my friend.
ID = 0
Seems serious, it's a classmate of yours?
UNFRIENDLY
It's serious, and the guy in question keeps thinking that I don't know anything about it by the way.
Perhaps I should tell you my friend name? Why not. Kaneshiro Riho. You know... That red-haired girl...
OTHER2
...That was resting her head on your shoulder a few days ago!
DISLIKE
You probably have kissed her after that! Even if you didn't, she's been behaving really strange lately.
UNFRIENDLY
ID = 0
Eliza. Calm down. Let me...
ID = 74
Why?!
NEUTRAL
So that you can pretend that nothing happened, and date us both as much you like?
LOVESICK
Yeah! Why not? We should hang out the three of us at once.
LIKE
Then, you can brag to your friends how you can play us as toys!
ID = 0
Can yo...
#"Can you stop a little, and hear what I have to say?"
#No, she doesn't seem to be in the mood for it...
(Instead of hearing me, she just continued even louder.)
(She's reeealy off the edge this time.)
ID = 74
LOVE
You can stand up, saying "Look! I'm double-dating two girls! I'm the manliest guy in whole school!"
LOVESICK
"I can deceive 'em, stockpile 'em up, date one each day of the week."
Who would get upset about it? No one can stand girls like us. You'd be considered a hero!
ID = 0
(I've motioned to grab her shoulder in a attempt to make her listen. But she knocked my arm aside halfway through.)
ID = 74
UNFRIENDLY
That's what you'd like to hear, right? Riho's head may be too thick to detect something like this.
ID = 74
But, let I tell you one small thing.
OTHER2
<b>I. Am. Not. Your. Puppet!</b>
AFFECTION DOWN 50
# The sound fx is modified when a higher value is specified
#So player can know that this will not pass as a simple affection down 10
STATE = DISLIKE
UNFRIENDLY
ID = 0
Now you can at least try to hear what I have to say?
ID = 74
DISLIKE
I don't want to hear it, and I'll likely beat the hell out of you if you try and keep yapping.
UNFRIENDLY
Just get out of my way, and don't ever try to talk to me again.
DISLIKE
Hearing Riho commending you mindlessly is painful enough.
UNFRIENDLY
Farewell. <player>.
ERASE CENTER


The prototype ID-7404a is a little more interactive :3
#I don't think that this event will ever happen as Eliza and Shihoko are dead opposites, one requires MIND and Soul, when the other PER and LOOKS
STORY 5
CONDITION = 40 DONE in game_stories_4.txt and 49 DONE in ElizaMain.txt
#Again the event 49, which means that you've ignored all abort flags.
#Event 40 is the one when player succeed the Masashi's challenge at the Hot springs.
#Now seriously, do this while dating Eliza? <player> is begging for a beating.
PLACE = Courtyard
ID = 0
(Break time, mine favorite time at school.)
(I've dropped my bag in one of the benches, I was about to sit down when someone grabbed me by the collar.)
What the heck Masa...
#Masashi? Nope.
ID = 74
SHOWCENTER
OTHER2
MUSIC = ProvingGround.mp3
<b>So, you and Shihoko had fun at the hot springs?!</b>
<b>You dirty piece of crap!!</b>
AFFECTION DOWN 50
STATE = DISLIKE
LOCK
ID = 0
(She knocked me at the nearest wall with force enough to make me break through a window. Luckly there wasn't one.)
What the <b>heck</b> are you doing?!
ID = 74
I'm going dig a hole on your empty head and stuck some damn sense into it! <b>That's what I'm doing!!</b>
Double dating is something unforgivable itself, but that... <b>that...</b>
You really thought that you would get away with jumping into the girl's section?
ID = 0
How you know abo...
(She knocked my head against the wall again.)
ID = 74
<b>Wrong answer bastard!</b>
Look, I don't give a damn if those bum's found it fun or whatsoever.
You know why I'm doing this scene? Don't worry, I'll tell you why.
PERSONALITY DOWN 5
<i>I want every decent girl in this school to know exactly what piece of shit you and Masashi are.</i>
UNFRIENDLY
You're lucky that I can't do much without a solid evidence. Otherwise, <i>I would burn your precious reputations to the ground.</i>
ID = 0
Hey now...
(She knocked my head against the wall once more.)
ID = 74
OTHER2
I've haven't asked you anything, did I?
So, <i>shut up</i> and listen!
UNFRIENDLY
Look at me. <i>Look me in the eyes.</i>
Alessa heard Shihoko and the girls exiting the when she entered there.
If I ever find out that you saw Alessa during one of your stunts... With or without evidence...
<b>I will hunt you down and crave your face into a new one. One without eyes.</b>
DISLIKE
Clear?
ID = 0
...
ID = 74
OTHER2
Now, I damn asked you something! <b>I've. Been. Clear?!</b>
ID = 0
Yes.
ID = 74
DISLIKE
Good.
Now disappear of my sight, I don't want to murder you. <i>Today.</i>
ERASECENTER
ID = 0
(I've got my bag and went to the roof.)
(I don't want to test how serious she were about that last line.)


Last, the sea spirits of crossover told me that Eliza could use a glove at the right hand to enhance her "trouble-seeker" side. As everyone known as a trouble-maker, ganster or whatsover have a "trademark" like Erik from VC2 or Johnny toothpick.

That's the OTHER2 tachie btw.
It's kind of cool when you think that have the Index middle and thumb fingers bare, let's you write normally and stuff while using the glove. Well, I've found it cool.

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Checking one of the things cited on the feedback.
author=Render
She's very dynamic in a reeaaaally weird way when you talk to her on the phone. Mostly because she's all like "Video games, kittys, yeah!" That was exaggeration, but that's what I remembered from it. Now this isn't a bad thing, however it's odd and rare.

She was meant to be strict and direct at the phone due the fact that she dislike using them, for anything except as a music player.

I've made a new call prototype, sounds very near the other, but I've with increased uneasy factor. Also trying to give some important leads to the <player>.

CONDITION = 74 FRIENDLY
ID = 74
Eliza here.
ID = 0
Hey, Eliza it's <player>.
ID = 74
Yup.
ID = 0
You knew that was me?
ID = 74
Weeell.. My phone may be old, by it still show who is calling me.
ID = 0
Oh, right.
ID = 74
So... What's up?
ID = 0
Not much, and with you?
ID = 74
Same old... Playing a little before go to training.
ID = 0
Training?
ID = 74
You know, I left the martial arts club, so I have to train by myself.
It's not as efficient as training with them but still... better than nothing.
ID = 0
You were on the martial arts club last year?
ID = 74
Yeah.
I'm sure that Nemoto passed me by now. Our matches always were tight.
#Nearly changing Yuriko's sister for some 2-B student member of the Martial arts club, Yuriko's route (due Eliza) is quoting Mayu soo many times that is starting to sound like "HEY!! Look at that! I can do cameos!!".
ID = 0
Why you've dropped?
ID = 74
...
That's a quite long sto...
#Sorry <player> but this would be a spoiler.
<b>What the?!</b> you can't just send Tenryuu out of formation like that!!
You twisted... If they sink my Shimakase I'll...
#I also felt like making a Kancolle crossover, Tenryuu's fault. :p
Err...
<player> you still there?
ID = 0
...yes.
ID = 74
Can we talk about this later?
ID = 0
Allright, good luck.
Bring your ships back home safely.
ID = 74
AFFECTION UP 10
I will.
ID = 0
(Eliza hung up.)


Edit: Another Cannonballing mad idea removed.

Edit @13:41 : Multirouting prototype code ID-7405.

Trigger:

STORY 3
DATING = 5
CONDITION = 5 LOVE and 49 DONE in ElizaMain.txt
PLACE = City
PRIORITY = High
CONTINUE
#These conditions basically means that Riho rested in your shouder when waling back home, while having a considerable high progress with Eliza.

Event:

CONDITION = 3 DONE
PLACE = School
ID = 74
Hey you.
ID = 0
Oh, hello Eliza, how you're doing?
ID = 74
SHOWCENTER
MUSIC = SouthCity.mp3
OTHER7
Terribly annoyed and with a serious desire to punch someone.
UNFRIENDLY
And you?
ID = 0
Ah... well... I'm okay.
What's up?
ID = 74
FRIENDLY
Oh, It's very fortunate you asked.
Someone think I'm blind, deaf and have some considerable brain damage.
So this particular person is trying to backstab me and mine friend.
NEUTRAL
Perhaps I should tell you her name, why not...
Riho Kaneshiro. You know that red-haired girl...
OTHER2
That were resting her head on you shoulder a few days ago!
DISLIKE
You both kissed after that didn't you? Riho is behaving exceptionally strange lately.
UNFRIENDLY
ID = 0
Eliza... calm down...
ID = 74
Why?!
NEUTRAL
To you pretend that nothing happened and date me and her again as much you like to?
LIKE
Yeah! why not? we should hang out the three of us at once...
LOVESICK
So you can brag to your friends how you can play us as toys!
LOVE
You can stand as the big guy saying "Look, I'm double dating two tsunderes! I'm the manlier guy in whole school!"
LOVESICK
"I can deceive, and stockpile them up, to date one each day of the week."
Who would get upset about it? No one can stand girls like us. You'd be considered a hero!
UNFRIENDLY
That's what you wanted to hear? <i>Dear.</i>
You know, Riho's head may be too thick to reality find a way in.
DISLIKE
But let I tell you one small thing.
OTHER2
<b>I. Am. Not. Your puppet!</b>
AFFECTION DOWN 50
STATE = DISLIKE
ID = 0
Can you at least what I have to say?!
ID = 74
DISLIKE
I can't. I don't want, and I'll beat the hell out of you if you try to force me.
UNFRIENDLY
So just get out of my way, and don't ever appear again.
DISLIKE
Hear Riho commending you mindlessly is painfully enough to anyone with some sense.
UNFRIENDLY
Farewell. <player>.
ERASECENTER

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author=Marrend
If the contents of the "common event" are copy-pasted into the location-based STORYs, then... I'm not seeing the point of JUMPing to the "common event", or having anything there at all? Am I missing something? Probably.

I vaguely recall Dozen saying he had an idea about this back in the day, but I do not remember what his idea actually was. Though, I could be forgetting everything something, and attempting to look this up would probably cause three-and-a-half headaches.


The events 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 tagged with locations JUMP to the "common event", they use the same location of the 4, 6, 8... but have High priority and aren't repeatable.
Keep the event 15 there would prevent even more copy-pasting, however those events were used as condition to start the "common event" before, so maybe you can just wipeout them. Hope I didn't missed anything. I always do... :p

As a new weird idea, if you keep the setting, and change the common event condition for something like "2783 DONE"?
2783 will never happen, so the Conditions will never be met and the common event will only appear by the previous JUMPs, eliminating the black screens. It's more high-tech than the copy-paste :3
*Yeah you'll have to create a story 2783 to prevent loading from crashing, just let him alone with a self condition. The number 2783 is random and must be ignored Certain conditions may apply all right reserved.