VN Ren'Py Being a DIK [v0.10.1] [DrPinkCake]

[allanl9020142]

How do I stay on the neutral path? do I need to have a balance in crucial choices?

If you want to stay neutral, just basically don't fight at all but do all the fun stuff (take Quinn's offer, smoke on the roof, take the fake, etc.). That will keep you good for pretty much the first 4 or 5 episodes.

After that, I remember getting the Alphas to leave the party (DIK move) and volunteering for the elderly home (Chick move).

Can't remember what the choices were after that, think I was already in ep 8 by then. At that point I can't remember anything being all that important enough (other than Jill's thing) to care about staying at a certain affinity and it was pretty easy to manage to stay within that "Neutral" margin since there were only a 2 or 3 choices left.

BUT just because there wasn't anything else to worry about in terms of affinity for ep 8, doesn't mean that it won't mess things up in future episodes if you want to stay Neutral for some specific reason so probably just just try plan it out for those last few choices to make sure you stay Neutral.

 

[Green Isosceles]

How do I stay on the neutral path? do I need to have a balance in crucial choices?

Yes, it helped me immensely to map out all the choices ahead of time.

Spoiler: Alignment Choices

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[Mastergabi]

i hope that this game will have a ending... and not end up like milfy city

 

[ename144]

How do I stay on the neutral path? do I need to have a balance in crucial choices?

This is a simple question with an overly complicated answer.

Garden variety Neutral Affinity requires keeping the total number of DIK and CHICK Major Decisions (such as whether to join Quinn's restaurant or to fight Tommy) relatively balanced. If you have made 2 or more CHICK decisions than you have DIK you will gain CHICK Affinity (and vice versa).

But that's only a temporary Affinity; it can change based on what you choose in later Major Decisions. At the end of Episode 8, we gain permanent Affinity and the rules change slightly. Permanent Neutral Affinity requires not gaining permanent DIK or CHICK Affinities, which means you need to have at least one 'box' left on each side of the bar after the 15th Major Decision (whether to cheat on the midterms). That effectively requires making a minimum of 5 Major Decisions for each side.

So to recap: for Seasons 1 & 2, Neutral Affinity requires making an almost equal number of DIK and CHICK Major Decisions; for Season 3, Neutral Affinity will require having made a minimum of 5 CHICK Major Decisions and 5 DIK Major Decisions.

 

[felicemastronzo]

The same house could easily be just asset reuse for what's a one-time shot, though. You can see it in other places, like e.g. the exact same nightstand --drawer content and items atop and all-- appearing in multiple dorms and the PC's own room at the start of the game.

I would say that in this case it is impossible. The picture of Lynette with her friends is something we are shown voluntarily, with a purpose, not a filler. It may not be 100% a link to Jill (houses are bought and sold) but it is the same house

 

[mightybored]

Yeah, there was a very purposeful fade-in from the house to the picture of the house, wasn't there?

 

[TrainHardnett]

I don't know about y'all but as long as DPC gives me content with all of them in a single episode I see it as a win win for me
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Camila???

So I have several reasons to be patient

Wait, wait, wait... is that legit Lily as Jeannette for Halloween?

 

[Angelray]

Hi, sorry to ask but I prefer not to read the thread as to not spoil myself since I play the game on steam where it's still on season 2.
Was there any status update yesterday? Thanks for your answer by advance.

 

[mightybored]

Hi, sorry to ask but I prefer not to read the thread as to not spoil myself since I play the game on steam where it's still on season 2.
Was there any status update yesterday? Thanks for your answer by advance.

The status update is basically "still chugging along, it'll be done when it's done". Conjecture is that the new chapter will come out in November, though.

 

[Angelray]

Thanks.

 

[QnotU]

The status update is basically "still chugging along, it'll be done when it's done". Conjecture is that the new chapter will come out in November, though.

I still think is possible for DPC to release Episode 9 towards the end of October given how close he mentioned the development cycle was to being finished and testing were to begin in mid October. He also mentioned how he had close to 300 renders posed and 8 animations finished this week (which is friggin insane). Thats the optimist speaking in me, though November definitely sounds like the more reasonable month for the update to be ready, and I simply cant believe that the update wouldnt be finished by the time December rolls around

 

[shazba]

is there any cheat where I can be with Jill on the dik path at the end before the interlude? Does anyone have it? Any harem cheat or something like that?

Attached are some modded files that will negate all the DIK/Chick affinity restrictions to relationships. You just have to unzip them into your main "game" folder and then start the game. That way you can be a DIK and not get dumped by M&J or Jill.

You still have to choose one girl at the end of episode 8 though, so no Harem option here.

As long as you don't have any other mods in your game, it won't mess up any existing saves or anything like that.

 

[ciberma7865]

do you guys know what is the connection between the MC Family and Jill's Family

Lynette father's sold his "old" house to the Royce

 

[DrSoong]

BRO HOW?! I ain’t no programmer but yes I’ll do it lol

At first, you have to enable the config console, you have to edit

Spoiler: where to find the file to edit

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with a text editor. Change the line (should be number 108)

Spoiler: config console

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to enable the console. In the game, you could access the console pressing <Shift>+<O>.

You can change several values, below some of them

Spoiler: some values

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There are plenty more (e.g. relationship points and more), you should have at least a minimum of coding abilities (to understand code) to mention which value means which decision in the game.

 

[dalli_x]

I agree. Although there is the fact that near the end of the final chapter after showing the picture of Lynette and her friends with the house in the background the next image we see is the photo MC takes of Jill with the house in the background. It feels very deliberate. Assuming of course the player went on the picnic date, I mean why wouldn't they?

But the joke is that the MC doesn't recognize the house even though he was picnicking with Jill. He could have asked Jill about it after seeing the photo of his mother.

However, I can imagine that the house will be an issue again in EP9. It could also be related to the preview of Jill and the MC in the hospital.

Let's be surprised.

 

[felicemastronzo]

But the joke is that the MC doesn't recognize the house even though he was picnicking with Jill. He could have asked Jill about it after seeing the photo of his mother.

However, I can imagine that the house will be an issue again in EP9. It could also be related to the preview of Jill and the MC in the hospital.

Let's be surprised.

assuming he noticed, they were distracted enough with Jill to think about the picture the last time they met....

but basically it wasn't time to solve that puzzle yet, probably won't be yet in the ninth chapter

 

[dalli_x]

I didn't think of that. The MC saw Jill laughing and got scared.

 

[Lostanddamned]

I didn't think of that. The MC saw Jill laughing and got scared.

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Inb4 the "Jill is beautiful" crew shows up.

 

[felicemastronzo]

I didn't think of that. The MC saw Jill laughing and got scared.

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That a render so central to Jill's story (in fact an epilogue to both the picnic and her first time) and so recurring is objectively so terrible speaks volumes about the risks of doing a thousand thousand thousand render episode then having neither time nor way to control or redo them

but no, let's all say together : "Jill ugly!!!!"

 

[Lostanddamned]

That a render so central to Jill's story (in fact an epilogue to both the picnic and her first time) and so recurring is objectively so terrible speaks volumes about the risks of doing a thousand thousand thousand render episode then having neither time nor way to control or redo them

but no, let's all say together : "Jill ugly!!!!"

That picture is one of the worst Jill renders ever. It is so horrible that it burns the MC's eyes (and kills his libido apparently) because he turns down a threesome with two strippers.