crunchycake

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Hi guys I need some help from someone who is familiar with the linux system/renpy coding.

I just got myself a steam deck. I can run all renpy's VNs no problem by executing the .sh , except withBaD S3, which after double-clicking, only open the file as a txt file for me. I tried to check the "Run as executable" option in the properties, but it did nothing, no error message, no log file generated.

I mean I could get it to run with wine/steam launcher as non-steam game, bbuuuuttt then I could not get access to the S2 end saves (which ae steam version btw), which means no Halloween Dik party for me D:.

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.
 

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they can post whatever they want nothing contradicts what I said.:whistle:
there where folks who try to deny that quinn stole Vinny's customers, despite they precious Quinn said it herself :LOL:.
or they try to ignore, that She was vinny's bitch in the past. :whistle::ROFLMAO:
Judging by how Vinnie behaves and how Quinn behaves ( at least what we see. ).
Vinnie was Quinn’s bitch. :KEK: :KEK:
 
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It is my absolute pleasure to announce the Patreon release dates for:

Being a DIK - Episode 10: Calm Before the Snow (v0.10.0)
  • Huge DIK ($25+) tiers: Friday, December 8
  • DIK ($10+) tiers: Monday, December 11​
  • Mini DIK ($5) tier: Friday, December 22 (Patch only, needs Season 3 base game to play)​
Beta testing is fairing well, and many issues have been found and fixed. Testers and proofreader are still working hard to help me add the final layer of polishing that the episode and you deserve.

On release, there will be a patch with a file size of 5 GB. And there will be a full version, including the Interlude and episodes 9 & 10, with a file size of 12 GB.

I recommend downloading the full version if you don't know how to patch your game. There will be clear instructions in the .zip file telling you how to patch your game.

IMPORTANT!!!
Treat Season 3 as a stand-alone game; don't merge it with Season 1 & 2 data.

Merging the game with Seasons 1 and 2 will corrupt both games. I will not assist with errors and re-downloads due to faulty patching and copy & pasting. So, please make backup copies of your games before you attempt to patch them.

Need help with something?
My time to aid with installations and issues is extremely limited. Please join my Discord server for faster help with any problems during the release. The community is excellent for providing fast help to most of your problems.



Let the countdown begin.

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So Riona hanging with the MGs this time? I'm glad Quinn decided to share the position of representing the "Others" branch with her. :LUL:

Jokes aside it's cool and everything that Riona is up there with the MGs. I know most of us share the desire for Riona and Quinn to become MGs. :BootyTime:

Finally the wait is almost over. We will be there no matter what.

Btw, this is my Ep.10 playthrough order:

ep10.jpg
 
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We need more sibling rivalry in the game (because there's soooo not enough already :rolleyes:) so I reckon, (with no factual basis and ignorant of any proof to the contrary, hence I MUST be correct), Quinn is actually Vinnies rebellious twin, Quinnie!
 
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Btw, this is my Ep.10 playthrough order:

View attachment 3114420
Looks good, but I got a pro tip for you: Don't play all #4s [Others] one after another. Do some after #5 and #6. Like go far the vixens or Sarah and Mel. Feels like that one tasty meatball you leave for last.

Or go for a different approach: Go for your favorite first, so you can learn about the new episode and then start with your least favorite. Then it will gradually get better.
 

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So Riona hanging with the MGs this time? I'm glad Quinn decided to share the position of representing the "Others" branch with her. :LUL:

Jokes aside it's cool and everything that Riona is up there with the MGs. I know most of us share the desire for Riona and Quinn to become MGs. :BootyTime:

Finally the wait is almost over. We will be there no matter what.

Btw, this is my Ep.10 playthrough order:

View attachment 3114420
I thought you liked Jill, but she's last on your list. :unsure:
 
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It is my absolute pleasure to announce the Patreon release dates for:

Being a DIK - Episode 10: Calm Before the Snow (v0.10.0)
  • Huge DIK ($25+) tiers: Friday, December 8
  • DIK ($10+) tiers: Monday, December 11​
  • Mini DIK ($5) tier: Friday, December 22 (Patch only, needs Season 3 base game to play)​
Beta testing is fairing well, and many issues have been found and fixed. Testers and proofreader are still working hard to help me add the final layer of polishing that the episode and you deserve.

On release, there will be a patch with a file size of 5 GB. And there will be a full version, including the Interlude and episodes 9 & 10, with a file size of 12 GB.

I recommend downloading the full version if you don't know how to patch your game. There will be clear instructions in the .zip file telling you how to patch your game.

IMPORTANT!!!
Treat Season 3 as a stand-alone game; don't merge it with Season 1 & 2 data.

Merging the game with Seasons 1 and 2 will corrupt both games. I will not assist with errors and re-downloads due to faulty patching and copy & pasting. So, please make backup copies of your games before you attempt to patch them.

Need help with something?
My time to aid with installations and issues is extremely limited. Please join my Discord server for faster help with any problems during the release. The community is excellent for providing fast help to most of your problems.



Let the countdown begin.

Love

Dr PinkCake
Yeah babyyy
 
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c.mork

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Hi guys I need some help from someone who is familiar with the linux system/renpy coding.

I just got myself a steam deck. I can run all renpy's VNs no problem by executing the .sh , except withBaD S3, which after double-clicking, only open the file as a txt file for me. I tried to check the "Run as executable" option in the properties, but it did nothing, no error message, no log file generated.

I mean I could get it to run with wine/steam launcher as non-steam game, bbuuuuttt then I could not get access to the S2 end saves (which ae steam version btw), which means no Halloween Dik party for me D:.

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.
I have no clue about either linux or steam deck, you might get more help here.
 
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The game unfortunately doesn't work. There's no option to start a new game. I have an option to "continue," and select any number of "empty slots" but nothing happens. I don't get it - it should be easy to just start a new game, but apparently not. Looks good graphicswise, wish I could play it.
:confused::confused::confused:o_Oo_Oo_O
 
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Does anybody know what sticking up for Chad does to later dialogue? I think it affects the HOT party dialogue where Chad tells the Alpha that Fuckface is cool, but I swear I see the same dialogue no matter what path I'm on.
 

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I don’t think that’s fear.
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She looks at him with a face:
God! How stuffy are you! Don’t you ever shut up?
Are you 90? Damn it, Vinnie, take your pills!
I think that’s the kind of monologue she has in her head when she’s talking to Vinnie.
She still looks relieved when Lily helps her get rid of him and tells Fuckface to be careful

DPC has to make him a serious villain because nobody sees Tybalt or Dawe as a threat
 
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I think he meant it's sort of a catch-22 in regards to DPC and the player. Not just the player.

For freeroams:
- DPC can just reuse a lot of the code and doesn't have to write entirely separate scenes in separate locations for each branch. On the development side: it covers all the many branches and it can be done quicker.
[...]

For just normal playthrough:
- DPC may have to make new renders for the characters, new objects, the location, etc. Also write more extensive dialogue, soundtrack arrangement, and so on. This results in a possibility of it taking more time for the development overall. Both for the writing aspects and for posing then rendering images. Which could mean updates come out even later than once a year.
I think there's a misunderstanding.

Not having freeroaming does not necessarily imply using different locations for different branches.

DPC could have had Episode 9 in the same exact location, with the same exact rendering and the same exact dialogues that could have been reused among multiple branches, but just sparing us the useless effort to do forced clicks here and there like trained monkeys.

I mean, at the first part of free roaming of Episode 9 your tasks are
- find your sword
- talk to Jamie
- talk to Sally
- talk to Rusty
Plus the optional tasks
- Talk to Zoey
- Talk to Derek
- Talk to the Girls

To carry out these tasks you have to explore the mansion in order to find things and people.

This exploring could provide a little ( 5% - 10% max ) more fun than normal playthrough on the first run, but it's just a trained monkey chore when replaying to explore different branches.

Besides, it's just an illusion of freedom of exploration, because those tasks MUST be completed in order the game to progress, and the order in which you chose to perform them is irrilevant.

So it would be much better if the exact same rendering and dialogues with their choice menu were presented to the player in a fixed order in normal playthrough rather than forcing the user to click here and there to activate them.

Then the already seen contents would be completely skippable with Fast Forward.

Instead, between one FF and the other, we are forced to click here and there like trained monkeys. Possibly with the "darkness effect" like in the "haunted mansion" which makes sense ONLY THE FIRST TIME.

Giving up freeroaming, DPC would have had less coding effort, since freeroaming is just more complicated than a plain sequential playthrough branching only after menus... which is the basic way to use Ren'Py.

Freeroaming:
- for the Dev is more complicated to code
- for the Player might slightly improve the first run experience while significantly worsening all the subsequent replays.

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Since we have 5 major branches and the vast majority of players would like to see them all (but without each time re-solving already solved puzzles...) a better user experience would be achieved if (alternatively):

1) a variable is memorized in "persistent" so that once the player has "found the sword" or "found the keg tap" or "found character X" he is not expected to redo these chores over and over in the next gameplays and he is directly jumped to the SKIPPABLE diaolgues

- OR, if option 1) is too technically complicated -

2) freeroaming is just dropped at once! In this way coding is simpler, and user experience is golobally better for the vast majority of us that would like to play all the 5 branches but give up because of the forced clicks to redo already done chores over and over...
 
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I thought you liked Jill, but she's last on your list. :unsure:
Still like her but not that much y'know. I was replaying her path last month to refresh my memory and then I realized she wasn't as perfect as I thought. I think there will be many conflicts between Tremolo and Jill in the future. But anyways...how about you? Sage's path will be your first one as well? :p
 
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