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

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Can anyone help me please? I tried using the patch from v0.7.2 to v0.8.2 and now I'm just receiving these errors when i try to load up the game.

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
Exception: Could not load from archive characters.rpyc.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\school\BeingADIK-0.5.0-pc-lin\BeingADIK-0.5.0-pc\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 314, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\school\BeingADIK-0.5.0-pc-lin\BeingADIK-0.5.0-pc\renpy\main.py", line 373, in main
renpy.game.script.load_script() # sets renpy.game.script.
File "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\school\BeingADIK-0.5.0-pc-lin\BeingADIK-0.5.0-pc\renpy\script.py", line 271, in load_script
self.load_appropriate_file(".rpyc", ".rpy", dir, fn, initcode)
File "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\school\BeingADIK-0.5.0-pc-lin\BeingADIK-0.5.0-pc\renpy\script.py", line 686, in load_appropriate_file
raise Exception("Could not load from archive %s." % (lastfn,))
Exception: Could not load from archive characters.rpyc.

Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 7.3.2.320

Fri Jan 21 21:57:05 2022
 
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I was hoping that interlude would be over and done with by now. I'm pretty disappointed DCP decided to make it. Firstly we already have great characters that aren't getting much screen time like Lily and especially Riona and now with Zoey back she will be taking even more time away from the great secondary characters. She will probably become a main character because why would you bother bringing her back and making a whole mini-episode about her to just have her as a side character. If there was going to be a new main LI and a new branch I would prefer a character we have been getting to know for the past 3 years or an option to break up Josy and Maya so people that don't like the three-way relationship and/or dislike one of them can just have a solo route with Josy or Maya.

Secondly we already have to wait 8 months for new episodes and the interlude thing is taking time away from the main story. Also introducing a new LI will either massively reduce screen time of the main LI and secondary characters or will add even more months of work. Just having a new branch will add a lot of work. It's already been 3 years since episode 1 and DCP said it is about halfway through and each episode takes more time than the last it will be another 4 or 5 years until the end.

With those 2 disappointments and I was also a bit disappointed with episode 8 I may drop this game and wait for the end. I didn't like how the MC choose Josy and Maya even if I didn't really do anything with Maya the whole time. I really dislike the three-way relationship but I do have a save with it for Josy only. I was really hoping in that ending that the MC would mention that he was really only interested in Josy and that would be a little hope they would break up and I could just be with Josy but it looks like I am stuck with Maya for a while. Right now to me it looks like it won't be until the end of the game that there will be an option to be with one of them if there is ever an option.
 
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Night Hacker said:
As for Bella and Jill... could it be that Bella's husband went away in the military and while he was on duty Bella got lonely and had an affair with Jill. While having that affair, her husband ends up dying and Bella feels guilty for her affair with Jill now, on top of missing her husband? It could be why she is reluctant to have a relationship due to these multiple factors etc... <shrug>
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Jill is adamant that she's a virgin.
 
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shazba said:
I think DPC just wanted to say the game was going to touch on some issues that some people may react to.

The game does do that:
  • Mental illness (Bella)
  • Coerced prostitution (Mona and Cammy)
  • Bullying (from Chad and the jocks, mc’s flashback)
  • Homophobia (casual stuff from many characters but a strong sense from Patrick’s storyline)
  • Untimely death (mc’s mom, Jill’s sister)
  • Poverty (Neil & mc)
  • Injustice (mc getting detention for defending himself)
  • Anal sex
I mean the above stuff is all pretty tame, but could bring up painful memories or cause distress to some people.

Personally I think the opening warning is more detrimental than good. The game just needs a rating like any other media:

“Contains pornographic scenes, strong course language and mature themes”​

That’d cover everything, no need to talk about being in a bad time in your life and all that shit. Plus, Jill voice acting… we didn’t need that either.
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I forgot all about the warning before I bought the new chapter on Steam and deleted persistent data.

I don't even know what bad time in your life means, I think I might be too old for trigger warnings.
 
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Meushi said:
I finally understand why conspiracy theories are a thing, people just make up stuff to fill in any blanks...

Bella's own thoughts say James is very much alive if you take it further with her in ep4:
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Seems pretty clear that James did something improper, and then left. The mystery is what/why, because Bella is still traumatised by whatever it was.

The flashback isn't cold, it just shows James is much more carefree than Bella. He's happy to fool around at work, Bella is annoyed at him about it. She doesn't like his behaviour in that moment, rather than can't stand him at all. People we like still annoy us at times.

There was nothing in that flashback that suggests James wasn't present. The obvious interpretation is the librarian heard & saw James from the other side of the book stack, that's why she sent Bella home. The guy outside doesn't look confused, he's just looking in a vaguely nonplussed way at them because they're talking loudly given the exclamation marks.
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the "sixth sense" theory is just funny, but it would be more harmful than helpful (a theory should solve a problem not create more)

Bella's thoughts about her husband are so strange that everyone can believe what they want to believe. in the sixth chapter when she tells MC that now something has changed, what is she referring to? when in the eighth in the bathroom she relaxes thinking that now her husband is gone

isa "This is ok... I am allowed to enjoy this."
isa "*{i}Sigh{/i}* You aren't here anymore."

it is not the thought of someone who expects to see her husband again. everything is possible

however the flashback remains extremely cold and antiseptic, not even when they are outside the library Bella lets herself go, now with MC in the library in front of everyone Bella is much more relaxed.

simply the LIs are just MC's property and woe to those who think otherwise (Bella doesn't even kiss her husband in the wedding picture..)
 
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felicemastronzo said:
I see dead people... the flashback was weird because it's completely castrated in every edge. it's so cold and aseptic that it basically looks like Bella can't stand her husband...

if Bella had a happy ending anyway who cares if we have to give her a little lithium before we go to sleep.

while if in the end she doesn't have a happy ending it would be useless to add this weirdness to an already complicated story
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It's a headscratching flashback for sure, in the context of that it doesn't shine light into anything at all. What we learn from it basically is: what James looks like and some insight on his character, Bella's old workplace and their interactions, while it is equally strange that everyone else besides Bella is ignoring James (or they don't see him at all, which was the point of the debate).

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Yes, I've always assumed that interpretation is canon. It was pretty obvious that Bella was talking to thin air and the boss thinks that she has an employee who is slipping into madness. The boss doesn't actually see James during the confrontation and the man sitting outside the library looks on in a confused manner because he can see that Bella is talking to herself. All of that also coincides with future MC's internal monologue about Bella crying in the library.
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If we are judging by the flashback, then we safely assume that Bella's tragedy and the locked door really have something to do with James or something that happened to him (including that library monologue). While he did something in the past which Bella already forgave him for or he might have died before she forgave him, which lead to Bella's mental breakdown and it is something that she feels incredibly guilty about. The problem though, is that we are at the halfway point of the story and we really don't know that much about her past. So we are forced to pick at the little details and have to connect the dots.

Meushi said:
I finally understand why conspiracy theories are a thing, people just make up stuff to fill in any blanks...

Bella's own thoughts say James is very much alive if you take it further with her in ep4:
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Seems pretty clear that James did something improper, and then left. The mystery is what/why, because Bella is still traumatised by whatever it was.

The flashback isn't cold, it just shows James is much more carefree than Bella. He's happy to fool around at work, Bella is annoyed at him about it. She doesn't like his behaviour in that moment, rather than can't stand him at all. People we like still annoy us at times.

There was nothing in that flashback that suggests James wasn't present. The obvious interpretation is the librarian heard & saw James from the other side of the book stack, that's why she sent Bella home. The guy outside doesn't look confused, he's just looking in a vaguely nonplussed way at them because they're talking loudly given the exclamation marks.
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While everything you said is an acceptable argument, don't you find it strange how everyone ignores James? Like no one besides Bella in that flashback acknowledges his existence. Bella's boss doesn't even greet him, warn him for his inproper behavior or straight out tell him to leave, if he really was there she could've told Bella to take her break or something instead of sending her home.

The background guy is a nice detail. DPC is using a technique similar to the Deep Focus, where something in the background is sharply in focus. And knowing he's crazy about small details, I don't think he just placed him there for no reason. Like he placed Chad's sneakers in Troy's room long before the reveal as a hint and some people around here picked up on it. So I'm going to say that the guy is really confused as to why Bella is talking to thin air.
 
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Ilhares said:
For some reason my brain just went to Marcellus Wallace.
There are two main flaws with this. The first, as others have mentioned, is that Bella likely wouldn't give a shit. She dumps MC for getting a blowie in her car with Cathy. Video evidence of him banging Jade? Absolute deal breaker.

The second is the erroneous assumption that Burke would have the video at all. My MC is smart enough to not tell Derek a damn thing, and that video never surfaces.
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By the way, how do you think the video ends up at Burke's hands at all? Someone from the DIK's is really the mole and gives Burke whatever information they have? Or Burke is paying someone to do the job for him so he can control them better, something that probably will be financially related given that Rusty is filthy rich.

Also that video is a huge advantage for Burke in case Jade decides to divorce him. He can either blackmail her or use it as evidence of her infidelity, which will prevent her from getting the half of whatever their wealth is.
 
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Lostanddamned said:
It's a headscratching flashback for sure, in the context of that it doesn't shine light into anything at all. What we learn from it basically is: what James looks like and some insight on his character, Bella's old workplace and their interactions, while it is equally strange that everyone else besides Bella is ignoring James (or they don't see him at all, which was the point of the debate).
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the narrative purpose of that flashback is to show us the library where Bella worked, so as to make sense of the escape at the end of the first date

the most useless flashback seen so far (this is to encourage Zoey and her interlude...)
 
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Warscared said:
he could indeed have hired a beta to hack into the dik´s laptop!
but i think the best surprise is that if its bert! Derek and the MC where in his room when the MC with his old phone (as in easyer to crack) and Derek where talking! what if bert was under the covers trying to sleep and heard the conversation?

even if this did not happen if Bert is the hacker Burke works with it still works!

to assume a mole is like a total break of trust and i must side with Jacob there is nothing good coming out of suspecting the people you should trust! if you must confirm please go ahead but never plant the seed of doubt or it will corrode the group from within!
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The least trustworthy guy in the group in my opinion is Tommy. Like if Burke went ahead and told him "Hey, I can give you drug money in exchange for information", I have no doubt in my mind that Tommy would accept and sells his brothers in the blink of an eye.
 
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Because obviously the internal thoughts of a woman suffering from mental illness can certainly be taken as gospel truth.
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But isn't the whole theory that Bella is mentally ill, predicated on that stuff not being true? If so it's circular reasnoning. If James is alive, she's not talking to and about dead people and we have no reason to assume she is.
 
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Lostanddamned said:
Also that video is a huge advantage for Burke in case Jade decides to divorce him. He can either blackmail her or use it as evidence of her infidelity, which will prevent her from getting the half of whatever their wealth is.
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They don't have a prenup, why would it matter who did what in the event of a divorce? The grounds and the financial settlement have no reason to be connected in law, absent a contract that says they are.
 
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WhitePolarFoxxx said:
Cuck me by well-rendered lesbian girl once — shame on you.
Cuck me by well-rendered lesbian girl twice — shame on me.

Dropped after Chapter 4 and still not sure, should I play it again.
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as far as of it right now in the moment. There is no Lesbian character in the game , the word you looking for is Bisexual . May be if you would have pay attention to the actual game, during those 4 episode , you would realized this by yourself :rolleyes::whistle: . and Yes almost every girl in the game is bisexual.:devilish:
 
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Heyesey said:
But isn't the whole theory that Bella is mentally ill, predicated on that stuff not being true? If so it's circular reasnoning. If James is alive, she's not talking to and about dead people and we have no reason to assume she is.
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It's a good way for folks to " talk " about something... this thread is 8681 pages ( and growing :KEK: ) due to these theories which are sometimes spot on and most of the time simply " hogwash " :LOL::ROFLMAO::KEK: Take it with a grain of salt and put the pieces together yourselves as the actual story goes on and everything will be golden ! ;)

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Bisexual
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A VERY GOOD and a VERY IMPORTANT correction... ! (y)
 
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