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

[DrSoong]

Hello All,

I'll apologize as I feel like in 10k+ pages this might have been posted previously, though I looked and couldn't find anything along the same lines. I'm getting an error when attempting to view any of the reward render's - either through the phone in game, or the gallery from the main menu - resulting in the following error:

```
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 1, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 1, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 22, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 34, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 35, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 41, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 41, in <module>
IndexError: list index out of range

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

Full traceback:
  File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 28, in script
    python hide:
  File "renpy/ast.py", line 928, in execute
    renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
  File "renpy/python.py", line 2245, in py_exec_bytecode
    exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
  File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 28, in <module>
    python hide:
  File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 35, in _execute_python_hide
    ui.interact()
  File "renpy/ui.py", line 298, in interact
    rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3315, in interact
    repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, **kwargs)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3735, in interact_core
    root_widget.visit_all(lambda i : i.per_interact())
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 568, in visit_all
    d.visit_all(callback, seen)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 568, in visit_all
    d.visit_all(callback, seen)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 568, in visit_all
    d.visit_all(callback, seen)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 568, in visit_all
    d.visit_all(callback, seen)
  File "renpy/display/screen.py", line 436, in visit_all
    callback(self)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3735, in <lambda>
    root_widget.visit_all(lambda i : i.per_interact())
  File "renpy/display/screen.py", line 447, in per_interact
    self.update()
  File "renpy/display/screen.py", line 637, in update
    self.screen.function(**self.scope)
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 1, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 1, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 22, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 34, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 35, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 41, in execute
  File "game/scripts/rewards/rewards_mixed.rpy", line 41, in <module>
  File "renpy/python.py", line 992, in __getitem__
    rv = list.__getitem__(self, index)
IndexError: list index out of range

Windows-10-10.0.19041
Ren'Py 7.4.10.2178
Being a DIK 0.8.1
Wed Aug 31 19:01:29 2022
```

Sub "rewards_mixed.rpy" for your choice of girls' name. This only happens once I have something unlocked for the given girl. If they are at 0, it loads completely fine.

Likely unrelated, but the "Scenes" work perfectly fine, it's only the Rewards gallery.

So far I have tried completely removing the game (to include deleting the appropriate folder in %AppData%\Roaming\RenPy), re-downloading a fresh copy. My progress was NOT reset, and the error remains.
Anyone have any words of wisdom?

Thanks!

The magic of keeping progress is the persistent File, if you keep any version of it, it will not reset. Normally you will find it in game/saves in the directory you installed the game and, as you wrote, in %AppData%\Roaming\RenPy. If both persistent files are deleted, the progress should be reset.

As i see, the error is with 0.8.1. Did you have the Interlude installed? It' persistent file is not compatible with the one from previous versions (tried once to copy it back to 0.8.2 but gave me an error).

 

[inevitableandinfinity8]

I was momentarily tempted to say that this is the single most pathetic post I've ever read on here, but then I remembered that I've already read pretty much everything you've written here several times before. It's basically the standard boiler plate reaction for Quinn's fans who can't stand it when someone dares to say anything negative about their precious waifu. They angrily lash out with bunch of ad hominem attacks and straw-man arguments, usually about how people who don't like Quinn just can't handle anything that isn't pure sunshine and rainbows because they are not only too soft to enjoy a villain, but also too stupid to understand why anyone else would like one either. And like the others before you, you're wrong on both counts.

You like bad girls? Fine, I get it. There's games where I've sided them. But this ain't one of them. Quinn sucks.

Quinn isn't hated for being a villain. She's hated for being a terribly written villain. A good villain is intimidating and powerful, so that the protagonist has an actual challenge to overcome. Nobody wants to see Rocky easily beat a bunch of cans, they want to see him struggle against men like Clubber Lang and Ivan Drago. They want to see Jean-Claude fight Bolo Yeung, not some asthmatic kid with scoliosis. And they want it to be a long hard fight where the protagonist has to endure setbacks and hardships. And it doesn't have to be a physical fight either. It's just as much fun to see a prolonged game of cat and mouse unfold between two opponents trying to out wit one another, like Edmund and Fernand in the Count of Monte Cristo. But we don't have that here.

Quinn is embarrassingly incompetent. She makes one unforced error after another, and it's made all the worse by how easy she's had it. She was lucky enough to start with Sage's trust, Riona's advice, and help from Camilla, Mona, and Tommy. Quinn gets caught lying to Sage twice, ignores Riona's advice, hits and insults Riona, betrays Tommy and Camilla, and puts Mona in over her head. And she doesn't even turn a profit on it since she isn't selling what the preps were buying and also got jumped like a punk. Sage is now becoming friends with Maya, who Quinn had been obsessively tormenting, while Riona is now becoming close friends with Camilla (which could lead to both of them ditching Quinn). She burned her bridge with Tommy, and lost Mona. And what role has the main character played in all of this? None.

The single biggest failing of this game (as far as the writing goes) has been the fact that you can't treat Quinn like the villain she is. The game simply won't give you any choice in the matter. You want to warn Maya that Quinn is having the HOTs turn tricks? Tough shit, you aren't allowed. You want to threaten Quinn to try to get her to ease up on Maya? No way, not a possibility. You want to ask Sage if she is knows about the restaurant business? Nope, you can't do that either. You can't do anything at all. This makes the main character look like a total imbecile, especially when he's romantically involved with Maya, Sage, or even Josy.

The only thing that the main character needed to do was to try. It didn't matter if he failed, as long as he failed in a way that made sense. If he told Maya what Quinn had told him about the restaurant, and Maya thought that Quinn was bullshitting him, or that the two were unrelated, she could've continued to try for the rumoured scholarship. It would've made Maya look a bit worse, but we can excuse that with her being desperate. If we had told Sage what Quinn told us, then Quinn could counter by telling Sage that we were just making this up to get back at her for pushing us out in the streets naked. This would put Sage in a bind, because she can't really turn on a HOT just on the word of a newcomer, can she? So the main plot doesn't change course, it just has Quinn and the MC look at least slightly competent.

Quinn's ineptitude prevents her from being a badass. She's just an ass. A two bit bully that targets only those who can't fight back. A coward. There is nothing impressive about her.

Look man , You have written so much against quinn so she already have proven her important and imapct on character and story.

I will tell you this much Once you understand you just liking other side and you don't have to hate different side to prove your love to the LI you admire.

THEN AND ONLY THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND IMPORTANT OF + AND - .

FURTHER MORE " If I tell you that I hate Maya and Jill " Yet they are really important and have really great Impact on strory and character doesn't matter if I dont like them or not.

But it's okk i suppose, most mostly swims on surface. Peace out.

 

[FappingWorldwide]

Oh, if only there was a way to see Tybalt's face when you had fucked Sage, Jade, AND Jill!!!! That would be the best revenge!!!!

I wonder if you will get some special scenes or achievement if you went all out on Tybalt:
Banged Sage, Jade, and Jill in the same run.
Ruined his presentation with a dick pick, punched him, and knocked out his teeth during the tennis match.
+Mocked him at every available dialogue, including the Rooster posts.

- I'm not really sure if he'll give a crap about Sage tbh. They seem radically different, and not necessarily on the best of terms given Sage's reaction at the presentation, her willingness to fuck on his bed, and general aversion towards high end societal behavior/ hobbies.

 

[znar25]

I really doubt she's going to get one, given it's something that'd play out only for a small amount of players who went full broccoli, and thus creates a headache down the road of having to juggle storylines for "normal Quinn" who can serve her role as convenient antagonist/scapegoat, and "nice Quinn" who can't and would require some sort of replacement, or some serious differences in content branches?

Well, either that or she'll just get redemption arc no matter what, but that'd be pretty silly deus ex machina.

For me, unfortunately, I suspect a Quinn redemption arc will be as a witness for the prosecution and her and MC live a happy life someplace no one has ever heard of in the witness protection program.

 

[znar25]

Can't disagree, just a shitty move... but like you said with Sage giving the MC a 2nd chance to her path in Ep7 (really didn't expect that on my first Chick run where I ended it quickly, didn't think she'd fit), maybe she'll be the one asking for a 2nd chance later in the game.

In fact, if Sage got a 2nd chance going, I suppose all the MG could, Josy and Maya as 2nd chances in solo paths, Bella too, could see her getting flustered if MC gets something going with Nora or already has something with Jade, or if MC rejected her in Ep8 (she was visibly in pain)...

On that phone call, Bella played the, oh so mature decision card, but for her, it hurt.

 

[Sasanid]

I wonder if you will get some special scenes or achievement if you went all out on Tybalt:
Banged Sage, Jade, and Jill in the same run.
Ruined his presentation with a dick pick, punched him, and knocked out his teeth during the tennis match.
+Mocked him at every available dialogue, including the Rooster posts.

- I'm not really sure if he'll give a crap about Sage tbh. They seem radically different, and not necessarily on the best of terms given Sage's reaction at the presentation, her willingness to fuck on his bed, and general aversion towards high end societal behavior/ hobbies.

For Tybalt, everything is about the image, the prestige, the name, I don't think he's a bad guy, I mean, his blackmail attempt was a shitty move but if Jill investigated a bit instead of believing him it would have been harmless... he's just a brainwashed idiot who thinks he's figured it all and that he's above everything.

He would be flabbergasted if he went to know Jade bangs the MC, but Jade would probably tell him to fuck off, heartbroken in a weird way if MC ends up with Jill because, a bit like her, he lives in a bubble and Jill is everything he wants, image, prestige, and the name... while I think he may end up giving crap to Sage because she's 'ruining' their name and prestige by being with a lower-class peasant, but Sage wouldn't give a fuck.

Honestly, can't wait to see how many variations of this family reunion there will be, especially if Tybalt is there.

 

[znar25]

I hate the concert and after 5 times in a row watching it when you have several saves for different routes the worst thing is that at least giving skip did not matter because I think another part was coming

It's like the tennis match with Isabella in EP 7 and after playing it several times it becomes annoying

Later episode down the road, Zoey has a tennis match scene: A.C.: "That was fucking awesome!!!!!!"

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

Not really a big deal. You have GD sides lining up to take MC's nut-butter and with Jill you get, "What do I do now?" If the game continues to be written good enough, you stay friends with Jill, then plow the daylights out of her mom and Bianca who probably, as the great Andrew Dice Clay once said, "have ball savvy". Still a win.

Okay, you got me. I'm on Jill's path just because of Bianca

 

[znar25]

For Tybalt, everything is about the image, the prestige, the name, I don't think he's a bad guy, I mean, his blackmail attempt was a shitty move but if Jill investigated a bit instead of believing him it would have been harmless... he's just a brainwashed idiot who thinks he's figured it all and that he's above everything.

He would be flabbergasted if he went to know Jade bangs the MC, but Jade would probably tell him to fuck off, heartbroken in a weird way if MC ends up with Jill because, a bit like her, he lives in a bubble and Jill is everything he wants, image, prestige, and the name... while I think he may end up giving crap to Sage because she's 'ruining' their name and prestige by being with a lower-class peasant, but Sage wouldn't give a fuck.

Honestly, can't wait to see how many variations of this family reunion there will be, especially if Tybalt is there.

Like I stated some time back, if that house has an angled open stairway overlooking the living room. MC will be able to give his Independence Day motivational speech and win the day. No matter the branch/path. No matter if the video of him plowing Jade is running on a loop on the big screen TV.

 

[znar25]

Oh, if only there was a way to see Tybalt's face when you had fucked Sage, Jade, AND Jill!!!! That would be the best revenge!!!!

On the path where Jill rejects MC at the restaurant.
MC: "Oh and T,... I've been laying the pipe to your mom for a few weeks. And you know, I think I will continue to do it. Good day to you, Sir."

 

[Sasanid]

Okay, you got me. I'm on Jill's path just because of Bianca

The interest she shows for the MC at their dinner, also when she says she introduced Jill to some elements of life (something like that, don't remember the exact words, honestly thought she meant they fooled around a bit), and then the face she does at Jill's concert when MC plays guitar alone and with her. Also, don't remember this part too much either, but I seem to have a read some posters who said Bianca's boyfriend is a cheater ?

She will be the temptress of Jill's route.

Edit: Forgot to mention, since there's always the 'ghost' of Lynette's family name reveal, I think it could play a big role there, even if Bianca doesn't seem to care about names.

 

[Sasanid]

Like I stated some time back, if that house has an angled open stairway overlooking the living room. MC will be able to give his Independence Day motivational speech and win the day. No matter the branch/path. No matter if the video of him plowing Jade is running on a loop on the big screen TV.

Given DPC's attention to details, not sure there won't be at least slight differences in the renders, perhaps not huge ones, but I could see slight ones. I guess if MC was polite or an ass with Stephen when Jill put him and Chad on the counselor's 'trial' could weight in the overall scene, too.

Let's say the MC was polite, didn't bang Jade, wasn't mean to Tybalt in any ways, didn't ruin his presentation, and is on Jill path, he may want to suck it up and try to be on his good side, like Sage said when at the Prep mansion, which is why she's disgusted of her father.

But if, instead, the MC was an ass, banged both Jade and Sage, whether he stayed on 'Others' path and didn't end his fling with Jade, showed the video, or did all that and dumped her and went for Sage instead, then went all-out on Tybalt, broke his teeth and ruined his presentation, pretty sure Stephen will blackmail him, or try to.

Those are extremes, of course, but the 1st scenario was my Chick run, the 2nd one was my pure DIK run. Can't wait to see both, especially the 2nd, might go nuclear.

 

[znar25]

Someone may have brought this up already. In v8.3, on the Nora path, she does not show up in the bios or rewards artwork.
Don't know about previous versions as this is the first time I have gotten around to her path.

 

[znar25]

This would be funny. On the Bella path, she shows MC some photos. And, there is a photo of her sister, Nora.

 

[Sasanid]

Someone may have brought this up already. In v8.3, on the Nora path, she does not show up in the bios or rewards artwork.
Don't know about previous versions as this is the first time I have gotten around to her path.

Just went to a run where I banged Nora, still haven't updated to 0.8.3, and Nora isn't in the bios either. Guess it'll be a 'surprise' for Ep9 and on, I suppose with many other new ones.

 

[mightybored]

This would be funny. On the Bella path, she shows MC some photos. And, there is a photo of her sister, Nora.

Only if it was an OMG sister.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

The interest she shows for the MC at their dinner, also when she says she introduced Jill to some elements of life (something like that, don't remember the exact words, honestly thought she meant they fooled around a bit), and then the face she does at Jill's concert when MC plays guitar alone and with her. Also, don't remember this part too much either, but I seem to have a read some posters who said Bianca's boyfriend is a cheater ?

She will be the temptress of Jill's route.

Edit: Forgot to mention, since there's always the 'ghost' of Lynette's family name reveal, I think it could play a big role there, even if Bianca doesn't seem to care about names.

I wonder how Bianca is open and slutty?
How fast will she try to get into the MC pants?
I notice this scenario in many VNs. There are two girlfriends - one is shy and modest, the second is depraved, slutty and a complete extrovert. The second tries to direct the first, to make it more "open" and adventurous.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

This would be funny. On the Bella path, she shows MC some photos. And, there is a photo of her sister, Nora.

Bro, can you show a screenshot? Never noticed it.

 

[mightybored]

I wonder if Bella would actually be open to having an open relationship? Because she's shown that the physical stuff is okay, as long as you don't catch feelings. Her issue is that she did catch feelings for Fuckface, not that they were playing around.

Which reminds me of Heather and Tommy, who also sleep around even though they're "together".

 

[Sasanid]

Bro, can you show a screenshot? Never noticed it.

I think he was joking, but that would be an 'Intertwined' scenario for sure.

I wonder if Bella would actually be open to having an open relationship? Because she's shown that the physical stuff is okay, as long as you don't catch feelings. Her issue is that she did catch feelings for Fuckface, not that they were playing around.

Which reminds me of Heather and Tommy, who also sleep around even though they're "together".

I don't think she would, she didn't have any sex for a couple years, she opened up for the MC, not for anyone else, and let's say that if the MC cheats on her, he would be in a world of shit.