VN Ren'Py Eternum [v0.8.0] [Caribdis]

[Dorfnutter]

Not just her, fucked up Annie date in 0.8 is easy too, just flirt with a waitress

Yeah well, that part is painfully obvious why you lost her path.

 

[fygbros]

 

[cayseron]

Actually it's one of the reasons why people on Cari's Discord have a headcanon that he hates Dalia, since it's quite easy to lose her path and some of the things she's subjected to are quite terrible compared to the other girls.

im not familiar with that but i dont think this is happening out of simple hate. I actually like how strong Dalia is in spite of circumstances. She is so mature for her age, smart, strong in both body and spirit and none of it goes to her head. She works hard and knows her worth. I love everything about Dalia, what i dont like the writing of her romance path. Yes i love the route we have to some extent as its absolutely plausible for Orion to be obsessed with the idea of deepthroat ever since Dalia volonteer the information about no gag reflex, but i dont like that only way to stay on her path is to be manipulative devils advocate who is physically assaulting people in public. Dalia seems like she is THE ONE character who needs gentle touch the most and orion is forced to be asshole to her the most

 

[bitofaperv]

Besides the fact that it was a great update and Caribdis as always loves to torment us with his cliffhangers and breaks at the most interesting moments, I noticed one thing.
This is MC, who began to behave more and more arrogantly and even getting a bullet from two lowlives did not relieve his overconfidence.
He threatens El Coyote that he can take the artifact and the Gem, and moreover, he acts completely irresponsibly, moving to Eternum without an implant. And even more retarded, that he did it with Dalia, putting her life at risk. We know that implants are tricky and can leave your consciousness in Eternum, but without an implant, death in Eternum is final and irrevocable.
I don't have Dalia's route active, but suppose the consequences for her are worse on it, since Hassan will reject her as "impure" and send her to the incubator, because we had full scenes with her, right? If Orion is ready to risk himself, then he should have gathered his senses and dissuaded Dalia.
I hope that after fight with Thanatos, MC will touch some grass and come to his senses.

Whether the behaviour is arrogance or carelessness, internal consistency is not Caribdis's strength as a writer. He's an excellent writers of "situations" and leans into that, which is why Eternum feels like a sitcom. This leads to a lot of inconsistencies in the narrative so he can get the most bang out of the scenarios he dreams up.

As such, I wouldn't put too much stock into Orion's motivations for behaving so riskily. Caribdis serves the scenario, not the plausibility.

Obviously, I would like him to have both, but honestly, Eternum is best played without thinking too much. It's wonderful in so many ways, but there is no doubt that it is best to play with the brain switched firmly off.

 

[Jigglybone]

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I do feel the lack of 'side content'. On one hand it would be odd for Orion to be fooling around this deep in...on the other goddamn it the 'Others' section is painfully short. With the setup a pity scene if you flirt with the waitress on Annie's date could work for example. Maybe Cari just doesn't want to encourage the player to be scummy.

 

[Zegion101]

More like August-September if he starts development for it mid-January (since that's around the time the Public version for 0.8 comes out and he usually starts a few days after that).

Well since 0.8 is his biggest update, I expect him to go smaller in 0.9, like how 0.7 was smaller than 0.6. July/Early August could be DL release

 

[Meabe37]

I do feel the lack of 'side content'. On one hand it would be odd for Orion to be fooling around this deep in...on the other goddamn it the 'Others' section is painfully short. With the setup a pity scene if you flirt with the waitress on Annie's date could work for example. Maybe Cari just doesn't want to encourage the player to be scummy.

Last update we saw Eva again (was it her name?) and in this one: Maat. I don't know if he plan to had them to the harem at some point but in any cases it seems that we gonna see them again in the future and it would be weird for them to not have, at least, a second sexy scene at some point if they are coming back imo. We defo need more Maat, she is insanely hot!

 

[cayseron]

Last update we saw Eva again (was it her name?) and in this one: Maat. I don't know if he plan to had them to the harem at some point but in any cases it seems that we gonna see them again in the future and it would be weird for them to not have, at least, a second sexy scene at some point if they are coming back imo. We defo need more Maat, she is insanely hot!

"others" exist for sole purpose of giving orion option to get laid before the actual main girls stories naturally progress to point where they can fool around properly. Without Eve and Maat it would be "sex game with no sex for 5 updates". We got cameos of seeing them around, but i dont think there will be any future scenes with them with how much main girl content is there to be desired.
to give you a comparison, imagine working hard to improve your shop, starting from the bottom selling 2nd hand bullshit and eventually get to the point where you have the brand name of your own and then people come to your store complaining why its not a drift store instead. there is simply no reason for Orion to fuck nobodies when he is at point where he is in love with these girls
to quote a wise man from MCU, we are in the endgame now

 

[pitao]

So there's no way to anticipate that issue? If you start the game, persistent file is overwritten before you can do anything? Damn, luckily there's the walkthrough pdf to and the skip unseen dialogue option. Unlocked everything again that way already
Edit: HOLY MO... Just run the game again to be sure and it's all locked again!!!

There is, this is what I usually do. I DL the new version, unzip it and paste the old save folder into the new installation game folder (and then if available I place the mods I want, in this game the multi mod). Then I ran the new version without (very important) deleting the old version (or if you just keep the save folder or use the one in the appdata make a back up one because once you run the game persistent file overwrites to the new settings). And I check the preferences menu, if my saves work and if the game have galleries I check if they are like used to be in previous version. If all fine then I delete the old version and/or the backups. This are good preventive measures just in case something goes wrong in the new installation. If happened the issue you got then I would copy the old persistent file again into the new version, maybe something went wrong when I pasted it the first time, if kept the issue well nothing I could do than use the multi mod unlock gallery button or use a universal gallery unlock mod I guess.

Edit : I could also temporarily use URM (universal renpy mod) and check if there is a way on the variables to unlock the gallery, usually done 1 by 1 instance but in some games also work. Once done I delete URM, I don't like using URM in my favorite games because it is very disruptive usually, can be set to be not intrusive but I prefer not to use on a game like Eternum.

Edit2 : Hmm just saw your edited post (sorry just woke up, still sleeping I guess ), dunno what is happening in your game but the persistent file isn't saving your previous settings when you close the game. Your issue seems more troublesome, no idea what can be done to solve it because never faced an issue like that on renpy games. Try deleting the tokens folder in the %appdata%/roaming/Renpy folder like it is suggested in this thread, Ren'Py - Persistent data not saving upon exiting | F95zone , it may being caused by something you did involuntarily in your windows like it is said on this thread, did any other game happened this same issue? From now on probably we direct message each other for this (conversations forum tool) , moderators may not like we keep being off topic even if this is related to an issue you had in the game Eternum.

 

[Akiya]

It's the first time for me to enjoy the story of a game on this forum this much. I played Once In A Lifetime (I just know this fact, thats why while playing I always have the feeling he took reference from that game) before and I liked it but not as much as this.

Gonna subscribe his patreon, for the first time of my life Im thinking about spending dime on hentai game lol.

 

[Zegion101]

"others" exist for sole purpose of giving orion option to get laid before the actual main girls stories naturally progress to point where they can fool around properly. Without Eve and Maat it would be "sex game with no sex for 5 updates". We got cameos of seeing them around, but i dont think there will be any future scenes with them with how much main girl content is there to be desired.
to give you a comparison, imagine working hard to improve your shop, starting from the bottom selling 2nd hand bullshit and eventually get to the point where you have the brand name of your own and then people come to your store complaining why its not a drift store instead. there is simply no reason for Orion to fuck nobodies when he is at point where he is in love with these girls
to quote a wise man from MCU, we are in the endgame now

Exactly, there is more than enough development with main girls now to easily churn out 3-4 scenes each update with just them. Maybe it'll change when he goes multiple threesomes after everyone got a sex scene and confession and throw in a "others" scene as a refresher

 

[cayseron]

Exactly, there is more than enough development with main girls now to easily churn out 3-4 scenes each update with just them. Maybe it'll change when he goes multiple threesomes after everyone got a sex scene and confession and throw in a "others" scene as a refresher

it would make zero sense given the character development. It would also be waste of cari's time to work on "others" when there is so much actual canon stuff to be written. after everything that happened and his near death experience in the chinatown Orion realizes what is important to him and what he wants. From this point on flirting with others will be cause for punishment and losing the path of main girls, not something to be rewarded. As i said we are in endgame, from here on now its the chase to finish line and trying to get that perfect happy ending which is canonically going to be harem ending. I dont see cari wasting time making full scenes with random characters this late in development when its clear what the right choices are. In early updates it makes sense, Orion is new to town, does not even know any of girls or is only getting to know them again (he knows penny and dalia as little kids, not grown ups that they are) so fucking around when it does not hurt anyone makes sense. at this point fucking maat would only break hearts and he already promised nancy he would never do that so narratively it is impossible. in fact id be disappointed if i see cari waste time writing it as posibility cause it just means waiting that much longer for new update because of scenes that we all know are filler

 

[Vega Cifer]

Yo wth, I'm trying to play the game but it keeps saying will continue in 0.9??? After loading a save where I left off...what am I supposed to do

 

[Dorfnutter]

Yo wth, I'm trying to play the game but it keeps saying will continue in 0.9??? After loading a save where I left off...what am I supposed to do

Game is still in development and not complete. 0.9 is not out yet, and will likely release next year around August-September.

 

[Vega Cifer]

Game is still in development and not complete. 0.9 is not out yet, and will likely release next year around August-September.

That's what I mean. I didn't play 0.8, left off on the last update. I'm going to the same save I left off before 0.8, on the thank you for playing screen. It just switches to continued in 0.9. I tried going back to an earlier save...does the same thing when I reach the specific part. No idea what's going on. I'll try extracting again, I guess?

When I try and check the gallery also gives me an error

 

[cayseron]

That's what I mean. I didn't play 0.8, left off on the last update. I'm going to the same save I left off before 0.8, on the thank you for playing screen. It just switches to continued in 0.9. I tried going back to an earlier save...does the same thing when I reach the specific part. No idea what's going on. I'll try extracting again, I guess?

When I try and check the gallery also gives me an error

when loading your save try scrolling up a bit to get back into previous scene and then try to move forward. it works for me when i accidentally save on the "thank you for playing" page. I think developers just delete that page as they continue the story so saves that load that page gets buggy

 

[Dorfnutter]

That's what I mean. I didn't play 0.8, left off on the last update. I'm going to the same save I left off before 0.8, on the thank you for playing screen. It just switches to continued in 0.9. I tried going back to an earlier save...does the same thing when I reach the specific part. No idea what's going on. I'll try extracting again, I guess?

When I try and check the gallery also gives me an error

...Wait, you saved on the thank you screen itself?

I don't think you're supposed to load from there. Do you have a save at an earlier point?

 

[Vega Cifer]

when loading your save try scrolling up a bit to get back into previous scene and then try to move forward. it works for me when i accidentally save on the "thank you for playing" page. I think developers just delete that page as they continue the story so saves that load that page gets buggy

I also tried this, and it didn't work...I may be cooked

...Wait, you saved on the thank you screen itself?

I don't think you're supposed to load from there. Do you have a save at an earlier point?

I saved right before it, and on the screen itself. Went back to the scene with nova even..still did it



Edit: Okay I extracted again, went back to a previous save. It somehow worked this time. I assume gallery was crashing cause I tried to put back in multi mod, but I think multi mod stays regardless. So doubling it made an error

 

[cayseron]

so any new earworms for you guys? Unironically as much as we all have something negative to say about dalia's route's each time she gets a new scene i get a new earworm XD the song from her scene is not just perfect for dalia but also just amazing song in itself. ive been listening to it for days

 

[davie2404]

That's what I mean. I didn't play 0.8, left off on the last update. I'm going to the same save I left off before 0.8, on the thank you for playing screen. It just switches to continued in 0.9. I tried going back to an earlier save...does the same thing when I reach the specific part. No idea what's going on. I'll try extracting again, I guess?

When I try and check the gallery also gives me an error

I had same issue but I was using the Mod. I installed an unmodded 0.8 and game played on from 0.7 with no problem.