I'm running into an issue I haven't seen reported before.
If I complete the content, then start a new game, but I choose a different name for my character, by the time I return from my first visit to the slime palace, I'm back to the original character name.
This isn't new. I noticed it happening before, in v0.4.7b, when played under doze 7.
This time, it's happening again, but in v0.4.8d under Wine in Linux.
Here's the befuddling part.
I completely deleted the directory for the game and extracted a new version of the game and it STILL renamed my character to the old name!
Where in the hell is this thing caching the data, that it's getting the name data from a game that doesn't even exist? I completely deleted the directory!
Talk about crazy!
No matter what I do, I can't get the name I want in the new game. It's going back and getting the save that's somewhere on the HDD.
Looking over the switches I see the following switches checked:
Switch #4915: RydiaEndGet
Switch #4916: RaniaUndidRenaming
In my previous games at this stage, only 4916: RaniaUndidRenaming is checked.
I can un-check these all I want and they wind up checked again.
The means the devs have come up with to keep the sick names Rania gives you RUINS later game play, if you want your characters to have a new name.
Is there a way for someone to come up with a way to give "Eric(a)" a new name in later game play? For instance, a dialogue box at the start of the new game that lets you choose?
ie:
Have you played before? Yes / No
If yes, it undoes the fetch for the renaming.
If no, it leaves things be so you can play anew.
As things stand, it's almost a "One Time Play" sort of thing. Play it once and that's it. You've played the game, so you aren't allowed to play it again.
Ooohhkaaay ...
In the following folder:
/c:/users/"user-name"/Application Data/RPG Maker/Magical Maid Minions -- Windows
/home/"user-name"/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/"user-name"/Application Data/RPG Maker/Magical Maid Minions -- Linux
You should find the following file: SavingDataShared_MagicalMaidMinions.rvdata2
I've deleted it and it shows up as soon as I load a save game. THIS TIME, however, I SEEM to get the correct name. Only time will tell for certain.
If you saved the game with the old names, the old names WILL persist, even after deleting this file.
This file also seems to cause issues with RPG Maker Save Game Edit. It causes the save editor to skip the first four or five names in the party list.
The issues do NOT seem to happen until Rania renames your party.
When that happens, you can't edit the attributes for your party with the editor and you need to go to one of the online Save editors to do so.
So far, so good. It seems the data for the names was stored there.