With all these modifications i was able to play through episode 1. I've noticed that sometimes you have to be in the room at the correct time to trigger the event, sometimes you have to be outside the room and click the room at the correct time, and sometimes you just need to go to sleep a couple of times.
The sad thing is, you actually don't miss anything by skipping all the grind since there are no "grind" events or side story telling. Its just dragging out the story and have you play usless quick time mini games for no reason, other than dragging out the playtime.