varpep

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Has anyone found out the way to get ian_lena_couple_late?
In chapter 9 if you don't get into a relationship with Lena, you'll have another chance in chapter 12. For it to work, Ian cannot be dating Cindy or Alison and Lena must choose that she wants to be in a relationship with Ian. Also, for you to not get the crisis event, Lena must not sleep with anyone at the club in chapter 11. If you messed up and got the crisis event anyways, don't panic. Simply choose the broken heart option for Ian, he will still be in love in Lena but will act super jealous (using this method Ian can still be dating Cindy and Alison and it would still work). Lena must then also choose that she wants to be with Ian. BTW i you don't know what the crisis event is, it's when Jeremy tells Ian that Lena was sleeping around at the club.
 
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Here's a question: Does getting the songs or the book 'right' make much of a difference to anything?

For ages, I just went with the song lyrics that seemed to fit but I glanced at the walkthrough and there's apparently certain choices of words that work better together (I can't even parse the way it's laid out in the walkthrough) but does it make any difference in practice?
 

varpep

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Here's a question: Does getting the songs or the book 'right' make much of a difference to anything?

For ages, I just went with the song lyrics that seemed to fit but I glanced at the walkthrough and there's apparently certain choices of words that work better together (I can't even parse the way it's laid out in the walkthrough) but does it make any difference in practice?
Getting the lyrics right for the songs increases the quality of the songs which may play a factor in Lena's performance in the upcoming music contest. As for Ian, It's the same thing with the books. It may influence if he wins the book contest (excluding external forces interfering with it like Minerva and Seymour).
 
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GokutheG

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Here's a question: Does getting the songs or the book 'right' make much of a difference to anything?

For ages, I just went with the song lyrics that seemed to fit but I glanced at the walkthrough and there's apparently certain choices of words that work better together (I can't even parse the way it's laid out in the walkthrough) but does it make any difference in practice?
Besides getting stat experience for the best version I think the better book will lead to winning the book fair (without Seymour). And better songs may lead to Lena becoming a popular musician. We can't know for sure because Eva hasn't handled them in a while.
 
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CaiWez

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In chapter 9 if you don't get into a relationship with Lena, you'll have another chance in chapter 12. For it to work, Ian cannot be dating Cindy or Alison and Lena must choose that she wants to be in a relationship with Ian. Also, for you to not get the crisis event, Lena must not sleep with anyone at the club in chapter 11. If you messed up and got the crisis event anyways, don't panic. Simply choose the broken heart option for Ian, he will still be in love in Lena but will act super jealous (using this method Ian can still be dating Cindy and Alison and it would still work). Lena must then also choose that she wants to be with Ian. BTW i you don't know what the crisis event is, it's when Jeremy tells Ian that Lena was sleeping around at the club.
I don't get the chance to not become a couple with Lena in Chap 9 as Ian. I only get the " I want a relationship with you" with the ring icon option everytime.
 

varpep

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I don't get the chance to not become a couple with Lena in Chap 9 as Ian. I only get the " I want a relationship with you" with the ring icon option everytime.
That's probably because you told Jeremy that "you may be falling for Lena" in chapter 7. If you choose the "no strings attached" option, the second option unlocks for you in chapter 9.
 

ffive

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I don't get the chance to not become a couple with Lena in Chap 9 as Ian. I only get the " I want a relationship with you" with the ring icon option everytime.
IIRC you might need to have Ian be in loving relationship with Alison, so the option to be a couple with Lena is disabled. (do make sure to pick heart options for Ian/Lena and Lena/Ian where available, though) Then around Ch.11-12 give Alison cold shoulder and ignore her texts for the "love" to end, and allow Ian to get in relationship with Lena in Ch.12.
 

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IIRC you might need to have Ian be in loving relationship with Alison, so the option to be a couple with Lena is disabled. (do make sure to pick heart options for Ian/Lena and Lena/Ian where available, though) Then around Ch.11-12 give Alison cold shoulder and ignore her texts for the "love" to end, and allow Ian to get in relationship with Lena in Ch.12.
I pick the love options with Alison every chance I get but I don't get the " Embrace her " with the love icon option during their trip in chap 9.
 

ffive

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I pick the love options with Alison every chance I get but I don't get the " Embrace her " with the love icon option during their trip in chap 9.
Hmm yeah, checking the script that option is blocked if ian_lena_love flag is set. OK, i guess at this point it is quite official, the "get together late" route for Lena/Ian isn't really possible to pull off even if you jump through a lot of hoops, with too many mutually exclusive restrictions in the earlier part of the game that prevent the final conditions from being possible to fulfil.

Probably best to wait until next Chapter to see if maybe EK has already realized/fixed that on their end, and if it persists then notifying them about it might be in order.

The simplest fix would be to allow the player to select manually a casual relationship with Lena even if they're eligible for romantic one, instead of attaching conditions to it like "isn't in love with anyone".
 
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