Preface: I know, it's a wall of text but bear with me on this one please... it's for all of our benefit imo.
I've always, always been transparent in my work progress and information I find regarding the products I modify. Most folks that have lingered around any AVN or SanchoMod thread for any amount of time already know this. That said I understand from reading some of the many posts that reading is a bitch (which is ironic considering this website is a forum based on textual communications).
So, for those majority of folks that that do actually read (thank you for that otherwise I've been wasting my time for years) I thought more about the post I made
here and realized there is most likely a need and/or desire to expand on the AutoSave feature in this AVN due to there being 4 main paths and that named saves would benefit from adding this information.
I've done just that with some acronym usage due to lack of space (naming length versus readable font size) so thought I'd make a post explaining it and defining what those acronyms are. It's pretty simple so don't worry. Here's the basic jest of it:
When you start the VN in Ep1 these main pathings are set then you get one chance in Ep8 (AVN v0.9) to change your mind if you want. I'll leave out the fact that you can theoretically change anytime via SanchoCheats as I'm addressing non-cheated gameplay at the moment. Now, I've recoded (again) the AutoSave Core to add an acronym for one of the four pathings to the end of the preset save name. Here's an example (see the save circled, this is new code so I haven't populated all my testing saves yet) of how that will look. I apologize for the readability due to the font colors as I had my mouse hovering over the save which highlights it:
In the example above I've adjusted the AutoSave point to exactly where Cherry fully describes each of the four paths so if you load that save you have reference if needed. Here's the acronym key for the four main paths:
- EO = EllaOnlyChoice(US)
- ESV = ElSelVerChoice(US)
- VSO = VerSelOnlyChoice(US)
- VSE = VerSelElChoice(UK)
I know this is a wall of text to explain something that may appear mundane and rather simple but I thought it important enough 1) it's the little things that promote quality of life improvements and 2) there will no doubt be a "what does XXX stand for in the save names?". Hopefully this post will serve to address both concerns.
Regards. It's time for my second cup of coffee and get back to finishing this v0.12b update. Thanks again for your patience.