VN Ren'Py Stormside [v0.23.1.4] [Atemsiel]

[Peacekeepr]

It's possible it has a minor effect on the time it takes for the game to actually launch, but I think this is primarily down to how many seperate files it needs to load.

Technically loading the lines take nanoseconds (so not worth noting) and opening multiple files do take some time for IO operation (so only relevant if you're using an HDD) and really still measured in milliseconds so not worth worrying about, not in Python at least. Having them compressed as RPA files would have more impact as it would need to deflate the files, and even that is barely worth notice.

The actual minor effect is that Ren'Py might count duplicate lines as distinct, so if your strategy is "make a run, then make a second one while skipping already seen scenes or dialogues to only see the changes" this might not work.

(Using if statements means that playing in skip mode will stop often but allow you to see what was effectively different, whereas duplicating the label might not allow "skip read text" to work on these scenes)

I'd die immediately if I had to deal with a file with like 200k lines in it.

While having multiple files is much more orderly, some editors allow you to follow the control statements with a few clicks (so you could e.g. right click on "jump day2" and it would jump your cursor to where day2 is declared), although for Ren'Py you might need syntax highlight additions. So you should not immediately die. Now, two weeks later when you try to find what is giving a weird error and no longer remember what you wrote? That's a different story; no smart-ass editor will help you if you made it all in a single massive file.

Normally you end up with massive files when you're e.g. writing the story in Twine and

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If you're working with Ren'Py files directly, then definitely keep them split up, which

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the advised practice.

 

[Elhemeer]

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[Atemsiel]

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Yep, wrong speaker. Fixed, thank you.

Also lol, I haven't played this scene in so long that I'd kinda forgotten this happened.

 

[Elhemeer]

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[Elhemeer]

Yep, wrong speaker. Fixed, thank you.

Also lol, I haven't played this scene in so long that I'd kinda forgotten this happened.

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[Elhemeer]

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[HiP1]

at this point, Jade seems much more interesting than Olivia as a character. Emilie and Beth too. Olivia is just one dimensional with zero character development

 

[wiseold6996]

at this point, Jade seems much more interesting than Olivia as a character. Emilie and Beth too. Olivia is just one dimensional with zero character development

Lol what Jade appears to be your average slut. Part of me wishes we could ship her off to professor brown as a bribe to gain an ally. At least olivia will have a storyline to see how the mc will manage to tame her

 

[Elhemeer]

at this point, Jade seems much more interesting than Olivia as a character. Emilie and Beth too. Olivia is just one dimensional with zero character development

I actually thought that before The Party ... also, I think if we make it to Friday, that's when Oliva's real character development will begin ...

 

[Elhemeer]

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[HiP1]

Lol what Jade appears to be your average slut. Part of me wishes we could ship her off to professor brown as a bribe to gain an ally. At least olivia will have a storyline to see how the mc will manage to tame her

exactly. yet, Jade has more personality and nuance than Olivia despite only appearing in two scenes the only hope Olivia has is indeed that she is a main LI with a main story coming up later.

 

[HiP1]

I actually thought that before The Party ... also, I think if we make it to Friday, that's when Oliva's real character development will begin ...

damn, dude, you're spamming comments in this thread. never saw you as enthusiastic as this in the other threads
sure, Olivia's story will only really begin when MC escorts her, but we could have hoped a main LI would have more layers with all the scenes she appeared in already.

 

[BlasKyau]

Lol what Jade appears to be your average slut. Part of me wishes we could ship her off to professor brown as a bribe to gain an ally. At least olivia will have a storyline to see how the mc will manage to tame her

She is a slut, and therefore I would prefer not to see her again. But since I will surely have to see her, let the air flow, we are going to apply the COVID safety distance of 2 meters between her and the MC.

at this point, Jade seems much more interesting than Olivia as a character. Emilie and Beth too. Olivia is just one dimensional with zero character development

I don't see any reason to be interested in Jade. In fact, what interests me most about her is to interact with her as little as possible, if possible, never again.

 

[Elhemeer]

Well damn, all caught up.

This is one of my top tier now. Love it so far.

 

[Elhemeer]

damn, dude, you're spamming comments in this thread. never saw you as enthusiastic as this in the other threads
sure, Olivia's story will only really begin when MC escorts her, but we could have hoped a main LI would have more layers with all the scenes she appeared in already.

Eh ... she's been mostly a bitch, but for her amount of gametime vs the other main girls, I don't really agree she hasn't shown enough layers. She's definitely not someone I'd want to romance, but this game has other options ... Kinda the point of it in a way.

As for why I've been kinda spammy -- I just found the game yesterday and I couldn't put it down. I definitely won't be this spammy again for a while -- at least not before the next update.

But seriously, you think I made 5k posts in 2 years JUST from F.A.R.L.?

 

[HiP1]

She is a slut, and therefore I would prefer not to see her again. But since I will surely have to see her, let the air flow, we are going to apply the COVID safety distance of 2 meters between her and the MC.



I don't see any reason to be interested in Jade. In fact, what interests me most about her is to interact with her as little as possible, if possible, never again.

Jade is not just a slut, there are very obvious hints. though you are free to engage or not, in this game. choices are always good to have.
Olivia is just a bitch at this point, there are not hint at all. the only thing that says she is not just a bitch is that she is a main LI with all the potential redemption arcs, troubled past, etc, that a significant character can get.

 

[wiseold6996]

Jade is not just a slut, there are very obvious hints. though you are free to engage or not, in this game. choices are always good to have.
Olivia is just a bitch at this point, there are not hint at all. the only thing that says she is not just a bitch is that she is a main LI with all the potential redemption arcs, troubled past, etc, that a significant character can get.

What? Her story is simple. She is a nymphomaniac and uses sex as get favors from men. She already has fucked half the town and has the stats to prove it. She is a simple one-dimensional character as expected of a side-li

 

[sipsipsap]

Jade is not just a slut, there are very obvious hints. though you are free to engage or not, in this game. choices are always good to have.
Olivia is just a bitch at this point, there are not hint at all. the only thing that says she is not just a bitch is that she is a main LI with all the potential redemption arcs, troubled past, etc, that a significant character can get.

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Where are those hints you are talking about!?!

 

[hoshimota]

What? Her story is simple. She is a nymphomaniac and uses sex as get favors from men. She already has fucked half the town and has the stats to prove it. She is a simple one-dimensional character as expected of a side-li

Of course she's a slut. But this is F95, where a character can literally cheat on the MC and do lines of coke off her dealer's foreskin and yet still if you call her a slut, the white knight legion will promptly arrive to scold you.

 

[BlasKyau]

Jade is not just a slut, there are very obvious hints. though you are free to engage or not, in this game. choices are always good to have.

She is certainly not just a slut, she is a slut and nymphomaniac more than willing to use sex to achieve her goals. In fact, as far as I know, she has already proposed sex in exchange for immunity to the MC. Which makes me even less interested in the MC having sex with her (and before reaching that point my interest was zero)

Otherwise, I'm only interested in LIs with which the MC can have a romantic relationship. Apparently the second year girls aren't going to have any of that, so I'm not interested in them (none of them), but I'm even less interested in Jade than the rest.

Olivia is just a bitch at this point, there are not hint at all. the only thing that says she is not just a bitch is that she is a main LI with all the potential redemption arcs, troubled past, etc, that a significant character can get.

My interest in Olivia is much greater than my interest in Jade, and my interest in Olivia is rather small.