FookU2
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So...2 paths, only 1 of them is being updated, and it's turned completely kinetic. 
Ep10 is bonkers broken, constant exceptions on npc dialogIs it just me or was this update an absolute bug fest? Like I couldn't go two dialogs without the error window popping up...
That's probably because you're using the old version of the mod? There's a new version or at least someone provided a fix for those issues. I had the same thing at first.Ep10 is bonkers broken, constant exceptions on npc dialog
I often use the "Universal transparent text box" mod. But I'm very curious about how you add/change text outline.Fine. Restored quick menu myself. I aint about to sit here clicking through it. Apparently was disabled because of some Android issuesDid the usual treatment that becomes a habit to me at this point with these games. Which is removing black dialog box from blocking renders, and adding better text outline instead. Also with this one removed annoying sprite highlight/jumping when characters speak.
If anyone wants these changes, message me, I'll drop the file and instruct where to put to overwrite.
If I were to guess, the "Universal transparent text box" mod does exactly that, it simply replaces whatever textbox.png is (often the renpy default one) with a transparent textbox.png. That works well of course.I often use the "Universal transparent text box" mod. But I'm very curious about how you add/change text outline.
# Make textbox transparent
style window:
background "#00000000"
# Add drop shadow. You can adjust the size of it if you want
style default:
outlines [ (absolute(3), "#000", absolute(0), absolute(0)) ]
# Always-on quick menu override (replaces original definition)
screen quick_menu():
zorder 100
# Keyboard shortcut. Press 'A' to toggle auto-forward mode
key "K_a" action Preference("auto-forward", "toggle")
hbox:
style_prefix "quick"
xalign 0.5
yalign 1.0
textbutton _("Back") action Rollback()
textbutton _("History") action ShowMenu('history')
textbutton _("Skip") action Skip() alternate Skip(fast=True, confirm=True)
textbutton _("Auto") action Preference("auto-forward", "toggle")
textbutton _("Save") action ShowMenu('save')
textbutton _("Q.Save") action QuickSave()
textbutton _("Q.Load") action QuickLoad()
textbutton _("Prefs") action ShowMenu('preferences')
The game is a kinetic novel because only "choices" are whore route and nympho route. Every other choices are just leading into one of the two."Ho-ho-ho". Soft locked myself out of anything but "refuse" options, because I didn't want to jerk off fucking Bobby, apparently? About 6 blocked choices later I get hit with another that "avoids club route". *Sigh* Cool cool, great stuff. Why even have the choices then?
It's all or nothing with these games, why can't I be a slut on my own terms?
EDIT: HA, not even about Bobby. Went and replayed, and it really IS all or nothing.
Interesting. And super confusing. I was expecting ONE route, so I'm curious, what would this "nympho" route would even look like, compared to a "whore" one (which is obviously the club route, whatever it turns out to be). Since I got locked off and it didn't look like a game over, just end of episode (I think), obviously then there's planned another "flavor" of a route at least (that probably in the end leads to same destination). But to me it just seems like I'm simply locked off, period.The game is a kinetic novel because only "choices" are whore route and nympho route. Every other choices are just leading into one of the two.
Yes, a slut/whore/hoe is a promiscuous woman, an escort/call girl/hooker/prostitute is a woman who provides sex for money and a nymphomaniac is a woman who's addicted to sex which can be but it's not a rule tied to disorder due to some kind of a trauma.Interesting. And super confusing. I was expecting ONE route, so I'm curious, what would this "nympho" route would even look like, compared to a "whore" one (which is obviously the club route, whatever it turns out to be). Since I got locked off and it didn't look like a game over, just end of episode (I think), obviously then there's planned another "flavor" of a route at least (that probably in the end leads to same destination). But to me it just seems like I'm simply locked off, period.
My expectations coming in were dead simple. One route, a "slut" route, as per wonderfully descriptive title. There is nothing wrong with that, it IS a VN. With the "choices" I expected to simply be determining the degree of "slut" I want MC to be, no more no less. Like maybe there's plenty to do to live up to that, WITHOUT having to agree to everything. Maybe she can be all that, while still avoiding some stuff. Maybe allowing a dude in the alley to continue "cleaning your dress" because "oh he just wants to help" is a tiny bit too braindead to me at that stage. Maybe gradually warming up to same dudes with the power of alcohol and coersion seems hella reasonable, while jerking off a repulsive smelly Bobby is not. Maybe falling victim to the blackmailer is again, believable, while suddenly deciding to become a public bikini model at a fair not so much. Stuff like that. Not take her on a straight path, or anything of the sorts. The bare minimum. I mean why the fuck would you even have a choice presented otherwise, right?
6+ decisions in a row with locked off options seem just a tiny bit ridiculous. I mean it doesn't even make sense. If there's one route, I'm effectively "done", unable to take any "actions". So if there's a 2nd "nympho" route, then it makes sense even lessWouldn't feeling up a dick in the box, flashing a homeless guy in the park and staying in the movie theater fit that definition more than a "whore"? All the things I was blocked from doing.
Let's get back to basics here. A "whore", or a prostitute, is someone who sells their body for money. They are either an "enterpreneur", or a victim of circumstances. While it requires a level of... "openness" on their part, it doesn't necessary mean they are obsessed with sex and / or "fall to their desires".
A nympho can be seen as someone who is a slave to their desires. They could also be a "whore", but not necessarily. BTW thanks for the comment Saerwen, it gives some context to MC's inner monologues at least.
So I mean WTF, so I've been locked off from doing any actions that would fit the latter, and then I also get locked off from the former? What is going on here?![]()