malaman007

New Member
Oct 23, 2021
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Question. Sometimes, I see one task marked as complete but then I'm not sure if it's lost forever or it continues. Example: the silk robe. I didn't buy it soon enough and then the task was marked as complete. But then I bought it anyway and I guess the task was resumed. Did I miss anything?

Is it a bug? I'm worried about permanently losing some great scenes.
 

chaos8996

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Jul 9, 2021
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Talk with Kiera and Anna – problems (pool – 12.00) - the phrase "Tan?"
Max is associated with a hacker 1 time (own room, laptop - 01.00 Monday)
i can't seem to trigger hacker doesn't show on laptop does any one have a save from this point
 

qwertyu12359

Jack-o-nine-tails
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Aug 1, 2017
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I like the intent of this mod, but it doesn't respect the formula of the original game.

I can forgive different lighting in the middle of the scene, it'd be near impossible to perfectly correspond. But the writing style completely changes, you can now even read the other characters' thoughts (and they are always out of character).

I won't give a bad rating because I like the effort and it's the original dev fault for abandoning this gem... but this is my main gripe with it and where there's the most room for improvement.
 

qwertyu12359

Jack-o-nine-tails
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Aug 1, 2017
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Well, I don't think we can do any better on this basis. I guess it would be better to create a new game rather than trying to fix this one. It's a shame we didn't fix all the problems, but some things are beyond our ability.
Are you in charge or participating with this project? If so, it would be a shame to call your work a waste of effort. Or dismiss any potential improvement or change in direction which fits in the continuation with the original.

I believe the problem is solvable with a bit of work and common sense:
  1. remove thought monologues from everyone but Max. They were only added in the late-game scenes from the mod and it clashes with the whole game.
  2. Remove the long Max's dialogues introduced with the mod. Follow the original formula where his only words are short quips and questions you can click on.
  3. take every non-vanilla scene and re-read the dialogues, then assess whether the characters sound like themselves. If it sounds like someone else: rewrite so it doesn't.
 
3.10 star(s) 8 Votes