Idk why but I still haven't gotten the last cg for derek since I bought this dlc around when it first came out. I've played his route the least but still played through it a fair amount of times and i still haven't gotten the last one?? How do I get it? A guide I saw just said to play through the whole thing but I've done that like 3-4 times so... like where exactly is it?
Derek's last CG just appears at the end of the game when you run out of his apartment together. Step 4 has an intro CG the first time you see him and an ending CG for the last time you see him. No specific choices are required.
did i do something wrong or something? like my character is engaged to cove, derek is set to 'fond' not 'crush' the game knows this. but i'm getting close to what is probably the end of the dlc and suddenly he wants to uproot his life for me!!!! he does say 'i know you're with cove' but i got the impression that it was implying we were roomates. and i picked the don't move option. but i really wanted to say something like 'you know we're just friends right? that i'm not interested in you like that, really sorry if what i did led you to that conclusion'
AND NOW in the car the game would like me to choose between 'telling people we're together now or waiting until we get the details worked out?!!??!
i know that sometimes some of the interactions might be construed as us liking derek and i feel like i always chose the least flirty option if all options seemed forward. but i assumed that some of the dialogue is just written that way because the intended way to play this would be romantically. i assumed the game mechanically would know that we were engaged to cove! and so not interpret them that way. especially since everywhere says you can run through it platonically
i don't want to 'be' with derek. i just want to be a close supportive friend and marry my best boy cove!!!
What you say worries me knowing that I have no intention for my MC of dating Derek and that I was actually going to buy the dlc after reading that it could be just platonic...
I really hope the devs respond to your comment with more explanation as to why the game thinks you're in a relationship with Derek when you're engaged to Cove.
The game doesn't think you're in a romantic relationship with Derek when he wants to be where you are. This story is about Derek and prioritizing him. Whether it's platonic or romantic, the goal is to have him become a much bigger part of your life and to no longer have to be apart so much like you have been the past few years. I'm sorry that was more than you wanted, though it is the intended point of the story that Derek wants to be part of the MC's life and will make the effort/leap to try doing so. If you don't want him to be a really, really significant person to you, it is better not to play his epilogue instead of Cove's.
But the part about telling people you're together or not does sound like a bug. That line is meant to be only for the romantic version of the story. I'm sorry for that confusion with that!
Basically though, people who love Derek get to make him special. We didn't want to make those who cared about him disappointed by making it feel less meaningful than what you could have with Cove when doing Cove's story.
yeah no i get it. might even just be a me thing. i just felt like we'd spent so much time trying to get him to do what he wants and his immediate reaction is 'i want to be where you are!' was kind of scary for me. not really a big deal though and i wouldn't have been bothered by it if i hadn't hit that bug. i'll try running through it again and hopefully avoid that.
Yes, you don't have to romance Derek to enjoy his scenes. But Cove almost never appears on screen during Derek's Step 4 story. It's referenced that Cove is your boyfriend if you are dating, though.
You shouldn't need to extract the DLC. It's just a file you place into the game folder. Or you install it and then install the base game again on Android.
Do you have the updated version of the base game an all other DLCs you own? If parts of the game are old, the new DLC won't work. It's okay to delete older versions of Our Life, it won't erase your saves. So, deleting everything, downloading it all again, and then putting it together might work out the problem.
I'm replaying Derek's Step 4 storyline (my version is 1.7.1) and I'm getting a traceback error as follows:
File "renpy/common/000statements.rpy", line 609, in execute_call_screen store._return = renpy.call_screen(name, *args, **kwargs) File "game/DLC_Derek/screens_relationship_derek.rpy", line 7, in execute File "game/DLC_Derek/screens_relationship_derek.rpy", line 7, in execute File "game/DLC_Derek/screens_relationship_derek.rpy", line 44, in execute File "game/DLC_Derek/screens_relationship_derek.rpy", line 48, in execute TypeError: Unexpected keyword arguments: 'derek'
This prevents Derek’s Comfort/Interest screen from showing up and naturally locks me out of forming a romantic relationship with Derek. Is there any way to fix this?
Are the base game and every other DLC you own at the latest version as well? It seems something in the build is missing info it needs to work. Deleting all of Our Life and downloading everything from scratch to make sure it's up to date would be good. Deleting the OL folder won't erase your saves.
One of the most amazing things about this game is my character's ability to refrain from shouting "DEREK'S BACK" anytime he shows up. I know I can't help it.
I am absolutely obsessed with Derek and the whole Suarez family... it is rare that a visual novel makes me cry nowadays but omg the tears were flowing throughout the DLC.
Seeing Derek as a lil 13 year old caring for his family and being so selfless, craving someone to take care of him in the same way. Then being able to help him with various activities and care for him in Step 4. Watching him learn how to accept Jamie's love. My heart just kept melting over and over again.
I loved it and I'm so excited to dig into Baxter's DLC next!! Thank you GBPatch for such a beautiful Our Life universe and such complex characters!!!
The more I get to know Derek and his family, the more I like this guy. Probably even more than Cove (Sorry!)
While his story is not as much as Cove's I really enjoy it. I like how adorable he is and his family. They're so sweet and welcoming towards our character. One of the things I like when we get to know them all is that Liz has someone else to hangout with. I feel like while we have Cove in the main storyline, Liz practically only hangs out with Shiloh, until he's gone. And later, she has no one, considering we never really see her friends and Lee is not around that much. I feel like this is especially true when Nico said he couldn't talk to anyone about feeling left out as the last to grow up, but in this DLC, he got Liz too~
I'm pleasantly surprised how well Liz is getting along with Jorge and Nico, considering their only interaction is only in one Step 2 moment. It feels as if by being friends or dating Derek, Liz gets two more younger siblings (in addition to Cove). I really enjoy the trouble trio's antics~
I wish we get a little more about Derek though. While he does have a happy ending, part of his future remains unclear. Besides potentially moving away or in with us, he still doesn't know what he wants to do in his life, whether he wants to keep doing sports as a career or something else. And that worries me a bit about him
I know there's not going to be more Derek-related content, but I wish there is a little, additional further story after Step 4. Maybe an engagement or wedding too~
And also I feel like he and Baxter should have five CGs instead of four. Seems like a good number and I'm pretty sure there are a few scenes in Baxter DLC later that warrant one more additional CG. For Derek, I feel like there should be a CG for him in the waterpark
And if I may also offer one more suggestion, even if it's late, the waterpark could use some tweak. Maybe, instead of not being able to visit the place when we choose to help Mr. Suarez with his business luncheon, the final date could have Derek take us there (if we choose to date him since the beginning of Step 4)? So that it feels like there's a reward for helping his dad. And Derek instead take us to boardwalk if we choose to go to waterpark first and not starting as his partner since the beginning. I don't know, but I feel like it's more interesting that way
In general, I really like this DLC. And Derek as a person. Thanks!
Omggg, I really loved getting to know more about Derek and his family, I really wish for a DLC wedding now. I am so excited about Baxter´s DLC and can't wait to play his. Thanks so much for this game and their wonderful characters!
I never thought I could anyone more than Cove. I was wrong, I love Derek soooo much. I wish there was more romantic moments with him. Thank you for this wonderful game.
I brought this DLC yesterday and just finished it, I loved it. It was a great purchase and seeing what Derek's life was like was so emotional ( in a good way). I loved everything about it and I am so excited about the Baxter DLC! Keep up the great work
This is really great stuff... although it makes it even more bittersweet that there's no Derek content in step 3 (18 years old) - besides him literally phoning it in at the end. It might take some tweaks to the writing for S4 (or not, there was no indication MC had zero contact with Derek) but it would be awesome to get 5-6 slice of life moments with high school Derek.
This DLC was so sweet! (Which is, of course, very on-brand for Our Life, but worth noting nonetheless.) I loved getting to know Derek better. I swear, all the LIs in this game are so delightful and lovable. It's neat how both Derek and Cove are such sweethearts--and are similar in ways where it makes sense how they'd become friends--but Derek's story also highlights their differences, and really gives you a feel for his life and his role in his family.
And asdkljsadl, his family! I adore them. His parents are wonderful, and the little bros are precious (both as kiddos and as bigger-but-still-kiddos-to-me). As a biggest sibling myself, I can relate to both Derek's desire to take care of them and the way he gets frustrated with them at times. And seeing them (almost) grown up and how they've developed as people over the years is so cool--seeing characters grow up, change yet stay the same, is something I really enjoy in OL. (Enjoyed seeing some other familiar faces in this DLC, too! Little Baxter is adorable and I'll of course get his DLC once it's ready.) I'm adopting them as my new little siblings, and nobody can stop me.
(Speaking of, Elizabeth and Jorge's friendship was such a wonderful surprise! Their dynamic is so much fun, and I love that for both of them.)
I can't count the number of times that I caught myself smiling so hard that my face hurt while playing, and OL is definitely one of those games that I've come back to replay many times and I'll continue to do so. It's a perfect "comfort game."
I’m kinda sad to be honest, I would’ve preferded if it worked the same way as for Cove’s step 1 2 3 dlc’s, I got it on steam and I thougth I could install it on my android the way I did with the others but I can’t, it’s still an Awsome game tho!
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Idk why but I still haven't gotten the last cg for derek since I bought this dlc around when it first came out. I've played his route the least but still played through it a fair amount of times and i still haven't gotten the last one?? How do I get it? A guide I saw just said to play through the whole thing but I've done that like 3-4 times so... like where exactly is it?
Derek's last CG just appears at the end of the game when you run out of his apartment together. Step 4 has an intro CG the first time you see him and an ending CG for the last time you see him. No specific choices are required.
i dont understand this isnt working and i really want to play it
I'm sorry I missed this. Can you let me know what you're trying to do that's not working and if you're Mac, PC, or Android?
did i do something wrong or something? like my character is engaged to cove, derek is set to 'fond' not 'crush' the game knows this. but i'm getting close to what is probably the end of the dlc and suddenly he wants to uproot his life for me!!!! he does say 'i know you're with cove' but i got the impression that it was implying we were roomates. and i picked the don't move option. but i really wanted to say something like 'you know we're just friends right? that i'm not interested in you like that, really sorry if what i did led you to that conclusion'
AND NOW in the car the game would like me to choose between 'telling people we're together now or waiting until we get the details worked out?!!??!
i know that sometimes some of the interactions might be construed as us liking derek and i feel like i always chose the least flirty option if all options seemed forward. but i assumed that some of the dialogue is just written that way because the intended way to play this would be romantically. i assumed the game mechanically would know that we were engaged to cove! and so not interpret them that way. especially since everywhere says you can run through it platonically
i don't want to 'be' with derek. i just want to be a close supportive friend and marry my best boy cove!!!
What you say worries me knowing that I have no intention for my MC of dating Derek and that I was actually going to buy the dlc after reading that it could be just platonic...
I really hope the devs respond to your comment with more explanation as to why the game thinks you're in a relationship with Derek when you're engaged to Cove.
yeah me too. if you're interested the baxter dlc didn't do this and i ran through platonically just fine (:
Oh, I see. Thank you for the info! :D
The game doesn't think you're in a romantic relationship with Derek when he wants to be where you are. This story is about Derek and prioritizing him. Whether it's platonic or romantic, the goal is to have him become a much bigger part of your life and to no longer have to be apart so much like you have been the past few years. I'm sorry that was more than you wanted, though it is the intended point of the story that Derek wants to be part of the MC's life and will make the effort/leap to try doing so. If you don't want him to be a really, really significant person to you, it is better not to play his epilogue instead of Cove's.
But the part about telling people you're together or not does sound like a bug. That line is meant to be only for the romantic version of the story. I'm sorry for that confusion with that!
Basically though, people who love Derek get to make him special. We didn't want to make those who cared about him disappointed by making it feel less meaningful than what you could have with Cove when doing Cove's story.
yeah no i get it. might even just be a me thing. i just felt like we'd spent so much time trying to get him to do what he wants and his immediate reaction is 'i want to be where you are!' was kind of scary for me. not really a big deal though and i wouldn't have been bothered by it if i hadn't hit that bug. i'll try running through it again and hopefully avoid that.
bro just cheated on cove
can the mc still date cove during this?
Yes, you don't have to romance Derek to enjoy his scenes. But Cove almost never appears on screen during Derek's Step 4 story. It's referenced that Cove is your boyfriend if you are dating, though.
almost? are you saying he appears with lines then?
You get to talk to him over the phone in Step 4 and he hangs out with you sometimes in Step 2, haha.
for some reason this isn't working and it wont let me extract
You shouldn't need to extract the DLC. It's just a file you place into the game folder. Or you install it and then install the base game again on Android.
thx sorry for bothering you, and I was wondering what was wrong 😅 I got it though
That's great!
i put the rpa file in the game folder but it's not working :C
i keep getting this when i try to open it:
Full traceback:
File "renpy/bootstrap.py", line 277, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "renpy/main.py", line 425, in main
renpy.loader.index_archives()
File "renpy/loader.py", line 261, in index_archives
index = handler.read_index(f)
File "renpy/loader.py", line 133, in read_index
index = loads(zlib.decompress(infile.read()))
error: Error -5 while decompressing data: incomplete or truncated stream
Do you have the updated version of the base game an all other DLCs you own? If parts of the game are old, the new DLC won't work. It's okay to delete older versions of Our Life, it won't erase your saves. So, deleting everything, downloading it all again, and then putting it together might work out the problem.
I'm replaying Derek's Step 4 storyline (my version is 1.7.1) and I'm getting a traceback error as follows:
File "renpy/common/000statements.rpy", line 609, in execute_call_screen
store._return = renpy.call_screen(name, *args, **kwargs)
File "game/DLC_Derek/screens_relationship_derek.rpy", line 7, in execute
File "game/DLC_Derek/screens_relationship_derek.rpy", line 7, in execute
File "game/DLC_Derek/screens_relationship_derek.rpy", line 44, in execute
File "game/DLC_Derek/screens_relationship_derek.rpy", line 48, in execute
TypeError: Unexpected keyword arguments: 'derek'
This prevents Derek’s Comfort/Interest screen from showing up and naturally locks me out of forming a romantic relationship with Derek. Is there any way to fix this?
Are the base game and every other DLC you own at the latest version as well? It seems something in the build is missing info it needs to work. Deleting all of Our Life and downloading everything from scratch to make sure it's up to date would be good. Deleting the OL folder won't erase your saves.
Derek’s Comfort/Interest screen shows up now. Thanks for the help!
No problem!
The derek dlc comes as a .rpa file after 1.7.1 and I'm unsure of how to extract it.
You don't need to extract it! You just put the rpa file into the Our Life game folder as is.
Oh… well I feel dumb now. Thanks for the reply!
No worries ^^
i dont understand how to do it and its not working ...
One of the most amazing things about this game is my character's ability to refrain from shouting "DEREK'S BACK" anytime he shows up. I know I can't help it.
DEREK'S BAAACK!
I am absolutely obsessed with Derek and the whole Suarez family... it is rare that a visual novel makes me cry nowadays but omg the tears were flowing throughout the DLC.
Seeing Derek as a lil 13 year old caring for his family and being so selfless, craving someone to take care of him in the same way. Then being able to help him with various activities and care for him in Step 4. Watching him learn how to accept Jamie's love. My heart just kept melting over and over again.
I loved it and I'm so excited to dig into Baxter's DLC next!! Thank you GBPatch for such a beautiful Our Life universe and such complex characters!!!
I love this DLC so much! I wish Derek and Jamie could have a wedding DLC too.
The more I get to know Derek and his family, the more I like this guy. Probably even more than Cove (Sorry!)
While his story is not as much as Cove's I really enjoy it. I like how adorable he is and his family. They're so sweet and welcoming towards our character. One of the things I like when we get to know them all is that Liz has someone else to hangout with. I feel like while we have Cove in the main storyline, Liz practically only hangs out with Shiloh, until he's gone. And later, she has no one, considering we never really see her friends and Lee is not around that much. I feel like this is especially true when Nico said he couldn't talk to anyone about feeling left out as the last to grow up, but in this DLC, he got Liz too~
I'm pleasantly surprised how well Liz is getting along with Jorge and Nico, considering their only interaction is only in one Step 2 moment. It feels as if by being friends or dating Derek, Liz gets two more younger siblings (in addition to Cove). I really enjoy the trouble trio's antics~
I wish we get a little more about Derek though. While he does have a happy ending, part of his future remains unclear. Besides potentially moving away or in with us, he still doesn't know what he wants to do in his life, whether he wants to keep doing sports as a career or something else. And that worries me a bit about him
I know there's not going to be more Derek-related content, but I wish there is a little, additional further story after Step 4. Maybe an engagement or wedding too~
And also I feel like he and Baxter should have five CGs instead of four. Seems like a good number and I'm pretty sure there are a few scenes in Baxter DLC later that warrant one more additional CG. For Derek, I feel like there should be a CG for him in the waterpark
And if I may also offer one more suggestion, even if it's late, the waterpark could use some tweak. Maybe, instead of not being able to visit the place when we choose to help Mr. Suarez with his business luncheon, the final date could have Derek take us there (if we choose to date him since the beginning of Step 4)? So that it feels like there's a reward for helping his dad. And Derek instead take us to boardwalk if we choose to go to waterpark first and not starting as his partner since the beginning. I don't know, but I feel like it's more interesting that way
In general, I really like this DLC. And Derek as a person. Thanks!
Omggg, I really loved getting to know more about Derek and his family, I really wish for a DLC wedding now. I am so excited about Baxter´s DLC and can't wait to play his. Thanks so much for this game and their wonderful characters!
I never thought I could anyone more than Cove. I was wrong, I love Derek soooo much. I wish there was more romantic moments with him. Thank you for this wonderful game.
I brought this DLC yesterday and just finished it, I loved it. It was a great purchase and seeing what Derek's life was like was so emotional ( in a good way). I loved everything about it and I am so excited about the Baxter DLC! Keep up the great work
This is really great stuff... although it makes it even more bittersweet that there's no Derek content in step 3 (18 years old) - besides him literally phoning it in at the end. It might take some tweaks to the writing for S4 (or not, there was no indication MC had zero contact with Derek) but it would be awesome to get 5-6 slice of life moments with high school Derek.
This DLC was so sweet! (Which is, of course, very on-brand for Our Life, but worth noting nonetheless.) I loved getting to know Derek better. I swear, all the LIs in this game are so delightful and lovable. It's neat how both Derek and Cove are such sweethearts--and are similar in ways where it makes sense how they'd become friends--but Derek's story also highlights their differences, and really gives you a feel for his life and his role in his family.
And asdkljsadl, his family! I adore them. His parents are wonderful, and the little bros are precious (both as kiddos and as bigger-but-still-kiddos-to-me). As a biggest sibling myself, I can relate to both Derek's desire to take care of them and the way he gets frustrated with them at times. And seeing them (almost) grown up and how they've developed as people over the years is so cool--seeing characters grow up, change yet stay the same, is something I really enjoy in OL. (Enjoyed seeing some other familiar faces in this DLC, too! Little Baxter is adorable and I'll of course get his DLC once it's ready.) I'm adopting them as my new little siblings, and nobody can stop me.
(Speaking of, Elizabeth and Jorge's friendship was such a wonderful surprise! Their dynamic is so much fun, and I love that for both of them.)
I can't count the number of times that I caught myself smiling so hard that my face hurt while playing, and OL is definitely one of those games that I've come back to replay many times and I'll continue to do so. It's a perfect "comfort game."
I’m kinda sad to be honest, I would’ve preferded if it worked the same way as for Cove’s step 1 2 3 dlc’s, I got it on steam and I thougth I could install it on my android the way I did with the others but I can’t, it’s still an Awsome game tho!
Waiting patiently for Baxter's dlc 🙏🙏
give us baxter. this is a threat.
His DLC is coming out second quarter this year! So almost, haha
Can't wait!!! Thank you guys for all your hard work:)
No problem ^^
I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU, GBPatch. THIS IS A DECLARATION.