Hello again, sorry to bother with so many questions lol

Is it impossible to trigger a dialogue from an event? I'm running into an issue with the Trigger Event effect using a dialogue id where it gets stuck inside the event prompt and it never closes. I suspect some kind of exception?

I've spent some time with the modding tools, and for story writing purposes there's a few things that are needed:

1- Being able to start a dialogue from an event.

2- Adding variable effect in dialogue

3- Being able to specify if an event is repeatable.

4- More actor conditions: ensure an actor doesn't have a variable (!variable), friendship check, romance check, influence check, age check, boyfriend check, bullied check, bully check. The last bunch aren't that important but number one is critical to ensure a sequence of events.

5- Remove variables from actors. Right now you can only add.

It's so frustrating that the tool is so well put together for such a small indie title and yet it's just a couple of steps from being a full fledged vn tool. The dialogue system is so easy and intuitive!

EDIT

Okay, so for anyone else looking for alternatives, I've found some workarounds in the meantime!

Turns out you can assign variables on dialogues, it's just now an option given by the UI. Just assign the effect you want from the event or dialogue, copy it from the generated JSON and paste it on the other. It should work!

A comprehensive list of issues I had while translating Idol Manager (v2.0)

Hello you, whoever's reading this right now.  I've been working on a full localization of Idol Manager for the Brazilian Portuguese language since mid July, and have found myself my fair share of bugs and issues along the way. Though Beta #9 fixed some of those problems, some still remain in the game, while some others might actually have been added to it after the latest patch. Here's an updated version of the list I posted roughly a month ago, with some bugs that haven't been fixed since my first list and some others I either forgot to add or simply hadn't come across before v1.0. Hope it helps!

• The good old 'Load' button in the Main Menu's 'Load Game' screen. I swear I'll cry tears of joy they day I see that single button translated, I don't even care about the other buttons :P
• Idol cards still feature some overflowing elements.
• 'Salaries' screen also features overflowing elements.
• Some text issues in the 'Policies' tab. 1 2
• This chunk of text could use some resizing/reformatting in the 'Contracts' screen.
• This tooltip in the 'Loans' screen cannot be translated.
• The 'Pushes' tooltip text, while translatable in the 'Constants.json' file, still displays its original text in-game.
• This one is the weirdest of them all, and I've only noticed it today, totally by chance. I ran a few tests with some other events, and I've seen it happen in all occasions. Apparently, all events will have their last option displayed in English, along with most of its 'Results' text, and the SMS text. Here's a screenshot that illustrates this bug. In all five occasions, the only string that wasn't translated was the one belonging to the last option, as shown in the screenshot.

Well, I guess that does it for today. While text resizing is cool and all, if need be, I can always try to find other ways to fit text into their allocated spaces correctly without having do deal with any overflowing issues. Abbreviations and replacing words with shorter synonyms are always valid options.

Thank you for reading, and I can't wait for Beta #10!

Hello, sadambober, it's me again.

I noticed that some files have been updated with this latest patch. Although you always separate the new strings from the old strings in 'constants.json' (and I thank you for that), I haven't noticed the same trend with the other files. I just wanted to know if the other files that have been updated feature new strings or any changes that I should be transferring to my translated files, and if you intend to separate the new stuff from the old stuff in the rest of the game's files as well. 

EDIT: To be more specific, I'm talking about files that are text-heavy. I know 'genres.json' and 'lyrics.json' have been updated to be compatible with the new trend system, but there's not a lot of text that needs to be translated there, so I don't need to worry about losing a lot of work by replacing the old, translated version of the file with the new, untranslated one. 'dialogues.json' and 'template_reactions.json', though, have also been updated with the latest patch, and I can't really replace my localized version of those files with the new one without losing a lot of progress, though of course, if some important changes have been made to the file's code or any values related to it, I can't just ignore the updated version.

Question: Is it possible to mod the random conversation topics that appear when chatting with idols ("x stubbed her toe this morning")? What about the weird quirk thingies ("has a poster of Leif Ericson")? I love them but I feel like there aren't enough right now and would like to add some

Oh boy,  am I on fire today!

Hello sadambober, it's me again. Are we on a first name basis yet? Feels like we should be after so much back and forth.

Anyway, I've come across a bug during my awards sequence, and I'm only posting about it here because I'm not sure if that was my doing or if it's something with the game itself instead of my translation (would be surprised if this were the case). I blame it on Boris, he looks suspicious.

The thing is that every string containing [award_host_female:polite] or [award_host_malee:polite] is completely skipped during the awards ceremony. When I click in order to go to the next line of dialogue during the awards, nothing happens. Then, I click again, and it skips to the next line.

Since I'm pretty sure the characters.json file does not require any kind of translation, I just copied the original file to my translation folder, no changes made. I even used Sublime Text to see if there were any errors in the code, but I got nothing. 

I swear to god that if I'm responsible for this, I'm doubling all of my idols' salaries.

I already regret promising that though.

Tasukete, sadambober-san. Onegai.

Hello, I am trying to make a mod but I am not sure if it is possible. I am pretty new to modding and its my first mod on this game. What I am trying to do is to add "unique" characters to the game, alongside the randomly generated ones. For example, I want to make a list of unique characters in the game, possibly with their own ratings and stats as well. I also want to give them unique images instead of the randomly generated ones, like for instance, if I had Irene from Red Velvet as a unique character, then she would have a picture of Irene instead of the generated portraits.

These unique characters would then be obtainable through auditions and would have unique stats. Basically, I just want to know how to add unique characters and add images to them, while still keeping the other generated characters.

Sorry if my explanation is unclear, message me and I will be more than happy to elaborate.

I was wondering if there is a way for me to change "Group Name" to "Company Name" when starting the game?

I would like to change the focus of the game from immediate promotion to preparation of your idols. So I would essentially like to be able to name the company, and then also debut groups within the company umbrella. I plan to use the modding tool to make story elements that focus on your idols and their trainee process and debuting. But I just have to get around the fact that they start immediately as a member of your first group somehow .... 

Possibly have a group called "Trainees" that every Idol is put in automatically, and then create your first group through the "second" group menu? Would just have to get rid of the 10 Idol requirement to form new groups?

I would love to know if any of this makes sense or is actually doable? <3 

Also, I LOVE THE PROGRESS SO FAR!!!! <3 Waited so long for a game like this! Love it!

Hello,

I am thinking of adding albums to my gameplay. I was thinking of it working similarly to the Concert. Like the page opens and I get to name the album, add the songs I want (singles produced that I won't release as solo singles, so I have to produce a LOT of singles), and I choose the concept and price. Then sell it. Do I need to change the Constants file or do something else? Could you explain it to me, if it's not too hard? (Pretty sure it is but you know, I wanna try it anyways.... haha)

Thank you! <3

Hello! I'm currently trying to add custom portraits to my game, but I am having trouble finding the "IdolPortraits" folder in my data files and game files. The closest I have gotten to seeing the idols files is from the cache folder from my game folder. I wanted to see all the idol assets so I can get inspirations and bases for my own portraits.

I'm working on an event that, depending on the player's choice and the outcome, could repeat itself in the future or not. In order to do that, I created a variable called 'goodcoffee', where 'true' means the event will not pop up again, and 'false' means it can reappear in the future. However, I set 'goodcoffee = false' as a condition for the event to be triggered, and that variable itself can only be acquired by the player after that event. My question is: if I keep the condition as it is right now, will the game assume that, if player doesn''t have 'goodcoffee = true', it automatically means it has '= false'? Or will it just assume the variable doesn't exist and never trigger the event in the first place? How could I go about achieving my goals by working with the variables in case that doesn't work?

Additionally, I'd like to ask if it'd be possible to add room conditions to the mod editor, such as 'If player has a break room, this event can be triggered'. And while I'm at it, I'd like to know what that 'Custom' event condition is for. It's not mentioned anywhere in the guide.

One last question: how do you figure out the parameters for the idol's small icon in params.json? 

Sorry if I'm asking too many questions, but for custom portraits, how do we know if they're in the game? Do you keep doing auditions or stuff like that until they show up? 

Seeing those new triggers that got added to the editor has got me very excited to work on more events and dialogues. However, I had been thinking about a couple of scenarios I couldn't work on because of the tool's limitations, and when I saw the new 'DateTime' variable, I thought I finally had the means to get where I wanted to get with my creations. Unfortunately for me, 'DateTime' is limited to weekend, weekdays and seasons. I would like to know if there's currently a way to set a specific date as a trigger condition for a dialogue/event, or if you ever intend to add that to the editor. Something as simple as picking a day of the year would already be huge, since we could get really specific with special dates like Christmas and New Years, but being able to set a specific day of the week (e.g.: an event that only triggers on Fridays), or a specific day in general (such as a dialogue that could only be triggered on February 5th of 2037) could make things even more interesting.

Also, I would like to know if some of the legacy triggers will be reimplemented in a usable way in the future. Some of those are just what I needed for some scenarios I had in mind.

When using 'Meta > Variable' for an event condition, the instruction text states "name = value". However, 'Meta > Variable' for event option effects states that it should be "name == value". Are those correct?

And while I'm at it: any chance we could have an event choice affect all of the group's idols without having to add multiple actors  (sort of like a 'Group > Dance -10')? Another suggestion would be adding a 'Hiatus' effect that could be applied to idol actors on events/dialogues (I think there's an 'Injury' effect available on the editor, but it's only available on Events as far as I know, and I'm not really sure how it works).

Also, a bug I just came across: the dropdown menu for adding story characters as actors on a dialogue seems to be broken. No options appear when I click on 'Character'.

Additionally, do you plan on making dialogue background images, music, SFX and all that stuff available as loose files? Since most of the game's files are now bundled, it definitely makes it harder to determine  how the 'Bittersweet' track sounds, for example.

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Hello, I'm trying to add a portrait that switches images in "Dress".

But, since the position of the face is different in each image, I am having trouble setting the small-face-icon (360x360).

I challenged the following. 

I prepared a PNG of 1024x3000, placed the image for small-face-icon outside the display range, and specified the position in params.json. This attempt failed. 

Do you have any good ideas?

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