So I've had several kids now (w/ Yuki, Kenji, Jade, Zaheed,  in that order) and have been trying to get back with Anthony and have been trying since I broke up with Jade. when I get back with him his hearts are back down to the blues (so I have to re-date him?) He'll invite me over with the "i really miss you honey, please come over and visit if you have time" but it seems stuck? I can't get the scene to trigger. I've spent 2 days popping in once an hour to see if I could trigger it but it didnt happen. I'm able to still move in / marry/ date, and have kids with other people but still cant get his scene to trigger when I'm with him. Tried filling up his pink bar again before getting back with him (and jade too to see if that would fix it) and nothing's worked so far. I've also been time skipping via sleeping because I've unlocked and done almost everything now so im just trying to find all the dialog bits for everyone now. I've tried this with the items mods + Marina and without the items mods (still with Marina on)

As for modding, I'm planning to add a new character (art in the works) and I was wondering if you're able to make them be able to date and have kids? Also do you need to use the steam workshop to make the mods work? I've tried modding new hair unto the PC as a proof of concept (that I could work the file structure) but it didnt work. Didnt do it on the Steam workshop though.

Thank you

For the issue with Anthony. It sounds kind of like you might be getting the 5th Event prenotification over and over: "

Sup, $n? Haven't seen you in a while. Why don't you come over sometime?" But the event doesn't trigger because you already went through the dating events with Anthony? I don't actually see that line you mentioned, so I'm not exactly sure where you are. I think you did the GetBackTogether event from his journal. I'm wondering if maybe the star change for Anthony was a mistake and it caused the issue there. The other characters GetBackTogether events don't change the star count like that, so I'm leaning towards that being the bug. If you email your save to support @ verdantskies.com, I can take a look and maybe get more details.

For modding, make sure to check out the base content and modding resources here:

http://verdantskies.com/modding-resources/

and the wiki:

https://verdantskies.gamepedia.com/Creating_mods

For adding new characters, the Marina Expansion mod by MidnightMasquerade is a awesome example of someone with a lot of events. If you're adding an entirely new character, there are some limits. You can't use the modding system to add a house for them, for example. That means they won't have a crib or journal. So you might want to consider a mod that reworks an existing character if you want the full depth. (You can replace their artwork, change their display name, etc).

You don't need the steam workshop to make mods work. You should be able to use the local modding folder for your own mods just like you presumably are for Marina. If you want to mail me your mod, I can take a look at what might be wrong.

Thanks!

-Andy

Thanks so much for the save! I figured out the issue.

When you breakup with someone it's supposed to change their relationship state, but not adjust the number of stars you've earned with that person. Anthony was the only one that accidentally had the stars reset down to 6. This causes the game to try to replay the old events, which it refuses to do since you've already seen them.

I've added a save migration fix to version 1.4.5 of the game that will fix the save for anyone who has run into this problem.

In the meantime you could also adjust your friendship and star count for anthony by changing these lines:

      "friendship": 140,
      "numberOfStars": 6,

to:

      "friendship": 200,
      "numberOfStars": 9,

Under Anthony's section of the json Player.txt file

But willing to wait for 1.4.5 that would be a lot easier. I have a few other issues to look at after yours. Thanks!

-Andy