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Hey I know this is about the second part, but I have a question about part 1 lol, every time I play my romance options die, is there a way they can live? xD

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@JasonStevanHall

For Memphis, did you decide to make Clotho available only to those who never met her in New Orleans? So no go on the reincarnation/love transcending death angle?

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Error line 75 dont exist variable lenguage

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@MaraJade That’s not helpful if you don’t tell me what scene it’s in.

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@jasonstevanhill


file: memphis_1873_reception.txt

   thou could die --> thou couldst die

   Thou had best --> Thou hadst best

   Why, what a thought thou has --> thou hast

   "John thinks that he superior to humans.  --> he is superior

From labels voting_procedure and voting_procedure_senator:

“The decision is made by consensus. Throughout the night, the vampires in the room will show their support by approaching the various candidates, chat with them a while, and then retire to their seats. When all the Senators have spoken with the same candidate, they will ask the rest of us to leave the room, and when we are invited back in, they will have ‘elected’ their choice.”

When all the Senators have spoken with the same candidate? So they all have to speak to only one of the candidates? This isn’t as clear as it could be.


file: memphis_1873_caucus.txt

   might actually win would not doubt be looked on with favor --> would no doubt

   It really is a shame you forsook your dominoes."  --> dominus

   thou asks the impossible --> thou asketh (four times)

   one who's wisdom were capable --> one whose wisdom had been capable (four times)

   I could not support Mr. Whitaker.  Her revolutionary tendencies  --> His revolutionary tendencies (twice)

   "But, would she not be indebted to one --> would he not (regarding Mr. Whitaker again, twice)

   this tale of your would bear no weight. --> this tale of yours (twice)

   She looks at you in disbelief.  --> He (Pickering)



file: memphis_1873_plague.txt

   but he certain made a profit --> he certainly made

   we will dig a whole in the sweet earth --> dig a hole in

Also, in label plague_account1 there’s redundant info on Stennis, given that he had already not only given me similar info, but had lead me to the plague house. The redundant info blurb follows:

The next evening, you finally connect with Stennis, a mortal whom you hired years ago to seek out Wilson. He claims to have seen Wilson, lurking about the heart of the plague-zones.


memphis_first_intermission_continued.txt

now dependent on former Confederates to pay the fund that very education.--> to pay to fund

Shamed by her discover, you refuse. --> her discovery, you

I’m also fairly certain that I read about the white teachers being fired twice, although the first time may have been from another file. Pity there is no back button…

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Sorry i erase the note, i think it was when going to talk with the ingnorant vampire with a german background i try again

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@P_Tigras You can hold off on the remarks on Abigail’s verbs. I’m trying to determine the historicity of the use of 2nd person pronouns without the conjugation of the verbs. But the rest of your feedback is very helpful.

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@jasonstevanhill Ok, I’ll leave Abigail’s English alone. I read -a lot- of KJV bible during my childhood, so those early 17th century 2nd person conjugations are burned into my head. The Angles and Saxons who conquered England (aka Angle land) after the Roman legions left, were Germanic tribes, so the farther back we go, the more English looks like German. The pronouns and conjugations are descended from Old Frisian.

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Yes, I’m aware. But she’s late 17th century/early 18th, and I’m doing research to see when those conjugations dropped off.

For example, Able Bowater’s language is specifically without the conjugations, because he’s a Quaker, and from about a century later. The Quakers use the pronouns, but not the conjugations. Even today.

But I may have to just the conjugations with Abigail just to distinguish her from Abel. Which would be unfortunate.

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Got ya. For some reason I had assumed that Abigail was older than that, probably because she reeks of elder.

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Well, in 1870 she’s at about 220 years or so. I see her as becoming a Vampire during the English Civil War. Assuming her Anachronism stayed low for the first fifty years or so, her speech patterns would calcify in the 1710s.

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Is it just me or has any noticed that Jesse might like… Like you? He’s only there for one sentence when he’s leaving from the party and it says that he lingers around before leaving and you see something “intimate” in his eyes. Correct me if I’m wrong I don’t remember perfectly.
Maybe my game is different because my relationship with Jesse is REALLY high. I did everything to have a good relationship with him so in part 2 it might affect the storyline.

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Can I try the second part? Please!

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@jasonstevanhill

another report for you…

file: memphis_1873_chance_encounter.txt

 Bailey and Partridge approached me at a party before the reception and we had a conversation, but the next night at the reception I didn't recognize them.  I believe that the problem is caused by met_bailey and met_partridge being set before \*label meet_partridge_and_bailey, when they should be set after.

file: memphis_1873_caucus.txt/memphis_1873_plague.txt

Scheduling an evening with Jesse during the caucus causes you at the end of election night to jump to memphis_1873_plague.txt wherein you read that you’re waking up to election night all over again, but this time Stennis passes you a note about Wilson.

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@JenellyPerez It can go a bit beyond lingering looks at certain points if you say and do the right (or wrong, depending on your perspective) things. It’s a pity you can’t invite Chiara or Rebecca out for a night of fun the way you can Jesse.

@Kitty If Jason hasn’t contacted you yet, send him an email asking to be included in the beta testing. You can find the email address in the first post to this thread.

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Personally, I would have preferred a bit more content for characters who don’t want much to do with the society- I felt like I was being pushed towards it a bit much. This may sound sick/horrible/cruel/whatever, but my favourite scene was where you murder Clotho 2 in the school and scatter her body around it- I was playing through as a cruel vampire, and thought that scene was brilliant. The ‘Vampire Gallery’ was an excellent addition and made it much easier to play the game, and overall I thoroughly enjoyed it :slight_smile:

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i m always hearing about part 2 and three of choice of the vampire…where do i go to find part 2…if there is a part 2 can someone please send the link to me.

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@Redgrave I’m curious, have you attempted to play a character who took the opposite approach and enjoyed interacting with society? And if so, did you find that play-through a lot more enjoyable?

@zeke Read the very first post in this thread. It will answer all your questions.

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@P_Tigras I did, and I found that type of character more enjoyable- but only because of the added scenes. If, for the character who stays away from the society, there was more content, I would probably enjoy that playthrough more- not sure everyone would agree with me on that though…

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@jasonstevanhill

Bug Report #6

Ok, in my last report I mentioned encountering a pair of contradictory or redundant info blurbs, but I wasn’t very detailed. I encountered them again and here is some more info on them:

files: memphis_1873_plague.txt, memphis_1873_jesse.txt

problem: Two somewhat contradictory blurbs are shown on Stennis finding info on Wilson. The second is shown after you’ve already spent an evening searching for him. This bug looks like it’s connected to the last bug I reported where if you’ve scheduled an evening with Jesse, memphis_1873_caucus sends you off to memphis_1873_plague first, and then to memphis_1873_jesse afterward. So it’s like you’re experiencing the same night again, but not doing the same things.

memphis_1873_plague.txt:

You wake up on the evening of the election to find a note waiting for you. Unfolding it, you scan the lines quickly. Stennis, one of the individuals you hired years ago to keep an eye out for Wilson, claims to have spotted him. Intrigued, you dress yourself and head towards the Pinch.

…

Then once you’ve finished spending the night investigating Stennis’s findings, you get sent off to the next file, where it’s like none of that happened, and Stennis reports on Wilson all over again:

memphis_1873_jesse.txt:

The next evening, you finally connect with Stennis, a mortal whom you hired years ago to seek out Wilson. He claims to have seen Wilson, lurking about the heart of the plague-zones. He even goes so far as to say that Wilson himself is ill. You scoff at this, and chastise him for wasting your time when he concedes that he has no more intelligence on Wilson’s current whereabouts. He promises to keep you better apprised when next Wilson appears. The good news is that Wilson is–or recently was–still in Memphis.

files: memphis_first_intermission_continued.txt, memphis_1877_crapaud.txt

problem: The same basic info on the school problem is displayed twice if barnum_thompson_plot is true.

memphis_first_intermission_continued.txt:

Ironically, the summer of 1874 sees the end of Barnum’s tenure as superintendent of schools; he is not reelected. The new superintendent rehires Mrs. Thompson, and she goes to work at the Clay Street school in time for it to open its doors for the Fall term. At the same time, all the white teachers at the school—Republican missionaries form the North—are fired, and black teachers are hired to replace them. Most of them are northern missionaries; packing up their things, they return home.

memphis_1877_crapaud.txt:

At the end if of the 1874-75 school year, Superintendent Barnum’s tenure is complete. He is replaced by Superintendent Sampson, a colored man educated at Oberlin. Sampson fires every white teacher at the Clay Street school, and hires blacks—including Mrs. Thompson—to take their place.

typo: bolded if above should be deleted.