(WIP) Path of Martial Arts: The Beginning (Dark, Eastern Fantasy | 750k words)

Oh lmao I thought I changed that already :joy:

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Afraid it’s a free ride to the top right now :>

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Something I noticed on my last playthrough is that our true age still reads as 19 after the time skip. Minor issue, really, but I figured I should point it out.

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Getting into expedition, a minor glitch:

*label lushu_gender
*choice
	#Man.
		a slim man, with lean muscles put on proud display.
	#Woman.
		*set lushu "woman"
		*set lushu_he "she"
		*set lushu_him "her"
		*set lushu_his "her"
		a slim woman, with lean muscles put on proud display.

The problem here is these variables are created empty. This means if Lushu is chosen to be a man, the variables remain empty and every time a scene tries to use one of them to refer to his gender, sentences will be broken, missing words, e.g.:

a slim man, with lean muscles put on proud display.

studies you with a curious gaze as well, as if you were an animal in a zoo.

“Em-py-rean?” — the tribes questions in return, the word too difficult for to pronounce whole. confusion is evident, as shakes head — “Lushu learned outsider. Tongue of aliens.”

edit: the Bull tribe guardian fight. I may be misunderstanding/missing something, but there’s a check there which is impossible to pass:

							#Attempt to strangle it.
								Wrap your arms around its meaty neck and exert your inhuman strength: the veins on your forearms bulge from the pressure and...
								
								*gosub_scene sbr e_stat_check "str" "str" 40

The bull’s strength is 300. In order to pass this check the MC would need strength score of 340 but this is undoable – even if they got the dragon tattoo they didn’t have any opportunity to increase their strength to the new cap, so it remains at 300 at best. The energy infusion will increase it to 320 at best with the trait. And MC can’t use either the suppression crown or talismans, because that option isn’t added to that fight.

edit2: the poetry contest. Lei Xiwen’s poem moves 11 blades of grass. And he’s said that in case of a draw MC would be considered a winner. However in order to win, MC needs to pass

		*if art_effect >= 250
			*set expo_xiwen "minion"

I.e. more than 12 grass blades. Scoring 11 will result in a fail even though it’s a draw. Even moving 12 can be a fail if the score is 240 or so.

Either Xiwen’s poem should move 13 blades, or the check should be lowered to 210.

edit3: Fu Lanfen fight:

	#Block it.
		You cross arms together and put them down, trying to stop the kick before it gathers its full momentum.
		
		*gosub_scene sbr e_stat_check "str" "str" 100

This would require 380 strength to pass. Which is quite impossible, because even if MC is at tattoo enhanced 320 strength and trait-enhanced +20 infusion they won’t get above 340 total, and have no access to items/talismans. I’d guess that was supposed to be 10 and not a 100 modifier…?

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Unrelated, but can i ask how did you access the code of the game?

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The entire script is stored in the .html file of the game, in plain text. It’s just stored in a way which isn’t the most readable. A quick and dirty way to improve it is to search&replace strings "," with "\n" in something like Notepad++

(there’s easier ways to access the script if it’s hosted on other servers, but this one works in a pinch)

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Thanks!

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On the road to volcano, if you talk with Ai:

				#"What's wrong?"
					"What's wrong?" -- you ask, concerned with her crestfallen state. 

					*if opinion_ai >= 60

There is no else/recovery if this condition isn’t meet – you get a blank scene and hitting Next instatly skips to the scene at the top of the volcano, no matter how many “talk slots” you’ve had remaining.

unrelated and minor, but still:

							*label burned_face
							reveals a horrifically burned face, one covered in entirety with with scars. It's disfigured, deformed to a point where the only human thing about it are the crying ${eye_left} eyes. 

this doesn’t account for cases where MC’s eyes are of two different colors and makes Mistress look like a cheap knock-off /s

edit: Ma Rin’s mission doesn’t get flagged as active when taking this option:

		#"It will be done, Elder."
			*set marin_spying false
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bro Monkey god hates me because i tried to kill him now i dont have any master i feel like a lone wolf in a jungle felled with lions :sob:

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Tbf every one but Jing and Ai has tried to kills us

Did the author forget about Jing…

I miss being able to learn martial arts. I feel so locked in

Is that like an older lady who is a bimbo?

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I was able to learn all the martial arts

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Jing x Chen’s Foot is apparently canon.

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Give. That we’re twinsies, that makes me worried.

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I dont think thats possible in the current build.

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You can learn the 4 offensive and 2 defensive skills, perhaps that’s what they meant.

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Not a RO anymore.

It’s possible to do now =)

Meditation → Comprehend Arts.

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I have only my sorrow, and want nothing more.
She has been and still is faithful.
What more could I wish, since in those hours
when my soul was crushed beneath my heart,
she was there, seated at my side.
Oh Sorrow, you see, finally I have come to respect you,
for I know you will never depart.
Ah, I admit you were forced to become beautiful –
you who never left the pitiful hearth
of my poor black heart.
Oh my Sorrow, you are better than a beloved.
For I know, on the day of my death you will be here,
still – oh Sorrow – trying to invade my heart.

Damn, how else am I gonna steal all the shares now?

Huzzah, kinda embarrassing to demonstrate my techniques and take out a single dummy because I used demon finger

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I don’t think “chilliness” is actualy a word, maybe you mean “exposure” ? :slight_smile:

“Chilliness” is indeed a word.

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Oh it is? I stand corrected. People usually die of exposure though, don’t they?