Started a VN, wanna make it a Dating Sim

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Started a VN, wanna make it a Dating Sim

#1 Post by pinkbatmax » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:43 pm

How do I install the DSE, and what's the best way to convert the work I've already done to dating sim format? I'm only three scenes in, for what that's worth. There's really not very good documentation....

Your help is much appreciated!

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Re: Started a VN, wanna make it a Dating Sim

#2 Post by OokamiKasumi » Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:17 am

pinkbatmax wrote:How do I install the DSE, and what's the best way to convert the work I've already done to dating sim format? I'm only three scenes in, for what that's worth. There's really not very good documentation...
If this is your very first VN you may want to start by creating a basic dating sim rather than trying to adjust the (somewhat complicated) DSE engine. Even better, there's a really good tutorial to help you do it.

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Re: Started a VN, wanna make it a Dating Sim

#3 Post by noeinan » Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:20 pm

The DSE uses pretty old code. A while back, I was trying to use it as well, but ended up just making my own DSE-like code that is more recent. (Uses screen language, for example.)

I released what I did to the public and you can try downloading this instead if you don't want to make one from scratch: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... 51&t=22393
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Re: Started a VN, wanna make it a Dating Sim

#4 Post by pinkbatmax » Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:35 pm

Thanks! I'm gonna take Eileen's advice for this project then use Daikiraikimi's for the project I have in mind after.

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