Although totally unrelated to THIS mod, this is fantastic information that'll fix at least half a dozen complications I've experienced with other JoiPlay installations (yours & a few others). Great information here. If you don't mind, send me a link to buy you a coffee. & maybe a bagel, donut, bear claw, or what?
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I don't have Mac, I have PC and Linux but try this method from another Mac user (Haywire7) who uses SanchoMod on a different VN (but the process is likely identical) and offered this bit of instruction to another who was having Mac issues in my University of Problems mod:
- Right click the Seducing the Devil application
- Click ”Show Package Contents”
- Open Contents>Resources>autorun
- Duplicate the original “game” folder in case of corruption and store it somewhere safely
- Rename the mod folder to “game” in case it isn’t already named that.
- Press the option key and drag the mod folder (renamed to game) into the autorun folder
- When the pop up box comes up notifying you of a folder in autorun already named “game”, it should have the options “Cancel, Merge, and Replace”. Make sure to click ”Merge”
- The mod show now be installed.
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Don't miss the forest for the trees. This isn't about specific version of RenPy 8, it's about the combination of any version of late RenPy 7 and/or RenPy 8 along with SanchoMod. Android does not support emulation nor can it process Win APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), this has always been a Google problem, they refuse to address it. JoiPlay does NOT emulate Win so it cannot process APIs either (as stated on the main page of their website clearly):
So, the operating system (droid) is the root of the problem, not RenPy, not me. If SanchoMod was a simplistic mod with no features (green text choice is best choice type of bullshit) then all would be fine but I can't pull off the feature sets I offer without API assistance, especially in regards to GL2 which is mandatory. If you're game on rewriting GL2 to work on Android while "learning coding & writing" then please, be my guest. It will be no easy feat though with Google working against you.
That should give you some base info to look into if you desire. For the meantime (until I resolve the issue) SanchoMod and droid are not compatible, use a different OS. Regards.
That is how I normally install the mod. Worked fine on the previous version, but now it gives me that traceback that I attached. I am very limited in coding and what the error actually means as far as what problems the program is encountering. Thanks for the response and for all your hard work on updating this stuff. I know it must take a lot of time and I appreciate you spending the effort making things like this for the community. I'll check back and see if things have changed at the next update.
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For what it's worth I've seen folks having issues with this VN update's Mac in the VN's thread that are unmodded (just the VN itself)... so there might be an issue with the Mac build. Try there bud.
Great info, & I appreciate the lead(s) here. I'll follow them up ASAP. I am not surprised by the exclusive & black balling tendencies of current Android products & the path they've taken since Android 12. The steps they've taken to bar users out of their own APP & OB folders blinds me with fury. This is my f****** phone & my apps, & it's insane what little control I have over them anymore. Half the developer options don't work, & the OS doesn't even tell you that it isn't an option. I HATE iPhone w a loathing that's almost pleasurable. But Android has gotten incredibly worse. & to add injury to insult: they still try to sell you on the shittiness. "No, you can't move apps to the SD Card (who'd wanna do that? Why?) but YOU CAN add all the pics & vids you ever wanted to". My last phone was a Moto G Play, which you'd think is geared towards gaming. Right? Spider solitaire crashed all the time. Insane. "Here's the pretty coloring book you bought from us, full of rainbows & shiny baubles for you to be creative & make as beautiful & as unique as you are! But you can only use the dark brown, white, & grey crayons. Have fun, & we think you're an idiot".
(Wow, totally off topic. Apparently I needed to vent. Sorry. Feel free to delete)
But more importantly: forward me a link that will enable me to buy you a coffee & a bun. Not just for your help here, but I have employed your mod (successfully) on other games & was impressed. Happy gaming
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I can't bud. That'd make me a massive hypocrite. See my profile's (very old now) "about" page as to the reasons. Your thanks, comradery, and good karma is more than sufficient. I'm simply sharing the toys I make for my personal use with the rest of those on the playground. I sincerely appreciate the offer though, I know you are being genuine. Regards.
How do i make textbox transparent in gallery, it's annoying? and please add back button when playing gallery replay scenes to roll back.
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In SanchoGallery when playing a scene use the little vertical bar at the bottom-right of the screen (normally changes opacity of the MiniStat while in-game) to change the dialogue box opacity. This is identical in all versions of SanchoMod for all VN's.
See this thread's FAQ for details of this feature under "SanchoGallery" which is the 5th bulleted item in the FAQ list.