You're welcome muppet787
And you are not useless at all. Your report was a valuable contribution in improving Ariane from release to release. Please keep reporting errors whenever you encounter one. Reporting errors is never a mistake, it is an important help, especially if it comes from non-programmers.

Thank you, and enjoy the game!

 

--Last edited by qbv8 on 2009-07-19 19:37:50 --

habs reproduziert:
im decor store:
status:
ArianeB 5.8 mit Erweiterungen von Arnulf und Erana
Variable Value Variable Value
allf 0 racetime 4726
allwet 1 rebec 0
beer 3 romance 0
blouse 0 score 0
bottomf 2 sgsource 18
changect 0 shower 0
crazy 0 skirt 0
changeto 2 spinbottle 0
dance 11 stargaze 0
dancect 10 strip 0
daring 12 suggest 2
downtown 0
dress 5
drinks 8 haveWhisky 0
drive 1
endnum 0
endtext Looks like I won. Be ... swam 1
facef 12 swimct 6
food 2 topf 8
freshen 0 tord 1
hottub 0 towel 0
justchanged 0 whitedress 0
locat 1
nogas 0
nonudity 0
oldmap 1
pagenum 88
parktrip 0
photos 1 picture pic88.htm
quote 0 respond resp88.htm
race 1 footer text88.htm

1 → 42 → 38 → 42 → 11 → 21 → 55 → 21 → 12 → 11 → 38 → 11 → 23 → 27 → 55 → 27 → 12 → 30 → 18 → 19 → 18 → 55 → 79 → 29 → 11 → 38 → 11 → 31 → 64 → 65 → 66 → 68 → 72 → 88
Local state variables:

total = 0

savestring:
currentState=88 allf=0 allwet=1 beer=3 blouse=0 bottomf=2 changect=0 changeto=2 crazy=0 dance=11 dancect=10 daring=10 dayn=1 downtown=0 dress=5 drinks=8 drive=1 endnum=0 facef=12 food=2 freshen=0 haveWhisky=0 hottub=0 justchanged=0 locat=1 nogas=0 nonudity=0 oldmap=1 pagenum=1 parktrip=0 photos=1 quote=0 race=1 racetime=4726 rebec=0 romance=0 score=0 sgsource=18 shower=0 skirt=0 spinbottle=0 stargaze=0 strip=0 suggest=2 swam=1 swimct=6 topf=8 tord=8 towel=0 whitedress=0

im museum:
status
ArianeB 5.8 mit Erweiterungen von Arnulf und Erana
Variable Value Variable Value
allf 0 racetime 4726
allwet 1 rebec 0
beer 3 romance 0
blouse 0 score 0
bottomf 2 sgsource 18
changect 0 shower 0
crazy 0 skirt 0
changeto 2 spinbottle 0
dance 11 stargaze 0
dancect 10 strip 0
daring 10 suggest 2
downtown 0
dress 5
drinks 8 haveWhisky 0
drive 1
endnum 0
endtext Looks like I won. Be ... swam 1
facef 12 swimct 6
food 2 topf 8
freshen 0 tord 8
hottub 0 towel 0
justchanged 0 whitedress 0
locat 1
nogas 0
nonudity 0
oldmap 1
pagenum 78
parktrip 0
photos 1 picture pic78.htm
quote 2 respond resp78.htm
race 1 footer text78.htm

1 → 72 → 78
Local state variables:

total = 0
count = 0
savestring:
currentState=78 allf=0 allwet=1 beer=3 blouse=0 bottomf=2 changect=0 changeto=2 crazy=0 dance=11 dancect=10 daring=10 dayn=1 downtown=0 dress=5 drinks=8 drive=1 endnum=0 facef=12 food=2 freshen=0 haveWhisky=0 hottub=0 justchanged=0 locat=1 nogas=0 nonudity=0 oldmap=1 pagenum=1 parktrip=0 photos=1 quote=0 race=1 racetime=4726 rebec=0 romance=0 score=0 sgsource=18 shower=0 skirt=0 spinbottle=0 stargaze=0 strip=0 suggest=2 swam=1 swimct=6 topf=8 tord=8 towel=0 whitedress=0


viel Spass beim Debuggen
Ludwig

Huuuuuuuuuuuhhh --- looks like a lot of work on your side. So, we will do our homework as well and see what we can get out of this.

Bye now, I'm diving into the abyss ...

RE: Ludwig, first error report
Assumption: you play "ArianeB UP17" as published by Arnulf on 13-July-2009 and you have applied Patch 1 as published by Arnulf on 20-July-2009 and reported in the same post.

In your bug report from yesterday (part 1) you report to have dress = 5 (only bikini bottom, topless) and the history of states ends on ... --> 31 --> 64 --> 65 --> 66 --> 68 --> 72 --> 88.

The error shown is that no picture is displayed in state 88. This is because dress code 5 is not supported for the deco store. Now the question is: How did you get Ariane in dress 5 into the deco store? To shed some light on this, we look at the history of states backwards, starting from the deco store. Some examination of the code reveals the following properties.

State 88 "deco store": dress 1 and dress 8 supported, changing of dress not possible
State 72 "downtown": no Ariane shown in the picture = dress independent, changing of dress not possible
State 68 "intersection": no Ariane shown in the picture = dress independent, changing of dress not possible
State 66 "gas station": only dress 1 supported, changing of dress not possible
State 65 "intersection": no Ariane shown in the picture = dress independent, changing of dress not possible
State 64 "ready for drive": only dress 1 supported, changing of dress not possible
State 31 "kitchen": all dress codes possible, changing between all dresses possible.

Therefore: if you have  dress = 5 in State 88, then you also have  dress = 5 in state 31, and we have to examine the transition from state 31 to state 64 to see how we could slip there without changing clothes.

Looking into text31.htm, we identify all the possible places where a direct transition from state 31 to state 64 can occur. This is the case only when Ariane proposes to go for a drive, and you accept, which will lead us into the function followsuggest() in text31.htm, line 188:
______________________________________________________________________________

if (parent.suggest == 2){ // go for a drive
1) if (parent.dress == 4 || parent.dress == 7 || parent.dress == 5 || parent.dress == 15){
       parent.changeto = 5;
       if (parent.swam == 1)
           parent.change(84);
       else
           parent.change(12);
   }
2) else if (parent.dress == 1 || parent.playVersion == parent.versionORIG) {
       parent.change(64);
   }
3) else {
       parent.changeDress (1, 64);
   }
}
______________________________________________________________________________

According to this piece of code, condition 1) is true (because of dress == 5) and we should see a state transition to either 12 or 84, but not to 64. This will lead to either the sequence 31 --> 84 (black dress) --> 68 --> 72 --> 88 or to the sequence 31 --> 12 (black dress) --> 68 --> 72 --> 88. Therefore I assume that the code in file text31.htm does not correspond to what is shown here.

Condition 2) can only be true if condition 1) is false and either dress = 1 or you are playing the original version. In this case we would directly change to state 64 and are on the safe side in UP17 (because dress = 1).

In any other case, the code under 3) is executed, and we should see Ariane changing her dress from whatever she is wearing now to dress = 1 (casual clothes) and then change to state 64, which will bring us to the safe side, and all pictures should be shown correctly.

Please examine text31.htm and see if your code corresponds to what is shown here.

This is as much as I can do from here now.

Regards,
qbv8  

--Last edited by qbv8 on 2009-07-22 09:44:21 --

SORRY, was my fault,

i unrared the patch into the directory and it made it's own directory. I think i was much too curious to check it hard enough.

But it was great to see how you were reading Arianes diary and what she had done with me :-)

I'm going to patch it now again and look for new adventures with her.

Thanks for your patience
Ludwig

   

--Last edited by qbv8 on 2009-07-22 17:52:45 --

Oh, Ludwig!!  Mir fehlen die Worte! (vulgo: Mir bleibt die Spucke weg!

Viel Spaß noch mit Ari!

Mein lieber Junge, diese Nummer kostet Dich aber mindestens eine Kiste guten Rotweins ...

Hey ludwig, where's my wine?

 

Bug Report: (Mac OS X, Safari v3.2.3) Every time I try to explore the whiskey scene, it stops when I click either boob and the error is Empty Stack:

Variable
Value
Variable
Value
allf
0
racetime
0
allwet
0
rebec
0
beer
0
romance
2
blouse
0
score
0
bottomf
1
sgsource
0
changect
2
shower
0
crazy
0
skirt
5
changeto
8
spinbottle
0
dance
32
stargaze
0
dancect
4
strip
0
daring
1
suggest
15
downtown
5
dress
7
drinks
5
haveWhisky
0
drive
1
endnum
0
endtext
Not really. The park ...
swam
0
facef
3
swimct
0
food
3
topf
7
freshen
0
tord
0
hottub
0
towel
0
justchanged
0
whitedress
0
locat
1
nogas
0
nonudity
0
oldmap
1
pagenum
57
parktrip
0
photos
0
picture
pic57_UP.html
quote
0
respond
resp57_UP.html
race
0
footer
text57.htm
1 → 2 → 7 → 9 → 10 → 32 → 38 → 32 → 11 → 22 → 23 → 12 → 49 → 74 → 75 → 76 → 77 → 72 → 80 → 98 → 69 → 92 → 94 → 11 → 86 → 11 → 31 → 57
History of Scenes in State 57:
-> (Scene 1, dress 7), Stack: λ
[Boobs] on 'whiskey7.jpg'-> STACK IS EMPTY!
Local state variables:
foreplay = 0
currentScene=1

Quote :

qbv8 wrote : Hey ludwig, where's my wine?

ich hab etwas suchen müssen:


prost!

     

Quote :

qbv8 wrote :

i'm glad it suits your taste

cowboyblob wrote on 24-07-2009:

Quote :

Bug Report: (Mac OS X, Safari v3.2.3) Every time I try to explore the whiskey scene, it stops when I click either boob and the error is Empty Stack ...

Hi cowboyblob
Thanks a lot for your bug report. Sorry that it took so long to take care of it (I was busy taking care of the bottles of wine from ludwig, see above )

Fix
In your UP17 distribution, open file datingsimulator/state57_prog.js.  In line 186 of this file you will find the following code:
________________________________________________________________________

/* ***************************************************************
* Implement a stack of states
* ***************************************************************/
var stateStack = new Array();

function nextSteps(arguments)
{
   var n = nextSteps.arguments.length;
   var i = 0;
________________________________________________________________________

Delete the word arguments that is marked red in the example above.  Now your code should look like this:
________________________________________________________________________

/* ***************************************************************
* Implement a stack of states
* ***************************************************************/
var stateStack = new Array();

function nextSteps()
{
   var n = nextSteps.arguments.length;
   var i = 0;
________________________________________________________________________

Save the file, and enjoy the game. And it would be nice if you could report whether this fix was successful, as I do not have a Mac to be able to test it myself.

In case your browser accidentally allows cookies for the duration of the session, press the SAVE button and paste the following code into the input field of the popup window:

currentState=57 allf=0 allwet=0 beer=0 blouse=0 bottomf=1 changect=2 changeto=8 crazy=0 dance=32 dancect=4 daring=4 dayn=1 downtown=5 dress=7 drinks=5 drive=1 endnum=0 facef=3 food=3 freshen=0 haveWhisky=0 hottub=0 justchanged=0 locat=1 nogas=0 nonudity=0 oldmap=1 pagenum=1 parktrip=0 photos=0 quote=0 race=0 racetime=0 rebec=0 romance=2 score=0 sgsource=0 shower=5 skirt=5 spinbottle=0 stargaze=0 strip=0 suggest=15 swam=0 swimct=0 topf=7 tord=7 towel=0 whitedress=0

Then press OK and press the LOAD button. Now with some luck your state will be reloaded and you can start where you have had to stop because of the bug.

Enjoy the game, and best regards,
qbv8  

--Last edited by qbv8 on 2009-07-26 22:48:04 --

The Save hasn't worked for me at all, but I'll try this fix.

Is the update stand alone or do I need the latest version?  I'm confused.....

roberttx, it is not necessary to post the same question twice at different places. The answer is in the neighbour thread.

Continuation of bug report (Whiskey Scene):  (Mac OS X Safari 3.2.3)

Very next screen, no matter which option (kiss, boob, nipple) results in no clickable area.

Variable
Value
Variable
Value
allf
0
racetime
0
allwet
0
rebec
0
beer
3
romance
0
blouse
0
score
0
bottomf
1
sgsource
18
changect
0
shower
0
crazy
0
skirt
0
changeto
10
spinbottle
0
dance
11
stargaze
0
dancect
2
strip
0
daring
3
suggest
15
downtown
0
dress
9
drinks
4
haveWhisky
0
drive
0
endnum
0
endtext
<empty>
swam
1
facef
2
swimct
3
food
2
topf
6
freshen
0
tord
0
hottub
0
towel
0
justchanged
0
whitedress
0
locat
1
nogas
0
nonudity
0
oldmap
1
pagenum
57
parktrip
0
photos
0
picture
pic57_UP.html
quote
0
respond
resp57_UP.html
race
0
footer
text57.htm
1 → 2 → 7 → 9 → 10 → 32 → 38 → 32 → 11 → 22 → 23 → 27 → 12 → 30 → 18 → 55 → 12 → 20 → 11 → 31 → 79 → 29 → 11 → 38 → 11 → 31 → 57
History of Scenes in State 57:
-> (Scene 1, dress 9), Stack: λ
[Boobs] on 'whiskey9.jpg' -> (Scene 10, dress 9), Stack: 6
Local state variables:
foreplay = 0
currentScene=10

Hi, I don’t know if you saw that Chaotic made a mod for Ariane v5.8. Check it out at his site.

http://www.virtualdategirls.com./main.html

That is just AWESOME!  

Of course, now that I'm back from vacation, I need not use the Mac and Safari to check out the other stuff.