I updated the GT Ghost Template! Ghosts are little desktop doodads I post about too much, I made a video about what they are here. Anyway, my template/site is meant to help you make your own ghost! Here are the changes. They’re mostly coding changes so I don’t have any interesting pictures to show of them sadly, unless you want pictures of just… text.
Updated yaya.dll to Tc571-5, meaning you can use “: all” on stuff now, and subsequently used that to clean up some of the menus. Write-up on “: all” on the walkthrough site still to come.
OnFirstBoot no longer asks the user’s name/pronouns, I left the code in so you can add it in yourself if you want but by default it’s not there. This will hopefully simplify the whole process down for a new developer.
Setting pronouns and your birthday are commented out in the config menu by default, you can uncomment them and fill in the dialogue for each function as you want. This will also hopefully simplify things down. Added some cute ascii banners too to help indicate the sections in the file as a result. :3
Simplified OnBoot and OnClose a ton by making the various time/day checks optional. The code’s still there, you just have uncomment it and add it back in where you want. But this should make OnBoot and OnClose much less intimidating.
Similarly cut down the time/day if checks in aitalk.dic, they’re still there but there’s only one of each as an example of how to do one.
Made the screen boundary check opt-in. If you want to turn that feature on you’ll have to uncomment a few things. I’ve heard more complaints about that feature than enjoyment so I figured it’s better to leave it off.
Made the extra time check dialogue optional. THEY WON’T ANNOUNCE THE TOP OF THE HOUR BY DEFAULT ANYMORE. IT’S THE END OF AN ERA.
Made adding titles to the user’s name like Lady or Master optional, so you can comment it in if you want but it’s not enabled by default.
Rewrote and reorganized some parts of etc.dic, mostly emphasizing that it’s not super important in the big scheme of things so people won’t get stuck filling it out as much. Hopefully.
I know ghost updates aren’t as flashy as art and fic but I spent a few hours doing all this and that deserves a post too! Trying to break some mental habits…
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