Virtual Date Girls

[IronMark]

60nowise wrote :
I DO start with BEGIN.html. Same problem as before!

I have the same problem with ie7 - can't get rid of it's memory of the cookies no matter how I try, even if I reboot.

With chrome, I can't get it to remember a cookie.

I finally got it working only when I downloaded firefox

[Arnulf]

Yes, IronMark, my best, this has been said repeatedly here!

[erana]

Aditional point regarding the "begin.html" file: for it to PROPERLY clear your cookies, you need to refresh the "begin.html" page before re-starting the game. I actually close the window and open the file again. It works, BTW.

Chaotic, you REALLY, REALLY should put the cookie-clearing stuff in all the starting and ending pages (then zip and distribute them as a patch).

[digits]

The patch way will bring questions on how to use it.
A 1.1.1 is not really bandwidth effective, I know. But it's probaly easier.

[qbv8]

On Google Chrome and Cookies
When playing web based games, some features like the savegame feature of ArianeB, rely on cookies, sometimes even the whole game relies on Cookies. To be able to use the specific feature or even be able to play the whole game now requires that you enable cookies in your browser. So far, so easy.

The sad news
For Google Chrome now, the programmers have decided that local cookies (= cookies stored from a Javascrïpt that you have loaded from a local file on your computer) are a security threat --- whereas remote cookies, especially the cookies that are sent from Google, do not seem to be regarded as a threat ... Therefore, there is no option in the Google Chrome options menu to enable local cookies, and there will not be any according to the developers. Google Chrome seems to be the only browser in the known universe with this "feature". You can read the position of Google on this topic on http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=535

The good news
Nevertheless, there is a somewhat exotic way to convince Chrome to store local cookies: you have to specify this on the command line.

HOWTO (on Windows XP and Vista)
Somewhere on your desktop there is an icon to start Google Chrome. To enable local cookies within Google Chrome, proceed as follows:
[*] 1. Right click on the Google Chrome icon on your desktop, pull down the menu and choose "Properties" (for non-american systems: usually the last entry at the bottom of the menu).
[*] 2. You see a marked piece of text labeled "Target:" (on american systems) which represents the command line. This marked text looks roughly like "C:... mumble mumble ...chrome.exe". Please pay special attention to the quotation marks at the beginning and at the end of this string, they are siginificant.
[*] 3. At the end of this long command line, after the quotation marks, add a space and the option --enable-file-cookies such that after the change, your command line looks like
"C:... mumble mumble ...chrome.exe" --enable-file-cookies
[*] 4. Press OK.

Now a double click on this icon starts Google Chrome with local cookies enabled, and you can save the actual state of your Ariane.

Best regards,
qbv8

[qbv8]

On Safari and Cookies
As far as I have experienced, Safari on Apple as wel as on Windows does not allow cookies from local files on any circumstances. Period.

digits might provide some more in-depths explanation of this "feature" as he has helped me in testing different hacks to circumvent this restriction.

[MDK]

People piss & moan about things & you give them help & no one bothers to thank you...

[qbv8]

Thank you for your appreciation

[IronMark]

Wow - you guys are too quick

thank you qv8 - chrome works now

[Jax]

Great game. I have found all of the endings but one. Can anyone tell me what area the bench is in?

Thanks appreciate the help.

[muppet787]

Jax I don't think there is a bench, it's the bank that you sit on!!

[Jax]

Thanks muppet787.

Was looking for the bench I heard them talk about earlier. Got all the endings now.

Great game.

[astringues]

Looking for help...
I can't get my way through the club.
If I drink 3 glasses, Erica gets drunk.
If I drink 2, everytime I chase after Erica, I find her in that Lady's arms and it's too late.
I've tried to buy (apart from the maid dress) any of the item in the shop, but no one seems to be the good one.
What do I need to find Erica back alone ?
Thanks

[astringues]

Actually I finished by going through just visiting the office before.
Great game anyway.

[digits]

First impressions about the new game:
Good job on the graphic side (except maybe for the jacuzzi's final scene).
Adding some js variables was probably a difficult choice, but quite a necessary one. And you achieved the transition to a functional game with an amazingly short delay. Congratulations.
A bit of wet towel:
Interface is rather confusing: you've got the clickable areas, bottom's links (I second a color change too), and input buttons -BTW, you don't need input buttons to trigger a function- when they appear (quite annoying these buttons, they ignite with a destination which wasn't in your mind at first, and nothing left but to jump off the cliff) .
It can be interesting to have the user confused at some points of the game for challenging purposes, but this is a bit too much IMHO . The town's map adds to the confusion: it's not really needed right now, and if it's necessary for future enhancements, I'd rather have it available all the time, at least for outside locations (through a link at the bottom of the page or something like this).

You should have a look at the UP16 by Arnulf, Erana and qbv8. Consider the parent. stuff already mentioned in previous posts, as an alternative to the cookies... and a single (or a few, if needed) file for your functions could be easier to maintain.

One more thing: try to get rid of the warnings in the error console.
Keep up the good work!