Virtual Date Girls

[tlaero]

Hello everyone, long time lurker, first time poster.

Chaotic, I'm a big fan of what you're doing with Virtual Date Girls. Keep up the good work.

I've been reading the code and fixing the things that keep this from working on IE. Here are the issues I've fixed so far.

First, it appears that HELLOWORLD.html isn't deleting the cookies. I made the following change, and it's working for me now.

function del_cookie1(name) {
document.cookie = name + "=; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT" + "; path=/";
}

You don't need to make all of those functions. You can just keep calling del_cookie1 over and over.

del_cookie1("ERCinf1");
del_cookie1("ERCinf2");
del_cookie1("ERCinf3");
del_cookie1("ERCdri1");
del_cookie1("ERCdri2");
del_cookie1("ERCdri3");
del_cookie1("ERCdrs");
del_cookie1("ERCcost");
del_cookie1("ERCoff");
del_cookie1("ERCcas");
del_cookie1("ERCcent");
del_cookie1("ERCshop");
del_cookie1("ERCrest");
del_cookie1("ERCbar");
del_cookie1("ERCclub");
del_cookie1("ERCcam");
del_cookie1("ERCdil");
del_cookie1("ERCss");
del_cookie1("ERClei");
del_cookie1("ERCsclub");
del_cookie1("ERChomecost");

That's just for your convienience though. Adding the path is what made the cookies start clearing for me.

The bigger deal, though, is the way you're checking the cookies.

Everywhere you have:
var start = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName);
(ie store1_check.html) I believe you mean:
var start = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName + "=");

I made that change in all of the *check* files and the 4 other files I found the issue in (club20.html, home1.html, homecheck6.html, and ss_10.html).

With those changes, VDG is working in IE8 for me. I still have a few smaller issues (sometimes I still have to close the browser to

clear the cookies and sometimes I get a black screen after allowing scrïpts in the first tutorial), but these changes let me play.

If things still work in Firefox with those changes, it would be really cool if you could make them in your full distribution.

Firefox works and all, but you'll reach a larger audience if you don't make people install a new browser to play.

tlaero

[erana]

Tlaero, good work. Albeit I would have to install IE8 to try it not starting browser wars, but for me FF is primay browser... but jokes besides, again, good work.

[Trucla]

erana wrote : Tlaero, good work. Albeit I would have to install IE8 to try it not starting browser wars, but for me FF is primay browser... but jokes besides, again, good work.

Yes I think that Tlaero did a good work! Bravo!

But, erana, don't install IE8. I made the mistake of doing it in one of my computers just for realizing that its speed is about 20% of the IE7. Grrrr... Micro$oft...
Cheers!

[qbv8]

And the IE-7 compatibility mode of IE-8 is not very compatible, therefore we have now two new browsers in one i.e., if you want to write something that runs on IE-6 and IE-7 and IE-8, you also have to test the "IE-7 mode on IE-8" because it behaves differently than IE-7 nativ.

Trucla wrote: Grrrr... Micro$oft...

YES! Micro$oft

[tlaero]

Thanks erana. I happen to have IE8 installed, but the changes I suggested are standard javascrïpt syntax dating back to Netscape. I'd expect them to work in all browsers, FF and IE7 included.

tlaero

[sharksfan]

Blog is updated... Leilani date could be available in a fortnight's time (about two weeks).

[Dyonisis]

Hi

Firefox has a new version; any consequences for the game?

[Trucla]

Dyonisis wrote : Hi

Firefox has a new version

What???

The current one is 3.0.10 and I got it for quite some time...

[qbv8]

Dyonisis, Firefox 3.0.10 is the current stable version, and it has been published for quite some time now. There is also Firefox 3.5 beta 4 available, but as the name states, it is pre-release software. You can find the release notes on http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3. ... easenotes/ . As far as I have seen, there is no problem in using this pre-release with VDG.

[mothership]

Hello everyone!
I was able to play the game online, but after each failure I had to delete all cookies.
No success offline. Looks like the girls has been all places many, many times.
Anybody has any ideas?

Thanks

[Trucla]

Dyonisis, sorry for not having thought about the beta. May be I'm allergic to beta stuff. Micro$oft's fault you know?...
mothership, have you read carefully all posts related to this problem? If so and you didn't find the solution, why not telling us which browser you are using, and as many extra details as possible and may be someone can help you...

Cheers!

[mothership]

Trucla, I am using Firefox. Don't have too many details: I play well online and I am using the name Dick; found all endings - unfortunately there is no threesome or better but there is still hope! I do delete all cookies before each trial. I have to reenter my name, Dick, every time, and this is how I know that everything is OK.
When I down load and play offline the girl seems to remember all places.
That's all!
Any ideas?

Thanks

[Trucla]

Hmm... strange because the only difference as far as I am concerned is that I've never played it online. And never had that message. And note that I never needed to clear the cookies. I simply close the browser and doubleclick again on BEGIN.html. It remembers my nick, clears the other information and works smoothly...

Besides this I don't know what to say...

By the way when will you finish removing your top?

[mothership]

Is Rise of the machines, I knew it! Machines do whatever they want whenever they whant. Soon they will take over and feed on our mushy brains.

Patience, the top will come off soon[img]smile/!2214_EM2.gif[/img]

[60nowise]

To mothership: I have the same problem! I can only play online. I allready tried firefox, opera, safari. In all downloads she remembers all places.