Bug with custom stories

[Konick77]

Hi ! I'm experiencing a weird bug every time I launch a custom story : no characters appear (However, the Original, Valentine and Brittney stories work just fine) I wanted to test the CSC, following your latest video tutorials, just the basics, and everything worked, except that the house is desperately empty. I thought I messed up with something, so I try to download some compatible stories with the actual version of HP : same bug occured.
I'm working on Unity 2018.4.2f1 and HPCSC.0.14.4, my game is up to date.
Did I miss something ? I hope you can help me, I really want to use this feature and thanks for your awesome game !

[Elementus]

Did you install the stories correctly?

[erasmus]

Hey thanks for the love, glad you're otherwise enjoying the game

So the custom stories show up in the drop-down on the title screen, but no characters are around? What about events like intro narration (if any was set up), thought bubbles, etc.? If they show up in the drop-down, they're probably installed correctly, but make sure. You should have a custom story folder with ONLY .character files and one .story file. No other .zips, .rars, or subfolders, etc.

Is your PC running OneDrive? It's been known to cause issues with programs that store data in a User's \Documents folder, including HP. What about Windows file compression; any folders or files compressed? You'd see those as icons with little blue arrows in the corner.

[Konick77]

@Elementus Since I can launch them from the game menu, I don't think it's the problem.
To install those created by the community, you simply need to drag and drop their custom story folder into the game mods folder.

[Konick77]

Originally posted by Eek! Games - Erasmus:

Hey thanks for the love, glad you're otherwise enjoying the game

So the custom stories show up in the drop-down on the title screen, but no characters are around? What about events like intro narration (if any was set up), thought bubbles, etc.? If they show up in the drop-down, they're probably installed correctly, but make sure. You should have a custom story folder with ONLY .character files and one .story file. No other .zips, .rars, or subfolders, etc.

Is your PC running OneDrive? It's been known to cause issues with programs that store data in a User's \Documents folder, including HP. What about Windows file compression; any folders or files compressed? You'd see those as icons with little blue arrows in the corner.

Thanks for the quick answer, so I tried some stuff :
- I verified each custom story folder, and they only contain the .character files and one .story file.
- I've desactivated Onedrive
- No files or folder are compressed
- And I made this test : I duplicated all the "Original Story" folder, renamed the story script "Original Story Test" and exported it to a folder with the exact same name. When I'm on the title screen, I can see and launch this new "Original Story Test", but then it's again an empty house, and I don't see the usual starting message or anything else. However, I can interact with everything, furniture, doors, picking and inspect objects (The description text appears) etc...

[Elementus]

Which of these locations have you installed them in, it will only work if you install it in the my documents one.
Documents\Eek\House Party\Mods\Stories
Steam\steamapps\common\House Party\HouseParty_Data\StreamingAssets\Mods\Stories

[Konick77]

Oh thanks Elementus ! That was actually the real issue !
I thought that since my game is on Steam, I had to use the steam folder
Anyway, it's very confusing that the game allows you to see and launch a custom story saved into the wrong directory. By the way, when I wanted to copy my stories in the right directory, I noticed that it already contained a copy of my custom story folder from Steam (same name) but a copy without any file. Confusion/100

Thanks again i was about to give up the csc definitely :)

[erasmus]

Glad you got it figured out!

[josephoc]

okay so i unzipped the 1 story file and all of the character files into into a sub folder off the Steam\steamapps\common\House Party\HouseParty_Data\StreamingAssets\Mods\Stories
for example xmasballz and the story name shows up as selectable but when i start the story no people etc as said above - what is my mistake?

[Elementus]

Originally posted by josephoc:

okay so i unzipped the 1 story file and all of the character files into into a sub folder off the Steam\steamapps\common\House Party\HouseParty_Data\StreamingAssets\Mods\Stories
for example xmasballz and the story name shows up as selectable but when i start the story no people etc as said above - what is my mistake?

you installed it in the wrong place, check my comment that the OP marked as the answer and it will tell you where to install them

[josephoc]

Thanks

[OmniLord]

I did exactly that. Right into the correct Steam directory, still an empty house.

[OmniLord]

StreamingAssets/Mods/Story

[OmniLord]

I've tried multiple ways and still cannot access anything more than an empty house. Any advice on a solution would be appreciated.

[erasmus]

Originally posted by SkarLord:

StreamingAssets/Mods/Story

This is not where custom stories go. They go in \Documents\Eek\House Party\Mods\Stories.

Edit: moving to Game Help.

[OmniLord]

Originally posted by Eek! Games - Erasmus:

Originally posted by SkarLord:

StreamingAssets/Mods/Story

This is not where custom stories go. They go in \Documents\Eek\House Party\Mods\Stories.

Edit: moving to Game Help.

Ahhh I'll try to find another folder, thanks!