[Solved-ish :) ] Personality traits maximum

[Let Me Die]

Why can I only have 3 personality traits at a time? When I have 4 with equal stats, the codex entry becomes blank regarding personality.
Where is the event guide posted by Hanako? I found it, but forgot to bookmark it & can't find it again.

N/A Steam: Why does the developer site not allow you any permissions as a newly registered member & have no FAQ regarding that & how to get permissions? Makes joining pointless.

[Hanako Games]

I don't know what you mean about the developer site. Do you mean the forums? There's a section on the forums labeled with 'NOTICE THIS' which explains about posting in the guestbook in order to get your account unlocked. (it does require waiting for me to then see it myself and act on it. unfortunately we used to get a lot of spambots so it was necessary.) If you mean something else though, you'll need to explain more.

The event guide can be found here: https://www.hanakogames.com/md/event_guide.txt

[Let Me Die]

Yes, the forums, sorry. I've posted now with an apology. Thank you for the guide link.

[Hanako Games]

As for the traits thing, this is one of those where there is no good answer as no one including me remembers exactly who decided what when.

There may have at one point been the intention that if all your traits were equal, you obviously didn't have any trait that stood out above the rest and therefore should be reset back to neutral. On the other hand, players report getting special text for all four traits when they have them like that and seeing all four on the in-game yearbook. On the THIRD hand players report that those traits don't carry over to the webpage yearbook.

Possibly the most likely explanation is that you weren't actually supposed to be able to get all traits equal, because it's highly unlikely to happen naturally, but having a fallback in place to prevent dialog flow from breaking was more important than finding ways to force players out of that unnatural alignment.

But I don't know for sure, and if I don't know, I don't think anyone else can.

[Let Me Die]

Thanks for that. Personally, without a detailed description of what each personality trait "means" I can't pick one (or several) that I'd prefer which is why I wanted to go for a "balanced" personality. But if the character can't, they can't.
I really appreciate you taking time to keep up with these forums as well.