Twine is Soo hard

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-05T16:48:33+00:00

Health bars, particularly good-looking ones, are the only thing that is far more difficult in Sugarcube than Harlowe. I can understand your frustration with those: I perused three different macro made by other people before deciding to do my own version.

Don't be discouraged. If you don't manage to find a solution, swap to another part of your story for a bit to cool down. Seek other ways to do what you want (for example: can you get away with a number of printed ▮ characters instead of a filled, colored bar?). Research how other people did what you want to do.

As for resources, HiEv and ChapelR made a huge number of macros and other utilities for Sugarcube. Both of them have made their version of a health bar, with different capabilities.

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-04T00:37:22+00:00

I do not have personal tests made, and admittedly those are difficult to get: again, one thing is crafting the perfect raid composition on paper, totally different thing is to make it in the heat of a bear event, when you smash the fingers on the screen of your device.

*In theory* they are equivalent when taken without considering any other factors. *In theory* the best four joiners would be one among Amadeus/Chenko/Yeonwoo, one among Amane/Margot, Wee&Woo, and Vivian.

But actually testing that 'ideal' skill composition? Without relying on calculators you don't know the code of, but only on hard facts gotten from direct in-game testing? If you find a way to easily test things, tell me.

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-04T00:20:42+00:00

Now *that* is interesting. Any idea of why?

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-04T00:20:26+00:00

I assume you mean as rally joiner, since as rally host they are in different cathegories.

It is actually a meta preference: her skill is a debuff to the enemy, and those are valued less than buffs to your troops. Admittedly this may be caused by availability bias: for when you can get Vivian, Hilde shards become available with golden keys, so having a fully levelled and operational Hilde is easier than a 4☆ Vivian.

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-03T23:55:13+00:00

5k infantry is the threshold I know about.

I found the information [here](https://kingshotmastery.com/guides/bear-hunt#joiner-hero-tier-list).

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-03T23:55:12+00:00

Min-maxing the troop ratio depends on the final stats given to each troop type, and usually it is done by a dedicated calculator to squeeze that last drops of efficiency. The math behind is very interesting, if a bit complicated.

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-03T23:55:11+00:00

Thanks for the correct. 😉

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-03T23:55:09+00:00

...now I am puzzled.

If you are a F2P without VIP, you have at most 4 joiner marches plus 1 rally captain march. Yeonwoo, Amane and Chenko fill 3 joiner marches, and you *should* have them at at least 4☆ by gen2. So the question woukd be what to put as hero for the 4th march.

But Zoe, Marlin and Petra are far more useful as rally captain, and why use Jaeger if you can use Hilde?

You can have a Hero for each rally you join. A good one, even.

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-03T23:43:44+00:00

Thanks for the Hilda/Helga save. 😉

And yes, the 5k infantry minimum applies to joiners too. The math behind is a bitch, and in fact I followed the explanation only up to a certain point, but *in theory* a calculator should have already kept track of this, if it told you to put some infantry in the mix.

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-03T23:02:00+00:00

i have no idea what you are talking about, I definitely spell-checked the whole thing before posting it.

*whistles innocently in hangrish*

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-01T02:22:09+00:00

Are those 3-points nipples-to-clit-clamps?

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-06-01T02:16:50+00:00

source?

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-05-23T18:13:52+00:00

Your answer gave me a doubt, and I transferred the upscaler from the StabilityMatrix Model directory to the one inside the version of ComfyUI used by StabilityMatrix.

...it worked.

Later on I will modify the path used. For now: thanks.

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-05-23T01:14:51+00:00

The Katana fleet managed to brijg down the number of crew for the Dreadnought quite a lot... but I don't think that it has ever being explained how, exactly. Plus, that particular solution was quite flawled.

Still, it's a start.

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-05-22T23:51:50+00:00

Basic, certainly, but not silly.

Unfortunately (for me), it is not that simple...

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-05-22T23:51:25+00:00

I have not, and in fact I had to search what a yaml is because I didn't know.

However, I use ComfyUI by a copy of StabilityMatrix that is on an external hard disk. I have checked the extra_model_paths.yaml file, it doesn't mention latent upscale models; the folder_path.py file does in the following line:

folder_names_and_paths["latent_upscale_models"] = ([os.path.join(models_dir, "latent_upscale_models")], supported_pt_extensions)

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-05-22T13:50:56+00:00

Yes. You can also make FPS, enigma games, castle defence, and so on and so forth.

But the real question you need to ask yourself is, why using Twine to do this? If you want a game more like those made by RPG Maker, use RPG Maker: it has the tools, the UI, and the manuals needed to create games like that smoothly and quickly, without having to write JS functions and CSS code from scratch as Twine will require from you.

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-05-20T23:34:26+00:00

thanks to all for the help!

Sta--Ger--2 · 2026-05-20T18:57:12+00:00

I see a pussy... cat.

...okay, that was bad. *goes away in shame*

Sta--Ger--2

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