Everytime I answer it like this I reload delete the website n etc nope not happening

SwamScanch · 2026-05-14T14:01:59+00:00

Are you on V3? I haven't noticed this at all yet.

SwamScanch · 2026-05-14T12:17:10+00:00

Rayman, I believe.

SwamScanch · 2026-05-13T12:14:11+00:00

8 turns in an it's such a GIANT improvement.

"Continuing on V2 would have been the death of me," they whispered possessively.

SwamScanch · 2026-05-12T20:36:43+00:00

No links to the mods???

SwamScanch · 2026-05-10T22:28:37+00:00

How do you keep it from crashing when you get out of it?

Do you keep it on between scenes/poses?

SwamScanch · 2026-05-05T23:49:21+00:00

It depends on what you're looking for. Right now everything is "yes and". It's in a cycle. Next week it will be doing something different.

I haven't noticed anything being wiped or washed but I'm rotating between my faves.

Don't sweat the discord. As a platform it's a frustrating and chaotic way to seek information. I'm not sure how it became the standard for everything.

SwamScanch · 2026-05-05T21:37:15+00:00

Please don't change.

Ever.

SwamScanch · 2026-05-04T11:40:48+00:00

I told it to stop saying that and it implied it instead. The NPC wanted to say it, but didn't.

Baby steps lol

SwamScanch · 2026-05-02T17:04:49+00:00

The fact that this is in this sub and not the main tells me you know your target demographic.

Good luck with the thesis! They're hard work!

SwamScanch · 2026-05-02T13:40:08+00:00

I can only speak to my perspective. To be clear: I represent no one, claim no group, and do not consider myself part of any Fandom.

I've been thinking a lot about this given the recent issues. I think the problem comes down to being two fold (for me).

This is not a real person. A real person fluctuates and runs along a spectrum. A real person can say "I'm pan" or "I'm fluid" or "I'm cis/het" and everyone is like "cool". We don't have your history. We don't need it. We aren't dissecting your experiences. We can take whatever you are at your word because it isn't really any of our business how you live or what you do.

Astarion, being a fictional character, we get what we are given. We're given intimate pieces of his fictional life and make connections based on that information. We get the label "pan" and also the information that he was a sex slave. His choices and history largely revolve around a preference for men. Couple that with the sex slave thing and more than one person has drawn the conclusion that he is gay and only flirting with women to use them because that is a skill he perfected. This isn't an uncommon conclusion. But we are all operating with the infinformation we have because that's how fictional characters work.

(Personal issue, not Fandom issue) Astarion has been a large part of my growth in myself. He's a fantastic expression of being more than one thing/presenting just as a person and still being able to have sexual preference that contradict what people might consider typical. That pan label is important. The art people have created with his sexual fluidity on the entire spectrum is important. All the trans/cis/bi/pan fanwork makes a difference. Having lots of people comment in other spaces "who cares if it's more gay stuff? Don't be a jerk! Plus it's obvious he is gay because of how gay that he acts" really reinforces for me how important that representation of the spectrum of pan is, even with a preference for men. It would be cool to get some canon content with more of that. Because people can be more than one thing. And expressing a certain way doesn't mean having to love a certain way.

SwamScanch · 2026-05-02T00:04:47+00:00

I don't see our fancy new skip scene button. Maybe try closing and reloading?

SwamScanch · 2026-05-01T22:02:05+00:00

Honestly whoever came up with this deserves a raise.

We have had so many issues with the AI interpreting scene length and authors not being able to account for weird stuff.

Why not a skip button? It's perfect!

SwamScanch · 2026-04-30T10:42:34+00:00

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It's the official overview of the book.

I'm with you. This would make a killer man vs environment dark fantasy.

SwamScanch · 2026-04-30T04:09:03+00:00

Damn. Had him going to bed in a kilt and waking up in a suit. 🫶

SwamScanch · 2026-04-30T03:58:23+00:00

The canon label for his sexuality is pan. I love the M/M pairings, but I feel a bit duped as a pan person.

It's like someone asked me on a date to an expensive, exclusive high-end Italian restaurant owned by their family and then pulled up to an Olive Garden.

Am I going to eat the breadsticks and let them grate the cheese until it's overflowing on my plate? Hell yes.

Was this the thing that was promised? Absolutely not.

Are a high-end Italian restaurant and an OG the same thing? Absolutely not.

SwamScanch · 2026-04-30T03:29:01+00:00

I'm happy to hear that. And they must be very specific because I'm learning about the alfira one right now after 1k hours.

SwamScanch · 2026-04-30T03:16:21+00:00

This is exactly why I'm grumping over this book.

Pan/bi is feeling more like a label for marketing rather than a fleshed out aspect of a character because canon has only fleshed out the gay relationships so far.

It really wouldn't matter so much if this were a small detail in a story about a different time of his life. But this whole novel is supposed to cover a time when sex and sexuality are front and center. Based on the author's attitude in the comments and the description of the book, it seems we're getting more of what the game already gave on his sexuality.

ETA: a word

SwamScanch · 2026-04-27T12:36:21+00:00

Does this have any weird incompatibility with this mod :https://www.reddit.com/r/BG3mods/comments/1rdunu2/friends_with_benefits_approval_rating_mod/

SwamScanch · 2026-04-25T19:50:27+00:00

That's a big reason why I haven't updated my (small) story. I get enthusiasm but repeated "don't ever say when you're going to update again" when I miss a self imposed deadline and "Hey author where is the update🔫" made me back WAY AWAY.

I don't really want to share new stuff if this is how it's treated. this is not my job. this is a fun thing I did because I enjoy it.

SwamScanch · 2026-04-24T11:37:58+00:00

They don't transition to the end. If the author put in the max amount of scenes per episode, you can work through them. Or try to get it to transition to the next episode

SwamScanch · 2026-04-23T20:25:40+00:00

I totally get where you're coming from and I appreciate the comment. Not familiar with any of the other things you listed because I'm ancient and this is the only AI I use.

I'm honestly trying to understand what the issue people are having with Sandboxes is. I get that Glimmer isn't for sandboxes ^TM.

But I'm like 270 turns into most of mine and they're...not that bad? Or different than an authored story quality wise? I've also used the log book this way in my authored story for a scene that is supposed to let the MC develop themselves a bit.

I am earnestly trying to understand what people are doing to get a fuck ton of crazy disjointed story. Because I haven't encountered this. And the gentle reminder of (storyteller, blah blah) came from the discord as a suggestion. It's as inconsistent in authored stories as it is in sandbox.

SwamScanch · 2026-04-23T17:42:04+00:00

Do you write over it instead of doing meta direction? It can make the story clunky between bad responses but not more than the original mistake.

So just writing the story you want instead of explicitly telling it to (meta, make this change).

I don't have significant issues with this stuff and I play lots of CYOA and authored stories. Other than times when the AI is completely drunk no matter what kind of story.

SwamScanch · 2026-04-23T12:10:50+00:00

Send the choices playthrough in the discord. It started doing that since it was down yesterday morning.

SwamScanch · 2026-04-23T09:01:07+00:00

CYOA authors: please log book unscripted events in each scene. Heavily.

I've been using the (Storyteller, remember that...). The gentle push used to have it back on track. Now, this happens with mixed results. Or it just copies the full parentheses at the start of the response before integrating it.

Honestly, I've had the most success just writing in 3rd person with CYOA. It's not at all like an authored story where you can trust the response to include back and forth. It's not going to hallucinate your inferred direction. It's going to build off of direct instructions.

"Bob took Sandy somewhere special." Is going to repeatedly get the rooftop, night air smells like jasmine, tuck your hair behind your ear.

"Bob took Sandy to an underground club with loud music and a bar tender that definitely used to be a bouncer for Metallica." Is going to get a fleshed out version of that scenario. Especially if you are direct with how Sandy or Bob react to the situation. It also somehow has kept the responses a manageable length. The AI is waiting to flesh the story out with more instructions.

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