I installed on a test forum and had the same issue. I looked into it and the best I could find as far as answers was that the plug-in relies on some default classes and heavily customized skins might interfere with the plug-in. They didn't elaborate much further so I couldn't figure out what classes it depends on. Hopefully someone else around here has dealt with this issue before and will chime in.

I haven't used it in a long time so not 100% on the code, but before that I want to check— Do you have all the plug-ins you need installed?

Yootil
Monetary System

You need these two plug-ins and yootil should be on top of the other in your load order. A quick note- the plugin isn't maintained anymore.

Monetary Shop

The monetary shop plug-in works with the others and might meet your other needs.

Try to take the pressure off of yourself a bit. In character consequences are huge opportunities for growth. Out of character consequences are essentially just learning whether or not you've found a compatible writing friendo. It isn't a poor reflection on you if you and another person don't gel well.

The original post is a call out thread. It was bad from the beginning. It is just uncomfortable now because it is getting called out for what it is.

I got that you were making a generalization. I think it is fair since I fall within that generalizations being made in the thread I should try to explain why I am doing it that way. It has nothing to do with being too lazy to read.

After all this is just a friendly discussion and the insight is helpful no? It's not like this is a bash thread.

Why be in a roleplaying hobby and not roleplay? It sounds ridiculous for me to ask that right? Of course I enjoy reading. I am sure that you enjoy roleplaying. The only difference really is that I prefer to read about the other character through what I discover about them in roleplay, and you want to know a lot of detail upfront. My way of doing it leads to stronger roleplay for me and I enjoy it more.

This thread kinda sucks.

I don’t want options. I want to bring the personalities of the characters together and see what happens. It’s much easier to just communicate with people honestly about what I want. If I have someone approaching me wanting to hash a big plot out I usually let them know I prefer very light planning. If you tell someone your preferences that helps filter out incompatible partners and helps you find ones that mesh with you better.

You can add me to your list

In the novel writing world there are planners and there are "pantsers" (those who right at the seat of their pants). To call pantsing organic simply means that you don't go into it with a plan. You set a scene, put the characters together, and the story is whatever happens. It isn't meant as a dig at planning or to imply that it is bad.

When I write novels I pants. When I write posts I often prefer open threads/minimal planning and I don't read apps very often. I find it more enjoyable to write this way. It is easier for me to stay in character when what I know matches up with what I know. I can make unintentional mistakes about someone that lead to interesting conversations without having planned it in advance.

But I also am pretty experienced at doing it. Pantsing can lead to dead ends as often as it can lead to fresh new content. You've got to know what a thread needs to keep it engaging. The stereotypical open thread is people sitting down for lunch and then nothing happens but talk- a lot of pantsers will make threads like this and make people bored. There's a lot of finesse involved in "organic" writing with another person that doesn't fall flat.

Outside of scene setting posts I think 500 is usually excessive. Many folks I see doing this are post splicing (having multiple conversations at once), redescribing what the other person is doing, or monologuing way too much.

I wish a holistic approach to threading was more normalized. Instead of "How can I make this post perfect" I wish people would spend more time trying to make it flow with their partner's posts better.

Yea Dorrance is a vanity publisher. They are predatory in nature, they have no interest in selling books. They make their profit off of writers who don't know better. Maybe the coaching service has some value, but I wouldn't trust a vanity publisher with anything personally.

That sounds like a vanity press scam to me. Legitimate publishers don't ask you to foot the bill and it sounds like their business model is based on selling writing coaching.

I don't like threads that aren't really about anything. This happens on the shounen forums I frequent just as much as it does in slice of life. Give me action, romance, mystery, comdey gold, etc. I don't want to just vibe and eat spaghetti with your Genshin FC please.

Ya know, I used to use XD a lot until someone made negative comments about it being annoying years ago. I shouldn’t have let myself be influenced by snobby opinions or regurgitate those ideas. Let your XD flags fly!