Causality for Once in a Lifetime
A downloadable mod for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Your decisions in Once in a Lifetime do matter: Bad consequences can manifest hours after you made a decision. Causality warns you about bad decisions while you can still easily change them! If you're considering playing alongside a walkthrough because of fomo, this is THE mod for you!
Causality warns you about:
- Affection points dropping too low
- Losing paths
- Losing lewds
And optionally:
- Losing good endings
- Losing iconic (non-lewd) scenes
Causality doesn't...
- tell you what the best decision is before you've even decided
- nag every time your decision is slightly imperfect
- help you with puzzles and minigames
(That's what walkthroughs are for!)
This mod is primarily targeted at first time players! On PC you can also install it during an active playthrough, more info about that in the included mod manual.
If you like Causality, you can support me by spreading the word! Most first time players don't know about this mod, exposure is super important for it. I also made a mod for Caribdis's latest work, Eternum. That one has to rely on a different guidance approach due to Eternum being still unfinished: Passive WT for Eternum
Download
Install instructions
Download, then extract/decompress the zip file, then read the ModManual txt file contained inside for further instructions!
Development log
- [1.1.2] - "The best foot forward"Dec 16, 2023
- [1.1.1] - "Coexistence"Nov 27, 2023
- [1.1] - "Where I draw the line"Nov 04, 2023
- [1.0.2] - "Lookin' Good"Aug 19, 2023
- [1.0.1] - "Cause and Effect"Aug 19, 2023
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What do I do with the file after I download it??
It's a zip file, you need to unpack its contents. How exactly depends on what kind of device you have, use Google or ask an AI. After you've done that, you should read the ModManual text file for further installation instructions.
unfortunate to only discover this after losing two paths I wanted but better late than never. God I do not want to restart this game
if i already started the normal game and download this on android do i have to start over?
Yes, unfortunately. Though Renpy has a nice skip feature which can let you fast forward at a breakneck speed. Just enable "Skip unseen text" in the preferences first and off you go. You can skip through the entire game in ~25 minutes. The official walkthrough helps you skip through minigames faster. If you notice that you went too fast, the autosaves should have your back.
I boldly assume that you've started to consider this mod because you lost someone's path. In that case, you can fix your mistake along the way as well!
yeah i was able to pass myself in a couple minutes lol, i messed up on my favorite step sister ðŸ˜
Hey! I wanted to say thanks for this mod! Im one of those people that absolutely need to get the best ending in a game or I wont be able to put it down, so being able to know im on the right track while not being spoiled by walkthroughs was really really nice! Do you plan on making a similar thing for Eternum/any other games?
Thanks for your kind words, it really means a lot! Yes, a similar mod for Eternum is in the works, I'm about 81% done with it. It will be part new and part familiar, I'm looking forward to show it to you guys.
As for other games, why don't you suggest another awesome game that would also benefit from a mod like this? I'm always open to suggestions.
A Shot in the Dark
Hello, I checked out your suggestion! In terms of "a game that benefits from a mod like this" I get where you're coming from! A Shot in the Dark seems to like its branching narrative, though it feels like this tapers off quite a bit in later chapters.
Now, creating a mod for any game is a sizeable commitment and I'm very picky when it comes to my modding candidates! So far, I wouldn't consider ASITD amazing enough to become a candidate. It's good but a few things hold it back: The story pacing feels off; sometimes we make no progress for a while and suddenly we have a lot of progress in a short time. Then, I don't really like how the lewds are stuctured, but I understand that this is prbly due to Daz's limitations. Finally, I think that 10 LIs is quite a lot and I struggle to really connect with the LIs in a meaningful way.
I liked that the game had interesting ideas both for the story and the lewds, and the visuals were great too. I'll keep playing future updates of it, but the game doesn't meet my high standards yet. Still, I'm thankful for your suggestion, I definitely don't regret giving this game a shot!
Hello! Caribdis has just released chinese version of Oialt, I found out that if I extract this mod to the game, it will overwirte the ingame translation but with no same files replaced. I can't find out why, the only trace is both translation setting and mod setting take the same location in game ui. Can you take a look at the translated game? If not , it's also fine :) .
Sure, I will look into it, thanks for letting me know! Right now, too many people downloaded the translation and access is temporarily restricted, this may take a while.
If I'm doing that, I might as well also translate the few lines my mod has into Chinese. If you or someone else reading this wouldn't mind translating ~40 lines into Chinese; find me on Caribdis' Discord server - I have the same Nickname there - and send me a PM about it.
EDIT: It's been 9 days and I still can't download the translation. It will work eventually, I'll keep trying. spartannnn volunteered to translate those lines for me, big thanks to him!
now you put this AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Might check this out again - loved the game, spent hours on a single save game stack (I know, mistake) and then realised I locked myself out of routes that I was wanting to do when I realised it was going nowhere
I might take a look at this again I did see everyone's ending the first time I played this now I wanna see with consequences happening or basically get the bad ending lol
This mod is not designed for aiding you achieve one of the bad endings, you should use the official walkthrough instead. Though the information the mod provides can help a little bit at least.
How do you go about using this? Do you add it into the folder or do you open while playing?
The PC version gets added to the game folder, the included manual tells you how exactly. The Android version is a standalone modded version of the game.
Thank you!!!!
This sounds like a nice way to include some extra "difficulty" into the game!
Smart~!!
Thanks! Well.. it's more about not voiding all fun by just revealing the correct decisions right away but I get where you're coming from :)
Will you be doing mods like this for his other game?
I'm planning to! But Eternum will still be in development for a while and I can't write guidance for future events that are not in the game yet. I should be able to cook up something before 0.7 comes out, stay tuned!
ok cool i have to give this mod a try