Want five options? Six? A dozen? Here's how!

gystex

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I don't know for certain this will work, as the story I worked it on has yet to be approved. However, every indication is that it will. I have created a story with FIVE options coming off a thread.

Here's how I did it: After composing a thread, you hit "submit" and it says that your thread has been approved (or that it has been submitted for approval, depending on your access to that story - bear in mind I've only tried this on a story for which I had editorial access).

Then you hit the "back" button on your browser, and you are presented with a blank screen with which you may add another option in the same place. You can repeat this as many times as you want, and each time you get an additional option. Five times, six, twelve - hell, you could probably do it a hundred times and have a hundred options leading off the thread. Think about what this means - you could create a story in which, for instance, the reader could choose from a list of fifty different women to have sex with!

Of course, if your thread already has four options leading from it, you can't add another one. This is something that needs to be planned in advance, preferably with the threads already written in Notepad so they can be pasted in without the danger of timing out (a good idea in any event).
 
i think someone tried out your suggestion.

i recently saw a story that had several threads. the only drawback was that they had blank titles. there was no text beside the box or circle you click to select the next action.

did you experience the same thing? or maybe this guy just messed aroud with it as he tried out you suggestion?
 
Forsaken One said:
i recently saw a story that had several threads. the only drawback was that they had blank titles. there was no text beside the box or circle you click to select the next action.

I've seen this phenomenon before, and I think it's a CHYOO error. The story I did this technique on has since been approved and it looks just fine. It's not yet open for outside submissions, though.
 
I know how to add more even if you have four options already. This is how:

1) Copy the number of the thread that you want to add off of. You can get this through the story map.

The thread's address should look like this:
www.chyoo.com:81/index.php/main.story.page/ first numbers/second numbers

Copy the 'first numbers.'

2) Click 'add a new thread' on a page where you've used less than four options.

3) You'll see an address like this...
http://www.chyoo.com:81/index.php/member.thread.addedit/0/'thread number'

Where I put 'thread number', imput the number copied from step 1, replacing the one currently there, in the address bar. Then hit enter in the address bar.

I hope those instructions are clear for anyone wanting to use this. If they're not, ask me, and I'll clarify.
 
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