Freeze the Game Timer (For Demo)

Made for the demo! This will not be updated for the main game!

1. 0 might actually work as-is, on the full release, given all the others I've made do.

I have no intention of testing this nor maintaining it for the full game, I see no need to. (It was only needed for the demo content timer.)

If someone has a good legit reason to keep something like this going for the full release, let me know in the comments.

Freezes the save timer to whatever it is when you last saved.

(I have no tested to see what happens when you create a new game with this installed. With this added after the fact though, the save timer just never advances. So, presumably, a new save would just be stuck at 0:00:00?)

I see no legal or moral issue with a mod like this. (You aren't getting access to additional content, you just aren't being forced to make a new save every 3 hours.)

I dunno if you or the staff will have an issue with this, and frankly, I don't care. If it gets removed, just get it from GitHub.

(I did ask on the Nexus Discord support channel about a mod like this and got no reply (and also took another peek at the rules). I don't see this as breaking any rules.)

I will probably not be updating this after the game releases, and may even hide the mod here after it does.

Whatever Antivirus you're using may flag this given how it works. There's nothing I can do about that, that's on you to deal with/bypass. You can click the green checkmark on literally any file on Nexus to see the VirusTotal scan results of any given file.

Installing

Pick one method. The ASI loader option is required if you want to use multiple mods that work this way.

• []Directly, as `winhttp.dll` (i.e. No ASI Loader):

  []Extract directly into `Octopath_Traveler0\Binaries\Win64`.

  []RENAME THE FILE TO `winhttp.dll`! (And make SURE you extensions aren't hidden so you don't wind up with `winhttp.dll.asi`.)

  []With an ASI loader:

  • []Install an ASI loader such as this.

    []You want the x64 build, winhttp.dll.

    []Direct link: https://github.com/ThirteenAG/Ultimate-ASI-Loader/releases/download/x64-latest/winhttp-x64.zip

    []Do not put it directly in the game root dir, place it in `Octopath_Traveler0\Binaries\Win64`. Essentially, you install the loader the same way you would as if you were using this mod directly, as `winhttp.dll`.

    []Extract into `Octopath_Traveler0\Binaries\Win64\plugins`.

    []That's it. I used to do mods like this with the mod released as `winhttp.dll` but people proved how 'challenged' they were at renaming and placing it directly, so now it's an ASI by default.

    Troubleshooting

    When this runs (when it's loaded) it creates a log file with the same as whatever the DLL/ASI is named; the extension is just changed to LOG.

    If the log isn't being created when you launch the game then you've installed it wrong.

    If the effect isn't working, first close the game, delete the log file, and launch the game again to confirm it is still being loaded.

    After that, open the log and confirm patching was done successfully.

    If, for some reason patching fails, this will create a little window/prompt to say such.

    If you still need help after, GIVE ME THE LOG FILE!!!!

    Uninstalling

    Nothing special. Delete files.

    Conflicts

    Will only conflict, by name, with other DLL proxies installed directly as `winhttp.dll`. Use the ASI loader in such a case.

    Source