Guide directory
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting anatomy
Recover bad tone and weak prompts
Troubleshooting pages diagnose why a suspect stopped cooperating or kept lying. Use them to reset harsh wording, tighten soft prompts, recover from repeated dodges, and turn a messy answer into one specific follow-up.
- Too mean
- Shuts down
- Too nice
- Keeps lying
- Fix
- Specific evidence
Example route
Too Mean or Too Nice
Reset tone, return to facts, and ask one specific contradiction instead of escalating blindly, especially when only a few of the 10 tries remain.
Example fields in use
- Symptom
- Dodging
- Cause
- Vague pressure
- Fix
- Name contradiction
What this page covers
Ordered around the questions a player needs answered.
Symptoms
Identify shutdown, deflection, and repeated vague answers.
Prompt repair
Replace weak wording with one clear evidence challenge.
Last tries
Decide when to stop gathering facts and push for confession.
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