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Sunday, April 8, 2012

The Next Update

So the weekend has passed, and the major bugs have been kind of fixed, as far as I can tell based on the reports that I've seen/gotten.

And with a couple of days of downtime (in which I swear I had no idea what to do with myself), it's time to get started on the next update. Er, tomorrow. It's late, I'm not a robot.

So, what's planned for the next version?

1) Internet Reporter job. This will be a promotion from the Blogger job, and...I really don't have much to say about it, to be honest. It's kind of vanilla.

2) More pregnancy content (I swear, I'm never going to be finished with pregnancy content). Specifically, the ability to have twins and triplets, and the consequences thereof. Also, some additional birthing options, like hiring a midwife or hypnosis instead of a regular hospital birth (with advantages and disadvantages for each).

3) The biggie: Relationship updates. Ideally, I want to have Genevieve actually date-able, which means that I have to chart and code her reactions (oh wait, I have 50% of those done, ha!), then create the locations and the events that can happen on those dates. With any luck, I'll be able to get to the point that you can start seducing her, if you're into that, and also the point at which she starts reacting to your actions. Like, for example, if you smoke and decide to light up around her, she'll hate it, then be disgusted, then ambivalent, then eventually ask to borrow one of your cigarettes (at which point she becomes a regular smoker herself). So at the end of this, the Genevieve relationship STILL won't be done, but she'll have significantly more options available.

3a) The introduction of the new relationship characters: Lydia, Dean, and the third guy who's name I don't remember. They might get to the point where Genevieve is now (you can get their phone number), but don't expect anything beyond that.

4) Miscellaneous additions, like the form-fitting exercise clothes, a few new traits, and so on.

This is going to be a rather large update, so it might take a while to do it. I'm setting a deadline for three weeks from Thursday, April 26th. We'll see what happens.

36 comments:

  1. I could probably go for months without any clothing, lactation, period, pregnancy, transformation or cleanliness updates, for new relationship content.

    It's nice to see things are gradually moving in that direction...

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    1. Gradually? I said I was doing this for this update...two updates ago!

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  2. Just a heads up on the clothing system; the "White panties and bra" with the "Blouse and pants" set to "Work" clothes makes the game freeze for a handful of seconds. My exercise set ("Sports bra and panties" + "Sweatsuit") causes no lag. I don't know what the problem is (most likely that looping you were talking about), but I just wanted to inform you.

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    1. Exercise clothing has limited combinations so it doesn't use the same system as the others. The others lag because there are a lot of loops involved.

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  3. What are the rates of twins or triplet pregnancies and how can we increase them?

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    1. I would also like to add that I hope the pregnancy content, while being pushed to the side, continues to be expanded and updated (like into into relationships).

      The premise of the game being a TF from man -> woman. The defining natural trait of the female gender the ability to bear children. I sympathize with those who maybe don't have their fetishes as big in the game, I think you do a good job of spreading the love.

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    2. I hope that the twin or triplet pregnancies would have their own descriptions for how huge you are.
      I think it would be easy to make multiples more likely through some random drug, or the fertility statue (perhaps interacting with it daily in addition to the passive fertility effect).

      Also, I noticed that the descriptions for maternity wear reset to 'not/barely showing' when you reach the last 5 or 6 weeks in a pregnancy.

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    3. Twins/Triplets will start at 1%. Every use of a fertility increasing item, will increase the chance of twins/triplets, though the chance will slowly lower again over time.

      Twins and triplets, if you get the multiple pregnancy, have a flat 50/50 chance. No modifiers.

      If you're having more than one baby, it will affect your body's development. Bigger breasts, bigger belly, possibility of being confined to your bed if your strength is low, and so on.

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    4. Hey AM, love the game. How in depth do you plan to go with the multiples avenue? Could one donate/commission you to go a bit further with it?

      I agree with the above anon that there should be some additional mechanism to increase "fertility." Whether that's interaction with the fertility statue, drinking lots of the "special tea" at the mall, or whatever. Does the animal heat perk affect multiples?

      Since pregnancy takes the entire 9 months real time in the game, can you list some generic text at conception (hinting at multiple babies) or at the period of ovulation (you are feeling especially fertile).

      I don't know how difficult it would be, but perhaps you have the generic rate at 1% for multiples, but the modifiers increase more for twins compared to triplets (making it harder to get triplets).

      Again, love the game. Let me know if these can be implemented/donated for/etc.

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  4. Non-natural charisma keeps decreasing to unplayable levels. Both 4.5b and 4.5c seem to have this bug for me. I don't know what's causing this. Using some google-fu i think i found an older post stating that this happened before and was linked to the strip-all option. I even started a new game but this bug started occuring very fast again (as in from day 1). My nonnatural charisma dropped so low i couldnt even do the guard encounter for the first maria assignment. Hopefully you can find the culprit.

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    1. I still don't know what's causing this. It's not jewelry and it's not hair. There's only so many other things that could be affecting it.

      In the meantime, I might make a "reset non-natural charisma" command for the testing item for the next release.

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  5. Anonymousman?
    I think i love you. :3 :D

    Thanks for updates & game :)

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  6. White cotton bra and panties still become unwearable after going to the beach with them. Also noted that with the Waitress career, using automatically Get Dressed defaults to sports bra and boyshorts and sweatshirt and leaves clothings (white corset and thongs and white dress) behind. Though both problems seems solvable with the Get Dressed function back home.

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  7. The locker clothing error seemed repeatable with only some types of clothing. So far the only trend I have noted is that it occurs when anything with "White" is worn to the club.

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  8. I like the relationship content expansion. Falling in love was one of the main things maria mentions at the start of the game. I was sad when I found out it was impossible to do in the game. Would like to see partners moving in with each other, various sex scenes (perhaps uses for some of those nifty toys from the shop!), and partner oriented activities.

    Not interested at all in pregnancy or lactation, to me that is more of a niche fetish type thing. There are plenty of clothes in game already.

    I would say prioritize streamlining content (to keep each days worth of activity from needing sooo many mouse clicks!) and relationship type stuff.

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  9. and more sex scenes! perhaps interactive ones with varying options even? I don't carry those handcuffs around in my purse for nothing! ;)

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    1. Suffice to say that all those wonderful toys will get a use, assuming you can convince your partner to enjoy them as well.

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  10. If you enter a relationship with someone, will you be able to use magic on them? Such as making some changes to there mind or some-such?

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    1. To their mind, no. To their body, yes.

      Will they like/appreciate that? It depends on the character and the changes.

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  11. I disagree about bearing children being the defining characteristic of a woman. Just like getting a boner and inseminating females is not the only defining characteristic of being a man. There are a lot of other things as well that go along with both sexes which have nothing to do with children or pregnancy.

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    1. Hence why there are plenty of ways to avoid that particular consequence.

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  12. It's not clear from how it's stated, but I hope that the behavioral changes in NPCs involve talking to them or cajoling them in addition to performing actions. Like, maybe I'm just a big dumb softie but I'd hate for Genevieve to take up smoking just because I have a bad habit.

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    1. Behavioral changes will involve you either encouraging someone to act a certain way, or acting a certain way and thereby encouraging emulation. In both cases, you can dissuade them, but don't be surprised if some of the NPCs do it anyway. For example, you can gently suggest that Genevieve not take up smoking, but that doesn't mean she won't. It just means she won't right at that moment.

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  13. I don't know if anyone else has found this odd/disturbing or said something already but I kind of have an issue with getting a martini at the bar when I'm preggo once I get shot down in order to pick someone else up.

    100 charisma wut?

    Who wouldn't want to bang this woman with the sexy maternity dress on and no underwe...oh wait, you saw me drink that martini? You saw me drink 4 martinis?

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    1. Wait, you can drink while pregnant? That ain't right...

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  14. I could come up with quite a few bugs i've stumbled upon lately.

    When wearing a Collar and using the Get Dressed command, you will randomly begin to wear two Collars, the Spiked Collar and the normal one, even if you did only buy one, none of which can be taken off.

    When wearing the Fishnet Stockings and using the get dressed command, you will begin wearing the normal Stockings as well, even if you did not buy them, they can be taken off but the bug will repeat, can also happen with other socks you did not buy.

    When using the Breast Pump you will eventually achieve endless lactation. Realistically lactation should decrease over time when no stimulation is recieved. Lactation only increases even if you havent used the Pumps or the Nursing Bra in weeks, forcing "accidents" every two timeunits.

    For some reason Non-Natural Charisma begins to double later, dont know why, but it has happened twice so far.

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  15. Is there any way to get a loop fix out before the big update? It kind of makes 4/6 unplayable on my machine. :( Love the game, though. Keep up the good work!

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    1. I support him!
      Please make it works. As for now current system makes it unplayable on my PC too.
      Maybe if above mentioned is not possible, add a way to disable new system and use old?

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  16. I do not see anyone mentioning this, but when I walked out onto the balcony and then left, I showered and put on makeup though I did nothing on the balcony. I had bought the yoga mat, but did not use it. Was this part of a check for automating the showering and putting on makeup?

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  17. Hey AM, would you be open to adding a check similar to the TF features being noticed for Futa cocks? There are some clothing choices that seem like futa would be a bit noticeable. Namely the Asymmetrical Minidress, the unique outfit minidress, and probably several others that have shorter skirts. Without underwear and of sufficient size, it would just be kind of hanging there.

    Maybe limit it to the top two size categories, and short dresses without underwear?

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    1. Good point here! Of course maybe some of the newly transformed futas enjoy having it hanging about. Free willy! :p

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    2. Once I'm satisfied with the clothes that are in the game (i.e. I get to the point where I don't intend to add any more), I'll work on adding 5 new clothing grids to the game. In addition to the grid that's there now, the others will be:
      - Normal, Aroused
      - Futa (small), Normal
      - Futa (small), Aroused
      - Futa (large), Normal
      - Futa (large), Aroused

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  18. Ran into a very odd bug with the locker at the Strip Club... In the morning, I had put on exercise clothes via the Get Dressed and done my usual yoga mat and treadmill work, then after it 'ported me to the bathroom I went down to the bedroom and used Strip, then manually put on the clothes I wanted rather than waiting for the laggy Get Dressed version. Then, when I eventually went to the strip club and worked, the working part went fine, but when I went to get dressed...Strip worked right, but Get Dressed put me back in the sports bra and sweatsuit! They appeared from nowhere, and my other clothes were still in the locker. And since you can't pick things up from the locker, they stayed there. Taking off the sweatsuit and underwear put them in the work locker, and then I could manually put the other clothes on properly. However, when I got home, my exercise clothes were still back at work...

    Also, there's still a problem with the Cashmere Overcoat. No matter how many times you choose to toggle it, it only says that it's toggled to put it on, never toggled to take it off. And yet it doesn't put the dang thing on when you go outside and it's cold. I purchased it at the same time as the raincoat, yet the raincoat toggles properly.

    Anyone else having these issues, or is it just me? x_x

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    1. Confirming the Cashmere Overcoat problem. It's not worn no matter how many times you toggle it.

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    2. same issue for me

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  19. i have this wierd bug with examining items it gives error: Rags can not process the command correctly, if u are game author, please correct the error in this command: CT_DISPLAYITEMDESC

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