You have covered a multitude of questions, perhaps without realizing. I will start from beginning.
Thanks for the reply.
Nope, I realized there were a few questions there as I had a few questions. And I tried to do some pre-asking-for-help troubleshooting to try to help out.
When downloading the STN R4 version, there are two packs. One pack is....
First time startup of game is a bit alarming because you think it is broken.....
I did install the game correctly. The second time I installed it is when I started messing around to trouble shoot.
Only ~ a 20 second start up for me. Way to go SSDs and a nice system. And I could see the BEPInEx window chugging away since I wasn't full screen.
Sex at the beginning of the game is almost non-existent unless forced.
I was running most of this off the 100% save to do the troubleshooting so 100% ready to go right away. And the girl I downloaded to use as the first character when I did a new game was ready to go after ~two days.
You are best suited to learn how the game works and follow the story line as opposed to the more advanced features of H.
Eh, I learn by doing and then asking questions.
The answers I found after more troubleshooting and looking at the BepInEx output log:
My issues with H scenes were two mods one one self inflicted:
1. The kk-lipsync v0.1.2 mod kept a saved or new game and any models in the character creator from loading.
2. The PVColliderPluginV0.1 mod was causing the issues of 'soft' freezing during the start of an H scene. But at the moment it seems to be only 100% of the time when the MC is a female. If the MC is a male then it is less frequent (and may only be caused after a restart from having a freeze due to being female previously).
3. The issue of the MC resizing was a self inflicted one. When the MC is a male the 'get height from card during H scene' was checked. But for some reason when the MC is female it wasn't. Who knows.
Thanks all!