VN Ren'Py Being a DIK [v0.11.1] [DrPinkCake]

[Macky009]

The perfect gift for Becky in BaDIK Christmas

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[d2dacameron]

Ohhhh, thak you.

You're welcome.

 

[Yellowie The Goldie]

Although as a possible SG Sally has only recently be added, as a character she's been with us since almost the beginning. She wasn't introduced late at all.

And you also shouldn't forget that a lot of people were hoping for her to be a SG ever since we first met her.

As a side girl she's introduced quite late. In fact, I'd argue she and Cindy are introduced with potential for content on literally the same episode, so the criticism on the hypocrisy is quite fair. Honestly, I think the only Side Girls that have evolved into knock-off "main girls" (at least by content) are Quinn and Riona. Everyone else is just there for the Others content. Kind of like a "Harem" approach except not really a "Harem" lol.

I don't have expectations for a potential story ending regarding Cindy or Sally, they're introduced too late to have any good development without rushing things, or doing a time skip...although that's rushing things too.

If Cindy & Sally were available around season 2 (even if late in the season like Riona) it might've changed things. So it's likely just side romance/no strings attached fun.

 

[MiltonPowers]

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What's the problem? When I continue here, game immadiatetly crash. Save is fresh, justs completed Season 1-2 and transfered save to 3'rd season. Tried to launch it with and without interlude, it crashes in both occasions.
Any way to fix that?

 

[MiltonPowers]

As a side girl she's introduced quite late. In fact, I'd argue she and Cindy are introduced with potential for content on literally the same episode, so the criticism on the hypocrisy is quite fair. Honestly, I think the only Side Girls that have evolved into knock-off "main girls" (at least by content) are Quinn and Riona. Everyone else is just there for the Others content. Kind of like a "Harem" approach except not really a "Harem" lol.

I don't have expectations for a potential story ending regarding Cindy or Sally, they're introduced too late to have any good development without rushing things, or doing a time skip...although that's rushing things too.

If Cindy & Sally were available around season 2 (even if late in the season like Riona) it might've changed things. So it's likely just side romance/no strings attached fun.

You forgot Lily, Nicole and Zoey. Lily is on Quinn level, and Nicole is probably even ahead of Rio.

 

[Yellowie The Goldie]

You forgot Lily, Nicole and Zoey. Lily is on Quinn level, and Nicole is probably even ahead of Rio.

Lily and Nicole? Yeah, I agree, my bad. Zoey? Ehh...We learn some things about the relationship between the two but there's just not a whole lot development. While it's not exactly 'rushed', it's definitely cutting it a bit close by comparison.

 

[Macky009]

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I think this one is better as a video, the dialogue sequence is a bit fast in my opinion

 

[MiltonPowers]

I think this one is better as a video the dialogue sequence is a bit fast in my opinion

I did think about that. Maybe a job for tomorrow.

 

[TheNautilus]

imagine paying $10 to vote on how much more bogged jill can look

 

[Bazsa4]

there is a lack of documentation on how to update the scripts.

Why not just ask GPT? I'm sure that would work excellent

it's not a very good PC, and it only has a single 4090

xdddddddddddd

 

[Chillout1984]

As a side girl she's introduced quite late. In fact, I'd argue she and Cindy are introduced with potential for content on literally the same episode, so the criticism on the hypocrisy is quite fair. Honestly, I think the only Side Girls that have evolved into knock-off "main girls" (at least by content) are Quinn and Riona. Everyone else is just there for the Others content. Kind of like a "Harem" approach except not really a "Harem" lol.

I don't have expectations for a potential story ending regarding Cindy or Sally, they're introduced too late to have any good development without rushing things, or doing a time skip...although that's rushing things too.

If Cindy & Sally were available around season 2 (even if late in the season like Riona) it might've changed things. So it's likely just side romance/no strings attached fun.

Meh, I agree that Sally really took a jump into becoming a possible side girl in episode 9 (especially her compliment when you give Derek's "cocktail" comes to mind), but there were a couple of hints already in season 2 if not earlier. The banter during the dorm party was one of the biggest hints for me that she might/would become more in the future.

The only other girl with massive SG hints that still hasn't become more yet is her bestie KRJ.

 

[4Zero9Zero]

Hey, Zero! ( 4Zero9Zero )
New Cindy Ghiblified update when?

Just when I thought my Ghibli days were over...

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Came out pretty good actually

Better Cock Spock you might like this one

 

[Darkwen]

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Everyone has opinions, sometimes they're right or wrong. Darkwen isn't bad because of his terrible opinion, there's other reasons why he's bad

People have a right to opinions some right and some wrong I for one im never wrong I'm just not always right

 

[4Zero9Zero]

Meh, I agree that Sally really took a jump into becoming a possible side girl in episode 9 (especially her compliment when you give Derek's "cocktail" comes to mind), but there were a couple of hints already in season 2 if not earlier. The banter during the dorm party was one of the biggest hints for me that she might/would become more in the future.

The only other girl with massive SG hints that still hasn't become more yet is her bestie KRJ.

I don't have it in me to give Sally Derek's drink anymore after finding out what's in it
She doesn't deserve that

KRJ might've been stolen by Leon

 

[TheNowhereWolf]

All MG ep 11 routes done. This seems to have been the update for the girls to open up some more In general, Jill's route felt very similar to Bella's since they're both together for skiing but I enjoy the wholesomeness Jill has. I like that she Is also making an effort to try be more her own person Instead of who her parents want her to be. I don't think Bianca came off too well In Jill's route though, flirting with MC knowing about the relationship felt weird imo.

Sage was, as expected, great. I enjoyed her and Neil's interactions, as much as Bella has been my favorite, Sage felt like a natural fit for MC when visiting. Her feelings about Zoey, understandable I think considering the whole Chad thing, likely will be used for some forced drama later. I wonder If having gone for the threesome with Cam will play Into MC using It as a reason not to worry about just talking to Zoey. It would be nice If part of her ending was helping find her birth Mom!

Currently Bella and Sage are still tied for first with Maya being close behind but Sage Is kind creeping out ahead more and more. Also, while I still don't like threesome's I did enjoy Sage and Camilla, makes all the difference I think having the boundaries Sage sets. No more rambling I have my others route(s) to do!

 

[Darkwen]

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This week started well and ended weird. Let's start with the good stuff.

I've been using two PCs to render static renders, and they've depleted the static render queue I had built up; now, they are back to rendering animations.

The cutscene animations are expected to finish rendering sometime during the next week. I will soon need to pose animations again, but for now, I will continue to push out static renders, as I have a good workflow going on.

I've mostly been working on static renders for canon scenes lately, which are spread throughout the episode. I plan on writing more dialogue in the near future.

I played some of the scenes that finished rendering for the first time this week. It's always nice to take a moment to enjoy what's being created throughout development like that. What strikes me the most is that there's a lot of content in a low number of scenes. I've been working on several long scenes so far during development, and it shows. I've yet to watch a single animation in-game, but over 100 animations have been completely rendered.

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Other news
There is some slightly bad news this week, as well as some technical talk that may not interest you. You can just read the TL;DR below and have a nice weekend if you're not interested in what follows.

TL;DR: One render station was damaged, and I will start upgrading my PCs and software soon. There are some challenges associated with this that will take some time to resolve, but hopefully won't impact development times too much.

The full version and my thoughts on what followed...

One of my PCs caught on fire two days ago. Specifically, my "Josy PC" caught on fire while rendering a Bella animation - now that's some development lore. In hindsight, I should have named that PC Leah.

I noticed that my "Josy PC" didn't respond when I tried to pull renders from it, so I went to check on it. It was unresponsive but sounded as if the GPUs were working as normal. The monitor didn't get a signal when plugged in, and with no way to control it, I had to force restart it by pressing the power button.

As I did that, a cloud of dust and smoke puffed up from the CPU fans. The smell of burnt electrical components filled the room. I quickly pulled all the cables and got the extinguisher ready. Things went well, and I didn't have to use the extinguisher.

After inspecting the PC and all its components, it became apparent that the GPUs had overheated, emitting an intense, gunpowder-like smell. Most of the other components in the PC smell fine. I thought that the GPU connectors had melted, but they were intact. The malfunction must have been due to something else. I won't be restarting the PC, nor will I reuse any parts of that render station aside from the storage devices and possibly the RAM.

Needless to say, that was a shit start to the day. And the entire Wednesday was spent on trying to fix this in the best way that I could. I have a backup PC for these types of emergencies, and I spent half of the day updating it to match the rest of the PCs. Comparatively, it's not a very good PC, and it only has a single 4090, but it will do for now.

My PCs are basically 24/7 ovens, and the PC that fried has been rendering non-stop for 2-3 years using dual 3090 GPUs and then upgraded to dual 4090 GPUs. I'm thankful the incident didn't happen when I was asleep. During my career as a developer, similar events have now occurred three times (iirc) - the other two times weren't as bad, as they just triggered the circuit breaker.

As I mentioned in my recent Q&A, my plan has always been to upgrade hardware and software continually, and I am now exploring this option and planning accordingly.

I spent time investigating how the new DAZ Studio 2025 alpha build works and what I need to do to incorporate it into my workflow. I need to use that alpha build because the 5090 GPUs, which I plan to upgrade to, will only be compatible with that DAZ build and newer ones.

Slow and steady, I will upgrade my systems and ensure that everything is viable, making any necessary adjustments.

This is a big leap, introducing challenges primarily related to the lack of portable scripts. When I work with DAZ, I use a bunch of various scripts to make life easier. Some of which are essential for the game and used in like 99% of the renders and animations I make. But no scripts compiled for earlier DAZ versions will work with this new alpha build until the developers can update them. This process may take some time, as there is a lack of documentation on how to update the scripts.

To work with the new DAZ alpha version, I will need to adopt an approach where I use an older DAZ version with working scripts to pose the scenes and animations, and then utilize the new DAZ alpha build to render everything with 5090 GPUs. It's a clunky way of working, as it requires extra effort and afterthought, but I believe it's doable until DAZ and all scripts are further updated.

The new DAZ alpha build wasn't all bad, though. I was pleasantly surprised by a lot of the features and improvements. This is how Jill looks in the new DAZ alpha build when I work with her. It's a lot brighter and has a higher quality texture shading than I'm used to when working. The clothes clipping issue is a result of the broken scripts, but I have already found a workaround for this.

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The renders look almost identical when rendered in new and old DAZ, which is great because I want consistency in the art. I found the render times to be almost identical as well, so there wasn't any significant gain to using the new build compared to an older one.

I will figure out the new workflow process as I go. I feel it's a challenging, but not impossible task.

To continue creating this game, I must future-proof my development by making this switch. It will eat up some development time here and there, but eventually it will be for the better.

For the better part of the upcoming weeks and months, I plan to work as usual on the development of episode 12. However, as soon as possible, I will set up new render stations and initiate the transition.

I hope this brought you some insight into what I will be doing when I mention that I'm upgrading software and hardware. I'm so thankful, because it wouldn't have been possible to make this hardware upgrade without your support. As always, I'll keep you updated on everything.

Have a nice and fire-free weekend

Love

Dr PinkCake

Don't fucking do this to me you asshole JosyPC caught on fire why couldn't you save her DPC WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY what did that beautiful Godddesss ever do to you She give you life and YOU didn't save her YOU let her die why WHY WHY WHY fuck Bella and fuck you tell the devil I said hi he'll know why
I'll always love you Josy

 

[Chillout1984]

I don't have it in me to give Sally Derek's drink anymore after finding out what's in it
She doesn't deserve that

KRJ might've been stolen by Leon

I have no problem giving her more of it, just because she's sally and I love to banter/troll with her.

It might be that KRJ has been stolen by Jamie, but it gives me hope that we don't see her leave his room the morning after. Until proven otherwise, I still have high hopes that she just used him as a "test run" for kissing because of her inexperience and that she wants it to be "perfect" when she kisses Tremolo.

 

[4Zero9Zero]

I have no problem giving her more of it, just because she's sally and I love to banter/troll with her.

It might be that KRJ has been stolen by Jamie, but it gives me hope that we don't see her leave his room the morning after. Until proven otherwise, I still have high hopes that she just used him as a "test run" for kissing because of her inexperience and that she wants it to be "perfect" when she kisses Tremolo.

Sally sure as hell didn't need any help in that department

 

[Chillout1984]

Sally sure as hell didn't need any help in that department

True, but KRJ might need Sally's help (together with some liquid courage) to get the courage to approach Tremolo

 

[4Zero9Zero]

Don't fucking do this to me you asshole JosyPC caught on fire why couldn't you save her DPC WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY what did that beautiful Godddesss ever do to you She give you life and YOU didn't save her YOU let her die why WHY WHY WHY fuck Bella and fuck you tell the devil I said hi he'll know why
I'll always love you Josy

Darkwen in shambles over here
Don't worry she will make a comeback as a 5090