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

[Gunizz]

How about the "patch"? What is it for? Do we have to download that too or just int. + season 3?

What is the patch is for can you tell me?

I don't know, I've never used the patch, maybe someone else here can answer this for you.

I have already asked twice the moderators to spent 2 extra minutes to make opening posts more informative and less messy. They never listen and we constantly get questions like yours in many threads, especially this one because the descriptions are really made to create confusion. Please use the "Report" link in the first post to ask for better informative text above the downloads links.
To play from start, you have to download season 1 and 2, ignore the patch, then download Season 3 Interlude + Episode 9 (that should be written as "Season 3: Interlude + Episode 9").
I think the patch was necessary before EP9 was released, because it contained the import feature along with Interlude, that is now bundled in Season 3. Yeah, the present descriptions are really messy and written with the arse. But they don't give a fuck.

If many people ask the moderators to fix the opening post with better descriptions, maybe they'll finally modify it and we'll avoid headaches to many other players. Please use the REPORT function in the first post and let's see if they listen to people's complains.

 

[DanKaye519]

After completing another run-though, it occurred to me however hard I tried to drop Bella, she was still a choice at the end of season 2, the only way you could drop Bella was to get a bj from Cathy in Bella's car. Also I could do everything for Jill and have her relationship points at 20, yet she won't go with you (or you just don't even get the choice to pick her) if you are DIK affiliated, I just find it is strange that you can do literally every choice with Jill and still get turned down right at the end.

I find that very frustrating as well. Jill is nearly impossible to get unless you pretty much do nothing DIK'ish (aka nothing fun). I finally did get to the scene with Jill near the end of S8, but not without all the weird interactions with Bella along the way. I keep hearing that DPC doesn't do the harem stuff but for whatever reason, MC can't have a relationship with Jill without her very close friend Bella creeping all over him, and us being left without an option to avoid her.

In fact, I'm doing a run through now where I'm being as much of a DIK as I can, denying all the main girls, and for some reason, I still keep getting options for Bella. It's infuriating.

 

[iggy.]

I find that very frustrating as well. Jill is nearly impossible to get unless you pretty much do nothing DIK'ish (aka nothing fun). I finally did get to the scene with Jill near the end of S8, but not without all the weird interactions with Bella along the way. I keep hearing that DPC doesn't do the harem stuff but for whatever reason, MC can't have a relationship with Jill without her very close friend Bella creeping all over him, and us being left without an option to avoid her.

In fact, I'm doing a run through now where I'm being as much of a DIK as I can, denying all the main girls, and for some reason, I still keep getting options for Bella. It's infuriating.

Because you keep going after Bella. Her entire storyline is based around suppressed sexual desire. Dont try to kiss her or make her do anything sexual. It's normal for her to be around for Jill's story because she is her best friend. It only gets weird if you mess with both of them.

It's very easy to ignore most of the main girls, except Josy and Maya, they dont want to leave you alone, but then again they are MC's best female friends so it makes sense.

You can get with Jill on neutral affinity, so some DIK choices are allowed no more than 4 if my memory serves me well, but yeah most of the time you have to be bit of a pussy.

 

[Pax Draconis]

I find that very frustrating as well. Jill is nearly impossible to get unless you pretty much do nothing DIK'ish (aka nothing fun). I finally did get to the scene with Jill near the end of S8, but not without all the weird interactions with Bella along the way. I keep hearing that DPC doesn't do the harem stuff but for whatever reason, MC can't have a relationship with Jill without her very close friend Bella creeping all over him, and us being left without an option to avoid her.

In fact, I'm doing a run through now where I'm being as much of a DIK as I can, denying all the main girls, and for some reason, I still keep getting options for Bella. It's infuriating.

Obviously not, because if you kick Troy's ass in the beginning Bella will not like you. If you choose to not kick Troy's ass then when Jill tells you Bella told her she approved of you choose not to visit Bella in the library. Her route will be closed.

of the main girls -
Bella is compatible with any affinity playthrough. (DIK, NEUTRAL, CHIK)
Sage is compatible with any affinity playthrough.
Jill is compatible with a CHIK affinity playthrough
Josy/Maya are only compatible with a CHIK or Neutral Affinity* (This has to be at the time of the choice of the throuple, You can go DIK afterward but I don't expect it to end well in future chapters.)

 

[TomUK]

Obviously not, because if you kick Troy's ass in the beginning Bella will not like you. If you choose to not kick Troy's ass then when Jill tells you Bella told her she approved of you choose not to visit Bella in the library. Her route will be closed.

of the main girls -
Bella is compatible with any affinity playthrough. (DIK, NEUTRAL, CHIK)
Sage is compatible with any affinity playthrough.
Jill is compatible with a CHIK affinity playthrough
Josy/Maya are only compatible with a CHIK or Neutral Affinity* (This has to be at the time of the choice of the throuple, You can go DIK afterward but I don't expect it to end well in future chapters.)

Jill can go neutral as well, or she did on my last run.

 

[travelman]

The potassium is very strong within her . The power of potassium is a concept which we know very little about

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Yep, checks out

 

[D2M3]

CAn Ren'py even support 60 fps animations? I'm no Renpy expert, but I am a Python expert.
Even most optimized Python applications would struggle to hit 60 on screen frame updates in a web app.

 

[Crusader of Romance]

CAn Ren'py even support 60 fps animations? I'm no Renpy expert, but I am a Python expert.
Even most optimized Python applications would struggle to hit 60 on screen frame updates in a web app.

60 fps is max of what Ren'py supports.

 

[MrKDiddy1]

I have not been on the thread in a while, but is there any sort of date announced for the next update?

 

[Oliver Wendell Homely]

I have not been on the thread in a while, but is there any sort of date announced for the next update?

Nope. Given DPC's most recent updates, November looks likely, but we won't hear for sure until 2 weeks or so beforehand.

 

[Subroxien Foxie]

this is gonna be a weird question and also possibly the noob and dumb question but can someone explain to me the difference between "Path" and "Branch"?

great game btw

 

[Oliver Wendell Homely]

this is gonna be a weird question and also possibly the noob and dumb question but can someone explain to me the difference between "Path" and "Branch"?

great game btw

Branching happens when you have a choice to make. Your choices then place you on different paths, depending on the choice. But I think for the purposes of the game both terms are more or less the same thing, or at least often used interchangeably.

 

[Subroxien Foxie]

Branching happens when you have a choice to make. Your choices then place you on different paths, depending on the choice. But I think for the purposes of the game both terms are more or less the same thing, or at least often used interchangeably.

I think I understood now. Thank you so much

 

[Bill_Buttlicker]

this is gonna be a weird question and also possibly the noob and dumb question but can someone explain to me the difference between "Path" and "Branch"?

great game btw

A path is something you walk on. They are generally found on the ground.
A branch is something you hang from. They are generally found on trees.
You're welcome.

 

[tbarton1455]

I dont know if you are troll or not.

If he is a true artist, people here have pointed obvious things that need improvement. Chrome teeth? Cyber Sage ? Isabella's proportions are ridiculous. When Jill smiles it creeps me out, she looks like an alien. Maya's skin is terrible. Animations are slow and MC moves like a pensioner. He should improve this before he can experiment with 60 fps animations.

Development was at 50 % in April. It is around this time he decided to experiment with 60 fps animations. Story is not a thing that is slowing dev time, it is his ego. Even triple A studios struggle to hit 60 fps. He is not working in unreal engine its freaking RenPy.

Agreed. Plus the fingers look like an elderly person on several of the girls or he's doing a close up of them. Not to mention, for the minigames, he hates the "rule of three" strategy. Whenever I want to do a new playthrough, I hate the minigames because you have to do them typically 5 times each. And boy do I hate that stupid pancake flipping one. It's tedious.

And yeah. Definitely don't need 60 fps for animations in an AVN. If I'm playing a FPS? Definitely want it, but not when I'm trying to bang a made up girl on my computer screen. DPC needs to focus more on making good animations and renders, with really good story, and go from there. Reduce the development time down.

Lastly, episode 9.. Just an entire episode for that Halloween party that involves yet another minigame that seems like it's going to be around for a while. If DPC only plans for 12-16 episodes, and if he goes with an entire episode per party (which I doubt) there's not going to be a whole lot of content this season. Especially since it looks like the game will end at this point before a full school year. So if 16 episodes is the full length game, that's two semesters maybe and the game finishes, which is pretty "fast" in the game world for all this happening. But it's still a good game, so I play it. Just hope some pacing issues are done better, less unneeded animations, and more plot development episodes.

 

[DarXzeN]

I have already asked twice the moderators to spent 2 extra minutes to make opening posts more informative and less messy. They never listen and we constantly get questions like yours in many threads, especially this one because the descriptions are really made to create confusion. Please use the "Report" link in the first post to ask for better informative text above the downloads links.
To play from start, you have to download season 1 and 2, ignore the patch, then download Season 3 Interlude + Episode 9 (that should be written as "Season 3: Interlude + Episode 9").
I think the patch was necessary before EP9 was released, because it contained the import feature along with Interlude, that is now bundled in Season 3. Yeah, the present descriptions are really messy and written with the arse. But they don't give a fuck.

If many people ask the moderators to fix the opening post with better descriptions, maybe they'll finally modify it and we'll avoid headaches to many other players. Please use the REPORT function in the first post and let's see if they listen to people's complains.

Ok thanks for taking much of your time replying.

 

[hatass]

What's the absolute maximum number of girls (and which) you can be fucking/ doing a route for? At least until the final choice in ep 8.

 

[Ottoeight]

What's the absolute maximum number of girls (and which) you can be fucking/ doing a route for? At least until the final choice in ep 8.

Download the 2 official walkthroughs in the OP: check the "how to unlock every sex scene" chapters and see yourself.

 

[Joshy92]

DPC needs to solve Maya's tuition problem soon
Can't he see how stressful this must be for her
First her family won't let her be with the woman she loves
Then that whole tuition thing happens
It needs to end so that Maya can start living her life
I hate seeing people treat her like crap

 

[Pax Draconis]

What's the absolute maximum number of girls (and which) you can be fucking/ doing a route for? At least until the final choice in ep 8.

16? Sage, Bella, Rio, Cammy, Quinn, Sarah, Melanie, Lily, Envy, I can't remember the other stripper's name Candy I think, Madame, Jade, Nora, Josy (one time only), Zoey in flashback & Tara in ep 8. Any I'm missing?