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

[treechild1]

I know the perfect faculty for her (it has a green colour)

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Uh excuse me, her color is blue, not green

Clearly, Geralt meant that Slytherin faculty witch Jade-

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

Some emotional lovemaking should help glue the pieces together

Later on. First MC has to convince Bella that it isn't her fault that she didn't know about Lynette being dead. She hasn't done anything wrong. Sure it would have been easier to have her around, but it would still have been wrong. Because if things had gone right Lynette wouldn't have died, Bella would have visited them on a regular basis and at around age 10 or so MC would have gone to Lynette and told her: "Mom, I'm going to marry aunt Bella when I grow up." Lynette would have teased Bella about it endlessly.

Off path Bella will find this incredibly funny and after laughing about it for a bit they can focus on mourning. On her path Bella will also find it funny and it will bring a change of attitude in her when she decides that all the problems can go fuck themselves, she has 19 years to make up for and she will never deny MC anything ever again. If you've made all the right choices leading up to this moment: Main Girl Harem: Unlocked!

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Later on. First MC has to convince Bella that it isn't her fault that she didn't know about Lynette being dead. She hasn't done anything wrong. Sure it would have been easier to have her around, but it would still have been wrong. Because if things had gone right Lynette wouldn't have died, Bella would have visited them on a regular basis and at around age 10 or so MC would have gone to Lynette and told her: "Mom, I'm going to marry aunt Bella when I grow up." Lynette would have teased Bella about it endlessly.

Off path Bella will find this incredibly funny and after laughing about it for a bit they can focus on mourning. On her path Bella will also find it funny and it will bring a change of attitude in her when she decides that all the problems can go fuck themselves, she has 19 years to make up for and she will never deny MC anything ever again. If you've made all the right choices leading up to this moment: Main Girl Harem: Unlocked!

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

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It makes perfect sense if you think in 7 dimensions.

 

[Better Cock Spock]

It makes perfect sense if you think in 7 dimensions.

Roger, you are a buffoon. Your theory is a big turd.

The locked room obviously has a drug lab

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

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Roger, you are a buffoon. Your theory is a big turd.

The locked room obviously has a drug lab

No, I'm a rooster. And the locked room is Bella's L-Space portal. She has one because she is a librarian.

 

[Michael_MAN]

Who the hell needs 4K renders while with 2K quality Season 3 could have been completed in 2024 or late 2023!
Of course the only one is the dev. You spend same amount of time positioning the scene for 480p and 4K because it only matters to the rendering machine later. So dev had at least twice as much spare time than before.

 

[Hahn1900]

Who the hell needs 4K renders while with 2K quality Season 3 could have been completed in 2024 or late 2023!
Of course the only one is the dev. You spend same amount of time positioning the scene for 480p and 4K because it only matters to the rendering machine later. So dev had at least twice as much spare time than before.

No it doesnt take much more time, especially not for those render machines DPC has. There are other factors that increases development time... content of course (the episode will get bigger than every other episode before) and animations, which doesnt take longer because of the resolution, they take longe rebcause they are getting longer and more complex... and 60 fps. Though the overall animation rendering time didnt increase either, cause DPC upgraded the hardware a while ago... between episode 1 and 8 he needed about 1 day per animation, and its still the same now too... he just does MORE of everything, which of course increaes the time he needs. You cant build two houses in the same amount of time like you would build one. Simple as that.

DPC made a big mistake talking about 4k... cause many people think now it does matter in any way that they have to wait for the release because of 4k, which is just not the case...

 

[Lagunavii]

Who the hell needs 4K renders while with 2K quality Season 3 could have been completed in 2024 or late 2023!

Well as Geralt From Rivia already pointed out, there are only 3% of steam players who have the ability to play in 4K. The number of players who play BaDik from that 3%, well it's not going to be a massive number that needs 4K

It's absolutely mental he's felt the need to go 4k, given the audience for it is tiny, but it's DPC, we can't really be shocked now.

 

[Hahn1900]

Well as Geralt From Rivia already pointed out, there are only 3% of steam players who have the ability to play in 4K. The number of players who play BaDik from that 3%, well it's not going to be a massive number that needs 4K

It's absolutely mental he's felt the need to go 4k, given the audience for it is tiny, but it's DPC, we can't really be shocked now.

Thats true though yep... its a DPC thing to do, he like to do unnecessary stuff... but its his thing, otherwise he wouldnt even create this game in the first place. but still it doesnt really have an impact on the developmenttime. Maybe around 5%, not more.

 

[dalli_x]

Tommy literally did have to accept not having Rusty's Dad's money and having to learn to pull his own weight. He also had to accept the deal made with the Jocks in Ep 10. So he'll accept this too because he's not above having to accept things when necessary.


It is happening.


And you don't accept the obvious truth of DPC's words, the fact he's working on one freeroam that has 87 characters and multple environments, his words. You don't accept the obvious truth that this is one big party at NYE that just about every character will be at because it's prime drama for the big season finale. Your fixation on 2 parties or this not even being the NYE party (which it clearly is since it says so in Sage's new preview and she's wearing a different outfit to her preview with Jill because that's the recital) is all completely wrong and not even based in reality or logic at all.


First of all, no it isn't. It's not at all unrealistic that the DIKs get put in charge of organising a NYE bash for the college because as you like to point out, they do host the best parties so they're therefore good party organisers. It's also not unrealistic to think that this is done and suggested as a means to mend fences between the frats, that the DIKs and Jocks will be made to set aside their differences for one night so there's no fighting over the HOTs. Honestly, this is exactly what's called for in this situation and far more likely than anything you've suggested.

Secondly, it's a freaking AVN and most of all a fictional story. If DPC thinks the story is best served by having a party where DIK, Jocks, and HOTs agree to have a joint party that is open to the whole college, then that's what he'll do, even if you think that's "unrealistic", which it isn't.


You're the one that doesn't.

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Do you see that? The balloons in that banner clip behind Melanie are the same ones behind Maya in her preview. Do you know why? BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME DAMN PARTY!!! They're just in different parts of it.


Oh my God, how do you not get the concept of different angles of shots and that you're not seeing the whole room?
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Check back and you'll see those same balloons behind both Melanie and Maya, because it's the same event in the same place they're just in different areas of it.
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Source: You made that up.

She's looking up and light is reflected in her eyes. NEWSFLASH: That's how light works She could be looking at a disco ball or strobe lights for all we now but she sure as shit ain't looking at anything outside.


One freeroam, multiple environments. Those are DPC's words. You're just making stuff up now and it's embarrassing.


No, they really do not You literally just make up things to suit yourself and ignore obvious facts and DPC's own words and description of what he's working on.

Resigning yourself to something is not the same as accepting it. They are two different things.

"It is happening." Believing is different from knowing, and you only think you know.

I accept DPC's words. He wrote that there will be a large freeroam event with 87 people. But he definitely didn't write that the DIKs should celebrate together with the ALPHAs. Therefore, your supposedly obvious truth might not be so obvious after all. I'm not against having a large New Year's Eve party with 87 people, but only against DIKs and Alphas celebrating together.

A reconciliation party can only happen if the ALPHAs apologize to the DIKs for the destruction of the Mansion and cover the financial damages. You're the one who doesn't understand what you're seeing. In the trailer, we see a large space, probably the main room of a party, but only a goddamn six people. If there were 20-30 people there, I'd go with you so there'd only be one party. But we only see 6 people. Where are the other 81 people? Oh yeah, they've spread out among the other 30 rooms.

Yes, you're right that this is a fictional story, and you're also right that DPC is creating this story. But DPC never wrote that the DIKs, HOTs, and ALPHAs should celebrate together. So if DPC wants to do it that way, in YOUR opinion, then that's how they'll do it. But it's YOUR opinion, and nothing more.

They're just standard New Year's Eve balloons. Oh man, you really need to work on your observation skills. I know, for example, that there are also standing tables in the room where Melanie is, even though you can't obviously see them.

Sage watching the fireworks isn't made up; it's a fact. And no, it's not just any ceiling lights, because the green light of a New Year's Eve rocket is shining through a window to the right of Sage.

"One freeroam, multiple environments. Those are DPC's words." Yes, those are DPC's words, and it will be part of the DIK New Year's Eve party because the ALPHA party doesn't need a larger setting.

I simply make things up, as Sage's eyes prove to you.

 

[Lagunavii]

Thats true though yep... its a DPC thing to do, he like to do unnecessary stuff... but its his thing, otherwise he wouldnt even create this game in the first place. but still it doesnt really have an impact on the developmenttime. Maybe around 5%, not more.

That's the thing a quick Google would show a decent rig can render scenes in 2K anywhere between 5 minutes and a couple of hours and a 4k anywhere between 30mins and a couple of hours. We know Dpc has a couple of rigs that are beyond decent.

Taking the lower end of the estimate of a 25 minute difference, over 7000 images there would be a 175,000 minute difference or 2916 hours or 121 days and we know DPC has multiple computers, I seem to recall 5 being mentioned somewhere, but can't find it. But let's say 3 for arguments sake... We can decide that 121 by 3 for all those computers and we get about 40 days difference...

Obviously I'm only working with rough numbers here and it's not an exact science, but the point is the deference between the rendering is months not the years some people are claiming

 

[dalli_x]

It's actually pretty hard to draw conclusions about their emotions from this. They seem more angry than anything else, but at the same time they feel guilty for being angry. Like it's a very selfish reaction in the situation.

At this point just about everyone here knows about my theory of Bella and Lynette having been friends, but this situation actually works without it too. It just makes more sense if Bella's secrets are somehow connected to MC personally regardless of path.

As I envision it we return to the moment of shock after the recap and flashback. For the moment everyone is kind of frozen and either Bella or MC takes over the situation. They tell the girls to get into Jill's car and drive Derek to the hospital. Jill drives, Sage is in the front seat with the iced fingertip and Josy and Maya look after Derek in the backseat. They've got Derek to the hospital and now he is in the care of the doctors and Maya is either getting the news on how it went or anxiously waiting for it.

MC and Bella are still at her house, one of them has been overcome by the shock of the situation and the other is trying to deal with it after sending the girls and Derek to the hospital. What I can't decide is which way around is more satisfying. Bella being the one who goes to pieces or MC.

It's not that difficult to draw conclusions. All three are thinking about something.

I completely agree with Hahn1900 that Derek's injury isn't the end of the world. It would only be the end of the world if it turned out that it happened simply because Derek's mother's hereditary disease manifested. Maya says that her mother's disease manifested when she was the same age as Maya. They're twins, so they're the same age.

I think that, like in Episode 11 with Nick, it led to a heated argument and things were said that Josy, Jill, and Sage are pondering.

 

[Lagunavii]

I accept DPC's words. He wrote that there will be a large freeroam event with 87 people. But he definitely didn't write that the DIKs should celebrate together with the ALPHAs.

Without the Alphas, just who are these 87 people in the massive freeroam?

By my count, we have

8 Diks
13 HOTS
8 Dorm Girls
5 Femenists
5 Nerds
6 Preps
8 Alphas

We are up to 53 by including every known group to us, obviously there are stragglers here and there I've not counted, such as KRJ, Sally, Cinderella and the likes...

But you don't get up to the number DPC quoted without including pretty much everyone.

It seems pretty likely to me that whatever the reason for the massive freeroam (and a big party seems the likely explanation) it will indeed have the DIKs celebrating with not only the Jocks but the Preps too, you simply can't get the numbers otherwise

 

[MiltonPowers]

Without the Alphas, just who are these 87 people in the massive freeroam?

By my count, we have

8 Diks
13 HOTS
8 Dorm Girls
5 Femenists
5 Nerds
6 Preps
8 Alphas

We are up to 53 by including every known group to us, obviously there are stragglers here and there I've not counted, such as KRJ, Sally, Cinderella and the likes...

But you don't get up to the number DPC quoted without including pretty much everyone.

It seems pretty likely to me that whatever the reason for the massive freeroam (and a big party seems the likely explanation) it will indeed have the DIKs celebrating with not only the Jocks but the Preps too, you simply can't get the numbers otherwise

Maybe all the girls I creampied are pregnant - and count as double!

There's another 20 for the list - right there.

 

[dalli_x]

Without the Alphas, just who are these 87 people in the massive freeroam?

By my count, we have

8 Diks
13 HOTS
8 Dorm Girls
5 Femenists
5 Nerds
6 Preps
8 Alphas

We are up to 53 by including every known group to us, obviously there are stragglers here and there I've not counted, such as KRJ, Sally, Cinderella and the likes...

But you don't get up to the number DPC quoted without including pretty much everyone.

It seems pretty likely to me that whatever the reason for the massive freeroam (and a big party seems the likely explanation) it will indeed have the DIKs celebrating with not only the Jocks but the Preps too, you simply can't get the numbers otherwise

I know this is going to bother a lot of people because they can't imagine how the total number of 87 characters could be any other way. It's not that hard to create a new character in Daz3D. Even in the preview of the fighting tournament, you can definitely see two new characters. There could even be four, but I can't see their faces, so I can't say for sure. DPC has been creating new characters from the very beginning and with every new expansion pack. It's not difficult to get to 87 characters.

I think Blue Milk's only problem is that he can't imagine any other way DPC could have 87 characters. Who knows how many new characters we've seen in the game so far, and the main character hasn't even spoken to them?

 

[maxthruster]

It seems silly to assume all 87 characters present will be named characters we already know. But, at the same time, it seems silly to assume the Alphas won't be represented in some fashion; even if none of them are invited, such an event seems prime for crashing, especially after Dawe has already declared that he's going to stop the DIKs and HOTs from partying for New Year's. Either Sage brokers a compromise where they all party together, or one frat is crashing the other's party. And based on the renders, it seems at the very least unlikely that the DIKs are crashing the Alpha party. There's just too much tasty drama for DPC to avoid having the frats clash during the party in some way.

 

[Lagunavii]

Maybe all the girls I creampied are pregnant - and count as double!

There's another 20 for the list - right there.

My god you've solved it. It's only 87 people on a man slut route. On a monk run, you're just partying with 30.

 

[dalli_x]

It seems silly to assume all 87 characters present will be named characters we already know. But, at the same time, it seems silly to assume the Alphas won't be represented in some fashion; even if none of them are invited, such an event seems prime for crashing, especially after Dawe has already declared that he's going to stop the DIKs and HOTs from partying for New Year's. Either Sage brokers a compromise where they all party together, or one frat is crashing the other's party. And based on the renders, it seems at the very least unlikely that the DIKs are crashing the Alpha party. There's just too much tasty drama for DPC to avoid having the frats clash during the party in some way.

Sage's compromise is that half the HOTs will party with the DIKs and the other half with the Alphas. In episode 11, 13 HOTs are shown. I think this is meant to ensure that there are only 12 HOTs left in episode 12, since Quinn has left college. Her suitcases were already packed, and since Riona's return has been confirmed, Quinn can't go back.

In episode 11, Sage tells Dawe that she can't forbid her girls from going to a party. The same applies to the New Year's Eve party. That's why Sage will also be at the Alpha party, because her presence officially marks the HOTs as part of the Alphas, even if not all HOTs will be there. Arieth's reason for being there is clear: It's because of Dawe. As we know, Melanie and Sarah are also friends with Chad, so they'll be there too.

 

[Kpyna]

4K is the new 60 FPS Why not do that stuff after it's finished?

It doesn't take any additional time on his side, it's the opposite. He is rendering in DAZ in 4K initially. So, he have all of the original renders stored in uncompressed format. Then he downscale images to 1080p and saves all this to JPEG. So, ironically, downscaling the original renders from 4K to 1080p is an additional task. Otherwise, he'd only have to save 4k to JPEG and that's all.

4K renders, he is doing a job for 4.83% of gamer audience according to Steam statistics who have 4K monitors.
2K would be enough, it is more mainstream now with 20% of users, 4K is still for the elites. But DPC being DPC.

4k renders looks much better on 2k displays, rather than the upscaled 1080p renders. So, 4k is absolutely suitable for both 2k & 4k users. So it's 25% at least. And making this as a DLC, which this group of players may optionally pay for & download is a smart move, imo. Zero work (except packing this DLC) with a quite good income. I'd say it's geniushly.