Ren'Py Brothel King [v0.3] [Goldo]

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dualblades730

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Nov 9, 2019
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Hey goldo00 , I remember asking in the forum before it got closed down about the possibility of having certain girls unable to sex with customers. The idea is that there were some specific girls that I wanted to work for me in the brothel as either servers or dancers, but essential keep their purity (body) for the player themselves and limit/forbid their random "sex acts" with customers.

There were a few recommendations by the community in the forum to either add an option to toggle this on/off in the menu, or even add a new item that forbids girls from having sexual acts with customers.

Just wondering if there was any update on this idea and if it is still something you might consider in the future? Cheers
 

Alrunes

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Dec 21, 2017
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Does anyone know how the Headhunter works? I put in a six trait order, yet, she arrived with only three. I also inputted to make the girl an Original, that didn't happen either. Currently, I'm using Trait King, HH, ChrisJobMod, and King'sway on ver. 0.2 with the patch. Does the HH order take into account your current cash? My gold was lower than what I imagined the price tag would be for the girl. Some insight would be appreciated.
 

Jman9

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Does anyone know how the Headhunter works?
A little. ;)

I put in a six trait order, yet, she arrived with only three.
The six-trait regime is a holdover from Bonanza. Vanilla limits you to two and Trait King to 1-3 (at chargen), depending on a random roll. So picking more than three means you specify a pool from which to draw traits. I could have just disabled the extra picks, but someone might want want to fiddle with trait limits themselves, and having built-in support for up to six isn't so bad, is it?

Similarly, you're not going to get a lot of negative traits if you pick more than one. You'll usually just lower the price a bit in return for not getting that exact negative trait. TK, again, allows for more negative traits on select girls, so you might get what you wished for.

There is also the bug/feature that the HH does not always follow your order. Which is the origin of the 'haggle' button.

I also inputted to make the girl an Original, that didn't happen either.
Can't reproduce. I suspect you might have run out of originals (i.e. they're all in the game already). Or, well, how are you identifying originals?

Does the HH order take into account your current cash?
Only insofar as to block you from ordering if you're too poor to pay the advance.

My gold was lower than what I imagined the price tag would be for the girl.
The price tag has two components: the HH fee and the 'real' price. You pay about half the fee in advance, and the second half plus buying price later. It is always possible to skip the price and send her to the market to wait until your gold grows again, that's risky as she'll probably disappear quite soon. And you can leave both unpaid and accrue some really bad interest for every day the HH has to feed your girl.

In any case, the price tags were supposed to be exorbitant based on girl prices. Since vanilla girl prices are a joke compared to what Bonanza's prices used to be... Well, you're actually getting off lightly. :)



Edit2: I updated the HH a little, to fix some bugginess related to getting original girls.

Do note that trying to order an already existing original can lead to results you might think strange at first glance. That's because the mod+game defaults to looking for originals over the specified character ('cos you paid for an original ;)), and girls with least number of occurrences if it can't find your specified target. Whether such a rare girl can or cannot be an original is what determines whether you get an original in the end, even if the game could find you an original from among the more common girls.

If there are cries of outrage, I might think about this a bit.



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Are we going to be able to pimp Sill out...
Wasn't there a Sill pack? That's the closest you're going to get.
I did have a mechanic for making Sill a temp slave, but that was not something easily ported back to vanilla, and will thus likely stay in the dustbin.
 
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SirDraconis

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A little. ;)


The six-trait regime is a holdover from Bonanza. Vanilla limits you to two and Trait King to 1-3 (at chargen), depending on a random roll. So picking more than three means you specify a pool from which to draw traits. I could have just disabled the extra picks, but someone might want want to fiddle with trait limits themselves, and having built-in support for up to six isn't so bad, is it?

Similarly, you're not going to get a lot of negative traits if you pick more than one. You'll usually just lower the price a bit in return for not getting that exact negative trait. TK, again, allows for more negative traits on select girls, so you might get what you wished for.

There is also the bug/feature that the HH does not always follow your order. Which is the origin of the 'haggle' button.


Can't reproduce. I suspect you might have run out of originals (i.e. they're all in the game already). Or, well, how are you identifying originals?


Only insofar as to block you from ordering if you're too poor to pay the advance.


The price tag has two components: the HH fee and the 'real' price. You pay about half the fee in advance, and the second half plus buying price later. It is always possible to skip the price and send her to the market to wait until your gold grows again, that's risky as she'll probably disappear quite soon. And you can leave both unpaid and accrue some really bad interest for every day the HH has to feed your girl.

In any case, the price tags were supposed to be exorbitant based on girl prices. Since vanilla girl prices are a joke compared to what Bonanza's prices used to be... Well, you're actually getting off lightly. :)



Edit2: I updated the HH a little, to fix some bugginess related to getting original girls.

Do note that trying to order an already existing original can lead to results you might think strange at first glance. That's because the mod+game defaults to looking for originals over the specified character ('cos you paid for an original ;)), and girls with least number of occurrences if it can't find your specified target. Whether such a rare girl can or cannot be an original is what determines whether you get an original in the end, even if the game could find you an original from among the more common girls.

If there are cries of outrage, I might think about this a bit.



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Wasn't there a Sill pack? That's the closest you're going to get.
I did have a mechanic for making Sill a temp slave, but that was not something easily ported back to vanilla, and will thus likely stay in the dustbin.
There is a Sill pack but from what i can see in playing it does not work with the new current version, she will not show up in the slave market at all even after constant refreshes, unless im doing something wrong not sure? XD
 

Jman9

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As I recall, the Sill from that pack was a unique free girl, so you're only ever getting one of her and she won't show up on the slave market.
 

Jman9

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That, or she's not in the game yet. So you need to either wait, recycle fresh girls via the console or cheats, or Headhunt her onto the streets.
 

Leortha

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Jun 25, 2019
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Ah thank you so she just wandering around the city somewhere, sweet :D

And if you want to get rid of that behavior, either edit or remove the _BK.INI file from the girl pack and start a new game. Editing it is better, but you need to know what changes to make. Removing it is the easier way.
 

Jman9

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Removing the .ini also removes the small tweaks that make her more 'believable', though. I think she was made free exactly because it'd be weird to see a 'Schrödinger's Sill' both in the brothel and on the slave market at once. There are some excuses made for why she might be running around the city.
 

Anarys

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Hey guys, I'm playing a Wizard. Is there a way to remove/change "active" spells when they are added to the Active bar at the bottom? I can't seem to change my auras when they turn purple.
 

Jman9

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By purple, you mean auto-cast? I don't think one can just dismiss an active aura. Disable auto-cast, wait until next day for the spell to run out, recast another.
 

Anarys

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By purple, you mean auto-cast? I don't think one can just dismiss an active aura. Disable auto-cast, wait until next day for the spell to run out, recast another.
Yes, I think the spell is bound whether it's a day or night spell. I wish the casting was more clear...
 

Jman9

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Well, you can always just right-click to make it auto-cast but not cast it. That allows you to change spells at the cost of not getting the boost for daily interactions with your girls.
 

Anarys

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Is there a point in this game where the Threat level is too high and you eventually get a game over, even when you are at the last area? Is there a way to reset it? Is there a New Game +?
 

goldo00

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Aug 9, 2019
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Hi guys, a new patch is out fixing a bug found by neronero. I took the opportunity to change the in-game link to the new forum:

It is now up and running, and unless henthighschool.com surprises us by suddenly coming back from the dead, this will be our new base of operations for now.

Thanks to everyone on F95 for providing us with good feedback, and a much-needed backup in our time of need! :)
 

fogginstance

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Is there a point in this game where the Threat level is too high and you eventually get a game over, even when you are at the last area? Is there a way to reset it? Is there a New Game +?
For some reason, threat is tied to the amount of gold you have, so you have to diligently and tediously seek out the small opportunities to waste money.
 

Jman9

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Is there a point in this game where the Threat level is too high and you eventually get a game over, even when you are at the last area? Is there a way to reset it?
I don't know. But I guess the Taxgirl is a bigger problem during endgame than security events.

There is no way to reset threat short of cheating (i.e. the console). There is at least one security event that reduces threat level, but it's random and not reliable.

But there are ways to manage threat generation, namely hiring more goons, managing girl schedules to minimise workers per day, and spending gold to reduce gold threat. I suggest paying the stock resource market. Buy cheap, sell high, that makes your losses from conversion relatively manageable. I don't recall the exact numbers off-hand, but I think you lose only 1/3 or 1/4 of your money per gold -> resource -> gold transaction when taking advantage of price fluctuations.

Is there a New Game +?
No. Kinda hard to imagine how it'd work, even.

For some reason, threat is tied to the amount of gold you have...
The thieves heard you're rich? You're footing the bills for all these fun brawls? Monsters are attracted to the scent of gold? :p

...so you have to diligently and tediously seek out the small opportunities to waste money.
Eh, there are bigger money sinks these days, too. Restocking and upgrading the shops. The resource market, as I said earlier. The Taxgirl robbing you blind. The Headhunter, maybe? I'm not sure how she scales to vanilla pricing and income.
 

Anarys

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Eh, there are bigger money sinks these days, too. Restocking and upgrading the shops. The resource market, as I said earlier. The Taxgirl robbing you blind. The Headhunter, maybe? I'm not sure how she scales to vanilla pricing and income.
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Where is the headhunter? I must have missed them somehow.
 
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