Unreal Engine Carnal Instinct [2024-10-17] [Team Carnal Instinct]

[catsdino]

this game is fabulous.. what witchcraft do they use to be so beautiful and optimized

Probably smart use of baking and atlusing stuff.

 

[digmanutslmao]

any chance of the mega link getting fixed ?

its telling me the download is no longer available

 

[ViviX12]

any chance of the mega link getting fixed ?

its telling me the download is no longer available

no
use different download

 

[lolipopmaster]

does this thread update with new versions? im new to f95

 

[Darkwolves603]

does this thread update with new versions? im new to f95

1. Only Steam Versions (Updated Quarterly, next update Late Sep/October)
2. Patreon builds are protected (Contains traceable data, requires sacrificing an account for every update).
3. Megalinks get taken down almost instantly so aren't worth maintaining.

 

[BabyDragonV2]

1. Only Steam Versions (Updated Quarterly, next update Late Sep/October)
2. Patreon builds are protected (Contains traceable data, requires sacrificing an account for every update).
3. Megalinks get taken down almost instantly so aren't worth maintaining.

i cant play the game with the other links the only that would actually download was the gofile i think and when i try to run it i get the error that i posted a few posts up

 

[Darkwolves603]

i cant play the game with the other links the only that would actually download was the gofile i think and when i try to run it i get the error that i posted a few posts up

I managed to play some of the early builds (Just about) on my laptop. Once they updated the character models etc. to be more detailed I got that error (Even on lowest settings) and it never worked again.

Only resolved it when I moved up to better hardware (Someone with more technical insight required to make a more accurate diagnosis than that I'm afraid).

 

[BabyDragonV2]

I managed to play some of the early builds (Just about) on my laptop. Once they updated the character models etc. to be more detailed I got that error (Even on lowest settings) and it never worked again.

Only resolved it when I moved up to better hardware (Someone with more technical insight required to make a more accurate diagnosis than that I'm afraid).

damn im stuck on potatoe

 

[DauntingDavida]

No optimization and buggy. I collect the keys from the guards next to the cells, and he said no keys, in the end managed to open only one cell. But overall impression is pleasant, the game is interesting.

 

[muschi26]

No optimization and buggy. I collect the keys from the guards next to the cells, and he said no keys, in the end managed to open only one cell. But overall impression is pleasant, the game is interesting.

IIRC if you let the guard respawn (might take a few days), you can get the key again.

 

[fictitious]

If you play as a female can you have sex with males (non-futa)?

 

[DEATHDESTROYER]

If you play as a female can you have sex with males (non-futa)?

Yes

 

[MAxsimos]

Can you play with Ranno yet ?

 

[Horrible Degenerate]

I'm disappointed with new Dynamic Sex System.
1. Adjustable fixed view points are pointless waste of effort. Why not just simple to implement and easiest to use free camera like in other 3D games?
2. Animation is mediocre. Most disturbing is the penis just clipping through the other body with zero interaction, often on wrong place or even poking out of belly. It is really low effort job.

 

[whjk]

what is v03.54 say if pregnancy has been implemented I would support and get the game

 

[TheInternetIsForThis]

what is v03.54 say if pregnancy has been implemented I would support and get the game

The changelogs for all patreon versions are very conveniently posted on

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. Pregnancy is not in the latest version, and judging by the recent posts and update notices, it never will be in the UE4 builds because they already have it implemented in the unreleased UE5 build. Speaking of which, I have a poll to copy into this thread. Second post incoming.

 

[TheInternetIsForThis]

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"It was only as the titanic form rose before me that I finally grasped the inevitability of the conflict. Looming large the Wyrm obscured everything before me. The traders and farmers streamed past, paying little heed to the hooded wanderer as they ran for their lives.

Baskets tumbled, their contents lost to the shifting sand. Gold, silver, and all manner of precious things were dropped without hesitation. The smallest were bundled up in the arms of strangers, the strong aiming to aid the weak. Their bravery meant little against the slavering maw that began to descend on them.

It is not my way to interfere, with this place or its people. I watch. I write. It is not for me to decide such things. Yet nonetheless I raised my staff. Unbidden the words rose in my throat and I uttered the commanding sounds of that long forgotten tongue.

This decision was too weighty to be left unmade."

Ehkos, A Guide to the Desert Kingdoms

Hi All,

We were torn as to whether we should make this a poll at all, as the drawbacks and benefits are difficult to articulate, but we felt it was important to gauge the feeling of the community around this decision.

This post will not be an exhaustive list of every feature or problem, but will try to give you an idea of what we're talking about so that you can come to your decision.

Update Schedule

This is probably the most contentious bit of news; we're moving to less frequent but larger builds.

We have maintained our twice-per-month update schedule since the first release in November 2020, with some months even seeing more updates than that. The problem with this is that we're more or less past the "easy to fit in 2 weeks" content and we're into the "3 weeks plus of work" stage. It's why the female centaur doesn't immediately ship with an adult scene, for example.

For Avatar tier, what we're moving to will not impact you at all. You'll get a single update around the middle of the month and it will include all the previous month's content.

For Ascended tier and above, the two updates will be replaced with a single larger update, however it will release on the same day as the last month's update goes live for Avatar tier. That is to say that both builds will release around the middle of the month; Ascended will therefore gain exclusivity on the new content for one month rather than two weeks.

This was always something we knew might become necessary, as some things are not possible for our small team to deliver within a 2 week window. It's important to know that this will allow us to make more, not less, each

Why are we making this decision at all?

We mentioned, when announcing UE5, that it allows much more rapid development. That is absolutely true and remains the case. What is not faster however, is maintaining two separate versions of the game.

Some items can be made in UE5 and ported back to UE4, however many others must be made twice. Bugfixes are required for UE4, a cul-de-sac that no longer feeds mechanically into the Alpha.

The long and short of it is that releasing UE4 builds is hugely hampering our development progress.

What are my options?

So before we spell out the options, and though it's a simple choice there are pros and cons on both sides, we want to make something clear; the current UE4 build will remain accessible to Patrons. That means the UE4 version will be available for download either way, we'll just stop updating it with content and put that work into UE5.

So the options;

Option 1

This is what we're proposing. We push UE5 out much sooner than intended, in the not-yet-alpha state it's in. The game starts in an area of the map which players haven't yet seen and where none of our current quests are set.

This means that there will be fewer quests available at the start but far more mechanics. Pregnancy, followers, and mounts are already in (to name a few).

This will essentially be pre-alpha but UE5 - further along in terms of features.

Option 2

This is what we're currently doing. We don't push UE5 out until it's at Alpha, continuing to update UE4 every month. This means some time on some wasted work and therefore knock-on delays - for example all bug-fixing is irrelevant as it's a different engine. Additionally we'll have to update and detail areas of the map which are not in UE5 (as the map is physically different and more spread out).

The clear benefit here is playable content - everything which is already in will remain from day one and the new quests will be added to this version as well. It does delay the Alpha but that may not be a major concern for you.


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To address the change to the update schedule; we always want to make sure you have a chunky update every month, and we just don't think that's possible if we keep having to salami slice our workload to fit the arbitrary 2 week point. I'm always upfront about things, honest to a fault, and I really believe this is the way to maximise what you get in return for your support.

I'd usually end by thanking you for your support (we really do appreciate it by the way) but instead I want to ask for your honest response. You'll always have the UE4 version to replay content until it's in UE5, but this is the only way we can see to cut the dead weight of a second build.

Team Carnal Instinct

• Move pre-alpha to UE5 (Recommended)
• Continue updating UE4 whilst working on UE5
• No Preference

This post is a copy of a currently live Patreon and SubscribeStar poll that will have a major impact on development for the game over the next six months or more. The short version is that we are given the option to pick between discarding most existing content in favor of the newer engine with refined and additional mechanics, or slower development in exchange for keeping the existing content where it is.

This will likely not affect the next Steam build (which is due by the end of this month according to their Steam update schedule), but it will affect the one at the end of the year and the ones beyond that.

Currently, jumping to UE5 is showing an overwhelming lead. That is, however, subject to change as more subscribers weigh in.

 

[ViviX12]

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Hi All,

We were torn as to whether we should make this a poll at all, as the drawbacks and benefits are difficult to articulate, but we felt it was important to gauge the feeling of the community around this decision.

This post will not be an exhaustive list of every feature or problem, but will try to give you an idea of what we're talking about so that you can come to your decision.

Update Schedule

This is probably the most contentious bit of news; we're moving to less frequent but larger builds.

We have maintained our twice-per-month update schedule since the first release in November 2020, with some months even seeing more updates than that. The problem with this is that we're more or less past the "easy to fit in 2 weeks" content and we're into the "3 weeks plus of work" stage. It's why the female centaur doesn't immediately ship with an adult scene, for example.

For Avatar tier, what we're moving to will not impact you at all. You'll get a single update around the middle of the month and it will include all the previous month's content.

For Ascended tier and above, the two updates will be replaced with a single larger update, however it will release on the same day as the last month's update goes live for Avatar tier. That is to say that both builds will release around the middle of the month; Ascended will therefore gain exclusivity on the new content for one month rather than two weeks.

This was always something we knew might become necessary, as some things are not possible for our small team to deliver within a 2 week window. It's important to know that this will allow us to make more, not less, each

Why are we making this decision at all?

We mentioned, when announcing UE5, that it allows much more rapid development. That is absolutely true and remains the case. What is not faster however, is maintaining two separate versions of the game.

Some items can be made in UE5 and ported back to UE4, however many others must be made twice. Bugfixes are required for UE4, a cul-de-sac that no longer feeds mechanically into the Alpha.

The long and short of it is that releasing UE4 builds is hugely hampering our development progress.

What are my options?

So before we spell out the options, and though it's a simple choice there are pros and cons on both sides, we want to make something clear; the current UE4 build will remain accessible to Patrons. That means the UE4 version will be available for download either way, we'll just stop updating it with content and put that work into UE5.

So the options;

Option 1

This is what we're proposing. We push UE5 out much sooner than intended, in the not-yet-alpha state it's in. The game starts in an area of the map which players haven't yet seen and where none of our current quests are set.

This means that there will be fewer quests available at the start but far more mechanics. Pregnancy, followers, and mounts are already in (to name a few).

This will essentially be pre-alpha but UE5 - further along in terms of features.

Option 2

This is what we're currently doing. We don't push UE5 out until it's at Alpha, continuing to update UE4 every month. This means some time on some wasted work and therefore knock-on delays - for example all bug-fixing is irrelevant as it's a different engine. Additionally we'll have to update and detail areas of the map which are not in UE5 (as the map is physically different and more spread out).

The clear benefit here is playable content - everything which is already in will remain from day one and the new quests will be added to this version as well. It does delay the Alpha but that may not be a major concern for you.


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


To address the change to the update schedule; we always want to make sure you have a chunky update every month, and we just don't think that's possible if we keep having to salami slice our workload to fit the arbitrary 2 week point. I'm always upfront about things, honest to a fault, and I really believe this is the way to maximise what you get in return for your support.

I'd usually end by thanking you for your support (we really do appreciate it by the way) but instead I want to ask for your honest response. You'll always have the UE4 version to replay content until it's in UE5, but this is the only way we can see to cut the dead weight of a second build.

Team Carnal Instinct

• Move pre-alpha to UE5 (Recommended)
• Continue updating UE4 whilst working on UE5
• No Preference

This post is a copy of a currently live Patreon and SubscribeStar poll that will have a major impact on development for the game over the next six months or more. The short version is that we are given the option to pick between discarding most existing content in favor of the newer engine with refined and additional mechanics, or slower development in exchange for keeping the existing content where it is.

This will likely not affect the next Steam build (which is due by the end of this month according to their Steam update schedule), but it will affect the one at the end of the year and the ones beyond that.

Currently, jumping to UE5 is showing an overwhelming lead. That is, however, subject to change as more subscribers weigh in.

hopefully enough people are smart enough to go for the first option
loosing out a little content in the short tame is marginal compared to the slowed development long term

 

[TheInternetIsForThis]

hopefully enough people are smart enough to go for the first option
loosing out a little content in the short tame is marginal compared to the slowed development long term

Currently on Patreon nearly a thousand subscribers have voted (this is a "pick one" poll so that is definitely the number of people who have voted), and this is where it stands:

 

[Remnant-1]

Sheesh, I've been following this game for a little while on the changelogs and I do hope it exits alpha and becomes a true complete game but on the other hand I'm worried this project will burnout like a lot of other smutgames do.