Ren'Py Abandoned Defective Sexbot Chop Shop [v0.4.1] [Radnor]

[Mr_Shaky]

So for game purpose, it would be fine for the rep to be lowered from the start when you deliver the bot. For those "hidden" parts though, the price the owner pays shouldn't be lowered (since he will only discover the scam later on).

Seems like a good solution. Only thing that needs to be considered is the original point of getting easy access to very good parts. Either reputation needs to have considerable effect on your business and economy or there has to be some other possible consequence of pulling a scam like that depending on the severity. Replacing a D part with an F wouldn't really be too consequential but replacing all A-S rank parts from an S tier bot could possibly get you a lawsuit, fines or if combat is implemented there could be hostilities that come from it.
Just something to prevent it being the clear win-win choice at least.

 

[TFurguson69]

So if you guys want to get some already available girl content. The game Venus club has "Girl Packs" Lots of lovely ladies and webm vids to harvest.

https://f95zone.to/threads/girlpack-releases-for-venuss-club-tobe.54956/page-109

 

[TFurguson69]

Is there a full list of default traits? I am doing a Jessica Robin bot. Who clearly was sex smart

 

[Mr_Shaky]

Is there a full list of default traits? I am doing a Jessica Robin bot. Who clearly was sex smart

It's still early. There's only tech_smart_inherent and sex_smart_inherent atm as far as I know.
If you need any part IDs or looking for technical details look at my post here.
You should be able to find most of what you need in the games own JSONs I've attached.

 

[Sithlord86]

Sithlord86 it seems that you also have some bots that don't display correctly; I've encountered the Mason and Traxler.

What seems to be the issue?
I'll try to replicate it, but haven't found it so far.

 

[Sithlord86]

Sithlord86 it seems that you also have some bots that don't display correctly; I've encountered the Mason and Traxler.

Never mind my earlier post. I found the issue and solved it. It is taken care of in my next update.
Thanks for pointing it out.

 

[Squib2187]

Might drop tomorrow indicating a bunch of work left to do
3 hours later:

xd

yeah I was really overestimating how long it would take to strip out metadata

 

[TFurguson69]

It's still early. There's only tech_smart_inherent and sex_smart_inherent atm as far as I know.
If you need any part IDs or looking for technical details look at my post here.
You should be able to find most of what you need in the games own JSONs I've attached.

Do I really have to have all of my video and stills in the same resolution? Any free apps for bulk doing this?

 

[Squib2187]

Do I really have to have all of my video and stills in the same resolution? Any free apps for bulk doing this?

I dont think so, the preview image needs to be the same resolution as the video its previewing tho. In my mod I've got 1080p and 720p video and it works no problem

 

[Mr_Shaky]

I did some quick testing. Removed all but 1 scene and changed the resolution of the preview several times. Restarting the game in between. Changing between the default 1280x720, 1920x1080, 640x360, 853x480 didn't change anything in game for me.
Then I tried to change it to 720x720 and it still made no difference. Then I removed the preview and still it was the same. Might not affect existing saves.

Then I started new games every time with the following results:

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In conclusion it doesn't seem to matter as long as you get a aspect ratio close enough or I'm missing something in these tests. Testing worked without the preview but I assume it's there for a reason so skipping it is probably a bad idea.

It's possible it makes an actual difference on another platform than windows.
Radnor you got any clarification on this matter?

 

[Hellraisers3]

I keep getting a error while I'm at the dump site.

 

[TFurguson69]

I dont think so, the preview image needs to be the same resolution as the video its previewing tho. In my mod I've got 1080p and 720p video and it works no problem

I keep getting errors there is no preview. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Squib2187]

What format are the videos and picture files?

 

[Squib2187]

I keep getting errors there is no preview. What am I doing wrong?

The game accepts webp, png and jpeg for images.

and webm for video (apparently mp4 too but i couldn't make that work)

 

[TFurguson69]

What format are the videos and picture files?

mp4 I sort of "Procured" them from girlpacks for Venus Club and TUSC. They use the same json type system. Just way more folders

 

[Squib2187]

mp4 I sort of "Procured" them from girlpacks for Venus Club and TUSC. They use the same json type system. Just way more folders

You may have to transcode them into webm files, handbreak is good free software to do that

 

[Squib2187]

mp4 I sort of "Procured" them from girlpacks for Venus Club and TUSC. They use the same json type system. Just way more folders

before you do that have you followed the file name convention( sex1.mp4, sex1_preview.filetype, sex2.mp4, sex2_preview.filetype, bj1.mp4 .... etc)?

 

[Radnor]

Found what could technically be classified as an unintended exploit - not really noticeable in vanilla, but it's very visible with mods that add higher tier parts/bots in. If you work in your shop until someone shows up asking you to fix their broken bot, they only care that the final condition of the bot is "working" or "100%". Where this can be exploited is when a higher tier bot comes in, you can fix everything up and swap out the higher tier parts for E-tier/Plastic parts across the board, and the client will pay you a bonus on top of suddenly having an influx of shiny new expensive parts you can reuse or resell yourself.

Not quite sure what would be the best way to fix this without making the mini quest harder to complete. Maybe having the initial quest check for a "value" based on the total part tiers on the initial bot, and allow a little padding room for part replacement (maybe 2-4 total item tiers lower than what was dropped off) before the client gets upset and you take a rep hit for ripping them off? Otherwise a client can drop off an A-S tier bot, you can strip all the parts in exchange for E-F, and get paid 3k on top of suddenly having several tens of thousands worth of new parts for minimal effort.

This specific case is an intended exploit
For this specific tasks only "cheap" bots are generated (and only cheap parts are expected). Client likely wants to get bot working to resell it or extract information, so he just want "working" bot and don't really care about details.
So it's up to you if you want to scam some better parts or want to keep your "Honest Metzger`s Chop Shop and Warez" image For this specific task there will be no negative consequences whatever you do, as long as you not cancel task. Think about it as roleplay element.

 

[Crichton]

Found what could technically be classified as an unintended exploit - not really noticeable in vanilla, but it's very visible with mods that add higher tier parts/bots in. If you work in your shop until someone shows up asking you to fix their broken bot, they only care that the final condition of the bot is "working" or "100%". Where this can be exploited is when a higher tier bot comes in, you can fix everything up and swap out the higher tier parts for E-tier/Plastic parts across the board, and the client will pay you a bonus on top of suddenly having an influx of shiny new expensive parts you can reuse or resell yourself.

Hey buddy, I got some bad news about your car mechanic.

 

[Radnor]

Radnor you got any clarification on this matter?

For best result you need to add _preview image for every movie you add. Preview image should be same size as movie.

As images/movies shown in text are scaled to fit certain boundaries you may get it working fine if you just keep aspect ratio, as long as both preview and movie is higher than boundaries. But it is generally bad idea to expect this all the time, as same previews/movies may be used in different places, with different boundaries.

Missing preview image or wrong size/aspect ratio may lead to broken layout. This may be more of case on slower/hdd systems where RenPy unable to load first frame right away.