Ren'Py Desert Stalker [v0.18.3] [Zetan]

[Labradoodle]

How about people, is it worth playing it? I've had 3 updates since I haven't played it. Does it have enough content?

Honestly, no. Love the game, but the updates tend to be veeeery thin in terms of actual content and I also first played it about three or four updates ago. If I had any self control I'd wait a couple of years before getting back into the game, but I'm a degenerate.

 

[siliseric]

my old saves work fine, just had to move them from the previous save location in
(user\current\appdata\Roaming\RenPy\DesertStalkerEA-100001)

to the new location
(user\current\appdata\Roaming\RenPy\DesertStalkerBETA-1606678851)

 

[EKOMEKO]

Although it is one of my favorite games, I found the last few updates inadequate in terms of content. Graphics 10/10, characters 10/10 but the last updates were not satisfactory. I was especially looking forward to the 0.17 update, I even bought an elder membership but I was disappointed. I hope it will be better in the future

 

[Aledixter]

Honestly, no. Love the game, but the updates tend to be veeeery thin in terms of actual content and I also first played it about three or four updates ago. If I had any self control I'd wait a couple of years before getting back into the game, but I'm a degenerate.

and I thought that at least I would have it for a while haha we have to wait at least 2 years thanks

 

[GetOutOfMyLab]

Although it is one of my favorite games, I found the last few updates inadequate in terms of content. Graphics 10/10, characters 10/10 but the last updates were not satisfactory. I was especially looking forward to the 0.17 update, I even bought an elder membership but I was disappointed. I hope it will be better in the future

What did you find inadequate about this update? For me, this Mutant's quest was a nice way to move the story forward. It was an event on the same level of the Raider settlement takeover and the first Mutant quest. Only thing better than all of those, so far, was Shani in the Zone.

 

[GeoffG]

Although it is one of my favorite games, I found the last few updates inadequate in terms of content. Graphics 10/10, characters 10/10 but the last updates were not satisfactory. I was especially looking forward to the 0.17 update, I even bought an elder membership but I was disappointed. I hope it will be better in the future

This is inevitable in later updates for games with any level of branching tbh.

You need to have multiple different runs going at the same time to see all the content every time

 

[aamegamisamaa]

my old saves work fine, just had to move them from the previous save location in
(user\current\appdata\Roaming\RenPy\DesertStalkerEA-100001)

to the new location
(user\current\appdata\Roaming\RenPy\DesertStalkerBETA-1606678851)

Interesting. Anyone can confirm this? Won't we get dirty bugs later?

 

[GetOutOfMyLab]

Interesting. Anyone can confirm this? Won't we get dirty bugs later?

I would advise against it. The save folder was changed for a reason as many things in the code have changed.

 

[Penumbral Evanescence]

~ Hey everyone,

Made yet another fan made sig for Desert Stalker I have some others currently being worked on as well, but just wanted to share what I had on hand for the DS fanbase and community! Hope you all enjoy it!

 

[Satou Pendragon]

I would advise against it. The save folder was changed for a reason as many things in the code have changed.

Seems like someone is against your Advice.

 

[RX-9/C]

15 minutes of people weekend time to press CTRL seems too big of a task

 

[Penumbral Evanescence]

Interesting. Anyone can confirm this? Won't we get dirty bugs later?

I would advise against it. The save folder was changed for a reason as many things in the code have changed.

Yeah, I concur with GetOutOfMyLab. Lots of internal code changes have been made between V0.16 and V0.17, so even if you change the save file location, due to the inherent code changes, backwards compatibility won't work since there have been a lot of drastic changes introduced to the core game between different versions. Hence why the dev team have been communicating the fact that old saves will not work as effectively due to the introduction of the reworks and all.

Anyways, guys just skip to the point where you had left off in V0.16 in V0.17. Very easy and should not take that much time to do. Let's put the nail in the coffin for these pointless save game compatibility debates already lol

 

[nighthawk1275]

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
  File "game/scripts/home.rpy", line 1300, in <module>
TypeError: _() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "scripts/home.rpyc", line 1299, in script
  File "D:\NG\DesertStalker-0.17.0-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 821, in execute
    renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
  File "D:\NG\DesertStalker-0.17.0-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1178, in py_exec_bytecode
    exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
  File "game/scripts/home.rpy", line 1300, in <module>
TypeError: _() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

Windows-10-10.0.19045 AMD64
Ren'Py 8.3.3.24111502
Desert Stalker 0.17.0
Sat Dec  7 14:36:58 2024

 

[liberatorus]

Has anyone noticed the performance get worse? Is it just the beta or did something change due to the RenPY upgrade?

 

[Badjourasmix]

Has anyone noticed the performance get worse? Is it just the beta or did something change due to the RenPY upgrade?

What do you mean by worse performance?

 

[allanl9020142]

LOL. I thought the v. 0.17 update was something I imagined in my head. I'd been checking for updates way too often these past few weeks. This just made my day!

 

[IdleGuy]

How stable is this release?

I don't mind replaying the game, but I don't wanna rereplay in the next release because some crucial variables got corrupted, ifyouknowwhatimean.

 

[Acesaw]

keep finding the Couldn't find the file thing all over the game can some one help?

 

[Lordroedor]

Holy shit, the new update is freaking amazing. I almost cried at some point. It works perfectly with the music.

I am struggling with this notion that I had about the game going soft over time. It's... less wild. But there's still gruesome and impactful scenes.

...And I am finding a few bugs, some scenes like the travel with Ain is not triggering in my new game, and Ivy is talking before doing her personal quest. A few other glitches and bugs here and there.

But the new content is amazing, I am impressed.

 

[pupitti]

How stable is this release?

I don't mind replaying the game, but I don't wanna rereplay in the next release because some crucial variables got corrupted, ifyouknowwhatimean.

My persona pc saves didnt work. I got some saves in here and also didnt work, so Im guessing not very stable if thats your concern