VN Ren'Py Abandoned Ecchi Sensei [Day 22-23 Final] [BlueCat]

[tigerdiamond]

In my opinion, all of these would be doable without sandbox and even better.
The sandbox only adds extra clicks to anything, but doesn't really do anything.

I whole heartedly disagree, but this is too far off topic already

 

[Virulenz]

Joining the offtopic i have to say i loved labrats and couldnt wait for updates...and then it was over and labrats2 came...i dont dislike sandbox and managing at all, in fact i prefer 4x and roleplaying games with tons of management and character development, but it was not labrats anymore and honestly, without the mod its the most boring game i ever played and a disgrace for labrats1.

To go a little ontopic, any news about the future? Is the merge still planned or will bc wait until the next abandoned tag hovers over his wallet to make a quick release without all the features he claimed to had improved?

 

[Shawnchapp]

Are there any bugs in the Week 1 (Torrent version)?

downloaded it yesterday on day 3 now haven't noticed any bugs yet...

 

[Essecks]

Lab Rats 2 may not be your jam, but saying that it's "milking the success of LR1" is absurd when the work being put in on Lab Rats 2 is far greater than the previous game. Vren is doing things to push Ren'py to its limits and is now looking to integrate Live2D into it. Whether it's a good game for all that effort is a matter of debate, but you can't act like he's coasting by on his previous success when he's putting in that much work.

 

[pgm_01]

I finished the update. Language-wise the machine translation was OK, a few tweaks by any native English speaker would clean it up easily. The codebase is still a mess, which we knew it would be since fixing the code is part of the "merge." If I were paying BC, I would be pissed off at this attempt. The people still paying deserve a better update than this. But in the end it probably did its job, which was to stabilize the loss of Patrons. Story-wise, it was a bit weak, essentially confirming things that we already knew and not really moving the plot that much. It really is disappointing to see a game with so much potential end up the way it has.

 

[baloneysammich]

To go a little ontopic, any news about the future? Is the merge still planned or will bc wait until the next abandoned tag hovers over his wallet to make a quick release without all the features he claimed to had improved?

If you want official info, see the post where Ickerax kindly shared with us the Patreon update.

Generally, the release doesn't seem to have had much effect on opinions about the state of development.

As for me, I remain willing to give Blue the benefit of the doubt, at least WRT his intentions.
I've only played through D22, but the release is pretty much what I expected. The only real criticism from me is that workarounds for a pretty big issue with the phone were developed pretty quickly by players, both here and on the discord. But the issue only occurs when you load a save from W3. And since this content will have to be re-released and replayed when/if the merge is done, it's somewhat forgivable they didn't try to fix the issue.
Additionally, I never had a high evaluation of the teams' coding skills, so something like this wouldn't phase me in any case.

 

[Virulenz]

I know this post...i also know all the 23 status reports about the merge from before...i just prefer some reliable infos. I mean, i understand it if shit happens and the delay grows up to a few months, real life tends to fuck you, but a trustworthy dev would have put a stop to the payments during such a time and as far as i am aware that never happend here. My trust is lost here, so i dont only doubt anything BC says, i dont believe anything from him at all until we get regular updates again and that fucked up merge gets posted.

 

[baloneysammich]

don't know if it works with the archive still compressed but here a little patch for the message error

This is the best workaround IMO, it's easy and clean (from a code perspective).

I did get an error when I first launched the game after installing it. I think that's because the archives contain rpyc files instead of rpy files. Anyway, I quit and re-launched the game with no problem. Loaded the W3 save provided by Ickerax.* No phone issues so far (end of D22).

* Luckily I had already enabled the console, so I could change the name he chose for Mastu: Incest.

 

[botaniq_1]

is this game even worth downloading a 100 000 separate 10 gb files?

 

[Deleted member 3482284]

If you want official info, see the post where Ickerax kindly shared with us the Patreon update.

Generally, the release doesn't seem to have had much effect on opinions about the state of development.

As for me, I remain willing to give Blue the benefit of the doubt, at least WRT his intentions.
I've only played through D22, but the release is pretty much what I expected. The only real criticism from me is that workarounds for a pretty big issue with the phone were developed pretty quickly by players, both here and on the discord. But the issue only occurs when you load a save from W3. And since this content will have to be re-released and replayed when/if the merge is done, it's somewhat forgivable they didn't try to fix the issue.
Additionally, I never had a high evaluation of the teams' coding skills, so something like this wouldn't phase me in any case.

So after two years of excuses, pr spins and made up deadlines, one broken update is enough to convince you that bluecat is a good developer with integrity. This update was to remove the abandoned tag, but I see that some people continue to be misled so easily

And as for the merge it's never happening. Partly because bluecat isn't capable of finishing the merge, only latecomer can. Latecomer stopped working on this game 18 months ago, that is why there is no merge and that is why this update was not translated properly. And the second coder isn't skilled enough to do most the work that's required, it's why they had to remove every single feature on this update, and yet it still has basic bugs they aren't competent enough to bother fixing. So unless the merge develops a consciousness and completes itself, it isn't happening

I'll check-in in 6 months, just to see people wondering where the merge is. And how could bluecat ever lie to them. And seeing them question if people are being milked or not. Which they are

 

[Midolite]

is this game even worth downloading a 100 000 separate 10 gb files?

The short answer is, yes. The longer answer is, if you like honey select games then, yes. The even longer answer is... Yes, why not.

 

[JEER0X]

so i am running into an issue with downloaded week 3 supposed to be Week 3 - Days 15-21 but when i downloaded the Torrent as well as the mega link its day 20-21 in fact all links to week 3 are wrong and some are broken

 

[baloneysammich]

so i am running into an issue with downloaded week 3 supposed to be Week 3 - Days 15-21 but when i downloaded the Torrent as well as the mega link its day 20-21 in fact all links to week 3 are wrong and some are broken

That's normal, the archives are stupidly named. The W3 file I have (years old) is named EcchiSensei-D2021v1.0-FINAL.zip

So after two years of excuses, pr spins and made up deadlines, one broken update is enough to convince you that bluecat is a good developer with integrity.

It convinced me of nothing, which is why I said "I remain willing..." I wasn't expecting something that would dispel all or even most concerns/criticism/doubt/etc.

It's not surprising that people who had already concluded he's a bad actor aren't impressed. And the shortcomings of the release are pretty minor in the context of the merge. So again, it's not surprising that someone who was already convinced the merge isn't coming thinks it's a complete failure.

I also get the impression the new coder is in over his head, but I never really thought Late was particularly skilled, so...

 

[Sesinho]

is this game even worth downloading a 100 000 separate 10 gb files?

It will depend on what you are looking for (plot protected virgins cough cough), but the first playthrough can be satisfying if you are not very picky. If you can ignore the annoyances its pretty solid.
Turning of my personal opinion filter I would say its not worth

 

[leking7168]

The name changer seems to be broken, any fix patch?

 

[baloneysammich]

The name changer seems to be broken, any fix patch?

Don't think so. Easiest solution is to use the console. Variable for MC is mcm. Wife: waifu. Daughters: d1, d2, etc.
One thing I know that doesn't fix is contact names in the phone.

Maybe you could create a patch using those variables, not sure.

 

[Dukez]

Damn this thread is popping off again on comments lol

So having played it, the phone bug was pretty annoy lucky for the guy that posted a way to fix it which worked. The MTL was interesting because there were still obviously issues every now and then, even words that were just completely wrong but you would get the jist of what word was supposed to be there.

I'm surprised these MTL issues weren't cleaned up? Isn't that what beta/alpha is for? Perhaps other lines were already changed but I'm amazed at how some of these weren't changed. Perhaps BlueCat intends to change them in the merge version? (Can we get confirmation on this?). Same with the phone bug how wasn't this fixed before being pushed out? Couldn't Latecomer fix this?

Other than that update seemed fine, should've come sooner but not like we can control that. Thought it was hilarious that the movie scene? had the bluecat with money and someone trying to take it.

 

[leking7168]

Don't think so. Easiest solution is to use the console. Variable for MC is mcm. Wife: waifu. Daughters: d1, d2, etc.
One thing I know that doesn't fix is contact names in the phone.

Maybe you could create a patch using those variables, not sure.

thx , got it fixed

 

[BoltonGuy35]

Can our MC fuck himiko yet ??? She is the one out of all the three daughters that would do it in a heartbeat from the very beginning!! So I don't know why bluecat is stalling things with her when she is probably one of the most anticipated lewd defloration sex scenes in the game.

 

[Virulenz]

Have you even played week1?
You can fuck all your daughters except for yuki (at least not in the main game) practically since then...wait, no, maos first scene was on day8, so week 2 for her, but the others afer 3-5 days ingame...