Ren'Py Fashion Business [Ep.5 v1.01 Extra] [DecentMonkey]

[Stan5851]

Yes, it seems that many players still believe that they are playing the role of Monica. But that's not the case. If the developer wanted you to play the role of a woman, he would have given you the opportunity to control her from her perspective. Or the view from her perspective. But that's not the case in this game. You control Monica, you make decisions for her. There's no need to associate her with yourself. She's a game character. You're the one who decides what she does.

Yep.. However, there is one thing we definitely cannot change, and that is our sense of empathy, which is inherent in every person to one degree or another. That's why, over the years, many of us have grown to love our Monica, no matter how bitchy she is.

And this attachment to a character who has become quite significant and close to me is, in my opinion, one of the reasons why I not only enjoy the dirty and indecent scenes that haunt her throughout the game, but also sincerely rejoice in her successes when Monica sometimes manages to win.

I hope this is an addition to FB FAQ

Yep, I’ve added this to the FAQ. Another explanation certainly won’t hurt… f only because if you take a closer look at some of the negative reviews about the game (in the reviews section), and dig a little deeper, you’ll discover a simple truth: some players who gave poor ratings just got their ass burned. They didn’t understand how to perceive the game and its character, so they started identifying with Monica and kept getting smacked in the forehead with a rake. And meanwhile, their chairs started smoking underneath them…

Of course, we can’t stop people from making mistakes and banging their foreheads against the rake, but at least we can help reduce the number of such cases.

 

[EraRamp]

Of course I haven't read it , but I understood Stan's message perfectly; it's just that my post was misunderstood.

I was simply saying that I really like content featuring MILFs .

Oh, fuck! Go and read it

 

[Stan5851]

I was simply saying that I really like content featuring MILFs .

Picker, Juliette Karlsson won't forgive you for such betrayal.

 

[PickerLewd]

Picker, Juliette Karlsson won't forgive you for such betrayal.

Spoiler: We must seek out new horizons

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[Stan5851]

Spoiler: We must seek out new horizons

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Just look at that! And that's the "old Genesis 3" Melanie.. (Let me just say that this video is compressed + the frame rate is significantly reduced, but in the FB it looks much smoother and more beautiful.)

Spoiler: dance (spoiler from Ep4)

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[EraRamp]

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Just look at that! And that's the "old Genesis 3" Melanie.. (Let me just say that this video is compressed + the frame rate is significantly reduced, but in the FB it looks much smoother and more beautiful.)

Spoiler: dance (spoiler from Ep4)

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Yes, other developers are at least one level behind DM. Although probably two levels behind

 

[vimmers]

It feels like I'm going to have to skip every scene possible to prevent the game continuing to crash.
I'll keep skipping scenes where possible. Hopefully

it's your mother there have set child protection up on your pc/laptop
you could try to install K-Lite Codec Pack

 

[EraRamp]

Do not play on calculators

 

[whoabacha]

I thank you again for the offer, (and others comments) but for the time being I can proceed.
After you assisted me at the Melanie scene, i next encountered the same issue at the Steve and Betty as well as Steve and Monica scenes if I opted for 'erotic' interactions (Trying not to give away plot spoilers). However, if I abstained those choices I was able to proceed and keep progressing.

It feels like I'm going to have to skip every scene possible to prevent the game continuing to crash.
I'll keep skipping scenes where possible. Hopefully, EP3 won't crash so much for me.

I had this issue a while back, and I believe it's an issue with the old episodes of the game and the latest versions of Windows 11. I ended playing through the game without issues using Linux.

 

[Tarz00n]

It's strange, I haven't encountered a single crash in six years. On three different computers. Only the animation slowed down in Episode 3. But that was fixed

Nice for you, but I had the same problems in Ep. 2!
Several crashes at some scenes - animations.
- Vicky with Laywer,
- Monica with Steve at the basement pool,
- Monica in School the last "meeting" with teacher,
- Monica in the office with Melanie, and the "girl"
- and maybe one or two more!

Most of the animations worked fine!

What i tried, but I'm not sure what really helped...:

- not save during a scene, animation! Not loading such a saved scene/animation
- Window-Mode all the time - worked sometimes (was also recommended here in the forum)
- Deleting every quick-/auto-save, in the normal game folder AND in the app\user\...\folder, so the "deep-rooted" folder
- a few times just skipping with "ctrl" helped to "jump" over it

often helpful was, but somehow weired:

- NOT skipping, and NOT clicking the scene/animation to fast - let the animation run 30-60 seconds - a few more "cycles"... there were some micro-stutters, but after a longer duration it worked...

My setup:
AMD Ryzen 5800x3d
AMD RX 7900XTX
32 Gig
Win 10 back then!

 

[lulu3]

I had this issue a while back, and I believe it's an issue with the old episodes of the game and the latest versions of Windows 11. I ended playing through the game without issues using Linux.

I am a native nix user, I may give that a go if the issue persists into EP3
Currently, I'm using Windows10 for use

Tarz00n
Funny you mention skipping scenes, because intermittently I can get a bit further if I don't skip too.
There also seems to be the factor of how long into a play session, sometimes.
At the Melanie scene nothing I tried remedied the crash, though

Stan5851
Thanks for the suggestion.
/Game/Renpy/FastionBusiness is basically the tree. I may reinstall for experiments sake

 

[Tarz00n]

For anyone that has experienced game crashes during cutscenes/animations, was it during EP2 exclusively?

There have been 2 further cut-scene options for relations that I can't initiate because it crashes the game.
I 've never encountered this with any other renpy game nor AAA game (Radeon 6600XT)
I watch my hardware during crash and nothing (GPU, RAM, PROC etc) get above 15% usage spike

My fingers are crossed it's an EP2 issue and not indicative of every EP past EP1
Frustrating bc, I like the game

I had the same problems in Ep. 2!
Several crashes at some scenes - animations.
- Vicky with Laywer,
- Monica with Steve at the basement pool,
- Monica in School the last "meeting" with teacher,
- Monica in the office with Melanie, and the "girl"
- and maybe one or two more!

Most of the animations worked fine!

What i tried, but I'm not sure what really helped...:

- not save during a scene, animation! Not loading such a saved scene/animation
- Window-Mode all the time - worked sometimes (was also recommended here in the forum)
- Deleting every quick-/auto-save, in the normal game folder AND in the app\user\...\folder, so the "deep-rooted" folder
- a few times just skipping with "ctrl" helped to "jump" over it

often helpful was, but somehow weired:

- NOT skipping, and NOT clicking the scene/animation to fast - let the animation run 30-60 seconds - a few more "cycles"... there were some micro-stutters, but after a longer duration it worked...

My setup:
AMD Ryzen 5800x3d
AMD RX 7900XTX
32 Gig
Win 10 back then!

 

[Djoki996]

Is it possible to play episode 1 on joiplay?

 

[Tarz00n]

I am a native nix user, I may give that a go if the issue persists into EP3
Currently, I'm using Windows10 for use

Tarz00n
Funny you mention skipping scenes, because intermittently I can get a bit further if I don't skip too.
There also seems to be the factor of how long into a play session, sometimes.
At the Melanie scene nothing I tried remedied the crash, though

Stan5851
Thanks for the suggestion.
/Game/Renpy/FastionBusiness is basically the tree. I may reinstall for experiments sake

Yes, it's a weired thing.
"intermittently I can get a bit further" had the same experience.
Some also suggested here, save before entering the building (for the office scene with Melanie), I saved so much up to page 70 then!
Total save-overkill...

Maybe you are right with the game-session duration, perhaps deleting the shader cache of your RX6600 helps too!

I was looking for an old save of mine, but nope, sry... have no one this old...
So, maybe some this "workaround" helps, it would be a pity if you are missing all animations...
Ep.3 and above - no more of this issues, no crash at all!

 

[Djoki996]

Alright, never mind, I bit the bullet...


Another question: all official android versions are 720p, but some do have extra in description. Do they actually have extra scenes?

 

[EraRamp]

Nice for you, but I had the same problems in Ep. 2!
Several crashes at some scenes - animations.
- Vicky with Laywer,
- Monica with Steve at the basement pool,
- Monica in School the last "meeting" with teacher,
- Monica in the office with Melanie, and the "girl"
- and maybe one or two more!

Most of the animations worked fine!

What i tried, but I'm not sure what really helped...:

- not save during a scene, animation! Not loading such a saved scene/animation
- Window-Mode all the time - worked sometimes (was also recommended here in the forum)
- Deleting every quick-/auto-save, in the normal game folder AND in the app\user\...\folder, so the "deep-rooted" folder
- a few times just skipping with "ctrl" helped to "jump" over it

often helpful was, but somehow weired:

- NOT skipping, and NOT clicking the scene/animation to fast - let the animation run 30-60 seconds - a few more "cycles"... there were some micro-stutters, but after a longer duration it worked...

My setup:
AMD Ryzen 5800x3d
AMD RX 7900XTX
32 Gig
Win 10 back then!

And how many times have you sent a bug report to the developer? Because it seems like only you have problems.

 

[EraRamp]

Alright, never mind, I bit the bullet...


Another question: all official android versions are 720p, but some do have extra in description. Do they actually have extra scenes?

Unfortunately, there is no information about the game on Android, so no one is responding.

 

[Tarz00n]

And how many times have you sent a bug report to the developer? Because it seems like only you have problems.

You are funny!
I searched the thread and read more than one post with this problem!
The one who mentioned the window-mode.
The one who mentioned to safe the game before entering the building, getting the scene started, not to save during the scene.
Ah, i forgot the tip not to enter the save menue with right-click (mouse), enter/close it always with "Esc"...
And there is lulu3
And I'm here, too!

So, your theory, nobody has this issues is not on an stable basis...

And the bug-report: I'm a pirate! I don't go with my pirated warez to the developer and say: "Hey repair the shit I robbed from you!"
Yeah, last thing was more like a funny story, or joke - I should have posted it at least here in the thread, you're right.
I try to solve my problems on my own in first sight, and what to say, it worked... all other animations beyond the ones I mentioned worked fine...
But I started a new play-through anyway.
I'm in Ep.2 atm, 4th university visiting has just to kick in, let's see how it works this time, because now I got an nvidia card... maybe, but just maybe, the amd's have this problem more often...
I will drop one or two post on this issue, if I progressed the game further...

Ok, stay sarcastic and grumpy! Like you for that!

 

[Stan5851]

You are funny!
I searched the thread and read more than one post with this problem!
The one who mentioned the window-mode.
The one who mentioned to safe the game before entering the building, getting the scene started, not to save during the scene.
Ah, i forgot the tip not to enter the save menue with right-click (mouse), enter/close it always with "Esc"...
And there is lulu3
And I'm here, too!

So, your theory, nobody has this issues is not on an stable basis...

And the bug-report: I'm a pirate! I don't go with my pirated warez to the developer and say: "Hey repair the shit I robbed from you!"
Yeah, last thing was more like a funny story, or joke - I should have posted it at least here in the thread, you're right.
I try to solve my problems on my own in first sight, and what to say, it worked... all other animations beyond the ones I mentioned worked fine...
But I started a new play-through anyway.
I'm in Ep.2 atm, 4th university visiting has just to kick in, let's see how it works this time, because now I got an nvidia card... maybe, but just maybe, the amd's have this problem more often...
I will drop one or two post on this issue, if I progressed the game further...

Ok, stay sarcastic and grumpy! Like you for that!

By the way, I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that the problems were related to the AMD card. My personal experience of many years playing on AMD cards and then Nvidia confirms one simple truth: the former sometimes may outperform the latter in certain areas, but if I want stable gameplay without surprises, I'll go with Nvidia.

This is not an attempt to stir up "holy war Nvidia vs AMD", but merely my own impression as a gamer who has tried out many various PC configurations/video cards since the mid-90s.

 

[Imperator117]

AMD GPUs, the hardware itself, are great, the driver support is the problem. I have had AMD cards for years and haven't had any problems with them apart from the bad driver updates that were caused by Adrenaline. BF6, for example, runs more stably on my RX 7700XT than my friend's RTX 3060.

Speaking of driver updates... Tarz, have you tried to use the older version of the driver?