HTML Gateway [v0.3.3HF1] [Feebs]

[gregers]

Pretty solid update all in all.

Seems odd that you have to whore a girl out before you can employ her as a performer, when those two job functions are otherwise separate.
Edit: Maybe I was wrong to take "performer" to mean stripper/dancer and they're just straight up sex shows. Whoring out Gemma seems to be required for her progression, so I'll leave her path there.

Lillian only being willing to talk about building new facilities in the office is a hassle, as you have to pull her from the normal job rota then figure out the exact time of day she hangs out there. There doesn't seem to be any compelling reason why you can't just talk to her wherever.

The clue for Ella's progression is frustratingly vague: "The other participant"? What other participant? It's just a time-suck trying to figure that out.

I haven't been able to do the Marketing & Promotion quest yet, no option to talk to Quinn when I sent someone to her home planet. Hopefully it's just one of those quests that secretly requires you to complete something else before unlocking it: There are a lot of those, which gets frustrating.
Edit: Reading back through the thread solved it: I had to make sure to send the expedition while Quinn was off-world.

 

[Wammo]

when i try the Marketing & Promotion quest, it tells me i need to progress with Charlotte substory to unlock it

 

[gregers]

Seem to be stuck building trust with New Eden. Two different hints, neither of which is much help.

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Edit: Apparently the answer was not to speak to anyone, but just give it time for an event to trigger. Although Feebs, the "setting up an embassy" event with Gabriella currently overwrites the hubname which had previously been set during the Marketing & Promo conversation with Quinn. Don't know if that's working as intended.


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I think I must be done for now. Seraphina has been stuck on "Wait." for ages and I've no interest in whoring out Gemma. Everyone else has been at end of current content for a while (except that Piper's hint insists on changing her back to her young form if she's been transformed).

 

[UnwrappedGodiva]

I think I must be done for now. Seraphina has been stuck on "Wait." for ages and I've no interest in whoring out Gemma. Everyone else has been at end of current content for a while (except that Piper's hint insists on changing her back to her young form if she's been transformed).

For Seraphina, Feebs mentioned on Sunday that there was no plan to allow her additional scenes to be unlocked if she had been pushed during her initial events. I guess that the "Wait" event will simply be removed from the tracker in 0.3.1?

For the other characters, I usually go to the computer and open the Tracker to check if I have missed anybody. Then I go to the Movies and spend a few minutes (only 116 clicks...) to see if I have missed some scenes. Here is what I am missing:

• For Ella, "Daddy's Girl" was not supposed to be available yet but will apparently be part of 0.3.1.
• For Kylie, "Retrieval" (and for Lashonda "The Retrieval") would have required me to do things differently when discovering a new champion. As mentioned in the hints for the scenes, there will be an alternative way to unlock these scenes in a future version of the game.
• For Patricia, "Fully Staffed" would have required me to do things differently during the New Eden event. The hint does not mention any alternative way to unlock that scene.
• For Seraphina, "Just got Clean!" is associated with the "Wait" event that will never happen unless I restart the game (or unless I cheat with SugarCube.State.variables.kleio.events.eat="drop" ). The hints for the scene and for the tracker are not very helpful, but I assume that they will be fixed or will disappear in 0.3.1.

 

[gregers]

For Seraphina, Feebs mentioned on Sunday that there was no plan to allow her additional scenes to be unlocked if she had been pushed during her initial events. I guess that the "Wait" event will simply be removed from the tracker in 0.3.1?

Thanks for the explanation!

For the other characters, I usually go to the computer and open the Tracker to check if I have missed anybody. Then I go to the Movies and spend a few minutes (only 116 clicks...) to see if I have missed some scenes.

Yeah, that just seems like a game that doesn't want to be played.

 

[Billshwr]

Pretty sure I didn’t ‘push’ seraphina but it still just says wait… how long are you meant to wait for?

 

[needhelpplease]

Resources sometimes turns into "number NaN" after expeditions

 

[Caracristi85]

I'm stuck at the "Building Trust" mission.

Seem to be stuck building trust with New Eden. Two different hints, neither of which is much help.

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Edit: Apparently the answer was not to speak to anyone, but just give it time for an event to trigger. Although Feebs, the "setting up an embassy" event with Gabriella currently overwrites the hubname which had previously been set during the Marketing & Promo conversation with Quinn. Don't know if that's working as intended.


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I think I must be done for now. Seraphina has been stuck on "Wait." for ages and I've no interest in whoring out Gemma. Everyone else has been at end of current content for a while (except that Piper's hint insists on changing her back to her young form if she's been transformed).

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I'm stuck in the same place. I gave it "time", more than a month (in game) and nothing happens.

 

[lebronjames42123]

Quick question, in the worker skills, what does "hospitality", "social", "crafting", "manual labor" refer to? And do skills like "Gullible" and "Selfish" ever matter?

 

[Feebs]

I have broken down the Building Trust task into three to hopefully make it easier for the future. But, a quick walkthrough:

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Also, to clarify, the people you assign to work at Velvet Pleasures are not whores, and they'll only perform in sexual acts as you instruct. Only the whores from Aegis are actually whores. I may add options fore more whores later, but the workers you assign are not engaging in any sexual acts without your instruction. At this stage, you can not whore out any of your companions. There should be a notice to that effect when you unlock the building at the Glitter Box, but I'll revisit it and make sure it's clearer.

Gemma has no whore scenes but does have other-male scenes. Both can be safely ignored or prevented, as they are not part of her current substory.

I'll add the locked movie hints to the end of the substories to help with those clicks, but it won't make it into 0.3.1.

Edit:

The clue for Ella's progression is frustratingly vague: "The other participant"? What other participant? It's just a time-suck trying to figure that out.

I've made that clearer for 0.3.1, and added a step if you haven't even got Alyssa to that stage yet.

 

[gregers]

Also, to clarify, the people you assign to work at Velvet Pleasures are not whores, and they'll only perform in sexual acts as you instruct. Only the whores from Aegis are actually whores. I may add options fore more whores later, but the workers you assign are not engaging in any sexual acts without your instruction. At this stage, you can not whore out any of your companions. There should be a notice to that effect when you unlock the building at the Glitter Box, but I'll revisit it and make sure it's clearer.

Gemma has no whore scenes but does have other-male scenes. Both can be safely ignored or prevented, as they are not part of her current substory.

Thanks for the clarifications! I may be misreading/misremembering, but as far as I could tell, putting girls to work at the club required them to pass some sort of test by fucking someone else. I believe the dialogue was quite clear on that.

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Gemma had no such requirement and could be put to work there, but the "Performance" task requires making her have sex with someone else as part of her job. Which is what I'd describe as whoring, although I suppose definitions may vary.

 

[Feebs]

Thanks for the clarifications! I may be misreading/misremembering, but as far as I could tell, putting girls to work at the club required them to pass some sort of test by fucking someone else. I believe the dialogue was quite clear on that.

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Gemma had no such requirement and could be put to work there, but the "Performance" task requires making her have sex with someone else as part of her job. Which is what I'd describe as whoring, although I suppose definitions may vary.

Right, yeah, I wouldn't define fucking someone else as them being a whore (well maybe in an argument with a cheating spouse!). But that distinction is irrelevant if it's not something you as the player want the character to do regardless.
Here are the requirements for the four currently available performers, should it help make an informed decision. In the Glitter Box I've added a note under, clarifying that Gemma's scene is actually the only one with another male, as Madison's definitely suggests there's another male.

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[Forgotted]

lol, Sounds like a heck of a deal!

I haven't seen the Velvet Pleasures part yet. I think I'm quite a ways back...
Couldn't they have just skipped that part if they wanted? Or is it integral to
the game? Just curious.
(catching up on posts...)


Cheers All

 

[gregers]

Right, yeah, I wouldn't define fucking someone else as them being a whore

Obviously context matters and reasonable people can disagree, but if you're having sex with someone (male or female) as part of/to qualify for your job, I'd say that counts.

But the game already leans a fair bit into voyeurism, with the MC sneaking around spying on people masturbating or having sex, so I suppose you could just consider this a logical extension of that. Not really my thing, but I can sort of see the logic there.

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Presumably apart from Rita as well unless the MC is genderswapped for that one.


Anyway, please don't take any of this as me trying to dictate the direction of your game to you. I'm just pointing out something that surprised me when playing, but as long as it's working as you intended that's all that matters.

 

[Feebs]

Presumably apart from Rita as well unless the MC is genderswapped for that one.

I was referring to their Velvet Pleasures scenes. The scene at Glitter Box that unlocks her conversation to be a performer for you at Velvet is indeed lesbian.

Anyway, please don't take any of this as me trying to dictate the direction of your game to you. I'm just pointing out something that surprised me when playing, but as long as it's working as you intended that's all that matters.

It's certainly intended, but also not a major plot point or restriction. I don't mind changing or adding triggers for certain things if it makes the game more inclusive of player's varied wants. These scenes are all optional content, so it shouldn't detract from anything. The only reason I used the preexisting Glitter Box scenes was due to the similarity of the two venues. I didn't need that for Gemma or Anissa because their individual stories already address this kind of behavior. Probably not for the next update, but I will look at an alternative (not a replacement) trigger. Both of their substories have already shown they enjoy being watched, so wrost case when I'm back on those, I'll definitely be able to add something there.

 

[Drearash]

Pretty sure I didn’t ‘push’ seraphina but it still just says wait… how long are you meant to wait for?

Edit:
NVM. I'll wait for the response to this post before dogpiling. And also see if I'm mistaken.

 

[Caracristi85]

I have broken down the Building Trust task into three to hopefully make it easier for the future. But, a quick walkthrough:

Spoiler

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Also, to clarify, the people you assign to work at Velvet Pleasures are not whores, and they'll only perform in sexual acts as you instruct. Only the whores from Aegis are actually whores. I may add options fore more whores later, but the workers you assign are not engaging in any sexual acts without your instruction. At this stage, you can not whore out any of your companions. There should be a notice to that effect when you unlock the building at the Glitter Box, but I'll revisit it and make sure it's clearer.

Gemma has no whore scenes but does have other-male scenes. Both can be safely ignored or prevented, as they are not part of her current substory.

I'll add the locked movie hints to the end of the substories to help with those clicks, but it won't make it into 0.3.1.

Edit:

I've made that clearer for 0.3.1, and added a step if you haven't even got Alyssa to that stage yet.

• Talk to Stacy about reputation, she will suggest you speak to Gabriella at City Hall. - Done This
• Talk/progress with Gabriella until you talk about public opinion. She'll tell you she'll set up an office at City Hall overnight for you. - Done This
• The following day, you'll have a new facility available to assign workers to. Assign workers there. - Done This
• Once rep reaches 100% (visible on the town screen, and from 0.3.1 the New Eden screen too) talk to Gabriella and initiate a Q&A session. Repeat as many times as required (which depends on your previous story choices) until friendly.

I'm am 100%



But when I go and try to talk with Gabriella, i don't have anything there (i must have hit a bug)

 

[Bmonk0504]

How do you send Charlotte off world? When I try to send her on an expedition she is gray and I can't start it.

 

[Readergod]

Hey um sorry for the trouble but When I try and do the first photoshoot I get an error. I just built the photo studio and went to click the photoshoot button and this pops up.

 

[AMD77121!]

Great game bro but I can't figure out how to get to New Eden to save my life. I can't progress since I need to increase rep with them. I searched this thread but couldn't find a clear answer.