Ren'Py Heavy Five [Ch.2RS] [Nottravis]

[Akamari]

Thanks in advance!

Posting just so I'm notified when this is updated. I've got H5 all downloaded and just awaiting your walkthrough. Take your time.

The walkthrough for Chapter Four is up. Hope you'll enjoy the game.

 

[Akamari]

Forgot to mention this, is there any chance that the dev might update the game and add highlights for clickable items? I swear by the time I got to chapter 2 I was just randomly clicking everywhere to see what pops-up. I really want to like this one because it looks like the dev cares but they're making it kinda difficult.

The difficulty is intentional. If you don't like this gameplay, you can well ignore it as it's optional. Or better yet, just click on objects that pique your interest. Generally, in searchable locations there are more clickable objects than not. Randomly clicking everywhere is a wrong way to go.

 

[drdredit]

Many folks on this board take any criticism of the game as if we are calling your baby ugly.

Well I am firmly in the camp that feels the game has gone off the rails.... much too slow, much too grindy. I don't mind slow builds and even not a lot of lewd scenes - but I want there to be some payoff for the grind. My MC made all the pools shots and still loses. He gets slaughtered in VR without even a chance. He gets killed in the D&D game, he gets dissed by just about everyone - and that is playing the nice guy romance routes. The D&D game is the essences of grind - wander around and get killed randomly, rewind, reset, and get killed again. Wasted animation on dice rolling - oh you lost again! The pool mechanics also obviously took a ton of time and programming skill but the juice is not worth the squeeze. Yup I've seen And yes, I've done the two field trips in different run throughs, but I am not impressed, From my perspective it is nearly impossible to "play your gut" and have anything good happen. And for me, the Chris domme thing is just plain boring, way too long, way too slow, not even a little erotic - so no, not well accepted. I agree with the comment that there is very little about most of the choices to suggest you are either opening a route or closing a route. I don't enjoy and will pass for a while.

Just my $0.02 - spend it wisely.

DrD

 

[Akamari]

Well I am firmly in the camp that feels the game has gone off the rails.... much too slow, much too grindy. I don't mind slow builds and even not a lot of lewd scenes - but I want there to be some payoff for the grind.

There is no grind. You don't need to grind the same activity over and over and over to progress.

My MC made all the pools shots and still loses. He gets slaughtered in VR without even a chance. He gets killed in the D&D game, he gets dissed by just about everyone - and that is playing the nice guy romance routes. The D&D game is the essences of grind - wander around and get killed randomly, rewind, reset, and get killed again. Wasted animation on dice rolling - oh you lost again! The pool mechanics also obviously took a ton of time and programming skill but the juice is not worth the squeeze.

If you don't like games of chance why do you play them? You have choices not to. I don't get this.

Yup I've seen

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And yes, I've done the two field trips in different run throughs, but I am not impressed,

Again, why do you go for content that you have no interest in?

 

[NeimadFR]

Again, why do you go for content that you have no interest in?

In his defense, for the field trips, he didn't mention his interest or lack thereof towards Sarah or Trisha, he just said he was not impressed, he couldn't have known that before hand. Though, while the Sarah scene might not be to everyone's taste, it would be hypocritical to not at least recognize the work in the animation imho. As for Trisha, it's boffing with better POV animations than most games so I don't see what's not to like.

 

[Akamari]

In his defense, for the field trips, he didn't mention his interest or lack thereof towards Sarah or Trisha, he just said he was not impressed, he couldn't have known that before hand.

You didn't see the (spoilered) parts he deleted. He expressed very clear dislike of Trisha as the main reason he wasn't impressed.

And as for Sarah's scene, I think it's plenty obvious that leaving her alone would result in something...potentially unpleasant. So it is totally avoidable unless the player wants something... unsafe to happen. In my canon play for example, it doesn't happen because my MC comes back to make sure she is safe.

 

[Selfesteem]

Finally part four, been waiting and waiting and then played some other games while waiting. It's one of the best looking things around and the tale is easy to follow. Keep at it, can't wait when it al comes to a conclusion. but I guess since this is such a detailed and big operation, it will be a while....BIG fan...

 

[XaGnard]

Did you not play VR with the blonde? There's a (digital rape) scene there.
Or play pool with the engineer? You can play strip pool, so you'll need to win if you want to see her in the buff & do a dance.
0 clues for what? I solved the power issue. Go to the roof to check the module, then go to the storeroom to collect the drill & go back to the roof to find that some of the power buses are fakes.

The side mission is triggered by going to see the botanist guy, but I did not actually go out on it.
I think I might have left it too late.

I played the VR path. Now, that I re-played the fight a few time by reloads, I actually won by chance. Is there some kind of secret hint that I haven't noticed to decide when to attack heavy, or is all this actually just random? I don't know why, but from my point of view it is a bad game design if you can only "win" by using such cheats. I also noticed that the stories of the two fights (this one and the one in the last update) are very similar. Even though I've "won" the fight now, I don't feel like I'm really any further in the story.



I cannot find a drill. By storeroom, do you mean the werehouse or the workshop? BTW, Have you find anything usefull to do with the tools in the case (except to laser a hole into the shower wall that is so conspicuously large that it would be downright ridiculous if he could actually observe anything here in the next update)? It all just seems pointless to me. Why the hell do I need a drill when I have a mobile metal cutting laser?

 

[NeimadFR]

You didn't see the (spoilered) parts he deleted. He expressed very clear dislike of Trisha as the main reason he wasn't impressed.

And as for Sarah's scene, I think it's plenty obvious that leaving her alone would result in something...potentially unpleasant. So it is totally avoidable unless the player wants something... unsafe to happen. In my canon play for example, it doesn't happen because my MC comes back to make sure she is safe.

I'm really torn with that decision regarding Sarah. What if it's the trigger she need to unlock her kink and I miss the opportunity of something interesting in the future by caring too much?

 

[Akamari]

I'm really torn with that decision regarding Sarah. What if it's the trigger she need to unlock her kink and I miss the opportunity of something interesting in the future by caring too much?

I don't think so. Notty wouldn't have a type of content that is very ...kinky to be a requirement for progression down this line. You know how important it is for her to gate sexual content, so that it is not seen by those who don't enjoy that specific type. All content is optional after all.

Since Sarah's "engine" has been ignited I'm sure she'll want to try more. It's not like you flat-out deny her, you just come back to see if she's ok.

If I'm wrong, just blame the walkthrough guy for giving a bad advice.

 

[ReaperMania]

When I saw the walkthrough, I am just wondering, for the spanking scenes, are those apart of the patches that you need to fix up first? Just curious. Also, if you wonder why I talk a lot about the spanking scenes, I just want to give you a heads up that I am such a spanko, that normal sex scenes or other kinks do nothing for me. Not that they are bad, my libido just reacts to the spanking scenes. That is just me though

 

[indio68]

i'm really wainting for a better UI and a good How to do UI ...cuz u are lost sometimes...

 

[Canto Forte]

Why start a riot over the cumbersome GUI choices of space travel?
Do you think Skywalker had it easier ?
Did you see what vader had to use to survive???

Original Chapter 3 contains Chapters 1, 2 and 3. Remastered Chapter 2 is being worked on and I would suggest waiting for it since it will have superior graphics, better UI and more content than the original.

I have a question. What's the reasoning behind changes to the interface (is it because of that transparent textbox thing?)?

It transforms this...

into this...

I feel it significantly changes what the game looks like and not for the better. (That green is awfully out of place). Most importantly though, it changes the dev's work and the intent behind what the UI should look like. That is no longer just a compressed version, but a modded one.

Hi saffe and thanks. Glad you had so much fun with it

Defo wait for the remaster. It's an entirely different game both visually and content wise and I don't think the saves from the remastered Two would work with it anyway. *will be as quick as she can be*

yep, transparent textbox, sometimes i put that "mod" into compressed versions..imo it looks better that way, yet it is, as the most things are, a matter of taste at the end.
I've already put a note in "compressed" post explaining how to restore the game boxes to its original look for those preferring it that way.

Well, maybe it would be best to leave matters of taste to the player and keep the game looking as intended by the developer?

Besides that, your modification is not compatible with the game's graphics, as you can see here (I applied my fix so that it's without black box and easily visible). This is not a matter of taste.

Can I ask you to correct it and upload a compressed version that does not include that mod? And, if possible, with the uncompressed gui files, so that players don't need a hotfix.

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not a problem...uploaded edited compressed version (text box removed, and compressed gui now should "work" better).
and for the record - yep, it is a matter of taste, Ive played it, and had no big issues with all that "issues".
on the other hand, i can understand you (if you are one of the game developers?), so it is ok to feel that way.
cheers

But the question is : why putting it in ?
I could have, somehow, accepted it if it was somehow needed, but this game already have a feature letting the player choose the level of transparency he want, the mod was 100% unnecessary.


When I download an unofficial compressed version, I expect to still have the original game, and not an unsaid modded version of it.
And now I'm wondering how many of the games I downloaded in their compressed version I should test again, but in their uncompressed version. Just to be sure that I disliked the game because of itself, and not because of some liberties that the compressor took without warning the players about them.

Honestly, I feel betrayed and, because of you, lost faith not only in all the compressors, but also in the uploaders. Are you the only one to change the game, whatever how small can be the alteration, in addition to compressing the images ? Is there uploaders who do the same ?

Despite it being a pirate forum, I always saw F95zone as a place place where both games and their authors were respected. And now, thanks to you, I'm not sure that it's still a reality.
I'm not sure that, when I download a game, what I get is really what the author released, and not some personal vision of an uploader or a compressor.


You broke the dam of suspicion, not sure that you should see this as an achievement.

Thank you.

Maybe not big issues, but they were issues nonetheless and they were unnecessary. One would expect the compressed version doesn't alter user interface design. What one expects is slightly reduced quality at the benefit of a small download size, not a modded game.

What's the purpose of that mod anyway? The textbox is transparent in this game by default. There is even an opacity slider built for it in-game, so that you can change it to your liking.

i'm really wainting for a better UI and a good How to do UI ...cuz u are lost sometimes...

 

[Akamari]

I played the VR path. Now, that I re-played the fight a few time by reloads, I actually won by chance. Is there some kind of secret hint that I haven't noticed to decide when to attack heavy, or is all this actually just random? I don't know why, but from my point of view it is a bad game design if you can only "win" by using such cheats.

What cheats? You can win fair and square. If luck is on your side.

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I also noticed that the stories of the two fights (this one and the one in the last update) are very similar. Even though I've "won" the fight now, I don't feel like I'm really any further in the story.

Uh, not sure what you mean? Previous level was a training combat in the arena against Sarah. This is the first level of the campaign.

I cannot find a drill. By storeroom, do you mean the werehouse or the workshop? BTW, Have you find anything usefull to do with the tools in the case (except to laser a hole into the shower wall that is so conspicuously large that it would be downright ridiculous if he could actually observe anything here in the next update)? It all just seems pointless to me. Why the hell do I need a drill when I have a mobile metal cutting laser?

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[Akamari]

When I saw the walkthrough, I am just wondering, for the spanking scenes, are those apart of the patches that you need to fix up first? Just curious. Also, if you wonder why I talk a lot about the spanking scenes, I just want to give you a heads up that I am such a spanko, that normal sex scenes or other kinks do nothing for me. Not that they are bad, my libido just reacts to the spanking scenes. That is just me though

Unfortunately, yes. They need a fix.

 

[Avakao]

I'm really torn with that decision regarding Sarah. What if it's the trigger she need to unlock her kink and I miss the opportunity of something interesting in the future by caring too much?

I won't lie, I personally will be fine without her "kinks" tbh. I really love her, but she kinda makes me worried sometimes... or most of the time actually.

 

[Skybreaker1337]

Did you not play VR with the blonde? There's a (digital rape) scene there.
Or play pool with the engineer? You can play strip pool, so you'll need to win if you want to see her in the buff & do a dance.
0 clues for what? I solved the power issue. Go to the roof to check the module, then go to the storeroom to collect the drill & go back to the roof to find that some of the power buses are fakes.

The side mission is triggered by going to see the botanist guy, but I did not actually go out on it.
I think I might have left it too late.

Yeah played the VR, won, got nothing. As usual with video games I never even think of losing in order to gain something. Tho I suppose it's a good thing, I'm not into rape at all. Plus, yeah, it's a game, I ain't losing that shit for no reason.
Didn't do anything with the engineer, her I'm not interested in the slightest and as such I barely even spoke to her.

The rest actually explains it. I thought the power issue is someone being a traitor, so I'm pursuing that path. Same reason I'm not interacting with the people on the station, I think they are doing some shady shit so I was avoiding them, their experiments and their pills.

 

[anne O'nymous]

Did you see what vader had to use to survive???

Are you so bored that you need to quote one and half years old old posts, this to not even answer to a more recent one ?
The messages you necroed address an alteration of the UI made by someone who isn't the author of the game, and that broke the said interface. This while the message you try to answer to address a feeling of confusion that come from it.


I know, but poor canto seemed so lonely...

 

[Akamari]

Yeah played the VR, won, got nothing. As usual with video games I never even think of losing in order to gain something. Tho I suppose it's a good thing, I'm not into rape at all. Plus, yeah, it's a game, I ain't losing that shit for no reason.

Don't you get a new armor when you win? Plus you can get a little extra something if you win on the first try.

 

[Canto Forte]

Thank you 4 your sweet consideration.
For the actual issue addressed ... yes, deffinitely not travis adopted the transparency slider, even without your all mighty renpy expert help.

Transparency / opacity sliders are becoming more and more common, because no AAA game uses the 1/3rd to 1/2lf screen covering text backgrounds since decades ago.

Are you so bored that you need to quote one and half years old old posts, this to not even answer to a more recent one ?
The messages you necroed address an alteration of the UI made by someone who isn't the author of the game, and that broke the said interface. This while the message you try to answer to address a feeling of confusion that come from it.


I know, but poor canto seemed so lonely...

Also, there were always UI changes implemented and/ or anticipated with every rewok, so
uncertainty about what other buttons deffinitely not travis will implement next is
almost a given.

Other than that, my uphill struggle to push chris the sleazeball away,
just enough to actually enjoy my space adventure, is getting closer.

Good night and .. game oN!