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

[mendiael]

2RS is newer than 3R. "R" is the first remaster and "RS" is the second. You will have to start over and play through on the R version from the start if you want to see the 3R content.

But although newer, 2RS includes 2 Chapters, right?

And 3R 3 Chapters.

I am assuming the developer did not finish remastering Chapter 3 and coding Chapter 4.

 

[Kirel]

But although newer, 2RS includes 2 Chapters, right?

And 3R 3 Chapters.

I am assuming the developer did not finish remastering Chapter 3 and coding Chapter 4.

Correct. 2RS contains Chapters 1 and 2. 3R contains Chapters 1-3. The "RS" version of Chapter 3 will come out with the next release, which will also include Chapter 4.

 

[mendiael]

Correct. 2RS contains Chapters 1 and 2. 3R contains Chapters 1-3. The "RS" version of Chapter 3 will come out with the next release, which will also include Chapter 4.

And do the remastered versions include better graphics and render quality only?

 

[moskyx]

And do the remastered versions include better graphics and render quality only?

The remaster also eliminates the interlude sections and opens up an extra time slot in the evenings at the Station

 

[xsssssssss]

This radio silence makes me pine for the days of getting those 'what's the latest delay' patreon updates

I’ve changed my mind after reading that pathetic here’s why we aren’t allowed to have nice things update. right now it’s taking all my willpower not to just cancel my patreon pledge.

 

[JoshuaTree89]

I’ve changed my mind after reading that pathetic here’s why we aren’t allowed to have nice things update. right now it’s taking all my willpower not to just cancel my patreon pledge.

I'd cancel, man. Like, I really trust Notty and will re-engage my pledge as soon as she opens it again because I believe in her. But if you don't, don't give her your money. There are a number of devs out there whom I feel that way about and guess what. I don't contribute to them because my money's valuable.

 

[xsssssssss]

I'd cancel, man. Like, I really trust Notty and will re-engage my pledge as soon as she opens it again because I believe in her. But if you don't, don't give her your money. There are a number of devs out there whom I feel that way about and guess what. I don't contribute to them because my money's valuable.

my Stubbornness at play, given how much I loved the game at launch. I’ll give it a few days so see if my frustration eases before deciding.

 

[Junklord]

I believe she's paused billing for now, hasn't she? so unsubbing would mostly be a symbolic gesture right now. Might as well hold off until she delivers or starts charging again.

 

[STNeish]

So here we are at the end of another month... is there any suggestion of how much more needs to be done before we see something?

 

[JoshuaTree89]

I haven't heard any word since her last Patreon posting. I was hoping she'd start answering DMs on Discord but not so far. ATM I'm less worried than I was a month and a half ago when I thought something might've happened to her, right now it's just about hoping she's getting closer and she'll give us a clearer view of how things are going soon. At least she's paused Patreon billing for the time being.

 

[STNeish]

I haven't heard any word since her last Patreon posting. I was hoping she'd start answering DMs on Discord but not so far. ATM I'm less worried than I was a month and a half ago when I thought something might've happened to her, right now it's just about hoping she's getting closer and she'll give us a clearer view of how things are going soon. At least she's paused Patreon billing for the time being.

Ya, I was actually quite worried for her, I was very relieved to see she's ok. Now I can go back to being frustrated with not having anything new!

 

[evileeyore]

Ya, I was actually quite worried for her, I was very relieved to see she's ok. Now I can go back to being frustrated with not having anything new!

This is the way.

 

[STNeish]

Well, I posted elsewhere about how my SSD crashed and I lost so much stuff I can't replace, and how frustrated and brokenhearted it's left me.

Some good news here would go a long way to raising my withered spirits.

 

[professorx10]

Well, I posted elsewhere about how my SSD crashed and I lost so much stuff I can't replace, and how frustrated and brokenhearted it's left me.

Some good news here would go a long way to raising my withered spirits.

...good news would lift all our spirits....

But it's time for the stiff upper lip and 'carry on' because there 'ain't any'.
Nor, IMHO, will there be this year...or maybe the next? My condolences to those who wait hopefully. When CH 5 comes out, if it ever does, it cannot be worth an over 2 year wait, no matter how good the graphics or story are.

The last post on Notty's site was in April. In it she stated '..., huge chunks of Six are already in the bag (more so now with the edits) so it's not as though I'll be starting with a blank piece of paper when Five finally emerges. But, since a "few tweaks" ended up eating more than a month, better to stop charging until it's done to stop me poking at the game some more. "

"...when Five finally emerges..." Hello? This is not rational. CH 4 was released in Sept. of 2023 and we've been waiting ever since for a 1 chapter update?!? The Dev's last post was April---this is June---maybe a post in Sept will keep hopes alive for the faithful.

I hope you get your SSD situation straightened out.... remember, "Backups are your only hope."

 

[STNeish]

I hope you get your SSD situation straightened out.... remember, "Backups are your only hope."

I actually had a backup drive AND a usb backup for critical things. BOTH crashed at the same time as the main SSD. Basically, everything failed at once. I can't even begin to estimate the odds of that.

My only hope is that the tech guys at Stantec, where my brother works, might have some way to save the data on the SSD. I'm not optimistic, but hope springs eternal.
Baldrick.

 

[paragan]

...good news would lift all our spirits....

But it's time for the stiff upper lip and 'carry on' because there 'ain't any'.
Nor, IMHO, will there be this year...or maybe the next? My condolences to those who wait hopefully. When CH 5 comes out, if it ever does, it cannot be worth an over 2 year wait, no matter how good the graphics or story are.

The last post on Notty's site was in April. In it she stated '..., huge chunks of Six are already in the bag (more so now with the edits) so it's not as though I'll be starting with a blank piece of paper when Five finally emerges. But, since a "few tweaks" ended up eating more than a month, better to stop charging until it's done to stop me poking at the game some more. "

"...when Five finally emerges..." Hello? This is not rational. CH 4 was released in Sept. of 2023 and we've been waiting ever since for a 1 chapter update?!? The Dev's last post was April---this is June---maybe a post in Sept will keep hopes alive for the faithful.

I hope you get your SSD situation straightened out.... remember, "Backups are your only hope."

Please understand that there is no depression in this house and we are not interested in the possibilities of defeat, they do not exist'.
- Queen Victoria

 

[professorx10]

I actually had a backup drive AND a usb backup for critical things. BOTH crashed at the same time as the main SSD. Basically, everything failed at once. I can't even begin to estimate the odds of that.

My only hope is that the tech guys at Stantec, where my brother works, might have some way to save the data on the SSD. I'm not optimistic, but hope springs eternal.
Baldrick.

WHEW....I've never heard of that kind of a failure being an accident, that it. If your back up was SSD also, then I'd suspect there was an external event, like a power pulse (lighting discharge?). I can't imagine how that would happen if your back up was a mechanical HD....unless it was a worm with a timed destruct.

Best of luck with the recovery, but don't hold much hope. I had similar problems with a main HD failure and even paid some Pros to try and recover the data...to no luck.
Sorry to hear of your disaster.

 

[STNeish]

WHEW....I've never heard of that kind of a failure being an accident, that it. If your back up was SSD also, then I'd suspect there was an external event, like a power pulse (lighting discharge?). I can't imagine how that would happen if your back up was a mechanical HD....unless it was a worm with a timed destruct.

Best of luck with the recovery, but don't hold much hope. I had similar problems with a main HD failure and even paid some Pros to try and recover the data...to no luck.
Sorry to hear of your disaster.

A lot of it I can rebuild, but there are certain things I'll be unable to recover... I had done a ton of artwork and stories for various games, written 300 pages of a story for my LotRO character, written around 20 pages of my Thesis, plus had copies of all the articles I'd downloaded (I'd have to redo the 7 years or so of research to find them all again). There's websites I used to visit a lot, the addresses of which I can't remember, and so I can't even FIND now. There's a HOST of pictures I can't replace, like the last visit of my aunt and uncle from Scotland, who are dead now. Videos, music, movies... All gone. It's eating my brain, let me tell you.
That everything would die at the same time... it's SO unlikely. And it's the SECOND TIME this kind of thing has happened. Last time, I went out and bought a new PC. I moved all my stuff onto a USB stick to transfer to the new PC, then got rid of the old one. AS I was transferring all my stuff to the new PC, the USB stick quit working. Unrecoverable.
I swear, with the odds I keep beating, I need to go buy a lottery ticket, but I'm afraid with my luck I'd end up owing THEM money.

 

[JSimon8668]

Odds for backups failing at the same time are not as long as they seem, depending on the last time you checked the backups. You are really talking about the odds that the backup failed before the main, not that they failed at the same time. (Not specific to your situation as I don't know your backup frequencies or how often you check, just in general).

Assuming that everything fails eventually, and for simplicity assuming equal odds of anything failing, the chances that a single backup fails before the main is 50%, and the chance that two backups fail before the main is 33%

 

[Hullahopp]

Some good news here would go a long way to raising my withered spirits.

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