Ren'Py Lab Rats 2 - Reformulate [v2024.08] [Tristim/LZ_Starbuck/Trollden]

[oldshoe]

monogamy is niche ?

In the world of porn, monogamy is indeed niche. It's a genre, a category. There's nothing wrong with that. Now if we were discussing marriage, describing monogamy as niche might be a little sarcastic, if accurate.

 

[slick97]

That's a pitty. The Buisness management is very easy and quickly become boring. You don't even have anything to buy with the money you make to give you an incentive to earn more money.

I thought the game was already almost completed but in reality it seems the barebones are yet to be add. : an interesting gameplay loop and content for people who aren't into harem.

Keep in mind that the Vren built LR2 almost like a game engine, meaning it would be rather easy to add characters and stories indefinitely. Starbuck and Tristim are also continuing the philosophy that Vren by improving/adding to the engine - such as the concept behind the city corruption - but that takes quite a bit of time to implement.

Starbuck has a section in the discord where she discusses her general plans for the future and also seems to actively consider feedback from the community. Try reaching out to her and see what she thinks about more monogamous content

 

[Draakaap23]

What this game really needs is more poses for the women and extra customization. For instance the way 3-somes are visualized on screen, by the models is downright clunky and just, well, bad. Piledriver and missionary are visually the same thing on screen which is kinda sad. Same with the distinction between vaginal and anal sex: it is only the writing that does all the lifting.
I really like what is in the game, but after some time playing, these issues become glaringly obvious. The kinky writing is on-point but the visual department still needs work.
Which leads to my question: is there any work for those things I mentioned planned?

 

[slick97]

What this game really needs is more poses for the women and extra customization. For instance the way 3-somes are visualized on screen, by the models is downright clunky and just, well, bad. Piledriver and missionary are visually the same thing on screen which is kinda sad. Same with the distinction between vaginal and anal sex: it is only the writing that does all the lifting.
I really like what is in the game, but after some time playing, these issues become glaringly obvious. The kinky writing is on-point but the visual department still needs work.
Which leads to my question: is there any work for those things I mentioned planned?

To answer that last sentence: sort-of. There's a member of the community - E0fkwbno (Discord handle) - doing a daz rework with instructions on how he's doing it. Elkrose (Discord handle) is also working on the project by updating the UI (see spoiler for example).

Spoiler: Daz Rework Outline by E0fkwbno

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Spoiler: E0fwkbno Sample

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Spoiler: Elkrose UI Sample

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Some background (from what I can remember): The library Vren used for modeling/posing wasn't passed along to the current development team, and as such Starbuck didn't really want to take away from her time developing story content to work on recreating the library. It was open sourced towards the end of last year (possibly earlier?) to allow more talented members of the community to add to a shared library.

Keep in mind that none of these developers receive any compensation for the work they're investing into keeping this game alive. This is a general PSA for everyone: if you genuinely love the game and have some technical know-how, then drop by the Discord and chat with some of the developers to help out in areas they can't focus on

 

[Wongsitt]

save?

 

[TS2016]

save?

Why do you need save? Every game is different when you play it.

 

[verizon_vader]

If you mean meeting Iris in the first place, you'll have to reload a save unless you haven't done Lily's taboo break event where you buy her a new phone. If you've already met Iris, then you don't need to worry about further progressing her storyline, because the game doesn't have any further story progress for her.



There's still the business management aspect, if you like that part of it. It can be fun to just try to make a lot of money, but it gets pretty easy after a while. Other than that, I don't think there's much point, unless you really enjoy the wardrobe customization elements this game has (or light transformation elements with weight and breast size). Off the top of my head, I can't think of any aspect of the game that rewards you for monogamy.



Okay, that's good. Can you tell me what event you were thinking of, so I can look out for it?

I met Iris as part of visitng Jennifer's boss. There was a cafe event where she gave her number. Afterwards, I met Emily and her mom, but Iris is not here. Is this all?

 

[rb813]

I met Iris as part of visitng Jennifer's boss. There was a cafe event where she gave her number. Afterwards, I met Emily and her mom, but Iris is not here. Is this all?

Yep, that is 100% of scripted Iris content currently in the game, as far as I'm aware.

 

[Tyrfing]

I'm sorry guys, i know repetita non semper placant, but does anyone know a console command to set a specific location as the new home for a character (for example to force Iris Vandenberg to live in the Vandenberg mansion again)?

I also have some ladies who have their home location "Unknown", mostly street hires, woul also be nice to bring them into a home someway (i am not that fond of the Harem mansion, gets overcrowded pretty fast).

Thanks in advance!

 

[jimdandy]

I met Iris as part of visitng Jennifer's boss. There was a cafe event where she gave her number. Afterwards, I met Emily and her mom, but Iris is not here. Is this all?

Iris doesn't live with her mom and sister(afaik). You can interact with Iris through a taboo path with Lily, meet her at mom's work(which you did) or apps on the MC's phone and around town. That's all there is for her story currently.

 

[Fossilf]

Does anyone know how the strip club failure/PC buying questline is triggered? It hasn't done so for me lately.

 

[TS2016]

Is there way to edit max attention so it is more than 500?

 

[slick97]

Just an FYI

There is currently a bug regarding changing a girl's "baby desire" stat (see spoiler). If you're running a beta version of the game, or decompiled the RPA files, then the fix is quite simple:

1. Navigate to "...\LabRats2-Reformulate-2024.08-pc\major_game_classes\character_related\person_ren.py"
2. Open the file with either Notepad or Notepad++
3. Scroll down to line 4308, or press ctrl + f and search for "def change_baby_desire"
4. Add a "+" sign in front of the "=" sign
   • Should look like "+=" (see spoiler for correct version)

You don't need to start a new game after applying this fix

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[verizon_vader]

Iris doesn't live with her mom and sister(afaik). You can interact with Iris through a taboo path with Lily, meet her at mom's work(which you did) or apps on the MC's phone and around town. That's all there is for her story currently.

How can we interact with her through Lily?

 

[anhell]

Does anyone have a save with all the characters unlocked?

 

[Draakaap23]

Just an FYI

There is currently a bug regarding changing a girl's "baby desire" stat (see spoiler). If you're running a beta version of the game, or decompiled the RPA files, then the fix is quite simple:

1. Navigate to "...\LabRats2-Reformulate-2024.08-pc\major_game_classes\character_related\person_ren.py"
2. Open the file with either Notepad or Notepad++
3. Scroll down to line 4308, or press ctrl + f and search for "def change_baby_desire"
4. Add a "+" sign in front of the "=" sign
   • Should look like "+=" (see spoiler for correct version)

You don't need to start a new game after applying this fix

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Where is that map located on a windows system? Because search isn't turning up results looking for person_ren.py on my machine

 

[slick97]

Where is that map located on a windows system? Because search isn't turning up results looking for person_ren.py on my machine

It's most likely because you only have the RPA packages (all of the files arr stored inside). This website has a tool called "UnRen" that will extract everything from those packages which will allow you to edit the file mentioned.

 

[jimdandy]

How can we interact with her through Lily?

After breaking a taboo with Lily (I forget which one.) The MC has a choice to convince/change her mind. That option has the MC go buy a phone for Lily and he meets Iris.No sex,just meeting her.

 

[abilt11496]

so I've been training Ellie and Jennifer for the anal fetish for weeks now and the clarity cost is super high, i'm using a serum with the anal nanobots but they just arent developing the fetish, am i doing something wrong or is it bugged?

 

[Tyrfing]

Jennifer ("Mom") works fine, but for Ellie the Anal Fetish questline is not done yet as far as i know, there is no possibility to have anal with her or to give her an anal fetish.