Beta Version:
Since the original game has been abandoned, we have decided to move forward and move everything into one repository and upgrade to Renpy 8.1. If you are willing to help, find issues and accept the implications (breaking save games), you are encouraged to help us improve the game and report the issues on the
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NOTE: Currently the development version link should be considered an Alpha version
Source Code:
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(direct download latest development version)
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(direct download source code for AIO release 2023.09)
Installation with Source Code:
- Download and extract the full game from one of the links in this post.
- Delete all '.rpa' files
Unpack the 'game' folder from the Source Code download zipfile in the root folder of the game (where the .exe is) and overwrite existing files
Play the game
Okay, this is about the most confusing bullshit ever, and I say that as someone who has been playing LR2, including the AIO versions of Reformulate, since it's been around. The header is "Beta Version", but it says the development version should be considered an alpha. I've always played the AIO, but I want to be able to edit population variables and I was told to do that I need the development version.
So I follow the instructions, I download from one of the links in this quoted post, the development version.
I extract it.
I go to delete .RPA files, but there aren't any, not in all the 26 subfolders that come in the archive.
I go to the 'game' folder to find the .exe...and there isn't one.
To make matters worse, these instructions are slightly different than the instructions in the ReadMe file that comes in the download, which calls the development version the beta rather than the alpha, and states:
## How to Install:
1. Download the All-In-One .zip file for your platform from any of the locations found on F95 Zone or the Discord announcements
2. Extract the file in any location (make sure path is not nested too deeply, and you have full access to the path)
3. Launch Lab Rats 2 - Reformulate executable.
4. Start fresh game.
5. Note: MOD settings can be configured or en-/disabled from your bedroom or global settings from the preference screen.
## Install BETA version
1. Install the game as described in 'How to Install'
2. Download the latest version from the [repository](https://gitgud.io/lab-rats-2-mods/lr2mods/-/archive/develop/lr2mods-develop.zip)
3. In the 'game' folder delete all the RPA files except the largest 'character-images.rpa'
4. Copy all files from the 'game' folder in the zip file you downloaded from the repository into the 'game' folder of Lab Rats 2.
5. Note: Using the beta might break existing Save games at any time, since this is the active development branch.
So the only thing I can guess is that I need to download BOTH the development version AND the AIO version and unpack the game folder from the AIO version into the directory that was set up when I extracted the development version per step 1?
But the ReadMe file in the archive makes it sound like I need to do the exact opposite of that, by installing the AIO, then deleting the .RPA files, then extracting the Development game folder over that install.
Anybody with some help to install the development version, please?
*Edited to add*: Following the second set of instructions results in a traceback error. Guess I'll just stick to the AIO version.