Ren'Py Lab Rats 2 - Reformulate [v2025 4.0.37]

[rb813]

I know I'm a little late to the party playing v2024.08, but I just started a new game in that version where I'm trying to do less save-spamming, and I've noticed that the "Dull Hair" flaw is extremely common. I think it's been in 5 of my first 6 serums. Has anyone else noticed that? It's kinda ruining the main gameplay loop of giving serums to the women in MC's life to influence their behavior, because I don't want to change anyone's hair color.

 

[OsoSober]

I know I'm a little late to the party playing v2024.08, but I just started a new game in that version where I'm trying to do less save-spamming, and I've noticed that the "Dull Hair" flaw is extremely common. I think it's been in 5 of my first 6 serums. Has anyone else noticed that? It's kinda ruining the main gameplay loop of giving serums to the women in MC's life to influence their behavior, because I don't want to change anyone's hair color.

you can continue to reasch traits to remove bad effect chance completly

 

[rb813]

you can continue to reasch traits to remove bad effect chance completly

I generally find it preferable to increase mastery through observation (giving a serum to somebody and then interacting with them), rather than research. But, that's another thing you can't do if you don't want to give someone a serum that will change their hair color.

 

[Burt]

I generally find it preferable to increase mastery through observation (giving a serum to somebody and then interacting with them), rather than research. But, that's another thing you can't do if you don't want to give someone a serum that will change their hair color.

Just change the persons hair colour back at the hairdressers

 

[rb813]

Just change the persons hair colour back at the hairdressers

But then I have to remember what the original hair color was.

 

[Burt]

But then I have to remember what the original hair color was.

Smile I assume you're being serious get creative

 

[SRJ]

I think it's the VT mod in the LR2R folder.

I feel that this mod is a game breaker. Deleting the LR2R folder just created errors. Is there a way to play without this mod?

As it stands, it messes the game up too much to continue playing the game.

 

[chwX]

I feel that this mod is a game breaker. Deleting the LR2R folder just created errors. Is there a way to play without this mod?

As it stands, it messes the game up too much to continue playing the game.

That mod has gone off the rails. The modder should separate the virgin tracking functionality into its own mod, which was the original purpose, from all the other stuff it adds and breaks the game too much.

 

[Exed010]

Hey, guys, Anybody know how to change default outfit at Harem Mansion?
I'd tried to adjust all harem members to wearing nothing but collars but when times advanced all girls will wearing some dresses, I have no idea how fix this one

 

[rb813]

I got the prompt to hire Ashley at a time when I wasn't ready to hire someone else. It said that I'd still be able to do it later as long as I don't click Never Hire Her, but I don't see any such option. Is the option somewhere else, or is there actually no way to do it if you miss the first chance?

 

[Carmen Sandiego]

I have absolutely zero experience with 3D modeling, graphic artistry, or game development. I've got a pretty decent computer though and plenty of free time. How can I help? Do you just need someone to dedicate their computer to rendering 24/7 for a while?

Are there instructions somewhere on how to do this? I have a willingness to help but I don't know shit about fuck. Is this something a random person can do even if they have zero skills?

We have SETI@Home and LHC@Home. When are we going to get PornRenders@Home to let our computer render 3DCG h-scenes for our favorite porn developers?

It is absolutely something that you could probably help with. However, I am not one of the members of the team. If you're serious about helping I'd suggest you get into contact with whoever is trying to work on the graphical update. I'm pretty sure they could coordinate with you to get shit done faster.

 

[Elkrose]

That mod has gone off the rails. The modder should separate the virgin tracking functionality into its own mod, which was the original purpose, from all the other stuff it adds and breaks the game too much.

that would be untrue... just having the VT installed will break the game if you remove it after. It does more than you think it does. It is a mod, not an add on. The prior VT was more invasive.

 

[hereforthepie]

["Dull Hair" flaw is] kinda ruining the main gameplay loop of giving serums to the women in MC's life to influence their behavior, because I don't want to change anyone's hair color.

If you found the "git kreativ" answer unhelpful, you can eliminate that side-effect -- and its sibling -- by removing two lines from `game/major_game_classes/serum_related/serums/_side_effect_traits_ren.py`. The lines to removed are prefixed by `-` (below) and are around line ~300 in the file:

         slow_release_sedative,
         toxic_side_effect,
         stimulation_suppressant_effect,
-        hair_colour_wild_effect,
-        hair_colour_dull_effect,
         uncontrollable_arousal_side_effect,
         tryptamine_side_effect,

I have this edit in-place before starting a new game so caveat emptor on whether/how this will break an existing save -- esp. if these traits exist on any serum. I recommend deleting all serums with these traits before modifying the file, or modifying then starting a new game.

 

[rb813]

If you found the "git kreativ" answer unhelpful, you can eliminate that side-effect -- and its sibling -- by removing two lines from `game/major_game_classes/serum_related/serums/_side_effect_traits_ren.py`. The lines to removed are prefixed by `-` (below) and are around line ~300 in the file:

         slow_release_sedative,
         toxic_side_effect,
         stimulation_suppressant_effect,
-        hair_colour_wild_effect,
-        hair_colour_dull_effect,
         uncontrollable_arousal_side_effect,
         tryptamine_side_effect,

I have this edit in-place before starting a new game so caveat emptor on whether/how this will break an existing save -- esp. if these traits exist on any serum. I recommend deleting all serums with these traits before modifying the file, or modifying then starting a new game.

Actually, I wasn't really looking for help at all. I'm doing a run that's intentionally harder than normal, so I just let those side-effects be part of that. I was posting more to see whether anyone else had been seeing that particular side effect at the same frequency, since it was reoccurring so much that it almost seemed like some kind of bug.

But, next time I start a new game when I'm not actively trying to make life harder for myself, I probably will use that solution.

 

[chwX]

that would be untrue... just having the VT installed will break the game if you remove it after. It does more than you think it does. It is a mod, not an add on. The prior VT was more invasive.

Maybe I didn't explain myself quite well, english is not my first language. By "Virgin tracking" I mean only do that, track who's a virgin and who isn't. All the personalities, serums, etc, could go on top of that. Like base mod be VT, and then addon mods to VT be VT-Serums, VT-Personalities, so on...

No disrespect, I really appreciate the hard work.

 

[Elkrose]

Maybe I didn't explain myself quite well, english is not my first language. By "Virgin tracking" I mean only do that, track who's a virgin and who isn't. All the personalities, serums, etc, could go on top of that. Like base mod be VT, and then addon mods to VT be VT-Serums, VT-Personalities, so on...

No disrespect, I really appreciate the hard work.

Heh no worries, thanks for clarifying! But yeah, I want to add a new tab in the cherry section called Optional, where they can enable/disable whatever they want in the game or not.... ie personalities, serums, etc. I'm still far from being fluent in Renpy code -.-'

 

[anoldscrewup]

Any help appreciated -

Have used "un.rpyc" to decompile the 24.08 version. Got a lot of messages about Renpy indentation errors when I tried to run the decompiled game. Fixed those, but keep running into a roadblock:

"
from pylru import LRUCache
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pylru'
"
the line appears in at least several of the decompiled scripts, and I have no idea how to get past it. Anybody know what 'pylru' is?

Tried another approach -
Made a fresh install of the compiled 24.08 version, and copied some slightly modified script files into the game\mods directory. Some modified files seem to work with a new game, but some seem to be ignored. Serum changes work, people definitions & roles don't.

Can someone spell out a proper procedure for how mods are constructed? (I'm not dumb, but a rank neophyte to Renpy.)

 

[rb813]

Any help appreciated -

Have used "un.rpyc" to decompile the 24.08 version. Got a lot of messages about Renpy indentation errors when I tried to run the decompiled game. Fixed those, but keep running into a roadblock:

"
from pylru import LRUCache
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pylru'
"
the line appears in at least several of the decompiled scripts, and I have no idea how to get past it. Anybody know what 'pylru' is?

Tried another approach -
Made a fresh install of the compiled 24.08 version, and copied some slightly modified script files into the game\mods directory. Some modified files seem to work with a new game, but some seem to be ignored. Serum changes work, people definitions & roles don't.

Can someone spell out a proper procedure for how mods are constructed? (I'm not dumb, but a rank neophyte to Renpy.)

Many months ago, I asked a question on the Discord about getting help with a mod I was trying to make using decompiled code. The two things I learned from that were, 1) the game is very complicated, with a lot of different dependencies that can make it difficult to just tweak a couple values here and there. 2) It's better to download the original code from the git instead of decompiling.

 

[Elkrose]

Any help appreciated -

Have used "un.rpyc" to decompile the 24.08 version. Got a lot of messages about Renpy indentation errors when I tried to run the decompiled game. Fixed those, but keep running into a roadblock:

"
from pylru import LRUCache
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pylru'
"
the line appears in at least several of the decompiled scripts, and I have no idea how to get past it. Anybody know what 'pylru' is?

Tried another approach -
Made a fresh install of the compiled 24.08 version, and copied some slightly modified script files into the game\mods directory. Some modified files seem to work with a new game, but some seem to be ignored. Serum changes work, people definitions & roles don't.

Can someone spell out a proper procedure for how mods are constructed? (I'm not dumb, but a rank neophyte to Renpy.)

Like rb813 pointed out, your best bet is to start at the LR2R original code from the git. Which is called the 'Beta'. Start there, grab the VTMod at

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for an idea how it works.. but yeah it gets more complicated than you think

 

[rb813]

Elkrose, are you the one who does the RealPorn mod? I had a couple random questions about that.