Unreal Engine Abandoned LifePlay [v2023.04 Stable] [Vinfamy]

[rcbcgreenpanzer]

Really enjoying the game, however there is something I have been wondering.
I just want to preface this by saying I have never made mod for a game, and have no scripting experience/knowledge, so I am asking here to see if this is possible to do and if it is an easy task or not.

If I were to download daz3d models/assets is there a way to add them into the game as a preset? Essentially if I found a daz3d model I wanted to use, is there any way I can add that in as a preset so when in game, when I go to create new npc (in the contacts tab) edit appearance, you have the option to load/save character preset. Is there a way to add a downloaded model in as a preset?

Also, is there a way to add in new hairstyles? If I were to download a pack of hairstyles would I be able to add it in the game?

Sorry if these are dumb questions, just something I have been pondering.

Currently adding assets requires rebuilding the game, which involves downloading Unreal Engine version 4.2X and cloning the LifePlay git repository. There are a couple more steps beyond that, but I think Vinfamy's the only one that has actually done it.

Not a stupid question; the question of what is moddable and what is built in to the game varies from engine to engine and game to game. In general, very few game engines support adding arbitrary graphics at run time (The exceptions that I am most familiar with are KSP, Factorio, and Bethesda's TES and Fallout series.)

 

[jojololo10]

Currently adding assets requires rebuilding the game, which involves downloading Unreal Engine version 4.2X and cloning the LifePlay git repository. There are a couple more steps beyond that, but I think Vinfamy's the only one that has actually done it.

Not a stupid question; the question of what is moddable and what is built in to the game varies from engine to engine and game to game. In general, very few game engines support adding arbitrary graphics at run time (The exceptions that I am most familiar with are KSP, Factorio, and Bethesda's TES and Fallout series.)

I see. I am more familiar with skyrim/fallout mods and adding in new character presets in those games is pretty easy, I am just not familiar with UE. Thats a shame though, would be pretty cool if you could just add modules with new character presets. Oh well.

Thanks though!

 

[rcbcgreenpanzer]

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It's called: Better Pregnancy

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For a while I've been trying to figure out the ins and outs of the pregnancy system in the game code, with the eventual goal of making an 'impregnate(Actor)' counterpart to the existing 'impregnate()' so that paternity can be properly managed. Unfortunately, all of my experience with 'spaghetti code' has been where the spaghetti aspect was more metaphorical. (Not meaning to knock Vinfamy here; it's all well laid out. But I'm used to dealing with text, not flowchart boxes!) There are still big gaps in my understanding.

I am really impressed by what you've done here; both in vision and implementation. I'm looking forward to put it through its paces!

 

[enkephalin07]

At the moment, only relatives and dating can live with the player. So check the getRelative commands.

You should have this in a modder's perspective: setLivingWithPlayer() doesn't make any distinction for relatives and dating.

I don't understand what you mean exactly, but scenes are only trigged when an action is performed by the player.

I could swear I've had scenes while I let time play, at home and businesses. But testing with 100% frequency at home with 4 family and 2 neighbors, or at a business with 20 employees, I can sit idle and nothing happens. No crises occur, no one brings their drama to my doorstep, no one nags me to do something for them, my wife and mother don't worry about my health or the stench of my clothes, etc. The world's NPCs shouldn't freeze in stasis just because you're not doing anything, and for the sake of gameplay if not verisimilitude, something should interrupt the flow of time before it becomes detrimental.

First set of questions no idea
Second set you'd have to have a unique trigger and the What condition set to none.
As an example of a script that does this look up NPC_discovers_pregnancy.lpscene. You'll be able to find it in /content/modules/vin_Pregnancy/Scenes

Thank you for mentioning that; that was the scene that fired when I did nothing. I didn't think 'none' would work like that, but it appears to be the answer to my question.

 

[sexybastardo]

You should have this in a modder's perspective: setLivingWithPlayer() doesn't make any distinction for relatives and dating.

This works in the current version only for relatives.

 

[enkephalin07]

Using 'none' non-exclusively for WHAT condition also doesn't work. Every example I can find uses it exclusively, but when I add other activities to it, it never fires at all.

 

[Vinfamy]

Using 'none' non-exclusively for WHAT condition also doesn't work. Every example I can find uses it exclusively, but when I add other activities to it, it never fires at all.

what would you want none in your WHAT except not wanting the scene to trigger outside of force-triggering via lpaction?
There's no scene condition checking going on if the player is just waiting, so there's always some sort of WHAT when the scene conditions are being checked by the game

 

[Lostlegends]

Really enjoying the game, however there is something I have been wondering.
I just want to preface this by saying I have never made mod for a game, and have no scripting experience/knowledge, so I am asking here to see if this is possible to do and if it is an easy task or not.

If I were to download daz3d models/assets is there a way to add them into the game as a preset? Essentially if I found a daz3d model I wanted to use, is there any way I can add that in as a preset so when in game, when I go to create new npc (in the contacts tab) edit appearance, you have the option to load/save character preset. Is there a way to add a downloaded model in as a preset?

Also, is there a way to add in new hairstyles? If I were to download a pack of hairstyles would I be able to add it in the game?

Sorry if these are dumb questions, just something I have been pondering.

In short at your level, No chance. You would need to be editing the main game files.

 

[Deleted member 237]

sexybastardo In your pregnancy mod, i see "If isModEnabled(sb_Aging)" and that controls if presets for young son or daughter are used. Is sb_Aging your upcoming mod or i totally misunderstood the code?

 

[Vinfamy]

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V2.12 will continue with another two quests, taking the total number of quests in the game up to 5:
- New Story Quest "Bad Girls Gone Worse": A reality TV show about the debauchery of 4 sexually adventurous girls and their fuck-buddies is looking for a new rising star, male or female, to join its second season's cast. Is this your chance to join the rich and famous? This quest is my little fan fiction for

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(which IMHO is the best adult visual novel out there! If you haven't played that game, check it out and consider supporting her! The final version of GGGB is currently in development). The 'bad girls' from this quest are actually Ashley, Jessica, Iris and Natasha from GGGB (with Eva making an appearance at some point too in the story).
- New Radiant Quest "She Kissed A Girl": This is a repeatable quest where you help any straight female NPC awaken and explore her lesbian side (i.e. that NPC will have the 'Interested in Women' tag after the quest completes). If the player is female, she can do the 'teaching' herself. If you're playing a male character however, you can ask any bisexual girlfriend/ wife you have to do it.
- Bug fixes and other improvements
Estimated Release Date: Friday, 15 November

 

[ZTex]

Vinfamy With the quest system firmly in place is there any plan to rework the beginging hint system into the quest system I.E Find a Job, Find a Place to live, Buy a Vehicle etc...

 

[Vinfamy]

Vinfamy With the quest system firmly in place is there any plan to rework the beginging hint system into the quest system I.E Find a Job, Find a Place to live, Buy a Vehicle etc...

not really, quests are meant to be a collection of many scenes. These things work better as one button > one scene > done. the Recommended Actions thing is meant to be 'in your face' to help beginners, to select a quest you need a few steps (press Q > Quests > double click on a quest)
besides only one quest can be active at the same time, so having all these as quests would prevent the player playing an actual long quest at the same time as looking for a house etc

 

[sexybastardo]

I am really impressed by what you've done here; both in vision and implementation. I'm looking forward to put it through its paces!

Thank you very much

sexybastardo In your pregnancy mod, i see "If isModEnabled(sb_Aging)" and that controls if presets for young son or daughter are used. Is sb_Aging your upcoming mod or i totally misunderstood the code?

Yes and no, it is experimental and NOT my next mod ... but sth I still coming back to atm. I want to have a check running that changes the appearance of characters so that they age. But up until next version of Lifeplay I will not finish it, that's for sure.

 

[Singaia]

There are so many morphs. Is it possible yet to make a male character without muscle definition? I tried for a while but couldn't find the morphs for it.

 

[Zatorr]

Please help me, how do I install the mods? thaks!!!.

 

[ZTex]

not really, quests are meant to be a collection of many scenes. These things work better as one button > one scene > done. the Recommended Actions thing is meant to be 'in your face' to help beginners, to select a quest you need a few steps (press Q > Quests > double click on a quest)
besides only one quest can be active at the same time, so having all these as quests would prevent the player playing an actual long quest at the same time as looking for a house etc

I see.

I was thinking of them as group of One off Quest much like the Investigation quest. Perhaps a small sequence of scenes that have you going and doing some related task then landing at the goal.

I'll have to think on this more myself if it's not planned to see if i might want to do something like this as a mod.

 

[Vinfamy]

There are so many morphs. Is it possible yet to make a male character without muscle definition? I tried for a while but couldn't find the morphs for it.

if you manually enter a negative value like -0.5 into fitness, it might do it.
Things like heavy and portly helps too.

 

[Thermophob]

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V2.12 will continue with another two quests, taking the total number of quests in the game up to 5:
- New Story Quest "Bad Girls Gone Worse": A reality TV show about the debauchery of 4 sexually adventurous girls and their
fuck-buddies is looking for a new rising star, male or female, to join its second season's cast. Is this your chance to join the rich and famous? This quest is my little fan fiction for

You must be registered to see the links

(which IMHO is the best adult visual novel out there! If you haven't played that game, check it out and consider supporting her! The final version of GGGB is currently in development). The 'bad girls' from this quest are actually Ashley, Jessica, Iris and Natasha from GGGB (with Eva making an appearance at some point too in the story).
- New Radiant Quest "She Kissed A Girl": This is a repeatable quest where you help any straight female NPC awaken and explore her lesbian side (i.e. that NPC will have the 'Interested in Women' tag after the quest completes). If the player is female, she can do the 'teaching' herself. If you're playing a male character however, you can ask any bisexual girlfriend/ wife you have to do it.
- Bug fixes and other improvements
Estimated Release Date: Friday, 15 November

I don't mind the quests, but I would love to know when we will have new set of animations. If I remember correctly, before the some users started complaining about lack of direction (Honestly, I don't know what to say here, after all this is life simulator, ll of this is kind a expected), there were plans for second part of BDSM animations...
Also, if I may suggest something, can you add some scrolling option in Contacts ui. For example, when I play, I have wife, and two kids. She has parents, and siblings... but suddenly, she introduced me to her boss and bunch of colleagues, I many options for her will be hidden on smaller resolutions. Also, it would be nice to introduce more relations, eg nephew/niece differentiate parent and child in contacts (at moment, we have only parent/child), sometimes I get confused who is who... especilally after few hundreds of NPCs.

 

[enkephalin07]

There's no scene condition checking going on if the player is just waiting,

Well, why not? I mean while the player character is passing time without activity, thoughts and ideas can still occur to the character, and other characters can still intrude. And if nothing else, hunger pangs and sleep deprivation can become the events that put an end ruminations before the character dies of old age.

 

[Vinfamy]

I don't mind the quests, but I would love to know when we will have new set of animations. If I remember correctly, before the some users started complaining about lack of direction (Honestly, I don't know, after all this is life simulator, so this is kind a expected), there were plans for second part of BDSM animations...

v2.13 / v2.14 will have some new animations. I just want to have a respectable number of quests in the game first.

enkephalin07 : checking scenes make the game lag a lot because everything is run on a single thread, this isn't really noticeable during an action because the player is doing nothing just watching the progress bar - it becomes annoying if the player is trying to move the camera and selecting actions etc. I need to implement multi-threading first (which would be a hard thing to write and require a lot of testing) before allowing checking scenes all the time.