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

[MattShizzle]

Does anyone know if sb puts updates anywhere else? He hasn't been here in a while and has a few that were updated more here before.

 

[xvi]

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First of all, I'd like to say thank you to everyone for your support of the project, whether it's directly financial by pledging on Patreon or more indirectly by helping to promote the game, modding or bug testing. Thanks to your support, I'm glad to say that the first Patreon goal of $500 is finally in sight (we're two-thirds of the way there right now - 15 Feb). That may not sound like a lot compared to some popular Patreon creators, but this first $500 goal is arguably the most important goal for the project to reach as it would mark the day LifePlay officially becomes a part-time JOB for me rather than just a committed hobby, allowing me to dedicate around 30 hours a week (4+ hours each day) consistently to working on the game.
Not only this, this $500 milestone will give the project the financial security and consistent development hours enough for the project scope to be expanded beyond the currently quite simplistic gameplay and NPC behavior. In fact, as soon as the $500 Patreon goal is reached, I will immediately start working on LifePlay 3.0 - the most ambitious overhaul to date, even more so than the character model overhaul last year:

Current Flaws of LifePlay v2.x:
- With the lack of AI, NPCs are currently treated like lottery balls basically! All each NPC does is staying 'dead' as a lpcharacter text file in your Saves folder and waiting for their ID to be called out by the RNG (Random Number Generation) goddess to 'resurrect' them into scenes whenever you take certain actions under certain conditions. They aren't actually 'alive' when they're not in a scene with you: They don't go to work, have a home (even your GF may get assigned a home, but she doesn't really live there!) or go anywhere when you're not around and the RNG doesn't call for their presence.
- Any NPC-NPC relationships(spouses, parent-child, etc) are static and only there because one of the 'introduce' scenes get triggered because of RNG. NPC doesn't have any opinion (rapport, attraction) of each other whatsoever - any breakup or domestic violence scenes are pretty much RNG-based or not a part of a revolving relationship.
- Overall, NPCs are just very shallow - tons of new NPCs are generated through scenes every day but they're all equally forgettable - after all, they have no AI!
- Because NPCs don't 'live' when not in a scene, they never have any physical location on the map so you don't have many options in terms of proactively interacting with NPCs location. A common complaint about the game is that everything seems so passive - you wait for things to trigger a lot, adding tons of buttons to force-trigger scenes isn't a good solution because the fundamental problem is that there are no NPCs around to interact with.
- Only bedrooms have proper 3d space, all other buildings/ location types are represented by 2d background images.
- No animations for daily activites (eating, drinking, working out, etc), only for sex.
- Because of the lack of NPCs in locations and lack of 3d space and animations, all actions have to be represented by a progress bar - watching a progress bar for every action you take isn't very enjoyable gameplay.
- Also, because of these factors, scenes are a bit like in a 2d visual novel - even though the characters are 3d, the camera is static during scenes and the characters aren't even looking at each other when talking, let alone interacting. Relies a lot on text to describe what's going on between the characters (even dramatic moments like fighting), which is a bit of a waste of Unreal Engine's capability and the fully rigged 3d characters
- Also because of the above, the gameplay feels very much like 3 different games constantly 'interrupting' each other: Moving around the map and watching the action progress bar (Game 1, lifesim without daily activity animations), interrupted by scenes telling some story on a 2d background (Game 2, visual novel), then interrupted by a sex scene (Game 3, sex similator / animation slideshow). Not very immersive at all.

What would the "LifePlay 3.0 AI and Interaction Overhaul" include, when the $500 milestone is reached?
- I will need around 5 updates (or 2 months and a half from the day the $500 goal is reached) to add all the new systems and features for the overhaul, as listed below. This is a similar number of updates to the character model overhaul last year, but with the $500 goal achieved, each update will involve a lot more development hours (around 60 dev hours per update, or 300 dev hours for the whole overhaul).
- AI: Add a sophisticated NPC Behavior System to the game. Each and every NPC will now have a home (and they actually live there and can be found there at night! Some NPCs may be roommates / spouses living together), a workplace / university (where you can actually find them during the day) and their favorite places for shopping, dining, socializing etc. They will all have daily schedules that are flexible and make sense (NPCs will explore new places and be moody too, they won't just go to the same shop every day at the same time like how some other Patreon games handle schedules.)
- AI: most importantly, each NPC will be somewhere physically on the map doing something (or simply sleeping at home ...) at any point of gameplay. If you go there, you can find them and interact with them. Go to your local grocery store after work and you may find some of your neighbours there etc
- AI: NPCs will now have rapport and attraction for each other. NPCs in a relationship or in the same family will act like that - couples usually appear together etc. NPC-NPC relationships will develop with more opportunities for drama with a backstory / buildup, rather than just random dramatic scenes out of nowhere.
- Interaction: Bye bye, 2d location backgrounds! The bedroom won't be the only fully 3d location in the game anymore - all other building types will now have at least one preset each of a fully 3d space: shops, gyms, nightclubs, restaurants, stripclubs, you name it ... all in 3d. Whenever you select a location on the map and move there - the camera will now show the actual place in 3d (with other NPCs already there doing different activites) that you can move around (bit like how the current sex camera during bedroom sex scenes work), rather than just the map and the progress bar. The map is only seen when click for it when you want to move elsewhere.
- Interaction: New animations for common daily activities (including animations that involve interacting with furniture like running on a treadmill etc) so you can watch your character actually do things rather than just watching the progress bar.
- Interaction: Not only can you interact with buildings, you can now interact directly with the NPCs you see in that building - this will make the gameplay a lot more proactive and less 'doing unrelated things and wait for RNG to trigger scenes'
- Interaction: Even in passive situations when you're just going about your day and a scene triggers, it's a lot more immersive because you actually see the NPC walking towards you in the 3d space, talk to you while looking at you and use other animations when appropriate (fighting etc) - very smooth transition, scenes aren't 'interrupting' your action anymore, in fact, scenes should feel like part of your experience interacting with locations and NPCs, not something separate and RNG-reliant.
- Interaction: Since there are no more 2d backgrounds, all scenes now have free camera control to look around the 3d space where you can watch you and other characters talking and interacting (perhaps you want to move the camera up and look down and it will look like the Sims with actual dialogues, or if you keep the camera on your character or go into first person, it will look a bit like a proper 3d RPG), which gets rid of the whole 'visual novel' feel and makes the best use of Unreal Engine's capability.
- Interaction: If a scene leads to sex, the transition is also a lot smoother because during normal scenes, you're already in a 3d space with the same camera control as sex scenes. The 'three interrupting games' I mentioned earlier should now feel like one immersive overall experience.
- Modders, don't worry, this won't break any of your mods. Please read this: https://f95zone.to/threads/lifeplay-v2-18-vinfamy.11321/post-3039375

Before and After LP 3.0 Overhaul - Examples:
1. Going to the gym and getting hit on
- Current: Click on gym > do cardio > watch the progress bar while still in map view > half way through, a scene triggers and blatantly interrupts the action > scene UI shows up on a 2d gym background > randomly generated guy shows up and starts the chatting up dialogue not even looking at you
- After Overhaul: Click on gym > do cardio > the camera does the zoom-in effect and shows the 3d interior of the gym (already with NPCs working out there) which you can move around > you watch your character running on a treadmill > a scene triggers but it feels immersive because of no sudden camera/ UI switch, a guy who was already working out before walks up to your character and starts chatting up while making eye contact with your character
2. Asking for a cute shopkeeper's number
- Current: Click on shop > pick a random action and grind out until the specific scene triggers - nothing you can do to influence the RNG goddess > a scene finally triggers and interrupts whatever you were doing > generate a new shopkeeper (a different one each time even though it's the same shop! How many staff do this shop have!?)
- After Overhaul: Click on shop > go there > camera zooms into the 3d interior of the shop > that's the cute shopkeeper standing there (she actually works here so it's the same one no matter how many times you visit the shop. Also, some of your neighbours are here too since it's a local shop) > click on her > ask for her number > a scene is force-triggered in the background but it stays immersive because there's no change in camera and UI - your character simply walks towards the shopkeeper and starts the dialogue to ask for her number.
3. Invited to a house party
- Current: You're watching the progress bar with 'Doing cardio' > interrupted by the scene UI > your best friend shows up (with the gym background behind him) and invites you, apparently it's to show a phone call even though neither of you are even holding a phone > you say yes > you're instantly teleported to his house (not really, your character is physically still in the gym for the whole house party scene). Oh wait, isn't it a different house (you can tell because it's using a different bedroom preset) from the last time the same guy invited you to his house party? Yeah, cause all NPCs are homeless so a random place is generated each time the house party scene triggers > You choose to chat up a girl and pick a name from the list of options(although all you see is the girl appears on screen from nowhere, not even looking at you, and the text 'We spend some time talking'.) > She's into you, so you kiss (both of you are kissing air while standing parralel to each other ...)> You choose to fuck > teleported to the bedroom and 3d bedroom sex scene interrupts the visual novel UI.
- After Overhaul: Your character is running on a treadmill in a busy gym > suddenly, he stops the treadmill and picks up the phone from his pocket > a bubble from the phone shows the best friend's face lipsyncing and the invitation dialogues (he doesn't just magically appear in the gym, it's a phone call!) > you say yes > You get a mini-quest objective to go to his home (the same one he's lived in since you first met him) > You switch to map view for a second and click to go there > Camera zooms into his living room, in all its 3d glory > the host and his guests are already there sitting around the table > that girl looks hot, you click on her > chat up > your character moves to the chair next to her and they start talking, making eye contact of course > they kiss (with proper animation) > then they walk away from the living room and into the bedroom where they start having sex. Everything transitions smoothly.

Why is the $500 Patreon goal necessary to start working on this overhaul?
The $500 milestone allows me to guarantee at least 30 hours a week (60 hours each update) to dedicate to the project, which is necessary because this overhaul will expand the project's scope significantly. There's not only the work actually implementing the features and assets required for the overhaul, but also the work to add more code to existing scenes and actions to make use of the new features. Most importantly, the overhaul adds extra work to every scene, action and location type that I will add in the future too. I really need that minimum 30 hours a week to be able to handle a project with such an expanded scope going forward, otherwise it would just be too much for one person to handle as a committed hobby (and not as part-time 30-hour-a-week job that the $500 milestone would make this project become) and everything would just be a buggy mess even if the AI and interaction systems are in place.
The character model overhaul last year was a great improvement, but it didn't expand the project's scope or lead to more work for all future content. It was just 'repainting the house', once done, you get to enjoy the new look right away with little 'maintenance' for the forseeable future. This AI and interaction overhaul would be more like 'turning your house into a smart home', which is not only a big intial effort, but also carries future 'maintenance' costs as well.

I need your help achieving this milestone and making this overhaul a reality!
I firmly believe that this LP 3.0 Overhaul will dramatically improve the game and make it a truly enjoyable and more realistic 3d adult life simulator that makes full use of Unreal Engine's capability. However, in order to reach the $500 milestone necessary for the overhaul, I need your help!
If you're not a patron or are a former patron, please consider pledging on Patreon to support the project if you enjoy the game.
If you're already a patron, please consider increasing your pledge if it's financially sensible for you and if you have been pleased with the progress the project has made in the last year.
Again, my Patreon's 'Charge Upfront' feature is disabled, so you can pledge or increase your pledge right away - you will only actually get charged on the 1st of next month.
As further incentives for pledging / increasing your pledge, check out

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.
Also, please continue to spread the word about the game to others (via forums, messaging service, social media) whenever appropriate. Even if you're not in a position to support the game financially, someone else who have heard about the game from you might.
Right now (15 Feb), we're about two-thirds of the way to the $500 milestone. As an example, it would only take about 30 new patrons and the average pledge to increase by $0.50 per patron to reach the target. So with your help, I hope this goal can be achieved and this ambitious overhaul for the game can become a reality!
In the meantime, of course I will continue working on the 2.x versions in accordance with the

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(next version v2.19 for example will add facial expressions for sex scenes, I will post detailed plans for that in a couple of days)
Thank you so much again for your support!

I've been enjoying your game since V1 I believe so I have also decided to give back and become a Patreon. The ambition and consistency of your work both in the past and now for V3 plans is very admirable.

While the graphical overhaul has opened up the game to new audiences I think the promise this game has always held to me is the gameplay opportunities. This is what sets it apart from other games on this site. So I'm pretty excited by your pledge for V3 as I hope it will deliver more of what I am hoping for from LifePlay.

Keep up the great work!

 

[Vinfamy]

Does anyone know if sb puts updates anywhere else? He hasn't been here in a while and has a few that were updated more here before.

I already messaged him to check if he's alright . I have assumed he was simply taking a break (I was a modder myself for Skyrim and FO4 so I understand modders' need for a break sometimes) so didn't want to bother him, but it's been a month since he said anything on here or Discord so it's getting a bit worrying.

xvi : Thank you for your support. It means a lot to have people who notice my effort put into the project and trust me to continue delivering on my promises.

 

[Lostlegends]

Re: Modding and the future of Lifeplay.
To start with thanks for the reply Vinfamy. Although I still have a few small concerns around a couple of issues, I for one am more excited about the potential future now. However I am going to change my focus. I will now be trying to focus on finalizing one mod at a time, rather than working on several. I will see how this goes as I have a low bordom threshold. I wont be supporting the project financially, not because of money. More to do with the fact that my Mrs would rip my bollocks off, if she found out I was paying for a porn game! But I should be able to add some interesting variety and choices to the game. Lets see what the next couple of weeks bring, as I have some interesting bits I am trying at the moment. And good luck with the $500!

 

[bardo]

Thanks for the update Vinfamy and I appreciate everything you're doing. Best of luck with the $500 and it seems you're well on your way. That said, I've noticed the game crashing more often right after I start tasks. Is there a bugfix update soon?

 

[Vinfamy]

Thanks for the update Vinfamy and I appreciate everything you're doing. Best of luck with the $500 and it seems you're well on your way. That said, I've noticed the game crashing more often right after I start tasks. Is there a bugfix update soon?

what tasks are these? i haven't received any other reports of crashes, only temporary freezes after some scenes because the map is regenerating when it shouldn't (already fixed it for v2.19).

 

[KapralPrius]

Vinfamy I ran into your work in Skyrim and Falout no words are super. and, of course, LIfePlay is a super game that I have been playing for a very long time. I wish you success and all the best to all developers and fans of the game

 

[Lostlegends]

Need some feedback! Has anyone else had any problems with the scaling of models? I am assuming this is my fault and not the game, but I just want to check. Just recently I had an outbreak of dwarfism, contacts that had previously renderd ok seeming to vanish. On looking into it further I found they where actualy shrinking to 0.5 in height and I couldnt see them in the contacts menu, I have also seen npc's generated with the merge setting that have spawned at 0.0 height, now that looks very strange!

 

[Lostlegends]

I notice I am getting the same girl in different Dungeon Cells...When I Sell one...the other cell is still in bold on menu but no one is in it... it show Fear 0 Obedience 0...its highlighted as normal with out a girl in it...When I sell her I get $500 for her.

Strange, will do some checks and get back.
Still looking but I can think of no reason this would happen, I may have missed something though. unless its some sort of corruption. If I find it I will get a fix out asap. Otherwise if its stuck like that I can make a quick fix that will clear a specific room. let me know if you want it.

 

[bardo]

Vinfamy, it might be a mod conflict. I'll have to research more. Basically, when I start a task it just locks up. It might have something to do with the bug you already fixed. I'll just assume that because you are the genius behind this.

 

[darkserge]

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First of all, I'd like to say thank you to everyone for your support of the project, whether it's directly financial by pledging on Patreon or more indirectly by helping to promote the game, modding or bug testing. Thanks to your support, I'm glad to say that the first Patreon goal of $500 is finally in sight (we're two-thirds of the way there right now - 15 Feb). That may not sound like a lot compared to some popular Patreon creators, but this first $500 goal is arguably the most important goal for the project to reach as it would mark the day LifePlay officially becomes a part-time JOB for me rather than just a committed hobby, allowing me to dedicate around 30 hours a week (4+ hours each day) consistently to working on the game.
Not only this, this $500 milestone will give the project the financial security and consistent development hours enough for the project scope to be expanded beyond the currently quite simplistic gameplay and NPC behavior. In fact, as soon as the $500 Patreon goal is reached, I will immediately start working on LifePlay 3.0 - the most ambitious overhaul to date, even more so than the character model overhaul last year:

Current Flaws of LifePlay v2.x:
- With the lack of AI, NPCs are currently treated like lottery balls basically! All each NPC does is staying 'dead' as a lpcharacter text file in your Saves folder and waiting for their ID to be called out by the RNG (Random Number Generation) goddess to 'resurrect' them into scenes whenever you take certain actions under certain conditions. They aren't actually 'alive' when they're not in a scene with you: They don't go to work, have a home (even your GF may get assigned a home, but she doesn't really live there!) or go anywhere when you're not around and the RNG doesn't call for their presence.
- Any NPC-NPC relationships(spouses, parent-child, etc) are static and only there because one of the 'introduce' scenes get triggered because of RNG. NPC doesn't have any opinion (rapport, attraction) of each other whatsoever - any breakup or domestic violence scenes are pretty much RNG-based or not a part of a revolving relationship.
- Overall, NPCs are just very shallow - tons of new NPCs are generated through scenes every day but they're all equally forgettable - after all, they have no AI!
- Because NPCs don't 'live' when not in a scene, they never have any physical location on the map so you don't have many options in terms of proactively interacting with NPCs location. A common complaint about the game is that everything seems so passive - you wait for things to trigger a lot, adding tons of buttons to force-trigger scenes isn't a good solution because the fundamental problem is that there are no NPCs around to interact with.
- Only bedrooms have proper 3d space, all other buildings/ location types are represented by 2d background images.
- No animations for daily activites (eating, drinking, working out, etc), only for sex.
- Because of the lack of NPCs in locations and lack of 3d space and animations, all actions have to be represented by a progress bar - watching a progress bar for every action you take isn't very enjoyable gameplay.
- Also, because of these factors, scenes are a bit like in a 2d visual novel - even though the characters are 3d, the camera is static during scenes and the characters aren't even looking at each other when talking, let alone interacting. Relies a lot on text to describe what's going on between the characters (even dramatic moments like fighting), which is a bit of a waste of Unreal Engine's capability and the fully rigged 3d characters
- Also because of the above, the gameplay feels very much like 3 different games constantly 'interrupting' each other: Moving around the map and watching the action progress bar (Game 1, lifesim without daily activity animations), interrupted by scenes telling some story on a 2d background (Game 2, visual novel), then interrupted by a sex scene (Game 3, sex similator / animation slideshow). Not very immersive at all.

What would the "LifePlay 3.0 AI and Interaction Overhaul" include, when the $500 milestone is reached?
- I will need around 5 updates (or 2 months and a half from the day the $500 goal is reached) to add all the new systems and features for the overhaul, as listed below. This is a similar number of updates to the character model overhaul last year, but with the $500 goal achieved, each update will involve a lot more development hours (around 60 dev hours per update, or 300 dev hours for the whole overhaul).
- AI: Add a sophisticated NPC Behavior System to the game. Each and every NPC will now have a home (and they actually live there and can be found there at night! Some NPCs may be roommates / spouses living together), a workplace / university (where you can actually find them during the day) and their favorite places for shopping, dining, socializing etc. They will all have daily schedules that are flexible and make sense (NPCs will explore new places and be moody too, they won't just go to the same shop every day at the same time like how some other Patreon games handle schedules.)
- AI: most importantly, each NPC will be somewhere physically on the map doing something (or simply sleeping at home ...) at any point of gameplay. If you go there, you can find them and interact with them. Go to your local grocery store after work and you may find some of your neighbours there etc
- AI: NPCs will now have rapport and attraction for each other. NPCs in a relationship or in the same family will act like that - couples usually appear together etc. NPC-NPC relationships will develop with more opportunities for drama with a backstory / buildup, rather than just random dramatic scenes out of nowhere.
- Interaction: Bye bye, 2d location backgrounds! The bedroom won't be the only fully 3d location in the game anymore - all other building types will now have at least one preset each of a fully 3d space: shops, gyms, nightclubs, restaurants, stripclubs, you name it ... all in 3d. Whenever you select a location on the map and move there - the camera will now show the actual place in 3d (with other NPCs already there doing different activites) that you can move around (bit like how the current sex camera during bedroom sex scenes work), rather than just the map and the progress bar. The map is only seen when click for it when you want to move elsewhere.
- Interaction: New animations for common daily activities (including animations that involve interacting with furniture like running on a treadmill etc) so you can watch your character actually do things rather than just watching the progress bar.
- Interaction: Not only can you interact with buildings, you can now interact directly with the NPCs you see in that building - this will make the gameplay a lot more proactive and less 'doing unrelated things and wait for RNG to trigger scenes'
- Interaction: Even in passive situations when you're just going about your day and a scene triggers, it's a lot more immersive because you actually see the NPC walking towards you in the 3d space, talk to you while looking at you and use other animations when appropriate (fighting etc) - very smooth transition, scenes aren't 'interrupting' your action anymore, in fact, scenes should feel like part of your experience interacting with locations and NPCs, not something separate and RNG-reliant.
- Interaction: Since there are no more 2d backgrounds, all scenes now have free camera control to look around the 3d space where you can watch you and other characters talking and interacting (perhaps you want to move the camera up and look down and it will look like the Sims with actual dialogues, or if you keep the camera on your character or go into first person, it will look a bit like a proper 3d RPG), which gets rid of the whole 'visual novel' feel and makes the best use of Unreal Engine's capability.
- Interaction: If a scene leads to sex, the transition is also a lot smoother because during normal scenes, you're already in a 3d space with the same camera control as sex scenes. The 'three interrupting games' I mentioned earlier should now feel like one immersive overall experience.
- Modders, don't worry, this won't break any of your mods. Please read this: https://f95zone.to/threads/lifeplay-v2-18-vinfamy.11321/post-3039375

Before and After LP 3.0 Overhaul - Examples:
1. Going to the gym and getting hit on
- Current: Click on gym > do cardio > watch the progress bar while still in map view > half way through, a scene triggers and blatantly interrupts the action > scene UI shows up on a 2d gym background > randomly generated guy shows up and starts the chatting up dialogue not even looking at you
- After Overhaul: Click on gym > do cardio > the camera does the zoom-in effect and shows the 3d interior of the gym (already with NPCs working out there) which you can move around > you watch your character running on a treadmill > a scene triggers but it feels immersive because of no sudden camera/ UI switch, a guy who was already working out before walks up to your character and starts chatting up while making eye contact with your character
2. Asking for a cute shopkeeper's number
- Current: Click on shop > pick a random action and grind out until the specific scene triggers - nothing you can do to influence the RNG goddess > a scene finally triggers and interrupts whatever you were doing > generate a new shopkeeper (a different one each time even though it's the same shop! How many staff do this shop have!?)
- After Overhaul: Click on shop > go there > camera zooms into the 3d interior of the shop > that's the cute shopkeeper standing there (she actually works here so it's the same one no matter how many times you visit the shop. Also, some of your neighbours are here too since it's a local shop) > click on her > ask for her number > a scene is force-triggered in the background but it stays immersive because there's no change in camera and UI - your character simply walks towards the shopkeeper and starts the dialogue to ask for her number.
3. Invited to a house party
- Current: You're watching the progress bar with 'Doing cardio' > interrupted by the scene UI > your best friend shows up (with the gym background behind him) and invites you, apparently it's to show a phone call even though neither of you are even holding a phone > you say yes > you're instantly teleported to his house (not really, your character is physically still in the gym for the whole house party scene). Oh wait, isn't it a different house (you can tell because it's using a different bedroom preset) from the last time the same guy invited you to his house party? Yeah, cause all NPCs are homeless so a random place is generated each time the house party scene triggers > You choose to chat up a girl and pick a name from the list of options(although all you see is the girl appears on screen from nowhere, not even looking at you, and the text 'We spend some time talking'.) > She's into you, so you kiss (both of you are kissing air while standing parralel to each other ...)> You choose to fuck > teleported to the bedroom and 3d bedroom sex scene interrupts the visual novel UI.
- After Overhaul: Your character is running on a treadmill in a busy gym > suddenly, he stops the treadmill and picks up the phone from his pocket > a bubble from the phone shows the best friend's face lipsyncing and the invitation dialogues (he doesn't just magically appear in the gym, it's a phone call!) > you say yes > You get a mini-quest objective to go to his home (the same one he's lived in since you first met him) > You switch to map view for a second and click to go there > Camera zooms into his living room, in all its 3d glory > the host and his guests are already there sitting around the table > that girl looks hot, you click on her > chat up > your character moves to the chair next to her and they start talking, making eye contact of course > they kiss (with proper animation) > then they walk away from the living room and into the bedroom where they start having sex. Everything transitions smoothly.

Why is the $500 Patreon goal necessary to start working on this overhaul?
The $500 milestone allows me to guarantee at least 30 hours a week (60 hours each update) to dedicate to the project, which is necessary because this overhaul will expand the project's scope significantly. There's not only the work actually implementing the features and assets required for the overhaul, but also the work to add more code to existing scenes and actions to make use of the new features. Most importantly, the overhaul adds extra work to every scene, action and location type that I will add in the future too. I really need that minimum 30 hours a week to be able to handle a project with such an expanded scope going forward, otherwise it would just be too much for one person to handle as a committed hobby (and not as part-time 30-hour-a-week job that the $500 milestone would make this project become) and everything would just be a buggy mess even if the AI and interaction systems are in place.
The character model overhaul last year was a great improvement, but it didn't expand the project's scope or lead to more work for all future content. It was just 'repainting the house', once done, you get to enjoy the new look right away with little 'maintenance' for the forseeable future. This AI and interaction overhaul would be more like 'turning your house into a smart home', which is not only a big intial effort, but also carries future 'maintenance' costs as well.

I need your help achieving this milestone and making this overhaul a reality!
I firmly believe that this LP 3.0 Overhaul will dramatically improve the game and make it a truly enjoyable and more realistic 3d adult life simulator that makes full use of Unreal Engine's capability. However, in order to reach the $500 milestone necessary for the overhaul, I need your help!
If you're not a patron or are a former patron, please consider pledging on Patreon to support the project if you enjoy the game.
If you're already a patron, please consider increasing your pledge if it's financially sensible for you and if you have been pleased with the progress the project has made in the last year.
Again, my Patreon's 'Charge Upfront' feature is disabled, so you can pledge or increase your pledge right away - you will only actually get charged on the 1st of next month.
As further incentives for pledging / increasing your pledge, check out

You must be registered to see the links

.
Also, please continue to spread the word about the game to others (via forums, messaging service, social media) whenever appropriate. Even if you're not in a position to support the game financially, someone else who have heard about the game from you might.
Right now (15 Feb), we're about two-thirds of the way to the $500 milestone. As an example, it would only take about 30 new patrons and the average pledge to increase by $0.50 per patron to reach the target. So with your help, I hope this goal can be achieved and this ambitious overhaul for the game can become a reality!
In the meantime, of course I will continue working on the 2.x versions in accordance with the

You must be registered to see the links

(next version v2.19 for example will add facial expressions for sex scenes, I will post detailed plans for that in a couple of days)
Thank you so much again for your support!

With your ideas on adding AI to this game will it affect performance allot? Will you need a more powerful pc to play this game after the update?

 

[Vinfamy]

With your ideas on adding AI to this game will it affect performance allot? Will you need a more powerful pc to play this game after the update?

No, cause the AI is more reliant on the CPU - which won't have much impact on performance as long as multi-threading is implemented (will do that soon). Most of the performance issues for Unreal Engine games come from bottlenecks with regards to the GPU which AI won't add to at all.
The overhaul will also add more 3d areas, but they won't be any more performance intensive than the 3d bedrooms - you'll get the same FPS.
In general though, I'm very much committed to keeping the game accessible to as many people as possible so I'm not going to do anything that makes any existing players have to upgrade their PC to play the game. If anything, I'm always trying to find ways to optimize the game further so more people with even weaker PCs can enjoy it.

bardo are you taking these actions at cinemas by any chance? I received a few freeze reports over the past couple of months about cinema freezes but was never able to reproduce the issue on my end.

 

[larsV]

Well i don't know what are you talking about exactly, but see this base gameplay are not on the top and i found them just like that, wait a minute, before the actions in game were placed in a normal postion, and then their positions (placments order) has changed and i don't know why... is this is why ? i should put all the official gamplay modules on the top before the mod modules ?
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did you use the installer ? if so don`t use it anymore it seems it be broke abit

 

[Vinfamy]

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First of all, thank you so much for everyone’s amazing support over the past couple of days! We’re already getting quite close to the $500 milestone so hopefully, with some more support, the upcoming v2.19 could even turn out to be the final v2.x update before our

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But first thing’s first, V2.19 will be an important update in its own right. It will address a common complaint about sex scenes: the characters all look like emotionless robots (or underpaid unmotivated pornstars!) going at it. It will also enhance the user friendliness of the sex scene UI. Here are the plans:
- Add dynamic animated facial expressions for all characters during sex scenes, especially focusing on movements of the eyes, brows, forehead and mouth.
- The facial expressions will increase in intensity as the characters get closer to cum, finally resulting in their ‘orgasm faces’ (eyes rolled back etc)
- Mouth movements will sync with the sex moans.
- Improve the sex action menu and reduce scrolling by adding new quick access buttons for the major categories of sex positions. Also, split the undressing and bondage options (a major cause of the endless scrolling) into a side menu and make these options more visual.
- Add auto scaling for the Mod Manager and Select City menus, so that thing no longer get cut out of the screen for less common screen dimensions like 4:3 and 16:10.
- Fix some problems with the textured maps added in v2.18 (most importantly, the unneccessary and time-consuming map regeneration after every scene that includes sex). Also, add a checkbox in the Select City menu for “Classic Map Graphics” for people who prefer performance / more accurate building sizes.
- Bug fixes, modders’ requests and other improvements
Estimated Release Date: Sat, 22 Feb (a release candidate for public beta testing to be released at least 48 hours in advance)

 

[Lostlegends]

This update is going to be amazing, I hope this is going to work out just the way you want. But to be honest I have seen this simple thing go very very wrong. Next week we will either be playing Lifeplay++, or Deathplay the zombie sex, horror sim from beyond the grave.
Goodluck Vinfamy, either way it will be an interesting week

 

[Lostlegends]

Vinfamy, Ok I am guessing you cannot clone from the player "Actor.cloneFrom(Player)" Dont suppose there is a way around this? I was playing with the idea of making changes to the player, but having the ability to revert them if they werent right. So clone the player, change the Clone, then either clone the Clone back to the Player "Player.cloneFrom(Actor)" or dump it.

 

[brigade29]

did you use the installer ? if so don`t use it anymore it seems it be broke abit

how is it broke a bit ? ( i had some mods installed manualy btw and i recently changed the mod periority, so all base game mods are in top, and then the other mods )

 

[brigade29]

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First of all, thank you so much for everyone’s amazing support over the past couple of days! We’re already getting quite close to the $500 milestone so hopefully, with some more support, the upcoming v2.19 could even turn out to be the final v2.x update before our

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But first thing’s first, V2.19 will be an important update in its own right. It will address a common complaint about sex scenes: the characters all look like emotionless robots (or underpaid unmotivated pornstars!) going at it. It will also enhance the user friendliness of the sex scene UI. Here are the plans:
- Add dynamic animated facial expressions for all characters during sex scenes, especially focusing on movements of the eyes, brows, forehead and mouth.
- The facial expressions will increase in intensity as the characters get closer to cum, finally resulting in their ‘orgasm faces’ (eyes rolled back etc)
- Mouth movements will sync with the sex moans.
- Improve the sex action menu and reduce scrolling by adding new quick access buttons for the major categories of sex positions. Also, split the undressing and bondage options (a major cause of the endless scrolling) into a side menu and make these options more visual.
- Bug fixes, modders’ requests and other improvements
Estimated Release Date: Sat, 22 Feb (a release candidate for public beta testing to be released at least 48 hours in advance)

is there any intention to improve the body graphics, because i noticed many times that there is parts of the body specially female that are not correct, for example and specially the vagina looks weird, is there any intention to improve that and add some vagina details, like many types of the vaginas ects :3 i hope u understand what i mean

 

[larsV]

how is it broke a bit ? ( i had some mods installed manualy btw and i recently changed the mod periority, so all base game mods are in top, and then the other mods )

well if you use it the base mod alway`s ends up at the bottom

 

[Vinfamy]

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Here are some sneak peek preview screenshots for the new system of animated facial expressions during sex scenes that will be introduced in the upcoming v2.19.