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Burnout more than likely. He had been plugging away at this for a long time and it wouldn't surprise me if He got tired of it.
Unreal Engine Abandoned LifePlay [v2023.04 Stable] [Vinfamy]
Yet not even letting everyone know? Been about a year and a half since an update now and well over a year since any word. I think some of those (here too) if someone doesn't log out it will every so often say they're on.
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Maybe he's nervous about what to say, especially after so long. I would be if I dropped off the face of the earth. I'd rather let them have their privacy if so, they'll return if they want.
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Guys, have anyone tried
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https://f95zone.to/threads/lifeplay-v2023-04-stable-vinfamy.11321/post-13524059
BPRO MOD PACK
I use this, house extension included and it is a super mod.
Hello everyone. Just wanted to share an update on some information regarding that.
I'm not gonna lie, like most people here I was curious so my wife popped copious adderall and did some sleuthing. We found a few things which lead us down some forked paths, but here's the solid portion of what we found.
Vin apparently has still been doing work involving software development, but it has nothing to do with the game, more to do with AI generation. He made a Civitai Account in 2023 and has been liking packages from there as recently as 2 months ago.
Also of note, his original github mentioned he was a "FinTech Monkey". Grant Cardone-esque sales jargon which lead us to some Instagram and linkedin accounts of a FinTech and Anime enthusiast named Vin (which I will not share out of respect, and off the slight chance we were wrong), but if we *are* right, certain posts implied he had also taken a wife or companion of some sort, (who understandably may not be "down" with this kind of moonlighting.) Around the time of Vinfamy's disappearance.
I have never met the guy in real life, but with the wild speculations, with everything from illness, FBI Raids and simply just being dead, I had to find some semblance of truth. And I think I found some.
So what does this prove factually?
Vin is *not* fucking dead or in jail. He's working his job, playing with AI, and possibly even getting some splish splash. Is he coming back? Idk. I never met the guy and there's no way in shit I'm straight up messaging his supposed personals. I think it's safe to say whatever his reasoning is, whether good or bad, his happiness isn't in the game - or even game modding anymore. And that's cool. I'm not gonna knock the guy. I get it. I recently got engaged to my HS sweetheart. Sometimes your passions and interests change as a man. I'm honestly happy for him.
Where to go from here? Well I would stop speculating on whether or he comes back or not. All signs point to no and it seems he's all but ghosted other people who have worked on the game closely with him. All open source masters are on github and others working on it and abandoning it. With all due respect, He should always get a credit of some sort, but the game needs a full overhaul and someone else behind it. Period. If people keep picking up the code and tinkering with it once every 3 months; just biding their time, thinking maybe... *just maybe* Vin will return and explain his left-handed coding on the game, then the game will continue to stay in this state.
I'm not gonna lie, like most people here I was curious so my wife popped copious adderall and did some sleuthing. We found a few things which lead us down some forked paths, but here's the solid portion of what we found.
Vin apparently has still been doing work involving software development, but it has nothing to do with the game, more to do with AI generation. He made a Civitai Account in 2023 and has been liking packages from there as recently as 2 months ago.
Also of note, his original github mentioned he was a "FinTech Monkey". Grant Cardone-esque sales jargon which lead us to some Instagram and linkedin accounts of a FinTech and Anime enthusiast named Vin (which I will not share out of respect, and off the slight chance we were wrong), but if we *are* right, certain posts implied he had also taken a wife or companion of some sort, (who understandably may not be "down" with this kind of moonlighting.) Around the time of Vinfamy's disappearance.
I have never met the guy in real life, but with the wild speculations, with everything from illness, FBI Raids and simply just being dead, I had to find some semblance of truth. And I think I found some.
So what does this prove factually?
Vin is *not* fucking dead or in jail. He's working his job, playing with AI, and possibly even getting some splish splash. Is he coming back? Idk. I never met the guy and there's no way in shit I'm straight up messaging his supposed personals. I think it's safe to say whatever his reasoning is, whether good or bad, his happiness isn't in the game - or even game modding anymore. And that's cool. I'm not gonna knock the guy. I get it. I recently got engaged to my HS sweetheart. Sometimes your passions and interests change as a man. I'm honestly happy for him.
Where to go from here? Well I would stop speculating on whether or he comes back or not. All signs point to no and it seems he's all but ghosted other people who have worked on the game closely with him. All open source masters are on github and others working on it and abandoning it. With all due respect, He should always get a credit of some sort, but the game needs a full overhaul and someone else behind it. Period. If people keep picking up the code and tinkering with it once every 3 months; just biding their time, thinking maybe... *just maybe* Vin will return and explain his left-handed coding on the game, then the game will continue to stay in this state.
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Hope he comes back. This is such a great game.
But life comes first. Hope he's aight.
But life comes first. Hope he's aight.
Maybe.
The main game call the first names from a txt file, the last names are hardcoded within the sourcecode from A to Z, but can be overwrited with a name list within a profile file.
So if you or someone wants to edit those files, it's possible. This files located under \LifePlay\Content\Modules\vin_Base\Presets\ folder. Would be appropriate edit the files under the \phenotypes\ folder and merge they contents with the names. My presets are under the \LifePlay\Content\Modules\nn_PornEmpire\Body\Surnames\ for example (how should be look like, and what line should be copied and inserted), and I pulled the most popular surnames from the wiki if you looking for a source.
And the answer why the heck I don't make it universal is with a mod (or within my mod):
1. the surnames (or last names) are unisex (exept some counties) applied to any bodytype with the presets, the first names are not, they genderspecific and determine which txt is called for from the two fix names_M or names_F file
2. the charactergenerator always use default route to look up the default presets (excluding the moddability in this case) so this presets must be overwritten, the names txts are fix, and cannot be divide into ethnicity
The 'maybe' and the 'if' is the key in your dialog.
I'm one of the many who spend the time on the sourcecode and abandon it after 4 months of studying. (My facelifted sourcecode version can be found on the discord's modding chat, because I share that, hoping to someone can step further with it and saves a lot of time for herself)
So I wrote a short list of my consequences:
1. Vin did the coding of the game but get animations and other staff through his loverslab contacts (see the faq file under the modules folder) so it is not a one man band's game, and I didn't think he get this materials for free
2. overhaul the appearance of the game needs investments. There isn't usable free erotic contents (animations, models, props, clothings, etc) in the market so it's require a financial investment (without them what to add/replace/upgrade?)
3. the game engine is outdated, from this cannot use better models and newer technologies (visuals will suffer, content remains the same)
4. the builtin streetmap plugin is outdated, this means with a newer engine must be upgraded, and requires to be generate new maps because old ones are incompatible (around 190 premade map exist to the game)
5. with using the UE5 code must be to clean up (it's really messy) and repair, because key elements aren't working as intended (like the charactergeneration) and requires at least a very good coder with experience and knowledge in ue5
6. the ue4 engine will lose the support soon, so cannot be maintained too long, not with planning upgrades, or put something new to the game
7. existing animations isn't support some technologies like physic simulation, so no bouncing tits floating hairs or clotches with them on the future, and should be remade/replacing (to be clear requires animator knowledge)
8. this business model with commissions and periodic forced updates cannot be maintained too long in the future, the game is full of different content, imo unnecesary to add more without sense (and say nothing about they quality)
9. some programming concept reached they limits, must be rethink and if necessary remade
10. missing responses (or any form of communication) from the developer (knowledge of code pieces and their function and destination)
Etc..
So your "full overhaul and someone else behind it" theory are should consist from at least determination, knowledge, time, money and staff. It seems there isn't much applicant for this task, and I fully understand why. Anyone who tried bumped into at least one unbreakable/unresolvable limitation, and drop the project when something runs out from above. Someone said earlier is better worth remade from scratch, but this is only partly true.
So complaining this state of the game is understandable, but senseless (sry, no offend).
It would have been better if the dev finish and close it, but he abandoned it (no matter the reason why) leaving a mess. But it's a similar fiction with the 'if'. All respect to the dev but he is the one who decided the fate of his creation, all signs indicate that he doesn't want to deal with it anymore, and this is the fact atm.
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NPC character was boyfriend, and tried to break up, but would not allow. Deleted character, character not in contacts, but character still lives in house, shows up in scenes and but character still shows up in bedroom of house and polyamorous scenes, or contacts MC.
How to delete character?
How to delete character?
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