Yeah, the RAM's arrived. Now it builds an APK. It just puts the resources in there TWICE, and the APK is unusable. That might explain why the build was exploding in RAM too. Ren'py clean install didn't solve it. I'm investigating further.
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That sucks. I hope you get it figured out soon. We're being cock blocked by Android!
Noob question, you can't build an Web version, and put it on a website like itch.io for the Android player ? So they can wait for an android version.
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Wouldn't it be easier to just release the game and let the community make there own android port? Then you can look into how to build an android port while you make the next version. Or look up android request on here visit the thread and speak to one of the many android porters we have here they may be able to help you.
Do you how hard it is to clean franks and bean off a computer screen? Next time PLEASE pout something like this in a spoiler with a title like "put down your beverage or swallow your food before reading".
Damn! Screen's clean but I still can't stop laughing
I think this is actually a very reasonable suggestion. To clarify, NR really hates people who make android ports from his game and charge for it. But there is an entire armada of android porters on F95 that would be glad to do this port and post it in the thread. NR could either use that port, or just temporarily link to it before he finishes his own. At this point I think that hatred for android porters is becoming a bit irrational. No matter what is done, there will always be people trying to profit from other people's work. The only way to completely stop it is by not releasing the game, ever.
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Developer has already addressed questions and suggestions like these in several previous posts. Do a thread search if you want more info, but the bottom line is - everyone will get their version at the same time - Windows/Linux, MAC, Droid.
Remember, patience is a virtue.
Although it rarely feels like it at the time... You know I'm right...
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Reminds me of an old saying that goes something like this.
The early bird catches the worm.
On the other hand the lazy cat eats the bird and goes back to sleep.
And if you have a cat you know what "patience is a virtue" truly means.
This lazy ass fur ball will only move for three things.
Food (royal can opener job)
Something is moving. Fur ball will kill it. Including you.
Cardboard boxes. Fur ball must sleep in it to test maximum comfort efficiency.
Get a cat folks You either learn patience or how to get ninja reflexes to avoid her paws.
A good pussy is always hard to come by, but almost any pussy can drive you crazy.
I swear, if this whole "RAM" thing is so naughtyroad can add this dad joke, I will turn into a trans-dimensional bear and attack the Netherlands.
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I'm surprised he only had 16GB ram. I've always assumed you needed a lot of RAM to render the more complex scenes.
Also, why get RAM when you can get BEAR?
BEAR is more advanced than RAM and by far the better product. RAM just spends it's days hitting their heads against the wall. Not doing anything but giving you a headache, as we all know.
Meanwhile, BEAR, aka "Barely Even A Renderer" can render an entire game in roughly 5 months of hibernation. Can't beat that efficiency.
Also, why get RAM when you can get BEAR?
BEAR is more advanced than RAM and by far the better product. RAM just spends it's days hitting their heads against the wall. Not doing anything but giving you a headache, as we all know.
Meanwhile, BEAR, aka "Barely Even A Renderer" can render an entire game in roughly 5 months of hibernation. Can't beat that efficiency.
Since 7.4.9 if you have any archives n the external files directory then they will automatically be added to the build - which would definitely muck it up.. I wonder if this might be happening
Issue didn't turn out to be RAM at all, but path names that were too long, silently failing when it tried to move assets during the build, which led to a lot of trash remaining in the RAPT asset directory (which led to the buid jvm exploding in memory etc.).
Now the cause is fixed, the builds are quite well behaved and fast again, and the RAM upgrade wasn't needed after all (other than that it helped me actually complete a build, find a curiously bloated APK as the result, and from there work my way back to the cause).
As to previous suggestions for handing it to the community to fix, well in this case a) they would have run into the same issue and b) a dev needs to be able to support his own product.
Now the cause is fixed, the builds are quite well behaved and fast again, and the RAM upgrade wasn't needed after all (other than that it helped me actually complete a build, find a curiously bloated APK as the result, and from there work my way back to the cause).
As to previous suggestions for handing it to the community to fix, well in this case a) they would have run into the same issue and b) a dev needs to be able to support his own product.
What you want for rendering is VRAM and cuda cores, e.g. the memory and processors on your graphics card. With two NVLinked 2070Supers I got that covered, at least for my needs. CPU and RAM aren't really all that important.
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May take a while to upload it so probably end of today unless naughtyroad decides to go on a 48 break just to fuck with us.
I have to admit, the resulting meltdown in here would be at least as fun as playing the update itself.