VN Ren'Py Long Road Home [v10 Part 4 Beta Update 1] [OBDGames]

[Dimitri57]

You may be better off, in this currently upside down tech market, to just get a new machine than try to purchase a high end gpu. Also, the 3080 is actually better than the 3090. You'll double your vid ram to 24 GB and the gpu itself runs faster than the 3090. The only reason that I know this is because I was the fortunate recipient of my dear friend and mod authoring mentor Nicoroshi's old tower when he upgraded last year. He was able to upgrade everything by obtaining a new system rather than simply purchasing the new gpu, then gave me the deal of a lifetime on the tower he used to learn mod making and build hundreds of mods for Obivion and Skyrim. He only paid a few hundred more to get an entire new system with water cooled i9 that he has clocked over 5 Ghz, 32 GB sys ram and the 3080 with 24 GB dedicated vid ram. The 3080 alone would've been three grand and the price differential to get the new system was maybe an additional 10%. Pretty sure Nico went through newegg.com. I hate to see folks, especially those I consider to be my friends, overpay for things when they could've had more value for a similar price point. Nico and I both use the Samsung 24" curved monitor with top quality 1080p picture. But, I asked why he was using a 1080p monitor with his 4k compatible machine and said I almost went with the 32" Samsung curved monitor but didn't because it would've been a waste of it's 4k abilities and was twice the price. However, once I put that seed in his mind... next thing I knew... he purchased the 32" and added it as a dual monitor setup running his game on the 4k monitor and using the 1080p monitor for system monitoring and skyping with me while playing on the bigger screen.

Just a few helpful hints from my humble experience, brother.
Adventure ever on, Phat

Your buddy's system is very similar to my last build. I went with a water cooled i9-9900K (I don't OC anymore due to smoking a couple CPU's in the past ) with 64 GB Ram to be able to CPU render. It does ok, but GPU rendering is much faster. Daz will switch to CPU rendering if you run out of VRAM. I love my 32" LG curved monitor. (Great for old eyeballs...). I'm still running a RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB VRAM GPU. I'll have to look at the specs between 3080 and 3090's as far as rendering goes. Good gaming performance does not necessarily mean good rendering performance. I do know the number of CUDA cores make a big difference.

 

[PapaPhat]

Your buddy's system is very similar to my last build. I went with a water cooled i9-9900K (I don't OC anymore due to smoking a couple CPU's in the past ) with 64 GB Ram to be able to CPU render. It does ok, but GPU rendering is much faster. Daz will switch to CPU rendering if you run out of VRAM. I love my 32" LG curved monitor. (Great for old eyeballs...). I'm still running a RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB VRAM GPU. I'll have to look at the specs between 3080 and 3090's as far as rendering goes. Good gaming performance does not necessarily mean good rendering performance. I do know the number of CUDA cores make a big difference.

I'm no tech expert... at least not any longer. I learned computer technology when Win3.0 was the hot ticket, we were marvelling at the new smaller floppy and most data was stored on tape drive in a central main frame. I worked in sales for IBM and GoDaddy.com in the early 2000's but these days I can no longer keep up. I do know that the water cooler is instrumental in running an OC though. I have Nico's old tower with a water cooled i7 with base 2.7 Ghz, clocked to 3.4 Ghz. Nico has an i9 with a water cooler that he has clocked to well over 5 Ghz. Both run as cool as a cucumber but that could be the difference between full game rendering vs playing games and making models for game mods. Since you already have a great system, you may wish to put off any purchase until the next series is released. Nico isn't the only friend I have that opted to go 3080 and wait for what will come after the 3090. But, I only make suggestions, not demands. The choices are always yours to make. Just so you have an idea of what Nico and I do... I specialize in making characters, he makes weapons and with a bit of encouragement from me he's making some killer shield now too. Examples in the spoiler below...

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Adventure ever on dear friend, Phat

 

[PapaPhat]

I agree. I haven't been slacking on game progress, but I do drop the ball on Patreon status updates sometimes. Unlike here, they tend to be a quiet bunch. The party and after party are the big events for 0.9.0. (I hope MC has enough stamina... ) Then I have 5 ancillary events slated. I'm slogging along. I have just over 350 still images rendered and 35 animations done. Inside baseball info, the party is a big scene with a lot of Gen 8 characters in it. Loading the scene in Daz and rendering is really slow with that many resources in the shots.

I'd love to give a solid date of when 0.9.0 will be done, but I don't want to be tagged as a "The dog ate my homework" dev. We have my elderly mother living with us and she is scheduled for heart surgery tomorrow. It's a simple procedure according to the surgeon, but you never know.

Tats: Spoiler alert! I'm not larping, I am a lifelong biker. Mine had bright colors when I got them, but they have turned mostly blue/black over time. Probably my fault since I've exposed them to a lot of sunlight over the years. As for MC, I'm using tats that came with that character. They are all black. I may look at if I can add some color to them. I'm not the best at modding assets, but I was able to modify a plain black vest asset to make the Rogue and Minion vests. I have other tattoo assets with color also.

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Stay safe and take care all

One last thing...

You mentioned Gen 8 character rendering...

When I searched Gen 8 characters the results were all fucking Pokemon! Aaaah! I hate anime with grand passion! So, I refined my search to "realistic Gen 8 character renders" and was rather pleased with the examples I saw. As a general rule, the more realistic the characters are rendered, the more I like them. However, anything above 1080p is wasted on my machines and may cause loading errors or even go full on pixelated mess. I ran Long Road Home initially on my old laptop with only 2GB dedicated video ram with zero issues. She runs even better on my tower with a 6 GB 1060 card. I can get away with 1440p video, game renders and blue ray disk but 4k animations tend to stutter into a slide show or just go into a boxy, pixelated mess. Please keep us potato farming, knuckle dragging, cave dwellers in mind as your rendering prowess increases and you venture forth with your specs that make NASA engineers jealous, please.

Loving the game so far, brother! Adventure ever on, Phat

 

[Zerek244]

Honestly, one of the best games on this site. Just finished my third playthrough and cant wait for more. Took me like 12 hours already (or so).

Insanely good looking girls/women, MC that isnt a soy-boy and 1% biker club is a nice touch.

 

[EfontMan]

MC that isnt a soy-boy

Definitely a plus. It's depressing how many MCs are spineless little bitches.

 

[Zerek244]

Definitely a plus. It's depressing how many MCs are spineless little bitches.

It really is depressing. Most of the games on this site already has 2/3(Whether its money, body or dick) going for the MC, and he still is a little soy-boy basically asking permission to eat his own booger.

 

[JustPeekin]

Nice, looks like 9.0 is making good progress. Can't wait to see what happens next.


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[Dimitri57]

I'm no tech expert... at least not any longer. I learned computer technology when Win3.0 was the hot ticket, we were marvelling at the new smaller floppy and most data was stored on tape drive in a central main frame. I worked in sales for IBM and GoDaddy.com in the early 2000's but these days I can no longer keep up. I do know that the water cooler is instrumental in running an OC though. I have Nico's old tower with a water cooled i7 with base 2.7 Ghz, clocked to 3.4 Ghz. Nico has an i9 with a water cooler that he has clocked to well over 5 Ghz. Both run as cool as a cucumber but that could be the difference between full game rendering vs playing games and making models for game mods. Since you already have a great system, you may wish to put off any purchase until the next series is released. Nico isn't the only friend I have that opted to go 3080 and wait for what will come after the 3090. But, I only make suggestions, not demands. The choices are always yours to make. Just so you have an idea of what Nico and I do... I specialize in making characters, he makes weapons and with a bit of encouragement from me he's making some killer shield now too. Examples in the spoiler below...

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Adventure ever on dear friend, Phat

Damn Phat my Skyrim never looked that fucking good. You guys have done some amazing stuff! Hat off bro. Ya better quit teasing me with this. You're tempting me to reload Skyrim. If I do that, I'll never finish 0.9.0!

 

[EfontMan]

Most of the games on this site already has 2/3(Whether its money, body or dick) going for the MC

Perhaps we can put it down to poor blood flow. Since literally every male MC has a horse cock, clearly their brain is lacking sufficient oxygenation.

 

[PapaPhat]

Damn Phat my Skyrim never looked that fucking good. You guys have done some amazing stuff! Hat off bro. Ya better quit teasing me with this. You're tempting me to reload Skyrim. If I do that, I'll never finish 0.9.0!

You better finish this game, brother!!! Don't make me come hunt you down like Rambo with my bow!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
(totally kidding, of course)
TBH, you would break my heart to not be able to finish this game. So, please control that Skyrim craving until between Long Road and whatever comes after, okay? I'll be glad to fill you in on the mods I use... I'll even share my presets...

...and, teach you how to play a tune in character...

...even if you are a crazy Khajiit! Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Adventure ever on brother, Phat

Khajiit has wares if this one has coin... May your roads lead you to warm sands, my friend.

 

[MaxTheDark]

My god, I've downloaded the game over a month ago and I'm still at the part where Tracy took you to changing room, because after merely few lines of dialogue I need to close the game down and play something to cleanse my palate... Jesus Christ, what an unbearable slog of terribly written, pretentious dialogue. I hope it gets better.

 

[Dimitri57]

My god, I've downloaded the game over a month ago and I'm still at the part where Tracy took you to changing room, because after merely few lines of dialogue I need to close the game down and play something to cleanse my palate... Jesus Christ, what an unbearable slog of terribly written, pretentious dialogue. I hope it gets better.

It doesn't. Delete it immediately. I won't be held responsible for you choking on your soy milk...

 

[Sharktopus13]

My god, I've downloaded the game over a month ago and I'm still at the part where Tracy took you to changing room, because after merely few lines of dialogue I need to close the game down and play something to cleanse my palate... Jesus Christ, what an unbearable slog of terribly written, pretentious dialogue. I hope it gets better.

Oh you poor, poor snowflake. Don't you worry I'm sure one day a thousand monkeys, working on a thousand typewriters will print something more suitable for your poor palette. And if not monkeys produce something else on a daily basis that you are more deserving of.

 

[Sharktopus13]

Your buddy's system is very similar to my last build. I went with a water cooled i9-9900K (I don't OC anymore due to smoking a couple CPU's in the past ) with 64 GB Ram to be able to CPU render. It does ok, but GPU rendering is much faster. Daz will switch to CPU rendering if you run out of VRAM. I love my 32" LG curved monitor. (Great for old eyeballs...). I'm still running a RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB VRAM GPU. I'll have to look at the specs between 3080 and 3090's as far as rendering goes. Good gaming performance does not necessarily mean good rendering performance. I do know the number of CUDA cores make a big difference.

While all the "tech specs" are beyond me, I don't need them to recognize the quality of what you give us. As long as you are happy with what you produce I'm sure the "non tech savvy" of us are grateful for the Time, effort, and stress it probably sometimes causes you. Can't wait for 9.0, you are one of my top three games I'm always chomping at the bit waiting for the update, because of either a cliffhanger, or the story is just to damn engaging. Right now LRH is tied with Artemis, and Single Again.

 

[Wolfeszorn]

Dunno how often i played through the game by now. I just can´t get enough of all the girls.

NEED.UPDATE.NOW Reeee

 

[assman1337]

can someone check and tell me does the last scene is where della figures out who reba is ? as of 0.8.5
my folder was 0.8.0 and i downloaded 0.8.5 it is possible i used an upgrade patch earlier.... but i just want to confirm

 

[Reniere]

0.8.5 is 0.8.0 with fixes nothing new

can someone check and tell me does the last scene is where della figures out who reba is ? as of 0.8.5
my folder was 0.8.0 and i downloaded 0.8.5 it is possible i used an upgrade patch earlier.... but i just want to confirm

 

[Reniere]

0.8.5 is 0.8.0 with fixes nothing new

assman1337

New for 0.8.5 Added EZ-Mode switch.

Allows you to toggle on/off the in-game walkthrough, scene skipping menus, and in-game developer comments.
It is enabled by default. You can disable it in the Preferences Menu

Added more sound effects and music tracks.
Fixed typos and coding errors.

everything in it.

 

[Gibro]

I can't wait till 9.0, this game is awesome.

 

[Mohawk01]

May 26 at 2:57 PM
Long Road Home 0.9.0 Progress Update

Hello all,

Progress so far on 0.9.0 is,

350 still images rendered

35 animations

1000 lines of code and text

The party and after party at Stan and Della's place are the big events for 0.9.0. (I hope MC has enough stamina...) It won't be just drinking, dancing and debauchery. Although, nothing wrong with that. There will be a big reveal and background information learned about several characters.

I also have 5 ancillary events slated for 0.9.0, but that may go up since I have a couple of events that I'd like to get in before 1.0.0

As always, your support and encouragement is very much appreciated.

Here are a few images from 0.9.0