VN Ren'Py Luminary Protocol [v0.22] [Jubs Games]

[motseer]

Thank you. I had already tried to implement pausing on the final frame, using functions that are in renpy. But it got complicated and beyond my ability to code. I think there may be some fundamental incompatibilities with the way renpy does it and the .webm video format I'm using to keep the file size down. I certainly remember it being one of those things where it frustrated me at every turn with one error or issue after another. Which means I'd have to manually grab the final frame of every animation and add it as another image in game. That is problematic for a couple of reasons. One.. it's time consuming. I could probably work out how to use ffmpeg to do it automatically, but I'd have to work out how to use ffmpeg properly first, but then I'd also have to add in each final frame as a separate image and add it to the game. Its probably a good half day's work to do it. It would also add a lot of extra images into the game, which will add to the filesize. Which isn't too bad at the moment, but it's going to be a problem. Most VN's tend to stick to around 5gb chunks and this one is already at 3gb. I can cull a lot of the concept videos from the menu and replace them with actual videos from the game to help with that, but at around 300-500mb per update I'm going to be hitting that 5gb magic number by the end of the year.

I had a thought about this last night, which may or may not be helpful for you. What if you removed the last frame of an animation, and use that frame as the ending still image. There would be no increase in file size since it just changes from an animation frame to a still image. You are still ending the animation and calling an image just like before. It will naturally have the correct positioning since it had been part of the animation, so you are working around the renpy animation issues. The only potential drawback is how much work it is for you to remove the last frame from animations... Hopefully it's as easy to do as it is to say...

 

[Jubs!]

I had a thought about this last night, which may or may not be helpful for you. What if you removed the last frame of an animation, and use that frame as the ending still image. There would be no increase in file size since it just changes from an animation frame to a still image. You are still ending the animation and calling an image just like before. It will naturally have the correct positioning since it had been part of the animation, so you are working around the renpy animation issues. The only potential drawback is how much work it is for you to remove the last frame from animations... Hopefully it's as easy to do as it is to say...

I am looking into it again, as I would prefer it to work this way as well. I can apparently use ffmpeg to extract the last frame of videos it is processing as a batch. I could also manually do it using the mpc-hc video player. Then I just have to add a line of code after each video that adds that adds that image back in as a still. I'd probably also have to add all the sprites that were on screen prior to the video playing back in as well. I'll toy around with it for the next release and see how it works out.

 

[PumperFull]

Wow! Yeah, the renders drug me in, but, this is a case where ya stay for the story. Not done going through it yet, but man alive, very alluring. I can definitely see this grabbing people and keeping their attention. If you give this a few minutes from the start, you will be pulled along for the ride. Very nice work so far Jubs. Keep it going and I'm sure you'll have a crowd waiting for more.
Thanks for your hard work and dedication so far!!

 

[Magnifico]

developer

So will there be other tall female characters or just tall Futas?

 

[Jubs!]

developer

So will there be other tall female characters or just tall Futas?

Hmm, not really, she's tall for a woman, 6ft sort of height. There is likely to be at least one other woman who is that sort of height, but nothing that would be considered unusually tall.

 

[blurrypop]

So this is not an adult game like the rest of the games here? Guess I'll comeback after a year or two when sex scenes are being implemented. Cause if I'm looking for stories I've a huge backlog of great TV shows, I'd rather commit there.

 

[Idontplay]

We will not miss you.

Not yet, no. It is planned, wont be for a while though.

Tell me the futa scenes will be totally avoidable, please.
EDIT: I have found the answer in the opening post.

Anyway the game is very good and I will write my opinion after having played it for the second time.