Unity Completed Man of the House [v1.0.2c Extra] [Faerin]

[Robwood]

That's ... not much, even for a 13 year old system.

While Windows 7 basically only needs 2 GB to run, it is recommended to use at least 4GB, better 8GB (twice as much if you work with a 64Bit version of the operating system instead of 32 Bit).
Big Brother only requires about 400MB RAM itself, but if you have drivers, an AV software and maybe some other tools running in the background, you run out of physical memory quite fast and that's when your laptop becomes very slow, because he tries to get more memory for your applications by cycling through them and writes/loads data to and from a file on the hard disk, using it basically as RAM emulation (so to say, I don't want to get into paging here).
Also, if your Laptop was a low price modela and uses shared video ram (the graphic card has no own RAM but uses the system RAM), a lot is already lost just for displaying something.

Check your RAM status in the task manager. If it's close to 100%, you need to find a way to reduce RAM usage - or install an expansion module.

To answer some points: yes, the computer is cheap. When I bought it in 2009, it was only $500. The laptop is a Compaq Presario CQ50, which originally came with Windows Vista Home Premium (now upgraded to Windows 7 Professional, the latest it's able to run). My graphics card is an Intel Pentium Dual CPU T3200 @ 2.00 GHz on a 64-bit operating system. As for the RAM, you're right on the money:



It seems that I'm too poor now to be able to play games on it.

Do external harddrives come with their own RAM or do they feed off of the computer? I'm just wondering if changing the game's storage area would improve performance. The answer to that is most likely no, but I'm asking anyway.

 

[ZenGarden]

To answer some points: yes, the computer is cheap. When I bought it in 2009, it was only $500. The laptop is a Compaq Presario CQ50, which originally came with Windows Vista Home Premium (now upgraded to Windows 7 Professional, the latest it's able to run). My graphics card is an Intel Pentium Dual CPU T3200 @ 2.00 GHz on a 64-bit operating system. As for the RAM, you're right on the money:

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It seems that I'm too poor now to be able to play games on it.

Do external harddrives come with their own RAM or do they feed off of the computer? I'm just wondering if changing the game's storage area would improve performance. The answer to that is most likely no, but I'm asking anyway.

Is it 32 or 64 bit Windows? Just because your CPU handles 64-bit doesn't mean your Win install matches that.

External hard drives do not come with RAM.

 

[undefiniert]

Do external harddrives come with their own RAM or do they feed off of the computer? I'm just wondering if changing the game's storage area would improve performance. The answer to that is most likely no, but I'm asking anyway.

They don't come with RAM, as they also don't need RAM in and itself. They use a small amount of system RAM due to drivers and stuff but that is something entirely different.

To your screenshot: Is the game running at that time? Or is that the "idle" state of your computer? If it's last, something is DEFINETLY wrong here. Configuration wise I mean!

 

[Nemo56]

To answer some points: yes, the computer is cheap. When I bought it in 2009, it was only $500. The laptop is a Compaq Presario CQ50, which originally came with Windows Vista Home Premium (now upgraded to Windows 7 Professional, the latest it's able to run). My graphics card is an Intel Pentium Dual CPU T3200 @ 2.00 GHz on a 64-bit operating system. As for the RAM, you're right on the money:

It seems that I'm too poor now to be able to play games on it.

Do external harddrives come with their own RAM or do they feed off of the computer? I'm just wondering if changing the game's storage area would improve performance. The answer to that is most likely no, but I'm asking anyway.

The above statement that external drives don't have RAM is not completely accurate, since they - as almost all external devices - have a small memory for caching data and for programming the motors and stuff. But it's usually not called "RAM", even if de facto it is. But no, they don't access the computer's main memory in any way.
Hard drives, USB sticks and stuff are 'external devices', they communicate with your computer through read/write commands and don't care at all who gives the command. They don't know zip about your machine.

What bothers me most, is that you have a 64 bit system running on a 3GB machine, that's quite suicidal. Usually I would recommend to switch to 32 Bit, but people now start to only release 64 Bit versions of their programs, so these would not run on your machine at all in that case.
Let's face it, your CPU is slow as well, but I think the biggest problem for your machine for low performance games and applications is the main memory. If you know someone who knows a little about Laptops and is aware that there are different types of memory modules, visit him and let him check if it's possible to put more RAM in your machine. If not, then visit a local store.
Since it's so old, the modules usually only to be found on the second hand market, many times you'll have to buy on Ebay from chinese sellers who make a living from buying old hardware and sell to people like you (or me, I put more RAM for page caching into my network printer, had to order it from China). They are not all too expensive however. Depending on the model (the memory module, not the laptop) it's possible to get 8GB for 40 to 50 bucks.

 

[Robwood]

Is it 32 or 64 bit Windows?

If I'm interpreting your question correctly, then it's 64. The computer started off as 64-bit with the original OS.

To your screenshot: Is the game running at that time? Or is that the "idle" state of your computer? If it's last, something is DEFINETLY wrong here. Configuration wise I mean!

That is without the game running. My Firefox browser was open at the time, though, if that means anything. Here's what it looks like when the browser isn't running:



And to answer a probable question about to be asked, yes, my browser was running at the time that I tried to play the game. I leave my browser open, but minimized, throughout the entire day whenever I'm not using it.

 

[ZenGarden]

If I'm interpreting your question correctly, then it's 64. The computer started off as 64-bit with the original OS.


That is without the game running. My Firefox browser was open at the time, though, if that means anything. Here's what it looks like when the browser isn't running:

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And to answer a probable question about to be asked, yes, my browser was running at the time that I tried to play the game. I leave my browser open, but minimized, throughout the entire day whenever I'm not using it.

If FireFox is killing ALL of your available RAM like that, I would consider adding some.

Also, again: Your upgrade to Win 7 may NOT have been 64-bit (it doesn't automatically match the architecture of the CPU OR the prior OS version). This is important because a 64-bit version of Windows can handle more RAM than the 32-bit counterpart.

If it truly is 64, you can add some more RAM and MIGHT be able to play the game. As stated before, it should be pretty cheap to find 2x4Gb SO-DIMMS if they are available.

If it's 32, you MAX at 4Gb RAM total, so you won't gain much.

 

[TheDevian]

If I'm interpreting your question correctly, then it's 64. The computer started off as 64-bit with the original OS.


That is without the game running. My Firefox browser was open at the time, though, if that means anything. Here's what it looks like when the browser isn't running:

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And to answer a probable question about to be asked, yes, my browser was running at the time that I tried to play the game. I leave my browser open, but minimized, throughout the entire day whenever I'm not using it.

Firefox has a bit of a memory leak, I suggest restarting it before you play at minimum.

 

[pp1998]

Where's the pregnant content ?

 

[cklaubur]

Where's the pregnant content ?

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[Cartageno]

Where's the pregnant content ?

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[pp1998]

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Wtf, thats it ?

 

[Nemo56]

Wtf, thats it ?

yep.

 

[colween]

Hello,
I really like to play an replay this game, it's one of my favorites.
Since I don't like grind, I made a very little mod to play it without losing too much time (and without using cheat menu).

Features:
- Every positive action on NPC stats (love, respect...) gives you the maximum number of point this action is "allowed" to, the first time you do it.
(So you don't have to repeat an action until it doesn't give you points anymore).
- Money added x3 (just a multiplier)

I don't know if you guys will use it, but with it I can finally replay this game without feeling like a complete cheater

I find the game more enjoyable this way, but it's a personal taste

Game version:
1.0.2c extra

Install:
backup (for uninstall) and replace Assembly-CSharp.dll in "man of the house_Data\Managed" folder.

Uninstall:
Replace the file by your backup.

Edit: removed, wild modding isn't a good idea

 

[undefiniert]

Features:
- Every positive action on NPC stats (love, respect...) gives you the maximum number of point the first time you do it.
(So you don't have to repeat an action until it doesn't give you points anymore, but only if you want to do).

If you use stuff like that and just max out stats on the girls, you may never be able to visit them since some locations are opened by a trigger due to actions when you reach an exact point of a specific stat.

- Money added x3 (just a multiplier)

There's an "add money" button in the phone -> debug app already? This seems to be kind of useless :/

 

[colween]

If you use stuff like that and just max out stats on the girls, you may never be able to visit them since some locations are opened by a trigger due to actions when you reach an exact point of a specific stat.

There's an "add money" button in the phone -> debug app already? This seems to be kind of useless :/

I don't max out the stats, I only give the maximum number of points the current action is "allowed" to (I edited my post to be more specific).
I tested it, it seems to work since I use the game mechanic respect the current action stat limit.
For the money, you are right, but I prefer to work (less) to make money instead of using cheat menu.

Thanks for your comments btw

 

[Sycho]

I don't max out the stats, I only give the maximum number of points the current action is "allowed" to (I edited my post to be more specific).
I tested it, it seems to work since I use the game mechanic respect the current action stat limit.
For the money, you are right, but I prefer to work (less) to make money instead of using cheat menu.

Thanks for your comments btw

Sweet! So you won't mind fixing any bugs in players' saves this mod may cause? Because we'll refuse anyone who uses it any game/tech support.

 

[colween]

Sweet! So you won't mind fixing any bugs in players' saves this mod may cause? Because we'll refuse anyone who uses it any game/tech support.

The way it is done, I don't think it can do any harm in game saves or break anything, but you are right, I can't be sure unless I check the whole code.
I thought it would be a good idea to share it since I'm really enjoying the game more like this, but I was wrong obviously. So I'm removing it. Sorry, for the inconvenience, I love this game and I didn't want to spoil anything anyhow to anyone...
I may be a developer, but I'm newbie here so forgive me, I didn't meant to disrespect the work this game required.
Wild modding is bad, I get it now.
Next time I'll ask the blessing of the game creators before, I promise!

Cya

 

[Sycho]

The way it is done, I don't think it can do any harm in game saves or break anything, but you are right, I can't be sure unless I check the whole code.
I thought it would be a good idea to share it since I'm really enjoying the game more like this, but I was wrong obviously. So I'm removing it. Sorry, for the inconvenience, I love this game and I didn't want to spoil anything anyhow to anyone...
I may be a developer, but I'm newbie here so forgive me, I didn't meant to disrespect the work this game required.
Wild modding is bad, I get it now.
Next time I'll ask the blessing of the game creators before, I promise!

Cya

We can't stop people from making mods for the games, but we have seen the issues they have caused in the past. Therefore we have a standing policy that anyone who uses an unsupported mod for this game or Faerin's current game, we will refuse to even look at their saves.

When it comes to MotH, OTOH, the girls' stats and flags are tied to the hints, so the slightest change to either one of the two (or even both) changes the hints and causes bugs in the saves.

 

[Cartageno]

The way it is done, I don't think it can do any harm in game saves or break anything, but you are right, I can't be sure unless I check the whole code.
I thought it would be a good idea to share it since I'm really enjoying the game more like this, but I was wrong obviously. So I'm removing it. Sorry, for the inconvenience, I love this game and I didn't want to spoil anything anyhow to anyone...
I may be a developer, but I'm newbie here so forgive me, I didn't meant to disrespect the work this game required.
Wild modding is bad, I get it now.
Next time I'll ask the blessing of the game creators before, I promise!

Cya

As just a reader and non-team member: Don't take it the wrong way, the mod sounds like a decent idea and you seem to at least know that you cannot increase points infinitely. And it certainly is a nice idea to share it.

Why you've met so much resistance here is mostly because in many games on here - this one less so but Faerin's new project is a good example, but also many more like DeLuca and others - people post mods which break the game and those downloading them will blame the creator. Not the creator of the mod but the creator of the game. Often even the mod creator chimes in with lines of, and I kid you not, "sure, my mod introduced impossible values, but you should have safeguarded against that". And players would ask of Faerin (and by extension Sycho and some others working with him) how to fix an issue they don't even have access to in the code.

You certainly don't need the creator's blessing but it is a bit better with a larger project to open a mod thread so people will at least know where to find help. But there's no reason to feel bad at all.

 

[colween]

We can't stop people from making mods for the games, but we have seen the issues they have caused in the past. Therefore we have a standing policy that anyone who uses an unsupported mod for this game or Faerin's current game, we will refuse to even look at their saves.

When it comes to MotH, OTOH, the girls' stats and flags are tied to the hints, so the slightest change to either one of the two (or even both) changes the hints and causes bugs in the saves.

As just a reader and non-team member: Don't take it the wrong way, the mod sounds like a decent idea and you seem to at least know that you cannot increase points infinitely. And it certainly is a nice idea to share it.

Why you've met so much resistance here is mostly because in many games on here - this one less so but Faerin's new project is a good example, but also many more like DeLuca and others - people post mods which break the game and those downloading them will blame the creator. Not the creator of the mod but the creator of the game. Often even the mod creator chimes in with lines of, and I kid you not, "sure, my mod introduced impossible values, but you should have safeguarded against that". And players would ask of Faerin (and by extension Sycho and some others working with him) how to fix an issue they don't even have access to in the code.

You certainly don't need the creator's blessing but it is a bit better with a larger project to open a mod thread so people will at least know where to find help. But there's no reason to feel bad at all.

Thank you both for the explanations.
I don't take it the wrong way, far from it, but I can't help feeling bad about it. I feel like shit when I realize that I disrespected someone's work (even when it's unintentional), especially when it's about people/work I respect dearly.
Those discussions made me grow, no hard feelings.