VN Ren'Py Moonripple Lake [v0.51] [BCG]

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blkcrow20

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kristo0086 said:
Well , you see , your opinion can be ignored . You only like one AI game. I wrote that it's subjective. For example, I don't like that my new girlfriend has narratives through different characters (younger sister, etc.)
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So can yours. Everyone has an opinion. What makes yours more important than anyone else's? We all have different tastes and preferences.
 
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__doublev__ said:
BananaCreamGames I did a bit more digging into the memory leak issue, and I think I figured out what’s causing it. After importing the game into my own Ren'Py setup and running some more thorough tests, it turns out the problem is with the underlying renderer Ren'Py uses,
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. Earlier this year, this library got a major update to version 3, and to keep older stuff like Ren'Py (which still uses SDL2) working, they introduced a compatibility layer called
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, and this seems to be the culprit. My system had both SDL3 and sdl2-compat installed, so all SDL2 apps (including Ren'Py) were being run through this layer. After I swapped it out for the original SDL2, the memory leak stopped. So yeah, turns out this wasn’t really an issue with the game at all, just a weird SDL + my system combo problem. Given that, I doubt this affects the Android version either.

Sorry for the false alarm!

P.S. Someone else seems to have reported a very similar issue to the Ren'Py devs, but since they didn’t know the root cause and the devs couldn’t reproduce it, it kinda went nowhere:
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Actually I'm on a phone and yes it is leaking memory hard, I didn't run a diagnostic test like you (thank you btw) but I saw it when I was running it and lowered the game to go look at my "apps running in the background" and it alone was using all of my ram and causing an out of memory error that literally was popping up inside the game during the scenes.

The error showed as a black screen with white letters saying out of memory (I told BCg about this with a different image before) instead of showing the Ferris wheel scene.... sometimes it wouldn't mess up though, and instead played normally (although still hella laggy).

So idk what's happening with the new update BCG dropped but I'll wait for it on here, after it's fixed for Android users.
 
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I usually avoid novellas built on frankly cartoonish renders, but here, in my opinion, the authors managed to find a balance. Interesting enough not to pass by.
 
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GetOutOfMyLab said:
He doesn't meet the requirements for the first "B" in "BBC". He has features of a Caucasian, but with darker skin... or Mexican or Middle Eastern. He doesn't behave like the typical BBC character. It's just not the same as what people who like that fetish typically go for. But hey, maybe I'm wrong and their only requirement is that the skin has to be dark. :unsure:
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Yeah he isn't particularly big down there, and he's not black either.
Apart from that one render that I didn't edit. He's like a tanned mulatto.
GetOutOfMyLab said:
Quite good with the Ren'Py stuff.
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Yeah that ConditionSwitch you mentioned really came in handy this update!
__doublev__ said:
BananaCreamGames I did a bit more digging into the memory leak issue, and I think I figured out what’s causing it. After importing the game into my own Ren'Py setup and running some more thorough tests, it turns out the problem is with the underlying renderer Ren'Py uses,
You must be registered to see the links
. Earlier this year, this library got a major update to version 3, and to keep older stuff like Ren'Py (which still uses SDL2) working, they introduced a compatibility layer called
You must be registered to see the links
, and this seems to be the culprit. My system had both SDL3 and sdl2-compat installed, so all SDL2 apps (including Ren'Py) were being run through this layer. After I swapped it out for the original SDL2, the memory leak stopped. So yeah, turns out this wasn’t really an issue with the game at all, just a weird SDL + my system combo problem. Given that, I doubt this affects the Android version either.

Sorry for the false alarm!

P.S. Someone else seems to have reported a very similar issue to the Ren'Py devs, but since they didn’t know the root cause and the devs couldn’t reproduce it, it kinda went nowhere:
You must be registered to see the links
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I'm glad you solved it, nice work tracking that down!
It might be causing issues on other's systems as well though. I'll update my renpySDK for future builds, hopefully that's solved.
 
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