ustar

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The game has nice story plus music addition makes good atmosphere - that are the pluses of the game.
For the minuses:
making a save takes too much time (in another renpy games it's not noticable, but here is about 5 seconds of waiting) and the save file itself is about 10x larger than other renpy games (loaded into save game editor counted over 9,5k variables - is it necessary?). Also it looks like the game exhaustes the CPU cycles - 100% core usage just for displaying image and music which should be background - this all conludes to HUGE CODE MESS.
 
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pervher

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Looks like you should either copy the game folder to a different location (program files and game folder have special permission requirements sometimes) or try to run it as administrator.
Hi new Here i did try both ways an still can't get it run???
 

renegade1178

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I'm running the latest release in a Windows 10 virtual machine (Windows 10 2004 64bit in Virtualbox 6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04).
In a fresh game installation I get the following exception on start:

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In the game/db folder mentioned in the exception is a rules.inixx file, seems to be encrypted or hased or something, but no rules.ini.
 

Doejhn

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So, first time playing this.

Any tips on what to focus on when starting? Feels like there's a lot to do in the game but I'm not sure what to focus on at the beginning. I also don't know what is not implemented and not worth focusing on.
 

BupoTiling03-Retired

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I mentioned a while back a distaste for the DRM they were attempting to use. Been away from the forums for quite a long while (was essentially banned for speaking out against some douchebags) but someone needed some bug-fixing. Not interested in that but they also needed it to run on Linux. I mentioned that a while back too and it seems they haven't seen fit to provide that. Took about five minutes to determine what they did with the RPAs...or should I say RPAIs, another five minutes to determine what the DRM was doing specifically (kinda obvious when I saw the contents...) and just clean some things up. Now I need a file-host, 1.2GB. Anyone? Might just make a bash script to automate everything. Eh too lazy to add in packed zlibs for the Linux side of things, just someone find a free no-account file-host if you want it for Linux. Support the devs if you can and are into these kinds of games. Maybe they'll support Linux. Been quite a while and no dice but eh. They could at least compile and do their mmaker trick for Linux using the same logic they did for Windows...just need to NOT path-replace and simply include a GCC compile of the same mmaker...

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dbp5ca

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I mentioned a while back a distaste for the DRM they were attempting to use. Been away from the forums for quite a long while (was essentially banned for speaking out against some douchebags) but someone needed some bug-fixing. Not interested in that but they also needed it to run on Linux. I mentioned that a while back too and it seems they haven't seen fit to provide that. Took about five minutes to determine what they did with the RPAs...or should I say RPAIs, another five minutes to determine what the DRM was doing specifically (kinda obvious when I saw the contents...) and just clean some things up. Now I need a file-host, 1.2GB. Anyone? Might just make a bash script to automate everything. Eh too lazy to add in packed zlibs for the Linux side of things, just someone find a free no-account file-host if you want it for Linux. Support the devs if you can and are into these kinds of games. Maybe they'll support Linux. Been quite a while and no dice but eh. They could at least compile and do their mmaker trick for Linux using the same logic they did for Windows...just need to NOT path-replace and simply include a GCC compile of the same mmaker...

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You looking for a host for a DRM-free version?
 

BupoTiling03-Retired

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I cant open it using renpy on mac ... is it possible ?
The author has chosen currently to support only Windows (due to their DRM). I've added Linux support (might work on Mac?) but I'm looking for a file-host to upload to without an account, 1.2GB total. One download, all OS, no DRM. Solving a bug though related to the Slavers.
You looking for a host for a DRM-free version?
No, I removed the DRM and added Linux support. Looking for a host to upload it to, 1.2GB. I don't do "accounts" for most things. Meh.
I'm running the latest release in a Windows 10 virtual machine (Windows 10 2004 64bit in Virtualbox 6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04).
In a fresh game installation I get the following exception on start:

You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

In the game/db folder mentioned in the exception is a rules.inixx file, seems to be encrypted or hased or something, but no rules.ini.
The game normally runs Windows-only with a DRM that handles access to the ini files. It couldn't load the DRM. Needs to be able to run the executable found at ./lib/windows-i686/Lib/mmaxer.pyd. It is clean but its behavior typically triggers some AVs. I've run Linux and "a Windows Enterprise" with WinDefend+Cortana+Spying removed w/external firewalls, so I wouldn't know if WinDefend screwed with yours but it is worth looking at.

dvemail There is an issue in characters_on_screen, block starting at line "for a in Activities[doing_planning_for]:" as of 3.2.5_r2 (don't know about previous versions). First visit to Slavers, new game. Overriding hide_slaves_on_screen to True (set on line above) skips but shows a red-head. The error is different if Kreon is not in the party (below):
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I think it is from sp not being defined. I set it to 0 at the beginning of the block and no crash. Console showed it as undefined before and during the exception.
 
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Fate3D

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The author has chosen currently to support only Windows (due to their DRM). I've added Linux support (might work on Mac?) but I'm looking for a file-host to upload to without an account, 1.2GB total. One download, all OS, no DRM. Solving a bug though related to the Slavers.

No, I removed the DRM and added Linux support. Looking for a host to upload it to, 1.2GB. I don't do "accounts" for most things. Meh.

The game normally runs Windows-only with a DRM that handles access to the ini files. It couldn't load the DRM. Needs to be able to run the executable found at ./lib/windows-i686/Lib/mmaxer.pyd. It is clean but its behavior typically triggers some AVs. I've run Linux and "a Windows Enterprise" with WinDefend+Cortana+Spying removed w/external firewalls, so I wouldn't know if WinDefend screwed with yours but it is worth looking at.

dvemail There is an issue in characters_on_screen, block starting at line "for a in Activities[doing_planning_for]:" as of 3.2.5_r2 (don't know about previous versions). First visit to Slavers, new game. Overriding hide_slaves_on_screen to True (set on line above) skips but shows a red-head. The error is different if Kreon is not in the party (below):
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
I think it is from sp not being defined. I set it to 0 at the beginning of the block and no crash. Console showed it as undefined before and during the exception.
I'm a little bit confused...
The game (downloadable on page 1) is a DRM-free version?
If not: it works on Linux!
 

spsp24

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Man, reading all the previous comments and I really wonder why this game is made like this.
I do not know anything about programming but having a Ren'py based game packaged as a 'click-me' *exe file?
And all kinds of dependency on DRM Windows tricks?

There is probably a very good reason for all of this but for now I give this game a pass (there is just something in my head that says that you really shouldn't start an *.exe file you just downloaded via an obscure internet forum..;)

Too bad, it sounds like an actual game, instead of the 9999st 'Visual Novel' here.
 

renegade1178

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Thanks for your reply regarding WinDefender, BupoTiling03-Retired.

The author has chosen currently to support only Windows (due to their DRM). I've added Linux support (might work on Mac?) but I'm looking for a file-host to upload to without an account, 1.2GB total. One download, all OS, no DRM. Solving a bug though related to the Slavers.

No, I removed the DRM and added Linux support. Looking for a host to upload it to, 1.2GB. I don't do "accounts" for most things. Meh.

The game normally runs Windows-only with a DRM that handles access to the ini files. It couldn't load the DRM. Needs to be able to run the executable found at ./lib/windows-i686/Lib/mmaxer.pyd. It is clean but its behavior typically triggers some AVs. I've run Linux and "a Windows Enterprise" with WinDefend+Cortana+Spying removed w/external firewalls, so I wouldn't know if WinDefend screwed with yours but it is worth looking at.

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I tried again to start the game with WinDefender disabled (as much as it can be disabled), but still the same exception.
Not even a single usable information in the eventlog, at least for me.

Maybe it's due to the virtualized graphics card !?
I don't think so, as every other content is working within the VM.
 

dbp5ca

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Is Kana (the girl after Maeve in the cage) actually available for purchase? Is so, how do you go about unlocking her?
 
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