VN Ren'Py Pecker PI [v0.5] [MrPocketRocket]

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Darkdevil66

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Case Log #18 Ch6

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Hello everyone! This past week was excellent in terms of progress. Scene 6 will be finished next time I sit down to render, no over promise...I promise. Current render count for chapter is 740. That is a little more than I imagined for 6 scenes. As I mentioned in earlier posts, this chapter will probably be shorter in terms of number of scenes, but same approximate length as chapter 5 (renders/words).

I played around with some AI generated image to video. Mostly to see what it's all about and to figure out if it's possible to enhance the AVN via AI. I know there is some real stigma with using AI, but I think it can be a an asset if used properly. I'm not in favor of low effort creation of any sort...to be clear. I work in a business that will be heavily affected by AI at some point and I am scared that there is no stopping it. So why tinker? Well, I figure that some of the applications are inevitable. Anyhow, the above is a image to video test from scene 5. It's a little goofy for sure. I think I will look into some AI enhanced animations. I've seen some that aren't bad, but I'm still not sold on it. So we shall see. In the meantime I will move forward per usual with Pecker and Daz, and I will enjoy it:)

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Darkdevil66 said:
Case Log #18 Ch6

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Hello everyone! This past week was excellent in terms of progress. Scene 6 will be finished next time I sit down to render, no over promise...I promise. Current render count for chapter is 740. That is a little more than I imagined for 6 scenes. As I mentioned in earlier posts, this chapter will probably be shorter in terms of number of scenes, but same approximate length as chapter 5 (renders/words).

I played around with some AI generated image to video. Mostly to see what it's all about and to figure out if it's possible to enhance the AVN via AI. I know there is some real stigma with using AI, but I think it can be a an asset if used properly. I'm not in favor of low effort creation of any sort...to be clear. I work in a business that will be heavily affected by AI at some point and I am scared that there is no stopping it. So why tinker? Well, I figure that some of the applications are inevitable. Anyhow, the above is a image to video test from scene 5. It's a little goofy for sure. I think I will look into some AI enhanced animations. I've seen some that aren't bad, but I'm still not sold on it. So we shall see. In the meantime I will move forward per usual with Pecker and Daz, and I will enjoy it:)

Cheers !
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Now see, something like that actually looks pretty good! I think one of the primary issues with AI animations is when there's no QC on them. If AI does its thing and you immediately pass it off and move it to your "done" list, you're almost for sure going to run into slop and screw-ups. AI should be used to assist, not to replace an artist's work. The shells do disappear sort of suddenly from mid-air, for example, but that doesn't look half bad. If AI doesn't get free rein on everything, I think it can be used effectively.
 
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Dear creator. Very little mistakes I did detect. This one you may have a look into when doing the update for the next chapter.
 
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-CookieMonster666- said:
Now see, something like that actually looks pretty good! I think one of the primary issues with AI animations is when there's no QC on them. If AI does its thing and you immediately pass it off and move it to your "done" list, you're almost for sure going to run into slop and screw-ups. AI should be used to assist, not to replace an artist's work. The shells do disappear sort of suddenly from mid-air, for example, but that doesn't look half bad. If AI doesn't get free rein on everything, I think it can be used effectively.
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I think you are absolutely correct.
 
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Is there a deeper meaning behind the developer giving 90 per cent of female characters blonde hair? I mean, at least in the case of African American and Asian women, it leaves a somewhat false, unnatural impression, doesn't it..? :sneaky:
 
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Is there a deeper meaning behind the developer giving 90 per cent of female characters blonde hair? I mean, at least in the case of African American and Asian women, it leaves a somewhat false, unnatural impression, doesn't it..? :sneaky:
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What are you talking about? Valerie has black hair; Victoria and Camille both have medium-to-dark brown hair with a few highlights; and Mayor Drake has black hair w/ some slight greying (I think). Amy (the Asian reporter) has lightened hair, but her frenemy Diane (also Asian) has black hair. Outside of non-Caucasians, you have Gabrielle with black hair; Danielle with black hair; Officer Johnson with dark brown hair; Mrs. Berg with dark brown hair; and Miss Landers (the speakeasy manager) with black hair.

There are many blondes, yes, but it's not even remotely close to 90%. It's more like 60–65%: the twins (Hannah and Grace); Josephine; Natasha; Lily (Natasha's sister); Sandra (the detective); Amy (mentioned above); Mrs. Gustavsson; the bartender at the Devils Toboggan (unnamed, IIRC); and Nurse Jennifer (from the MC's past). I might be missing one or two for either side, but it's not even close to as extreme as you make it sound.
 
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I didn't count them, tbh... That was just my first impression. Apart from that, most of them have fairly similar proportions. However, they're pleasing to the eye, or at least realistic. :geek:
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Camille, Victoria, and Vanessa are all three black women with dark hair. Amy is a single LI who is Asian and has light hair. Not sure where this pattern you said you were seeing is. :unsure: Maybe your sentence is just mushing two thoughts together: there are some ebony LIs, but the single Asian LI (Amy) has light hair, which feels wrong to you. But as it reads now, it sounds like you're pointing out a pattern among the ebony women that isn't there. It was just confusing when I read your post; I dunno what else to say about it.

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Pinsel3 said:
Dont forget YuJun, (the asian from the past) she has also black hair. (hope she will be present it soon in a update)
my top 5, not sure there all LIs

Josephine
Natasha
Amy
Drake
YuJun

Danielle and Camille also close, but just missed the tops
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I suppose anything is possible (since obviously I'm not the developer), but YuJun seems unlikely, since she was abroad in the war and not anywhere near the game's current setting. Still, immigration is a thing, so who knows?
 
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