mbmb Just want to thank you for latest release it is really good update. It is good to see new systems working like the airport and nationalities have an actual impact. Also director traits seem good. I'll look into renewing my patreon again.
If you are looking at bugs one I have noticed was that custom npcs can be duplicated by visiting a foreign country if they have all interactions in a location that is in the first map (like store, bar, ...) and saving/reloading while on that map. Haven't tested enough if that also happens to the official special npcs.
You can also escape the international sandbox to the production area by using the "manual production" button and exiting again. Though not sure if that is error or not but since button is removed from the office area when traveling.
ok thanks
This is my favorite update so far.
Unfortunately, something I ran into stopped me in my tracks.
When signing a contract with a girl, she still refuses to do what she is contracted to do because her depravity is too low. Which pretty much kills the game cause there is still no real way to increase depravity past a certain point that I know of.
The new contract system is just too expensive. Unless I'm a dumbass and my calculator lied to me, it just doesn't add up. The only way I could make it work is by recruiting girls at tier 0 pay with a 10% chance of success and then signing them the same day for 2 years doing only 1 type of scene, and even then I wasn't sure I'd make a return on the investment.
I'm still having a lot of trouble with the production. I can't figure out exactly the problem, but the auto-fill just doesn't seem to fill the studios. I understand that there are a bunch of factors involved, but I'd like to see a contingency implemented where these available slots are filled by any means.
I can recruit girls just fine, where I struggle is finding men... Honestly, you should be able to step outside and grab anyone to fill this role. So I set my PA to recruit male models. The tooltip says it'll take three days (72 hours) to find a male. Sometimes it takes 5 days, other times it takes 20, and other times it takes 10 while three men show up all at once. The most frustrating part now is that, like the women, I have to offer them tier 0 pay to contract them or they end up costing more than the female models.
Like I mentioned at the start, this is my favorite update so far, and the game is more playable than ever. I just can't help but to feel that the old contract system was better. I do, however, like the idea of contracts molding to the tastes of the model, but I think making any act that requires less depravity not increase the contract price is the way to go here.
Thanks
mbmb
thats a nasty bug, didnt caught the depravity when contracting.
i have to fine tune the contracts numbers, but the idea is to make them more expensive than freelance. you are paying for exclusivity.
but still, i've made long term contracts cheaper than short term.
usually theres a reason what failed when auto scheduling in report mail. what does it say? maybe theres some check thats is wrong and fails everything under certain conditions, i dont know. you can also send the save so i can check.
it's delibarate to make it hard to find male pornstars, like irl.
when talent search is done, a day later PA comes with a model. if you're not at home the event is moved for 24h. thats why they might pile up.
it seems with this update i cant make any reasonable money by doing scenes, i barely break even and most of the time im losing money
tried testing with cheats and getting better staff and models and its worse because i of the bigger expenses that the marginal increase in profits cant cover
before this update even with low stat hookers i could be making around 1.500$ per amateur scene, now i can only make around 300$. a better (and more expensive) model makes me around 600$
check the % bonuses when the scene is published. that number is an exponent, so you can imagine it can greatly increase or decrease the earnings.
losing the amatuer tag & assigning a marketer to publishing should make things better.
but as you grow piracy will grow, so publishing for ad revenue will never be a good way to earn money (unless you meticulously minmax with trends and so on). so thats where websites come into play. growth is slow, but when they turn profit it's impossible to not make money unless you're deliberately working to fail .
mbmb, nice update, really appreciate it - but there are still some problems that break the fun for me...
* I'm still not able to use new created models as second character in conversations. As soon as they should appear, the game shuts down.
* Male models seem to ignore the "outfit"-tag, they only show up in the clothes they were created with.
* New created models do not seem to appear in any other location than "Bar". Every other location won't start the conversation.
* "auto_trigger_convo" doesn't seem to work (only with female MC) in new conversations. Maybe because of location "Bar"? Old conversations (at the airport) do work.
* I've created mouth-sprites for male models, but they don't show up. There is a new option (mouth 8) which seems to be in the game, but not active from start - it's there if you add a mouth-sprite. Any further mouth is just invisible in game. (Yes, i also made "mouth_open" and "mouth_open_wide"-sprites. I think, that I made no mistake, since "eyes"-sprites do work. The "mouth"-sprites taken from the forum do not work either.
I hope these problems can be solved, for me the most fun is creating models, conversations and events - but to use the same old working dummy-models every time is quite annoying.
PS: did you get the E-Mail i sent you?
Edit: Tag corrected
i cannot reply to your mails coz your mail provider is blocking me (probably coz of porn in the domain name)
anyways, i've fixed those issues from importing.
if you want to use say angela white in conversation for other girls, you HAVE to attach .gd convo to angela_white.
thats why game shutdowns.
contact me on discord or dm me here and we'll talk more.
I'm honestly enjoying this game more then I thought I would when I downloaded this. I'm steadily learning things on my own through playing, but are there any tips and tricks which aren't obvious that anyone would include?
yeah, dont forget about websites even if they dont make a lot of money at the beginning.
Having a blast playing this game
mbmb. Honestly this is the methadone equivalent to my hardcore Football Manager addiction!
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I have a few comments to make based off 0.83b if that's okay. I've yet to touch the mansion and parties and all that stuff.
Websites
This is, for me personally, the real endgame as the player transitions from publishing on tube sites and distribution with others to focusing solely on their own platform. It's just a shame that the amount of categories to create them is quite limited, especially considering the amount of categories that fans can be gained from. Therefore, I think the following changes would greatly increase longevity in the endgame;
- add in all categories that can get fans including interracial category, all scene tags and themes.
- allow the player to create a site with two subcategories. Think sites like a massage, milf and HJ like the Fantasy Massage websites. Or for the more niche amongst us, big tit preggo's who take it up the ass. The possibilities are endless!
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- Don't lock scene tags to scene types. Have every category open ended so the player has more variety to choose from.
Events
I don't have a problem with the scenarios per se but most of them become an annoyance after the first time. There is no incentive for the player as the models are not recruitable. The police raid for the drugs event for instance, that's cool! If the player even had the opportunity to secretly record, there's a small chance of recruiting them if the scene is popular. By the way I never skip the sauna one!
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Stats\Graphs tab
All I can say for graphs is give me
moar! As the roster gets more bloated, it can get very difficult in choosing which models to discard or invest. The data is already there if the player digs hard enough but having it illustrated as a graph would be more informative to the player. Like model vs scene popularity or profit per scene. The ability to make it interactive by plugging in different factors such as fame, equipment score would be extremely useful to the player.
Quality of life improvements
- there is no legend key for several graphs; expenses, monthly bills, and websites.
- Photo Studio is included in the income graph yet it earns no passive income.
- the info tab on a model's page shows total money made per scene. This would be better as profit per scene instead.
- for most traits, their actual effects aren't provided e.g. temptress. I think including this would be a good idea as players might keep models with negative traits if they find some use in the model's other traits.
And lastly and most importantly, I request humbly and most unashamedly, that you add the GILF\mature age category. It's actually become more mainstream in porn in the US now and they've been popular in Europe for donkey's years now. Plus, I'll finally have my dream of cornering the market of GILFs, MILFs and teens blasted up the ass by BBC!!
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I had more to say but can't remember the rest. So enough ramblings from me. Looking forward to playing .84!
websites:
-2 subcategories fuck up the calculations. everything derives from niche factor and if it's too big max subscribers would be really low and sub gain really big. so in like 1 day you'll reach max subs and be done with it. i've been trying to make it for v084 but run out of time.
i'll see what can be done, coz it would be good way in early game to make same cash with these super niche sites.
events:
-thanks for reminding me of drug raid event. want to change it for some time but always slips my mind.
stats:
-list some specific cases. i'll see what can be done.
qol:
-no legend coz theres no room with the plugin im using for graphs...
milfs = mature, always will be.
mbmb But seriously, why there's is still an issue that playing as a male character makes you the only man left alive in the whole world? And you can't even hire your own male characters created via mod tools cause they just won't spawn in your world.
And there's no need for the gay theme even. A simple interaction just to say "hi" and a contract offer would be enough.
i wouldnt say it's an issue but intentional.
it's to differentiate fem and male mcs a bit. fem can whore, dance, shoot solo, pick up guys from the street... males can shoot hidden vids and so on
also male pornstars are rare irl so thats what i've been sorta aiming for. you can still get them through agency or talent search.
in the future i'll also include male rival pornstars.
but picking guys from the street as a guy, i wont change.
will made an exception for modded ones though.