Ren'Py Refuge of Embers [v0.19a] [Escape Sauce]

[Bahamut Zero]

Hi guys, sorry to ask this. But, do we need an iPatch upgrade? I try to use also search, but i just dont understand if the iPatch, is universal, or if we need an update. I've paused the game for a few updates now, but I still don't understand if we need an update or not.
Thank you

 

[sp4ckj4rr0w_420]

Lucine: "If people would just follow what they feel instead of thinking too hard, the world would be much less complicated."

I very much disagree with this lmao. If people follow their feelings without thinking about consequences, then the world would be much MORE complicated, since people tend to covet things they shouldn't. And if they act upon it instead of restraining themselves... well, you can imagine the rest xD

 

[C.M.Cas]

Damn, i have a story very similiar to this one, but you executed it much better than me. I loved the story, the simple, but fluid, gameplay and the art, man, the art is so cool with many variations. Loved the game. Kudos! Keep the good work, dev.

 

[evaw]

Damn, i have a story very similiar to this one, but you executed it much more better than me. I loved the story, the simple, but fluid, gameplay and the art, man, the art is so cool with many variations. Loved the game. Kudos! Keep the good work, dev.

If you want rly good story - play Elvensang, and this one on level of Randel Tales or Knightly Passions.

 

[C.M.Cas]

If you want rly good story - play Elvensang, and this one on level of Randel Tales or Knightly Passions.

Randel i had played already, it's truly a great game.
Elvensang i don't liked the narrative, with dialogue and narrative text in the same box. It works on books, in games it don't worked for me.
Knightly is not for my taste too.

Yet, all those games are very well done. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[evaw]

Randel i had played already, it's truly a great game.
Elvensang i don't liked the narrative, with dialogue and narrative text in the same box. It works on books, in games it don't worked for me.
Knightly is not for my taste too.

Yet, all those games are very well done. Thanks for the suggestions.

If you like Randel more - you can try Angel Under, Goodbye Eternity, School of Lust.

 

[Drakenite]

Randel i had played already, it's truly a great game.
Elvensang i don't liked the narrative, with dialogue and narrative text in the same box. It works on books, in games it don't worked for me.
Knightly is not for my taste too.

Yet, all those games are very well done. Thanks for the suggestions.

How about Wanderer Broken Bed and What a Legend?

 

[PlayerOk]

so, why is it tagget incest if there is non?
as of v0.17 the only possible target may have been eryn, but as far as i understood from the story, her mother just adopted MC so there is no real blood relation between them

 

[ohmz]

so, why is it tagget incest if there is non?
as of v0.17 the only possible target may have been eryn, but as far as i understood from the story, her mother just adopted MC so there is no real blood relation between them

Try with this.

Uncensor Patch (0.10+): LINK*

 

[weezal]

so, why is it tagget incest if there is non?
as of v0.17 the only possible target may have been eryn, but as far as i understood from the story, her mother just adopted MC so there is no real blood relation between them

man were you even playing the game? Did you turn the tag on in the menu?

 

[jI11jaCksjAkk]

how to turn on incest toggle on Android?

Get your sister to rub your phone.

 

[neonclear]

I've installed the uncensored patch but it doesn't seem to work. Clicking the option to turn off censorship in the menu doesn't do anything either. What am I missing?

 

[Escape Sauce]

Clicking the option to turn off censorship in the menu doesn't do anything. What am I missing?

If you're talking about the cow shaped censor bars over the nudity to make it safe-ish to upload gameplay to sites that don't allow nudity like YouTube there's an option under Video Settings called Censored Mode that needs to be set to disabled, although it should be disabled by default. If you still have those censor bars and that's set to off, it could be an issue with using an old save file. Try toggling the option back and forth a couple of times if you haven't already.

 

[neonclear]

If you're talking about the cow shaped censor bars over the nudity to make it safe-ish to upload gameplay to sites that don't allow nudity like YouTube there's an option under Video Settings called Censored Mode that needs to be set to disabled, although it should be disabled by default. If you still have those censor bars and that's set to off, it could be an issue with using an old save file. Try toggling the option back and forth a couple of times if you haven't already.

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Thanks for the reply. I've tried doing that, I've deleted the saves from the folder as well as the saves from appdata/roamin/renpy folder. Clicking the arrows on the Censored Mode menu option doesn't work at all for me. The arrows light up when moused over but clicking either the left or right arrow will toggle it to disabled.



I'm not sure what could cause this.

 

[Sewyoba]

Thanks for the reply. I've tried doing that, I've deleted the saves from the folder as well as the saves from appdata/roamin/renpy folder. Clicking the arrows on the Censored Mode menu option doesn't work at all for me. The arrows light up when moused over but clicking either the left or right arrow will toggle it to disabled.

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I'm not sure what could cause this.

Does the game have administrator rights (or what's it called) to modify C disk folders and files? If game shows disabled but doesn't actually save the change, it should be some issue with not being allowed to change files

 

[Escape Sauce]

Thanks for the reply. I've tried doing that, I've deleted the saves from the folder as well as the saves from appdata/roamin/renpy folder. Clicking the arrows on the Censored Mode menu option doesn't work at all for me. The arrows light up when moused over but clicking either the left or right arrow will toggle it to disabled.

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I'm not sure what could cause this.

I'm assuming you've already tried this because you said pressing left or right arrow keys, but I have to bring it up just in case. The left arrow disables the option and the right arrow enables it. Clicking the right arrow with the option set to enabled would give you the behavior you're describing because it's at the end of the list and there's nothing left to advance through. Also if you're in windowed mode and had a browser active or something, the first click back to the game window doesn't register and only makes the game your active window. I always click twice after changing what window is active to make the input register.

What OS and game version are you on? Also is there anything weird about the version like it being a condensed version that someone else uploaded or a download from another site?

Also which scene specifically has censor bars, and are there any scenes you've seen that don't?

 

[neonclear]

Does the game have administrator rights (or what's it called) to modify C disk folders and files? If game shows disabled but doesn't actually save the change, it should be some issue with not being allowed to change files

I tried admin just to be sure, no such luck unfortunately.

I'm assuming you've already tried this because you said pressing left or right arrow keys, but I have to bring it up just in case. The left arrow disables the option and the right arrow enables it. Clicking the right arrow with the option set to enabled would give you the behavior you're describing because it's at the end of the list and there's nothing left to advance through. Also if you're in windowed mode and had a browser active or something, the first click back to the game window doesn't register and only makes the game your active window. I always click twice after changing what window is active to make the input register.

What OS and game version are you on? Also is there anything weird about the version like it being a condensed version that someone else uploaded or a download from another site?

Also which scene specifically has censor bars, and are there any scenes you've seen that don't?

I double checked to ensure that the game window was the focus. I've also tried both arrows before posting here wondering what was going on. I'm using Windows 11 with Game Version 0.17a, the game client I downloaded from this website. I have tried with and without the uncensor patch that is offered in the first post. The 4th scene with Lena is uncensored, while the sexual scenes with Lucine, Raisa and Eryn remain censored as example. I've tried the scenes without the censorship removal patch and the above-mentioned conditions remain the same. Thanks again for trying to help me troubleshoot what the cause might be.

 

[Escape Sauce]

I tried admin just to be sure, no such luck unfortunately.

I double checked to ensure that the game window was the focus. I've also tried both arrows before posting here wondering what was going on. I'm using Windows 11 with Game Version 0.17a, the game client I downloaded from this website. I have tried with and without the uncensor patch that is offered in the first post. The 4th scene with Lena is uncensored, while the sexual scenes with Lucine, Raisa and Eryn remain censored as example. I've tried the scenes without the censorship removal patch and the above-mentioned conditions remain the same. Thanks again for trying to help me troubleshoot what the cause might be.

The Lena scene just doesn't have a censor bar yet so it sounds like the option is otherwise working fine and just stuck on for some reason. There was one other person a few weeks ago who was asking how to turn off the censor bars but I'm not sure if he was having the same issue or just turned it on and was having trouble turning it back off with English menus. Best I can think of would be to try to redownload the file from a different link in case something was corrupted or maybe it's some weirdness with an rpyc file.

A workaround could be to activate the renpy console and change the value of the variable 'persistent.option_censor_number' from '1' to '0' since that's what the arrow key is supposed to do. To do that go open game/renpy/common/00console.rpy with a text editor and change 'config.console' to 'True'. Afterward, in game you can hit shift+O to open the console. Enter 'persistent.option_censor_number = 0' and hit escape.

In a future update I'm changing the code for those arrows to something less smooth brained so if it is some kind of a bug with how they work it should fix it.

 

[neonclear]

The Lena scene just doesn't have a censor bar yet so it sounds like the option is otherwise working fine and just stuck on for some reason. There was one other person a few weeks ago who was asking how to turn off the censor bars but I'm not sure if he was having the same issue or just turned it on and was having trouble turning it back off with English menus. Best I can think of would be to try to redownload the file from a different link in case something was corrupted or maybe it's some weirdness with an rpyc file.

A workaround could be to activate the renpy console and change the value of the variable 'persistent.option_censor_number' from '1' to '0' since that's what the arrow key is supposed to do. To do that go open game/renpy/common/00console.rpy with a text editor and change 'config.console' to 'True'. Afterward, in game you can hit shift+O to open the console. Enter 'persistent.option_censor_number = 0' and hit escape.

In a future update I'm changing the code for those arrows to something less smooth brained so if it is some kind of a bug with how they work it should fix it.

A fresh installation of the game fixed it. I think I figured out what was causing the mishap. I installed the universal gallery unlocker and that seems to cause the censorship option to lock into the "on" setting. Thanks again for trying to help me troubleshoot the problem.

 

[Sum Gi]

The art is simultaneously great and "eh." So much work has gone into detailing and backgrounds that look really nice, and the style strikes an appealing blend of realistic and cartoonish, but the underlying physicality, anatomical structure, perspective and posing of the characters just needs that little bit more practice and refinement. Still has that characteristic stiffness of someone who hasn't mastered the rules before breaking them yadda yadda. Studies with anatomical texts can be helpful (if that's not something you're already doing). Not that modern artists necessarily have the free time for stuff like that while trying to put bread on the table...

While I like the style I think some adjustment could be made specifically to the upper half of the faces to make them more appealing. And with regard to character's with large busts, paying special attention to portray the breasts weighted physical objects that deform and interact with forces rather than loosely attached airbags can be beneficial, unless that's your specific taste. I'm not saying make them saggy or anything but
Compare:

With something like:

I feel the later, while still rather ridiculously large and in a somewhat cartoonish style, has a much stronger sense of reality and physical presence.

Kind of got side tracked into a conversation about boobs at the end there and I didn't want that to be the focus... My main attention was drawn to the posing and proportions and positions of extremities. Anyway I feel the art is obviously good enough for the project as it exists, I'm just speaking in terms of eventual mastery, that's all.