Alright! I have made it through another major feature I wasn't sure I'd be able to get done for this patch, but I put my nose to the grindstone and powered through the last of it today (only took like a week to get it done... and I still have to spend maybe another week QCing it... sigh)
Let's see if you can spot the new feature added to this page:
Don't want to hunt it down? Have no idea what I'm on about? Spotted it instantly and felt a cold chill/explosion of joy rush through your veins? It is the new third option from the top for Beth and Summer (and Morticia, sort of, it replaces her "twins" option, but works identically).
One of the many requested things (or, well, things to be removed in this case) has been the option to tone down some of the incest talk. This has come up a few times, and I pretty much agree with the vast majority of complaints about it. I might have overdone the bro/sis/mommy talk a bit too much (way too much pineapple on the pizza for some).
The best way to handle this would be to take a long hard (that's what she said) review of the dialog and polish it, trimming lines, tightening up sentences, that sort of thing... So obviously... I didn't to that. But this isn't a sloppy landlady patch either, I pretty much went line-by-line to ensure alternate names make sense and still fit the tone of the game.
First, it is important to note that if you love the way the game is now, do not fret, all that incestie goodness is still there, almost entirely unchanged, with no extra files needed (other than the next patch obviously)! And it will still continue to be there moving forward. My goal as always is to give people options, not to remove or censor things.
So this addition is for those of you that cringe every time Summer calls Morty "bro". There are now options that can be set to tone down that kind of talk. Now, dialog for and about Summer and Beth, will use the system I built for Morticia. Meaning that with this flag set to "low", you'll see things like "Morty" or "Summer" or "Beth" in most cases, instead of "bro" or "big sis" or "Mommy".
There is no "off" as Beth and Summer are still family, and it's part of the story. Thus, Morty will still sometimes call Beth "Mom" when talking to her (although much less than before), and Summer will still think of/call Morty brother on occasion (again, much less than before). But with the "low" setting, family names will appear much less frequently, either replaced by a standard name, or simply removed, and almost not at all in sexual situations. Additionally, this can be set for each of the three characters separately, so if only Summer calling Morty "Bro" bother's you but you like the "Mommy" stuff, you can turn Beth to "High" and Summer to "Low" (and leave Morticia on Extreme!).
The flag setting occurs as a choice in the first day of the game as you encounter Summer and Beth for the first time, again, similar to how it works for Morticia. I may add a second option to change it later on (again, similar to how it works for Morticia where you can turn twins on or off on days 2 and 13). OR, as seen above, can be toggled from the Do Over menu in a loaded save. Or, or, you can use Day Selector to jump back to day 1, relive it, and select your choices there, then jump forward again! The possibilities are nearly endless (3, there are 3 possibilities, two of which are the same thing)!
Old saves will start with Summer and Beth defaulted off (sorry, no clean way to set it on), so you'll have to set it to "High" after loading an old save (and you can resave to keep it that way) if you want all those family names to keep appearing.
