VN Ren'Py Ripples [v0.8.0 Public] [Jestur]

[JoeTheMC84]

So, the entire game will be redone or just the initial portions? Because towards the end the renders are quite good

Only the start has a full rework. Other scene may get tweaked later but it will be done alongside new content and not change any code or such.

 

[dacris69]

I managed to unren the game and played the animations through vlc, they run fine, the cpu does not even wake up, so no idea why it is so choppy ingame

 

[milfkiller]

hope sonebody make a gallery unlock for android version

 

[starkj]

So the animations are just videos? Then its weird that they lag.

 

[dacris69]

All videos are .webm

 

[Tavi13]

Is it worth redoing the Episode 1 for the remastered?

Even if you didn't have to replay it, I would say it was 100% worth it. Jestur did an amazing job with the remake.

 

[TC_Leon45]

I think we have to replay it from the start, since the remastered one cannot load saves from older versions. For better gaming experience, it's fine.

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[georsak]

So the animations are just videos? Then its weird that they lag.

It has happened in a few other games too. As I understand it, each scene is made of several animations/videos. Sometimes the dev forgets to code an order for each video to stop playing before the next one starts, resulting in mutiple videos playing at the same time. In high-end systems that's not a problem, but in more mediocre setups the cpu/memory is overwhelmed, so we have lagging.
I don't know if that's the case here.
Perhaps someone in the know could look into it? I sure as hell cannot

 

[starkj]

It has happened in a few other games too. As I understand it, each scene is made of several animations/videos. Sometimes the dev forgets to code an order for each video to stop playing before the next one starts, resulting in mutiple videos playing at the same time. In high-end systems that's not a problem, but in more mediocre setups the cpu/memory is overwhelmed, so we have lagging.
I don't know if that's the case here.
Perhaps someone in the know could look into it? I sure as hell cannot

Its possible because like i said before, i play VN's on both laptop and gaming desktop, desktop runs perfectly fine but this game on my laptop, some animations lag like crazy.

 

[Jestur]

I managed to unren the game and played the animations through vlc, they run fine, the cpu does not even wake up, so no idea why it is so choppy ingame

That's because Renpy isn't a video player. It doesn't use hardware to play the video like VLC does, it does everything in software. That's why it has trouble. It wasn't meant for that. Us developers are pushing Renpy to the limits of what it was meant for. That's how it was explained to me, at least.

 

[Jestur]

It has happened in a few other games too. As I understand it, each scene is made of several animations/videos. Sometimes the dev forgets to code an order for each video to stop playing before the next one starts, resulting in mutiple videos playing at the same time. In high-end systems that's not a problem, but in more mediocre setups the cpu/memory is overwhelmed, so we have lagging.
I don't know if that's the case here.
Perhaps someone in the know could look into it? I sure as hell cannot

Overlapping videos playing at the same time can be the case, but I stop(or hide) all videos before playing the next one. I only caught one instance in the remaster where I forgot to hide one, but it's fixed now. Renpy just isn't the best video player and it decodes the videos using software instead of hardware. That's why it struggles on lower-end machines.

 

[Armstrong]

I had no problems with videos in previous game version. Everything was smooth, but when playing remaster of EP1 it definitely struggle to play them.

 

[Phase_01]

That's because Renpy isn't a video player. It doesn't use hardware to play the video like VLC does, it does everything in software. That's why it has trouble. It wasn't meant for that. Us developers are pushing Renpy to the limits of what it was meant for. That's how it was explained to me, at least.

Damn is this why some devs are starting to move to Godot? I wonder if there's ever gonna be a major platform shift and we'll suddenly start to see a different engine being more mainstream for AVNs than Renpy

 

[d3nial1]

Is only the first episode remastered as the title says? Should I pause after the travel thingy and wait for EP2 remastered?

 

[Dylan741]

Is only the first episode remastered as the title says? Should I pause after the travel thingy and wait for EP2 remastered?

Only the first, and something of the 2nd chapter, the next update will be the 5th chapter.

 

[Anus Mundi]

Some missing notifications for the phone aside, i really liked the remastered parts of the story. Nothing feels rushed, everything fits nicely. Well done, Jestur!

Does anyone have an idea what's the deal with daphne's sudden death if you put in specific names for the mc?

 

[Jestur]

Some missing notifications for the phone aside, i really liked the remastered parts of the story. Nothing feels rushed, everything fits nicely. Well done, Jestur!

Does anyone have an idea what's the deal with daphne's sudden death if you put in specific names for the mc?

As long as your name isn't Trumbo, then you're good to go.

 

[Phase_01]

As long as your name isn't Trumbo, then you're good to go.

huhhh??? is that actually a thing? im too scared to find out

 

[yasirahmed]

This update only remaster or is there new content also ??

 

[JoeTheMC84]

This update only remaster or is there new content also ??

There is new content in chapter one that was remastered. But no new stuff after where it ended before. But the remaster requires a restart, so you need to play it anyway. There won't be any future remasters done like this going forward.