I may have figured out why performance tanks; Press release version, if you play 0.994a then move to 0.994d chances are some leftover script nonsense does it. I may be insane but hear me out, I'd like anyone to start a totally new game if you got the D and see if your performance is still shit.
I think it's just leftover bullshit that causes interactions to tank; If I'm wrong well my shit theory was bad and I should feel bad. Image posted to illustrate how I feel atm, not just related to my shit theory but my life overall.
I just downloaded 0.994d and launched a new game. I haven't downloaded any previous versions of 0.994x, but I have had (and still have on my drive) previous versions of the game. I've only just gotten through the intro scene at this point, so I'll keep an eye out for slowdown - but, since I didn't play 0.994a, I don't have a good base of comparison.
Relevant to
cleanfeel discussing the pink +1s a few posts up - I haven't met any of the other girls yet, I finished the intro scene at night in my room, chose to sleep, and saw the +1s. I don't know if that's new information to either of you, but I'm feeling methodical and scientific with my parody porn this morning.
Edit: Having spent a whopping 5 minutes more with the game, I can report that I'm confident that I AM seeing the slowdown with a totally new version of 0.994d. Exactly what
cleanfeel mentioned, it's at time-pass transitions and is associated with a bunch of pink +1s. That doesn't mean there isn't some old leftover script hanging around from previous versions of the game, but it does seem to suggest that it's not a leftover from 0.994a specifically interfering with 0.994d.
Kitty Edit: The mystery +1s are not Kitty. Her lust does not increment with the mystery +1s, and there was a separate +1 during a time-pass transition that DID correspond to Kitty's lust increasing by +1. Rogue's lust has also not been incrementing with the mystery +1s.