HTML Sluttown USA: Hometown Corruption [v0.43] [AmusingOddity]

Z10bin · Aug 13, 2022

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phupdup · Aug 13, 2022

I wouldn't use the word "don't work" when it was a matter that a consortium of patent holding companies tried to limit the browser market by charging a per user fee to other browsers that were distributed for free. This despite the fact that their own bundled browsers were based on the open source code that these free ones had given the world under a license like the lgpl or gpl. Does the name Webkit ring a bell? Apple took that for Safari from the KDE Project about 20 years ago. Ever heard of Sqlite? It just happens to be the world's most used database that's free and that no-one's ever heard of other than devs. Those bookmarks you find in everyone's browser are stored in sqlite without exception.

No, it is Apple and M$ that are being the assholes here with their typical embrace, extend, extinguish playbook. You may be too young to remember, but there was a time when Firefox was the king of the browsers, Opera was a respected alternative, IE was a laughing stock (okay, still is) and Safari didn't even exist. Opera was that 2nd browser you checked your html against to see how standards compliant it was. Then you had to hack things up to make it work in IE, because M$ was already making a mess of things (E, E, E already). It's asshole moves like MP4 that caused the market to move to the monopolies who stole freely given code and added anti-competitive, patent encumbered "enhancements".

Uog said:
I wouldn't say they work just fine. They don't work in 2 browsers with not a huge market share, but still, they don't work. In a lot of cases I'd just say that its the browser/company behind the browser fault, but that would be when they use old tech/standards that slow down progress. Going that far while talking about porn game is a little much but still. In this case, as u pointed out, those browsers don't support mp4 natively because it's not a free standard, and u have to pay someone to use it in your software. And if that standard came with any important benefits I would be all for it. But looking at the sentiment in this forum, with next to no knowledge about the technical side of those formats, it looks like webm offers: similar/same quality, with lower file size and better compatibility.

Dev also said that he watched a tutorial how to resize videos, and resizing is at least a part why the change happened. Recently I tried Shortcut video editor and it seams that changing the new, edited file from mp4 to webm is only choose different file extension from a list. I'd love to stop using Opera and change to some other browser, but most of them have little annoyances, and to those from Opera, I'm at least used to.

Draevis · Aug 13, 2022

I've been looking through the HTML code I and I think I fixed the problem of the .mp4 videos not playing for the dream sequences. The Dream widget needed an Elseif statement to check if $dreamPic includes .mp4 and if so to write out a video tag for that. I just duplicated the code for writing a video tag for the .webm format. Otherwise, the widget puts the video into an image tag, and that's what is not working. So, my version of the Dream widget looks like this:

Code:

&lt;&lt;widget &quot;Dream&quot;&gt;&gt;

    &lt;&lt;set $dreamPic to either($dreams)&gt;&gt;

    &lt;&lt;if $dreamPic.includes(&quot;.webm&quot;)&gt;&gt;

        &lt;&lt;print &#39;&lt;video src=&quot;Images/Dreams/&#39;+$dreamPic+&#39;&quot; autoplay loop muted height=&quot;400px&quot;&gt;&lt;/video&gt;&#39;&gt;&gt;

    &lt;&lt;elseif $dreamPic.includes(&quot;.mp4&quot;)&gt;&gt;

        &lt;&lt;print &#39;&lt;video src=&quot;Images/Dreams/&#39;+$dreamPic+&#39;&quot; autoplay loop muted height=&quot;400px&quot;&gt;&lt;/video&gt;&#39;&gt;&gt;

    &lt;&lt;else&gt;&gt;

        &lt;&lt;print &#39;&lt;img src=&quot;Images/Dreams/&#39;+$dreamPic+&#39;&quot; style=&quot;max-width: 60%; min-width: 40%;  max-height: 35vw;&quot;/&gt;&#39;&gt;&gt;

    &lt;&lt;/if&gt;&gt;

&lt;&lt;/widget&gt;&gt;

huntsman34 · Aug 13, 2022

phupdup said:
Oh they work just fine. Your browser just doesn't support mp4 as noted by my posts above.

I apologise, sir. I didn't read carefully enough.

Working in Edge.

I'll be more careful in reading in future.

scorpion14gandy · Aug 13, 2022

Guys and girls i think i figured it out sadly the only way i found was to do subscribestar and basically patron to him.

Uog · Aug 13, 2022

phupdup said:
I wouldn't use the word "don't work" when it was a matter that a consortium of patent holding companies tried to limit the browser market by charging a per user fee to other browsers that were distributed for free. This despite the fact that their own bundled browsers were based on the open source code that these free ones had given the world under a license like the lgpl or gpl. Does the name Webkit ring a bell? Apple took that for Safari from the KDE Project about 20 years ago. Ever heard of Sqlite? It just happens to be the world's most used database that's free and that no-one's ever heard of other than devs. Those bookmarks you find in everyone's browser are stored in sqlite without exception.

No, it is Apple and M$ that are being the assholes here with their typical embrace, extend, extinguish playbook. You may be too young to remember, but there was a time when Firefox was the king of the browsers, Opera was a respected alternative, IE was a laughing stock (okay, still is) and Safari didn't even exist. Opera was that 2nd browser you checked your html against to see how standards compliant it was. Then you had to hack things up to make it work in IE, because M$ was already making a mess of things (E, E, E already). It's asshole moves like MP4 that caused the market to move to the monopolies who stole freely given code and added anti-competitive, patent encumbered "enhancements".

I did study some programing so I can write simple webpage or program working in a console. I think i heard of sqlite, but only by name probably. They did not get to the part where they show us diffrent programs/standard with pros and cons. I'd still say they don't work because they literally don't. It's obviously not the devs fault, it's more on Opera, and way more on patent/copyright holders, depending if we're taking tech/standards like mp4 or movies for example. I'd also not say that Opera or any other browser is 100% free, its there to take our data, just like other giant companies (Google, Facebook). And to think WWW was made to share with others, not for pure profit, from any source u can find. Funny that webm was funded by Google, but at least it is royalty-free. I wish more open-source software was used everywhere, but I can also see how product made with a lot of money, coordinated team with management can be more pleasant to use, than software made after hours by enthusiasts.

Forgotted · Aug 14, 2022

So, what size should the Images folder be?
old... 4.5Gb
new... 1.65Gb

so....somewhere in thereabouts I suspect, lol

Thanks
Cheers

The new map and nav is really freaky looking, lol was a shocker
Still shows people as being in rooms but they aren't really there.

phupdup · Aug 14, 2022

Don't be mislead into thinking that closed source implies a lot of money went in and that having a management led team is better. That opaque binary only download oft hides a rash of bugs and security holes that can and will be exploited when a disgruntled worker or a hack team breaks in and steals the source. It's happened many times already and usually gets covered up by corporate media because $$$ and threats of withholding advertising will get held over an otherwise well meaning journalists head.

OTOH don't be mislead into thinking that open source is just a labor of love by after hours enthusiasts whose gui looks like Richard Stallman's toenails. Ever heard of a thing called the Linux Kernel? It's in the Android phone you may have in your pocket, your washer, your dryer, your refrigerator, your car, the cloud storage you use for your cat photos and maybe even your desktop computer or laptop if you don't believe in living in walled gardens or having your private info stolen by companies in Redmond WA. There's a shitload of money being made by companies where the model is to openly develop the software and give it away for free. Instead they sell hardware, training materials, service and support as part of the total product.

You are right that sometimes that product involves you letting your info get sold, but it usually isn't the case. Now in the case of Google, that is the case. They bought up the company that developed the codec IP behind the patents for webm and then made it freely available as a direct response to the asshattery the rent seekers were trying to pull with MP4. It was in their best interest to provide an alternative where they could continue to sell their ad placements in a market where they could harvest their data from you without being cut off by some walled garden If you use their Chrome browser (or Chromium for the open version), they will be able to directly collect that data and push ads. OTOH, you can still use good ole Firefox or Opera and install an ad blocker, noscript and privacy add-ons to cut them off at the knees. I can never understand how people put up with all the ad crap on youtube when you don't have this stuff in place.

Uog said:
Funny that webm was funded by Google, but at least it is royalty-free. I wish more open-source software was used everywhere, but I can also see how product made with a lot of money, coordinated team with management can be more pleasant to use, than software made after hours by enthusiasts.

exter · Aug 14, 2022

Forgotted said:
So, what size should the Images folder be?
old... 4.5Gb
new... 1.65Gb

If i understand the changelog correctly, the dev reduced the file size of the videos and thats why its now smaller than before.

juan palote · Aug 14, 2022

I am done with this game.

The new interface SUCKS IMHO, previous one was much clearer and easier to use which should be the primary goal over "beauty"

I dont know what motivated the change, but its just awful, not to mention the "Guide" is broken with names of variables all over the place. And for some reason we lost the ability to work extra hours..... so we have to spend 10 bucks on the bus, to work and earn 50, with a net profit of only 40 and a lot of wasted time...}

And to make things worse, i cant progress the story because i keep waiting for news even when i am at - days

Its sad, because it was a good game before. I dont understand the need to break a working game like this.

sasori · Aug 15, 2022

AJ route cant go through?

Morkar · Aug 15, 2022

I have a problem, I'm playing the latest version and many of the gifs of the scenes are not visible, I only see a black box, any solution?

ok i see have a 14.6 i have 14.5 i download the new version tu see the fix error

Edit : fixed

marocto · Aug 16, 2022

so, i started a new game and 1)i didnt meet leah, 2)i didnt see the new scene with the blond from moms office. in the previous save i got both and i made the same choice with mom(private path)

Forgotted · Aug 16, 2022

I like the new map, still a bit tedious to navigate, but getting better and looks great!

Wish there was a Kill Time button pinned to the interface... Maybe click on the
time of day icon?

Also wish there were a couple options so the sister didn't move and so the MC didn't
make the assistant sooooo gross. But that's just me...

Keep up the great work! Good Luck!

Laterz

Bilbo46 · Aug 16, 2022

Impossible to visit AJ at her home now in the new version

marocto · Aug 16, 2022

Bilbo46 said:
Impossible to visit AJ at her home now in the new version

go to school and use the app on her. then you can go her house

Draevis · Aug 16, 2022

In 14.6 There is a bad link to the icon for Alexander's headshot (during India's public path). The URL for the headshot in the HTML is "Images\Icons\Alex\Alexander.jpg" except there is no subfolder "Alex" in the Icons folder. So, I edited out the Alex subfolder and the image shows up.

In scene " AJ Story 5a " there is a typo. It says "She huffs but bug gestures for you to get on your back", pretty sure that should be " She huffs but but gestures for you to get on your back "

Bilbo46 · Aug 17, 2022

marocto said:
go to school and use the app on her. then you can go her house

That helped, thanks for the advice

Highland_Hunter · Aug 17, 2022

Draevis said:
In 14.6 There is a bad link to the icon for Alexander's headshot (during India's public path). The URL for the headshot in the HTML is "Images\Icons\Alex\Alexander.jpg" except there is no subfolder "Alex" in the Icons folder. So, I edited out the Alex subfolder and the image shows up.

In scene " AJ Story 5a " there is a typo. It says "She huffs but bug gestures for you to get on your back", pretty sure that should be " She huffs but but gestures for you to get on your back "

Or, . . . Perhaps, " She huffs, but gestures for you to get on your back " . . . just remove the 'bug', instead of changing it to another 'but' ?

(unless your 'implying' she has a slight 'stuttering impediment' ?

)

jojogeo · Aug 17, 2022

AmusingOddity said:
I only just redid the map for this build. I'll be messing with it more over time.

Hi,
I may have some bugs. I don't know if it's the end of the character's content.

India : Wait for news. (-28 days) Must be end of content.

HelloClitty : Hire 5 times, PC, night. Hired more than 30 times. If I go to her house at night or in the evening : " It's too early in the day for her to be up. If I knock now I'm just going to annoy her. I should wait until the evening.

Savegame attached if you want to check what I missed.
Thank you.

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