Unity Completed Stationmaster [v1.1] [StationmasterDev]

[StationmasterDev]

Thanks as always for the feedback. Aside from a small legion of little bugs, animations and performance are my priorities going forward.

I'd also like to address why the animations are so crap. It's not Unity's fault. I'm just doing things that Unity's animation engine doesn't support out of the box. Unity's animation system is built around having an artist make an animation, and playing it back on a model (it's got some fancy stuff for mixing, but that's not relevant here). That's pretty easy to do, and works great.

Unfortunately, I decided to make character proportions variable. Because of that, instead of just playing back animations on characters, there's got to be a whole bunch of code to line things up. That means that only one character (the "bottom" in most cases) uses Unity's animation system. The other one (the one that always glitches out) has to have its pose calculated in real time using a bunch of custom helpers (like "left hand goes on right breast," "hip moves relative to bottom pelvis" and "penis moves between (0, 1, 0, and (0, 1, 1) every 20 frames). It gets complicated to debug, and making it look natural would take a long-ass time (Illusion only started adding that sort of tech fairly recently, and now I know why). If I had known how finicky it would become, I probably would have made different decisions early on, but here we are.

That said, I don't think it's worth it, and Quid Pro Quo's characters will all be the same size so I can use proper animations instead of ghetto homebrew puppeteering. I know it removes a nice customization option, but animations in Stationmaster are probably never going to be amazing, and I don't want to repeat the mistake.

 

[the rook]

anyone have the issue where you can't start the game, i'm spamming the new game button but no response?

i've downloaded the new mac version from several of the servers including mega upload and the app won't run. i get a "damaged or incomplete" error.

 

[Axcel McAver]

You will have the option to commit several crimes against humanity

Well, why didn't you just say so. I'll have you know, I'm a professional Rimmer.

 

[Andrrick]

how do you use the cheats

 

[alex2011]

how do you use the cheats

That only increases the money you start with.

Anyone: Can anyone tell me if that mod still works that lets you edit stats? I'm trying to get things done quickly so I can move on to the rest of the galaxy with impunity. Also, StationmasterDev , just so you are aware, there is a floating penis in one of the events still, the one that starts the pods from an alien race looking to be left alone.

 

[Dipz92]

Hello, I need help with starting the game in Linux.
I have search the whole thread and the only solution given is to right click and execute. But my Ubuntu does not have the execute option in right click. Other games I run in terminal by command "./Gamename.sh" because they have a .sh file
I have also tried bash ./stationmaster
Please help.
System: Ubuntu
Game version : 0.29Linux.x64

 

[coscath]

Hello, I need help with starting the game in Linux.
I have search the whole thread and the only solution given is to right click and execute. But my Ubuntu does not have the execute option in right click. Other games I run in terminal by command "./Gamename.sh" because they have a .sh file
I have also tried bash ./stationmaster
Please help.
System: Ubuntu
Game version : 0.29Linux.x64

You need to make it executable. For some reason it is not already.
chmod +x Stationmaster
Then you can run it with ./Stationmaster

 

[lewdviticus]

As soon as I get to a screen with a model (ex. slave market), I am completely unable to progress. No buttons, nothing.

 

[Cmann]

I'd also like to address why the animations are so crap.

Is it currently 'WAD' that any surface normally covered by fur is transparent, as well?

 

[Isilindil]

Even without the patch, former versions would force me to do horrible things. Is it now possible to play as a non-rapist who only murders people who deserve it (like those who attack you, complain too much or cook beef well-done)?

If you think you are a good guy in this story, you were not paying attention.

 

[poiman]

hello v0.29 - mine succubus and angel girls look like this - any1 have suggestion what to do with such shiet?

 

[Deloran12]

Is there some more detailed explanation on the abilities of the slaves?
Like, are there other uses for charisma than madame, receptionist or recruiter?
How does sexual skill/sensitivity help? Are they helpful for girls in the porn studio?
Is fetish helpful or just flavor text?
How can you determine the prestige of a slave? When exactly do you gain prestige, when they are in the suite or do they need a certain job? Do princesses or queen of fae give prestige?

 

[Cmann]

To clarify the previous post StationmasterDev :


Is the fur/eyes a part of the animation issue, or currently supposed to be visible?

 

[Beavershot]

Love the concept and game, I play Stationmaster often to while away the hours. Couple questions, however...

1. Is there a way to Notepad++ or otherwise change Reputation through cheat or save editing?
2. Will there be a Stationmaster 2?

 

[bulgara]

Love the concept and game, I play Stationmaster often to while away the hours. Couple questions, however...

1. Is there a way to Notepad++ or otherwise change Reputation through cheat or save editing?
2. Will there be a Stationmaster 2?

Find your save folder and open the .sav file with notepad++.
Search for "Stats"
The first bar after stats is your money.
The second bar after is your reputation.
The third bar after is your Influence.

e.g.: Stats|12345678|-100000|99999|etc
Stats|money|reputation|influence|more stuff....

Best way to find something in a save file is look at the value in your gui and then look for the value in the .sav file.

 

[StationmasterDev]

Missing bodies on furry question should be fixable (it's on my list separate from animation bullshit), and I plan on addressing it in the final patch (the one after the one that's going to come out tomorrow).

Stationmaster 2 might happen after Quid Pro Quo, but I'm nowhere near planning it yet. I've got a couple dozen ideas for what could come next (ranging from a fantasy kingdom management game to a cyberpunk-y Stationmaster-like game with an eldritch horror protagonist), but the plan is to spend at least a year or two on QPQ first.

Of course, if nobody likes QPQ and my patron count immediately drops to zero (which is something I think about... a lot), I'll probably scrap it in a panic and start on Stationmaster 2 instead. Business is fun.

 

[Beavershot]

Well, I've followed stationmaster for quite some time now and find it's a great game to burn hours on. Despite the animations, which I'm not complaining about as I've tried my hand at programming and simply decided I'm better off driving semi's, and other possible glitches I've run across, it's something I keep coming back to, complete with a list of my 'favorite' girls...

Which reminds me... why did you separate slaves assigned to your office and pets? You'd figure slaves assigned would do things like cooking and cleaning and other manual labors, not laying about on your bed, which pets should be doing. Just something I've wondered.

 

[FruitSmoothie]

Usually can't go wrong with fantasy kingdom type stuff.

 

[MickE2020]

Look at Love of Magic to see smooth animations can be done in Unity, do not think the quality of animations really has to do with the engine, but how you made the animations. Your other argument is fair enough, but then again in an adult game the visuals are in the end as important as the gameplay. For the game to work both need to be of good enough quality and if one is already way better and further along it might be high time to look at the other part.

In normal games, graphics don't matter that much to me, but this is a porn game so you have to actually get turned on by it. Whether you do it with pictures, good writing, animations or a combination is a matter of preference, but you still need to do it well. Otherwise you lose the whole purpose of why many are playing. Of course, if the game is marketed solely as a stationbuilder/conquor-the-galaxy and the porn aspect is seen as an add-on - like the mods you get for skyrim - it's a different matter. The result might be exactly the same, but people's expectations are different.

Secondly, if you let me make choices, I'm going to identify more with the character. This makes it much worse when choices are then made against my will. Never half-ass freedom of choice.

There is another game called Training Space Station. The graphics are far better and the file size is only about 600mb. I was one of the earliest Patreons of this game. The animations and girls have been a problem from the start. The girls look a lot better but they still look really sub-par. There is always something horribly broken. I really like the game concept and overall attempt(Not so much exos). I like management games and building games. It is a real shame that after all of this time the animations are so bad. I wish there would be an option to use your own pictures and possibly MP4's instead of the sex system and slave inspection animations. I just don't see these getting better anytime soon(or ever).

 

[StationmasterDev]

I'm making some improvements, but it's probably never going to be as good as my competition (or even passable). The fact is that I made too many mistakes too early on for the animations to be fixable without a herculean effort, and at this point I'm just trying to put out the worst fires before release.

Frankly, I'm surprised that the game has done as well as it has despite the lack of quality sex scenes. That tells me that the market is open to something that is a game first and porn second (which is good, because that's also what I like making).

Fortunately, I've been lucky enough to work closely with an artist since day one of Quid Pro Quo, so it should be up to standard in a way that Stationmaster wasn't (the characters are also much better-looking for the same reason).