Ren'Py Straitened Times [v0.61.2] [HRelease]

[pds72]

When I let Jill take me to the Residential area

Jill gets you there at 20:00, I normally go in and hang with Mia, as you need this to get Jill and Mia to do a double dance.

But it takes a few times with Vicky before she lets you sleep on the couch, and then some more before she leaves the bedroom door open for you. After you get to the sex part, ask her to go raw in the morning (3x), and she'll finally agree

 

[rexharbinger]

Jill gets you there at 20:00, I normally go in and hang with Mia, as you need this to get Jill and Mia to do a double dance.

But it takes a few times with Vicky before she lets you sleep on the couch, and then some more before she leaves the bedroom door open for you. After you get to the sex part, ask her to go raw in the morning (3x), and she'll finally agree

By using CTRL, you can skip the dialog you've heard, which makes it easier to see if something is new or not. While some scenes have to be repeated, I had repeated this maybe six times with no change. This time I got something different, just by arriving an hour after the earliest you can arrive. You get there by 20:00, and the personal party (not the one with the detective) starts at 21:00. But for me to get additional dialog, I had to wait until 22:00. Also, the next day was Saturday, and while I didn't get anything new during the group party (I had been using prem wine so it would last longer, this time I came in later and used prem whiskey, still no change) I did get a new scene after I left, so I've got something moving forward.

... spoke too soon. Still haven't been able to get the lawyer to do anything different during weekends, evenings, or parties. I have Ren at 70 and Lawyer at 84. I'll keep working on Ren and see if she can help unlock the Lawyer. Might just need me to do a party on a certain day, or even be random.

I just got dialog from the teacher that she won't get rid of her fiance until I'm making a tenth of what he does. Is that just talk? Or can she open up 'girlfriend' status if I take the crime route and start making 'serious money'?

...too late, I did the thing. I haven't moved the father's case forward, because they are asking for witnesses. I think I'm going to tell them to tell the truth. I'm not sure what the right actions are. I figure it wouldn't make sense to be a goody-two shoes by turning down the money, then asking the witnesses to lie. Well, to be honest, I really can't see why I'd like to help the father get out in any circumstance.

 

[EnigmaticChap]

Allure above 90, Opinion above 30 and she has to be your girlfriend. Take the naughty option, the take the option to exit. That "should" trigger it

For that scene Victoria's professional stat also has to be very low. My allure and opinion was high but I still didn't get the anal scene. Less Professional stat is important for the anal scene and further scenes in the office.

 

[Pinko_rp]

seems I am stuck with the lawyer...can't unlock the policemen, can't progress with her with the motel host
I keep talk to her, go on meetings, in court...how to fix it?

 

[CbunnySwtor]

For that scene Victoria's professional stat also has to be very low. My allure and opinion was high but I still didn't get the anal scene. Less Professional stat is important for the anal scene and further scenes in the office.

You are correct. I misread the code when I did the replay. Explains a lot really. Gonna have to update the replay to reflect that. Fixed it in the Alt Cheat Mod


The Min professional rating is 58.

the code check for the restroom scene:

if (not Relations(FLawyer).allure.Adders["AssF"].IsMoreThanMin() or Relations(FLawyer).opinion.GetPartExtrem() <= 0.3
                or FLawyer.Professional.Adders["OfficeAnal"].IsMoreThanMin() or not Relations(FLawyer).IsGirlfriend()):[\CODE]

 

[Arzil]

Good evening, I can't activate the trio scene in the photo studio with the hotel manager Darna, it only gives me the scene of her with Mc

 

[rexharbinger]

Wait, so there is a Professional Stat as well? I saw it say I was lowering it, but didn't see any numbers anywhere. In the investigation tab there is a bar... I guess there are some areas to the right and left that are not filled in, at least if you compare it to the prosecutor.

Can anyone tell me what the repercussions are of asking the women to testify are? If I had to base it off of nothing more than my personal feelings, I'd tell them to bury him. However, I don't know if that is what the developer was going for and may have some of my own personal feelings mixed in.

(Interesting side note I found while trying the party a bunch of times. If I come in at 2300, offer premium wine, quicksave, then focus on detective, then focus on lawyer, then reload the quicksave and do it again (there is less in the bottle after reloading the quicksave, don't know why)... it breaks a little. I run out of alcohol after only two steps. Then, if I try to reason with them, they walk me to the door and it breaks. They are both standing in her apartment, but lawyer acts as if she is in her office (and it gives a renpy error when you ask for naughty stuff), and the detective acts like she is standing in the police department. The detective's naughty menu leads you to the record room, and drops you in the police department when you finish. Just a little wild and an example of just how many combinations I've been trying to move the lawyer forward. I think what I'll try to do is anything that says she becomes less professional after it.)

 

[pds72]

Wait, so there is a Professional Stat as well?

Yeah, it is new for me also. The stat is only for the lawyer and the judge. It's been around, but never an issue. Before, by the time you had enough allure, her professionalism was already where it needed to be.
Also, Premium Whiskey. Save the wine for Alexa (Younger Stepsister). Later on, you can use wine at the party. Drink it fast, then go out for more with the Cop. This leads to a BJ in the lift/elevator.

 

[rexharbinger]

Yeah, it is new for me also. The stat is only for the lawyer and the judge. It's been around, but never an issue. Before, by the time you had enough allure, her professionalism was already where it needed to be.
Also, Premium Whiskey. Save the wine for Alexa (Younger Stepsister). Later on, you can use wine at the party. Drink it fast, then go out for more with the Cop. This leads to a BJ in the lift/elevator.

Already WAY past that for the detective. I've been stuck on the lawyer for a LONG time. But at least now I have a path forward. It would be nice if we could tell what the professionalism is at, like a solid number, and how much it is dropping. I mean, if I can only lower it on the weekends right now, it is going to take forever. Maybe I can catch her for lunch some times, I think that used to drop her professionalism. I'll have to see.

 

[pds72]

It would be nice if we could tell what the professionalism is at

open console (<SHIFT>+O) and type FLawyer.Professional.Value You can use copy/paste hotkeys.
Or use URM search Profess and select watch.

 

[rexharbinger]

OK, I'm finding zero ways of lowering her professionalism. And I'm getting near the end of the Ren path, so I don't think that is bottle-necking me, but there may be some event I'm missing. Either way, I've gone to her parties. I've gone to her apartment on off days, I went to her office during the weekdays, an I've gone during the weekends. Last thing I was going to try and do was to have the wives testify, but you can only tell the lawyer they will testify if you ask the wives to help him. I'm not sure if you can tell someone they will testify against him... Okay, I sped time forward to a weekday and you can tell the cop the wives will testify against the husband. The game still makes it feel like doing either one is bad. But the women themselves don't want to testify, and they definitely don't want to testify for him. I suppose if you tell them to be neutral you can have it for either side.
Maybe I have to go to more court cases after class to move the lawyer forward? It just feels that is pushing me down the GILF path, and I wouldn't mind missing out on that until the game is finished, if it ever is.

 

[pds72]

OK, I'm finding zero ways of lowering her professionalism.

Have you enabled the debug? PDebug = True
It shows extra information in the Progress tab. Events that improve your allure should also lower her professionalism.

You may have to start working on the Judge

 

[rexharbinger]

Have you enabled the debug? PDebug = True
It shows extra information in the Progress tab. Events that improve your allure should also lower her professionalism.

You may have to start working on the Judge

I'm trying to get through without using any command line shenanigans. I'll work on the judge more, I guess.

I figured the most neutral I could get was have one wife give a neutral testimony to the lawyer and the other wife give a neutral testimony to the detective. That way they will at least be getting the same story from both women to both sides of the court case, so as to make it more believable.

Hmm... game won't let a wife make a neutral statement to the detective. I guess the defense will get both neutral statements. I just have a bad feeling that the bank manager and the court case will be linked, and if you get in bed (figuratively speaking) with the bank manager, then get your father off the hook, it will lead to an investigation of the bank manager, and just like your father, you will be thrown under the buss as a sacrificial lamb.

 

[CbunnySwtor]

I'm trying to get through without using any command line shenanigans. I'll work on the judge more, I guess.

I figured the most neutral I could get was have one wife give a neutral testimony to the lawyer and the other wife give a neutral testimony to the detective. That way they will at least be getting the same story from both women to both sides of the court case, so as to make it more believable.

Hmm... game won't let a wife make a neutral statement to the detective. I guess the defense will get both neutral statements. I just have a bad feeling that the bank manager and the court case will be linked, and if you get in bed (figuratively speaking) with the bank manager, then get your father off the hook, it will lead to an investigation of the bank manager, and just like your father, you will be thrown under the buss as a sacrificial lamb.

Just about all the acts with the lawyer lower her professional level.
@ her apartment: kissing, fucking with and without a condom and creampies during solo nights.
If you've met the Judge, all of the actions they do together, or in view of each other lowers both their prof.
@ Town Hall, naught talk with the lawyer lower s the value.
@ Her office on the weekends, just about every action decreases the number.

Turns out, on the investigations panel, there is an orange bar under the pic of the lawyers and the judge. The shorter that bar, the more unprofessional they are.

Re the testimony. Not sure the story has progressed far enough to reveal any differences yet. I have some saves on tab 5 just for when that happens.

 

[pds72]

Seems only Cunni lower professionalism for the Weekend Office visits.
Started the night 90.4 for professionalism. I was at the point to get HJs on the weekend. Drained the allure for those, then the FJ and BJs, the Profess didn't move. Started moving with cunni's. Got to point of asking Ren to join and she would run off. So spammed her night activities with jump commands. I built her allure up to raw sex and next weekend went back to office.
Had her join the cunni. After a couple time Victoria got mad and ran off. Fixed that and got 3some next day (Sunday)

That is where I stopped. Professionalism is down to 67.9

CHEATS USED: Universal Ren'Py Mod / URM
FLawyer.LastOfficeMettingDate (search metting, it is spelled that way) For console add -=20

Labels: search nightact in labels or add jump before one or the other
SearchFLawyerSecrNightActivityLabel use this if you want to be arrested (few interactions to see plus IOUs for Ren)
FlawSecrNightActEndLabel use the to skip to the end. Select to stay or get a ride home (both led to sex, but staying seems faster)

To get Ren Raw, you need to collect IOUs and request to allow it.

 

[Haknox]

Can anyone Help, I bought the Single Bedroom for a week but it still says that I'm Sleeping in my Oun Bed and Lisa is Sleeping in her own Bed, same thing happens when I switch Lisa out for Jill or Lilly. There is always 2 Beds even though I Bought the Single Bed Upgrade from the Manager.

 

[CbunnySwtor]

Can anyone Help, I bought the Single Bedroom for a week but it still says that I'm Sleeping in my Oun Bed and Lisa is Sleeping in her own Bed, same thing happens when I switch Lisa out for Jill or Lilly. There is always 2 Beds even though I Bought the Single Bed Upgrade from the Manager.

The bed changes at 1200. If you asked after that, wait a day.

 

[CbunnySwtor]

I was at the point to get HJs on the weekend. Drained the allure for those, then the FJ and BJs, the Profess didn't move

The professional value is processed after HJ, FJ, Cunni and 3somes but not BJs (Guess she sees them as a burden). However, it is processed the same as allure so it has an "is effective" check. If you've stopped gaining allure, the professional deduction check is likely failing as well.
Check the following value:

FLawyer.Professional.Adders["OfficeHelp"].Left

If it's 0, you've exhausted it. If you want to add more, use negative integers. If you want to just reset it,

FLawyer.Professional.Adders["OfficeHelp"].Left = FLawyer.Professional.Adders["OfficeHelp"].Total

 

[marnosta]

Alrighty then. New "patch", new patch!
What to expect:
READ THE README!
1) Refill or max out your energy
Stop time because you're a Wizard Harry Palms!
Get promoted because you're you!
Set opinion/allure/conflict to whatever the hell you want!
Trigger a "few" random events just cause you can.
Trigger scripted events cause you can, so long as they are walking in on jerking/taking pics and something I don't recall atm.


Updated (again) on 1 Jan. fixed a method that caused things to not thing right

3 FEB: Seems to work just fine with 0.58.1. I haven't encountered any problems. If you do, let me know.

Bug fixed when in areas where you can use "Rest & Advance Time". It no longer adds 2 hours. Thank you, yamabear

Updated to fix allure error. 15 FEB

Updated to 0.59.1. I ran thru everything, and nothing borked out. Let me know if it all goes sideways on ya.

Updated 9 MAR 25. Conflict was building every time you did an action vs just once per time slot . Perils of stopping time I suppose.

Updated 8 APR 25. Fixed bug with asking for single/double rooms. Fixed bug where alt key gets dropped when giving 50 items.

Updated 9 MAY 25. Added time resets for new (and missed) activities. See readme.txt for more information.

Updated 14 May 25. Added a couple of random events and a GUI variable editor. Be careful with that part.

23 MAY: Fixed an ignored property. Thanks to EnigmaticChap for pointing it out even if it was indirectly.

23 MAY Part 2: added a button to launch the Replay, if it's installed. If you don't have the replay, the button doesn't show.

Idk if I'm blind, but I don't see any file to download, was scrolling through your other comments and no luck, could you point out the direction for me please. Found only your gallery unlocker. Nvm found it, that link on the main page is pointing to your update notes instead of your file. Thanks for your file btw, I just want to stop time while travelling, so it's perfect. .)

edit. actually I didn't that's some replay mod, I'm looking for that 'patch' of yours, dammit.

 

[RickyBobby47]

Idk if I'm blind, but I don't see any file to download, was scrolling through your other comments and no luck, could you point out the direction for me please. Found only your gallery unlocker.

It would be on the front page, it's one of the linked mods.

Should direct you to a comment they made previously (which they retroactively update).

So even if the comment is dated on lets say like June of 2021, the linked content can still be an update they made in 2025.