A few things I note while playing.
- Playing v. 1.06 and to me it seems as if the salaries have gone haywire. played for a year or so and the waitresses and similiar jobs demands 20++, even with shitty stats. This is new from earlier versions.
Really struggling to hire people as well, both from way too high salaries and also they simply aren't interested. Not to mention way too few apply for the jobs.
As of now I actually feel this version is a step back :-( Way too difficult.
There were no specific changes to the logic for accepting a job or the wanted salary with this version (or any recent one for that matter). It's probably just a bad luck with RNG and getting several hard to hire girls in a row.
Unrelated but
TotalFluke is there any chance the modesty scale will ever expand beyond z1-z12, or somehow allow for a bit more freedom? I know you already do a lot of work so this is more just a thought I was also having when playing with other peoples modpacks as well as some I've made for my own use. Since the guide mentions say "nude" being minimum z9 and maximum z12 there's only ever gonna be 4 images that will fit in that slot for potential selection. Moreover I assume there's not much point going beyond z0-2 for biz/cas/bc/fun outfits (or any other category) to add more potential variety since I expect they'd never actually get worn due to the value going above the recommended level, even if the actual image still fits thematically?
Not to say this isn't already pretty good I just wonder if it's likely to expand or change. Or even be increased slightly via a mod/command?
I think I just enjoy how the sandbox can be used and changed by players if they want haha, takes me back to playing a lot of different runs of Brothel King a few years ago.
I have no plans to expands on that scale from the current 0-12. I'm not sure what we get from higher levels or when they would come into play. You are correct with the not much value going below 2 for standard clothing. Several girls have those and you rarely see them because even when they are legal to be worn, now they are competing with stripper dresses so they rarely get used. That said, if someone suggests a good case use for it, then I'd be open to it.
I edited my fertility to Zero and they still get prego and I have them to the paternal test and it comes back guilty WTF? And allot of them too so far at least 5. Then you get all the BS pop ups about matarnity BS come here go there and if you click thought them to fast you accidently click on something important. Get pregnancy at least managable. Do you not want people to have fun playing a game. If you make it real life what it the point in playing.
Fertility (as most attributes) goes -100 to 100. So 0 is actually average fertility. (It's confusing that a few attributes go 0-100 and I wish I hadn't done that cause it bites me in the ass all the time when I forget which are which).
You can turn off pregnancies by the user_config.dat entry:
base_pregnancy float 0
if you prefer no one to get pregnant. This doesn't turn off all the birth control stuff, and it should. That's will be fixed on the next version.
I would work more an sexy graphics for the girls or a better business model for the clubs. The club winning as 1 bar on stage and 1 entrance and is the only club with positive cash flow, meanwhile I have to pay 40 k to hire a waiter. It is easier to make a deal with a politician and get their shitty kid to train. By winning I mean the first with any positive cash flow. It takes a year to have positive cash flow by then you have 20 girls prego as is now. Or you simply always use a condom and then that part isn't a game anymore. And you are left with a business model for a club. I still think your sex stats are the game here. How many you talked into cream pies multiple cream pies can only get 2 in this version, how many times you make them cum should be statistic they don't even remember it or seem to notice it or how you did it finger tongue or dick, hell sometime they com when you talk dirty to them. So that part is good, I notice they keep 3 way stats better now as well. That was a waste of time in the past, except for a couple points of they like you that soon fades away back to their level. Do things like negative effects ever fall off their memories? The negatives they have on you?
I'm not sure I follow all of that... but:
* About the economic model: it turned out to be much harder than I anticipated and I never want that to be the focus of the game. If you want to play to optimize your cash flow go ahead, I'm not going to tell anyone what to enjoy. But I'm not interested in building a business simulator so this game will always fall short in that area. Even if I spend all my time on it, it will likely still not be good enough. At the end the strip club is an excuse to put the MC in a situation where he or she can interact with a bunch of other characters in a sexy environment.
* You got 20 girls pregnant in one year? That's impressive. I should have made the achievement for more than 3 in a year then!
* Yes, negative opinions wear out too. Almost all opinions trend towards 0, each opinion has it's own rate of decay. (The ones that don't are things like "family" or "is tall" that don't change.
Thanks
Second question, how can i ask my gf to stop taking birth control?
You know that's a great idea. Not sure why I didn't think of it. Will add it to the list. (You do have various options to replace her birth control pills with fake ones though).
Thank you for making it clear I'm still on my first run trying to figure most stuff out.
One more question just to be sure when it comes to having multiple BF's / GF's do I need to both hate mono and like Poly or one opinion is well enough.
Will later try to do new playtrough and this time I won't instantly start hiring people may even postone that and op club until I have Kitchen + Sit Area etc.
In general, when the opinions are opposite one is enough. So if they hate mono, they will automatically love poly. If you do try to convince someone that loves poly to hate mono, that should always work and it should tell you that she already does.
Never tried waiting to open until after the kitchen and sitting area are built to open the club. I think that would be worse. Once you open, you can start building up your fame which is what drivers customers. When not open your fame won't grow so by the time you do open in that case you will be getting very few customers and will be losing a lot of money on all the salaries you be paying.
I've always wondered when going someplace private with anyone really but someone you have a relationship in particular, why isn't your or their home one of the options? to go to their home you have to hope and pray they offer, but yours is never an option unless you drag them there then make a move on them.
also can pregnancy be a fetish we turn off and on? I know some people are all about it, not really a big thing for me.
Your home is not an option cause you have no home
. It probably should be but at one point I thought it made things too easy. That said if it your girlfriend, you suggesting to go to her home should be an option. I will look into that.
And I do like that way to turn off pregnancies. Maybe I'll do that.
