VN Ren'Py Summer's Gone [S1 Steam + DLC] [Oceanlab]

[hermit_tr]

Personally I think it's all lighting, makeup choice and hairstyle - I don't remember much fuss over CH1/2 reworked Ayua, and much much much close a match than any of the Milas. The lighting has a huge effect on her complexion.

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Yes you are right, even these two models look different.

 

[Ali ibn Hassan]

Reminds me of Bike helmet Boy!
They may be related

Very distantly..........

 

[RNasc4444]

Once we start Season 2 - there should not be any major character body changes that are not explainable by in AVN events or trends (like the MC getting more buff as he puts in the work at the gym and on the court).

So no chance of Eva suddenly appearing like a petite version of Kim Kardashian before season 2, huh? I was looking forward to see her struggle to get into the car due to a gigantic ass to give the MC a ride while the script still has him calling her a beanpole

 

[AlexFXR]

I saw this comment in reddit -> "Less than 200 line means update possible in maybe 3-4 months."
is this true ?

It's a joke. 200 lines of text can be done in 3 hours of leisurely work.

 

[Alexanderson037500aa]

Even though we talked a lot about her, she still wasn't a love interest, but Marla is a love interest and will never lose her status.

I still don't understand what Marla has that these three don't have.

Yeah, I know we still don't know what Ocean's plans are for Marla, so don't waste your time writing an essay about it.

 

[BobTheDuck]

Even though we talked a lot about her, she still wasn't a love interest, but Marla is a love interest and will never lose her status.
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I still don't understand what Marla has that these three don't have.
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Yeah, I know we still don't know what Ocean's plans are for Marla, so don't waste your time writing an essay about it.
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Buggered if I know

 

[Ali ibn Hassan]

I still don't understand what Marla has that these three don't have.

Dude, she's like..... old

 

[yossa999]

I still don't understand what Marla has that these three don't have.

Maybe she has the absence of blood relationship with the Zanes?

 

[Ali ibn Hassan]

Maybe she has the absence of blood relationship with the Zanes?

That's beyond my imagination!
Does Ocean have a plan for life in Wollust outside the bonds of blood?
My mind is boggled, indeed it is!

 

[yossa999]

That's beyond my imagination!
Does Ocean have a plan for life in Wollust outside the bonds of blood?
My mind is boggled, indeed it is!

Well, he put Sonya in the game for some reason.

 

[Ali ibn Hassan]

Well, he put Sonya in the game for some reason.

You're absolutely correct!
New blood!
No more 12 fingers and toes!
No more bluegrass?

 

[yossa999]

You're absolutely correct!
New blood!
No more 12 fingers and toes!
No more bluegrass?

Who knows?
What if the whole plot will turn into "The Faculty", 1998? That would explain superhuman muscle growth too. And Vanessa's weirdness and why they always have to use the jacuzzi. And the board game wasn't actually fiction!

 

[Hahn1900]

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Hello,

The last log was mostly about S1 & Ch2. This log now includes some new Season 2 stuff.

How so?

Well, I got an upgrade.


If you don't care about hardware and behind-the-scenes stuff. Scroll down until the previews start.


I was running into a wall with a scene in SG. I couldn't render it as it featured the big classroom & 11+ visible characters.

Sure, I could've used fewer characters but that's not the solution to the issue.

Especially in the college, I want to show crowded scenes with lots of students and professors running around.

I value immersion more than the actual image quality by now.

At first, I tried to render the scene in two images. (Hide half the people -> Render it -> Show/Hide the other half -> Render it -> Put together in Photoshop.

It didn't work. The scene is so crowded and everyone so close to one another that the shadows were fucked and seams started to form.

I also tried to remove some characters, but I couldn't even render the 7 characters. (From 12 to 7.)

Then I wanted to move that scene over to the WiAB PC to render it with the A6000. Yeaaah, the WiAB PC was lacking 50-100 assets that I would've had to hunt down.

And the new Cloud library is still uploading (It's been weeks.).


So I reached out to a B2B business in Germany that sells hardware and asked them for an offer for two A6000 Ada's.

These fuckers come in at 10k€ in Germany. Each.

So, I talked to them over the phone and told them what I would need... and that I'm looking for a reliable hardware business to work with.

I got both A6000 Ada's for 13k. I also didn't buy them but leased them, as it's super easy to deduct 100% of the cost as a business expense.

And the best/saddest part? The leasing rate of these cards together is less than 40% of my monthly energy bill. Let that sink in.


I didn't like the Ada. I didn't want to get it. And now I tested them for two days.

I knew they would be slower than my current setup...

But I was wrong. Those Ada's outperform my 4090+3090 easily.

I have some numbers:

4090 + 3090

Render 1: 6:28min

Render 2: 8:42min



2x A6000 Ada:

Render 1: 5:13

Render 2: 7:01



The reason I didn't want to get the Ada was that they got rid of the NvLink and memory pooling.

But I found an SLI option in the Nvidia settings... And I think it somewhat works.



I went back to the scene I couldn't render previously and rendered it without any issues. (12 Characters).

I then noticed something funny... The cards were only using 25 GB VRAM out of 48.

How is that possible?

If that was the case, the 4090 & 3090 should've been able to render the version with 7 characters. (These cards have 24GB VRAM and the scene would've definitely dropped below 24GB by removing 5 characters.)

That's why I think the SLI (NvLInk) actually works to a degree. Theorethically I could render this scene with 24-26 characters.

That's amazing.



So yeah, I gave in and got myself two Ada's for a "decent" price and now have a friendly relationship with a B2B Hardware business in Germany. (Which will help a lot in the future.)

And I'm very impressed by the Ada's. I never expected them to be faster than my 4090+3090.

They also only use half the energy compared to the 4090/3090 combo.

I could also add two more of them to the case.



I hate to say it... But the Ada's delivered.

Prepare for some big, immersive scenes in the future.



And now I'll answer the question from the beginning: How am I able to do Season 2 again?

Thanks to the Ada, I can now do what I've been doing with WiAB for SG.

Work on two updates at the same time.
Previously, I couldn't do it if any scene featured more than two characters. (In each Daz instance).



Alrighty, let's start with the Season 2 previews. (Limited to three.) 4K attached.

Judging by how S1 ended. Season 2 has different starting routes. (Mila, the Cheeto & solo)

Some Mila.
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I'm kinda sick of the Cheeto's open hair. It's such a low quality asset. I also don't like to use her ponytail all the time, so I've begun to experiment with new hairstyles.
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The look the Cheeto gives you while you try to explain, why taking a bath together is a bad idea before she dismisses everything you just said with a funky "Yo!"
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Now to the current priority target. Season 1.

Sadly, the A6000s arrived after I finished the basketball scene... So I had to limit myself there.

But the basketball is done and only a few smaller scenes are left and then I'll need to do the postwork and... Oh god... The gallery for Chapter 2 & Chapter 5.

Some more basketball comparisons. 4k Attached.

I had to laugh a few times when I checked out the older images... Like what the actual fuck.

Old (Bella slamming MC into oblivion.)
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Obviously, the new version has a much better dynamic. Bella isn't a hulk anymore, you'll actually deal some blows to her too this time, and the scene flows much better.

New
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Less than 200 lines are left. I can see the light.

It also feels so good to work on Season 2 again.


Oh, I almost forgot. I've also started to work on the first Blender cinematic. It's the new Intro for SG, as I sadly had to remove the old one due to music license issues.

I bought the license for the new intro song almost two years ago. Since then this intro cinematic has been in my head... and soon I get to use the music.


I feel good.

I hope you do too.

- Ocean

Thanks for posting, so finally season 1 will be finished and the rework too... didnt play chapter 5 yet cause i wanted to wait until everything is done (kinda) i knew that chapter 2 had some rework to be done left.

Kinda strange thaough about the A6000. Iam from germany too, so.... i looked them up and, yeah... well, what can i say, many good traders have them for around 5100€-5300€... even amazon got them for 5300-5500... but Ocean paid 13.000 for 2 cards... dont know the reason behind that, but, yeah thats at least 2000 too much. *shrug* its his money. And he even mentioned that he thaught one A6000 is about 10.000€ each in germany, well... no its not. And the traders i looked up are legit and well known in germany too. So... yeah dont understand him here. Maybe some special versions of the A6000? But i dont even can find anything other than the founder edition. *shrug*

Nontheless, those A6000 are really nice to have for his kind of work and renders he is looking for.

I guess we may can expect the final version of season 1 during february (hopefully) and maybe a little faster coming updates in the future... hence the better hardware and that he is setteling in his new place and all that out of the way.

 

[yossa999]

Kinda strange thaough about the A6000. Iam from germany too, so.... i looked them up and, yeah... well, what can i say, many good traders have them for around 5100€-5300€... even amazon got them for 5300-5500... but Ocean paid 13.000 for 2 cards... dont know the reason behind that, but, yeah thats at least 2000 too much. *shrug* its his money. And he even mentioned that he thaught one A6000 is about 10.000€ each in germany, well... no its not. And the traders i looked up are legit and well known in germany too. So... yeah dont understand him here. Maybe some special versions of the A6000? But i dont even can find anything other than the founder edition. *shrug*

A6000 Ada. It's a slightly different beast.

 

[hermit_tr]

Thanks for posting, so finally season 1 will be finished and the rework too... didnt play chapter 5 yet cause i wanted to wait until everything is done (kinda) i knew that chapter 2 had some rework to be done left.

Kinda strange thaough about the A6000. Iam from germany too, so.... i looked them up and, yeah... well, what can i say, many good traders have them for around 5100€-5300€... even amazon got them for 5300-5500... but Ocean paid 13.000 for 2 cards... dont know the reason behind that, but, yeah thats at least 2000 too much. *shrug* its his money. And he even mentioned that he thaught one A6000 is about 10.000€ each in germany, well... no its not. And the traders i looked up are legit and well known in germany too. So... yeah dont understand him here. Maybe some special versions of the A6000? But i dont even can find anything other than the founder edition. *shrug*

Nontheless, those A6000 are really nice to have for his kind of work and renders he is looking for.

I guess we may can expect the final version of season 1 during february (hopefully) and maybe a little faster coming updates in the future... hence the better hardware and that he is setteling in his new place and all that out of the way.

RTX 6000 ADA and RTX A6000 are 2 different GPUs

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[Hahn1900]

oh yeah of course... kinda missed the "ada"... so yeah, that explains it. Dunno why i oversaw that. to get 2 of those for 13k € is a very good deal though...

 

[hermit_tr]

Even though we talked a lot about her, she still wasn't a love interest, but Marla is a love interest and will never lose her status.
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I still don't understand what Marla has that these three don't have.
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Yeah, I know we still don't know what Ocean's plans are for Marla, so don't waste your time writing an essay about it.
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Ocean once said:

LI = Gets an ending.
Many Non-LI's are still lewdable.

I can't care about people getting pissed. They'll always find a reason to get pissed.



Because no matter how irrelevant a character might be, they deserve my full attention when creating them.
I don't like it when a dev creates walking, unattractive hulls just because they're not the focus of the game.

There are tons of beautiful girls with amazing personalities in the world, but not every one of them is meant to play a role in your life.

Every single character that appears is part of the composition. Give them some life (soul), and make em somewhat pretty.
If you do create a lot of characters, do it right.

It adds immersion when even BG characters can add something to the eye and mind.


I get your point if this was a simple dating Sim where the only goal is to fuck everyone, but it isn't.



There is no "Marla over Maja", in the same way as there is no "Bella over Maja."

Maja's role in the game just isn't the one of an LI. (She's lewdable, but doesn't get a happily ever after ending with the MC.)
The MC isn't a blank hull that is compatible with every character beyond a fling/FWB.

And the most important variable is Victoria.
Maja would ALWAYS choose Victoria over the MC.

And it doesn't matter if the player likes Victoria or not.
Victoria likes the MC, and Victoria's feelings and well-being are what's important to Maja.


Marla's role doesn't come from being stunning on the outside. She isn't a classy porn trope "Milf."
She's what you'd find under the category "Mature".

And more important, looking good doesn't make you an LI.
The story behind the person determines if you get to be one.


And because I rewrite things in the BG (Future Chapters), there's always a small chance for a previous Non-LI to become one.
But the chance for some is extremely low.




No character in the game is modeled after an RL person.

That would be a pain in the ass to do considering the limitations Daz has (and the High-Res Sculpt block on Zbrush if you're not a PA).

 

[nobody0]

Ocean once said:

Meh, ocean is swinging and missing with that one. Or maybe I'm just not into milfs.

 

[Alexanderson037500aa]

Ocean once said:

 

[sorco2003]

Ocean once said:

It's hard to accept the reason Ocean gives when all LI's are stunning, and in the same answer a few lines above he says that all the girls in the background are stunning because he likes to work that way and in reality not all the pretty girls are part of your life.
But, it's his reason and we have to live with it.