RPGM Symphony of the Serpent [v.23031] [NLT Media]

[pdpax]

I'm sorry, but I just don't really care for any of the side girls at all as every interaction feels cheap and they're never going to meaningfully develop as characters over time. Would much rather the focus be on the main girls and story instead. This approach they're doing will only unnecessarily extend overall dev time on the game.

Considering this update, it looks like the side chicks are there just to buy the developers some time.

 

[TheSweetEvilKing]

Ah, I See You're a Man of Culture As Well!

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yes i beleive she is the bomb, the ants pants in this set of NLTs characters she like the grown up matured version of Hannah from TGO

 

[BigDilly48]

Considering this update, it looks like the side chicks are there just to buy the developers some time.

Yeah, I got the feeling that was the reason as well. I still like the game overall though as NLT games are usually better than 80% of the stuff seen on this site. However, I think imma check this game out every month or so rather than every 2 weeks like I did with TGO and ToN because of this reason.

 

[pdpax]

Unfortunately animations, video-codec, videos-bitrate and the new internal video-player.
Maybe NLT will update as the development goes on; but I doubt it!
NLT didn't update the GOG to this day.

Bro, this is the first time I've downloaded HQ videos. How on earth are LQ videos turned HQ?

 

[Don Kilot]

Bro, this is the first time I've downloaded HQ videos. How on earth are LQ videos turned HQ?

You really want to know how or do you mean why how this mod can be called "HD".
It's not really "HD". The Main/768p-Version has just lesser artifacts, is less noisy and the videos are in 60 FPS.
You need are video-compare-tool and see the videos in motion to see differences.
The 2K-Videos looks way better; but we can't use them atm.

So why is that, you may ask.
It's because the SotS-Source-Videofiles are . No I mean literally !
Here on F95 you have the games like Ripples, Fresh Women etc.
The videos of these games, if we compare figures, need less but look so much better.
The SotS-Source-Videofiles have 6K-10K Kbit/s. Way too much for this blurry !
It would be better not to try to remaster the SotS-Videos; but to remake them from scratch.
Believe me, I know how 3D-Graphics work. I doing that successfully for over 20 years.

 

[pdpax]

You want to know how or do you mean why how this mod can be called "HD".
The Main/768p-Version has just lesser artifacts, is less noisy and the videos are in 60 FPS.
You need are video-compare-tool and see the videos in motion to see differences.
The 2K-Videos looks way better; but we can't use them atm.

So why is that, you may ask.
It's because the SotS-Source-Videofiles are . No I mean literally overblown !
Here on F95 you have the games like Ripples, Fresh Women etc.
The videos of these games, if we compare figures, need less but look so much better.
The SotS-Source-Videofiles have 6K-10K Kbit/s. Way too much for this blurry !
It would be better not to try to remaster the SotS-Videos; but to remake them from scratch.
Believe me, I know how 3D-Graphics work. I doing that successfully for over 20 years.

LOL yeah. HD. Thanks.

Ok, I know I sound stupid, which I absolutely am in this case, but please bear with me. lol

I understand how something with high quality can be reduced to shit, but not the other way around... What is this sorcery?

Do you have access to the artifacts, which is why you can recreate the videos? I know that's probably not the case.

Or does the video format somehow allow different tools to increase the resolution? I don't think that's it either.

What's happening?

Also, I didn't understand this line: "The SotS-Source-Videofiles have 6K-10K Kbit/s. Way too much for this blurry !"
Are these SotS-Source-Videofiles the same low-quality ones shared in updates? Because I'm already wondering if you have access to some other game-related stuff. I don't mean the tools. I also checked one of the update videos and it's only 488 Kbps, while one of the ones you shared is 8.3 Mbps, so I doubt if you're referring to the original videos shared in updates. But then again, you said "SotS-Source-Videofiles are ". I'm confused.

Can you please clarify and educate me a little?

 

[NH1980]

Can you delete save files from the game? Obviously you can do it by going into the save folder in file explorer and delete that way, can can you do it from the app.

Also have game saves now been centralised in the user area like with previous games - if so, where, I can't see them in AppData where the TGO and TON saves were kept.

I seem to have lots of duplicate save files and I suspect this is probably because I copied the save folder across not knowing that the saves had been centralised.

Just want to tidy up all my saves.

 

[pdpax]

Can you delete save files from the game? Obviously you can do it by going into the save folder in file explorer and delete that way, can can you do it from the app.

Also have game saves now been centralised in the user area like with previous games - if so, where, I can't see them in AppData where the TGO and TON saves were kept.

I seem to have lots of duplicate save files and I suspect this is probably because I copied the save folder across not knowing that the saves had been centralised.

Just want to tidy up all my saves.

Yes. They're in C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\SotS.

What you can do is overwrite on the first one and delete the rest (after creating a backup).

 

[Don Kilot]

LOL yeah. HD. Thanks.

Ok, I know I sound stupid, which I absolutely am in this case, but please bear with me. lol

I understand how something with high quality can be reduced to shit, but not the other way around... What is this sorcery?

Do you have access to the artifacts, which is why you can recreate the videos? I know that's probably not the case.

Or does the video format somehow allow different tools to increase the resolution? I don't think that's it either.

What's happening?

Also, I didn't understand this line: "The SotS-Source-Videofiles have 6K-10K Kbit/s. Way too much for this blurry !"
Are these SotS-Source-Videofiles the same low-quality ones shared in updates? Because I'm already wondering if you have access to some other game-related stuff. I don't mean the tools. I also checked one of the update videos and it's only 488 Kbps, while one of the ones you shared is 8.3 Mbps, so I doubt if you're referring to the original videos shared in updates. But then again, you said "SotS-Source-Videofiles are ". I'm confused.

Can you please clarify and educate me a little?

You're right, I mixed some things up. I checked again only the MP4-Files are over 6Mbit/s; all other files are max. 2Mbit/s. My bad. TGO used 6-10 Mbit/s; which was not really good for the delivered quality either.
Nevertheless, NLT uses VP8 (which is bad enough) with a poor compression algorithm, then there's the low resolution and the icing on the cake is the low bitrate.

AI-Video-Enhancement-Concept
At its core, AI video enhancement and upscaling involve using machine learning algorithms to improve video quality by increasing resolution, reducing noise, and enhancing details. Unlike traditional methods that rely on interpolation techniques, AI approaches employ neural networks trained on vast datasets to predict and generate high-resolution images from low-resolution inputs. After that, the images are put together again to creat a fluid motion. Even the motion-part is predictible and thanks to motion-vectors you can double the frames/images. The prediction-algorithms are getting better and better every day. In the near future the compute-power of an Nvidia AI-Server can increase by a factor of 100.000 - 1.000.000. Which you can use to make faster or better images.

To put it simpler: You could say that traditional methods behave more like make-up (a layer on the actual image), while AI is like plastic surgery.

Limitations of AI-Upscaling

• Artifacts and inconsistencies
  AI video enhancer can sometimes introduce visual artifacts, such as unnatural textures or halo effects around edges. These artifacts arise because the AI is making educated guesses, which might not always align with the original content's intent.
• Processing time and computational Resources
  High-quality AI video enhancement is computationally intensive. Processing even a few minutes of footage can take hours on standard hardware, necessitating high-end GPUs or cloud-based solutions, which can be costly especially for private enhusiasts.
• Overfitting issues
  It usually happens when AI models are trained on specific datasets might not perform well on content that differs significantly from their training data.

 

[pdpax]

You're right, I mixed some things up. I checked again only the MP4-Files are over 6Mbit/s; all other files are max. 2Mbit/s. My bad. TGO used 6-10 Mbit/s; which was not really good for the delivered quality either.
Nevertheless, NLT uses VP8 (which is bad enough) with a poor compression algorithm, then there's the low resolution and the icing on the cake is the low bitrate.

AI video enhancement concepts
At its core, AI video enhancement and upscaling involve using machine learning algorithms to improve video quality by increasing resolution, reducing noise, and enhancing details. Unlike traditional methods that rely on interpolation techniques, AI approaches employ neural networks trained on vast datasets to predict and generate high-resolution images from low-resolution inputs. The prediction-algorithms are getting better and better every day. In the near future the compute-power of an Nvidia AI-Server can increase by a factor of 100.000 - 1.000.000. Which you can use to make faster or better images.

Limitations of AI-Upscaling

• Artifacts and inconsistencies
  AI video enhancer can sometimes introduce visual artifacts, such as unnatural textures or halo effects around edges. These artifacts arise because the AI is making educated guesses, which might not always align with the original content's intent.
• Processing time and computational Resources
  High-quality AI video enhancement is computationally intensive. Processing even a few minutes of footage can take hours on standard hardware, necessitating high-end GPUs or cloud-based solutions, which can be costly especially for private enhusiasts.
• Overfitting issues
  It usually happens when AI models are trained on specific datasets might not perform well on content that differs significantly from their training data.

Ah... AI then. I see. That's pretty cool. Thanks a lot.

 

[Don Kilot]

Ah... AI then. I see. That's pretty cool. Thanks a lot.

I don't get NLT. The new RPGM-Engine can use VP9 and now AV1. These are fantasic codecs.
VP9 is licence-free and runs on every device.
AV1 needs modern hardware, is also licence-free and is even better at the same bitrate, more complex for finetuning and allows hardware-compiling on comsumer GPUs.
I have heard rumours that NLT will release 1440p videos later.

 

[pdpax]

I don't get NLT. The new RPGM-Engine can use VP9 and now AV1. These are fantasic codecs.
VP9 is licence-free and runs on every device.
AV1 needs modern hardware, is also licence-free and is even better at the same bitrate, more complex for finetuning and allows hardware-compiling on comsumer GPUs.
I have heard rumours that NLT will release 1440p videos later.
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They used to include both high resolution and low resolution videos in the previous games. Video and Video-l files. Now it's all low resolution for some reason. IDK why.

 

[Don Kilot]

Ah... AI then. I see. That's pretty cool. Thanks a lot.

If you have a Nvidia-GPU, you can enable RTX VSR (Video Super Resolution) for apps and browsers.
Resident Evil 2 Remake:

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Even realtime AI-Enhancements for VLC and MPC-HC in realtime is possible (needs a plugin).
Older Comparison-Video:

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It's not as good as a pre-rendered video, but it's really good for a real-time solution.

 

[Borlandsmen]

They used to include both high resolution and low resolution videos in the previous games. Video and Video-l files. Now it's all low resolution for some reason. IDK why.

NLT said before the game's release that it was abandoning the low-quality version... I thought it was cool - finally, it doesn't have to do double work to make everything work on weaker devices. Only quality!! And then it happened... the ass.
The result we got was worse than in previous games.

I have heard rumours that NLT will release 1440p videos later.

How I wish this turned out to be true.

 

[Abelian]

Considering this update, it looks like the side chicks are there just to buy the developers some time.

NLT Media gives the game away in last Weekly Report, i.e., "At the end of the week will come the next bonus chapter of Symphony of the Serpent!" So even developer thinks side-girl update are "bonus" and not full game updates it looks like. Bonus chapters in the past only come after game ends and used to provide short content until next game is launched. As suggested I suppose inferior side-girl thing is to allow developers to buy time to devote more to superior story updates.

 

[pdpax]

NLT Media gives the game away in last Weekly Report, i.e., "At the end of the week will come the next bonus chapter of Symphony of the Serpent!" So even developer thinks side-girl update are "bonus" and not full game updates it looks like. Bonus chapters in the past only come after game ends and used to provide short content until next game is launched. As suggested I suppose inferior side-girl thing is to allow developers to buy time to devote more to superior story updates.

I won't have a problem with that if they do make better stories. This could actually be a good sign. Gives us hope.

 

[NH1980]

Small bug.

I had the chest key but I hadn't found the chest.

I decided to call Grace anyway and she came over to my place and offered me both types of Booty Call even though I hadn't found the Karma Sutra page.

But on the summary page it still showed that I was missing a booty call. It was only after I found the chest did that get cleared.

But the bug is that the booty sex was available before the chest and karma sutra page was found.

Cheers,

Nigel

 

[Tramban002]

Is this a bug? Always failed on the 3rd question in the Apex about flowing the plants indoor. I've selected first, first then second option.

 

[NH1980]

Is this a bug? Always failed on the 3rd question in the Apex about flowing the plants indoor. I've selected first, first then second option.

Worked first time for me. To be honest unlike some of the questions in earlier updates the answers to these are pretty obvious, not only that, but the other options are so ridiculously stupid that even if you weren't sure that that correct answer is correct there is no other sensible option.

 

[facialandfeetlover]

has anyone had this issue. The bar is way off and its not triggering the next sex scene.