VN Ren'Py That New Teacher [v0.8.0 EA] [RogueOne]

colobancuz · 2025-12-09T15:12:35+0000

TheSidewinder said:
I'm a bit suspicious of the download.

The game executable is trying to "call out" to some Cloudflare IP address (104.26.8.198) when loading a save. Smells rather suspicious.

(THIS WAS NOT AN ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM CATCHING IT. It's ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall and it catches every attempt to access anything outside of the PC running the game. Needless to say, I blocked that attempt.)

try run in powershell

Code:

ipconfig /displaydns | Select-String -Pattern "104\.26\.8\.198"

This will allow you to find out the domain name, which can then use to search in scripts.

Padorublad3 · 2025-12-09T15:16:10+0000

TheSidewinder said:
104.26.8.198

According to virus total,it's pretty often related to itch io

But,yeah,we still need either domain name or port

TheSidewinder · 2025-12-09T15:32:10+0000

colobancuz said:
try run in powershell

Code:

ipconfig /displaydns | Select-String -Pattern "104\.26\.8\.198"

This will allow you to find out the domain name, which can then use to search in scripts.

Eh... that powershell command doesn't return anything, which I expected since I blocked the callout attempt.

And I've done what I can, will have to leave it to others to figure out if it's malicious or actually benign.

lonzee · 2025-12-09T15:38:20+0000

Damn, the newest update has really good animation. I hope the animation stays consistent, and the updates too. Seriously, the animation is so different compared to before. I thought everything was going to be changed, but turns out it’s only the new content…
And yeah, as usual, the previous saves can’t be used :”)

colobancuz · 2025-12-09T15:42:38+0000

Padorublad3 said:
According to virus total,it's pretty often related to itch io But,yeah,we still need either domain name or port

TheSidewinder said:
Eh... that powershell command doesn't return anything, which I expected since I blocked the callout attempt.

And I've done what I can, will have to leave it to others to figure out if it's malicious or actually benign.

Well, ping for itch.io gives the IP address 104.26.8.198.
In addition to numerous references to his page on itch, the developer also added a check for the latest version. It is located in VersionChecker.rpy.

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It seems that this function is executed every time the main menu screen is displayed.

TheSidewinder · 2025-12-09T15:50:45+0000

colobancuz said:
Well, ping for itch.io gives the IP address 104.26.8.198.
In addition to numerous references to his page on itch, the developer also added a check for the latest version. It is located in VersionChecker.rpy.

(SNIP)

It seems that this function is executed every time the main menu screen is displayed.

OK, that would explain it.

But with all the malware going around, that's a boneheaded thing to do without telling everyone you're doing it.

colobancuz · 2025-12-09T15:53:26+0000

TheSidewinder said:
OK, that would explain it.

But with all the malware going around, that's a boneheaded thing to do without telling everyone you're doing it.

Of course, it's better to double-check and ask a question than to simply ignore the warning.
In any case, I run everything in a sandbox with the internet blocked.

Nick Nosferatu · 2025-12-09T16:00:11+0000

I can now understand why it took so long to get an update, to the point I cannot even complain about wanting more (the mother is still the best character in the game).

GandalfTheWhite · 2025-12-09T16:06:08+0000

Whats the problem to run it using native Windows Sandbox?

colobancuz · 2025-12-09T16:15:03+0000

GandalfTheWhite said:
Whats the problem to run it using native Windows Sandbox?

Well, basically, there are no problems — just run it. Except for the fact that the Windows sandbox does not allow you to restore files (saves, for example) — everything is deleted at the end of the session. Experts advise using OneDrive to save files from the sandbox, but I haven't done that.

By the way, why hasn't OP updated yet? Or has no one informed the mods?

SilentLuix · 2025-12-09T16:19:51+0000

or you can just boot a linux livecd, the saves are stored in ~/.renpy

Bob69 · 2025-12-09T16:36:22+0000

That New Teacher [v0.8.0 EA] [RogueOne] - Compressed

Note: Game is compressed to .avif.

Win/Linux [1,11 GB]