VN Ren'Py The Adventurous Couple [TACOS S2 P3b] [Mircom3D]

[Sadowdark]

Hey, I'm just starting TAC, and I'm running into a lot of errors in chapter 6 when you can choose rather to go to the gym or the beach, none of the images are showing and it's one error after another. Then when I roll back and go to the beach instead its the same thing. Is there a fix somewhere? sorry of this has been asked before, any help would be appreciated thanks.

This is just one of many errors I'm receiving.

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While loading <'Image' u'images/ch06/tony_beach_003.webp'>:
  File "game/chapter06.rpy", line 109, in script
    "One of the girls smiles at you, saying hi."
  File "renpy/common/000window.rpy", line 114, in _window_auto_callback
    _window_show(auto=True)
  File "renpy/common/000window.rpy", line 69, in _window_show
    renpy.with_statement(trans)
Exception: Could not load image u'images/ch06/tony_beach_003.webp': error('Failed to decode WEBP',)

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "game/chapter06.rpy", line 109, in script
    "One of the girls smiles at you, saying hi."
  File "renpy/ast.py", line 691, in execute
    statement_name("say")
  File "renpy/ast.py", line 46, in statement_name
    i(name)
  File "renpy/common/000window.rpy", line 114, in _window_auto_callback
    _window_show(auto=True)
  File "renpy/common/000window.rpy", line 69, in _window_show
    renpy.with_statement(trans)
  File "renpy/exports.py", line 1684, in with_statement
    return renpy.game.interface.do_with(trans, paired, clear=clear)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 2762, in do_with
    clear=clear)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3325, in interact
    repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, **kwargs)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3839, in interact_core
    self.draw_screen(root_widget, fullscreen_video, (not fullscreen_video) or video_frame_drawn)
  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 2565, in draw_screen
    renpy.config.screen_height,
  File "render.pyx", line 492, in renpy.display.render.render_screen
  File "render.pyx", line 263, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 826, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 263, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "renpy/display/transition.py", line 367, in render
    bottom = render(self.old_widget, width, height, st, at)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 263, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 826, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 263, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "renpy/display/layout.py", line 826, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 263, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "renpy/display/transform.py", line 733, in render
    return transform_render(self, width, height, st, at)
  File "accelerator.pyx", line 187, in renpy.display.accelerator.transform_render
  File "render.pyx", line 263, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "renpy/display/image.py", line 501, in render
    return wrap_render(self.target, width, height, st, at)
  File "renpy/display/image.py", line 307, in wrap_render
    rend = render(child, w, h, st, at)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 263, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "renpy/display/im.py", line 625, in render
    return cache.get(self, render=True)
  File "renpy/display/im.py", line 287, in get
    surf = image.load()
  File "renpy/display/im.py", line 706, in load
    raise e
Exception: Could not load image u'images/ch06/tony_beach_003.webp': error('Failed to decode WEBP',)

Windows-10-10.0.22000
Ren'Py 7.4.11.2266
Chapter 14 Full
Wed May 25 11:00:59 2022

May be using old mod and new version of the game. This problem is quite common

 

[rlduck]

May be using old mod and new version of the game. This problem is quite common

I'm using Lord Ashram's current mod for chapter 14, and using the latest version of the game.

 

[Sadowdark]

I'm using Lord Ashram's current mod for chapter 14, and using the latest version of the game.

Try to use it Webp header fix

 

[rlduck]

Try to use it Webp header fix

That fixed it, thank you very much sir.

 

[Puma1978]

I'm using Lord Ashram's current mod for chapter 14, and using the latest version of the game.

Did u download all data (even older chapters "game" folders) from Lord Ashram and replaced them one by one?

 

[«★K.I.N.G★»]

Full save anybody?

 

[gnole13]

I expressed my sadness in my previous post.

Spoiler: previous post

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Mostly about their relationship, where it was going, etc... After that, I might check one more time and I wasn't looking at the game since the ch13 sunday.

Don't know why but I missed Anne and wanna look at it again and try to give it another chance.
After I read this

Spoiler: You are both now faithful again

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I am back BABY

YES. That's it and It become my fav game, again.

Thanks Mircom3D for bringing my fav couple back and let's find as many as men for our faithful slut.

 

[Nurikabe]

I expressed my sadness in my previous post.

Mostly about their relationship, where it was going, etc... After that, I might check one more time and I wasn't looking at the game since the ch13 sunday.

t "I'm really happy we came out here for breakfast. We're such a great pair together."
a "You still think so?"
a "You still think we're a great match for a couple?"
t "Of course we are. Why are you asking this right now?"
a "Just a feeling I have that we might be heading in different directions."

a "OK sure, what I want is what I had."
a "I mean, I want you and I want us to be who we were 6 months ago."
a "We're not being honest with each other babe, I've done things that you're not aware of and I'm sure you have done things I don't know about."
a "It's not how we wanted it from the begining. This is supposed to be something we do together or at the very least talk to each other about it."
a "If we're going to continue doing this lifestyle stuff then we need to do it together or we need to know about it if done seperately."
t "So you are still wanting to continue teasing and having sex with others? You're not wanting to end this but just want us to be honest!"
a "Yes, that's exactly what I want."

a "Tonight before going to sleep we spill it all out and start fresh."

$ love + 25
$ faithful = True
$ annefaith = True
"**{i}You are both now faithful again.{/i}**"

I am back BABY

YES. That's it and It become my fav game, again.

Thanks Mircom3D for bringing my fav couple back and let's find as many as men for our faithful slut.

I have put some faith in this author previously. I now have no doubt that this is just a porn game and the writing will not live up to its potential.

a "Just a feeling I have that we might be heading in different directions."

This was the perfect opportunity to attack some of the glaring plot potentials. One route ends naturally where this game was heading: in the couple's explosion. But that means game over.

a "Tonight before going to sleep we spill it all out and start fresh."

The other missed opportunity for the author to show some very hot flashbacks, clear up what each person has really done.

Is Anne fucking Martin? Did she end it with Dre? Is she still having an affair with Ryan?​

And to be fair...

Is the MC cheating on her? Is he screwing everyone in the office even though she asked him not to? Is he screwing her best friend? Her mom?​

SHOW this conversation happening and play the scenes we were not privy to see when it happened.

Instead what we got is a magic wand <POOF!>

$ love + 25
$ faithful = True
$ annefaith = True
"**{i}You are both now faithful again.{/i}**"

And now, we wait for the next update to see what has really changed if anything.

 

[NewTricks]

I have put some faith in this author previously. I now have no doubt that this is just a porn game and the writing will not live up to its potential.

This was the perfect opportunity to attack some of the glaring plot potentials. One route ends naturally where this game was heading: in the couple's explosion. But that means game over.

The other was the opportunity for the author to show some very hot flashbacks, clear up what each person has really done.

Is Anne fucking Martin? Did she end it with Dre? Is she still having an affair with Ryan?​

And to be fair...

Is the MC cheating on her? Is he screwing everyone in the office even though she asked him not to? Is he screwing her best friend? Her mom?​

SHOW this conversation happening and play the scenes we were not privy to see when it happened.

Instead what we got is a magic wand <POOF!>

And now, we wait for the next update to see what has really changed if anything.

This reminds me of when something similar happened in A Wife And Mother before the football game the husband brings some flowers and even if you picked all the slutty options you could turn all those bad wife points into good wife points by "forgiving" the husband for being busy and rich. That was even more of a magic wand lol. Of course, that game remains annoyingly chaste and if it had one-eighth of the wife sex that this game has the testicles of its fans would explode.

Resets such as these are a mistake. If somebody really regrets how they played the game, they can always go back to a prior save or try another playthrough. I think what has made this one more unpopular is that there isn't a choice to avoid it. Or at least if there is I haven't found it. In one of my playthroughs I just want their relationship to burn, so I would like it to remain a godforsaken lying cheating mess thank you very much.

 

[Nurikabe]

This reminds me of when something similar happened in A Wife And Mother before the football game the husband brings some flowers and even if you picked all the slutty options you could turn all those bad wife points into good wife points by "forgiving" the husband for being busy and rich. That was even more of a magic wand lol. Of course, that game remains annoyingly chaste and if it had one-eighth of the wife sex that this game has the testicles of its fans would explode.

Resets such as these are a mistake. If somebody really regrets how they played the game, they can always go back to a prior save or try another playthrough. I think what has made this one more unpopular is that there isn't a choice to avoid it. Or at least if there is I haven't found it. In one of my playthroughs I just want their relationship to burn, so I would like it to remain a godforsaken lying cheating mess thank you very much.

Wholeheartedly agree!

Like the previous commenter I quoted in my post, I had washed my hands of this VN. Anne was sleeping with Martin (and the extent of that betrayal—it wasn't just sex) even after I had made choices for her to avoid it. Her relationship with Dre was out of line. And I had, of course, chosen to skip Ryan but they are still in communication. I wanted to burn it all down. Why save anything that woman touched? hahahaha

It was clever, choosing to use Anne as the change agent, instead of the MC. But that places the responsibility on Anne in the future. For those who were on cheating paths to begin with, using Anne to reset the relationship was a slap in the face. But for those of us who had written Anne off as 'trash not worth saving,' it gave us a do-over. But if she goes back to sleeping with everyone and everything, then the reset was a complete waste, and a cheap attempt to extend the life of a game that has overextended its expiration. In either of those cases, the reset was a mistake.

 

[rlduck]

Did u download all data (even older chapters "game" folders) from Lord Ashram and replaced them one by one?

Sadowdark fixed it for me, I just had to download the missing images for chapter 6-8, its good thank you for reaching out though it's appreciated.

 

[rlduck]

I expressed my sadness in my previous post.
Mostly about their relationship, where it was going, etc... After that, I might check one more time and I wasn't looking at the game since the ch13 sunday.

Don't know why but I missed Anne and wanna look at it again and try to give it another chance.
After I read this

Spoiler: You are both now faithful again

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I am back BABY

YES. That's it and It become my fav game, again.

Thanks Mircom3D for bringing my fav couple back and let's find as many as men for our faithful slut.

Yea I'm feeling like you were back them, I'm not near the end and I'm just in chapter where she runs into her old flame from college on the beach and you could choose rather to go with him and have a orgy, or blow him off. I went his way first and found out she never tells the MC about her meeting him on the beach nor what went down. This really bothered me because I'm trying to stick with the sharing route and go to the swingers club and with friends etc etc. There are a lot of times she's done things and not telling him about them. I'm still trying to keep him honest as well BUT!!! if she can run off and do what she wants why does he feel so scared to tell her what he's doing like they are going to split up even though she's doing everybody she comes across. I'm at the part now where she is getting ready to be a flight attendant and man I'm sure that's going to be a lot of mess there lol.

When I started this game the only reason that brought me here was Anne's model, she is gorgeous. I also have been playing Exciting games and I thought this would be similar where they both decided on what's going to happen and be there together through all this. I seen by the trip they took and the way she went nuts at the end with the waiter that this wasn't going the way I would like. I like the game but it's getting to a point where they are going away from each other, and even though I have been following the walkthrough LA provided and sticking to the swinging route and have been getting as many relationship points as I can so she doesn't cheat which I think by now is like 27, she stopped saying she loves him that much anymore and they hardly ever have sex with each other because she's already been plowed every time you turn around lol.

I really enjoy the way they started out but I'm losing it for now. I'm going to keep reading and hope it gets better. By what you typed up there it seems it gets better but right now I'm not enjoying it.

 

[NewTricks]

Yea I'm feeling like you were back them, I'm not near the end and I'm just in chapter where she runs into her old flame from college on the beach and you could choose rather to go with him and have a orgy, or blow him off. I went his way first and found out she never tells the MC about her meeting him on the beach nor what went down. This really bothered me because I'm trying to stick with the sharing route and go to the swingers club and with friends etc etc. There are a lot of times she's done things and not telling him about them. I'm still trying to keep him honest as well BUT!!! if she can run off and do what she wants why does he feel so scared to tell her what he's doing like they are going to split up even though she's doing everybody she comes across. I'm at the part now where she is getting ready to be a flight attendant and man I'm sure that's going to be a lot of mess there lol.

When I started this game the only reason that brought me here was Anne's model, she is gorgeous. I also have been playing Exciting games and I thought this would be similar where they both decided on what's going to happen and be there together through all this. I seen by the trip they took and the way she went nuts at the end with the waiter that this wasn't going the way I would like. I like the game but it's getting to a point where they are going away from each other, and even though I have been following the walkthrough LA provided and sticking to the swinging route and have been getting as many relationship points as I can so she doesn't cheat which I think by now is like 27, she stopped saying she loves him that much anymore and they hardly ever have sex with each other because she's already been plowed every time you turn around lol.

I really enjoy the way they started out but I'm losing it for now. I'm going to keep reading and hope it gets better. By what you typed up there it seems it gets better but right now I'm not enjoying it.

One of the bones of contention regarding this game is that even in the faithful playthrough she doesn't always disclose who she is with. But be patient with it. It is by design so that they can have a conversation about it later. At a certain point, they will either have a blow-up or they will set the rules. But at the point you are at, it is still the wild west and they both are going to slip up. Drama has to come from somewhere, after all. There will be a certain point when you can make a decision for her and this will determine whether or not she starts cheating in earnist and undermining the relationship. It will be pretty obvious when it arrives.

 

[Adviar5050]

I wanted to reply to everyone who are upset with the reset. Remember the developer just introduced it we don't know how its going to flesh out in later updates. I think he will reintroduce cheating moving forward and I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt. What I thought was the most interesting part of the reset was when Annie said she wanted to go back to the time before they introduced this open lifestyle. She only said she would continue it because the MC said he wanted to. I wonder if her character just wants to go back to be monogamous. What I would have liked to see is them both agreeing that the lifestyle was driving them apart and decide not to do it anymore and then slowly see both of them end up missing it and going behind each others backs to have lovers and then agree to continue it when one of them gets caught. My biggest complaint with the game is that Annie has fucked (or had the option to) every guy that gets introduced. I'd prefer she stuck with a steady stable of maybe the top ten. I would like to know if you don't say no to anybody how many different guys she screwed.. Its gotta be at least 30

 

[Puma1978]

I have put some faith in this author previously. I now have no doubt that this is just a porn game and the writing will not live up to its potential.

This was the perfect opportunity to attack some of the glaring plot potentials. One route ends naturally where this game was heading: in the couple's explosion. But that means game over.

The other was the opportunity for the author to show some very hot flashbacks, clear up what each person has really done.

Is Anne fucking Martin? Did she end it with Dre? Is she still having an affair with Ryan?​

And to be fair...

Is the MC cheating on her? Is he screwing everyone in the office even though she asked him not to? Is he screwing her best friend? Her mom?​

SHOW this conversation happening and play the scenes we were not privy to see when it happened.

Instead what we got is a magic wand <POOF!>

And now, we wait for the next update to see what has really changed if anything.

I think the faithfullness reset was placed on a very bad point in the game. It would have been better to put such a confession and restart at the end of the holiday. So during the whole holiday cheating for both could turned out into a competition between them and at the end they find back together and talk about it.
Like it is now i still have the feeling that this reset has just the purpose to finish the update quickly by skipping any cheating scenarios between Anne and MC which were planned by DEV at first. Because there is enough material there like Tamara, Walker, waiters, the golf guys and the tattooed blonde girl who now dont really get a real reason for their introduction.
A good way would be to let Anne ask MC if they should confess in the middle of the holiday like it is now or at the end of the holiday. Then player can choose different paths and trigger maybe a more hardcore cheating path during the holiday.
I also think that Anne and MC could turn this into a challenging game for every holiday to get chosen by player at the beginning of the holiday.. Everyone can fuck who he/she wants and at the end they make a confession and faithfullness reset...

 

[Sadowdark]

The best solution would be to have full control of Anna. It would solve the problem. And everyone would play as they like. And that's how we have a mess.

 

[SevenCostanza]

At the risk of sounding like a total jackass, to me it feels like the reset is more about prolonging the game/story as much as possible at this point. The fact that the actual discussion of both their infidelity and the lack of a response to the major sources of conflict/tension, which is basically a forced two line explanation, what else could it really be? If it was about expounding on the existing routes but with a 'clean slate' so to speak, then the issues surrounding the routes would be addressed in some way. What has actually changed in their relationship after the reset? With all of the major issues that bring real tension to each route being swept under the rug, why wouldn't they just pick up where they left off? Neither of them faced any repercussions or consequences for all their actions up to that point so why would they change anything? The wife after sleeping with anyone and everyone suddenly wants to go back to the way things were with no real explanation? Quite a leap of faith. In reality the reset is a cheap way to try to add some stakes/raise the tension since things were getting too repetitive and stale and thus extend the life of the game. It will make some players think 'Oh they're faithful again. Any cheating or cuckolding or corruption will now feel more fresh and impactful since they both said they would be faithful'.
This reset, or to be more specific, the couple's discussion about their relationship/cheating needed to have addressed the various issues in each of the routes that actually brought forth the conflict and the discussion in the first place. If not then, when? After another 3 updates when the story has circled back to another 'reset'?
Perhaps it would be beneficial to finalize the endings of the routes and work backwards so things don't get messier and harder to manage.

Edit: I don't think most people have a problem with the reset in general, it's more about the way it was executed. No player choice, not addressing the issues that brought up the discussion to begin with, no resolution of any of the existing conflicts, no actual plan on how to move forward, choices up till now have little impact, no closure, etc. What was the point of everything up till now if we just get sent back to the beginning of the game? It's like those Japanese VN's where you have to play through the game once and it unlocks a different play through/pov except nothing gets unlocked besides feeling dissatisfaction.

 

[Puma1978]

At the risk of sounding like a total jackass, to me it feels like the reset is more about prolonging the game/story as much as possible at this point. The fact that the actual discussion of both their infidelity and the lack of a response to the major sources of conflict/tension, which is basically a forced two line explanation, what else could it really be? If it was about expounding on the existing routes but with a 'clean slate' so to speak, then the issues surrounding the routes would be addressed in some way. What has actually changed in their relationship after the reset? With all of the major issues that bring real tension to each route being swept under the rug, why wouldn't they just pick up where they left off? Neither of them faced any repercussions or consequences for all their actions up to that point so why would they change anything? The wife after sleeping with anyone and everyone suddenly wants to go back to the way things were with no real explanation? Quite a leap of faith. In reality the reset is a cheap way to try to add some stakes/raise the tension since things were getting too repetitive and stale and thus extend the life of the game. It will make some players think 'Oh they're faithful again. Any cheating or cuckolding or corruption will now feel more fresh and impactful since they both said they would be faithful'.
This reset, or to be more specific, the couple's discussion about their relationship/cheating needed to have addressed the various issues in each of the routes that actually brought forth the conflict and the discussion in the first place. If not then, when? After another 3 updates when the story has circled back to another 'reset'?
Perhaps it would be beneficial to finalize the endings of the routes and work backwards so things don't get messier and harder to manage.

Edit: I don't think most people have a problem with the reset in general, it's more about the way it was executed. No player choice, not addressing the issues that brought up the discussion to begin with, no resolution of any of the existing conflicts, no actual plan on how to move forward, choices up till now have little impact, no closure, etc. What was the point of everything up till now if we just get sent back to the beginning of the game? It's like those Japanese VN's where you have to play through the game once and it unlocks a different play through/pov except nothing gets unlocked besides feeling dissatisfaction.

I agree with the reset but to put that in the middle of the holiday is a little suspect to me. It would be a good approach to let Anne ask MC if he wants to talk now or at the end of holiday. Becaue now i dont really understand why there is no action with Anne and the guys from the golf club is possible, what is the reason for introducing Tamara, the girl and her mum on the beach, the blonde tatooed girl and the other girls who have a name in the game which never get any special encounters.
So somehow to put the reset just in the middle of the holiday makes me feel that the Dev has planned a lot of cheating scenarios he couldnt finish or implement without bugs/errors anymore and so he did the forced reset to faithful? There is also a loss of action noticable after the reset until the last event just sitting on the swimming pool with Anne....
It would be a possible approach to make holidays between Anne and MC to a optional game where the player can decide at the beginning that everything is allowed this week and at the end we confess each other. Then player could choose from beginning of holiday if he gets the cheating path or the swinging path...

 

[Canto Forte]

The whole time Ann put her trust in hook ups was that she was the prize, so she felt excitement.
Now, when you look at pretty much all her continued hook ups,
the bulls are starting to get clingy and treat her like a cheap whore.
So Ann does need a reset. She needs a total makeover. She needs to wotk on the only thing
that makes her excited and also proves her worth: She is happyly married and open bout it.

Since the bulls started making demands and treated her like the street hooker,
she gave into it and we had actual street idiots get her for no reason other than her
being turned to trash by the assholes who could not understand her at all.

I wanted to reply to everyone who are upset with the reset. Remember the developer just introduced it we don't know how its going to flesh out in later updates. I think he will reintroduce cheating moving forward and I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt. What I thought was the most interesting part of the reset was when Annie said she wanted to go back to the time before they introduced this open lifestyle. She only said she would continue it because the MC said he wanted to. I wonder if her character just wants to go back to be monogamous. What I would have liked to see is them both agreeing that the lifestyle was driving them apart and decide not to do it anymore and then slowly see both of them end up missing it and going behind each others backs to have lovers and then agree to continue it when one of them gets caught. My biggest complaint with the game is that Annie has fucked (or had the option to) every guy that gets introduced. I'd prefer she stuck with a steady stable of maybe the top ten. I would like to know if you don't say no to anybody how many different guys she screwed.. Its gotta be at least 30

I think the faithfullness reset was placed on a very bad point in the game. It would have been better to put such a confession and restart at the end of the holiday. So during the whole holiday cheating for both could turned out into a competition between them and at the end they find back together and talk about it.
Like it is now i still have the feeling that this reset has just the purpose to finish the update quickly by skipping any cheating scenarios between Anne and MC which were planned by DEV at first. Because there is enough material there like Tamara, Walker, waiters, the golf guys and the tattooed blonde girl who now dont really get a real reason for their introduction.
A good way would be to let Anne ask MC if they should confess in the middle of the holiday like it is now or at the end of the holiday. Then player can choose different paths and trigger maybe a more hardcore cheating path during the holiday.
I also think that Anne and MC could turn this into a challenging game for every holiday to get chosen by player at the beginning of the holiday.. Everyone can fuck who he/she wants and at the end they make a confession and faithfullness reset...

At the risk of sounding like a total jackass, to me it feels like the reset is more about prolonging the game/story as much as possible at this point. The fact that the actual discussion of both their infidelity and the lack of a response to the major sources of conflict/tension, which is basically a forced two line explanation, what else could it really be? If it was about expounding on the existing routes but with a 'clean slate' so to speak, then the issues surrounding the routes would be addressed in some way. What has actually changed in their relationship after the reset? With all of the major issues that bring real tension to each route being swept under the rug, why wouldn't they just pick up where they left off? Neither of them faced any repercussions or consequences for all their actions up to that point so why would they change anything? The wife after sleeping with anyone and everyone suddenly wants to go back to the way things were with no real explanation? Quite a leap of faith. In reality the reset is a cheap way to try to add some stakes/raise the tension since things were getting too repetitive and stale and thus extend the life of the game. It will make some players think 'Oh they're faithful again. Any cheating or cuckolding or corruption will now feel more fresh and impactful since they both said they would be faithful'.
This reset, or to be more specific, the couple's discussion about their relationship/cheating needed to have addressed the various issues in each of the routes that actually brought forth the conflict and the discussion in the first place. If not then, when? After another 3 updates when the story has circled back to another 'reset'?
Perhaps it would be beneficial to finalize the endings of the routes and work backwards so things don't get messier and harder to manage.

Edit: I don't think most people have a problem with the reset in general, it's more about the way it was executed. No player choice, not addressing the issues that brought up the discussion to begin with, no resolution of any of the existing conflicts, no actual plan on how to move forward, choices up till now have little impact, no closure, etc. What was the point of everything up till now if we just get sent back to the beginning of the game? It's like those Japanese VN's where you have to play through the game once and it unlocks a different play through/pov except nothing gets unlocked besides feeling dissatisfaction.

I agree with the reset but to put that in the middle of the holiday is a little suspect to me. It would be a good approach to let Anne ask MC if he wants to talk now or at the end of holiday. Becaue now i dont really understand why there is no action with Anne and the guys from the golf club is possible, what is the reason for introducing Tamara, the girl and her mum on the beach, the blonde tatooed girl and the other girls who have a name in the game which never get any special encounters.
So somehow to put the reset just in the middle of the holiday makes me feel that the Dev has planned a lot of cheating scenarios he couldnt finish or implement without bugs/errors anymore and so he did the forced reset to faithful? There is also a loss of action noticable after the reset until the last event just sitting on the swimming pool with Anne....
It would be a possible approach to make holidays between Anne and MC to a optional game where the player can decide at the beginning that everything is allowed this week and at the end we confess each other. Then player could choose from beginning of holiday if he gets the cheating path or the swinging path...

Not to mention that lifestyle actually put them both to sleep, a recurring theme throughout the game was
the ”I am too tired to do anything with you” even tho that was the whole spark this game hangs on.

 

[Nurikabe]

The best solution would be to have full control of Anna. It would solve the problem. And everyone would play as they like. And that's how we have a mess.

But that is not the story we have. I understand you are saying that changing it to a female protagonist would allow all these guys to play Anne like a total slut and they would be happy about it. But that is not the story. It is possible to have a male protagonist controlled by the player. The solution can't be, just rewrite the story so dudes can control the female character. Right?

Is the problem that Anne has too much sex? No. How about, does Anne have sex with people the player does not want to have sex with? That seems more accurate. And in that case, giving the player the choice to engage in sex each time makes it so you can play Anne however you want. Wanna have the complete slut wife? Play Anne the way she is written. Wanna play Anne so she only sleeps with people the husband (and therefore the player) approves of? Add the chance to pass.

My personal problem with the story is that in a LOVING relationship with her husband, Anne would not do half of the things she does in the story. She would certainly NOT sleep with the husband's father. She would not establish a relationship with anyone particular guy. On the other hand, she would be an exhibitionist. She would sleep with anyone her husband approves. And anyone the husband is there for. That is all in character.

It is even possible to have the cuckold route with Anne in character. Whether she sleeps with guys and the husband is present, or if she tells him about it later, records it, takes pictures to send him, etc. Any of those would be in character with what the developer created. But sleeping with anyone and everyone without the husband having any knowledge... That opens a cheating route. And sure, that is also viable. IF the writer makes it happen. But what we have in this story is a mess of all of those things without any direction or purpose.

Changing what character the player controls does not fix that.