Ren'Py The Headmaster [v0.17.1 Beta] [Altos and Herdone]

[TheDevian]

For storage space, sure, but when it comes to acquiring it via download, particularly from somewhere like Mega that imposes a flexible download quota for free accounts, a few gigabytes is a big deal

Why choose Mega then? I never use it, due to that fact. The others have no limits.

 

[marcomemmey]

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hey so when i get here it means i'm finished right? it keeps active but guess there's nothing else?

 

[c3p0]

For storage space, sure, but when it comes to acquiring it via download, particularly from somewhere like Mega that imposes a flexible download quota for free accounts, a few gigabytes is a big deal

In addition to what TheDevian has written: Download manager, eg. JDownloader, exist for a reason.

 

[maxthruster]

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hey so when i get here it means i'm finished right? it keeps active but guess there's nothing else?

No. There is still one step left in the quest, seen at the bottom.

 

[MRMIdAS2k]

BUG REPORT!

Image(s) between and including lines "I'm a bit worried about hitting her" and "The context in which the pain is recieved"when punishing Amy are missing

EDIT: also between "Before we hit Amy" and "OK"

 

[ddtmm]

man, i haven't played this in years. let's see where we at

 

[Perniciousducks]

For storage space, sure, but when it comes to acquiring it via download, particularly from somewhere like Mega that imposes a flexible download quota for free accounts, a few gigabytes is a big deal

so, drastically increase development time and/or lower game quality because occasionally users are too lazy to click the other link? Use Google and find simple, free solutions?
I do suppose that is a point?

 

[jkj54]

Hi all,

As some of you know, I help playtest the game, which means I also help to follow up the bug reports which get reported here.

So thank you to everyone who has reported bugs, particularly those people who gave enough detail that I was able to reproduce and verify the bugs. The good news is that most of them will now be fixed in the patreon version (0.17.2) which is due to be released on Dec 19.

Here's a quick update for those who have reported bugs:




There were a couple of bugs with Faye. If you tried to restart her punishment, then you couldn't actually complete it. The same thing happened if you didn't level her up the first time you punished her, and gave her a second punishment. The reason was because the diaper and cuddle options didn't unlock properly.

And that led to the second problem, because if you didn't level her up, then you couldn't spy on her dorm room.

The good news is: that's all been fixed for the patreon release, so you hopefully won't have any problems completing her punishment now.



This is another bug that's now been fixed. The game expected you to have passed the "strip to underwear" rule before you did this punishment, which is why the other clothing options were locked. So in your current game, if you pass that rule, then you'll be able to continue. But the new patreon version has added an extra check, so if you haven't passed the strip to underwear rule, the old clothing options will still be available.




Thank you both - this was a bug that hadn't been reported anywhere else. Annoyingly, it was a bug that was introduced when trying to fix a different bug that had been reported in the previous 0.16 version. It should be fixed in the new 0.17 patreon version.



Yes they did get mixed up! It's fixed now.



Thank you - this is also fixed now.



If you go to Prefs, you can turn on Easy Mode, which will automatically guide through almost all punishments. The only ones you won't be guided through are the ones where you won't be able to level the girl up. In addition, the game cheat menu has a link to the walkthrough, which includes an entire "Punishment guide" section designed to help you through all the punishments.

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So once again - thank you to everyone who has reported bugs. As I hope this post proves, if you give enough details, then the dev team will be able to follow up and fix the bugs. Thank you!

Please do not treat me like i am fucking stupid alright


I know about the easy mode i have been dealing with the Bullshit punishment game for awhile



The fact there is only one way to pass with 0 mistakes allowed is a flawed system.


Its right up there with games that require a 30min detour to open up a broken wooden door like fallout games.

 

[maxthruster]

Please do not treat me like i am fucking stupid alright


I know about the easy mode i have been dealing with the Bullshit punishment game for awhile
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The fact there is only one way to pass with 0 mistakes allowed is a flawed system.


Its right up there with games that require a 30min detour to open up a broken wooden door like fallout games.

> complains about the punishments not having a guide to them
> is told how to enable the guides
> "don't treat me like I'm stupid"

 

[jkj54]

Uhm.....did you just try to make the punishment system sound like punishment? Because that's why it's named a punishment system.

Also. Seems it's windows 10 and up only as of now?

SO i am suppose to enjoy having 20 buttons and only 5 work with one specific path?

You know that there is a guided punishmend mode when you play in 'easy mode", right ?

I am on easy mode debbie is a Bs guessing game the others are working great guided system and all.


Like i said 95% of the game is great but having this thing so restricted to me is very frustrating not allowed 1 fuck up its one way or nothing.

 

[jkj54]

> complains about the punishments not having a guide to them
> is told how to enable the guides
> "don't treat me like I'm stupid"

MY GUIDES ARE ON SMART ASS debbie punishment is a guessing game


I am sorry i am not like you and enjoy spending a entire day playing a game to pass one section.


EDIT:

Like i sated and i will here for this smart ass not all of them are guided this one i shown is not hence the issue and again we would not needs guide if we are allowed a screw up.

A vote few pages back 9/12 also have issues with how restrictive the system is.

 

[maxthruster]

MY GUIDES ARE ON SMART ASS debbie punishment is a guessing game


I am sorry i am not like you and enjoy spending a entire day playing a game to pass one section.


EDIT:

Like i sated and i will here for this smart ass not all of them are guided this one i shown is not hence the issue and again we would not needs guide if we are allowed a screw up.

A vote few pages back 9/12 also have issues with how restrictive the system is.

If by "restrictive" you mean "the right answers are not handed to you on a silver platter" sure I guess. I've personally never found it super difficult, you just cycle through different poses and states of undress and do all the free options to get points, then start clicking options with high numbers of points until you've narrowed down exactly what options you need to do to finish a girl off.

Sure, it is a little mechanically intensive if you're here to play one-handed, so to speak, but they aren't super difficult even without guides. If every punishment could be completed by clicking any combination of options that would be boring and pointless; what would be the aim of loosening the school's punishment restrictions if every girl could be tamed properly with a simple spanking? And it's not like the game doesn't give you victory metrics even without the guides - you can clearly see how much pain, pleasure and humiliation each girl needs and which choices will give you which points. It's just basic math at that point.

 

[jkj54]

If by "restrictive" you mean "the right answers are not handed to you on a silver platter" sure I guess. I've personally never found it super difficult, you just cycle through different poses and states of undress and do all the free options to get points, then start clicking options with high numbers of points until you've narrowed down exactly what options you need to do to finish a girl off.

Sure, it is a little mechanically intensive if you're here to play one-handed, so to speak, but they aren't super difficult even without guides. If every punishment could be completed by clicking any combination of options that would be boring and pointless; what would be the aim of loosening the school's punishment restrictions if every girl could be tamed properly with a simple spanking? And it's not like the game doesn't give you victory metrics even without the guides - you can clearly see how much pain, pleasure and humiliation each girl needs and which choices will give you which points. It's just basic math at that point.

If you seen my screen shots i doing pain i get told nope didlo needs pleasure i do that nope needs pain.


If the action said hey to use this you need ___ pain __ pleasure then that would make sense not a fucking guessing game.

 

[maxthruster]

If you seen my screen shots i doing pain i get told nope didlo needs pleasure i do that nope needs pain.


If the action said hey to use this you need ___ pain __ pleasure then that would make sense not a fucking guessing game.

But... but you just said it yourself: the game is telling you that you need it.

 

[jkj54]

But... but you just said it yourself: the game is telling you that you need it.

Wow are you the ultimate defender


So if i say open this door you would now how to 0 fucking issue

Even though there is a keypad and a secret pass code


I told you what you need so then you just now everything after that then.

 

[maxthruster]

Wow are you the ultimate defender


So if i say open this door you would now how to 0 fucking issue

Even though there is a keypad and a secret pass code


I told you what you need so then you just now everything after that then.

Yes. If a game tells you to open a door and there is a secret to opening the door, the game will pretty much always have some way to figure out the passcode in the nearby area. In cases of secret content it may require a little more effort, but by and large all you really have to do is look around and maybe solve a couple puzzles.

Looking back at your screenshots, it's very clear that whatever choices you were making didn't earn you anywhere near the points you needed to complete the punishment, regardless of if you had been able to use the dildo. The rules of the punishment game have been the same since day 1, as far as I can tell, and the strategy isn't any different. Hell, I laid it out above:

you just cycle through different poses and states of undress and do all the free options to get points, then start clicking options with high numbers of points until you've narrowed down exactly what options you need to do to finish a girl off.

I haven't gotten a chance to do the new Debbie stuff just yet, since unfortunately I lost a number of saves from several different games recently due to a computer glitch. If I had, I'd be able to give you a much more direct answer for how to beat this stage. But unless this is one of those where you physically can't win on the first try because it's supposed to make the MC realize he needs new tools at his disposal to break a girl's bad habits, you should be able to complete it without much difficulty. Just focus on the highest-scoring choices and the free options early on, and whittle her down from there. Save before you start if you need it; I often do that too just in case I space out and screw up the numbers.

 

[jkj54]

Yes. If a game tells you to open a door and there is a secret to opening the door, the game will pretty much always have some way to figure out the passcode in the nearby area. In cases of secret content it may require a little more effort, but by and large all you really have to do is look around and maybe solve a couple puzzles.

Looking back at your screenshots, it's very clear that whatever choices you were making didn't earn you anywhere near the points you needed to complete the punishment, regardless of if you had been able to use the dildo. The rules of the punishment game have been the same since day 1, as far as I can tell, and the strategy isn't any different. Hell, I laid it out above:


I haven't gotten a chance to do the new Debbie stuff just yet, since unfortunately I lost a number of saves from several different games recently due to a computer glitch. If I had, I'd be able to give you a much more direct answer for how to beat this stage. But unless this is one of those where you physically can't win on the first try because it's supposed to make the MC realize he needs new tools at his disposal to break a girl's bad habits, you should be able to complete it without much difficulty. Just focus on the highest-scoring choices and the free options early on, and whittle her down from there. Save before you start if you need it; I often do that too just in case I space out and screw up the numbers.

Before you go on all high and mighty you should actually try debbie dildo punishment first.


You can also see i have 0 actions each time it says i need another sector with more points


Get 6 points pain 8 or whatever pleasure with 1 point for dildo nope need more pain so that is a fail

You flip that number nope fail need more pleasure.

 

[maxthruster]

Before you go on all high and mighty you should actually try debbie dildo punishment first.


You can also see i have 0 actions each time it says i need another sector with more points


Get 6 points pain 8 or whatever pleasure with 1 point for dildo nope need more pain so that is a fail

You flip that number nope fail need more pleasure.

Right. Which is why I said that you did something wrong before you got to that point.

 

[raven54]

Literally every game does this that uses 3D renders. It's not a Headmaster issue, it's how these work. And while that may be more efficient from a file size issue there are massive tradeoffs for what you lose. All of these games rotate the cameras around for different perspectives on scenes, making them more dynamic to look at. Characters exist in a 3D space, giving a lot more world. The 2D games have flat images that change facial expressions on a static background while you read blocks of dialogue, followed by a scene that is maybe a few different positions because everything takes a massive amount of time to draw. You can't use the same background because the background changes from image to image if the camera even moves slightly. Beyond that you drastically increase the time it takes to make a scene and time to code to layer all that stuff in and out into different images. In the end you save a few gigabytes of space, a thing that is practically worthless in modern PCs and lose days and months to additional dev time, the thing that I would estimate about 97% of the complaints this game get are about.

You missed out the part about the Ren'Py engine not supporting real time rendering and the part about static imagines requires way less hardware, hence the game is playable on pretty much any device even those computers with old integrated graphics. Real time rendering can be hard on the GPU, particularly if you don't have a new one. Also much lower power usage, which is a valid concern if you say use a tablet.

There are valid arguments for both real time and pre-rendered. It's not like one is a million times better than the other one. This game has picked one solution and it's too late to change it now, so people just have to live with it.

 

[Lioncore]

Know i have try to do this punishment many time with Faye but nothing is happing its a bug or do i need to wait for next update ?