SuperMaxo

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Regarding the punishment mechanic, I have to say I have been thinking the exact same thing. If you replace the words Pain, Humiliation and Pleasure in the system with Apples, Pears and Oranges for example you have the basis for pretty much any elementary school maths word problem.
Not to mention for making jams and preserves
 

torpedogoat

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Hello.
I have problem. When I click on replays I get an error.

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I can't reproduce it right now, but I remember having a similar problem with 0.17.1 when loading an old save and trying to use Replay. As I don't like sandboxes anyway and this game's sandbox is not completely bug-free, I decided not to actually play the game for the next few updates but just proceed as follows: Start a new game and get quickly through the intro up to the point where replays become available. Make a save. Then use the Red Button to unlock all replays.
 

TomUK

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Just started a new game after reinstalling on a new computer, now I seem to be stuck a little bit, I got the first 3 influence crowns but I don't know which one I am missing, whether it's the PE teacher or the I think it's the English teacher, I know I got the male teacher and the crazy scientist, but can't figure out which of the other two I am missing. I was just wondering if there was a way to check, I've forgotten a lot about this game, it's probably a simple way to see it.
 

Papazoglo1

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Question for the more computer-savvy among you:

Went to run this yesterday and got an error that I need Windows 10. First time I've ever run into that for this game. Only have access to an old laptop and am wondering if there's any other way to start the application to get around this?

Thanks for any info.
I will copy for you the automatic translation from Russian into English of the instructions from a kind person, which I used. After completing steps 1 and 2, all the games for Windows 10 on Ren'Py that I downloaded after that are running on Windows 7. The download files were attached to the instructions, I deleted them after installation, but I can search again if necessary.

Please note that the translation may be incorrect because it is machine-made. But once you understand the meaning, you can search for VxKex instructions in English.

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torpedogoat

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I will copy for you the automatic translation from Russian into English of the instructions from a kind person, which I used. After completing steps 1 and 2, all the games for Windows 10 on Ren'Py that I downloaded after that are running on Windows 7. The download files were attached to the instructions, I deleted them after installation, but I can search again if necessary.

Please note that the translation may be incorrect because it is machine-made. But once you understand the meaning, you can search for VxKex instructions in English.

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I read the instructions, and it sounds to me as if it's actually two alternative paths to getting Ren'Py games to work. The first path directly addresses the problem that new Python does not support Windows 7 and 8 -- by installing an up-to date Python (Python 3.14) that is modified to work on Windows 7 and 8. Ren'Py games come with their own version of Python, but it shouldn't be hard to replace it with the modified one. You can ask an AI how to do that.

The second path is a general solution for running most Windows 10 programs on Windows 7 and 8. I doubt that installing the modified Python is a necessary step (or even relevant) for getting this to work.
 

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Just started a new game after reinstalling on a new computer, now I seem to be stuck a little bit, I got the first 3 influence crowns but I don't know which one I am missing, whether it's the PE teacher or the I think it's the English teacher, I know I got the male teacher and the crazy scientist, but can't figure out which of the other two I am missing. I was just wondering if there was a way to check, I've forgotten a lot about this game, it's probably a simple way to see it.
There is a comprehensive list of the influence points and horniness points in the Game Guide available from both the OP and from behind the 'Do not press' button in the replay menu.
 

SnowyS

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Hello Gegecucu . You're the most recent dev I saw posting so hopefully this is fine.

Just checking if anyone has reported the bugs in the poublic punishment unlocking. Of course, there's the thing that you can miss certain punishments if you go through the rules too quickly, and the cheat public punishment unlock mostly works, but there seems to be a couple other issues:

1. All the unlock conditions seem to check whether <student>.pp_<clothing> == True, but the code now sets that to the day of unlock, so for example when debbie.pp_underwear equals 150 or whatever, it comes out false. I think removing == True would fix that? Some of them were set to True from updaters from past versions, so those are unlocked, but can't newly unlock them.

2. The one for Liz's 3rd punishment seems to be missing an AND, so the eval fails and it's locked even if the cheat unlock is used.
 

Kitsunetsuki

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Question for the more computer-savvy among you:

Went to run this yesterday and got an error that I need Windows 10. First time I've ever run into that for this game. Only have access to an old laptop and am wondering if there's any other way to start the application to get around this?

Thanks for any info.

It's still possible to play these "upgraded" RenPy games on Windows 7. You need to downgrade RenPy engine while keeping the game files from the new version intact. I don't have enough time to write a full guide, but it goes like this:

!ACHTUNG! I take no responsibility for any physical/mental damage to you/your software/hardware resulting from following these instructions. Caveat lector.

- Find an old version of the game you want to play or any other RenPy game that is Windows 7 compatible. Check /lib/ directory - if it's python3.11 or lower then it'll work fine.

- Extract this compatible game somewhere and delete everything in /game/ except /game/cache/. Leave everything else as is.

- Extract contents of the new (incompatible) version's /game/ into /game/ directory you just prepared. While extracting these files, skip /game/cache/ directory. Don't extract anything else (like /lib/, /renpy/ or executables).

- If the game has rpa archives, unpack them using UnRen-forall (https://f95zone.to/threads/unrengui-unren-forall-v9-4-unren-powershell-forall-v9-4-unren-old.92717/).

- If the game has rpyc but no rpy files, use Unrpyc to decompile them ( ). This step can be a bit complicated. Use a search engine or your favorite slop generator to find an Unrpyc usage guide.

- Launch the game and enjoy*.

* This method works with 99% of RenPy games I have tried. The only game I could not fix (yet) is Town of Magic (translation files don't play nice).

P.S. Just tested The Headmaster 0.17.2.1 on Windows 7 using this method. The game has rpa archives, so you need to unpack them. However, rpy script files are present, so no need for Unrpyc. Praise be.
 
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hui13594

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Hello, I haven't played the game in a long time. I don't want to waste time starting over from the beginning. If it's not a problem, could someone share a full save with me?
Not worth playing, game has barely progressed in 4 years since I last played. 15 min and broken updates that takes forever to make, visuals are stuck in 2015, this game is cooked :KEK:
 

TheRedd16

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Not worth playing, game has barely progressed in 4 years since I last played. 15 min and broken updates that takes forever to make, visuals are stuck in 2015, this game is cooked :KEK:
Thank you for the explanation. To be honest, it's been 2-3 years for me too, and as you said, I haven't seen much of a difference. For this reason, instead of wasting time, I wanted a finished save, but trusting you, I won't waste my time on this.
 
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Zenith_AU

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Regarding the punishment mechanic, I have to say I have been thinking the exact same thing. If you replace the words Pain, Humiliation and Pleasure in the system with Apples, Pears and Oranges for example you have the basis for pretty much any elementary school maths word problem.
While I agree that the level of maths is elementary, I don't think most people are expecting to face maths problems in their porn games and aren't really in the right mindset ;)

It's been ages (like 2 or 3 years?) but I think I got stuck the first time one of the sessions required an optimal solution - I'm pretty sure until that point there'd always been quite an easy margin with room for suboptimal choices. Once I realised I had to pay attention to the available choices it was straightfoward again.
 

TomUK

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There is a comprehensive list of the influence points and horniness points in the Game Guide available from both the OP and from behind the 'Do not press' button in the replay menu.
Thx, I think it was actually the crazy scientist withdrew her support when I gave her Trixie as a support teacher, now I've sorted that out I'm up to 11 stars. ;)
 

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Since The Headmaster 0.16.4, the Ren'Py version was updated from 8.2.3 to 8.4.1. Ren'Py 8.4.1 no longer supports Windows 7 and 8. That's because it uses a newer Python version (Python 3.11 vs. 3.9) which no longer supports Windows 7 and 8. You are going to have this problem with a lot of Ren'Py games from now on!

It's possible that it is relatively easy to modify the latest version so it uses Ren'Py 8.2.3 (and runs on Windows 7 and 8). But I just tried the simplest way of doing this, and it turns out that this particular game requires at least one extra step. (Recompiling the .rpyc files for the older version.) That's more effort than I want to spend on this.
If your system is Win 7 or 8 it may be better to switch to Linux. The PC-Games and apps will run with a little addon easily. Alternative : buy and install Win 11, the older Win vers. are not secure in future because of no security updates.
 

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Just started a new game after reinstalling on a new computer, now I seem to be stuck a little bit, I got the first 3 influence crowns but I don't know which one I am missing, whether it's the PE teacher or the I think it's the English teacher, I know I got the male teacher and the crazy scientist, but can't figure out which of the other two I am missing. I was just wondering if there was a way to check, I've forgotten a lot about this game, it's probably a simple way to see it.
Go on in training Claire the english teacher, follow the quests for Sally Newman, Mr. Wilson , get from Miss Chang the code for the old headmasters computer account (last dates in trashcan), open the lake to find the greenkeeper (Sally's keys + code for safe) and talk to Ruth to cheat and blackmail her. If all mans work is done and disciplin is rising slowly over 18 to 6o, you will have 11 influence and change the most rules.
 
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telgalad

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Todays Patreon post:



Hey guys,

Version 0.17 has been out for a few weeks now and the public release was initially scheduled for the 16th January. However, I did not get to the point I wanted to for version 0.17 and I am planning a small release (0.17.3) at some point in the near future to fill in some gaps. Particularly for Faye’s storyline which currently ends abruptly mid way through a punishment. Therefore I have decided to delay the public release until after version 0.17 is fully complete. Instead I will be releasing a version 0.17.2.3 to all patrons (1$ and up) on the 16th January (with only bug fixes and possibly a partial french translation).

My plan is to make a version 0.17.3 (with additional content) and release it to all patrons $5 and up (with no beta period) sometime in the next month or two, with a public release a month after that.

I understand that some people might be upset to hear this news and may accuse me of some sort of chicanery. However, I want to stress that this is not a financially motivated decision; this is about wanting to move on to version 0.18 as quickly as possible. The public release is more of a time sink than people might imagine. It puts a strain on my team both in terms of getting the translation completed as well as providing tech support to a much larger group of people. I also don’t want to deal with countless people asking me why Faye can’t get to level 3 and I really need to fix that before releasing this version out into the wild.

I have some general admin to do this week, I wanted to do something extra special for the next development update (number 69!), plus I still have the dedicated android version to work on. So it’ll be at least a couple of weeks before I can even get started making content again. Therefore, I can’t set a date for version 0.17.3 just yet. I am just going to ask people to be patient for the time being.

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Gegecucu

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Hello Gegecucu . You're the most recent dev I saw posting so hopefully this is fine.

Just checking if anyone has reported the bugs in the poublic punishment unlocking. Of course, there's the thing that you can miss certain punishments if you go through the rules too quickly, and the cheat public punishment unlock mostly works, but there seems to be a couple other issues:

1. All the unlock conditions seem to check whether <student>.pp_<clothing> == True, but the code now sets that to the day of unlock, so for example when debbie.pp_underwear equals 150 or whatever, it comes out false. I think removing == True would fix that? Some of them were set to True from updaters from past versions, so those are unlocked, but can't newly unlock them.

2. The one for Liz's 3rd punishment seems to be missing an AND, so the eval fails and it's locked even if the cheat unlock is used.
What version are you using? v0.17.2?
 
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etce pays hypotétique serais pas diriger par l'empereur macronus enfoirus minipenus? sérrieux le devs es cramé là... je sais pas pourquoi mais sa sens le jeux ou je commencer par manger un croissant
 
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