It'd be harder to cover multiple romances in a visual novel than it would in a sandbox.
As well as reduce roleplaying a bit.
Ren'Py The Null Hypothesis [v0.6a] [Ron Chon]
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As well as reduce roleplaying a bit.
As far as I know we haven't been able to replicate any issues on our side and I'm not tech illiterate enough to guess as to why this is happening...
Not jokes, we are 100% serious.Dude the jokes I have to put up with Null haven't 100 wives in a giant mansion.
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Thanks Shiny. Actually after I responded I had an idea and went back and checked something.
Opening the ZIP file containing the app by double-clicking it in macOS (i.e., using the default archive utility included in Ventura) results in a decompressed app that (at least on my Mac) can't be run. The error message is just, "The application 'TheNullHypothesis' can't be opened."
Opening the ZIP file containing the app by right-clicking and selecting Open With > The Unarchiver results in a decompressed app that actually runs. There's the usual warning about apps from unrecognized developers that can be bypassed in the usual ways, and then the app launches as expected.
Why the behavior is different between the standard Archive Utility and a third-party tool, I have no clue. But Mac folks stuck on the error might try opening the ZIP file with a third-party tool like The Unarchiver. Seems to resolve the issue here at least.
This is really, really weird.
Shit like this is the reason I dropped computer programming lol
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I mean, in my initial post here, I expressed that I enjoyed the content that was in the game at this point, and appreciated the project overall. I was just curious about the approach because it limits the player interaction to "make numbers go up to progress" instead of allowing for a more diverse set of engagements. It does seem like "what if consent" is a clear focus though, because the moment I mentioned the addiction mechanic I got a lot of very defensive responses. I appreciate that there's an attempt to improve on RLE because it's a solid idea that is pretty poorly (and SLOWLY) executed. The current implementation doesn't allow for very much variation though because it limits the player to "say nice things to improve love score"
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If you read my generally complimentary posts as whining, then I guess we have massively divergent definitions of the word.
- Feb 17, 2018
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Finally got it on-screen.
Basically all the text does that, I can't read anything and that includes save menu.
Basically all the text does that, I can't read anything and that includes save menu.
Really enjoying this. The grind level is well mitigated by a clear journal and the option to play with outfits, so even while grinding there are things to keep you occupied. My one gripe so far is that in the sex menu, it's not always clear when a new option will cancel out an old one - e.g. why is rub pussy (clothed) only available when standing? It's a minor gripe though.
yes, totally agree with you. Didn't play Rogue like evolution, but I love games with well build characters and more depth than shown to begin. The girls are cute in each their ways and even if it is kinda simple made (if it is too much to compare it with Chasing Sunsets) the graphic and drawings are good and you can clearly see there is a lot of work behind the game
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- Dec 31, 2018
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You know, even with all these superpowers and stuff, the most unrealistic bit of this is the girl offering to pay for your dinner.
It's because your posts came off as backhanded. If it's not your intent I apologize but we've had more than one occasion of people being snide.If you read my generally complimentary posts as whining, then I guess we have massively divergent definitions of the word.
We've had people get weird about it to a point where when someone brings up the absence of the mechanic it's assumed they're going to be weird about it.
This is another thing that annoys people following the project because there is no attempt to improve on RLE. Null Hypothesis has never had RLE's gameplay loop and as someone who can see into the dev rooms, it's going to be diverging even further away from it.
They're two separate games.
This is by design.
The game is about developing romantic and platonic relationships with X-Men characters. Corruption, addiction, and obedience stats would be antithetical to what we want to do with the game.
If you want a pure sandbox experience, go play RLE.
If you want a narrative-focused game centered around forming relationships, play this game.
If you want a narrative-focused game centered around dominating x-gals... Wait for someone to make that game.
On the other hand, the game was intentionally made to be as moddable as possible.
Right now I know of three projects in progress. One that turns all the characters into yanderes, one that makes Null inherently more assertive and the girls less so, and one focused on smaller life sim stuff like random events and mini games.
While I'm here I'll say this for everyone reading that if someone wants to mod in addiction and obedience that's entirely possible. We have no interest in incorporating it into the main game but we support those who want to use the tools that we have provided.
The discord has an official modding channel to discuss stuff.
Well, Magneto always said mutants are the next stage of human evolution. Maybe that's our sign these ladies really are more evolved.
You two clearly haven't dated enough Cougars or doms lolWell, Magneto always said mutants are the next stage of human evolution. Maybe that's our sign these ladies really are more evolved.
Anybody know anything about this very particular issue I'm having (and hopefully how to fix it)? I've been trying to load certain saves including my most recent one for my current playthrough (I usually make a lot of saves), but the game nearly immediately crashes upon loading those saves. Luckily it seems this only occurs with specific saves and I can also start up a new game without issues, but I'd like to know if there's a way to load up any of those corrupted(?) saves again or at least prevent repetitions of this problem.
If it matters the only things of note that have happened since in between first starting the game and me finding this out is that I played the game continuously for one session, closed it, moved the game folder around a little (as in the one with the main .exe file in it) while cleaning and organizing my computer files, finally leaving it in a different directory as to where I originally installed it, and then started the game normally only for it the crash upon hitting the "continue" button on the main menu so I would then gradually discover the nature of my problem. I'm oblivious to if I had caused a more technical error in some other instance.
Here's one of the tracebacks the game threw at me when loading up my saves if it's of any use. It's specifically from an instance when I tried loading my most recent save via the main menu:
I don't mean to come off as dramatic or something of the sort if I do. If all I can do is just live with the issue and will likely have to start up a new game if I want to have purely functional saves I'm fine with that, just let me know. Otherwise, any substantial insight is appreciated.
If it matters the only things of note that have happened since in between first starting the game and me finding this out is that I played the game continuously for one session, closed it, moved the game folder around a little (as in the one with the main .exe file in it) while cleaning and organizing my computer files, finally leaving it in a different directory as to where I originally installed it, and then started the game normally only for it the crash upon hitting the "continue" button on the main menu so I would then gradually discover the nature of my problem. I'm oblivious to if I had caused a more technical error in some other instance.
Here's one of the tracebacks the game threw at me when loading up my saves if it's of any use. It's specifically from an instance when I tried loading my most recent save via the main menu:
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I don't mean to come off as dramatic or something of the sort if I do. If all I can do is just live with the issue and will likely have to start up a new game if I want to have purely functional saves I'm fine with that, just let me know. Otherwise, any substantial insight is appreciated.
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What's the phone's search bar for? I kinda suspect it's for cheating, but can't seem to get it working. Guess, you need some patron-exclusive codes, not just console commands. Or am I overthinking it and it's just for show?
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Code diving spoiler.
Its not a pateon exclusive anything, it was a legacy carry over from earlier testing. It had only a few features, none of which seem to work properly even if you were to re-enable it. In fact, by the time you go through the trouble of doing so you could just enable console and do it far easier.
Given that the Devs have made a point about not wanting to patreon lock content of the game, I don't see them reviving it for that purpose. Purely guessing here, but I suspect they are leaving it in for now because 1) Its easier than recoding everything and 2) It could be useful later down the road for easter eggs, plot ideas, etc.
