VN Ren'Py Tides of Succession [Ch.2 v0.2] [TakMycket]

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SlowGoesSlow

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Great update, I liked it a lot. I disagree with people who are saying Glade is moving too fast. She showed up later and if you're on her route they spend a good amount of time together. During her first appearance she tried to get Elva and Tobias to surrender when she fought each of them. She never off the cuff tried to kill anyone. However, I wiped all my saves and started over for this update so maybe her route may seem odd to people starting from an old save? I just about played every route combo you could do this update and I enjoyed it a lot. It mainly seemed to bring Glade and Kasula up to an even playing field in terms of route progression as Lorelei or at least that's how I felt.

I did run into some wonky bits however, but they are small nitpicks and they've probably already been reported.

Glades Yandere Path you get a wrong speaker moment:
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Solo allegiance path the menu here looks kind of wonky:

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Really like the game so far, it's pretty hard to pick an LI I like the most. Kasula at the docks are really really cute, I also liked her races lore dumps when you are on her ball path. I see you with the reference to one of the LI's in part 2 with the gold face paint. Glades dinner scene was well done and helped understand her mindset and background better. Lorelei still struggling with having been seen as just a way to get to the throne has been handled pretty good. You can tell she's really struggling with it from her words and facial features. I mainly just like to shitpost so sorry if this ramble wasn't super coherent, but I just wanted to say I really enjoyed the game so far and like the setting and lore building you've done.
 

jadepaladin

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When I launch Tides, the music volume reverts back to 40% or so each time. Is this intentional?

If so, I appreciate it not being 100% because Ren'py runs really loud.
 

TakMycket

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When I launch Tides, the music volume reverts back to 40% or so each time. Is this intentional?

If so, I appreciate it not being 100% because Ren'py runs really loud.
40% is the default volume. Although, it shouldn't revert back to 40% each time you launch it, so I must have made a mistake somewhere in the code.

Thank you for letting me know, Jadepaladin :)
 
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jadepaladin

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Ren'Py any time I open a game.

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Two things I can expect from Ren'py:

1) Music at 100% and I forgot to turn down my sound bar so it blasts throughout the house like a THX intro screen. Girlfriend proceeds to stare at me and I feel it despite the fact we're in different rooms.
2) Sex moans tied to sound effect volume instead of voice volume. Again, girlfriend stare.

Thankfully, neither of these problems are in Tides.
 

JillybeanEnjoyer

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Two things I can expect from Ren'py:

1) Music at 100% and I forgot to turn down my sound bar so it blasts throughout the house like a THX intro screen. Girlfriend proceeds to stare at me and I feel it despite the fact we're in different rooms.
2) Sex moans tied to sound effect volume instead of voice volume. Again, girlfriend stare.

Thankfully, neither of these problems are in Tides.
My girlfriend and I both play AVNs and wear headsets, so I luckily don't have that problem. :KEK:
 

jadepaladin

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My girlfriend and I both play AVNs and wear headsets, so I luckily don't have that problem. :KEK:
I used wear headsets and I was hiding the fact I play AVNs. She found out though and got interested in them so now I don't bother with the headset.


Back to Tides though...I don't trust anyone in King Lovell's camp after the Lorelei dinner. Who eats all the tomatoes, then all the side items, then all the meat? Monsters. Also, his kingdom would be in a better position if he didn't break out both red and white wines for a meal that clearly wants a red.
 

TonyMurray

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When I launch Tides, the music volume reverts back to 40% or so each time. Is this intentional?

If so, I appreciate it not being 100% because Ren'py runs really loud.
I play muted and (fortunately) don't have this issue. Does it only happen if you have sound but at different levels, I wonder...
 

jadepaladin

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I play muted and (fortunately) don't have this issue. Does it only happen if you have sound but at different levels, I wonder...
Confession time: I like the music in Tides, especially the main menu theme. I'd like sound effects for the sword fights. :cry:

I have one of those scroll wheel things on my keyboard that controls my windows volume which is a sound bar. Typically keep it around 20 or so for most things. I noticed for Tides, I need to turn it up to 60+ to actually hear (maybe I'm going deaf). I opened preferences and noticed the Ren'py slider was around 40% (confirmed it's 40 now by Tak, glad they aren't mad and used 42 or something crazy). So I changed it to around 90, and turned my windows volume back down so I won't get surprised later.
I was working on the Lorelei betrothal route and kept getting pulled away from my pc so I saved and closed Tides. Came back later and realized I couldn't hear again, so I checked preferences and it was back to 40. Cranked it up to 100, closed it, re-opened, back to 40.

Sorry it's long winded, the devil is in the details, hopefully.
 
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Back to Tides though...I don't trust anyone in King Lovell's camp after the Lorelei dinner. Who eats all the tomatoes, then all the side items, then all the meat? Monsters. Also, his kingdom would be in a better position if he didn't break out both red and white wines for a meal that clearly wants a red.
Bringing up the important shizz JP :WeSmart: (y)
 

jadepaladin

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My bet first sex scene either Glade or some side girl ( Violet)
Tides has no side girls. It's something Tak could change down the road of course, but as of now, and has been for a while, there's no side content planned.

Glade sounds like a definite sex scene. Lorelei I'm on the fence about because I think the tension needs to reach a pitch, like them getting into another argument and then letting it all out. Kasula's is tricky since it's connected to the Unity bond.
 

Dessolos

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Tides has no side girls. It's something Tak could change down the road of course, but as of now, and has been for a while, there's no side content planned.

Glade sounds like a definite sex scene. Lorelei I'm on the fence about because I think the tension needs to reach a pitch, like them getting into another argument and then letting it all out. Kasula's is tricky since it's connected to the Unity bond.
ah good to know I was kind of unsure if someone like Violet was a side girl or not cause yeah it didn't seem fitting in this game to have any but the choice to defend Glade and how that scene played made me question there not being any.

But yeah I think it would be a little to soon for Lorelei and I think Kasula gonna be even more slow than the rest cause of her Elven culture with the Unity bond
 

jadepaladin

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ah good to know I was kind of unsure if someone like Violet was a side girl or not cause yeah it didn't seem fitting in this game to have any but the choice to defend Glade and how that scene played made me question there not being any.

But yeah I think it would be a little to soon for Lorelei and I think Kasula gonna be even more slow than the rest cause of her Elven culture with the Unity bond
I don't know the full thought process behind it but I believe it's to ensure more character development goes to the main LIs and frees up people like Elva to be LIs in future content without having to worry about people crying NTR.
 
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