UPDATE: I've had 2 CTDs in the last half hour. A picture appears in the middle of the screen that resembles the default girlpack pic (the black silhouette) appears and then the crash. Has only happened while playing the booth game. An hour later and not a single CTD since. Trying out some new girls so maybe video related?
Okay, time for some feedback on 9.5.0.2. This is based on a short run up to level 3, so consider this more of an impression than a review.
Overall the early booths are much faster--they seem faster than vanilla? I didn't compare but they are no longer irritating at all which is a bonus. Not sure how it affects things that are meant to increase the speed of client acquisition but since this is no longer intended to be the hard mode as of 3.0 I'm not too worried about that. Early game is fun again.
Not sure if check boxes on the main menu is the right move for a new player. It would be easy for a new player to not even know Classic Mode exists. The checkboxes assume a level of knowledge of previous builds. Maybe just different boxes for each game mode with a Crown Jewels checkbox?
I think I'd still prefer each girl's energy number to appear on the prep screen rather than the bar. During the booths the bar is fine since we still see the number on the girl's portrait but I think it's important to let the player know something has changed immediately when they purchase something that increases a girl's energy rather than a green bar that doesn't change at all.
Speaking of player knowledge, I like the changes to the booth upgrades. It creates more of a need to complete more upgrades at each level rather than mainlining club upgrades for investors (my preferred dirtbag strat). That said, I think it would be better to have the club upgrade on the upgrade screen but when clicked on have it state that policies need to be completed first. Makes it super-clear how it works.
Other things not related to this specific build:
Top end vendors are still called 'automated' even though they automate nothing anymore. I will continue to beat this dead horse.
Nicole still has her not transparent girlpack portrait when assigning her to the backroom rather than any one of her normal in-game ones. It's inconsistent and makes my brain twinge.
Regarding Look but Don't Touch -- consider allowing facials as well. Body and tits cumshots can be hard to come by depending on the pack but nearly every girl takes it to the face.
In the choose costume screen Equipped should be spelled with 2 p's.
Overall a really good build. Have not run into any serious issues at all. I will continue using it for my games moving forward and if I come up with more feedback I will let you know. Nice work.
