HTML X-Change™ Life [v0.22.2] [Aphrodite]

[Loku]

Thanks for that input! It is very well thought through and valuable to me.

One thing I definitely didn't know about was the refresh-the-page Secretary trick. I like the idea of making the flow state increase points earned during the actual minigame, although the flow state was originally introduced so that people would play the minigame one or two times to build it up, and then use Auto-work a few times. I wonder if I make the incentive for actually playing Wordle every round too high, if that will make this segment drag on for people - usually I just play 1 round of Wordle until I solve one puzzle, and then I continue on.

I like the XP multiplier going up by 1% for getting a 10x combo! Although I might put it on a weekly halving cooldown so that people who do it don't have 500% XP multipliers over time.

I agree that the money earned during stripping feels random. There is a formula to it but it does have a big randomness element that can be put into a more consistent state.

I have removed essence spoilage for the time being. Ultimately this may be re-implemented once there is a quest to remove it.

Sorry for reply to such old post but as of current version the essence spoilage seems to be still in the game and I can't find mentions of spoilage reset either in the game, forum or the changelog.

Am I missing something or is the only way to reset spoilage a mod?

 

[Loku]

Baby gooner, lol

Regarding the tags, kind of wish they had a way of sorting by "severity"/focus of the content, because right now it's impossible to sort strictly lesbian works from those that have one character/scene focused on yuri, but, man, would that need a lot of work, and that idea about a legion of NEETs tagging all of the stuff is just horseshit... unless you actually want no consistency and useless tags all over the place.

VNDB has that for VN tags (as opposed to character tags) - they are scaled from 0 to 3 + they also have tags like "pregnancy end" vs "pregnant sex scenes" which I appreciate coz pregnancy tags for porn games are biggest bait ever.

In general VNDB also has absurdly good search system, probably the best I have seen, and that includes professional industry software that license costs are in thousands. Only issues is that because the tag system is complex only most popular games get tagged properly and even then stuff slips under the radar.

 

[TheFamilyDog]

Am I missing something or is the only way to reset spoilage a mod?

There's '

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' mod available.

 

[Loku]

There's '

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' mod available.

Thanks, I sort of knew there was mod for it but I hoped that there is non-mod solution for it as sort of the message I am replying indirectly suggest.

Aphrodite says they will remove spoilage till they add quest to reset it -> I see that spoilage is in the current version of the game, I assume that such quest got added...

Wanted to avoid mods coz my laptop does not have 9gigs to spare, thanks to the magic of Windows bloating itself over a decade.

 

[TheFamilyDog]

Wanted to avoid mods coz my laptop does not have 9gigs to spare, thanks to the magic of Windows bloating itself over a decade.

Sorry, I saw what you really was asking after I posted. But I did give the cheats a look to see if anything was there, which unfortunately there wasn't. But lucky for you, the mod loader is only 14mg and the the above mod is 2.35 kB. Many of the mods that do little things like this aren't very large since there isn't any media files involved.

 

[Jimthesim]

Thanks, I sort of knew there was mod for it but I hoped that there is non-mod solution for it as sort of the message I am replying indirectly suggest.

Aphrodite says they will remove spoilage till they add quest to reset it -> I see that spoilage is in the current version of the game, I assume that such quest got added...

Wanted to avoid mods coz my laptop does not have 9gigs to spare, thanks to the magic of Windows bloating itself over a decade.

you can download the game to a thumb drive and run it with mods to spare your laptops drive space its what I do

 

[Loku]

you can download the game to a thumb drive and run it with mods to spare your laptops drive space its what I do

Yeah, that is what I will probably resort to, thanks for the suggestion.

 

[miyuki25]

Thanks, I sort of knew there was mod for it but I hoped that there is non-mod solution for it as sort of the message I am replying indirectly suggest.

Aphrodite says they will remove spoilage till they add quest to reset it -> I see that spoilage is in the current version of the game, I assume that such quest got added...

Wanted to avoid mods coz my laptop does not have 9gigs to spare, thanks to the magic of Windows bloating itself over a decade.

Looking at the code, I see no in-game method for reducing this number or the other values associated with the mechanic, but if you don't mind using console commands you can reset the counter with: Harlowe.API_ACCESS.STATE.variables.times_essence_extracted = 0. It's also worth noting that the decrease in effectiveness is capped at 50% though, so you could never reach a point where it was unusable, it will just take twice as long as if there were no reduction once your number of extractions reaches the mid-twenties.

Incidentally, it is possible without mods (but with the above console command) to make the process more than 100% effective, as times_essence_extracted can be set to negative values without issue. Setting it to around -25 roughly doubles extraction effectiveness for instance, though of course one could simply add Essence directly through the console if they so desired too.

 

[TheMathmos]

Playing this game is like doing elementary school homework.

Agreed. Erotic QTEs are all well and good, but super long or involved mini games (secretary, lemonade) I could do without. Even the main desk job gets old quick. The hot parts of this game are second to none, but the rest of the unfun busywork I bypass as much as possible.

 

[l1lym]

I like the longer minigames quite a bit, but I understand they're not for everyone - probably due to my messed up brain chemistry. But that is how those parts of the games are, and people who like simpler games are certainly free to look elsewhere. Basically I am making the game that I myself find fun and it's not gonna be to everyone's taste to play Wordle with groping. But I like it a lot, and I can still play my own game without getting bored.

Anyhow this is a thing people have been complaining about from day 1 - I try to give ways to skip minigames where possible, but it's not always gonna be possible. These things are just part of the game I want to make because I want to play it.

 

[hecom]

I like the longer minigames quite a bit, but I understand they're not for everyone - probably due to my messed up brain chemistry. But that is how those parts of the games are, and people who like simpler games are certainly free to look elsewhere. Basically I am making the game that I myself find fun and it's not gonna be to everyone's taste to play Wordle with groping. But I like it a lot, and I can still play my own game without getting bored.

Anyhow this is a thing people have been complaining about from day 1 - I try to give ways to skip minigames where possible, but it's not always gonna be possible. These things are just part of the game I want to make because I want to play it.

The minigames really add some soul (SOVL) to the game, giving it charm and personality. Still, sometimes players just want to switch off their brain and get straight to the action to goon without any distractions (skip button).

 

[Deleted member 5468907]

i want to add location on mall or bar anyone know how to do in with xcl file do i need some special passage into my xcl file or i need to find some into original game and where to find it ? i planing to make some mod

 

[Nexus_07]

I like the longer minigames quite a bit, but I understand they're not for everyone - probably due to my messed up brain chemistry. But that is how those parts of the games are, and people who like simpler games are certainly free to look elsewhere. Basically I am making the game that I myself find fun and it's not gonna be to everyone's taste to play Wordle with groping. But I like it a lot, and I can still play my own game without getting bored.

Anyhow this is a thing people have been complaining about from day 1 - I try to give ways to skip minigames where possible, but it's not always gonna be possible. These things are just part of the game I want to make because I want to play it.

I love the mini games. I believe they add that possibility of uncertainty regarding where action will bring you to. The only one I really don't like is the one with the sliding boards. I frankly lack the skills to play it and most of time loose it. So, I use to avoid playing it and go for the points or skills.

 

[johnyc]

Seems like new version, even with patch, is bugged if pregnant, it just freezes on scenes where game gives you info about pregnancy, like 11 weeks pregnant etc, press next, nothing happens...

 

[Alpaca in heat]

Speaking of minigames, what personally hard for me is the finish the sentence. Maybe because english is not my main language and other than "yeah I think that sound correct", I mostly use dice roll or just hope I get the order right

 

[l1lym]

i want to add location on mall or bar anyone know how to do in with xcl file do i need some special passage into my xcl file or i need to find some into original game and where to find it ? i planing to make some mod

Here's an incomplete guide on getting started on modding! There are lots of modders on Discord who can help with advice:

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Seems like new version, even with patch, is bugged if pregnant, it just freezes on scenes where game gives you info about pregnancy, like 11 weeks pregnant etc, press next, nothing happens...

Could you share a save file of this? I will check it out. I think I know what's causing it.

Speaking of minigames, what personally hard for me is the finish the sentence. Maybe because english is not my main language and other than "yeah I think that sound correct", I mostly use dice roll or just hope I get the order right

Yeah, that one is very hard for non native English speakers, so the dice roll / skipping functionality is a good option there. I was thinking to add a mode for non native English speakers to skip (without triggering cheats) all the minigames requiring complicated English skills, because it's pretty unfair...

 

[Nexus_07]

i want to add location on mall or bar anyone know how to do in with xcl file do i need some special passage into my xcl file or i need to find some into original game and where to find it ? i planing to make some mod

I guess that you'll have to find and use "Passage Tags". Aphrodite has spread some along the main game so that one can use them as an entry point to add specific code for modding. As far as I could gather, you just refer it on your mod coding and when adding the mod, mod loader encharges to add the code there. Not sure if it works that way for places you want to add.

 

[johnyc]

Here is the file.
Hmm seems like i cant upload it here, wrong file extension...
Here is a rar file of save.

 

[l1lym]

I guess that you'll have to find and use "Passage Tags". Aphrodite has spread som along the main game so that one can use them as an entry point to add specific code for modding. As far as I could gather, you just refer it on your mod coding and when adding the mod, mod loader encharges to add the code there. Not sure if it works that way for places you want to add.

Yeah, the purpose of passage tags is so that modders can "inject" code in safe places throughout the game, and not overwrite existing game code. In the early days of XCL modding, not having these means that mods would break with each new release, because they would have to retroactively add in anything new from the base game in code that got updated. So now, with each release, compatibility is less and less of a problem - it also means mods are more compatible with each other too, which is important because

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, I *believe* more than any other adult game.

 

[sorcan]

I like the longer minigames quite a bit, but I understand they're not for everyone - probably due to my messed up brain chemistry. But that is how those parts of the games are, and people who like simpler games are certainly free to look elsewhere. Basically I am making the game that I myself find fun and it's not gonna be to everyone's taste to play Wordle with groping. But I like it a lot, and I can still play my own game without getting bored.

Anyhow this is a thing people have been complaining about from day 1 - I try to give ways to skip minigames where possible, but it's not always gonna be possible. These things are just part of the game I want to make because I want to play it.

I always liked the mini games as well, and thought there already was a way to skip them. It was just based on your in game skills, is that not the case? I kinda like the setup were at first you have to "struggle" with the mini game but then as your skills improve the odds of the auto-resolve improves as well.
Kinda like how real life works with how it takes a lot of energy doing something at first, but then as your skills and/or muscle-memory improves your can just breeze through them. It also doubles (game mechanically) with having the opportunity to skip mini games if or even before they start getting stale.
Though I personally enjoy the mini games and almost always play them. A person that wants to skip a lot of mini games can just create a highly skilled character thus making the game easier. In my head I thought this was already the way you had intentionally designed it.