Friday, July 29, 2016

v2c4m2 Public release!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3KuKjSbH2FhcE83OTIzUTdrQUE

v2c4m2
Content Additions
-There is yet another barrier blocking your path to Corsix and you must remove it. You'll have to find a way to strengthen Terra to get past the barrier!
-In doing so, you will capture another slave, one with a mysterious past that she has had taken from her. Unlocking it will grant her great power, but at great risk.
-A new questline from the Celeean Swords and a new slave to add to your harem.
-Fiona will have another quest for you, and her arrogance and greed could make her vulnerable to ones whose pockets are deep enough.
-The repairs on your brothel have finally been completed, letting you open it for business. Some slaves may require 'convincing' in order to serve there.
-Scenes for Phoebe/Noemi, Terra, Kathleen, Fiona and Cindy, plus a handful of brothel scenes.
-More than 270 images and 290 pages of text added
-19 new scenes added to main game. 5 brothel scenes in addition. 2 new NC scenes, one open to all!

Bug Fixes/Modifications
-Quite a few modifications to characters behind the scenes for future content. This does require a full character reset (does not reset progress/captures!)
-Brothel sequence cannot be started until after you've captured Angelica
-Allowing for a 12 character name for the main character. This may cause text clip issues, go beyond 6 with caution.  You must use the main character rename option in system menu to enable this.
-Hearthstone will only show you places you've already visited
-Character Bios added
-Significantly more hints toward where quests are

42 comments:

  1. You need to add certain things to the walkthrough like the lesser corsix sidequests.

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    1. I'll let Ikatashi Paku know. I don't actually write the walkthrough.

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  2. Is everything accessible when I have saves only from end of v2c4m1?

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  3. Okay! So! I haven't completely finished the new content yet, but I've really liked what I've done so far. The entire Naitay recruitment sidequest is amazingly good in both execution and concept, and I'm honestly going to say that the very fact that I don't feel bad about what happens to Fiona is a real testament to how well you sketched her character. I just hope both of them get some screentime next update to show them settling in with the other girls...

    A lot of this comes from the walkthrough, but I have a few points of (hopefully!) constructive critique.

    The first is that, while the gigantic money-sink that is Fiona cleaned me out a lot more thoroughly than last time, I still wish there were a way to do the well-digging sub-quest for Naomi without having to do the brothel too. Because I'm really into the one, and not really into the other, and it just makes sense when I'm swimming in dosh, and Naomi *knows* I'm swimming in dosh, that I should be able to agree to spend a pittance to have a well dug for her village.

    Because I might be a Slave Hero, but I'm still a Hero, damn it! (Also, terrible name for a superhero, or *worst* superhero name?)

    And, honestly... I guess that one guy in Shenetore is getting to me a bit more than I think was intended, where he laments that his wife is going to be taken away once it's all over. I guess it's theoretically been an element of the game since square one (though I missed that Sam had a fiance the first time 'round, and Danny eventually got to be with Jessica too), but... I guess the whole cheating thing isn't as much to my taste. I know you're not making a game for me personally, and, frankly, I rather suspect some final plot twist on the whole "selling all the girls into slavery once the story's over" score, but...

    Eh, whatever. I still like the game, and I'm still looking forward to finishing the Terra quest. I'd probably complain that she's getting too much spotlight compared to the other girls if she wasn't one of my favorite characters in the game.

    Here's to more content for the newbs in the next update!

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    1. Also, it's nice to get long-form character bios, and I really like the "bar graph" model for stats.

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    2. First and foremost, I want to slap you for not posting this in a forum. This is the exact kind of feedback I want new players to see :)

      That said and done:
      Thanks for the great feedback!

      On Shenetore: I definitely enjoyed writing that series, and continuing it in 4m3. Naitay and Joan team up for a primary questline there.

      On Noemi, whores and wells. In 4m4 I'm going to be focusing on a lot of small character specific sidequests. And that might be a great one for Noemi as I've gotten that request a few times.

      While most of the women you've enslaved have been single when you took them, some of the time a woman in a relationship will catch your eye. And if you're willing to put collars on them, a ring shouldn't matter that much :)

      Terra's getting another quest and scene set in 4m3. I put up a Patreon vote to see who people wanted content developed and she won. Just barely edging out Donna which I found interesting.

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    3. I'm having trouble starting the 4m2 main plot, I can't find this 'dig site' I'm supposed to go to to help clear the flame. The walk through says 'SE corner' but I've wandered all over the mainland map, Lesser Corsix and Eowen without finding it. What am I missing?

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    4. Go south of Eowen, through the Cheli Village in the mountain pass where you captured Phoebe into the desert beyond. Follow the mountain range Northeast and you'll see a pyramid.

      That's the dig site.

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    5. Well, again, I like playing hero!Ralph, and I'm just not that into villain!Ralph, so, you know, swiping people's wives out from under them just isn't my thing, ya know?

      But, again, you're not making a game for me personally.

      ...Also, come off it, man. Just give Noemi the ability to dual-wield her knives! It sucks not having anything at all to put in that slot and, combined with her only having two skills, it really does put her way behind anyone else.

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    6. Still not sold on a dual wielding Noemi, but she is getting 2 more skill in 4m3 to make her more competitive.

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    7. Frankly, as she's just about the only person who's going to be using knives, I'd be down with reducing their attack power so as not to overload her. I just don't like having her unable to use her off-hand, ya know?

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    8. For whatever reason I'm hesitant to dual wield Noemi. It just doesn't feel right for her character.

      But I've been working on some alternate ideas for off-hand equipment. I think I'll push those ahead to 4m3. Won't be a huge selection to choose from, but you'll finally be able to use all of Noemi's 'slots'

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    9. And her unique equip in 4m4 will almost certainly be an off-hand

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    10. Also, she and the other Ratan party member haven't gotten a weapon upgrade since the town we met her in, while everyone else can't move without tripping over sweet magical equipment with interesting trade-offs that make it potentially worth using.

      I'd just like to see more spears and knives going forward, is all.

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    11. That's already been addressed in 4m3.

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    12. Re: ker - Thanks! I had encountered the pyramid but when told that it was being investigated by the Legate that it was for the another release of content. I've played my way through the 4m2 content and as always can't wait for the next chapter. I found a typo in one of new Fiona screens, I can't remember which but at the start of one of her text screens \nc4 or something like that gets' displayed.

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    13. *when I found the pyramid I assumed initially that it was for a later chapter/point release of content.

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    14. Also... I kinda wanna bang Kathleen's Ice Wizard form. Is that weird? Is that just me?

      I mean... what's the point of a magic supercock if you never use it to bang something that would normally freeze off your tallywhacker?

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    15. Lol, everyone is wierd in some way. But I'd have completely no idea how to write that scene!

      And just to clarify from our conversation earlier: I'm not disagreeing that Noemi needs a buff. I agree on that, just not dual-wielding as the answer.

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    16. 's cool.

      Maybe, as a later game thing, she wants to learn to master the icy rage inside her, so that she can avoid giving in to Elizar's power and starting a mini-boss fight every time she uses one of her best moves. So, the gang put their heads together, and decide that if Ralph has sex with her while Elizar's personality is in Kathleen's body, he can dominate it and weaken it to the point of (good Ralph) allowing Kathleen to take complete control, fully master her ice powers, and no longer have to worry about losing herself to his leftover bits, freely swapping back and forth between her icy "super mode" and her regular self / (bad Ralph) claiming complete control of both sides of her personality, and making sure that neither is free from his domination, such that he can force her into whatever form he wishes as he wills.

      So, the team does a little sidequest, possibly involving Fiona or Terra, where Ralph gets a magic item to help counteract the icy death-rays she sprays in such a state. And then, after having sex with her icy form and dominating her (maybe some mention about how it feels pleasantly exotic to have sex with a woman whose body is cool rather than warm?), Kathleen gets a "stance" she can activate (probably at a steep mana cost to prevent abuse), in which her ATT and MAT increase, and she can use her big nuke skill without going nuts. Maybe have it swap out her portrait for the blue one too? That kinda thing.

      ...I swear, I haven't put this much thought into it! I just sorta made it up as I went along...

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    17. SpectralTime, in 4m3 Noemi is being retooled to be a much more effective utility character. I've been testing a lineup of Noemi/Naitay/Kathleen/Angelica and it works really well if you get creative. Her new abilities fit her personality and do a lot to make her unique and worth bringing along; the best way to play her is to use the right skills for the right situation, so she's definitely not a "spam Auto" character. To make this style viable, her existing skills are also having their costs reduced dramatically.

      I think there's even more we can do for Noemi in the future but for now it's a great start, you're going to love it.

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    18. *Reads through the Kathleen idea and smiles*

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  4. Well, Google Drive won't let me download the thing. Any alternates?

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    1. And I forgot to mirror in on mega... again!

      Updated the mega link on the download page. You can get it there.

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  5. Little help. I accidently put this on full screen. How do I get the size back to normal. I'm using win 10

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  6. If I attempt the "Hunt the Wolves" side-quest, the game crashes upon entering combat with the wolves.

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    1. If you're talking about Vercin's first sidquest: I just started up a new game and tested this in both the 4m2.2 and 4m3 client and couldn't recreate the crash.

      Most likely it's a corrupted download. Delete the game and redownload it (from the blog) and try again. If the issue keeps on perishing let me know.

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    2. That cured the side-quest. However, I have an issue with the tower to the northeast of the Chelish village. I get an error when attempting to enter.
      The error is
      Script 'Cache' line 106: RGSSError occured.
      failed to create bitmap

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    3. Tested both peninsula tower (Terra's Tower) and the tower by Phoebe's village (Neothan's Tower) in both clients and couldn't replicate the crash.

      If you have a slow/unstable internet connection that might be causing the issue. Try using the mega link on the downloads page to see if that helps.

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  7. Used the mega link. When the executable ran, it created a different subdirectory that the other [v2c4m2.2 VS Harem (v2c4m2.2)]. However the issue remains with Neothan's Tower.

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    1. Could you send me a copy of that save to haremrpg@gmail.com?

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    2. Done from my hotmail account.

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    3. Has anyone else gotten this error? Neither me nor my team have been able to replicate

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    4. I moved to a different machine, installed RTP and Harem afresh, and don't have the issue. So it's something borked on this older XP box. Thanks for your efforts

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    5. Whew. I don't support Windows XP anymore :)

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  8. I'm not too sure how the new brothel works? It said every five battles, but nothing's happened yet. Are there some other conditions in the dialogue I may have skipped by mistake that I haven't achieved yet?

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    1. Ok, now I'm sure it must have been disattention on my part, cause while I was gathering the thunder shards for Lady Fiona and fending off monster the message that the Brothel had customers appeared after one of the battles. My fault, sorry, also, Thanks for the game, I like this V2 as much as I liked the first version.

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    2. Ok. First guess it that you simply didn't assign anyone as whores so the watching event didn't activate.

      Thanks for the feedback!

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  9. I cant see the entire intro and i cannot progress beyond going to the church to free the girl from demons, screen goes black and crashes

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