Harem 0.6b Public Beta released!

Harem 0.6b has reached public beta!  Much thanks to all of my hard working testers, you caught so many bugs that would of made the game not playable, as well as many small ones which had slipped through the prior releases as well.  This should be the cleanest, most legible version of Harem ever!

A few notes :
-Initially 0.6b was about 160mb large which is too large for the VX packager.  So I compressed the images and audio down quite a bit and made the package only 70mb.  I might of been a bit to aggressive in the compression so I'm also uploading the uncompressed media.  If you want to use it, download it and over-write the graphics and audio folders with the other images.  Should work just fine.
-There was a bug in the encrypter so this is my first version in a very long time that's unecrypted.  Not quite sure why I always encrypted it anyways.  If you want to see how Harem is made you can dig around in the game files (VX required of course) but be warned.  There are spoilers, false flags and much randomness inside the code and if you have programming experience it may cause you to scream in pain.
-When I do a 'final' release I'll be doing the usual email to mediafire option for those people who can't get RG/FF/BS to work.  Please don't e-mail me about it until then.  I will try to add more hosts over time.
-I'm still working on providing saves to skip existing content.  They will be provided in the next week or two (certainly before 0.6b is final).
-I am calling this a public beta.  I got all the bugs that we found, but I'm sure have slipped through.  If getting a bug would be traumatic to you, wait a few weeks for the 'final' version to be released.  There will not be any content differences between them.
-Install the RTP if this is your first time playing a RPG maker VX game.  Instructions on the side as well as in the readme file

Links obsolete

I'm going to ask anyone who wants to give feedback to use one of the linked forums on the right instead of the comments here.  The blog was created to reduce the fluff posts in my threads there as well as to give a less annoying place to the 'status update please' posts but I think it's gone too far and the threads are getting less traffic then I'd like.  The threads are how new players find the game, so if you think that it's worth playing, well please tell them that it is where they'll read it!  Bug reports can be emailed, commented or posted in the forums.


Patch notes : (spoilers in white font, highlight to read)

-Retcons - Vanessa met you in Denai, regardless of path.  Both paths she told you to flee and then you don't see her again.

       -Denai wasn't burnt to the ground.

-Numerous map and faces upgrades

-Climax of Terra's arc.

-Resolution of Vanessa's disappearance and Ariel/Cecilia will make an appearance.

-Complete removal of the random encounter system with a random event system in its place.  While this isn't used all that often in 0.6 content it will give me far more flexibility with random encounters in any zone.

-The id ring has resumed some functionality as a guide, pointing the player to the next step of the main plot.  Very much in beta stages and needing feedback for when it doesn't work properly.

-Fenja has been reclassified as a minor (or inventory) slave.  Her quest will remain as it is but after she's captured there isn't any additional content for her.  Essentially it allows me to create minor slaves at the end of an optional segment or when the character would normally buy/acquire a new slave but without the burden of really creating a character or weaving her into the plot.  While there will still be more major characters introduced it gives me more flexibility in writing.

-Over 90% of people in the survey voted yes to letting me break old saves, so that will be done.  Saves will be provided whenever 0.6b final is released.

-Continued editing and polishing.  While the Corsix edit is still a few months away, Western Corsix and before should be much cleaner.  Along with a change in workflow to increase accuracy it should be far easier to read  Thanks to Hirotono on this.

-New faces.  While this isn't complete, TheEye92 showed me a few issues with my workflow in creating faces that was creating the heavily pixelated look and new faces should be much smoother.  Over time I'll work on going back and replacing as many of the old faces as possible.

-Donna's first two scenes on the dark path have been completely rewritten and imaged.  That was some of my very early rough work and really needed to be updated.  Feel free to [politely] suggest other scenes/events that could use a rewrite and I'll put them on the list.

-I haven't counted precisely yet, but 0.6b should bring on another 100-150 pages of text and another 30 scenes or so.  Wow I really am developing like Valve.

-Rebalancing of characters to make combat more enjoyable and smooth.  This has been going on for a few updates and has gotten to the point where old saves must be junked and new games must be created.

-Made it easier to find the fights to do the hunting quest

-Finding Terra's memories in her mind is a bit easier to do now

-Removed timer from Corsix quests.  It never worked properly.

-Added quite a bit of new music