Well, it seems like there now is a brand new forum (thank you so much for that! :D ).
There are lots of things to rebuild, not sure where to start. I have asked for administrator privileges so that I can start stickying posts, and so on.
Opening this thread for general discussion. Welcome back everyone!
I'm glad to see y'all back! Is there anything us fans can do to help since the old site was nuked?
Quote from: OutOfUniqueNames on May 15, 2022, 10:51 PMI'm glad to see y'all back! Is there anything us fans can do to help since the old site was nuked?
Well what's comme to my mind.
1. reporting the bug's what you encounter so Goldo can nuke them out
2. you can make girl pack's like Leortha and share it for people to use
3. if you know some cool line's then you can help out in the community dialouge project (even if it's just a 1 liner)
4. if you know how to code in renpy you can even make your own little mod
For my part, suggestions as to what to add to the forum would be welcome, as well as archived content if you can find any (thankfully I have the content on making custom events which I just have to reformat, but other than that nothing).
Also, spread the word about the new forum. I will add the new address to the game in the next patch, but I guess I'm waiting for the old forum to peter out to get closure...
Edit: Does anyone know how to make this forum creep back on top of search engine results? Sadly the current results are just several pages of old mirror sites and impersonators...
Quote from: Goldo on May 18, 2022, 02:17 PMEdit: Does anyone know how to make this forum creep back on top of search engine results? Sadly the current results are just several pages of old mirror sites and impersonators...
To add the new site, a search engine's crawler-bot needs to visit this website. This has already happened since a crawler discovered the link to this website after it was posted on F95zone. To simplify SEO optimisation a bit: Relevance is the most important thing to get to the top of the search results. If Google becomes convinced that your site is probably exactly what the searcher is looking for, then it will be at the top of the results. There are some tricks to become more 'convincing' to Google, but for this site we really don't have to worry about that. It'll happen automatically over time as long as we keep chit-chatting with each other about Brothel King.
To remove the old site, someone with a Google account can use the Remove Outdated Content tool (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7041154?hl=en), but we can also just wait until Google wises up to the changes after their crawler tries to visit the old site for the X-th time and starts realising that the old sitemap is permanently gone.
Thank you for the detailed explanation! Anything we can do about the dozen dodgy results linking to crapware versions of BK?
Quote from: Goldo on May 19, 2022, 08:49 AMThank you for the detailed explanation! Anything we can do about the dozen dodgy results linking to crapware versions of BK?
First we should form a business and get to work ridding BK of all copyright infringing content. Then we register and defend copyrights/trademarks and hire a legal team to go after the dodgy bastards. 8)
Other than that, I don't think there's much we can do.
Finally there is a forum again!
Wonder why the other forum was nuked, but good to see it back.
Hello everyone btw, long time no see.
Quote from: GH20 on May 21, 2022, 12:04 AMWonder why the other forum was nuked, but good to see it back.
Hello everyone btw, long time no see.
I would say that it's not so much that it was "nuked" as that it "died". It wasn't that action was taken to take it down, so much as actions needed to keep it up were not taken.
The site owner had not communicated in a long time. And when the site died he was unable to be reached at all.
The site's registration expires within a few more days. So if it does not get resurrected within that time, which seems to be a very, very, very unlikely possibility, then it is gone for good.
We are now in June, so this is it, right? The old forum is dead?
Quote from: Goldo on Jun 03, 2022, 01:54 PMWe are now in June, so this is it, right? The old forum is dead?
Most likely.
Last I saw in a private DM conversation over on F95 the site did indeed expire, but appears to have been grabbed up by a holding company. Likely to try to grab whatever traffic remains over there. But yeah, the old site is now good and gone.
Even if we or HHS managed to grab the old URL somehow, the actual site would not return, it would likely be just a way to point the old URL at the new site.
I'll note that, on the BK side of things, it is DougTheC who is trying to get possession of the old URL. And only for the purpose of pointing it at the new site.
Quote from: Leortha on Jun 03, 2022, 02:57 PMLast I saw in a private DM conversation over on F95 the site did indeed expire, but appears to have been grabbed up by a holding company. Likely to try to grab whatever traffic remains over there. But yeah, the old site is now good and gone.
Even if we or HHS managed to grab the old URL somehow, the actual site would not return, it would likely be just a way to point the old URL at the new site.
The only post-expiration change I have seen, thru whois.com & GoDaddy monitoring, is the change of nameservers to NS1.DOMAINHASEXPIRED.COM & NS2.DOMAINHASEXPIRED.COM .
I think not enough time from expiration for anyone to buy the domain yet; whois says site has (Reseller unchanged since May 11):
QuoteReseller: Paragon Internet Group Ltd
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
general discussion well seems like right place to talk like about the gameplay of the game i just wanna say sleeping with the treasure girl when the nights over had me dead🤣🤣😭😭👍😎 great game havent found one as good as this one as far as a slave management games goes n live played quite a few, i mean not like theres is a lot 2 begin with ether i suppose but this got my number one vote told a few friends about it especially with the trait mod its great i cant wait till its done, ive put a lot a lot of hours into the saved game i have dont wanna update to new patch n lose it all im on 228 patch currently training them is a lot of fun n the events are great in general, amazing
after searching thru the grimy underbelly of the internet for what felt like a eternity i finally found the slave management game that surpasses all the others.. , amazing game👍😁💯 i have spent stacks of hours of my life playing this game, very fun
I agree it's pretty good ;D
Quote from: j01ntr0l1a on Jun 04, 2022, 09:51 PMive put a lot a lot of hours into the saved game i have dont wanna update to new patch n lose it all im on 228 patch currently training them is a lot of fun n the events are great in general, amazing
Depending on how old your game is, you could try the new patch. Patches that were released after 0.2 launch should not break saved games. What you can do is:
1/ Go to the "game/" folder and copy every existing
.rpy file. Store that in a back-up folder
outside of the BK folder structure. Also copy your saved game from the "saves/" directory to be on the safe side
2/ Install the new patch and test your saved game. See if it works fine.
3/ In case you need to reverse to the older patch, just copy the
.rpy files you stored on top of the "game/" folder.
Edit: In that case, also delete all files ending with '.rpyc' as DougTheC mentioned.You can also report the problem you encountered here, we can give you pointers on solving it through the console.
Quote from: Goldo on Jun 10, 2022, 01:17 PMQuote from: j01ntr0l1a on Jun 04, 2022, 09:51 PMive put a lot a lot of hours into the saved game i have dont wanna update to new patch n lose it all im on 228 patch currently training them is a lot of fun n the events are great in general, amazing
Depending on how old your game is, you could try the new patch. Patches that were released after 0.2 launch should not break saved games. What you can do is:
1/ Go to the "game/" folder and copy every existing .rpy file. Store that in a back-up folder outside of the BK folder structure. Also copy your saved game from the "saves/" directory to be on the safe side
2/ Install the new patch and test your saved game. See if it works fine.
3/ In case you need to reverse to the older patch, just copy the .rpy files you stored on top of the "game/" folder. You can also report the problem you encountered here, we can give you pointers on solving it through the console.
Reversing to older patch is one of the cases where in case 3, you'd also need to delete existing game/*.rpyc compiled files, otherwise they would be used in place of compilation of earlier-dated *.rpy files.
Alternative is to copy backup of all game/*.rpy* files including compiled versions, & then copy them back if reverting.
There would be problems if a new rpy file added in patch that was not present before.
Quote from: Goldo on Jun 10, 2022, 01:17 PMQuote from: j01ntr0l1a on Jun 04, 2022, 09:51 PMive put a lot a lot of hours into the saved game i have dont wanna update to new patch n lose it all im on 228 patch currently training them is a lot of fun n the events are great in general, amazing
Depending on how old your game is, you could try the new patch. Patches that were released after 0.2 launch should not break saved games. What you can do is:
1/ Go to the "game/" folder and copy every existing .rpy file. Store that in a back-up folder outside of the BK folder structure. Also copy your saved game from the "saves/" directory to be on the safe side
2/ Install the new patch and test your saved game. See if it works fine.
3/ In case you need to reverse to the older patch, just copy the .rpy files you stored on top of the "game/" folder. Edit: In that case, also delete all files ending with '.rpyc' as DougTheC mentioned.
You can also report the problem you encountered here, we can give you pointers on solving it through the console.
yeee coolio!! yeah i used new patch seems to be working fine 😁 , i can tell the girls not to have sex at all now in this patch in the v220519 patch!, sweet 👍 have this virgin girl i dont want ne of her holes filled at the moment
Quote from: j01ntr0l1a on Jun 14, 2022, 04:35 PMyeee coolio!! yeah i used new patch seems to be working fine 😁 , i can tell the girls not to have sex at all now in this patch in the v220519 patch!, sweet 👍 have this virgin girl i dont want ne of her holes filled at the moment
A word of warning: She may still disobey your order if certain conditions are not met... Better keep her obedience high!
Quote from: Goldo on Jun 20, 2022, 02:14 PMQuote from: j01ntr0l1a on Jun 14, 2022, 04:35 PMyeee coolio!! yeah i used new patch seems to be working fine 😁 , i can tell the girls not to have sex at all now in this patch in the v220519 patch!, sweet 👍 have this virgin girl i dont want ne of her holes filled at the moment
A word of warning: She may still disobey your order if certain conditions are not met... Better keep her obedience high!
hahhaha trrrrrruueee!!!!!!!!!!! 😁 iim making the ones i want wear the right stuff cuz obedience does have to be high
Hi guys, I'm new to the forum but have been playing the game for a while and I really enjoy it.
I had a couple quick questions about the compatibility of mods, specifically Trait King, Headhunter and Chris' Job mods.
My question is if these mods are fully compatible and whether or not they corrupt save files.
Also, more specific question, if I request a girl through the Headhunter mod while having Trait King active, could I order her to have modded traits too? Or does Headhunter only work with vanilla traits?
Thanks for the responses in advance!
I'll let the creators of the mod speak on their mutual compatibility, but if by 'corrupting save files', you mean that it's impossible to revert a modded saved game to vanilla, I'd say unfortunately that is the case.
For instance, if you save a game with girls having traits unique to the Trait King mod, loading the saved game in vanilla will cause issues. You'd have to start a new game or go through creative use of the console to avoid that.
Quote from: MnrPjenis on Jun 21, 2022, 02:47 PMHi guys, I'm new to the forum but have been playing the game for a while and I really enjoy it.
I had a couple quick questions about the compatibility of mods, specifically Trait King, Headhunter and Chris' Job mods.
My question is if these mods are fully compatible and whether or not they corrupt save files.
Also, more specific question, if I request a girl through the Headhunter mod while having Trait King active, could I order her to have modded traits too? Or does Headhunter only work with vanilla traits?
Thanks for the responses in advance!
As far as we know they all work together in perfect harmony. And if they don't in some way, we've never heard anyone report a bug about it so we would welcome the feedback ;D
You can order modded Trait King traits from the Headhunter, but you can't order "evolved" negative traits (in Trait King negative traits can eventually turn into slightly less negative versions)
As long as you don't turn mods on-and-off halfway through your playthrough, the save will be fine.
Quote from: Goldo on Jun 21, 2022, 05:40 PMI'll let the creators of the mod speak on their mutual compatibility, but if by 'corrupting save files', you mean that it's impossible to revert a modded saved game to vanilla, I'd say unfortunately that is the case.
For instance, if you save a game with girls having traits unique to the Trait King mod, loading the saved game in vanilla will cause issues. You'd have to start a new game or go through creative use of the console to avoid that.
Quote from: neronero on Jun 21, 2022, 06:02 PMAs far as we know they all work together in perfect harmony. And if they don't in some way, we've never heard anyone report a bug about it so we would welcome the feedback ;D
You can order modded Trait King traits from the Headhunter, but you can't order "evolved" negative traits (in Trait King negative traits can eventually turn into slightly less negative versions)
As long as you don't turn mods on-and-off halfway through your playthrough, the save will be fine.
Makes sense, thanks a ton for the fast replies guys :))!
This game is interesting.
You can have a girl whoring all night. Then you train her in sex. Reward her with sex. And then rape her for good measure.
(https://i.imgur.com/vUI8Su4.jpg)
Am I the only one amused that Golda is still listed as a "Jr. Member"? ;D
Quote from: AnalogSquirrel on Aug 26, 2022, 05:53 PMAm I the only one amused that Golda is still listed as a "Jr. Member"? ;D
Most likely that was calculated from the number of post he made.
Used to be that they only had "Newbie", "Jr Member" and "Administrator". So I was in good company. ;D
But now I see there's one guy who has the title "Developer", so I'm kind of jealous. ;)
Hi guys,
At the request of Haywood, I will be including an option for v0.3 in the Settings menu to disable fuzzy matching of 'good enough' tags for jobs and sex acts. This means that the following fallback or alternative tags could be enabled/disabled:
- 'swim' for masseuse
- 'maid' and 'geisha' for waitress
- 'fight' for dancer
- 'date' and 'waitress' for geisha
- 'big' for all sex acts
- 'machine' for fetish acts
It should be noted that this would not necessarily accomplish much if the girlpacks are not rich in pictures with the right tags, as the default fallback tags would likely be worse (e.g. 'naked', or 'profile').
Note this will be a bulk setting for jobs, and another one for sex acts (to avoid UI clutter).
Are there any other tags/events matches you would like to be able to disable? Those are all I can think of right now.
One thought - would it be possible to resolve this with a mod?
In principle, it would allow people like Haywood to define their own "querypack" and even share it with others.
However, I don't know how the existing feature is implemented. If this idea would require substantial changes, I recommend going with the easier option. We're entering feature creep territory.
But if you have to make this configurable, anyway, and it's no big difference, this would be a more flexible solution.
Quote from: Ch12 on Sep 23, 2022, 02:30 AMOne thought - would it be possible to resolve this with a mod?
In principle, it would allow people like Haywood to define their own "querypack" and even share it with others.
Not without revamping the whole picture search algorithm I'm afraid, no. And although that could open up some interesting avenues for customization, I don't want to open that can of worms for now.
What I'm considering adding is a couple of buttons in the Settings menu to turn on/off extra tags for jobs and sex acts. Any more than that is probably overkill for what remains a niche feature.
since we're on a new site, i guessing we post errors and trace backs in bug reports and feedback. I'm only asking since i have yet to see a reply to my post there. I'm trying to figure out why my clean re-install is rejecting seven different girl packs and the beach kite event.
the download and girl pack not working.When u start the download after a couple of sec it gives incomplete donwload.
Working fine for me :-\
Here's a mirror on MEGA (https://mega.nz/folder/94wjQSoY#EAa087E1_VNBFPyBsNbh0Q) just for you
(note for visitors from the future, I won't be updating this. Go to the official release thread for the latest version)
THANKS MEN
but i mean the download starts is just after 100mbs are downloaded it says file incomplete and stops
That may be an issue client-side, I didn't have any issues on my end with the download.
Please accept my gratitude to Gold and all the participants in the promotion of this game. I'm learning RenPy and Python code from this game. I really like that you add comments to files, it's very convenient.
I want to make a translation, or should I wait for version 0.3? Approximately when it will be released?
ps. Sorry for my poor knowledge of the language.
Quote from: Svd on Jan 18, 2023, 08:06 AMPlease accept my gratitude to Gold and all the participants in the promotion of this game. I'm learning RenPy and Python code from this game. I really like that you add comments to files, it's very convenient.
I want to make a translation, or should I wait for version 0.3? Approximately when it will be released?
ps. Sorry for my poor knowledge of the language.
I can't commit to a date right now; changing the game's resolution and upgrading picture quality broke more things than I anticipated, so I have been bug-hunting this past week instead of focusing on developing the new evil mechanic and story. I'm getting back to it now.
All I can say is the game does not support translation very well, either now or in 0.3, so it's likely that work will be needed to adapt your translation after 0.3. You may want to hold out for 0.3 depending on how much work is involved.
I have an issue where there is a decently long delay when trying to quickly switch between areas in the city. For example, I always have to wait a seconds when using the arrow keys to move from the Hanging Gardens and the Guild Quarter.
Is there any way to resolve this?
Does it happen every time or only the first time you visit location X in a week? In the first case, this could be due to profile images loading into memory. Edit: F4 will allow you to see picture memory usage, although I'm not sure if it works with debug off.
If that is the case, you could adjust the value of config.image_cache_size in BKsettings.rpy (open it in notepad) to see if it improves things.
Edit: I guess you could also try to un-comment lines 284-285 in BKmain.rpy:
# $ renpy.start_predict_screen("visit_location", _previous)
# $ renpy.start_predict_screen("visit_location", _next)
But on my rig, it doesn't lead to any noticeable improvement.
Just wanted to share a new feature that I will progressively roll out with v0.3: A revamped help system, replacing the current clunky dialogue-based help with an in-game encyclopedia of sorts.
I have been meaning to play around with Ren'py and hyperlinks for a while, and I'm pretty happy how it turned out.
I think it will be pretty cool:
(https://i.imgur.com/h2BfOJe.png)
Due to the amount of work it will take to retrofit the existing help labels, I will not deliver all of it with 0.3, but the new features will be documented with this system. Hopefully it should make it easier for both new players and experienced ones to learn about the nuances of the game.
A bit like the dialogue system, this is designed to allow for easy writing of descriptions in plain text, and plenty powerful for the game's basic needs. So if you have ideas for detailed help screens, and some time on your hands... Let me know. ;)
What a nice surprise, that does look really good! Definitely a step up from the current line-by-line help delivery.
Thinking about how high the ceiling for such a feature is does make my brain spin a little bit.
To me, the dream would be to have an accompanying online Wiki which mirrored the exact contents of this feature. But I'm not volunteering as of yet, enough other things on my plate :-\
Quote from: neronero on Feb 08, 2023, 02:45 PMWhat a nice surprise, that does look really good! Definitely a step up from the current line-by-line help delivery.
Thinking about how high the ceiling for such a feature is does make my brain spin a little bit.
To me, the dream would be to have an accompanying online Wiki which mirrored the exact contents of this feature. But I'm not volunteering as of yet, enough other things on my plate :-\
To be clear, I don't want to include a complete wiki in-game, it would be unwieldy and indexing all the keywords may become a drag on the computer if we really get overboard. But all the key features and concepts of the game could be in there, plus a handful of tutorials.
Just lost most of my custom packs to a second-hand power supply :'(
Learn from my stupidity and never ever cheap out on a PSU, make backups and do not trust a computer repairman when they say that they backed up "everything" (they didn't bother to even back up the User folder for some reason).
Ouch, I'm really sorry for you... :(
Does a PSU problem even fry SSDs?
If it receives power directly through the PSU with a SATA power connector. My M.2 SSD survived.
Another cool new feature that I'm happy to announce will be in v0.3:
Soft remove of girl pack pictures.
If you're like me, sometimes a girl pack picture doesn't cut it for you; it's not really up to your standards and you would like not to see it again. With this option, you can exclude it from the game with the press of a key.
The concept is very simple:
- Whenever a girl pack picture is shown on screen, you can hit 'Backspace' to add it to your personal ignore list. The ignore list is permanent and shared between games.
- The game will not show this picture again, unless you add it back in using a new option in the help menu. You can also reset the list at any time.
- In case you made a mistake, pressing 'Backspace' again will add the picture back in while you are on the same screen.
- An option in the 'help' menu will let you print the list of ignored pictures to a .txt file so you can decide what to do with them later (delete them, edit them...)
Everything works as intended in testing, so I'm excited about that feature (the only minor drawback is that when you ignore a profile picture, it will remain on display until the next game day).
When i click the patch link in Goldo´s signature, the opened page says that the site is blocked because it is harmfull. Is there another link?
Quote from: sorwedeya on Apr 01, 2023, 11:47 AMWhen i click the patch link in Goldo´s signature, the opened page says that the site is blocked because it is harmfull. Is there another link?
I was using a URL shortener to make it fit in the signature field, and apparently someone reported it to Bitly as inappropriate (?). It should now work.
Heya, been playing the game for about 2-3 months and am absolutely addicted. I have recently been taking a peek into the code from time to time, and saw that there were special traits for "Story Girls" such as traits called "Dynamo", "Lolita", "Ghost" and "Stalwart". Is there a way for these girls to be recruited into the brothel?
Quote from: AlolanNinetales on Jul 03, 2023, 10:31 PMHeya, been playing the game for about 2-3 months and am absolutely addicted. I have recently been taking a peek into the code from time to time, and saw that there were special traits for "Story Girls" such as traits called "Dynamo", "Lolita", "Ghost" and "Stalwart". Is there a way for these girls to be recruited into the brothel?
As of now no.
Quote from: AlolanNinetales on Jul 03, 2023, 10:31 PMHeya, been playing the game for about 2-3 months and am absolutely addicted. I have recently been taking a peek into the code from time to time, and saw that there were special traits for "Story Girls" such as traits called "Dynamo", "Lolita", "Ghost" and "Stalwart". Is there a way for these girls to be recruited into the brothel?
Soon ;D
Quote from: Goldo on Jul 07, 2023, 01:12 PMSoon ;D
Will we be able to implement girls from the brothel in cities where you make them work for side hustle or side jobs?
Quote from: Yasaki74 on Jul 07, 2023, 11:28 PMQuote from: Goldo on Jul 07, 2023, 01:12 PMSoon ;D
Will we be able to implement girls from the brothel in cities where you make them work for side hustle or side jobs?
In an extremely roundabout way, there will be one such case, but probably not what you expect. ;)