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« Reply #90 on: November 21, 2009, 12:52:37 PM »
Hmm...I didn't experience that glitch.  Did you get it to occur on all the other schools, or just certain ones?
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« Reply #91 on: November 21, 2009, 02:07:07 PM »
Hmm...I didn't experience that glitch.  Did you get it to occur on all the other schools, or just certain ones?
Definitely on the last one (Hentai High), and I'm pretty sure I got it on the religious one too along with a couple of the others. The only one I know doesn't have that happen to me is the first one. I'm on Windows 7 64-bit, but I even tried installing and running it in Virtual XP (32-bit) and had the same problem.
Perhaps it's something triggered by a specific unlocked Extra or something?

EDIT: it's not triggered by an unlocked extra. I just started back with a clean slate (no Extras bought) and ran through a game which I edited to have a bunch of orbs of all colors. After running through and finishing that game to get the orbs back in the menu, I went to Extras and only bought Hentai High, nothing else. I then started a new game in Hentai High (the last school), saved the game, exited completely, started back up and loaded the game... same problem, basic school stats and money were set to the default levels from a new game in the first school, not those you get at the start of Hentai High.
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« Reply #92 on: November 21, 2009, 02:10:25 PM »
People have asked, but pooolka got sick and disappeared before doing so.  Sad.
I thought someone posted the source on Hentai Palm a while back. I should even have a copy somewhere. I never did anything with it myself, partly because I had other projects on the go, and partly because someone else announced their intention to make an improved version.

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« Reply #93 on: November 21, 2009, 03:26:06 PM »
Hmmm...   if they did, I don't remember it.  However, I don't go there on any kind of regular basis, so you could very well be correct.  I just remember that the source never showed up at the initial thread.
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« Reply #95 on: November 21, 2009, 04:44:56 PM »
Sure enough.
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« Reply #96 on: November 21, 2009, 09:32:38 PM »
Definitely on the last one (Hentai High), and I'm pretty sure I got it on the religious one too along with a couple of the others. The only one I know doesn't have that happen to me is the first one. I'm on Windows 7 64-bit, but I even tried installing and running it in Virtual XP (32-bit) and had the same problem.
Perhaps it's something triggered by a specific unlocked Extra or something?

EDIT: it's not triggered by an unlocked extra. I just started back with a clean slate (no Extras bought) and ran through a game which I edited to have a bunch of orbs of all colors. After running through and finishing that game to get the orbs back in the menu, I went to Extras and only bought Hentai High, nothing else. I then started a new game in Hentai High (the last school), saved the game, exited completely, started back up and loaded the game... same problem, basic school stats and money were set to the default levels from a new game in the first school, not those you get at the start of Hentai High.

I just confirmed the bug.  At some point, it no longer occurs, as in the late game you can save/load as much as you want without experiencing this bug (though the color bug is still present).  I don't know what changes that makes the game not switch back to the starting default values for the base school.
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« Reply #97 on: November 22, 2009, 04:18:40 AM »
Attached to this post:

http://forum.hentaipalm.com/showpost.php?p=915866&postcount=84
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I just confirmed the bug.  At some point, it no longer occurs, as in the late game you can save/load as much as you want without experiencing this bug (though the color bug is still present).  I don't know what changes that makes the game not switch back to the starting default values for the base school.
What fixes it is closing the game, re-opening it, and loading the save, then saving again. This seems to produce a savefile which properly stores all of the data. As long as you keep playing on the original game instance after starting a new game, even if you play through to day 15 or 20 and save, will produce a damaged save that doesn't contain the proper stats and such.
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« Reply #98 on: November 22, 2009, 10:37:14 AM »
That's bizarre.
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« Reply #99 on: November 23, 2009, 12:26:47 AM »
Ironically I think all of my favorite hentai games were mentioned here, (besides this one) Slavemaker, Simbrothel, and HentaiHighSchool.

I personally like the games you have to think, or plan at to get what you want.  Sadly these 4 games are the only ones that i've found that you seem to have to do that. 
And no, I hate the games that require me to be very skilled with controlling my mouse or something like that. (I guess I hate them slightly more than the ones where it's next to impossible to lose at... If I want porn I can find that easily, but I want a GAME).


ahh... we have just found one of the topics that triggers me to vent/rant.


Edit: this caused me to also jump back to page 4 to see if I had actually missed anything... and apparently I basically restated someone else's little rant.    But downloading Sengou Rance right now.
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« Reply #100 on: November 23, 2009, 12:52:15 AM »
Well, I can't say these are the *only* ones I've found that do that, but they're the only ones that weren't a quarter-completed before being abandoned, or were more along the lines of "good ideas with horrible execution".  Even then, among these four games, HHS never really got past beta and the latest version of SimBro is currently caught in between platform changes, and looks to be badly hung up besides.  Only this game and SM can be considered real A-list material.

Although, if you're into that sort of thing, there are several very decent dating sims out there as well.  SimGirl, although never finished, was moderately good - so was Ganguru Girl.  Of course, you also have to name Date Ariane as very good, and there are another two or three dating sims off Newgrounds that meet my standards as well.  Still, in the main you're quite right - the quality level for this sort of thing is pretty abysmal.  Lots of potential game makers take their cue from the professionals, and make the quasi-linear story type games; that's fine if you have a good writer and a better artist, but even the professionals miss on those half the time, meaning that the amateurs generally do much worse.  It seems like most of the creators either lack creativity, or skill, or all-to-often both.

If, however, you aren't explicitly looking for hentai, you should take a glance at the Adult Interactive Fiction (AIF) community.  It's been around a *lot* longer than anybody else, and while a good part of those works don't have any pictures there are some that are very, very good in that regard too.
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« Reply #101 on: November 23, 2009, 01:05:53 AM »
Now, I do enjoy a good sex story, (jumped to that once i saw "no pictures" after "Novel")  But there are some pretty good.... basically story line things where you basically click through and maybe choose a path (I enjoyed shuffle! but I think a portion of it was I found the music very catchy), there was one about some mansion or something that you get trapped in, and other people were trapped there for years but they never age until they are ready to leave (everybody has serious baggage lol), I enjoyed that, but I don't consider those games really.

now a recent one I played that I wouldn't consider a hentai game (it has a play time of about 10 hours if you read all the text but only maybe 3 minutes of sex) that I found very enjoyable (and had action/strategy rpg battles that allows me to clump it into the games category) was Utawarerumono. 

HHS worked fine for me the whole way through. (good luck?)
Simbro1 I can put with the A-list.
Simbro2 ton of potential but like you said, it seems to be in a rut right now.

There are a few dating sims that I did enjoy, however I can never remember their names (mainly because I feel ashamed about playing a "Dating Sim"... which is very weird [for me to be embarrassed about] considering my normal computer activities).

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« Reply #102 on: November 23, 2009, 01:47:32 AM »
Sim Girl, Ganguru Girl, Aching Dreams, Love Hina, Twinkle Revue, Galaxy Angel...   those are the only decent dating sims I can think of at the top of my head.  Most of the good ones are pretty indistunguishable - there's a definate method that they all follow.  Can't really complain, though, since on the whole it's  a pretty good method, and it works for the genre.

SimBro1 was pretty rough around the edges, IIRC.  It wasn't bad, by any means, but there were some things that were bugged, others that were just annoying, and the interface was a pain to handle.  I'd put it in the same category as HHS - very playable, excellent at times, but in need of a couple dozen hours of love and playtesting to be considered a true standard.

The story line type games are OK, but I generally prefer things with at least a little replayability.
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« Reply #103 on: November 23, 2009, 02:16:55 AM »
Sim Girls is in the midst of a rewrite now.  The fan base picked up the game, redid the engine, and wrote new storylines.  The new engine is being beta tested now, and (if they manage to meet any semblance of a deadline) there might be new content implemented by January.  I'm keeping an eye out, crossing my fingers, hoping for awesomeness to occur.
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« Reply #104 on: November 23, 2009, 02:42:17 AM »
simbro2 are currently at a standstill, mostly due to lack of programming actives but who knows, they may get it back on tracks some day.
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