Hooooly crap, it's been a while.
First things first: you can get version
4.1 at
http://www.mediafire.com/?njnjuryionwI can longer say that this is a replacement for the default pack, as version 3.0 was gracefully accepted as the new default. Therefore the file is named "items.itemsx" for simplicity, but feel free to rename it to accomodate your own setup.
Right now, there's just this one file, with the stats detailed in the item descriptions, the equivalent of the old "LSitemsDesc" file. I might release a no-details version, but not before a few days at least. I've just had a crazy-ass couple of weeks and it'll be a little while before I have the time to complete that. It took me long enough to get this one out of the door, heheh.
There are too many changes to list here in detail, but here's the gist of it:
-Lots of stuff received considerable price cuts, in light of the new game releases where money is noticeably harder to come by (in the early game, at least). My goal is to keep having expensive items, but not so expensive that you can't afford them before you reach the point where you basically have infinite money.
-Several items are at least slightly more effective.
-All appropriate items have the girlbuychance stat added. (This is different from the old 3.0 but this has already been incorporated into the latest release of the game.)
-The Succubus Wardress and the Wings of Lilith are now regular clothes instead of armor, to accomodate the new auto-equip mechanics. They have been replaced by roughly equivalent S-grade armors without sex effects: the Godward Shell and the Apocalypse Shroud.
-The risky Philtres of Abortion are now much cheaper. There is a new "Perfect Philtre of Abortion" available; it's more expensive but never has side-effects.
-Gift-type items have been slightly expanded to clearly delineate between sweets (which add happiness) and flowers (which add love). Girls will buy the former for themselves but not the latter.
-There are several brand new items of all types!
-Probably some more stuff that I forgot.
-Version 4.1 makes use of the new Small Weapons category.
For the next version, among other things, I've got plans to expand the drugs into a variety of inexpensive short-term-reward items that enhance girls at the cost of burning them out quickly, intended for evil players who doesn't mind crippling/killing their employees to make a quick buck. I don't know if I can do this without wrecking the balance, so it might take a little time, but I've got the bare bones of it almost worked out. (Shroud-based stuff would make girls obedient and resistant to pain, but lazy and dumb; fairy dust-based stuff would make girls energetic, charming, and horny, but fragile and weak; vira-based stuff would drive girls crazy with bizarre and intense lust, and physically transform them, but it'd have a variety of the worst side-effects.) Let me know if you think that's worth working on.
Now there's one last subject I'd like to talk about. You may have noticed that the default pack that comes with the game as of this writing isn't exactly my old 3.0 pack. In fact several items had been added, which I cannot take credit for: the book of enlightenment, the bracers of babeosity, the free weights, the various nipple rings, the pill of breast reduction, the good fortune, the rings of beauty/charisma/schwarzenegger/horndog, the improved ritual of domination, the scrolls of transcendance, the tomes of knowledge, the true rattle of entropy, and the wand of lolification. As far as I've heard, these items were made by Myrikhan. (I apologize if I've missed a few, but I think that's about it.)
Now at first I didn't even realize that, and I started to build version 4 directly from my old version 3. Then I did notice his new items, and decided to incorporate most of his ideas. Some items got a name/description change to make them fit better with the rest of the pack, and several made the transition unchanged save for minor spelling or technical fixes. A couple of basic +stat rings got cut, but that's because I firmly believe the major changes they bring would be better placed on amulets or armbands, since those can't be stacked. They will be reintroduced as such in the next version. I could technically put them in right now but I remembered them too late and I got to hit the hay!
This wicked man really needs all the rest he can get these days.
Alright, that's about it. Being in charge of the official pack is kind of a major change of perspective for me, and I hope I have been and will continue to be worthy of the job. Good night, and keep on pimpin'!