Brad's Erotic Week (BEW) - S01, E07 (2017-12-04)

[Godsh]

Great job, amazing game so far, I like games like that with a lot of paths/possibilities. Characters are really interesting too (Nathalie and Azumi ) and it's also well written which makes the game nearly addictive imo. I'm going for a donation now.

[noskcaj]

Where can we donate?

[Wolfschadowe]

I would be willing to wager that wolfshadowe could make a great movie.

Nah. I think that any movie I'd make would surely be a flop. I mean, really, have you seen a good movie based off a game?

Great job, amazing game so far, I like games like that with a lot of paths/possibilities. Characters are really interesting too (Nathalie and Azumi ) and it's also well written which makes the game nearly addictive imo. I'm going for a donation now.

Thanks Godsh! I appreciate it!

Where can we donate?

Sorry noskcaj, I can't answer that here. The forum has a strict no advertising or fundraising policy that I fully respect but occasionally forget about, but thankfully the mods are on the ball, as evidenced by the "****' a few posts back.

[kexter]

Where can we donate?

Check the options menu in-game.

[Bonhomie]

Disaster

Haven't played for a couple of weeks and just went to get back in the swing of things and all my saves have disappeared.

Using Firefox and I did clear cookies a couple of days ago, but I cannot understand why that should delete the saves?

[Wolfschadowe]

Disaster

Haven't played for a couple of weeks and just went to get back in the swing of things and all my saves have disappeared.

Using Firefox and I did clear cookies a couple of days ago, but I cannot understand why that should delete the saves?

Bummer!

According to Mozilla, localstorage is also cleared when clearing all cookies with time set to "Everything." Basically, consider anything that clears cookies as clearing localstorage as well, even though that's not necessarily the case. Also, if for some reason, localstorage isn't available, the fallback is to use cookies for savegames and achievements.

I recommend using the savegame/achievements backup functionality regularly due to the fragile nature of localstorage, as it will also clear items on a first in-first out basis if it starts filling up for some reason.

Wolfschadowe

[ut1stgear1]

Disaster

Haven't played for a couple of weeks and just went to get back in the swing of things and all my saves have disappeared.

Using Firefox and I did clear cookies a couple of days ago, but I cannot understand why that should delete the saves?

Bummer!

According to Mozilla, localstorage is also cleared when clearing all cookies with time set to "Everything." Basically, consider anything that clears cookies as clearing localstorage as well, even though that's not necessarily the case. Also, if for some reason, localstorage isn't available, the fallback is to use cookies for savegames and achievements.

I recommend using the savegame/achievements backup functionality regularly due to the fragile nature of localstorage, as it will also clear items on a first in-first out basis if it starts filling up for some reason.

Wolfschadowe

I guess that's one advantage of playing it online. Even if I clear my cache, which includes cookies usually, I don't lose any saved games unless they do the same thing or have a server crash but online sites usually have a backup they can reboot from, most of them anyway.

[kexter]

I guess that's one advantage of playing it online. Even if I clear my cache, which includes cookies usually, I don't lose any saved games unless they do the same thing or have a server crash but online sites usually have a backup they can reboot from, most of them anyway.

Whether you play BEW online or offline your saves are stored locally on your computer. They are not backed up on any server. If you clear your cache, you loose your saves. The only way you can make sure you don't lose your saves is to export them from the options menu.

[ut1stgear1]

I guess that's one advantage of playing it online. Even if I clear my cache, which includes cookies usually, I don't lose any saved games unless they do the same thing or have a server crash but online sites usually have a backup they can reboot from, most of them anyway.

Whether you play BEW online or offline your saves are stored locally on your computer. They are not backed up on any server. If you clear your cache, you loose your saves. The only way you can make sure you don't lose your saves is to export them from the options menu.

I'll keep that in mind. thanks

[DroopyLoving]

Hey Wolf, is it today the new episode is due? If so how do access it? If not do you have an expected date? Played the first two episodes through again and i'm still loving them

[Wolfschadowe]

Hey Wolf, is it today the new episode is due? If so how do access it? If not do you have an expected date? Played the first two episodes through again and i'm still loving them

Episode 3 is in early access for some patrons now. General release is on June 8th.

[sylakone2]

So here is another example of why I'm geeking out a bit and really hoping to be able to realistically switch over to DAZ iRay based rendering. Can you tell which is iRay and which is the current render method?

Option A

Option B

From my seldom used DeviantArt page.

I have to agree with you I am loving Iray.

I have always been a poser user and recently I tried using Reality with Luxrender and coudl not seem to do to well.
Yesterday I downloaded the new Daz3d with Iray transfered in one of my scenes from poser for a game I am working on.
After a bit of fixing of morphs and posing I ran it with IRay and the Difference is just amazing see for yourself.

This is with poser and its built in render engine.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=27D888D2EBE9993A!18335&authkey=!AENj_Nrsx2lD54Y&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg

This is the same scene with a different pose but same lighting using Daz3d and IRAY.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=27D888D2EBE9993A!18262&authkey=!ANisBchHZK7t5eI&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg

Sorry for the links I tried to put them in as img but got an error saying could not determine img size error?

I am very happy with the results of course the down side is the IRay images took about 30 mins to render while the first one only took about 5.

What do you think?

Cheers

Sy

[Wolfschadowe]

I have the latest version of Poser Pro myself, but I always find myself using Daz, even before iRay, although I do like the firefly engine in Poser, and the ability to queue renders. Daz just fit's my brain better for most things that I do. I also tried Reality/Lux combo, and had the same problem you described. Too fiddly.

I definitely see improvement in your "Option B" image. iRay is heavily dependent on nvidia CUDA processing. There are some settings that speed it up a bit. Some tips in spoiler.

Just in case you haven't seen these yet.
In render settings, Advanced, if you have a nvidia card, uncheck CPU as it actually slows down the render. Also make sure OptiX Prime is turned on.
In render settings, Editor, Optimization, make sure Instancing Optimization is set to "Speed" instead of "Memory"
I've also found that adding lights tends to make things go faster.
Finally, you can stop the render at any time by clicking cancel on the progress bar (not the image window). Sometimes on bright scenes, it seems that once convergence passes 50%, I can't tell much difference in the image quality.

Wolfschadowe

[sylakone2]

I have the latest version of Poser Pro myself, but I always find myself using Daz, even before iRay, although I do like the firefly engine in Poser, and the ability to queue renders. Daz just fit's my brain better for most things that I do. I also tried Reality/Lux combo, and had the same problem you described. Too fiddly.

I definitely see improvement in your "Option B" image. iRay is heavily dependent on nvidia CUDA processing. There are some settings that speed it up a bit. Some tips in spoiler.

Just in case you haven't seen these yet.
In render settings, Advanced, if you have a nvidia card, uncheck CPU as it actually slows down the render. Also make sure OptiX Prime is turned on.
In render settings, Editor, Optimization, make sure Instancing Optimization is set to "Speed" instead of "Memory"
I've also found that adding lights tends to make things go faster.
Finally, you can stop the render at any time by clicking cancel on the progress bar (not the image window). Sometimes on bright scenes, it seems that once convergence passes 50%, I can't tell much difference in the image quality.

Wolfschadowe

Thanks for the tips I will take a look out for those once I start working on my gfx again

Cheers

Sy

[Depeche]

Episode Three Winner!: -- Target release date is two months from vote close. No later than Monday, June 8th.

Time for release, dude !

I'm sure i'm not the only one waiting to what comes next after the Bar.