Ren'Py Lab Rats 2 - Reformulate [v2024.09 Beta] [Tristim/LZ_Starbuck/Trollden]

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tretch95

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You got a "complete and utter imbecile's guide" to installing that and getting it to work?
Github makes my brain turn into screeching modem sounds if there isn't just a simple "Download/install" button.
Installing the mod, or installing Stable Diffusion without installing Python and using Git?

Well, for SD you could try Stability Matrix (lykos.ai)

It has an automatic installer for literally everything needed to run SD; it installs portable versions of all prequisites autonomously and you can install any number of AI suites in parallel, with shared source folders. All the popular AI image programs like A1111, ComfyUI, (Re)Forge etc. are included.

Stability Matrix itself can also be installed in portable mode so it won't have to pass your windows UAC (in case you don't trust the program) and also refuse the Virtual Studio installation which isn't needed to run SD.
 
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Installing the mod, or installing Stable Diffusion without installing Python and using Git?

Well, for SD you could try Stability Matrix (lykos.ai)

It has an automatic installer for literally everything needed to run SD; it installs portable versions of all prequisites autonomously and you can install any number of AI suites in parallel, with shared source folders. All the popular AI image programs like A1111, ComfyUI, (Re)Forge etc. are included.

Stability Matrix itself can also be installed in portable mode so it won't have to pass your windows UAC (in case you don't trust the program) and also refuse the Virtual Studio installation which isn't needed to run SD.
Stable Diffusion, I guess. But I found a video guide, which has helped greatly.
Apparently, I was supposed to just know that I'm supposed to use command prompt at some point? Eesh.
"1. Download and install Python. 2. Download and install git. 3. Download the repository by inserting this command." "Oh cool, in Python I take it? Since, you know, that's what we were talking about and all." *invalid syntax* "Hmm."
 

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Hey, just wanted to say thank you for doing all the work of compiling both versions, especially the one with mods. Saves a lot of trial and error especially when one doesn't know where to start like me.

Just one quick question though, are these all the major mods that exist for the game or are there some others that are either not to your taste or incompatible?
Those are the mods that are up to date and work. I didn't include the stable diffusion mod as there is no way in hell that is going to work for most people. There are a few other mods that are vastly out of date and are not compatible with the current code base, I don't include those because they don't work, hence "working" mods. ;)
 

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Those are the mods that are up to date and work. I didn't include the stable diffusion mod as there is no way in hell that is going to work for most people. There are a few other mods that are vastly out of date and are not compatible with the current code base, I don't include those because they don't work, hence "working" mods. ;)
Got it, I suspected as much with a cursory glance through the Discord mod channel but nice to get confirmation.

Final query before I get out of your hair for now, is there a rough cadence as to when new main releases come? Or is it dependant on how much content the mod creators decide to put out? I remember last playing the 2024-08 version before trying your version. So does that mean it's around half a year for major releases and roughly a month for minor updates in between?
 

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Installing the mod, or installing Stable Diffusion without installing Python and using Git?

Well, for SD you could try Stability Matrix (lykos.ai)

It has an automatic installer for literally everything needed to run SD; it installs portable versions of all prequisites autonomously and you can install any number of AI suites in parallel, with shared source folders. All the popular AI image programs like A1111, ComfyUI, (Re)Forge etc. are included.

Stability Matrix itself can also be installed in portable mode so it won't have to pass your windows UAC (in case you don't trust the program) and also refuse the Virtual Studio installation which isn't needed to run SD.
Yeah, do you have more detailed instructions? I downloaded Stability Matrix (lykos.ai) and still can't figure anything out. I guess I've installed it, but how do I USE it?
 

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I think writing a well crafted incest story is pretty tough though and there are definitely some purists that like playing the serum-less playthrough (which is pretty fun in its own right) so having a difficult but non serum path would be awesome too. Definitely a lot of space for possibilities! But that's why I'm so biased towards this game. Most games I see a set potential. This one is literally limitless.
Just use the brute force method? Every taboo came with 3 ways to solve,
1. a quest( clean house, make Aunt happy, pay money etc)
2. her incest opinion
3. brute force... do it enough time and she accepts it.
Every time you dont pick 1 and 2, she lost 10 slut, which will make a lot of sex option unavailable, and yeah... its a grind if you pick that route. So its always there.
 
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Got it, I suspected as much with a cursory glance through the Discord mod channel but nice to get confirmation.

Final query before I get out of your hair for now, is there a rough cadence as to when new main releases come? Or is it dependant on how much content the mod creators decide to put out? I remember last playing the 2024-08 version before trying your version. So does that mean it's around half a year for major releases and roughly a month for minor updates in between?
This is the code, when it changes, it changes :)


You'd have to follow the conversations on Discord to make more sense of it, I just check the code now and then.
 

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Yup, generic one.



Obedience is like 160 and Slut is almost maxed too.

I guest something happened with the accelerated pregnancy progress rate that skipped some mid pregnancy event or something.
You're supposed to wait for her unique pregnancy event. I'm not sure if it's salvageable. There's usually a warning prompt as well that's like "you're about to do the generic breeding event while this character has a story driven breeding event, are you sure you want to proceed?"

I don't want to spoil too much since it's pretty hot but she basically calls you over one night~~

After the event, the story unfolds a bit more where you have to do some investigation because her pregnancy jeopardizes her spot on the track team/scholarship money (this is mentioned in earlier conversations with her about her vindictive coach)

Deane9850 Hmmm I guess I shouldn't have said "difficult" but I guess something more fleshed out as a traditional incest development. The accidental/circumstantial events that end up putting MC/sister together or giving the MC opportunities to seduce the sister. Don't misunderstand me, I like the current system with the 3-4 options to resolve things (I believe this is used for the Ashley events too) and incest doesn't scratch any itch for me but I recognize it has a huge following and it's misleadingly convenient for a lot of devs (cuz they're women living with the MC in close proximity). I guess it's also harder making a more fleshed out brother-sister incest story when we want to provide 3-4 options at decision making points as well

edit: I'm currently drawing blanks for ideas, but recycling material from LR1, there is the possibility of introducing the idea that the sister is dating a boy at Uni (and as your relationship with her progresses, her relationship with the boy declines) this could also be more detailed than the typical "spouse/partner" the generic characters have and could be event based (like in LR1 I think she gets stood up for a date and you go to movies with her and I think you're able to creep her social media or something to see her messages with the boy become more distant) - there'd be a lot of possibilities here as increased sluttiness might make her bang her boyfriend before she does it with the MC whereas you need increased love for her to leave the boyfriend for the MC

Also where the MC might be able to catch them in her room together and 'conveniently interrupt them' to prevent him from taking her first time

Another possibility is adding events like when MC visits Nora while the sister is on campus, her friends might spot the MC and go 'oh wow check out that good looking guy', kinda subliminally reinforcing the idea to the sister that the MC is 'handsome' and when she says 'that's my brother' they'd ask her to introduce them to him (this opens up the possibilities for multiple things like convenient fuck buddies for MC in the form of the sister's friends and a transition for the brother-sister incest)

There's also some interactivity/interlinking that can happen there if she tells them that's where the 'happy pills' came from (if MC gave her happy pills to break one of the taboos - I forgot which)

Another recycled idea from VR1 might be the introduction of a "Beach" and events associated with that. Basically more opportunities for the MC/sister to be questionable situations outside of serum induced attraction.
Or an event where MC's sister visits Cara's store to 'buy some toys' while MC is there helping out.
Or MC's sister goes to the stripclub (she doesn't know he owns the nightclub, right?) for a 'birthday party' and when she sees the MC there she gets embarrassed and says something along the lines of 'no wonder the club name felt suspiciously familiar'
Or MC's sister is caught stealing from the stationary store / clothing store (I'm not a big fan of this one since it feels overdone) and MC has to bail her out
Or MC's sister is interested in working at the coffee shop (this one feels more limited) or gaming cafe (this one opens up possible threesome with Myra especially if you're 'training' Myra or doing the sex simulator play with Myra)
I'm honestly just bouncing ideas >.<
 
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You got a "complete and utter imbecile's guide" to installing that and getting it to work?
Github makes my brain turn into screeching modem sounds if there isn't just a simple "Download/install" button.
I asked chatgpt to provide me a step by step guide to setup local SD. I even gave it my comp spec so it can offer optimized command for the webui.
Believe me, I'm the last guy you wanna ask for it, I told you theres 99.9% chance you guys here have the comp to run the mod. Well, this guy is the 0.1% who cant. Well, I can run SD, but waiting 5 minutes per img gen is not fun :ROFLMAO:
 
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There really should be some quality control over the new events.
Just look at this.
f see me after class.jpg
It reads like it was hurriedly written by a horny Indian with one hand in his pants. It full of grammar mistakes and it comes out of nowhere and it's cliched and out of character. Highlighted are the most glaring and obvious mistakes.
And to top it all of, I haven't even done anything other than kissing at this point.
Frankly, what the fuck is this? You could write something like this in Microsoft Word and it'd catch most if not all of the fucked up tenses and wrong spelling.

And this isn't the first time I caught such mistakes in the new events. This one was so full of it that I just had to bring it up.
 

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Sorry for not having English as a language I used frequently.
If you're the writer for these events, then my advice is to write what you want to write in your native language and then run it through a translator. Even Google Translate would be up to the task, but you could use ChatGPT too.
If that's too much of a bother, at the very least have a native speaker go over your text.
 
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I asked chatgpt to provide me a step by step guide to setup local SD. I even gave it my comp spec so it can offer optimized command for the webui.
Believe me, I'm the last guy you wanna ask for it, I told you theres 99.9% chance you guys here have the comp to run the mod. Well, this guy is the 0.1% who cant. Well, I can run SD, but waiting 5 minutes per img gen is not fun :ROFLMAO:
Well, I thought "comp" was short for "computer", not "competence". I've got the computer to run it, it's the competence I'm missing. :ROFLMAO:
 

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Yeah, do you have more detailed instructions? I downloaded Stability Matrix (lykos.ai) and still can't figure anything out. I guess I've installed it, but how do I USE it?
Well you need a "Package" installed to generate anything. There should have been some recommendations during the Stabilitymatrix installation.

You'll also need to have a Checkpoint, which contains all the data needed to generate images.
This must be in the directory: /stabilitymatrix/data/models/StableDiffusion

Here's an example with ReForge and Cyberrealistic XL 5.3 (on civitai.com)
If you have the package installed and a checkpoint in the Models directory, click left on the "Packages" and launch it.
This will take a while and open a window in your default web browser.

You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

So if you can get an image with this, you can probably also follow other instructions to install any "LORA" or whatever is needed to generate images for this game.
 
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ibnarabi

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8 months without update? looks bad, this game is alive?

i had version 2024.08, this is 2024.09, not big difference
Not so. 2024.08 was from mid-August of 2024, the current 2024.09 is from April of 2025. The name is just the build name, not the code date. There are over a thousand changes.
 
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