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Hi all,
I had to fix more stuff, so here is the (hopefully) final version of 0.9
To apply the patch, you'll need to overwrite the scripts.rpa file in the game/ folder of your 0.9.x version.
This is the first time that I had to release three bugfixes for the same version, so it's natural to ask myself a couple of questions - "why?" and "how can I prevent it in the future?". Read below if you're interested. Warning - some boring technical stuff below
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First of all bugs and bugfixes are part of pretty much all software lifecycle, so it's unrealistic to think that any software you develop will not have them. The failure in 0.9.x was not that it had bugs, but the handling on my side of the bugfixes.
I had to fix more stuff, so here is the (hopefully) final version of 0.9
You must be registered to see the links
You must be registered to see the links
You must be registered to see the links
To apply the patch, you'll need to overwrite the scripts.rpa file in the game/ folder of your 0.9.x version.
This is the first time that I had to release three bugfixes for the same version, so it's natural to ask myself a couple of questions - "why?" and "how can I prevent it in the future?". Read below if you're interested. Warning - some boring technical stuff below
.First of all bugs and bugfixes are part of pretty much all software lifecycle, so it's unrealistic to think that any software you develop will not have them. The failure in 0.9.x was not that it had bugs, but the handling on my side of the bugfixes.
- Why couldn't I fix all of the bugs in one patch?
- Why wasn't this found before the release of 0.9?
- Why I didn't find the third bug (Alice's quest can't be completed if you start a new game in 0.9)?
- Why that bug was even there - aren't old quests "safe" from content added in new versions?
- Why wasn't all this found during the early access?
- So how can I prevent this from happening again?
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to avoid confusion all future BBIS releases will be BBIS v0.9 until completion and players just download the most recent v0.9 availableHi all,
I had to fix more stuff, so here is the (hopefully) final version of 0.9
PC version
MAC version
To apply the patch, you'll need to overwrite the scripts.rpa file in the game/ folder of your 0.9.x version.
This is the first time that I had to release three bugfixes for the same version, so it's natural to ask myself a couple of questions - "why?" and "how can I prevent it in the future?". Read below if you're interested. Warning - some boring technical stuff below
First of all bugs and bugfixes are part of pretty much all software lifecycle, so it's unrealistic to think that any software you develop will not have them. The failure in 0.9.x was not that it had bugs, but the handling on my side of the bugfixes.
The answer for that is that they were all blocking each other. So if you experience the first one, you can't get to the second before it's fixed. So when I got reports that the new events in Ann's quest aren't triggering, I released a fix for that, which allowed players to get to the next stage where alpha/omega paths converged and they found the next bug which was that the next stage of Ann's quest flow wasn't starting.
- Why couldn't I fix all of the bugs in one patch?
The short answer for that is because of the nature of 0.8.5 release. It refactored pretty much all of the logic that drives the game, so when I released it, I had to test both scenarios where you're loading a save from a previous version of the game and when you're starting a new game. First I went with the testing of the upgrade path, verified that all the "opportunities" were merged in the new quests and all the repeatable events were triggering properly. Then I went with testing of starting a new game and when I did that, I saved those games when all the content in 0.8.5 was finished. It was those save files that I used for testing of the new content in 0.9.0 and they did not experience the bug because they never went through the "upgrade" path of 0.8.5.
- Why wasn't this found before the release of 0.9?
Short answer - I did not test starting a new game from 0.9. As you know in the latest version you can switch paths which leads to having four paths in total - alpha/friend, alpha/enemy, omega/friend, omega/enemy. This expands the testing of the game and every time I found a bug during my testing, I had to re-test all the paths again using the saved files. And since those files had Alice's quest already finished, I never got to the bug.
- Why I didn't find the third bug (Alice's quest can't be completed if you start a new game in 0.9)?
Usually this is true. However because of the new paths, the schedule of the people at home was becoming too complex and most of the stuff there was getting deprecated. For example before you choose friendship/enemy path, if you were on Alpha, Eric and Karen were coming on Tuesday and Eric was alone on Thursday. In 0.9 Eric and Karen are never together - Eric is coming if you're on the friendship path and Karen is coming if you're on the enemy path. All of these conditions are tracked via "modifiers" of the schedule, so when the in-game clock "ticks" all of the modifiers for the current schedule are evaluated and they override the "default" location/clothes/occupation for the NPCs (e.g. when you've won the BlackJack game, Lisa and Olivia get their clothes overriden for the rest of the evening to naked). In 0.9 I decided that I can't keep modifying the schedule which was introduced when Kira arrived, so I created a new one and added the relevant exceptions. Unfortunately I missed to add Alice's blogging modifier (Wednesday and Friday at 20 she's blogging in her room in lingerie instead of browsing the computer in her usual clothes), so quest steps that depended on her blogging action could not be triggered at all. I also missed to add the modifier for her going to the party on Saturday and the modifiers for the BlackJack game for Lisa and Olivia.
- Why that bug was even there - aren't old quests "safe" from content added in new versions?
It was. I got one report that Ann's quest wasn't triggering, but as I said, I was in a hurry to release 0.9 before I took a few days off. I saw the report while I was away and the truth is that when I got back, I forgot about it, because I was in a rush to fix the spanking events that I knew weren't working properly before the release of the early access.
- Why wasn't all this found during the early access?
The simple answer for that is - with more testing. The release of 0.9 was rushed because I lost a few days while I was sick and there were more bugs in the new content than usual because of the four paths that I had to cover, so every time I found a bug, I had to start over again for all the four paths. Had I missed to release on March 28th, that would've meant that the earliest possible date for the release would've been April 4th. which would've pushed the public access release a week after that. I wanted to release as early as possible, took a risk and it didn't pay off. Previous releases didn't have those issues, so I was perhaps overconfident in my code for 0.9 not being able to break old quests and behaving differently for new games and those that get through the upgrade path of 0.8.5. I'll keep that in mind for the next big change to the NPCs schedule which will be when you get to the point to get rid of Eric.
- So how can I prevent this from happening again?
Thanks for letting us know why the issues occured, normally we just get it's a delayed so it's nice to get an I scrambled to get it on time but as a result it's a bit broken with an explanation as you say bug fixes are part of life and given the game is incomplete I'd like to think no one is expecting perfection on the first pass. Keep up the good work
and thanks for keeping us in the loop, now isn't it about time the station acquired some sexy robots after all what could go worng ...
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.Will this latest version replace the one now on page one because MEGA just stops for me after 2 or 3 hundred MGBsHi all,
I had to fix more stuff, so here is the (hopefully) final version of 0.9
PC version
MAC version
To apply the patch, you'll need to overwrite the scripts.rpa file in the game/ folder of your 0.9.x version.
This is the first time that I had to release three bugfixes for the same version, so it's natural to ask myself a couple of questions - "why?" and "how can I prevent it in the future?". Read below if you're interested. Warning - some boring technical stuff below
First of all bugs and bugfixes are part of pretty much all software lifecycle, so it's unrealistic to think that any software you develop will not have them. The failure in 0.9.x was not that it had bugs, but the handling on my side of the bugfixes.
The answer for that is that they were all blocking each other. So if you experience the first one, you can't get to the second before it's fixed. So when I got reports that the new events in Ann's quest aren't triggering, I released a fix for that, which allowed players to get to the next stage where alpha/omega paths converged and they found the next bug which was that the next stage of Ann's quest flow wasn't starting.
- Why couldn't I fix all of the bugs in one patch?
The short answer for that is because of the nature of 0.8.5 release. It refactored pretty much all of the logic that drives the game, so when I released it, I had to test both scenarios where you're loading a save from a previous version of the game and when you're starting a new game. First I went with the testing of the upgrade path, verified that all the "opportunities" were merged in the new quests and all the repeatable events were triggering properly. Then I went with testing of starting a new game and when I did that, I saved those games when all the content in 0.8.5 was finished. It was those save files that I used for testing of the new content in 0.9.0 and they did not experience the bug because they never went through the "upgrade" path of 0.8.5.
- Why wasn't this found before the release of 0.9?
Short answer - I did not test starting a new game from 0.9. As you know in the latest version you can switch paths which leads to having four paths in total - alpha/friend, alpha/enemy, omega/friend, omega/enemy. This expands the testing of the game and every time I found a bug during my testing, I had to re-test all the paths again using the saved files. And since those files had Alice's quest already finished, I never got to the bug.
- Why I didn't find the third bug (Alice's quest can't be completed if you start a new game in 0.9)?
Usually this is true. However because of the new paths, the schedule of the people at home was becoming too complex and most of the stuff there was getting deprecated. For example before you choose friendship/enemy path, if you were on Alpha, Eric and Karen were coming on Tuesday and Eric was alone on Thursday. In 0.9 Eric and Karen are never together - Eric is coming if you're on the friendship path and Karen is coming if you're on the enemy path. All of these conditions are tracked via "modifiers" of the schedule, so when the in-game clock "ticks" all of the modifiers for the current schedule are evaluated and they override the "default" location/clothes/occupation for the NPCs (e.g. when you've won the BlackJack game, Lisa and Olivia get their clothes overriden for the rest of the evening to naked). In 0.9 I decided that I can't keep modifying the schedule which was introduced when Kira arrived, so I created a new one and added the relevant exceptions. Unfortunately I missed to add Alice's blogging modifier (Wednesday and Friday at 20 she's blogging in her room in lingerie instead of browsing the computer in her usual clothes), so quest steps that depended on her blogging action could not be triggered at all. I also missed to add the modifier for her going to the party on Saturday and the modifiers for the BlackJack game for Lisa and Olivia.
- Why that bug was even there - aren't old quests "safe" from content added in new versions?
It was. I got one report that Ann's quest wasn't triggering, but as I said, I was in a hurry to release 0.9 before I took a few days off. I saw the report while I was away and the truth is that when I got back, I forgot about it, because I was in a rush to fix the spanking events that I knew weren't working properly before the release of the early access.
- Why wasn't all this found during the early access?
The simple answer for that is - with more testing. The release of 0.9 was rushed because I lost a few days while I was sick and there were more bugs in the new content than usual because of the four paths that I had to cover, so every time I found a bug, I had to start over again for all the four paths. Had I missed to release on March 28th, that would've meant that the earliest possible date for the release would've been April 4th. which would've pushed the public access release a week after that. I wanted to release as early as possible, took a risk and it didn't pay off. Previous releases didn't have those issues, so I was perhaps overconfident in my code for 0.9 not being able to break old quests and behaving differently for new games and those that get through the upgrade path of 0.8.5. I'll keep that in mind for the next big change to the NPCs schedule which will be when you get to the point to get rid of Eric.
- So how can I prevent this from happening again?
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As I like to say, when the AI inevitable goes rogue and revolts against us, the most important thing is to run as far as possible from the vibrator factory.to avoid confusion all future BBIS releases will be BBIS v0.9 until completion and players just download the most recent v0.9 available
Thanks for letting us know why the issues occured, normally we just get it's a delayed so it's nice to get an I scrambled to get it on time but as a result it's a bit broken with an explanation as you say bug fixes are part of life and given the game is incomplete I'd like to think no one is expecting perfection on the first pass. Keep up the good workYou must be registered to see the links.
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jez, i bet the next big brother game would be in narina or something fantasi world.
Big Lisan Al'Gaib brother in Dunejez, i bet the next big brother game would be in narina or something fantasi world.
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Maybe for a change that potential game will let the MC fucks his mother first.jez, i bet the next big brother game would be in narina or something fantasi world.
Already tired that every game always starts with Kira.
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BBIS Mod - updated to v0.9
https://thef95zone.info/threads/big-brother-in-space-mod-v0-9-onlyfunz.182516/
Change-Log:
v0.9 for BBIS 0.9.4
- Gallery updated with latest v0.9.4 scenes.
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You can't (yet). Open the character screen, the NPCs with active quests are marked with (*), click on their name and there is a hint to the right what you should do next to progress with them.
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update is bare bones and goes in the wrong direction, dont feel like BB the legend!
the focus should be more on the fucking MC and not this weird alien with 100 woman and they insult the milf and all and she doesnt care wtf is this and also name shows incorrect in menu still says max.
the focus should be more on the fucking MC and not this weird alien with 100 woman and they insult the milf and all and she doesnt care wtf is this and also name shows incorrect in menu still says max.
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It's literally the first line in the game description:
If you want a mere remake of the original BB, you need to look elsewhere
.I'm really liking this game. I especially like the mod that turned it from sandbox to a VN to cut out the grind.
I would like to see how Ann and Eric got together, because one minute she finds out that her husband died and then she is Eric's side piece. it would be great if there were a side story covering that aspect of the relationship so it feels more natural.
Plus it would be nice to see more Ann sex scenes even if it isn't with the MC.
I would like to see how Ann and Eric got together, because one minute she finds out that her husband died and then she is Eric's side piece. it would be great if there were a side story covering that aspect of the relationship so it feels more natural.
Plus it would be nice to see more Ann sex scenes even if it isn't with the MC.
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With the rush to fix the bugs in 0.9 I forgot to post what's the plan for 0.10.
As some of you know, the next version will be focused on Lisa and Alice. I've posted a poll on which quest should have more content (both will progress their story) and the options were Lisa's sex-ed or Kate's late night visits to Alice.
The poll on Patreon ended up with Alice/Kate being the winner (71% to 29%) but the same poll on SubscribeStar got the opposite result (actually all the people there voted for Lisa). I'll count this as a tie and will try to divide my time equally between the two.
Another thing I'll try to change is my approach to the process. I can't remember if I've shared this before but my development process until now has been the following:
- Write down a script of what happens in the next version (not the dialogue, just what happens), getting a rough idea on what sex scenes will be included in it.
- Pose the images / animations for those scenes
- Start rendering them and begin writing the dialogue for the story.
- Once the scenes have finished rendering, I start posing the story related images
- While the story images are being rendered I write the sex scenes dialogue.
- After everything is done, I start testing, proofreading and re-doing images/animations that have issues or if they are not fitting the dialogue.
- After everything that I found is fixed, I release the early access.
The downside of this process is that by the time I get to pose the story scenes for the dialogue, I get ideas how to make it a bit different/better, so I start changing things, then when I start writing the dialogue for the sex scenes, I need to change them a bit as well to fit the new story. This leads to delays and then I rush to test and fix bugs so I don't delay the release by too much.
For 0.10 I'll try something different. Once I've finished with the script for 0.10, I've started with writing the dialogue and I'm posing the images for that while I'm writing it. This should lead to more consistency between the images and the dialogue. When I'm finished with that I'll do the same with the sex scenes - I'll be writing the dialogue while I'm posing the images and the animations.
I'll be ready to start testing the new version while the animations are being rendered, so I'll have more time for testing and fixing the issues that I find.
Unfortunately this means that I'll be rendering the lewd images a bit later, so I won't be able to share any of them with you until I'm done with the story. But I'll try to share the best story related ones until then. Like this image of Kate relaxing at the pool at night. Enjoy!