The new release is below, but first, two announcements:
1) Many people leaving Patreon have asked for an alternative and I finally got my SubscribeStar account approved. If you sign up via this link, in theory I get more of your support:
https://www.subscribestar.com/?sref=kG2r
2) The Lunar New Year sale is way bigger than I expected, so it would be unwise to launch TLS on Steam right now. Expect it fairly soon, though, as there are no real obstacles to the release.
Anyway, the newest version of TLS:
Download*: https://mega.nz/#!Okd2hACA!YABiPLEZglUetnQvxz7fd8tuoYeftMEaNEalBdNGFNo
Mirror*: https://www.mediafire.com/file/68a9rxmhf1p8pal/TLS_0.41.4.exe/file
RTP: https://mega.nz/#!ehEWSarR!WxznvRGAuXdD6ZxF7OlWJUnm00icIdm7Dfhw0vClpnM
*Requires RPG Maker VX Ace RTP to be installed. If you don't know what that means, use the RTP link.
TLS 0.41.4 [2/8/19]
- More fixes and tweaks.
TLS 0.41.3 [2/6/19]
New Additions
- Previously, nothing changed in Zirantia. Now more things are updated.
- This includes an event leading to a brand new scene.
- Herin and Kaskia can be found in various locations. Not essential, just flavor in response to the synod.
- Depending on vote results, Tak'Kan has a sanctification team in the Wilds.
- Also potentially a new location in Tak'Kan.
- A foreign succubus captured during the Gathering shows up then and later in Gasm Falls.
Minor changes
- Usual typos and minor improvements.
- Synod: Slight balance change to Esmera's deal.
- Small lore addition giving Sarai a formal title.
- Xerces coloration standardized thanks to Decanter.
- Retroactive: Lady Entila now has a faceset and her conversation has been modified to use multiple expressions.
There was a whole lot of tweaking in this one, plus I spent the two weeks of beta testing adding some more conversations, events, and scenes. I hope the result is enjoyable and makes it rewarding to revisit old locations.
Barring an unnoticed error or serious new issue, this is the final synod balance. Doing such a complex segment was quite an endeavor, but I hope it's a satisfying climax to a lot of the social elements.
Following this release will be the Steam release and some special events, so please look forward to those! The next TLS update will come after those and will get back to some recent plot points, moving us closer to the end of chapter four.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLl3YkljJyY
ReplyDeletethanks u are awesome as always xD
ReplyDeleteThanks for update and also congratulations on book release and good reviews on either of them.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also want to ask - on how much % is ch3 done with entire synod update included - 75 - 80 or more % ?
Also will there be scene between robin and wendis regarding that robin is adopted daughter of simon ?(there are such scenes between wendis and janine regarding that she is his new wife and with hilstara about how she has grown since they meet each other long time ago)
well maybe there is such scene and I just dont remeber it or didnt trigger it - dont really now.
I don't usually give percentages, but I guess I can say this chapter is roughly 75% done.
DeleteThere will definitely be a scene where Robin and Wendis talk, it just hasn't happened yet.
Strange question, do we have a ways to reset our save back to prior the Synod if our save is a complete .40? Or would we have to revert to a .39 save instead if we want to see the content fully?
ReplyDeleteSorry, no. Given the number of elements in the game, a method to revert saves would be monstrously complex.
DeleteIf you just want to see the story/content, you don't have to worry about the changes, as nothing major was added. Some new dialogue to flesh out certain elements and a ton of balance changes to try to create a more balanced event.
In case anyone want a save before the synod, you can use mine.
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Dunno if problems are pointed out here, but in my game I have a whole bunch of drunkards passed out in front of a pub in Stineford which has been shut down by the church for a VERY long time. Any particular reason why these guys are getting plastered in front of a closed down building, or is this a bug and they shouldn't be there?
ReplyDeleteI actually think they've been there in earlier updates as well, so I dunno if this is a persisting bug or if these guys just really don't wanna drink in the pub in the main city.
They have always been there.
DeleteMy intention with them was that Stineford can close down the pub, but the people are going to get drunk anyway.
DeleteMaybe you already know but with the puplic version 41.4
ReplyDeleteevery time i change my loocation aka enter or outer a building or change region the game stop for 2/3 second. I think a small autorun event check think it stope me for 2/3 second befored alow me to move againt
Oh, that's not good to hear! Unfortunately, you're the only person who has reported this so far, so it's hard to know what the exact problem is.
DeleteI think I've seen this too - e.g. when going from the courtyard to the ground floor of the HQ, if you keep the 'right' button held down, Simon freezes for a fraction of a second as he enters the HQ, then scoots across suddenly as the game catches up. I've tended to assume it's just down to pushing the limits of what RPG Maker is designed to handle.
DeleteIf it's happening in the HQ, yeah, that's probably the limitations of the engine. The base customization is effectively getting recreated each time, so the event is heavy.
DeleteBut if it's happening everywhere for 2-3 seconds, I can't explain that.
replaying the council I noticed that after day one when having the conversation with Sarai about her influence:
ReplyDelete"Though I wont' be acting as your mouthpiece, this will be spending your political capital as well"
And right afterwards:
"And fortunately you have a big ole swinging dick of religious capital"
I think one should be changed
I... don't see the problem here? She's evaluating how much influence you have to swing around. The second statement logically follows from the first.
DeleteIt's a bit repetitive, I get that. That conversation is tricky because there are so many variant lines, so I think this is tolerable. I tried to write the lines so they connect a bit instead of being pure repetition.
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DeleteDoes anybody know where this elusive Chosen is hiding after you met him in Stineford? Its such fun to harass him! :) Wanne put him into the Order of Silence, where all confused Chosen should go to XD
ReplyDeleteAfter Stineford, he will be in the forest of the first root in the Sylvan region, then he will be in the bounty hunter offices in Aram, and lastly you will meet him in the Yhilini Cathedral.
DeleteFor the record, you can find his locations in any order. I figured it would be annoying if you had to follow a specific path.
DeleteOh, but that means he avoided me for now because I did already find him 4 times... Damn you chosen! You might have gotten away this time....
Delete*Waving fist to the heavens*
I WILL find you and i will bring happiness!
because I thought it was ordered at first, I didn't mention the location I found him before Stineford, he can be found in Ardford, there's a total of 5 encounters with him.
DeleteUhh, Ardford was a tricky one.
DeleteBut he still managed to foil my plan in the end!
Damn you, Chosen!
I found Herin in Helvanna (got her promoted w/ Kaskia's proposal), but where is Kaskia? Half expected to find her in a bar somewhere.
ReplyDeleteYou were almost right on the money, Kaskia is the leaky bucket, the aramite bar in Ramasta
DeleteI am in the third arclent war.. Nothing changed here for worst in the new version, right? I am with the orcs team and I don´t want more difficulties.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I haven't changed balance on the war in quite a while.
DeleteI have some more questions about the base (sorry if it bothers you).
ReplyDeleteWhen we go to the stairs who lead to the individual rooms, Simon says "I have no reasons to visit the private rooms right now", could we do it in the future ? Because I really want to see the style of each room (I always like to explore every place I can)
Can we change the style of the courtyard ? By that I mean change the walls of the buildings and the floor. Because it makes a clear cut when we pass from classy floor tiles and smooth walls to rocky gravel and bricks. If we have the money to change a whole castle, surely we have enough to change the courtyard, right ?
It doesn't bother me, but I'm afraid I can't say very much about the courtyard. The base customization is really pushing what the engine is supposed to do, and because the courtyard is outside, it adds additional complications. I've increased the customization of it already, since the request is reasonable, but some things are stuck as they are.
DeleteAs for the individual rooms... sorry, they'll never open up as a general location. While I might show some individual rooms for particular scenes, I don't think I can actually make 30 different rooms seem unique.
Well why not hire a long time fan of the game to design the rooms: someone who would know the game inside and out, and that you'd trust to be faithful to the characters.
DeleteAh, sorry, I meant that I don't think RPG Maker can really generate that many unique rooms. There aren't enough tiles.
DeleteSorry to reply to such an old thread, but have you given any thought to custom tilesets? I'm pretty sure I remember that you can do custom portraits and sprites. Are you able to add tilesets to the game?
DeleteSo when do we get TLS Merch? Where's our TLS-brand Brooms?
ReplyDeleteHaha, if only.
DeleteTheres a 30 % chance I create a design forthis, now.
DeleteJust curious: does having Sarai take the voluntary chastity vow permanently lock her out of the harem? You don't have to answer if it's a major spoiler, but it's a dang hard decision for me to make and this would help me decide if there's no way to help her down the line.
ReplyDeleteNot permanent, but I intend for it to delay things long enough for the choice to be meaningful.
DeleteFancier newer Yhilin much good, but two possible issues. First, all the palace kitchen staff are gone - not sure if there's a reason why.
ReplyDeleteInteracting with the Queen's fans bar, Simon says "Looks like the building is destroyed" and doesn't enter. It looks fine and I'm pretty sure it was enterable pre-synod. Reshaped Varia.
Okay, just to check: you recently activated the final state of Yhilin?
DeleteMost of the palace staff being smaller is because the party has moved out, leaving just Janine and a few others. Unless they've literally all disappeared, which I couldn't explain.
The Queensmen bar... hmm, yeah, that dialogue is in need of an update. Good catch!
Ah, I meant the Yhilin graphical updates - slums trees, Court banners, etc. Unless those were always there in final Yhilin and I'm a dumdum.
DeleteAnyway, it's all my mistake - the Queensmen bar "issue" was just me confusing outcomes in my main blind playthrough with the alternate optimized run I started between synod updates. The kitchen is indeed empty in both that and my main blind run.
Very sorry for the false alarm!! Uhhh thanks for the update though; talking to literally everyone I got some high-end gear upgrades I'd forgotten about. And I'm sad about wasting 100k pron on elf potion access bribes, but them's the breaks.
Sierra when are you going to add more harem members for Simon ?
ReplyDeleteWhile I do like meeting new people, we did add someone to the harem this very update. And research will always update with pron.
DeleteYeah, research will update next time I do a full ProN cycle, which should be before too long.
DeleteAs for new harem members, since Sarai just joined, it won't be immediately. But I will say there are two characters you know who may be able to join relatively soon, if your variables are able to overcome the obstacles stopping them.
Or research
ReplyDeleteMaybe there is a moment I'm forgetting, but would it be possible to get a dialogue, possibly a scene, between Altina and Riala about what happened to Altina at Withered Mountain? I know Altina content can never be core to the plot, but poor Miss Optional needs all the help she can get to remain relevant. Plus, it seems like it could be an interesting avenue to explore, both for Altina coming to terms with what Riala did to her and whether she forgives her or not, as well as possible guilt from Riala now that she understands and empathizes with non-succubi better. Hell, it could even lead to Synergy Skill between them, like a lust-quake for Altina.
ReplyDeleteYes, this has actually been on my list to do, I just haven't because retroactive changes always pull me away from my present work. I agree that the two of them discussing those events is something the game should definitely explore.
DeleteDoes Trin's copy ability effectively disable the victim? Because it would be fun to see a high-up (maybe royalty, but I don't know how many more are unrevealed as of yet) character that wants a clone of themselves so they can go adventuring and not worry their followers/group.
ReplyDeleteYes the Victim is basically is out until the copy is returned due to Trin magic is basically ripping a piece of the subject soul off in a copy that trin control.
DeleteNormally it disables, yes. Trin needs a larger portion of a soul for a superior copy, so in most cases her magic renders the original comatose. She's able to create cheap copies with tiny fragments in some sex scenes, but those wouldn't be believable. So that plan would only work for leaders who don't regularly interact with others.
DeleteGotta say, I love it when Kalant shows up. Of the purely side characters, he's definitely a favorite.
ReplyDeleteSide question: Are we able to aid the Ardford restaurant yet?
You are able to aid the ardford restaurant, but you will need to have the givini teahouse investment. Visit the potion shop in Gasm Falls and talk with the people in there to start the side-quest to improve the ardford restaurant.
DeleteThanks :)
DeleteNaturally, you also need to have won succubi access to Ardford in the synod.
DeleteHeh. I just got to the part where Yarra identifies as a sjw: a Sexual Justice Warrior :p
ReplyDeleteThanks for your hard work! I really enjoyed playing through the Synod. I particularly liked Esmera. She seems in many ways like Simon at the start of the story. Burned out and just going through the motions in the only job she knows how to do. I hope we get an opportunity to help her in the future, or at least interact with her again.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed it! Though this is the culmination of most Church politics, Esmera and the others will definitely appear again.
DeleteSo, this has probably been answered already, but is there going to be a fourth fight against the mage killers? Will we get the fourth hat? If we get all 4 hats will it be possible to get a scene with them or something? Or maybe we could hire them at some point? I just finished the Third Arclent War, so if the ability to hire them is already in the game, then don't tell me. But would you consider that option?
ReplyDeleteThey haven't reappeared yet, but they definitely will! At that time, more things will happen with them, but other than getting another hat, that's all I'll say for now.
DeleteI've got my full cheat run and at some point I'll probably restart it and not touch the experience because that made me miss some points against The second succubus lord. (I'm a sucker for making a perfect world) also I still love the game.
ReplyDeleteMan the longer I play the more it looks like I should have whored out Qum even though I would feel bad.
ReplyDeleteI know this game attracts minmaxers, but there's nothing wrong with making a choice based on roleplaying!
DeleteIs the next update about Eustrin?
ReplyDeleteAll I'll say is that you might be headed there before too long.
DeleteHow much longer until Steam release? I thought you were only waiting for the sale to end, and it's been a few days since then.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be in a few hours. Doing it right after a big sale doesn't work so well either, so I moved it to the next available weekend.
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