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Hyperserver

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Good point. But how does that work when he is already half-way through the game as he stated? Can he just continue his path and ALL the previous "other girls and scenes and activities" start showing up at THAT point? That is what it appeared he was asking. That's why I answered it the way I did.

I'm not being a dick. MOST games don't have the Melody capability you explained. The authors don't include it. And based on what he asked, the Melody included capability might not accomplish what he wants to do (admittedly, what he wants to do isn't totally clear based on his question either).

I'm still assuming based on his question post being his FIRST EVER post in the forums that he is unfamiliar with all the different ways a Renpy game can be "manipulated" by the player (multiple saves, console cheats, mods, etc).
it will work from that point onwards. Previous scenes will not be shown at all. Our previous games had a simple path on / path off system for new scenes, which enables you to toggle on or off at any point forth and backwards as much as you like. Scenes simply will or woun't happen depending if you are on path or off path.
That's unlike the new game "Thief Of Hearts" which has no real "on/off pathing" - it's more like depending on how many heart points you've earned to determine how far you are able to progress any new scene.
So for example if you have ignored a girl previously, she might let you hug her but then she breaks the hug (you might still get closer to her [earn additional heart point] , which may effect later scenes), whilst if you have more hearts before that scene, she will let you continue and for example even kiss her.... and so on.
So in ToH there MAY be issues to switch between paths but not in SL, Melody or DMD.
(sidenote: therefore ToH is scripted to be a harem game, so staying on all "paths" right from the start should not be a paroblem at all. Just simply ignoring a girl will "hold her short" regarding relationship.
 
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Hey guys i'm playing the game with both the pdf walkthrough and in game walkthrough and currently halfway in the game. But i noticed that you have to have all other path locked to get the perfect ending and so i'm wondering... Is it possible to still be on other girl's path until nearly the ending but right before the ending use the mod to lock all of other girl's path? Cuz i want the perfect ending but i still want to experience all the available path yknow
sorta, if you are on both auntie and mel path it'll backfire at 1 point in restaurant. xi, fi and mel path is just fine until day before last where needs to disable all other paths to get perfect ending but still need to cheat more points to melody to get that ending.
 
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it will work from that point onwards. Previous scenes will not be shown at all.
That was my experience using it in the past also. And when he asked and he said he was already half-way through the game, I figured he wouldn't actually accomplish what his question seemed to indicate he was trying to do...play all the girl's paths to see all their scenes, etc. So that is why I answered him the way I did.

We're good. Just different interpretations of what he may actually want to do and how to do them. (y)
 
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sorta, if you are on both auntie and mel path it'll backfire at 1 point in restaurant. xi, fi and mel path is just fine until day before last where needs to disable all other paths to get perfect ending but still need to cheat more points to melody to get that ending.
Yeah, the difficulty with that - as far as I remember - is that at some random points in the late game you will get bonus points if you are on the exclusive Melody path that you need to unlock the Perfect Ending.
 

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Is Melody not being released on Steam?
I was able to find it on SteamDB, but has it been banned from release?
 

Hyperserver

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Is Melody not being released on Steam?
I was able to find it on SteamDB, but has it been banned from release?
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guess that answers all your questions about Melody and Steam.

PS:
If you wonder WHY Melody has not been accepted -> There are 2 girls with small breasts and all girls with small boobs are underaged.
That was the answer - that's steam ... - no further comment on that *rolleyes
 

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Yeah, the difficulty with that - as far as I remember - is that at some random points in the late game you will get bonus points if you are on the exclusive Melody path that you need to unlock the Perfect Ending.
if has 410 points or more then gets perfect ending unless she's preggo (cum inside her on last week).

This is hilarious - they are not underage in the game
tell that to steam, those are seen as kids, only worse things is if those girls would wear school uniforms and incest.
 

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The scene where Melody "stands up" to Bethany and defends MC actually put me off so bad I almost dropped the whole game. How can it falḷ onto this girl (or any third party) to have to say "no" on behalf of MC? I could never respect such a person (MC). Honestly, the third-party as well; they both lack self-respect.

If my girl's ("""my girl""") ex boyfriend (or whoever) showed up telling her 'pack up, you're going back to my place tonight', and she couldn't find the will to say "no", in front of me, I would tell them "good night" and they would never see me again.

What a sudden and bizarre pussyfication. Up until that point the MC was a confident guy who stood up for others in multiple occasions. That scene almost felt like a cuck scene, the way the writer degraded the MC in that moment. Lost so much respect for MC there.
 
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The scene where Melody "stands up" to Bethany and defends MC actually put me off so bad I almost dropped the whole game. How can it falḷ onto this girl (or any third party) to have to say "no" on behalf of MC? I could never respect such a person (MC). Honestly, the third-party as well; they both lack self-respect.
it was needed that mel gets confidence boost to become a superstar. poorly written maybe.
 

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if has 410 points or more then gets perfect ending unless she's preggo (cum inside her on last week).
I've noticed that after the first time, if you continue to cum inside her, you LOOSE points each time, so thats an easy way to fail the perfect ending without noticing, as usually in most AVNs where you finish is just a choice for the animation and not actually important.
 
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HearszAM (The Chief)Today at 4:42 PM
Everyone,
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Soon we'll be posting up our Valentines Day render for the new year, but before we do so, I thought I'd post up our previous wallpaper images as a trip back down memory lane, featuring some of our much-loved characters from previous games.

Also included is one of last year's Thief of Hearts renders, featuring the original design for Ariel before we changed her look.

Did we get the change right or would you have preferred we stuck with the original?

Let us know in the #⁠feedback-toh channel about this or any of the other images from previous years.

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