Rack 2 v0.2.4
Added 2018-03-09 08:27:38 +0000 UTCHey folks!
Thank you all tremendously for your patience! Thanks to a couple of conventions and some personal/family issues, I know that this update is behind schedule, and I apologize for not checking in sooner.
For newcomers, the best way to keep tabs on development is by catching development streams on Picarto (picarto.tv/fek) or watching for journal updates on FurAffinity (furaffinity.net/user/fek). I try to check in on Patreon every once in a while to handle refund requests and the like, but it's not my main channel for communication, and I tend to ignore it for weeks at a time while I'm working!
Reading through the comments here on Patreon since my last update, it looks like maybe I should start shifting more of my attention over here. I guess I didn't realize I had so many people supporting me on Patreon that weren't already following me on FA, so I'll try to do better in the future!
But enough excuses and blabbing - let's get to the part everyone actually cares about: the game!
Here's what's new:
CHANGELOG:
- KNOWN BUG: The shader LOD is acting screwy, causing characters to turn magenta (missing shader reference) at some zoom distances. I'm looking into it!
- Fixed a shader bug that was causing the game to crash on most Macs. The game should run a lot more reliably on Mac. Mac users, please let me know how it goes.
- Cum inflation is now somewhat supported. Characters' bellies will begin to swell when they've got too much cum inside them. Right now, cum inflation is always on, regardless of your fetish preferences. Eventually, you will be able to toggle it on or off based on your settings.
- A new interaction has been added: ball fondling.
- A few chemicals have been created, for testing purposes:
- RINGLAXA: A chemical that relaxes the subject's muscles, making them easier to penetrate.
- NUL-RINGLAXA: A chemical that tenses the subject's muscles, making them harder to penetrate.
- COMPLIAVOL: A chemical that makes subjects friendly and submissive.
- NUL-COMPLIAVOL: A chemical that makes subject aggressive and dominant.
- GEYSEREX: A chemical that makes subjects produce more ejaculate.
- NUL-GEYSEREX: A chemical that makes subjects produce less ejaculate.
- The fur system has been improved and tweaked a bit.
- The existing species have all had some minor updates to have the appropriate type of fur, or scales/skin if they are not furred.
- Fixed a genital girth polling issue that was causing penetration interactions to start with the penetrator already inside the orifice, among other issues.
- Fixed some exceptions on application quit.
- Minor improvements to character animation, especially during orgasm.
- Improved performance on the texture/pattern editing screne of the character editor.
- A significant amount of this build's development time was devoted to overhauling the hair system. I ended up hating the new system and scrapping it. Welcome to game development. Hair is temporarily disabled until I find a new system I like.
- Embellishments can now be given gender-specific tags when developing species definition files. For instance, the bull definition now only applies horns to male characters. For the purposes of the random character generator, a character's masculinity or femininity is determined by the appearance of their upper body. So, for instance, andromorphic females ("d-girls") will have feminine traits, while gynomorphic males ("c-boys") will have masculine traits. For custom characters, these traits can always be tweaked and overridden.
- The chemical synthesis UI and the chemical selection UI now display your current inventory of chemicals.
- I have significantly overhauled the game's boot-up process. It now displays a notification as it installs files for the first time, and if it detects that you have outdated game files, gives you the option to automatically back up your save files and start fresh, or attempt to convert your old files to work with the new version.
- The embellishment system has been overhauled. The old embellishments are still present on the existing species definitions, but will be updated Eventually - probably when I start focusing on content in Phase 3.
- Embellishments are now loaded from external files, located in the game's appData directory. They are loaded from .DAE files, which means that anyone can create an embellishment, import it into the game, and put it on your characters. Right now, custom embellishments are not automatically shared over RackNet, but this will be addressed Soon.
- Embellishments can now have their own textures, which are multiplied against the color of the character at the point where they're placed. They also support FX layers for glowy bits, specular/metallic bits, and keyed opacity.
- Please continue to report and discuss bugs at: http://furry.science/reportabug/
Download Links:
WARNING: The links below contain ADULT CONTENT, and should not be accessed by minors or anyone who cannot legally view said content.
WIN64: https://mega.nz/#!BVoWGBjB!DgOA10do3LHDlLOw0xc2aeS5jxONten7HidbeYcDaIY
WIN32: https://mega.nz/#!kNBzAQCT!u7n1VAu-3RmaQwoXuqwid2X7d0mhSujzqQeMLMaHDSA
MAC: https://mega.nz/#!JFgAgD6A!oezrMVprLw_uCOMUTqb4p0XmpuqnHvqywraVmF4PUbo
LINUX: https://mega.nz/#!EEQgmSRR!1VRctmOOMySF5BRXMH0Ay0p5pwFngYJzDtmqcU9Y5Dk
Comments
I still cant play, I get to the title screen and am able to select game mode, but then nothing after that
2018-11-17 16:45:24 +0000 UTCI cant play! it loads the main screen but i cant character select!
2018-09-24 03:36:37 +0000 UTCi hope i can eventually play the game. i donated the 10 to play but it wont work :(
2018-09-24 03:11:59 +0000 UTCRacknet doesn't work. Can that be?
The Horse
2018-03-13 21:25:44 +0000 UTCSat here for an hour with my macbook pro 2017 $3500 laptop and i guess it cant seem to get past your update screen. tried both use old data and start fresh. but alas my computer doesnt seem to be powerful enough to run this game. Lets see if my 2k alienware computer with its nvidia 1060 6gb DDR5 is powerful enough to run this..........
pogothebullterrier
2018-03-12 01:28:06 +0000 UTCWindows? Its at ...\AppData\LocalLow\Fek\Rack 2_ Furry Science\savedata
2018-03-11 17:28:04 +0000 UTCsame problem here, it shows the character editor
2018-03-11 15:28:59 +0000 UTCI'm not going to complain about the game, but I am having some difficulty figuring out how to use the new version. The previous version didn't run very well on my computer (and neither does this one) but I still want to try to make it work. Currently, I am stuck on what I assume is a character customization screen? It has the word "genitals" at the top, but when I try to click the back button, nothing works. Where does unity store save games? I'd like to wipe anything from the previous version and hopefully be able to play.
2018-03-10 19:52:07 +0000 UTCFek is doing this -full-time-. He gets $27,060/month currently (probably heavily taxed, but still). I suppose hiring someone else is going a little too far, but he needs to step back and approach this in a more professional manner. I think my comment was deleted above (or didn't post) but it's clear that the project is not stable and simply tacking on new features will be increasingly difficult. I've watched Fek's stream a few times and know he's working hard. -I'm not discounting his work-. v2.0 was pretty great and stable. I still have that installed and I can still enjoy it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ziggy
2018-03-10 19:41:13 +0000 UTCall those people crapping on fek work need to take a look at this <a href="https://i.imgur.com/TNI96sb.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/TNI96sb.jpg</a> plain and simple this is an early access game folks, we're the testers and help fek track the bugs and issues down so get off your high horses, you knew what you were signing up for and why a lot of us support fek.
Requiemfang87
2018-03-10 18:03:07 +0000 UTCNo sir. That's what we're for; Fek to gather data and input for fixes. So it's just a matter of waiting. Until then zooming in makes the characters (mostly) visible, or you can stick with 0.2.3 until the LOD bug is squashed.
LoEM_1942
2018-03-10 12:28:20 +0000 UTCTo all of you making negative comments due to bugs: take it down a notch. Remember that this isn't a 'game' in the current stage that you're backing. It's a playtest. Meaning these aren't 'releases'. They're just what that name implies; tests of tech and methodology. As a game it's not guaranteed to work nor will it always while at this stage of development. That's the point. You're not entitled to a working game until that game state officially changes. Until that time Fek is no more at fault for bugs than you are for trying a new brand of panties to be twisted.
LoEM_1942
2018-03-10 12:23:58 +0000 UTCWhat is it saying when you can't run it?
Boi
2018-03-10 09:31:01 +0000 UTChey guys need help cant play the game it starts in character editor tryed to delete the fek foldere but still cant run the game any help?
2018-03-10 08:37:19 +0000 UTCAny temporary fix for the magenta bug?
2018-03-10 06:40:41 +0000 UTCSo after this one, I won't have to download any more versions? They'll just update when I start the game up when it's not using the current version? or will I still need to download every new version?
RagnaBlade
2018-03-10 03:23:34 +0000 UTCHes trying man, just hang in there its all partof making something from nothing more than idea, all part of being a game tester right?
Axcess
2018-03-09 23:25:14 +0000 UTCThe last few updates have been a complete mess. At this rate you gonna lose all of your patreons. I'm not even sure if can further support this project.
2018-03-09 23:12:22 +0000 UTCI hope we don't have to wait a month to fix the magenta characters bug.
Ates326
2018-03-09 18:55:17 +0000 UTCPlease fix the magenta character bug. The game is unplayable for me now. Can't even tell what character I'm creating.
TheRealBeauregard
2018-03-09 18:37:23 +0000 UTCMonths and months and MONTHS of waiting and we get an even more broken and completely unplayable mess. Way. To. Go.
mrpandragon
2018-03-09 18:14:00 +0000 UTCI put a couple bug reports in, just some minor problems that relate to the magenta body issue and the menu.
TerribleTesticle
2018-03-09 17:35:05 +0000 UTCIt's working on my mac. Glad to be able to play it again.
Drew-and-Human
2018-03-09 16:51:52 +0000 UTCDo I still have ti delete the Fek file ?
2018-03-09 16:08:38 +0000 UTCI recommend on having settings that the player can control so they wont lag on the game like lowering the graphics
Fox
2018-03-09 16:06:13 +0000 UTCI can't use this link
2018-03-09 15:45:47 +0000 UTCA Little Disappointed but I guess it is what it is. Neither the 32 or 64 bit versions work for me. 64 bit doesn't load to the main screen properly and the 32 bit doesn't load the initial character creator in free play or campaign. Guess i'll have to wait for next months test build...
Axcess
2018-03-09 14:58:16 +0000 UTCAs with others, I have a pink/purple character. This is my first time loading it as I just became a Patron. I'll be a good lil dragon and wait. Edit: Or I could read the release notes and see that it is a known issue. XD
2018-03-09 14:49:02 +0000 UTCYup same here on the windows version, everything is purple unless you zoom into practically first person view.
2018-03-09 14:20:00 +0000 UTCall npc purple what should I do?
Azazel
2018-03-09 13:15:40 +0000 UTCis their a way to turn off this new shader for fur scales and skin till it is worked in completly?
Saryx
2018-03-09 13:12:27 +0000 UTCsame problem on windows, but better go to bug reporting for that
Sheylyra
2018-03-09 13:11:14 +0000 UTCTrue. It dont have 2 be a fetish sup like lactation but a bit foreplay or teasing would be nice 2 (females).
2018-03-09 13:00:19 +0000 UTChopefully fek is aware of the purple bug and will fix soon
2018-03-09 12:54:48 +0000 UTCFek: with respect to interactions, I think you are focusing a bit much on interactions with male clients and not enough on interactions with female clients - just tally the number of possible interactions with a male and the number of possible interactions with a female. I'd strongly urge you to start scheduling some interactions for females; after all, how hard would it be to support dildo in vagina? or a vibrating clit rig, to be at parity with the vibrating cock ring?
Skunkupine
2018-03-09 12:50:29 +0000 UTCme too
CLT
2018-03-09 12:10:22 +0000 UTCsame here unless im zoomed in close everyone avatar is pink and textureless
Torra501
2018-03-09 11:55:09 +0000 UTCMy game starts at some customization screen and doesn't progress.
Teddy Tiger
2018-03-09 11:52:38 +0000 UTCFrom the looks of it, it appears that Fek forgot to dot an I or cross a T in the character data... somewhere.
Aaron Neumann
2018-03-09 11:08:45 +0000 UTCI'm getting this problem and I've already sent a bug report to Fek. I hope he gets to it ASAP...
Aaron Neumann
2018-03-09 11:07:45 +0000 UTCWhen I load the previous version of the game it works fine. With the update it seems ALL characters have been replaced with purple/pink placeholders.
Kyle Espenas
2018-03-09 10:57:30 +0000 UTCditto with everyone else as every time i move,run,zoom out i go purple.its only wen i zoom in REALLY close does the textures return.also NPCs r purple
2018-03-09 10:15:56 +0000 UTCSame...
RR9553
2018-03-09 09:56:52 +0000 UTCMy Characters are purple
BEEPLE
2018-03-09 09:48:41 +0000 UTCHaving same character rendering bugs, and I can't reliably quit to the main menu as well.
Zarky
2018-03-09 09:48:38 +0000 UTCNevermind I'm just an idiot and missed free mode being out now.
Lance Leoghauni
2018-03-09 09:46:10 +0000 UTCall my character have turned purple and some have gone invis plus i cant interect with subject on rack chair
2018-03-09 09:42:10 +0000 UTCOn Linux, characters appear correct if the camera is very close to them (about 2 feet?) but turn pure magenta when the camera is further away. Clothes and backgrounds are unaffected. Guessing it's related to the fur shader?
hobbified
2018-03-09 09:35:04 +0000 UTCis there a FAQ somewhere with the console commands to aid testing or am I just dense and not finding them?
Lance Leoghauni
2018-03-09 09:19:26 +0000 UTCHuh...I wondered to myself "I wonder if Fek has released anything recently or sent any updates" and checked this patreon page. And there the update was. Apparently, I'm a wizard.
hog_jockey
2018-03-09 08:55:48 +0000 UTC
