Tuesday 14 February 2017

Newlife 0.4.4

Hello everyone!

Newlife 0.4.4 has been released. Early-access Patrons can find it in the creations section here. The changelog is below.

The previous version is now public. You can download it using the links on the right-hand side of the blog. The public version's changelog is here.

As usual, saved files & templates from older versions probably won't work with newer ones. 

For new players - just use one of the links to the right to get a zipfile containing Newlife. Once unzipped, you'll see a folder containing .jar and .exe files. Either one of these will run the game. 

For either version you'll need to have Java installed. A lot of programs use Java so you might well already have it. If the jar shows up as an unrecognised file type, then you probably don't. In that case you can get it from http://www.java.com/
The exe should tell you if you don't have the right version on your computer, but you'll still need to install java to run the game.
There's a guide for new players here which includes some troubleshooting tips for installation & downloading.

This version adds a new relationship status along with events that let you reach it. I hope you can all have a very special moment with your Newlife boyfriend!

Major changes & additions:
  • Added a new relationship status.
  • Three new scenes, across two events.
Minor changes & bugfixes:
  • Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Der Kittin Kampf, Jayjay78, OrangeJuice, Nemo, Alliterative Acolyte, Max Musterman and Molly Bubbs for reporting problems they found.
  • Added checks for the infertile trait in the endgame scenes, as suggested by Primer.
  • Fixed a bug reported by Ulo Nimbus where discovering pill sabotage on the same turn that your date ends didn't let you respond to it.
  • Relaxed the arousal requirements for the blackjack makeout forfeit leading to sex.
  • Fixed a bug reported by Brian W on Patreon where men you'd had sex with in a party were still eligible to play sexy games, only to quit the game as soon as it starts.
  • Added references to having had anal sex to the character description, as suggested by Megh and jayjay78.
  • Renamed the 'advanced' character creation tab to 'cheats and customisation'. This is now available in the non-patron version as long as the player has completed the game at least once. However, only the customisation options (personality weights, starting clothes & game length) can be chosen – the cheat options are disabled in the non-patreon version. See here for how to access this without completing the game first.

.
Enjoy the new version, and let me know if you find any bugs! 

19 comments:

  1. Could you give tips on how to get the new scenes and events? Thanks in advance.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. fully stated on patreon, else, details will leak onto here once it goes public :)
      Or rather, if no one else posts them, I will.

      Delete
    2. This comment has been removed by the author.

      Delete
    3. Yep, Patron only posts. I'm not currently a patron, so there is no way I could know. Also another reason as to why I ask. I usually only pledge when I think the game has something new thats good enough to catch my attention for some time, else I pass it. And since wiki doesn't get updated theres kind of no other way for me to know what they are about if not asking to someone who does.

      Delete
    4. I just noticed on my first post I said "could someone give me tips", when what I really wanted to ask was "what are they about". I was wondering why you guys weren't answering, but only now I notice how that sounded contradictory.

      Delete
    5. Be thankful you didn't accidentally say "could someone give me tits".

      Especially not within earshot of Ivy!

      Delete
    6. If it would allow me to do everything you can in Newlife I wouldn't find it so bad.

      Delete
  2. I played a game with the new public version. Started a new game hoping to see a tab to get to the option to adjust game length. I do not see it. How do we do this? Step by step please. Also, I was mugged 6 or 7 times. That seems a bit much.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. The change to cheats is in 0.4.4, which is the next public version - it isn't in the current one.

      The mugging event has a weight of 80, which means a maximum chance of about 7.4% per week. The actual chance will usually be lower. 6/7 times is above average in a 52-week game - just an unlucky run.

      Delete
  3. What are the requirements for holding a House Party? I can't find any info on it on the wiki.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. have a friend. And once every 3 weeks if outgoing, 4 weeks if NOT outgoing, I cannot remember, but "shy" may be 5 weeks.

      Delete
    2. Thanks. To clarify, does that mean any friend male or female?

      Delete
  4. I found a slight grammar error during the intro.

    Option "Hyperventilate", sentence 2: "This will create a completely character with small modifications from your male self, similar to TWEAKED" - should say "...a complete character..."

    It's such a small nit, but I thought you'd still want to know.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks! Looks like the word "completely" is a copy-paste leftover from the secret-chaos option which reads "a completely random character". I've removed it for the next version.

      Delete
  5. Another minor nit I've noticed is that, at the bar, you can try to make eye contact with someone, "...but he doesn't seem to notice" - except that gets followed by the exact same guy "...walks up to you smiling."

    My suggestion is to check in advance who might approach you before checking if you can make eye contact with him, then change the text to reflect that he's already walking towards you. I don't know how much time it would take to do that, though, compared to adding new content.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Wondering about the relaxed requirements for sex at the party... does the low self-esteem trait lower the requirements even further? The text of the trait would seem to imply so.

    But this might require a more "reluctant" scene to be written.

    ReplyDelete
  7. I'm playing on 0.4.1. There even if you are a virgin lost it to Mister X, and only sleep with him until giving birth, it would show father as unknow in character detail. Unless the mc got raped without even noticing it, it's pretty much obvious who is the father even without doing the test.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. That would be because you have to go to the doctor's office and get scanned for the game to actually tell you who the father is. This technically makes sense because without a DNA test you can't be 100% certain(of course realistically that sounds crazy).

      Delete