Lab Rats 2 v0.13.1 Release!
Added 2019-02-08 09:56:45 +0000 UTCLab Rats 2 v0.13.1 is finished and available to everyone, absolutely free! Get it here!
Android: Lab Rats 2 v0.13.1-Android
The focus of the v0.13 update cycle was improving the new player experience and general UI feedback throughout Lab Rats 2. A new, optional introduction explains the basic tasks needed to get business running. New tutorial overlays now offer additional information about the various game screens. These explain the outfit designer, the serum designer, the employee hiring screen, and the research screen. The last piece of the UI improvements is the introduction of a flexible tooltip system. Hovering over a menu button or character statistic gives more information on what it is, why it's important, and what can be done to change it.
In addition to the improved UI there are a number of other major changes in this version. A new process for rendering the character images for LR2 has been introduced, and it has both improved the quality of the characters and reduced the overall file size. At the same time two new clothing times have been added - a suit jacket and a sleeveless shirt. A couple of new outfits using these items have been added to the default wardrobe, but you can always add more of your own! Finally, there have been tweaks to the seduction mechanic of the game. There is now a wider range of responses a character can give when you succeed or fail to seduce them, and they are more aware of when you're seducing them in an inappropriate location.
I hope you enjoy the update, I'll be back with another one the same time next month!
Comments
How do I get the keyboard to go away on android? More specifically when naming my serum design. Can we get an on-screen button to confirm?
Kriex Sother
2019-02-19 20:59:02 +0000 UTCWow! Lab Rats 1 was so easy. Lab Rats 2 is so complicated! I have a staff of three. in R&D, Production and Marketing and I can't get anything produced. Now Mom has asked for help with the Mortgage and I am under $500 and nothing to show for it. I know there is an extensive FAQ, but it is not the same a s "How-to." What step am i missing to get some serum produced?
DramaCoach69
2019-02-19 08:08:19 +0000 UTCFound and fixed up the problem, thanks for the report!
Vren
2019-02-16 10:35:10 +0000 UTCYeah, the rendering still needs some tweaking. I'll try and find some time to look at that.
Vren
2019-02-16 10:31:08 +0000 UTCI'll look into moving the character images onto the "background" screen layer so that you can hide the UI and keep them up.
Vren
2019-02-16 10:30:49 +0000 UTCGood points, I'll look into that. The question marks were flipped around in some places because they conflicted the position of other buttons, but that can probably be resolved pretty easily.
Vren
2019-02-16 10:23:23 +0000 UTCThere's still a neck seam on the sister, and all others with her face style. There also seems to be a sizable gap in the necks of everyone in a BJ pose.
Thanny
2019-02-14 02:49:46 +0000 UTCHey, is there a way to hide the box that covers the girls' feet during intercourse? I'm a feet guy, and pressing H just hides everything, including the girl.
Kedokata
2019-02-12 05:18:39 +0000 UTCim getting bugs and glitches on 13.1
2019-02-11 21:32:48 +0000 UTCThis does seem to an issue with the last couple of releases. Whenever I start a new game - the first few employees quit because they're unhappy and then won't leave. I ...interact with them because they're a captive audience but it breaks the feel of it.
Kurious
2019-02-09 22:37:30 +0000 UTCSave files appear to be incompatible with 0.13.0:` File "game/script.rpy", line 4770, in <module> if the_person.situational_sluttiness[situation][0] > 0: #We purposefully ignore 0 so we don't show null sluttiness modifiers. TypeError: 'int' object has no attribute '__getitem__'</module>
TC Vole
2019-02-09 13:24:48 +0000 UTCOh forgot... I can totally see how the new rendering improved the girls' overall looks.
2019-02-08 22:21:42 +0000 UTCOkay I had to give this another shot :) I must say, I like the tutorial! I also like the interaction that is happening with Lily and Mom! Nicely done. There is a bug though.. Mara became unhappy and quit. Ok I guess.. Except, the next morning, she showed up for work and just hung out in Marketing! I didn't have an option to fire her, or insult her work, or generally do anything to pi$$ her off so she would leave. And then I find out that I'm still paying her!! Where's the "Call Security" option? LOL
2019-02-08 22:20:35 +0000 UTCWhen assigning uniforms for my employees, I get this error.[code] I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred. While running game code: File "game/script.rpy", line 7219, in script call python: File "game/script.rpy", line 8176, in script call call advance_time from _call_advance_time_2 File "game/script.rpy", line 8691, in script python: File "game/script.rpy", line 8693, in <module> people.run_move(place) File "game/script.rpy", line 1439, in run_move self.wear_uniform() File "game/script.rpy", line 1967, in wear_uniform self.set_uniform(mc.business.get_uniform_wardrobe(mc.business.get_employee_title(self)).decide_on_uniform(self),False) #If we don't have a uniform planned for today get one. File "game/script.rpy", line 1726, in set_uniform self.planned_uniform = uniform.get_copy() AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_copy' -- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------ Full traceback: File "game/script.rpy", line 7219, in script call python: File "game/script.rpy", line 8176, in script call call advance_time from _call_advance_time_2 File "game/script.rpy", line 8691, in script python: File "C:\Users\Kyle\Documents\Lab_Rats_2-v0.13.1-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 862, in execute renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store) File "C:\Users\Kyle\Documents\Lab_Rats_2-v0.13.1-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1912, in py_exec_bytecode exec bytecode in globals, locals File "game/script.rpy", line 8693, in <module> people.run_move(place) File "game/script.rpy", line 1439, in run_move self.wear_uniform() File "game/script.rpy", line 1967, in wear_uniform self.set_uniform(mc.business.get_uniform_wardrobe(mc.business.get_employee_title(self)).decide_on_uniform(self),False) #If we don't have a uniform planned for today get one. File "game/script.rpy", line 1726, in set_uniform self.planned_uniform = uniform.get_copy() AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_copy' Windows-8-6.2.9200 Ren'Py 7.0.0.196 Lab Rats 2 - Down to Business v0.13.1 Fri Feb 08 16:27:33 2019 [/code] </module></module>
Kyle Kisiel
2019-02-08 21:28:33 +0000 UTCSome quick suggestions about the new "tutorial system". - If the player wants to review a tutorial, there are these question mark icons (?) that can be clicked to do so. However, they are not placed consistently. For the hiring screen the (?) appears on the bottom right, while for creating serum it appears on the bottom left. This should be made consistent, i.e. the (?) should always appear roughly in the same place. - the first time the player sees a tutorial there should be an indication "if you want to watch this tutorial again, click this (?) icon". Right now it can be pretty easy to overlook the (?).
Bingbong
2019-02-08 20:40:48 +0000 UTCCool! Keep it up)
Terebonkoff Game Studio
2019-02-08 11:16:40 +0000 UTC
