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Suggestions / Re: What would you like next?

« on: October 19, 2013, 03:57:43 AM »

Pose editor and more locations allowing for creating storyline videos. Would it be possible for user created rooms and props using Blender or Sketchup to be added? The character appearance and animation is much smoother than the #1 sexsim on the market right now, but you are far behind technologically as they have a somewhat sophisticated pose animation creator and a method for creating stories, although it is relatively unsophisticated and lacking in a lot of features. The pose/animation editor would be a huge step forward, as would more locations.

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How to make things for Sex Sim / Re: Can I post things for Sex Sim on other web sites?

« on: January 24, 2012, 06:41:34 PM »

Actually, it's the Doctors office with the Celebwrecker mod. One thing I do have in the works is a comprehensive Sequencer Manual. I already have one but it's multiroom and some people can't use so I'm doing this one entirely in the Loft, which, I'm pretty sure almost everyone gets right away.

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General Discussion / Re: Up the Ranks

« on: January 24, 2012, 06:40:38 PM »

Sorry about that, Jak. I'm 60 and my eyes ain't what they used to be. The K looked like an X I guess. Don't feel bad, I've been called Barnes a lot...;P

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General Discussion / Re: Up the Ranks

« on: January 19, 2012, 10:23:44 PM »

That was funny, Jax.

I could never understand why anyone really cares what their status is on a message board. I mean if it's really high..then that means that basically you have no life. I never get high status on a board. That's because I post on way too many boards to ever get status on just one. I don't have a life either.

In case it's misunderstood, that was all tongue in cheek.

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How to make things for Sex Sim / Re: Can I post things for Sex Sim on other web sites?

« on: January 19, 2012, 10:18:23 PM »

I agree wholeheartedly. I'm going to try my hand at some mods just for sh&ts and giggles.
As you know, I don't do the freemode thing. It's just too boring for me. So, I don't think this site is really
ready for me yet, but the mods could make things interesting. It seems like everything is xml based which makes making changes very easy.
i agree with you about his attitude. He is a lot freer with information about the way the content is made than ThriXXX. Even with they were still small, they had a closed fist attitude towards their tech. Here he even lets you create new body meshes. That's unique. There's a lot to like about this place. And like you said, I think it will be going places...probably places Jax hasn't dreamed of yet.

If you're still on GE. I've got a new sequence going up tonight or tomorrow called "The Abusive Boss." I think you'll like it. I think it's one of my best. I'm going to try to get it on video but the new sequencer room doesn't seem to like video. 

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How to make things for Sex Sim / Re: Can I post things for Sex Sim on other web sites?

« on: January 19, 2012, 03:14:01 PM »

Well, once you have the pose and animation editor, you've halfway to the machinima system. Add emotions and gestures, expand the game to use up to 4 players in a scene with the capability of changing sets, and you basically have a studio. Users will have to do the editing themselves, but that's no big deal.  One great addition, would be a timeline, which you would have to have for the animation editor.

I can see the point of your business model though. Even though it's pretty much the same as ThriXXX's pay to play system, you're a lot freer with your information for modders. However, ThriXXX didn't set out to make a sequencer or pose editor when they started SexVilla either. It was us, the users who pestered them until they did. In fact, I can tell you that every innovation you see by ThriXXX was a suggestion made back before SexVilla 2 was even finished. A couple by me and others from my colleagues on the Gamerotica site.  I can't take credit for them, but I did make the suggestion about the sequencer or something similar way back in 3dSlut. I guarantee that if you let the users determine the evolution of this game, it will become something much bigger than you can now imagine.

Most game companies have begun to realize this. We may be pervs, but we're talented pervs. LOL.

Ciao.

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Stories / Re: Storyboards

« on: January 19, 2012, 09:46:21 AM »

Also the market for games like Sex Sim seems so underpopulated and underattended to. It surprises me that the porn industry does not pick up on it.

Forgive me for correcting you, but that's just not true. I've been a member of ThriXXX for over 5 years! The registered population of Gamerotica, the ThriXXX owned user website is now well over 100,000! And that's just the users that have signed up for it. That's not counting the ones who don't use GE.  That isn't a drop in the bucket compared to say World of Warcraft, but for an adult-oriented game, that's pretty good.

Consider that a lot of older users,  like me,  are still on the monthly subscription plan. And most of the newer users have purchased sexcoins for new content. At even, say $100/year per customer, that's $10 million per year. For Blizzard, that would be poker money, for Sexsim, it would be a windfall.
And $100/year is a very conservative estimate.

The market for this game is very good. The reason it hasn't caught on yet is that it is still in its infancy. And the 500lb gorilla in the room is THriXXX.  It's unfortunate, but for this game to succeed, it's going to have to outdo ThriXXX at a format they invented. Judging from what I've seen so far, they can do it. But it's not going to happen with just the "pick a girl and guy and have sex till they cum" scenario. That's been done to death by too many SexVilla wannabees, (3d Girlz, 3D Sex, Virtual Eve, the list is endless) no matter how many mods and options it gets.

Sexsim is going to have to become better than SexVilla and to do that it needs to become far more sophisticated.

I can guarantee that, if they do develop a porn movie studio with this game, you'll see thousands migrate from SexVilla. There is a lot of dissatisfaction with the condition of the game right now, but it's still the only game in town so nobody, me included, wants to give it up. But, if there was an alternative game with better capabilities and more freedom to create, then they'd jump ship in a New York minute. I guarantee it.
The one thing they don't allow in 3DSV2 is users to create new clothes. They can modify and re-texturize the ones ThriXXX made, but can't make their own...or hairstyles, or sets.  So, these things being available here would be enough to get many to migrate from 3dSV2. They also can only modify certain parts of the figure...breasts, penis, hips, stomach and thighs somewhat, and of course facial features. One feature people scream for is to adjust heights on the figures. You can do that here.

The big problem for Sexsim now is that ThriXXX is developing the 3D SexVilla 3 now. It has been in development for over 2 years. Supposedly, they are going to release a "teaser" video this week showing some of their progress. If it contains most or all of the suggestions made by we users, Sexsim will have a lot of catching up to do.

The problem, as I see it for Jax, is that with ThriXXX having a stranglehold on the market like it does, getting venture capital support is probably difficult. And that would be necessary to take this game to the next level, because, as one of you said, this would be far too involved a project for just one person, or even a couple of people. It would require a team of coders, developers and planners. And that requires a lot of upfront money.

However, one thing that could be done almost immediately, and almost without cost, is to reveal the format of the 3d sets and props or release the development tool used to make them AND the animation tools. With those two things, users can start to make their own sets and character animations, make a video of a scene and make a movie using a third party video editor without actually having to have a full blown studio available.

I'm not talking about sex animations. I mean everyday, sitting on the couch talking or sitting at the dinner table, or answering the door animations, or any number of poses needed to make a movie. ThriXXX has those now because of the pose editor. I, myself, have made over 30 animations using it. And their animator will import BVH files with a little modification. THAT, is what is needed here, quickly.

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How to make things for Sex Sim / Re: Can I post things for Sex Sim on other web sites?

« on: January 19, 2012, 08:17:16 AM »

I have to say that your policy of allowing users to charge for their mods is absolutely amazing to me. I'm one of the oldest SexVilla players and content creators. My membership goes back to the days of 3dSlut long before even version 1 of SexVilla.  And as you probably know, ThriXXX is very protective of their product, even to the point of claiming ownership of any mods made with it or for it.  And considering that there are about 3000 user made poses and an equally large number of modified textures available on GE, that's a lot of $$$ creators are being denied.
I've created a series of tutorial sequences and videos for the sequencer and pose editor which I'd love to package and sell, but obviously that's impossible.

I'm keeping a close eye on your product development here. I like the look of the program, but since I'm an amateur film maker (I make a lot of sequences and short videos with 3DSV2, and have some videos done with "The Movies" game),   I don't think Sexsim is what I'm looking for..yet, which is an adult machinima vehicle. The "pick a girl and guy, have sex until they both cum" scenario is very old hat to me.  I'm looking for a full blown 3d adult version of say, Iclone or Moviestorm.  But I'm impressed with the  easy moddability of the game, the realistic look of the basic apartment set and the lighting.  Also, your addons store prices are very reasonable which is a breath of fresh air, (although I can't use them right now) as I'm also a Sims 3 player and you probably know about EA's price gouging there.

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Suggestions / Re: motion capture (Mocap)

« on: January 17, 2012, 04:59:18 PM »

Being a long time 3d SexVilla player and contributor, I've made a number of poses using their pose editor (which is a simplified animation creator) , movies and many sequences,  I just discovered this game today and I'm ecstatic to see that ThriXXX finally has some real competition raising its head because as it has grown it is becoming less responsive to user requests.

To the person that commented on the Sexvilla poses as being nothing but loops, he should look at some of the 3000 user made poses, some of which are highly sophisticated animations linked together to form one cohesive scene. 

But I have some serious questions:

Are there any plans for a similar system here? Or is it possible to create new animations using BVH and importing them into the game somehow?

As you're no doubt already seen by the large number of mods already made, adult entertainment users really want a creative outlet. If you've seen any of the sequences created in 3d SexVilla 2, you'll know that the stories aren't just wham, bam , thank you ma'am porn loops. They're actually stories with episodes and in depth characters. What the adult 3d realtime animation world really lacks right now is a comprehensive way of making those kind of adult oriented movies. If you haven't already, I'd highly advise becoming a member of GE and reading the forums, especially regarding what the users want.

I don't want to be a wet blanket, but the pick a girl and a guy, get them having sex and make a few changes till they cum routine has been done to death already. What is needed is a sophisticated real time adult movie studio. You might want to look at an old game from Lionhead studios called "The Movies or perhaps even go so far as to become an adult Iclone type program with a blank 3d landscape and interchangeable sets, backdrops and characters..

But I can tell you that what creative adult users want is the ability to create or modify sets, clothing, hair, body styles and dimensions, facial features and expressions, voice, lighting, camera control, video shooting and editing and animations.  If you want this game to grow...give the modders the tools to create the content you might have to do yourselves or outsource. Many of us adult 3d game players are well versed in creating 3d content with Blender, 3dMax, Milkshape, Daz3D, Poser and Google SketchUp. Make your content compatible with some of those formats or BVH and you'll have all the content you could hope for.  I'll tell you this outright. If you try to withhold content or mod capabilities in order to sell them in a market, you will fail.

This I know from being on Gamerotica since its inception and being a THriXXX customer for well over 5 years, since the early days of 3dSlut. And I also know that they are working on 3dSV3 as I write this and it will probably include all of the above.

Right now, Sex Sim is the only viable competition for ThriXXX. But you'll never catch them if all this game is, is another suck and f*ck cumfest. Please don't take this as criticism. I seriously hope this game becomes the creative vehicle it can be.