Re: Akabur Games
Most of the mods are just potential right now.
Unless Mo's was significantly updated fairly recently, it mainly adds some changes to her school uniform as the game progresses, to suit her level of promiscuity. Then there are maybe 10 other things like a couple of pairs of glasses, one or two new shirts, two new sets of breasts, and four palette swaps for her hair.
Most of the new content it adds actually comes from other mods unless I've been missing a ton. The other mods aren't compatible with his mod in their original state. He's tried to remedy that by modifying the mods to incorporate them into his work. I say "tried" because it hasn't exactly been a rousing success. He forgot to include a number of resources in the package, so if you want them to work right, you need to download them all and figure out how to consolidate the various mod files on your own. Mostly it's just ensuring all the images are there, but some script errors are likely.
Mo's incorporates (with varying levels of success):
- The custom mod framework (required for other mods).
- JJ's Tutoring Mod - Mostly broken by default as the animations are missing.
- Maverick's Fawkes Mod - Again, you need to sort out the images to make it work.
- Heretic's sex toy mod - This one actually seems to work OK out of the box.
- Rubber Cement - I think this is the one where bits of her were floating in different locations, but overall it functions fine.
- Sora Iro's Desperate - I don't recall this one having any trouble at all.
I'm not sure if it's Mo's or another mod that adds the sort of CG scenes that Ragtime mentioned, but it should be noted that those scenes are actually pieces of Akabur's artwork that have been around for years now. Someone just wedged them into the game as backdrops to existing text or possibly added their own text in some cases.
Mo's mod itself occasionally breaks in odd ways, like Hermione's torso disappearing after certain events, or her head and hair floating in space while her body, mouth and eyes are positioned elsewhere. It also comes with no installation instructions, aside from warnings about the scripts it will overwrite. Be warned that you should grab everything from 03_hp folder in the resources directory and copy that into 03_hp under game. Otherwise you'll be missing a ton of image files right from the start of the game. Most of the errors you might encounter this way can be fixed by clicking the "Rollback" option and then dropping the right images in the folder. You can actually do the same when one of the other mods included causes an error. Fawkes comes to mind, as Mo seems to have rearranged the images to suit his method of layering (rather than using full sprites), but the scripts weren't changed and expanded to reference the new assets. Dropping the originals from the Fawkes mod at least lets the scenes run without error.
It's sort of funny to see how her dress changes, and it appears he has something a bit more involved planned. But like all the other mods it doesn't add a whole lot (of its own) in its current state. If any of the big plans come to fruition, it should be pretty cool.
Edit: Akabur has already declared the modding efforts stupid and doomed. Right now, nobody has really proved him wrong, in that there's not a whole lot of new content that's actually been added, aside from new clothes. There's a lot being worked on, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone who's been relatively quiet suddenly puts out a massive overhaul, but right now it's a lot of talk, shots of work in progress, and partially finished releases.
