>What Does The New Patch Do? Edition
>What is Bastard Bonds?
An SRPG with base management, the ability to recruit any monster (besides bosses) in the game, several unique companions, and around 40 hours of content. You can also add your own custom sprites, apply them to essentially any creature, companion and your own MC. (Tutorial in the guide and ReadMe)
>Where can I get it?
The game is available on Steam for $18.
>Guide
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xD8-YRw6U5eHyb2l8egUajGoGjgmD5eXfqAuGp6dfYc
Transparency tool for editing sprites:
http://www191.lunapic.com/editor/?action=transparent
Download here:
https://mega.nz/#!T483iART!1kwNgLutLHdPRRp5S6CnTs0ogd8bjWaa2ity8HfByz8
Please remember to support the creator, Thank you.
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>>146430562
>New patch "hard mode"
>Level 60+ like one third into the game
>Everyone has everything.
>All enemies with fleet, all party members with fleet, everyone invulnerable, all magic is aoe
>Everyone one-shotting or fully resisting everything
This is such a mess. I love it.
So, is this thing actually useful or did I just waste my gems?
>>146696761
If you equip it and hover a unit with it, it'll tell you if they are bonded or not.
Blue bonded, red not bonded, green close to bonding, black they hate you.
... So youuuu kinda wasted them but only slightly.
>>146695527
I haven't played on the new patch harmode yet? Is it really that fucked up?
>>146697265
It's probably not if you begin a fresh playthrough, I was already fairly leveled up before applying it to the particular playthrough to be fair.
Still, it's fucked up in a fun way, IMO.
Wow, enemies with disarm are fucking annoying.
Good luck actually noticing dropping your shit before exiting the map.
>>146696761
doesn't it change your magic alignment depending on the last person you hover over? at least thats what I've read I haven't gotten to craft it yet or mess around with magic
>Greening makes food out of fully warding a spell
When being a fatass gets to a whole new level.
>try out new level scaling
>enter endless mines
>fight the one encounter vs three mummies
>exit
>gain two levels
fuckin whoops
Maybe I'll turn it off when it goes a bit too crazy
>>146700189
Every single map starting from Knightwood Copse will give you mostly 2 levels with the new level scaling. You'll be 60 without even having half the mad completed
>>146698531
Yea ive lost few things like that.
>>146694898
Is the mega in OP the latest patch download?
Perfectly balanced outcomes.
>>146704779
Nah, I just copied the link in the previous OP.
Might have to look in the old thread to see if there is a new link.
Has anyone gotten part at briarwood, the bitch of a dryad is blocking my way
>>146704779
http://www.megafileupload.com/fqb0/BastardBonds_Patch_v1.2.9.zip
Posted it in the last thread.
Sorry to the last guy who tried to download it before, megafileupload put a password on it for some reason.
Should work now.
>>146708598
Mountain soul.
From what I'm reading seems like the new patch broke leveling. Should I patch it or is it better to wait to see if he is going to change anything else?
>>146709295
Thanks now all I need is to figure out which weapon to forge to get to that
If anybody's interested, I made some edits of a few of my favorite sprites in the game to give them giant dongs. Because I'm a huge fag.
http://imgur.com/a/OBxsm
Ifrit, Ashlord, Centaur archer, and a futa/demon version of the Witch.
>>146709575
I wouldn't say it's necessarily broken. But it might just need some touches to difficulty on the very end game. Once you get legendaries and any grand trait, literally nothing stands alive regardless of levels.
Might just be what he intended though.
My warrior going around criticalling for 600 however, I wonder.
>>146709575
Just play the standard it is much harder, also you switch back and forth if you want
>>146699150
Just like his art, which is mostly cute homo fatasses.
>>146710083
So I can patch it just to level up the party members who are behind and then switch back to the unpatched version?
>>146710304
I think he means turn on difficulty to Leader to level up and then back to normal when satisfied.
Can I replace my current MC sprite somehow without breaking anything?
>>146710429
Yes. There's instructions in the game's readme.txt
make sure your png is 80 pixels wide by 64 high
This ought to be good.
>>146710518
Actually I just found an easier way.
All you have to do is modify your character template from the main menu and it'll do the rest automatically.
Pretty handy.
>>146710816
Oh, sure, I thought you meant change your sprite into something completely custom.
Help on item locationFound the captain, bleeding to death, try to give him Elixir Vitae wants to get Golden Philter...where could I get this prissy little bitch a rare golden potion?
Regarding camaraderie alignment bonus, does having 4 party members of the same alignment gives a lower chance of fumbling than when you have only two of that alignment? In other words is a party of 4 people of the same alignment better than a party that has two from one align and two from other?
>>146710581
Shake it for a key.
Then come back and read the diary again after recruiting Nazar.
Being insane in style is important.
Party starting to shape up after grinding for 40+ hours, can't expand yet because lack of man power
>>146712949
>turn_leader_scaling_on.gif
>turn on leader scaling
>power level from 12 to 22 in only a few maps
>ok that was enough back to band scaling
>band scaling drops average level back to 14
>have to wait forever for higher level maps to become unsafe again while surrounded by level 3-8 maps
>can't proceed with band scaling or no one levels
Well this is silly.
I'm thinking about throwing out anyone I'm not using to get the average band level back up. This would include unique characters who are currently stuck at level 8-10. Wasn't there some method to reset certain maps? I thought I read something about a console command, but I couldn't open it up. Using a german keyboard so the location of the tilde key is always a bit of a mystery.
>>146712240
Comradery doesn't stack with more than 2 people. So there isn't an advantage with 4 people with the same alignment over 2 pairs of 2 alignments.
Although it does stack with the rank 6 Thwart skill, Luck of the Devil.
>>146713992
Press the "Tilde" key in a dungeon and type the command (forgetmap mapname). Just make sure you aren't in the map you are resetting
>>146713992
enter the command "forgetmap mapname" all in lowercase
>>146713992
>>146714613
>>146714964
There are no Tilde key in german keyboard morons
>>146714613
>>146714754
>>146714964
Yeah, I figured it'd be there. Didn't work on world map, nor in a stronghold. Will try inside a dungeon, though I've started wondering whether it might have been because console commands must be activated somewhere first.
I'll see if I can get my average band level around 30-ish. Landsharks and yetis are already getting fleetfoot, and that shit can really fuck you up. Level 15+ lawful laborers are pretty amazing though.
>>146713992
Found this on a Oblivion forum
By testing every key I found that it is 'ö' on a German keyboard, hopefully that will spare others some time in the future.
Don't know what 'ö' is but try pressing 'ö'
Does anyone have a list of debug commands?
>>146715327
Someguy said try pressing 'ö'
WTF is 'ö'
>>146715510
>>146715651
I'll give that a try. Ö is an Umlaut, like Ä and Ü, pronounced vaguely like oe, ae, and ue, though that might also sound a little different in english than it would in german.
>>146715327
Correction again
That's interesting... "Ö" in German and Swedish keyboards and "ò" in Italian keyboards (which works instead of tilde for me) are in the same location (right of the "L" key, I mean). I wonder why that particular key gets mapped as equivalent to the US tilde.
The Swedish "§" would correspond to the US tilde key location though...
so "o" thing is Italian while a bigger "O" is in german?
which is the best lilim/succubus version? naked, boots only, or boots and gloves?
>>146717429
Hey whatever turns you on man, I prefer the saggy boobs grandma with the greenhat and a walking cane, very hot XD
>>146717429
>bow-legged stance
this has always been such a massive turn-off to me somehow.
Why are vampires so lewd? They just can't stay off your dick.
>>146717918
You mean this ho?
>>146709287
Too late, bought it to get the new patch already.
>>146718784
Yeah thats the one
is right an improvement over left? I want to edit the face too, but I suck at this shit.
>>146720786
If you turn down the nips a bit but like that you drawn bigger breast.
Side note: At least we have the same wave length , don't why people get turn on my nasty old grannies
>Silent Town
Or should I call it,Silent Hill
what doesDevil Adonisdo?
>>146709287
Thanks
>>146725953
It's used to completeFastad's Archive
How much damage does fight 1 give? I'm trying to make an archer character, but unless I crit I barely do any damage.
>>146728696
Then supplement your fight with weapons, Forge a the highest bow possibleneed 8 makeshift bows
Getting Grimoire Halex was a bitch to get. Mobbed by enemies with regeneration plus the boss spamming the hell out of that godamn book, finally got it though thanks to all the potions I collected
Has anyone here even completed the map, how low is the gameplay?
attempt 2 at making a giant girl
>>146731530
Whoah she's huge, also nice detail on that sword. Did you make it from scratch?
>>146732161
no I've been editing a standard character. this version is like 80% redrawn though.
>>146732351
Drawing with paint is a hassle, how did you change the arm. Used magic tool or just patiently draw it?
>>146732668
I went through part by part making everything bigger. for the arm I just kind of winged it. the hardest part was trying to get the shading to look ok.
>>146732904
May I use the body archtype? gonna fix a bit with the head
>>146732904
I'm trying to give her a pony tail but fucking up the color pretty badly, any tips
>>146733449
yeah I don't know how people make a decent face that's only 12 pixels
>>146735198
So whadya think?
>>146736248
Greave, you shaved your beard!
Zantanak, delivering your burn.
Anyone got a hard dicked man1?
>>146747680
This one? >>146712949
I'm not that anon but i saw him somewhere, if it's that sprite i could search through my history to find it.
>>146748036
http://bastard-bonds-character-gallery.tumblr.com/
How do I know if something is a boss?
The boss music will play when you fight it.
>>146711032
The Port Town, where you fight the blue dragon
>>146711032The Port Town, where you fight the blue dragon
>>146748669
You get different battle music.
>>146749218
>>146753390
Is there any other indicator for that? I usually have music off and listen to my playlist while playing.
>>146753460
It not dying in 1-2 hits is about it.
>>146753545
I remember i was fighting some fire boss, forgot his name. I wanted to recruit him so i applied poison and just tanked him and waited and waited.
>>146753712
Probably the fire Hexarch in the Fiery Void. We've all been there mate... we've all been there.
>>146754041
It's bullshit though. There should be an indication whether or not you can recruit a particular NPC.
Do I have a chance to recruit this particular Baelor, or this just another boss NPC?
>>146758171
If there's no music it should be recruitable.
>>146758225
Well, it's the usual combat theme.
>got Greening his "special bond scene"
>now he's going around throwing strawberry cakes at people and shit
It says something when you manage to be the gayest thing in a game full of cocks and dudes having sex with each other.
>>146758568
>>146748036
>>146747680
No, not that one. man1 as in the big fat guy in the character creation.
ok how about this one? does left look better than right?
>>146762821
I like the one with sword. You could give her bigger one too.
My new golem.
When will permadeath and killing your party members be a thing?
>>146709695
I just got it after refining branches.
Now my mage is without a weapon and I lost 2k on this shit.
>>146758171
No boss music, but I've tried recruiting this asshole forever and he never hesitates. Might be a boss and the music just never kicks in. He also only appears if you open the chest that spawns the two ifreet.
how do I secure gilded vaults? I opened every door but it still won't clear.
Two questions:
1) I don't like my quartermaster. If I fire his ass and hire a new one, will it be the same quartermaster or a different sprite?
2) Just got me a naked witch and now I want my entire army to be naked sluts. Where do I start finding naked variations of tittymonsters?
>>146754323
There is one. It's the boss music.
>>146773762
Yeah i know anon, but like i stated before i always listen to my music while playing, if the game had more cool soundtracks then okay, but listening to one battle music again and again is kinda dull. This is not FFX.
>>146767253
Just kick them out of your party if they die and restart game if you die.
>>146775716
How bad you have to fuck up to let someone die.
>>146772474
siren: port town - far north burntfoot marsh
dryad: ruined homestead - south burnfoot marsh
jorogumo: anarchic ruins - east knightwood east
utlunta+harpy: burnt earth coven - central burntfoot marsh
harpy:
succubus: brimstone lodge - central blackgrass sprawl
lilim: gilded vaults - southeast blackgrass sprawl
all I've found so far
>>146776172
Well, sometimes you get enemies with overpower and once these fuckers crit it can happen pretty fast.
>>146772474
>I want my entire army to be naked sluts
But clothed are sexier, your imagination is working and stuff.
Does the download link in the OP include the new patch?
>>146778298
You can download it for free from official page but you need to fill shit with fake info.
okay i am probably retarded but i can't get custom sprites to work. I thought I could use a custom sprite to replace my character or any roster character as long as the file has the same name in the pccustom folder but that doesn't seem to work.
>>146779894
You put .png like this >>146777335
into pccustom with a name of your MC or you loak the look out of a.png in rooster (pic related) by using 'load outfit' in character creator.
>>146780134
load*
>>146780134
yeah i did it as a png but didn't work. But are you saying I can load it if it is in the roster folder?
>>146780319
Let's say your character is named 'Harkon'. You put this sprite >>146780309 (80x64png with alpha background) into pccustom and the next time you load game it should work. It must be named with character name.png. The .png you have in rooster work as character save, you can put this >>146780134 into rooster and you can load this look on new character. If you would want to have this look on existing character you would need to make 80x64 png out of it.
>>146777261
Like being surrounded by Mohrgs.
>Silent Town
>Lost Cabin
Nope.jpg
>>146777335
my imagination is already working just to turn a 3x3 pixel blob into fat ripe titties
>>146780679
Okay I figured it out, i was trying to use a pccustom folder where the game is put the game created on in mydoc and it works there.
>>146782592
>being surrounded
You just need good tank and positioning. This was an ambush with enemies all around and me in the center.
On my next run i'm gonna make my MC mage nuker and recruit some other mage to do support things like healing and debuffing.
>>146783551
That isn't an actual ambush, that's the Green Fields, it's a giant open map where they indeed come towards the center, but are nowhere near you at the start of the match.
Silent Town and Lost Cabin put 3-4 Mohrg's with Fleet and Overpower right in front of your party, 3-4 squares apart, and gathers your party together for the cutscenes that trigger the fights. At that stage of the game, Mohrgs tend to have the first turns because they are "rogue" built. So you have 3-4 chances to have them run to one of your units and one-shot them if they critical, because of how criticals work in the game.
>>146783790
That's why it's a must for even mages to have Guard 3.Especially now with leader scaling
>tfw trying to draw good looking pixel dicks for my custom characters' nude sprites
>>146784734
2 pixels should do.
>>146784849
2 pixels aren't enough to capture the true majesty of the pixel dick.
>>146784734
copy paste from one of the bara companions and work from there.
>>146783551
>being proud of tanking a bunch of bums without any dangerous characteristics
>>146780679
can I replace my followers this way?
How long is a playthrough?
I've just barely conquered the western half of the map and it's already been 15 hours.
>>146789078
Yes.
>>146789078
Yes, just use the name of follower.
>>146789090
'Round 30-40 hours sounds about right. Though if you want to go full retard and grind all the way to level 99 for no reason other than autism, you got 60 hours or so.
It feels like a damn crime this game doesn't have a system for opportunity attacks
>>146789090
Same here. Game dragging on forever. They should trim down like 1/3 of the locations. Too many filler areas.
>>146790591
That's stupid. Going into random areas just to explore and find out shit is the main point of playing this sorta shit. There's literally 4 storyline missions, that should hint you it's not exactly the point.
Decided to give my guy a knife, because the default unarmed sprite just didn't feel right when everyone in my party is visibly carrying a weapon.
BTW, are we actually gonna use https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AcyTPsmcYjEL6wzVS5o4JWJuvhNUC1z2eIkHFCj1PiM or has that plan been scrapped?
>>146791005
That'd have been nice if there're actually any shit to find. Many areas contribute nothing meaningful.
>>146792392
Most areas have at least a mini quest, special items, unlockable bond cutscenes or fights to get yourself around. That you don't happen to enjoy that doesn't make it "filler".
