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This is very nice. Can't wait for the new clothing options! Thank you for the update.

Yes, the problem was that for some reason, after reinstalling Windows (for unrelated reasons), the default "Documents" folder was set on my OneDrive. This has never happened before. It is changeable in the Registry Editor, but I needed some research about it. Simply disabling OneDrive didn't help as the folder named "OneDrive" would just be created locally in my personal user folder, as the path was still the same in the registry. And as soon as I re-enabled the cloud storage it would just merge with it again. Anyway, I managed to solve it.

I have an issue with this. I recently reinstalled (or should I say, re-downloaded) the game. Now it creates its folders on my OneDrive storage, and not in the local Documents folder.

I remember an old story about a school in which children were asked to write about what they thought love was. Some 6-10 year olds to imagine. One of the responses really stuck with me ever since: "I know my dog loves me because he licks my face even if I didn't care for him all day." I would like to think about friendship in a similar way. Although most humans do expect attention (in return), I think natural friends can be just there, available. It shouldn't be about expectation or demand. So I understand what you say and why you say it, I don't think you should feel guilty for choosing who you talk to on a given day. No one can talk to everyone all the time. Pick who is online at that moment, this is the nature of 3DX and online communities as a whole, after all. I can only speak for myself of course, but I know I don't make a fuss about it. I am available but nothing happens if my friends choose the company of others. (This mentality of course has personal reasons but they don't belong here.) Having "too many" friends is a good problem to have!

Also (and this applies to everyone at the end of the day) don't be afraid to reach out if you feel you need it. You are not a burden, even when you're down. Friends like it when they're needed, even if they can help just by listening to you. Don't ever feel that you would only bring down others with you. If you feel that it's better to close, that's ok. We'll be here when you return. But if you feel like opening up to someone, don't hesitate out of uncertainty. Even if this is just an online community that can never substitute for real life, you are not alone and you matter.

At first I wanted to send you this in private but why not here after all. Whatever makes you feel down, whatever drains your energy, you can be sure that your true friends will be by your side to lift you up and support you if you need it. I consider you a friend and while I don't want to push the topic of "what's wrong" myself, you very well know where to find me.

The performance drop caused by the breast physics is indicated and acknowledged in this thread. Hopefully we get a real fix for it soon.

I can confirm this happening. The new breast physics option tanks framerate, turning it off increases performance considerably. I'm afraid something's off with the new solution. Tested in a crowded room with the same graphics settings. The difference is visible immediately.

This is a welcome idea, thank you!

Watching porn together is an in-person activity, if I interpret your question correctly. And that's different than playing a game. Playing 3DX is fantasy. For me, it involves the avatars, which are a substitute for the physical aspect of sex, and the chat, which is the mental aspect (making things deliberately simple here). The visuals of 3DX are good enough so that everyone's sexy and perfect looking, so even if it's a guy, or a male-operated female avi, what I see on screen is most certainly attractive. And if this is paired with a fun personality then I don't care who's really on the other side. Watching porn would be different because the partner whom I watch with would have no effect on what happens or what's on screen. It's passive. So if I pair with someone for a passive activity then there's no fantasy layer to hide us. And I'm not really interested in a real male to discuss my wanking session with.

Envy. They see you having a partner, or just a female friend and try to sway your trust in them by saying this. If he can't get them then it's easier to think they're guys anyway. They even might be. This is why I generally don't give a damn about who's who in this game. It's online, there's no way of knowing. I am sure I have been with "girls" in 3DX who aren't really girls in real. Some I even realized later. Have it ever bothered me? Not at all. If the person's fun to be with or around then I'm game, even if they have a male avatar. Who cares? The whole notion of 3DX is living out a fantasy. It is a layer that lets reality leak through only as much as the users want. If you use this game you accept that reality might not be what you see there. But again, we have no real business with each other's realities so in short, who cares. If we both have a great time then that's what matters. (I'm lttp I know, story of my life.)

"Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." ― Mark Twain

The person who calls you "cancer" is that herself, a dishonest, selfish, generally bad person who knows nothing just spreading hate under the disguise of "love". A typical dumb individual whose only goal is to intrigue behind the scenes, and talk shit of others. Pure trash, whoever that is. Just ignore and don't bother with vermin.

I support this idea. If chats can be monitored for specific phrases and game names then I think it's perfectly possible to filter room names as well. Both specific phrases and variations / anagrams of them could be filtered. It would be much clearer for everyone what name they can and cannot give to their rooms and it wouldn't lead to any misunderstanding.

Yes, I'm looking at this from a technical perspective. No, it has nothing to do with "exclusive male pleasure" and I don't know why you connect one to the other. How I behave with a partner has nothing to do with what I'd like to see in-game. I'd like people to have more freedom of choice. Personally, I wouldn't change my avatar because I am what I am. But I would still support the right of others to change how they like. And I don't think it has anything to do with your femininity or the respect towards you. I'm sorry if you feel men only use or exploit you but I don't see how it has anything to do with transgender options in the game.

No worries. I voted "no" because of the disadvantage of having dedicated transgender avatars I wrote in my original first point. I wouldn't want people to be forced into categories in which they are then stuck. I think the long-term solution would be to have more freedom when creating the avatars, pairing body types with genitals for example, or even wearing gender-neutral clothing. The whole system should be more flexible than just adding more genders, so that people could express themselves better in the game as they are, or as they change with time (pre-op, post-op, etc). And this of course involves how users are represented in their profiles, how different poses are handled by the game, etc. If the developers just added a new option for creating a transgender avi, many poses would have to be duplicated (again), then what about threesomes, etc. It's already often confusing. The problem in my opinion is more complex and the solution should be more flexible as well.

I'm not sure what your problem with my post is, and how you got to your assumptions about me.

Technically speaking, this could be solved in two ways during avatar creation (in my opinion): First, the ability to choose between four options: Male, Female, Transgender Male (a male body with a vagina) and Transgender Female (a female body with a penis). The advantage here is that everyone could choose and stick to the option they identify as, or prefer (or simply want to role-play as). However, the disadvantage is that after you create your avatar, you are stuck with that option/genital, with no chance to ever change it freely. Second, the avatar creator could be completely free, in that you could freely pair your body type (Male or Female) with your genital (penis or vagina). It could even be a character editor option where you can freely switch between them, or at least genitals. The game could also handle changes better, not forcing a penis/strap-on on women if they don't want it, but simply disabling the poses that would otherwise need them. Also, profiles should clearly state what the user is currently, differentiating between males, females and trans people so that no one gets a surprise when the pants come off (not everyone clarifies this on their profiles). So I think the problem can be approached from two directions: either by what options the avatar creation process offers, and/or what in-game options you have to edit your avatar. Also, the handling of different poses by the game is important, too. I have absolutely no problem with females with dicks, either on purpose or by accident (meaning I'm not put off if it accidentally appears during a sex pose, if anything it can be just awkwardly funny), but I agree that the game should handle these differences better.

@Gizmo @Lisa We find your lack of communication disturbing.

I think you are wrong on this one. Generally, if we stick to the rulebook by the letter, you are right of course. But there are many cases, including this one, that don't apply. Punishment is not the goal, the goal is to provide a safe and enjoyable environment to all users. That's why in cases like this the enforcer of the law, in good faith, warns people that enforcement will be stricter. For example, this is the case on New Year's Eve, when police warns people in advance that they will check drivers more often. The goal is not to catch drunk drivers and punish more people, the goal is to prevent them from drinking in the first place. This is why I think the developers, in good faith, should have given a warning prior to suspending accounts, so everyone would have known not to use World Chat like before. An even closer example could be a game developer that warns cheaters they would start banning cheating users from a given day. Thus encouraging people to give up unlawful behaviour and still keep them as future customers. Punishment should never be the sole goal. The developers here knew that many people used World Chat that way so they also must have known their move (if it was really their move) would affect a meaningful part of the community, especially those who organize and host the events in 3DX. So it was not in their interest to silently start suspending on a random day and pointing fingers at the rules. Also, there's still no logic behind why they let people do it without warning any of them, and then suddenly started suspending them. Why did they let them do it so far? Isn't this the same reason they implemented the 60 second limiter? Why didn't they start enforcing then? Spam was common knowledge (and a problem) and they didn't say "we'll enforce the rule now", they implemented the timer for this very reason. If they really did this and started this enforcement without warning then they don't manage this community properly because they haven't been transparent about this rule now, before with the timer, and even before that. There should be a cooperative relationship between the service providers and the users and there should be common courtesy present between them. In my short opinion, all the developers should have had to do was issue a warning like this: "Please don't use World Chat for advertising your events. We will start suspending spamming users from this and this day, in accordance to Game Rules 2.15. Thank you." The service providers are not police and the users are not potential criminals. Neither side should feel or be treated like that.

If it has always been there, why start enforcing it now, without warning users? They must have known it would affect a lot of people because almost all room hosts used WC for this purpose. So if they made the decision that they would enforce this paragraph strictly from Thursday (which, again, doesn't make much sense, why that day in the first place) then they should have issued a warning before it. It's not in the developers' interest to piss off so many people. No service works like that and I'm sure this one doesn't either. It's not like "ok, let's flip the switch on this rule, don't tell anyone, they will ALL realize it by next day". So there is an element of logic that's missing here.

My suggestion is that from now on, nobody post anything in World Chat. It's still a way to confirm whether it was the reason for all bans. If you still get banned then there's another reason. If not then you know. Avoid posting anything in World Chat. You also don't know whether it's done by user reports or it's an automated system. You never know if someone sits there and his hobby is reporting everyone who posts there. So just don't.

I agree, that's why it would be great to hear from the people in charge. Having (and giving) no information whatsoever leads to speculation. I even checked the game rules on the website and it doesn't mention anything about this either. Waiting patiently for an announcement then.

Theory: Someone hacked into 3DX's system. May be relatively easily done since 3DX is on a temporary server solution right now. Said individual sat there, being angry for people advertising in World Chat. Collected their names and managed to issue bans for all of them, possibly all in a few hours on that Thursday night. Threw in some names he/she already hated for good measure. That last part would also explain why some people who weren't even online got banned as well. Might or might not be the same person(s) who issued the DDoS attack against the original servers a few weeks before. Said individual is now sitting back and laughing at all the people getting confused and angry, mostly at the developers. So I can only reinforce my belief that it would be beneficial for all if the developers could accurately clarify what exactly happened to all these people. Even when the bans expire, no one will be able to move on until the exact cause is known because it can happen again at any time. Whether it is a new policy or a hacker still sitting in the game looking for advertisers or whomever, we (and the affected users above all) have to know.

To be fair, judging by the scale of this ban wave it's also possible someone hacked the system and automatically banned everyone who posted in World Chat. It's not necessarily on the developers / admins themselves. I suggest we wait for an official confirmation from them.