How To Honey Select

Don’t assume that honey is 100% raw just because the labelling describes it as “raw,” “pure,” or “natural.” Processing, filtering, and heating honey does strip away many of its nutrients. However, if you aren’t able to find truly raw honey, treated honey is still healthier than sugar and many other sweeteners. Honey Select (ハニーセレクト in Japanese) is an eroge created by the Japanese H-game company Illusion. The game was released on September 9, 2016. Created Sep 22, 2016. Nsfw Adult content. Help Reddit App Reddit coins Reddit premium Reddit gifts.

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Before you start

Please make sure your game is up to date, with the last update installed (japanese version being 630, FAKKU version being whatever the Extend DLC uses). Coordinates and girl cards will only work if your game is the same version than mine.

Make sure you have the game correctly patched with IPA.

Make sure you downloaded the latest release of GGMod. If you’re using the FAKKU version, here’s a link to something you’ll need to install after the main GGMod plugin.

Make sure you install latest WideSlider AND patch your game/studio with it.

Also make sure to have MoreSlotID at version 1.3. Lower versions didn’t support face parts so you’d have problems with Jessica and Samus and anything coming later if you don’t have it at 1.3.

Please add X girl to PlayHome

We can’t add custom heads to PlayHome right now, and it’s not know if it’ll be possible. They can be replaced, but I’m not interested in managing that.

How do I install x mod?

This applies for all my mods unless otherwise stated in the post. Please take some time to read the post’s install instructions, they’re important.

How do I make sure WideSlider is working correctly?

I installed X Character Mod, but the girl is invisible when loading her

Make sure you’ve installed the latest version of WideSlider and that it’s installed correctly (read the instructions there for installation instructions). See here on how to make sure it’s working correctly.

Also make sure you installed X Character Mod correctly. See the previous question to know how to properly install mods (at least that applies for mine).

Also as of Septembre 02 of 2017, please make sure to have MoreSlotID installed, since any mods coming from this date will require it.

I installed X Character Mod, but the girl’s eyelashes are purple and her eyes all white when loading her

See the answer for the previous question. Same applies.

I installed X Character Mod, but the girl has no eyelids

Your game is not patched with WideSlider. And if you did so, you did so after extracting the UserData. See how to make sure WideSlider is working correctly.

So after you’ve ensured that WideSlider is working (make a random girl with values outside the norm, meaning -0 or +100, save her, exit the game, load the girl and see if the values stay out of the norm like they should, if they don’t, your WideSlider is not working correctly) extract the UserData again.

Also moving the eye/face sliders of the character is not a fix, the problem is in your game, not in the mod.

I updated a girl but her hair disappeared/something something

This could only happen with an old update for Christie which is no longer available. In case this happens in the future, just reload her appearance from the card and resave. I probably changed an ID, I shouldn’t have to do this anymore though.

When I load a girl her face looks white unless I remove the makeup

This is an old issue with an old version of the 4k mod. Please update it and then reinstall the girl. The new versions upscale the textures automatically and should prevent this.

I updated/installed a girl, but her face is stuck to the floor

Install BonesFramework 1.1.0 or whatever’s more recent than that.

If you’re having issues with BonesFramework (such as the face being glued to the floor), make sure that your game is updated to the latest patch. Otherwise, you’ll get an error similar to this in output_log.txt:

BonesFramework: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type ‘Studio.ItemFKCtrl’ from assembly ‘Assembly-CSharp, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null’.

This error shows up when the game is not correctly updated. When the game is outdated, it’s also possible for BonesFramework to conflict with some of Joan’s other plugins. So, basically, please make sure your game is fully updated if you have issues with BonesFramework.

And if you’re using any of Joan’s other plugins, make sure they’re updated.

I have latest WideSlider, MoreSlotID 1.3, BonesFramework 1.1.0 installed yet I have problems

Something you installed recently (not my mods, something plugin related) overwrote the changes made by these mods. Repatch your game and reinstall the character mod.

If that doesn’t fix it, your game is broken and there’s nothing I can do for you other than suggesting a reinstall, mod setups are all so different that I can’t really begin to guess how you broke your game.

Are you working on X girl?/Please X girl next

The results of the last poll made after each batch determines the characters I’m working on and in which order.

There won’t be any more western game characters once I’m done with the ones left in requests. I don’t like them. Stop asking for them.

Are you going to do any more male characters?

No.

I get “Abort, you reached your download limit for this file, wait for a bit and try again.” when trying to download.

I’ve set up a script to limit the amount of connections per IP to a single file. You’ll have to wait 5 minutes to download the same file again. This is to reduce the bandwidth usage. People sharing IPs with others will have to use the Baidu mirror.

Please don’t ask me to change this, it would overload the downloads server.

Also I’ve been adding additional mirrors.

I get an error downloading.

Please be specific, “an error” could be anything. If the error is the one mentioned in the previous line, wait 5 minutes or use the Baidu mirror. If it’s a not found error, make sure your browser supports redirection correctly, either that or the server is down. Also, download managers not supported, these tend to connect multiple times to the server, this could kill the VPS, please either limit the download to a single connection in your download manager or use the browser’s downloader.

Supported browsers are Mozilla Firefox (and branches like Waterfox or Palemoon), Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. No idea if Safari works.

I installed one of your mods and now all my girls are white!

Every single person I’ve seen with this issue, it’s been because they installed a Sexy Beach Premium Resort mod in Honey Select. Please pay attention to what the mod’s title says, if it says SBPR, then it’s for Sexy Beach Premium Resource. If it’s HS it’s Honey Select.

One of your girls is fine in the game but her eyes are out of her eyelids in the studio!

Patch the studio with Wideslider too. The game and the studio both get patched separately.

Also, if this happens after installing Party:

Install latest wideslider. Patch the game with it. Install latest IPA. Patch the game with IPA. Extract the cards again or get them from “UserDatachara_oldfemale” and put them back in “UserDatacharafemale”.

If this doesn’t work, I don’t know what’s up with your game, sorry.

I can still see a neck seam

Do you use an uncensor?

Most probably yes. The uncensor adds a seam even for the vanilla head with vanilla texture (get the camera closer to the neck and you’ll notice it). I can’t fix this, as this is a problem with the uncensor, and I think it’s not possible to fix it. I started removing the seams when I wasn’t using an uncensor, and back then it was perfect. Now it gets to just have the same seam as the vanilla head.

If you don’t use an uncensor, please specify it, as then maybe I didn’t erase part of what I need to erase to fix the seam.

The file is password protected!

Yes, it means it’s Patrons only. Some releases will be patron only for 5 days. You can get it early by becoming a patron, or you can wait for 15 days to get it.

You shouldn’t be having this issue unless you somehow downloaded the file before the first 15 days without being a patron.

Updates won’t go through this.

The face looks misaligned.

You probably have a conflicting mod. Solve your conflict using ResolveMoreSlotID. Don’t use the automatically solve all conflicts.

https://pastebin.com/Z9kkjDjT look for ResolveMoreSlotID

Also stop trying to use another face texture with the custom heads, they’re required to use the face texture they come with.

The head is missing.

You either lack updates (please have your game updated to the latest, or if you’re still at 1.1, the last patch installed for that old version), didn’t install the mod properly (there’s people extracting the files individually to random folders, please stop that and read the install instructions) or have some unknown conflict (read previous point on how to fix it).

If it’s none of this, then I’ve no idea of what’s your issue.

I have an issue but it’s not listed here

Leave the following information in your comment (the comment must be in the same post of the mod with the issue) or go into Discord and state the following:

1. Did you check for conflicts?
2. Are you sure you installed the mod correctly?
3. Is Wideslider updated to the latest version?
4. Is Wideslider working correctly? (Make a girl with over the top values, save the card, exit the game, enter the game again and load the card. If the values are clamped back to 0/100, your wideslider is not working correctly)
5. Is BonesFramework 1.1.0 installed? Check your logs (see next point)
6. Your game/studio/neo log in a pastebin (logs are at GameDir/X_32/64_Data (depends on if you’re using the 32 bit or 64 bit executable)/output_log.txt)
7. Screenshots of the issue

Any help requests lacking this information will go unnoticed.

I want to request x

Requests are indefinitely closed as of November 2017.

I installed an outfit but it marks as conflicting in HS_SlotID/Doesn’t show up

Please make sure to have MoreSlotID installed first and at version 1.3 (older versions have problems with faces). Get it from either here or here searching for MoreSlot).

Any mods from September 02 of 2017 onward will require it.

And no, I’m not making MoreSlotID free versions, please use it.

I installed the 4k diffuse pack and now your outfits changed IDs

Repatch with IPA/MoreSlotID/WideSlider, the diffuse pack replaces binaries that these patchers modify.

X outfit disappears when the shoes are on

Repatch with IPA and make sure your GGMod is updated. It’s a known issue when you have GGMod outdated.

The head’s color is slightly different to the body’s

Sadly, I can’t make it so everything matches with them, including modded skins. If you noticed a modded skin color is slightly different and it bothers you, you’ll have to fix this yourself, by either editing the face’s color texture or the body’s, there’s too many skin mods nowadays, and I use the vanilla head’s texture as a template for color, there’s no way I can support every skin mod out there, sorry.

Honey has been around for millenniums. Cave paintings in Spain that are 8000 years old show humans gathering honey. It is thought to be both food and cure. As such it has a very special place in many cultures throughout history.

From prehistoric times through ancient Egypt, India, China, to the Roman Empire and Mayan culture, honey was used as a food, an offering to gods, a cure and even for embalming the dead. In Hinduism it is one of the five elixirs of immortality. In Jewish tradition it is a symbol for the new year. In Buddhism it is an important part in the festival of Madhu Purnima. In Islam an entire chapter of the Qur’an is titled the Bee. It has always been considered a healthy food and used for medicinal purposes.

Where honey comes from

There are many varieties of honey depending on the bees producing it, but the most common is the one produced by the honey bees (the genus Apis). Honeys can be produced by bumblebees, stingless bees, honey wasps, and other similar insects, however these honeys have different properties and are produced in lower quantities. They are harder to harvest and are less commercial. It is very rare to find honey produced for human nutrition that is made by bees other than honey bees.

How to recognize quality honey?

The flower’s nectar is converted by bees into honey. Honey has some specific characteristics you can look out for, to be sure to get the best honey quality.

Sweetness

Honey contains two sugars: fructose and glucose. That makes it somewhat sweeter than regular sugar.

Water content

Water content is another important property of honey: it has less than 20% of water, that is why microorganisms cannot grow in honey. This gives it a long shelf life. When it comes to water content it is one of the main characteristics that signifies the quality of honey. Premium quality honeys have water content of 18% or less. Some purists even say that everything above 14% should not be considered premium quality. If you want to compare water content in two different jars of honey (both containers should be at the same temperature) you should turn them upside down. The one where bubbles rise to the top faster has greater water content.

However, honey is very hygroscopic, meaning that it pulls moisture out of air, which can start the fermentation process. To prevent this you need to store it in an airtight container. If properly stored honey can be preserved for decades, even centuries.

Processing

Aside from water content, processing is the thing that should be taken into account when honey quality is in question. The best honey is minimally processed, which means it should only be slightly heated up and strained. This lets the honey keep all of its minerals, antioxidants, and vitamins.

Water content and minimal processing are not the only things to keep in mind when buying honey. There are a lot of honey flavored products out there that are basically corn syrup, as well as adulterated honey. These products may also contain flour, starch, dextrose, preservatives, etc., so be sure to read the label.

Pollen

Best quality honey contains pollen, which is why it does not look clear when you look at the jar. The filtration process leaves pollen inside while removing debris like bee parts, wax, and similar objects. When looking at a jar, the clearer the honey is the more processed it is. For the best quality look for the least processed ones, i.e. those that do not look clear.

Color

Honey comes in different colors, from dark brown to light yellow. The color depends on the floral source the bees were using to make the honey. Color is not a sign of bad or good quality. With time honey can change its color, become darker, which can affect the flavor.

The spoon test

Another way of evaluating the quality of honey is by taking some of it (at room temperature) with a spoon and letting it drip on to a flat surface. If it dribbles instead of running in one continuous stream then the water content is above 20% or it has been adulterated. Once it reaches the surface it should form a blob, with layers that should quickly disappear.

Crystalization

Honey should not crystallize during the first three months from when you first open the container. However, this varies for different types of honey. There are certain types that can take years to crystallize while other types might crystallize in a matter of weeks and be of good quality. Crystallization is also affected by water content which can indicate that the honey is of lower quality.

It is very hard, even for experts, to distinguish natural, unadulterated honey from its adulterated counterparts. Numerous ways of testing honey quality can be found online, but the variety of types and sources makes it very difficult to form a system of rules for differentiation. The only definitive way to assess the quality of honey is in the laboratory. As a consumer you can either believe in food labels or buy it from a trusted source like your local beekeeper.

Storing honey the right way

Storing honey is simple: a tightly sealed glass jar is the best way to go. Bacteria should keep away from carefully sealed honey but honey can spoil if not stored properly. Metal containers are not a good solution because acids in honey may cause them to oxidize. On the other hand scooping honey with a metal spoon is safe. It takes time for the oxidation process to start while it only takes several seconds to scoop the honey out of the jar. If you have doubts about this, you can use a wooden, ceramic, or even a plastic spoon.
You should not store honey near a heat source, like an oven or a stove, but you do not need to keep in the refrigerator either. Honey will remain fresh in temperatures between 50 and 70°F (10 to 21°C) and should be kept away from sunlight. A kitchen cabinet that is not opened frequently is a good storage choice. If you want to store it for a prolonged period of time you should keep it below 41°F (5°C). Below this temperature it won’t crystallize and its original texture and flavor can be preserved for a long time.

Honey as a sweetener

If you intend to use honey as a sweetener, you should know that it has 64 calories per tablespoon, and sugar has 46 calories per tablespoon. However, sugar is sucrose, a combination of fructose and glucose (two bonded molecules). Our body needs to use its’ own enzymes to dissolve and use it. Sugar does not contain anything else, it is just empty calories.
The main components of honey are also fructose and glucose, but they are not combined into sucrose. Honey bees add an enzyme that keeps them apart, so our bodies can absorb them directly. Fructose does not transfer to energy as efficiently as glucose, so it is stored for later. Besides these two main components, unlike sugar, honey contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Honey is also sweeter than sugar, so you will need less of it for the same level of sweetness.

Depending on the floral source honey can be of different flavors. By adding honey to your tea, aside from the sweetness you’re also adding certain flavor. Artificial sweeteners have no calories, and if your goal is to lose weight, they might be a better choice. However, they are not as healthy as honey, some might even be harmful to your health. It is better to go for good, premium quality honey instead.

You may use honey in your cooking and it can give excellent flavor to the food you are preparing. Just be aware that heating destroys all components of honey beneficial to your health. Adding it to a warm tea, or coffee is one thing, but baking a cake, or a ham at 360 to 400°F (180 to 200°C) is quite another.

Honey health benefits

When it comes to health benefits one should keep in mind that honey is not a medicine. It is a healthy food that might improve your health but not cure you of disease.

Natural source of energy

As mentioned before two main components of honey are two sugars: fructose and glucose. Glucose can rapidly transfer into energy while fructose takes more time to be absorbed. That makes honey a good natural source of energy for athletes. Honey gives a boost of energy from glucose almost immediately after being consumed and releases stored energy from fructose at a slower rate.

Since ancient times honey was used for medicinal purposes and considered a cure for many ailments. Researchers today investigate claims of honey’s health benefits that existed for millenniums, and still exist today. Most of the claims are unproven, except for wound care and cough suppression.

Treating wounds

Honey used to treat wounds is manuka honey from New Zealand. This honey is the basis for Medihoney – a honey treated with ultraviolet light instead of heat in order to preserve its antibacterial properties. Manuka honey’s PH content, that falls in the range of more acidic, is the main reason for the wound healing.

Allergies and bacteria

Honey is often thought to alleviate seasonal allergy symptoms. However pollen that induces seasonal allergies is almost never found in honey, especially not in significant amounts. That’s why honey can’t help in building up your immune system against allergies.
In laboratory conditions honey was proven successful in fighting certain bacteria common in hospitals as well as certain food-borne pathogens. Whether it will have the same effect in humans is yet to be proven.

Cough medicine

As a cough medicine honey can be beneficial in easing cough at night, as it soothes the throat and upper airways.

Immunity

Honey naturally contains antioxidants, vitamins and minerals so it is a healthy choice, if consumed in limited amounts. The amount of these healthy components in honey fluctuate from variety to variety. As a rule of thumb darker colored honeys have more vitamins and antioxidants than the lighter colored ones. Presence of these elements make honey a good choice for overall immunity build up and lowering the risk of getting diseases like cancer, heart and cardiovascular diseases. I am talking about prevention, not a cure. Honey is food, healthy if eaten moderately, and not more than that.

Weight loss

As I mentioned above honey has more calories than sugar, which means you need to take precaution when incorporating it to your diet. It may help weight loss if you consume it in moderation as a get substitute for sugar, but in smaller quantities. Drink a mixture of warm water, one tea spoon of honey and a squeeze of lemon juice on an empty stomach in the morning. This drink gets your fat metabolism working and is good for your liver.

However if you are overweight, consult with your physician, and/or nutritionist before taking this step. Same goes for diabetics and people with high blood sugar. Honey raises blood sugar level less than glucose and sucrose, but it does raise it, so caution is advised.

A word of caution – Botulism

There is a certain aspect of honey that can be harmful. It is considered harmless to adults, but it can contain botulism bacteria (Clostridium botulinum) that may harm children under the age of one. Honey can cause botulism in infants which causes varying degrees of paralysis. Adults and children over one year old have mature enough digestive systems and are safe from getting botulism.

What do you say? Do you prefer to eat honey by itself, use it is as a sweetener for your tea, coffee or smoothie, drizzle it over your desserts or mix it into your salad dressing? What is your favorite variety of honey?

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Nowadays its very hard to find pure honey !! thanks for sharing your thoughts.

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