Workshops and Engines

March 2, 2015 Kris Takahashi News 8 Comments

As of today I’ve finished six quests now for Fallout 3 and two for New Vegas, but I still need to get the parts cast and voiced, so I don’t really have a time frame on when they’ll be released. With New Vegas I’ll probably just concentrate on background NPCs, Hope Lies, and stuff to fill in the cracks.

Same with Interesting NPCs version 3.09.2. Just need a few things voiced, and once that’s done there will be enough new content to justify an update. Right now it’s just too similar to the previous patch.
According to the Bethblog, you will soon be able to release mods over 100MB onto the Steam Workshop. I think it used to be 10MB back when I first uploaded Interesting NPCs to Steam. That experiment lasted about a week.
Speaking of engines, I mentioned this in the forums, but Unreal Engine 4 is now free to use. Of course, you still have to learn to code, get art meshes and textures, make animations, and all the other millions of things that go into a video game. But given you can already buy the art, hopefully the marketplace will grow and provide developers with the assets they need.

Anyways, I’ll need to figure out whether to upload the mod to Steam. From what I remember the workshop auto-updates when a new version is uploaded, which is not ideal for a 2GB mod. Although granted, I don’t update nearly as frequently as I used to, so it might work.

Hope everyone has a good week, and as always thanks for the support.

S’vashni by 5LeeKyo5

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 Kris Takahashi Screenshots No Comments

The cats you find online are all adorable little furballs, but in real life there’s some nasty ones too. When these cats bare their fangs, they’re as fearsome as any predator you’ll find in the wild. That’s right, even Garfield. You don’t even wanna imagine what he did to that lasagna when the lights went off.

Valgus by Siempre

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 Kris Takahashi Screenshots 9 Comments

Here is Valgus looking somber, despite the fact that he is sporting some new fits and a cleaner haircut. A haircut which is actually the one Viridiane suggested I give him back when the idea of Valgus was still in its fetal stages.

Given my liberal use of facial sliders on many of the male NPCs, she’d hinted that perhaps it was time to make some more attractive followers. So I said “Fine, I am going to make you a super sexy man steak,” and Valgus is what I came up with.

When I first showed him to her, she thought the unkempt hair and threadbare robes was a little too “villager,” which of course is why I kept it. Thing is, after developing his character and backstory, it turned out our sexy man was actually a man of the people. Besides, tying the hair back looked way too Geralt of Rivia for my liking.

Of course, that’s what mods are for, to change things to your liking. That’s how you get wonderful screenshots like this, with Valgus of Cyrodiil the way the combs intended.