News, Notes, and Wikis

I3ceEiWZhaarteth has finished indexing the ReadMe section, and I’ve added some colorful little banners to the table of contents. The changes are relatively minor, but they should make navigation a lot easier. And if not we can take a whiteboard eraser to the whole thing. Maligree has also finished another quest page, for Mogo’s Mead. We are getting closer and closer to completion.

Another thing I’m considering doing is turning the future content of this mod over to the users. There will still need to be an editor to check quality control *cough* Lindsey Lorraine *cough* and a modder *cough* nonoodles *cough* to implement the new lines, quests, etcetera, but I’ve never been one to get particularly attached to things I’ve done in the past. I don’t care if someone else writes new lines or re-writes the old ones, so long as they stay true to the character. It’s the only way to really ensure the mod has continued life once I abandon it for a smarter, better-looking child.

 

News, Notes, and Fanposts

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UPDATE: This post was made on the old WordPress.com site.

The folks at WordPress got back to me and it turns out you can put the gallery on a separate page as opposed to the sidebar. Clicking on the picture over there —> will take you to a fanshot page that will load all the user pictures, like the one above by Lesstimeless. RIght now I’ve only done a few of the Nexus pages, I’ll get to them all eventually. I also want to browse a few other places as I’m sure Nexus isn’t the only location where mod characters have been posted. If there are any sexy time photos, I can post them in a separate section, depending on user demand.

I’ve also begun the process of creating character specific galleries on their respective pages. For instance, if you click on the top photo of Amalee’s page here, it will take you to a tiled mosaic of all the user screenshots and fan art. If you click on a specific image it will load the carousel/slideshow where you can browse and place individual comments.

As for new submissions, you can put them either in the comments section on the Fanpost page or on Nexus and I’ll add them to the stack.

GIFs and Images in the Comment Section

For those who weren’t aware, you can also embed images into your comments using the following code:

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The first URLNAME is where the picture will link to. The img src is the actual picture, and the width can be adjusted from there. Alternatively, if you don’t want the picture to link anywhere, you can just use the img src code I believe. The width is to shrink the picture so it fits. Or you can just post a link and I’ll make it an image. How? How else. Magic.

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Eventually I want the commenters to have the same tools the editors have – tiny little buttons that places the code in there for you, but at the moment the following will suffice if you’re like me and enjoy talking in GIFs.

3DNPC v3.05.2

2013-11-18_00001Here is version 3.05.2, the second of ten weekly updates until a full Nexus release. This week we don’t really have much of anything, not even a good screenshot, mostly because the majority of work I did on the mod is for a quest that won’t be ready for some time, depending on actor availability, worldspace creation, and things of that nature. For example, the Thousand Words quest was written, programmed, and tested back in December. Still not in the mod. Other quests get done over the weekend. You just never know.

I did hope to have Mithril‘s little quest done by now, but that too will have to be put on hold until it’s fully voiced. However, the base lines will now be active as the backstory and things of that nature are now recorded. You just can’t complete her request. That and the other quest audio I did receive accounts for the difference (about 25MB) in size from last week. As for other changes, there’s also some quest failsafes implemented as well as one important fix, the dismissal function of Ylgyne, which was still incorrectly conditioned in 3.05.1. Now it should work.

In other news, zhaarteth has agreed to help index the ReadMe section, as the increasing size of the mod makes it that having a single page isn’t ideal for navigation. So hopefully when he’s finished we’ll have a nice little Table of Contents that allows you to navigate more freely.

3DNPC v3.05.2 (90MB Zip Download) – REQUIRES v3.05 INSTALLED

New NPCs
• Mithril (Ronja Monto)

Re-Recorded NPCs
Jerulith (Jessica Osborne)
Carmella (Elegant Artist)

All Fixes and Tweaks from v3.05
Fenced InMorndas asks to meet fence but script referenced wrong quest.
Immortal Coil – Added wandering, potentially hostile Thalmor patrol in Markarth for first phase of the quest and objective to ensure PC talks to Froa upon retrieving the soul gems. Also added objective to return to Widow’s Watch.
• Froa’s 100+ Post-Quest audio files were not included in 3.05
Hagravi missing marriage lines added
• Dropped HP of Darkened Steel NPC and added failsafe script to ensure proper outcome
• Ylgyne dismissal was incorrectly conditioned to Meresine being in your group as opposed to Ylgyne
• Removed instances of double voices for Larkspur, Duraz, and Yushari
S’vashni‘s minimum level raised to 20