3DNPC v3.05.2

Kris Takahashi Releases 10 Comments

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 In – Morndas 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

News, Notes, and Carousels

Kris Takahashi Other 7 Comments

Rosequest_by_numerikuI decided to take a moment from scratching myself to do a little blog maintenance. For a while mod users like numeriku have been adding images like the one above to Nexus, and I figured at some point I should look into creating a user gallery here. Coding isn’t something I’m familiar with, so mostly I have to make use of whatever widgets the smart folks at WordPress have provided.

And they do provide. The music player is just one of the countless handy widgets available, and they’re constantly being updated and improved. However, what we needed now was a slideshow function, so I was pretty pumped up to see an actual functioning carousel, with titles, captions, user comments and reblog options already built in. This is precisely what the masses have been clamoring for, and it was there the whole fucking time.

Well, not exactly. It didn’t take long for me to realize after the eighth or so image showed up in the sidebar—>, the older thumbnails weren’t being hidden. They were being stacked. Happy face turned to sad face.

113Well, that’s not quite the sad face I was going for, House.

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Okay, that’s better. I have a fairly good connection, and it was struggling to load the front page. That is as the teenagers say, “no bueno.” I don’t know if teenagers actually say that but it sounds like a cheerleader would. Anyhow, for now I’ve posted a few images as an example, and posted on the WordPress forums to complain.

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/gallery-widget-sidebar-showing-too-many-images?replies=1

Hopefully there’s a way to do this that I’m just not seeing, or Batman is going to drown in his own tears. You wouldn’t do that to Batman, would you, WordPress?

 

News, Notes, and Advertisements

Kris Takahashi Other 10 Comments

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A common question I get is when the mod will be finished. I have no idea. Perhaps if the earthquake that hit last night was twice the magnitude and swallowed me whole, that would certainly be the end of the mod. Instead, it was just a 5.1, not enough to cause major damage but enough to tweet out a series of crude adolescent jokes, such as:

1. Imply earthquake caused by sex
2. Imply earthquake caused by someone’s mother
3. Imply earthquake caused by sex with someone’s mother

All I know is that every time I feel like I’m done with modding, I get another idea in my head and then it’s another hit of the crack pipe. There should be a support group for people like me. You know, modders who like to exaggerate the effects of a relatively harmless hobby by likening it to doing drugs.

It’s not cool man, not fucking cool. But I can’t stop, it’s just like being addicted to heroin.

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NO YOUTUBE I DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY HERE TAKE IT ALL YOU CORPORATE SCUM!!!

0X2SKUMYou may have noticed, but I’ve disabled advertisements on Youtube because I am worried about the influence of corporations on art and bwahahaha no in all seriousness they simply don’t make enough greenbacks to justify annoying people. We’re talking tens of dollars per month. Actually more like ten of dollars. As in ten dollars. There’s no point.

However, WordAds revenue has been surprisingly steady, and makes more than enough to cover all blog related expenses, including the office walrus. As such, advertisements will continue to be placed on every page, post, video and image posted to the blog, as well as handwritten on Zora‘s scars and Vardath‘s chest hair. In fact, if you play Mogo’s Mead backwards, it’s actually a jingle for peanut butter. Moreover, Tikrid‘s shield will henceforth be known as the Tampaximum, for ultimate long-lasting protection.  AT LEAST IT CAN, for the right price. Corporations send your emails to kristakahashi@gmail.com.

The additional revenue has allowed me to purchase a number of upgrades for the blog, from storage space – weekly updates would not be possible without the 10GB upgrade – to expanded file upload types (one example would be mp3 files which really help save on storage space as opposed to WAV) and hopefully other useful widgets and things that should enhance the overall experience. All in all I really appreciate all of you who have whitelisted this site in AdBlock, as the pennies accumulated help sustain the wiki, which is what you’re all here for anyway.

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