LoneWolf pointed out some of Froa‘s follower lines were silent. In fact, somehow I seemed to have neglected to include about 137 lines for Froa in version 3.05. I suppose most players simply assumed she had nothing to say post-quest, when she actually had 137 things to say, although some of them are marriage related. Here’s a hotfix to make her say them. This is her complete audio, just drop in your data folder and overwrite as there may be some re-takes in here also.
I went in game to apologize to poor Froa and Jessica for making her a post-quest mute, and whatever possible harm this did to her potential marriage prospects. Unfortunately she didn’t take the news particularly well.
That horrible crunching noise is my skull being turned into putty.
Just want to check in and let everyone know I’m making good progress on a new quest that will involve a small group of older NPCs as well as a brand new location, built by nonoodles. Having someone else do the world building is a huge time saver. It makes me want to press the PLAY button on this file forever.
I’m also slowly putting together a slightly larger project related to the underground city of Mzinchaleft, but that one’s going to require some time to fill in the clutter.
The New Music Player
One of the things you may have noticed is the new music player slotted on the right hand column. It came as a surprise to me too. I didn’t know how it got there or what its demands were, it just moved in in the middle of the night and started sleeping on the couch.
When I first saw the player, with all the crazy doo-hickeys, mismatched names and bizarre headers, my first instinct was to take a deep breath and remind myself not to panic.
Yup, cool as a cucumber. Eventually, I managed to figure out this is all WordPress’ doing, and while the curmudgeon in me fears change, ultimately I’m pleased with the new interface. My only criticism is that the bar to forward the track is too narrow, but if you didn’t want to listen to a song, there was never any reason to click on it in the first place.
The changes also forced me to upload some of the newer tracks, such as Blood of Kings by Sebastian Schneider and Ronja Monto‘s Seven Septims for Sigurd. And best of all, the new format displays metadata in a way that I can list both the singer and the composer, which is huuuuuuuuuuuge.
While they would never complain, I’m sure the composers might have felt a tad under-appreciated because their names weren’t credited beside each song. So while the alterations themselves left me in a cold sweat, in the end whatever programming wizardry WordPress forced upon me was a net positive. Score another point for science.
As for an actual, full length soundtrack, that will come when all the orchestral songs, variants, and miscellaneous shit is finished. Which should be any daymonthyear century now. I typically don’t like releasing soundtracks that are incomplete, I hate it when I buy a soundtrack only to find it doesn’t have all the songs. Of course, it’s different when it’s free, so maybe I’m just lazy and making excuses. The world will never know.
Here is some fully colored fan art from Foxmouse aka Raquel Richardson. Not only that, but she also provided a little blurb for each character which is an awesome read and really gives insight into her inspiration for the work. Okay, I’ll shut up now and let her explain:
“My Dragonborn must have some form of Stockholm syndrome because she’s started justifying Skjarn‘s incorrigible behavior. She doesn’t laugh at him anymore, she laughs with him. She rationalizes he’s just trying to be the best and the focus of everyone’s attention even though deep down he knows he isn’t. Considering his background it’s no real surprise. Does it warrant all the hate? Nah, the guy just wants to better himself. Sure his tactics are flawed, but he’s got an extreme ‘Don’t dream it, be it’ mentality. Frankly that’s a state of mind my Dragonborn can get behind. Screw what other people say or think. When Skjarn yells at the enemy: ‘You’re fighting me AND your urges, woman, you can’t win!’ the Dragonborn shouts ‘You tell ’em, sugar tits!’ Then shoots an arrow through their throat. And when it came time to kit him out I decided to put him in the Nordic Ranger Outfit light armor mod. He moaned about helmets hiding his wondrous face so my Dragonborn persuaded him by saying ‘Wear a hood. It adds mystery. Bitches love mystery.’
I cannot deny my own character’s inclining; Skjarn looks fantastic and extremely sexy in the armor. If he didn’t see it as some sort of conquest my Dragonborn would probably bed him, but it will never be; it would just hurt her heart to much to be treated like that. And yeah I know I’m probably over thinking this character. No matter the reasons anyone that’s got me quoting Rocky Horror Picture Show is a-okay by me. Also the mental image ( or would that be auditory hallucination?) of Giramor actually singing Don’t Dream It, Be It is stuck in my head. And it. Will not. LEAVE.”
“I gotta say I really love just how feisty and witty Alassea is. My current Dragonborn actually didn’t travel much with females when I first started playing her. It took a lot of character development with the Companions to feel comfortable around female followers. When it came time to dabble in magic she spent all of her school time alone due to seeing the female mages as ‘too dainty,’ while trying to hide her own insecurities about being a ‘tom boy.’ When she met Alassea she was sure it’d be the same thing all over again, but was pleasantly surprised by how quickly she bogart her way into adventure. She’s got dirt under her nails and stains on her clothes and mud on her boots; color my Dragonborn impressed. In game, Alassea is wearing West Wind Combat Series – Misfit Mage which I think suits her well. It’s feminine while keeping some of Alassea’s scrappy personality. It’s also a clothing mod, rather then armor, so I had to alter her combat with AFT a bit to keep her alive and away from direct combat.
Oh, and did I mention my enjoyment of the puns? Oh my god, the puns! I never thought someone could be turned on by bad puns, but my Redguard is rocking some serious girl wood. If Alassea isn’t careful she just might do something drastic like bake her a cake.”
So there you have it. Nothing more needs to be said, which is great because it means less work for me. Check out more of Raquel’s art on the link below.
