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Mornin' everyone!
I continued to stay focused on story renders mostly. I also went through the script again and made some minor revisions. Did some work on the models as well, no changes to the models themselves. But one of the assets used for the breast was causing some issues with the textures and UV maps. So I had to drop them in Photoshop to do a little nip and tuck where the UV maps were causing issues. The final results look a lot better for one character who really needed the fix. Another issue I hope to see resolved are the black lines seen on characters' heads where the scalp is at. It kind of bums me out that I wasn't able to see those details before getting my contacts, as they're a lot more noticeable now. But due to my keratoconus, I wasn't able to see them before. Though that's in the past now and at least I'm able to catch errors with better precision.
Kindra's ponytail is the asset that most commonly has this issue. So I tweaked the mesh a bit and so far seems to be less of an issue now. At least she'll be getting a new hairstyle when we see Corporate Kindra, at least while she's conducting business. Her ponytail/bob will still be her hairstyle when not at the office. You can preview that hair from the anniversary render posted not long ago.
A lot of prep is being done for this chapter. Since this chapter is going to be the closing chapter for Book One. Really want to come full circle from some ideas I played around with when I released Chapter One. And with this chapter coming to a close, I'll finally be able to hint at something special that I've been waiting to reveal since Chapter One. It will be hinted after Chapter 4's credits have rolled, so I'll remind you guys to stick around after the credits roll for CH4 when the update is released. There will be two actually, a mid-credit scene and then this special bit. I also want to point out that chapter 3 only had a week of beta testing I believe, before being released and it introduced a number of bugs. I even had to push the dreaded day 0 patch to resolve one of them. So when chapter 4 enters beta, it will go on longer than usual. And not just this chapter, but future chapters. As it should have been.
I was also having trust issues with this new monitor. The colors were just looking real sus, so I decided to just order a monitor calibrating device to finally correct things. And I am finally satisfied with the colors, haha.
Here is where I'm at with the numbers. I'm at 263 renders now. Now that my monitor is properly calibrated, I'll be re-reviewing the images I've done post-work for and correcting any that need to be, and inserting them into the code. I'll be focusing on more renders this week and dabble a bit more on the script.
You can expect another preview this week.
Thanks, everyone, and be well, wherever you may be!
- digi.B
