- Sep 9, 2023
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Dev be working furiously on this next magic and sorcery title featuring Thomas the mage:
” Northern diplomacy, that was the title for the image. Things are dropping into places, and I keep finding interesting things in my library. Take, for example, the clothes on Tomas. I forgot I had them; they aren't for genesis 8 so they don't show up in the library as is. And then the other night I stumbled upon them while doing stuff when waiting for render to complete. And I reckon that set fixed the irritation I had with Tomas' clothing. Although, I need to change the belt... ”
” And then there is this. I know I wanted to test some new effects I had, but then I forgot, again, that the VDB's are broken in the Daz's beta build. So it didn't come out as I originally wanted. ”
Writing things, it's going alright. I had some concerns about the timing of things. There is, let's say, realistic travelling times. Now that creates a problem with certain story aspect. It is surprising how little people could travel during a day in medieval times. On foot and on horse, it's 30 miles per day on average, give or take, just that the time going from A to B is shorter with on horseback. There is an exception to this, with trained horses who could do 100 miles a day, but they would need two to three days' resting period after that. Thinking that, realistically, going from where I live to the next city, which is a one-hour trip nowadays, would take two to three days back then. Puts things into perspective. And now days there isn't the risk being eaten by wolves or bears.
Dev about different to sorcerer stuff: ” In this setting, I'm not a fan of Sorcerer style "free for all" teleportation, it just creates problems. Which can be hand waved with more magic. That being said, I was browsing my assets, and I found a way that fit the lore of the setting... in more ways than one, to my surprise. And it limits accessibility to teleportation. ”
” Gates have been fairly standard in mythology, fantasy, and scifi. And when done correctly it removes certain limitations, but at the same time, doesn't negate need for normal travel. They just aren't often used since in fantasy as is. ”
Dev says this: ” Yes, there will be another VN. And yes, it will be a fantasy one once TRS2 is over, need to rotate settings so I won't get burned out. It isn't being rendered as is, just the additional renders are me testing (and planning) things during downtime (generally during loading times and during breaks I need to take). ”
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