Good God man...are you trying to give folk a stroke????Oh I can't continue torturing you anymore,
You folks don't name the "Machete" "Catana" as well ?
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Oh well I thought you mentioned something like that beforeNah, not a Brazillian from the old world actually. Hafu though.
Where do you get Brasil?
( I should stop drinking Mate tea with whisky) ! and I was wondering 
Hmmm, a new dev post. Are you pondering what I'm pondering, fellow F95ers?View attachment 3297408
Hey everyone,
the new year 2024 seems to keep throwing wrenches into my work.
Be it my own health or my family, this week it was my PC.
Last Friday, I said I wanted to finish the test build early this week.
Last Friday (evening), life said "eheheh... middle finger" and sent a power outage to roast one of my hard disks.
Out of the 4 disks in my PC, it hit the SSD with all the TNT stuff on it (of course). All rendered images, all DAZ scenes, and all kit-bashed assets were on that SSD.
While I do have a backup (2 actually), the backup is from the end of December 2023. 3 weeks of rendering work gone.
So instead of rendering the final images for the test build, I spent the whole weekend desperately trying to get the SSD back to functional
or at least recover the data from it. I failed on the first task but mostly succeded on the 2nd one.
By Monday I had most of the critical stuff recovered (it was painfully slow but at least it worked). Cost me 2 days of work and nerves (and ~200€ for a new SSD and the recovery software...)
but that's still better than having to re-pose and render 260 images...
Lessons learned:
- do backups more often
- look into buying an UPS
It did come with one positive thing, though. While sitting there waiting and praying for the recovery to succeed I had an idea for a small animation that wasn't planned.
So as the wise people say: Always look on the bright side of life!
After I dealt with the SSD fallout, I got back to setting up the remaining renders and created my test build (on Thursday now).
The numbers for this week are:
57 new static renders, 264 recovered renders, for a total of 321
1 new animation, 1 recovered, for a total of... 2 (didn't even need a calculator for this one!)
80 new script lines for a total of 1101
The plan for next week? Same thing I do every week... try to take over the world, gnarf.
Other news and stuff:
I released my Demo on Steam earlier today in preparation for the Steam Next Fest on Feb 05.
You can find it here:
You must be registered to see the links
And while you're there, you can give the game a wishlist if you haven't done already ;-)
In the process of setting up the Steam stuff and Next Fest, I'll make the switch to the game being paywalled.
I already mentioned it earlier, releasing on Steam forces you to do that and I want a (mostly) clean cut.
The demo (up to the end of Chapter 3) will be free (and I don't intend to take it down after Next Fest), everything after that will be paywalled.
I already made that switch on itch.io, Patreon will follow within the next few days, which means the Chaplain tier will be discontinued and a new Chaplain tier with a higher price will be introduced.
Both Chaplain tiers will have access to a Steam key (if they want) and the download links for the Chapters after Chapter 3.
Lower tiers will have access to the DL links and a Steam key if the lifetime support matches (or exceeds) the Steam price.
That's it for now.
I wish you guys a nice weekend and I'm thrilled to see what life throws at me next week... ;-)
Cheers,
Ceolag
Good to hear you're okay, sorry to hear about the cat
I wish you all the best and hope that the clean up goes well.
Thanks I appreciate it. A lot of people without power and a lot of cleaning up to do still so we have been helping out as we can.View attachment 3297408
Hey everyone,
the new year 2024 seems to keep throwing wrenches into my work.
Be it my own health or my family, this week it was my PC.
Last Friday, I said I wanted to finish the test build early this week.
Last Friday (evening), life said "eheheh... middle finger" and sent a power outage to roast one of my hard disks.
Out of the 4 disks in my PC, it hit the SSD with all the TNT stuff on it (of course). All rendered images, all DAZ scenes, and all kit-bashed assets were on that SSD.
While I do have a backup (2 actually), the backup is from the end of December 2023. 3 weeks of rendering work gone.
So instead of rendering the final images for the test build, I spent the whole weekend desperately trying to get the SSD back to functional
or at least recover the data from it. I failed on the first task but mostly succeded on the 2nd one.
By Monday I had most of the critical stuff recovered (it was painfully slow but at least it worked). Cost me 2 days of work and nerves (and ~200€ for a new SSD and the recovery software...)
but that's still better than having to re-pose and render 260 images...
Lessons learned:
- do backups more often
- look into buying an UPS
It did come with one positive thing, though. While sitting there waiting and praying for the recovery to succeed I had an idea for a small animation that wasn't planned.
So as the wise people say: Always look on the bright side of life!
After I dealt with the SSD fallout, I got back to setting up the remaining renders and created my test build (on Thursday now).
The numbers for this week are:
57 new static renders, 264 recovered renders, for a total of 321
1 new animation, 1 recovered, for a total of... 2 (didn't even need a calculator for this one!)
80 new script lines for a total of 1101
The plan for next week? Same thing I do every week... try to take over the world, gnarf.
Other news and stuff:
I released my Demo on Steam earlier today in preparation for the Steam Next Fest on Feb 05.
You can find it here:
You must be registered to see the links
And while you're there, you can give the game a wishlist if you haven't done already ;-)
In the process of setting up the Steam stuff and Next Fest, I'll make the switch to the game being paywalled.
I already mentioned it earlier, releasing on Steam forces you to do that and I want a (mostly) clean cut.
The demo (up to the end of Chapter 3) will be free (and I don't intend to take it down after Next Fest), everything after that will be paywalled.
I already made that switch on itch.io, Patreon will follow within the next few days, which means the Chaplain tier will be discontinued and a new Chaplain tier with a higher price will be introduced.
Both Chaplain tiers will have access to a Steam key (if they want) and the download links for the Chapters after Chapter 3.
Lower tiers will have access to the DL links and a Steam key if the lifetime support matches (or exceeds) the Steam price.
That's it for now.
I wish you guys a nice weekend and I'm thrilled to see what life throws at me next week... ;-)
Cheers,
Ceolag
Good to hear you're okay, sorry to hear about the cat
I wish you all the best and hope that the clean up goes well.
Talk about something other than Kiaja?Thanks I appreciate it. A lot of people without power and a lot of cleaning up to do still so we have been helping out as we can.
You have had your own problems by the sound of it. The updates looks like it will be awesome and I'm glad you recovered a lot of your work. I'm really looking forward to it. We might actually talk about something other than Kaija
Heresy...sacrilige....and...and...a load of other words i can't think of (or spell) right now!The updates looks like it will be awesome and I'm glad you recovered a lot of your work. I'm really looking forward to it. We might actually talk about something other than Kaija
Do you have a moment to talk about our savior Razor Eddie, punk god of straight razors?
Just joking.
Fucking hate her. Thanks for asking.I want to talk about something that hasn't been mentioned, what do you think of Kaija?
I don't think she is, though I don't have any proof for it. She seems to be a friend to MC's parents. Also she is as devoted as Kaija to the their cult. Only plausible reason would be her disgust against Neverwhere, Elves demanded that they shutdown all known gate to Neverwhere. I still think it was Jason Statham though.
Granted ive yet to do optional bar conversations with Linnae. But something about Linnae always felt a bit off to me. She gave me Emperor Palatine vibes or something , like she is playing everyone without us knowing it idk. It's just every other council member is an asshole and you are meant to hate them right away. But with Linnae she felt like she is the only one that was nice and not a total dick. It could be she is up to nothing, but with the common theme of templars lying and hiding the truth from us, I feel like something is off im not sure what or why.I want to talk about something that hasn't been mentioned, what do you think of Kaija?
Could Linnae be the mastermind behind the demons? She is a step ahead of the rest of the Templars. Linnae is willing to act independently to achieve her goals. When she is booted from the council, she isn't fazed at all. She has taken a particular interest in the MC. Thoughts?
You're probably right about Linnae. I was just playing with ideas.Fucking hate her. Thanks for asking.
I don't think she is, though I don't have any proof for it. She seems to be a friend to MC's parents. Also she is as devoted as Kaija to the their cult. Only plausible reason would be her disgust against Neverwhere, Elves demanded that they shutdown all known gate to Neverwhere. I still think it was Jason Statham though.
Hnm, no in the scene where she trains MC in HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) she states that she is sick of the plots and politics that she likes the Field more, and that she wan'ts to leave the council, (would explain about not being sad when she is ceased) also she talks with MC in the pub about retirement. (If you choose to go there when you are on the HQ)I want to talk about something that hasn't been mentioned, what do you think of Kaija?
Could Linnae be the mastermind behind the demons? She is a step ahead of the rest of the Templars. Linnae is willing to act independently to achieve her goals. When she is booted from the council, she isn't fazed at all. She has taken a particular interest in the MC. Thoughts?
Yup my thinking I'm suspecting the other one and the Lady , he is more a Minion in my eyes
I don't agree with him being moron he is a high ranking Templar, he cannot climb that place without being smart enough to play dirty especially in such a corrupt hierarchy but I can agree with him not being the mastermind behind all of it. He is probably being a puppet in the hands of some third party but he is thinking he is winning the game. Like Sun Tzu said appear weak when you are strong. His unwillingness to help MC is also a giveaway, I think.
