VN Ren'Py Yesterday's Crossroads [Ch.3 v0.4.0a] [CHAQUINN0]

[Justaphase]

Hey, everyone!

I hope your year started off great and you had an amazing holiday season. It's time to kick off this year and get things rolling!
Things are fine on my end, though I did hit a bit of a snag last week with my video card probably dying.
The reworks are pretty much ready—almost all the animations look good. There are just two that still have some clunky movements I want to fix. Once those are done and I finish a few final tests, everything should be good to release, so that's coming pretty soon!
So, what happened to my video card?
I'm not 100% sure. I say 'probably dying' because it still works, but as soon as I start doing something demanding like rendering or even opening a game, it either freezes or crashes the driver, causing a blue screen.
I tried everything I know to fix it, even opening it up, but no luck. Fortunately, a friend came to my rescue and lent me his old RTX 2070. Lo and behold, it works perfectly, so it's definitely an issue with my card. I'll be using his card for rendering until I can afford a new one. I’m still about $900 short, so hopefully I can buy it next month, or the one after that.
On the bright side, I can keep working, so this won't hinder progress—only rendering speed, which has never been fast either way. Thankfully, progress continues, so it’s not all bad.
I'll post a new Chapter 4 preview later this week.
Have an amazing week, everyone! ♥

 

[Justaphase]

Damn come on guys, get those subs going. CHAQUINN0 needs a good rig so that he can get those beautiful renders going and so that we get updates as quickly as possible.
I hope that the Christmas contest prize money can help to get you a decent graphics card. I also just realised that my sub had run out so I just resubbed. Come on guys, let's help all we can.

 

[CHAQUINN0]

Damn come on guys, get those subs going. CHAQUINN0 needs a good rig so that he can get those beautiful renders going and so that we get updates as quickly as possible.
I hope that the Christmas contest prize money can help to get you a decent graphics card. I also just realised that my sub had run out so I just resubbed. Come on guys, let's help all we can.

Thank you!!

Please don't feel compelled to upgrade your sub or subscribe if you can't. Things will fall into place with time.

The contest prize really helped a lot; it's the amount equivalent to an entire Patreon month, so it will reduce the time I need to save up.

My RTX 3060 was only a four year old card, but I guess the heavy load I've been putting on it might have shortened its lifespan. Either way, my friend's 2070 has been handling the work for now. A normal 1080p image takes about 25~30 minutes, up from the 10~15 minutes the 3060 used to take.
I'm just happy I can still keep posing and rendering the scenes, that's what really matters at this point.

 

[Dessolos]

Times like these I wish I was rich so I could buy you a 4090 or something haha

 

[jadepaladin]

*looks at my 2080 Super*

C'mon, just give me a couple more years.

 

[Elduriel]

Times like these I wish I was rich so I could buy you a 4090 or something haha

I have a spare 1080 I could give away, not sure how useful that would be for rendering though

 

[Dizzyatom]

*looks at my 2080 Super*

C'mon, just give me a couple more years.

*looks at intel integrated graphics*

Guess I'm stuck with you