Dragging My Feet
Apr. 6th, 2008 04:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orikesThis next Pseudo update is really taking a lot out of me. I thought after the quick two updates in February, I'd be able to keep up with things. Apparently not.
Part of the problem is that I wrote myself into a bit of a corner. It was a completely voluntary corner, but at the same time, it's frustrating. I've been planning this update since Bon Voyage came out last year. The idea's been percolating in my head, growing and getting bigger all the time. Now that it's time to actually execute it, oof.
Don't get me wrong, I like doing the plotty scenes amidst the regular game play and stuff my sims throw at me, but to do them right it takes work. The animation hacks are both a blessing and a curse. With them, I can get so many more things than what I could otherwise. But they're all designed so haphazardly it's nearly impossible to find exactly what I'm looking for when I need it.
On top of that, there are the other technical difficulties. I needed some sims to pass out on a secret vacation lot. Did you know that sims CAN'T pass out on secret vacation lots? I certainly didn't. I bottomed out their energy bars, and all they did was just bitch about how tired they were. Eventually I threw my hands up in disgust and closed the game down. I figured out a way to work around that little issue, but it's still frustrating.
Then today I wasn't able to find a specific sim in the teleporter. I'm 99.9% certain all the vacation townies have the same names across neighborhoods, but this guy was nowhere to be found when I needed him. So, I had to go into CAS and recreate him. This is AFTER I also had to send the Pleasantview bigfoot to the facelift machine. Did you know that Bigfeet have different faces? I certainly didn't. The Terra Lostundo Bigfoot had the squishy frog nose face of Brandon Lillard. Pleasantview's Bigfoot had the exact same aspiration and LTW, but had Ben Long's face. GAH!
Either way, I did make some progress today. I ended up stopping because I wasn't quite sure how to proceed with the rest of the scene, but I got some good pictures.
Can I reiterate that I adore Shelby? She's what most would consider an 'ugly' sim, but sometimes she just throws me the most beautiful faces. I can't wait to see what her and Elijah give me as kids. Soon...
Of course, after this update, I have to work on Miranda's BC. And that's got some plotty to it too. *sigh* :}
Part of the problem is that I wrote myself into a bit of a corner. It was a completely voluntary corner, but at the same time, it's frustrating. I've been planning this update since Bon Voyage came out last year. The idea's been percolating in my head, growing and getting bigger all the time. Now that it's time to actually execute it, oof.
Don't get me wrong, I like doing the plotty scenes amidst the regular game play and stuff my sims throw at me, but to do them right it takes work. The animation hacks are both a blessing and a curse. With them, I can get so many more things than what I could otherwise. But they're all designed so haphazardly it's nearly impossible to find exactly what I'm looking for when I need it.
On top of that, there are the other technical difficulties. I needed some sims to pass out on a secret vacation lot. Did you know that sims CAN'T pass out on secret vacation lots? I certainly didn't. I bottomed out their energy bars, and all they did was just bitch about how tired they were. Eventually I threw my hands up in disgust and closed the game down. I figured out a way to work around that little issue, but it's still frustrating.
Then today I wasn't able to find a specific sim in the teleporter. I'm 99.9% certain all the vacation townies have the same names across neighborhoods, but this guy was nowhere to be found when I needed him. So, I had to go into CAS and recreate him. This is AFTER I also had to send the Pleasantview bigfoot to the facelift machine. Did you know that Bigfeet have different faces? I certainly didn't. The Terra Lostundo Bigfoot had the squishy frog nose face of Brandon Lillard. Pleasantview's Bigfoot had the exact same aspiration and LTW, but had Ben Long's face. GAH!
Either way, I did make some progress today. I ended up stopping because I wasn't quite sure how to proceed with the rest of the scene, but I got some good pictures.
Can I reiterate that I adore Shelby? She's what most would consider an 'ugly' sim, but sometimes she just throws me the most beautiful faces. I can't wait to see what her and Elijah give me as kids. Soon...
Of course, after this update, I have to work on Miranda's BC. And that's got some plotty to it too. *sigh* :}
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Date: 2008-04-07 07:46 pm (UTC)I'm glad you're getting close to updating, I think part of the plot bit is that when you are filming plot you already know what's going to happen (mostly) so it's just something you feel you need to do beyond being time consuming in the setting up. When you're just playing there's almost always something surprising or unexpected happening which helps keep you interested. Or that's the way it seems to me, which is why I can rarely stay interested in doing long plots.