Pseudo Progress - 4.8

[orikes]

(This is the probable cover for 4.8a. I may change it. I'm not completely happy with Kirstial's pose. I wanted her gloating, but that just looks happy-go-lucky instead.)

I have one more scene to shoot, then I'll be done with images. I've got some of it written, but not a whole lot. I'm definitely hoping to have it out by the end of this week at the latest. In fact, I HAVE to have it out by the end of this week.

November 15th is the 4th Annual AngCon. It's the little mini-convention slash excuse to have a party with a bunch of gaming geeks that I host. I'd rather have had two weeks to prep for that, but I can survive with at least a week. For the most part, it won't be too hard to put together, but the big finale game is going to be D&D 4th edition which I'm less familiar with, so I don't know what kind of snags I'll come up with creating characters.

Regardless, chapter 4.8 is in the works. It's currently clocking in at just over 200 slides and that's without the last scene I need to shoot, which I expect to come in at about 10-15 slides. Obviously it has to be split into a two-parter. I'm pretty sure I know where I'm going to split it, but that'll depend when I get the last scene shot and most of it written.

As a side note, Jenn, your simself kept showing up on lots I was trying to stage scenes on. This happened THREE times on three different lots. She's never shown up as a walk-by or a work friend in the real neighborhood, but in this dummy hood, she keeps trying to get into the thick of things. It took me a minute to recognize her. I got rid of the Rabid Angel outfit I originally had her in, but forgot to give her a make-over. She's walking around in one of those low-cut dresses (like this). I promise I'll make sure she gets a make-over before she has to legitimately come on screen. :)

Comments

[dicreasy.livejournal.com]

Oo I like the cover, but I do see what you mean about Kirstial's pose. She looks a bit too...nonchalant and casual there, almost as if she is standing chatting to a friend.

So there will be a Pseudo update soon then? Yay, I'm looking forward to it. :D

[ndainye.livejournal.com]

Yay for updates! I like the cover but I get what you mean about Kirstial.

My simself is just trying to tell you she's cold :)

[rosefyre.livejournal.com]

At first I thought that was a link to the update, but it's just the cover. Oh well.

Still, great cover! But yeah, I also see what you mean about Kirstial. It's not a great gloating pose.

[honorkid54.livejournal.com]

I'm super excited for 4.8. And I also like the cover, but I don't really like the way Kirstial looks either. It's a good pose, but it looks like she's saying, "Oh... really?" in a relieved way, rather than bragging/gloating.

All of the pictures are showing a lot of surprises to come in 4.8, I assume...

You have your own gaming convention? That must be fun =D

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

I am SO looking forward to this. And the WOLVES. Good heavens, the return of the WOLVES, which was absolutely the first thing that grabbed me about your legacy. I love (is it Balin watching TV with Star?) Mega-cute.

I know what you mean about getting stuff done. I so want to get more writing done (and more playing, and some reviews), but I am so spectacularly slammed, plus my parents will be in town next weekend. You'll definitely be forgiven if it takes longer. :)

[fireflowersims.livejournal.com]

EXCITEMENT. ^_^ I love the cover, as always.

[writeraissa.livejournal.com]

I *love* the cover, though I agree--a more devious pose for Kirstial would be nice.

Lots of scenes hinted at there--I'm SO looking forward to your update!

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

The pose was the last thing I did before work today, so I probably rushed it. It was a bit of a pain because I kept having to pose her, pause, then go into build mode where I could turn on sunlight without immolating her. :) I'll try again tonight when I get home.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

But it's summer! She shouldn't be cold. :)

It's funny, I remembered that I would have to go give her a makeover, but didn't think about doing it before I was done with 4.8. It figures she'd be incessantly around during the staged parts of this one.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

Yes WOLVES! Who are a bit of a pain to shoot with. As far as I can tell, the petsfreewill cheat does NOT work. NO matter what I set it as, the pets would go and do whatever they wanted. The howl interaction also seems to be broken. I need to pull my hacks and see if I've got a conflict, but I every time I directed a wolf to howl, they instead tried to play razzle with someone.

Regardless, I think you'll like the stuff with the wolves.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

And that's only part one! Part two will have different pictures on the cover.

I'll have to come up with something different for Kirstial. I wanted something playful but evil. That isn't working. She's looking too innocent.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

We'll only have 20 people at the most. It's essentially a party masquerading as a gaming convention. ;)

[rcubical.livejournal.com]

The picture of Star has me at the peak of curiosity. I know that it may just be a minor part to the storyline but with her line of the family being the one to have the most supernatural activity, I think it would be cool to see what she's going to be like with the wolves.

Kirstial's pose just makes her look so out of character. Maybe the "paper stealing" pose would be more fitting.

[writeraissa.livejournal.com]

I've never been able to get the controlpets cheat to work either. Made things hellish shooting Sim Spade.

I've noticed some of those animation boxes conflict with other stuff--a lot of them don't work as advertised 100% of the time.

[writeraissa.livejournal.com]

It's too bad adults can't do the 'shock' animation... that particular evil grin is priceless.

I think the evil steal gnome animation is similar, though. Maybe that? Or the Prank with Sprinklers one?

[ndainye.livejournal.com]

Howl doesn't work for me either. Best I can come up with normally is to make em growl at another pet.

I did find that Jaydee does have a pets expansion animation box, but it doesn't have anything actions for actual pets. One thing about the box though is that it includes a bunch of Castaway Stories animations so you can have sims doing that stuff without the actual objects now. Yeah not really relevant but I just remembered it.

[writeraissa.livejournal.com]

There's a cat poses hack here: http://linna.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=229120

Might be worth poking around to see if someone has done one for dogs.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I actually thought of the scene for the wolves back in February or March, so I did quite a bit of searching for pet animation hacks back then. The ONLY thing I could find was a cat animation hack on MTS2. Unfortunately, that still won't have a 'howl' on it. :)

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I didn't know that about that hack. I have all of Jaydee's boxes (as well as AG's paintings and all of Decorgal's stuff). Jaydee's boxes have become my favorites as of late, though.

[avidreader7.livejournal.com]

I love the cover! And I'm so excited about this update - I've missed your Sim families while you were doing the BC.

[lauriempress.livejournal.com]

Kristial looks like at teenager in that pose. Not a vile purveyor of destruction.

I've never had too much trouble with the boolprop cheats that let you control the pets and x out their cues. But that's on owned pets.

Looking forward to your update! But just take your time.

Angcom sounds like a lot of fun. But I was wondering what do you think of 4.0? I ordered the core set but something happened and they messed up my order so I didn't get them. I glanced it over in the bookstore, but I wasn't sure what I thought. What is your opinion so far.

I've babbled enough sorry.

Lauri

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I can't get into it too much right now, but I do like 4.0. It's a lot of fun. It's very different from 3.5 and I don't think it gives much to an experienced and skilled GM, but it makes things much easier for an inexperienced or moderately skilled GM.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I've missed them too! :)

[lauriempress.livejournal.com]

Thanks even that little bit helped.
Lauri