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[Seracen]

It's not all that different on this side of the pond...sadly...and people wonder why there's such an artificial bottleneck on the training and availability of physicians...but let's move on before things become too political...

 

As for misuse of words...jeebus...don't get me started, haha!  Apostrophes are the worst for me...I just use them at the strangest places sometimes.  As for "very," I find it useful sometimes...

 

"The very idea of it was..."

 

"...very ____ indeed..."

 

In both cases, it works without "very," but I prefer the nuance that it adds.

[MrStoob]

Indeed, I too agree with such uses of 'very'.  At the end of the day, it goes dark.  *bu-dum-tish*  Sorry.  At the end of the day there are no rules, you just try to say what you want to say.  Sometimes it comes down to colloquialism, or commonly used phrases, such as 'the very idea'.  I am comma-happy, and I blame Latin.  A friend who read some of my work said it was a bit confusing at times and in general, inserting commas for 'correctness' was sometimes counter-productive to the sentence.  I couldn't really disagree and try to be a bit looser with them, but sometimes I can't resist.

 

For some reason, I was compelled to get an idea dislodged from the brain for XCom; another slice of life, this time with the good Doctor Vahlen.  I do find sometimes that such ideas need to be written down and a line drawn under them, so I can use that 'brain power' on something else.  That's how it feels anyway.

[Seracen]

4 days with no posts!?  BLASPHEMY!!!

 

Ugh...just finished finals.  Maybe now I can focus on editing the last chapters of my newest story.  Then hopefully I can post and move on to the next one!  Would be nice to get some feedback though, so if anyone has the freetime, I'd appreciate a perusal and commentary!

[MrStoob]

Ya, I've given myself a lot to monitor at the mo.  New chapts, new Skyrim mods, new musical venture, stuff.

 

Wasn't sure which work you were referring to?

[Seracen]

Ya, I've given myself a lot to monitor at the mo.  New chapts, new Skyrim mods, new musical venture, stuff.

 

Wasn't sure which work you were referring to?

 

Haha, sorry.  I meant "Project Janus," as that story is still in editing.  Thanks for the consideration!

 

As for Skyrim mods...just downloaded Arissa 2.0, the new Vilja, the new Sofia, the new Anna's NPCs update, and about to fire up Gray Cowl of Nocturnal (and a few others, including Falskaar)...so LOADS of time sink!

 

Moreover, I still have to play more Pillars of Eternity, just paid off Planescape: Numenera, and Witcher 3 drops next week...LOL!  Thank goodness classes are over, and summer classes are weeks hence!

[MrStoob]

Ahhh, Vilja.  One of the finest followers created. I say follower, she's more like a 'hanger on' but a hell of lot of work went into her.  Never really got on with Sofia, she's a bit too 'vanilla' looking for my tastes (I've been considering updating her if the author is willing); the voice acting is fun though it personally grates on me after a while.   My latest follower mod has done quite well in a relatively short time compared to the others; previous ones took a few weeks to hit 100 endorsements, the latest one is close to that after a few days, which is nice.  'Nicola Avenicci', if you like eye-candy followers, daughter of Warmaiden's proprieters, Ulfberth and Adrianne, and general greatsword wielding maniac.

 

 I've still got Thief and Fallout:NV sitting on my drive (thanks, Gabe!) but I've just not been in the mood for either yet.  It's hard going back to previous Beth titles after so much Skyrim.

[YurigirlzCrush]

*happy-dances in* wheeeee! the last of my exams is complete! stupid professor, scheduling his exam for Monday... would have loved to be done with all my exams before the weekend. but whatevs! finished, done, complete, semester over, and I actually felt more prepped for this semester's exam week than any of my previous ones! hopefully that means good grades. but I finally have the whole summer to just do whatever. maybe even get a part time job somewhere... some cash would be nice.

 

but most importantly, I can finally do some writing without having to worry about studying or writing papers. all I have to do is worry about my sisters (and maybe finding the aforementioned job). I am so relieved. I've been so inspired to write lately and had no time because of studying. here's hoping the inspiration sticks with me now that I have free time *crosses fingers*

 

hope everyone had a great mother's day weekend and is having a fabulous Monday! *grins and waves*

[MrStoob]

We had our Mothering Sunday on 15 Mar, but hey ho, I still posted some silly stuff around the web for my colonial cousins (is it still okay to say that?   hehe), including Margaret White (Carrie's mother).

 

Grats on at least getting them out the way, Yuri, fingers also crossed that you have done enough or better as well.

 

Got a bit more back into the swing of my trilogy sequel, though it's taken rather some dark turns that are difficult to write, in that I want sympathy for the devil, not agree-ance.  Bigotry lingers on in the galactic society and making their arguments, it's not something I want to actually promote but only to explore.  They can be compelling arguments to the right ears, which is part of the premise anyway, and I've seen enough of life to understand how that might work or indeed, does work.  I'd rather not have any Capcom moments:

 

Shepard: "You are a very bad person!"

Baddie: "I am a very bad person.  Muaahahaha!"

 

Edit:

Her name passes by every time I come here, so I do wonder if Lillitheris the Literary Lurker still pops in for a lurk?

[Seracen]

Ahhh, Vilja.  One of the finest followers created. I say follower, she's more like a 'hanger on' but a hell of lot of work went into her.  Never really got on with Sofia, she's a bit too 'vanilla' looking for my tastes (I've been considering updating her if the author is willing); the voice acting is fun though it personally grates on me after a while.   My latest follower mod has done quite well in a relatively short time compared to the others; previous ones took a few weeks to hit 100 endorsements, the latest one is close to that after a few days, which is nice.  'Nicola Avenicci', if you like eye-candy followers, daughter of Warmaiden's proprieters, Ulfberth and Adrianne, and general greatsword wielding maniac.

 

 I've still got Thief and Fallout:NV sitting on my drive (thanks, Gabe!) but I've just not been in the mood for either yet.  It's hard going back to previous Beth titles after so much Skyrim.

 

Will have to give your follower a look later on!  I've used Vilja and Sofia before (Vilja in Oblivion too!), but the new updates had me curious.  I tend to go for full-on Companions with unique voices and quests (Cerwiden's was amazing as well).  However, I also like finding more "Vanilla" followers to add to my roster of Blades (I have the Blades vs Thalmor mod, which allows me to recruit 30 or so...and I don't want to deplete the world of standard NPC's to do it).

 

Alas, something's conflicting with UFO (the Blades quest is completely screwed up whenever I run it), so I'll have to deactivate it for a while (which is fine b/c all my Companions run their own follow system).  I've created a few appearance mods; the one for Vilja I'm particularly proud of (2000 dl's since November)!  My greatest claim to modding fame was being a QC tester (among other things) back in the Oblivion days for a few mods.  Have yet to share any of my VtMB, Dragon Age, or Fallout mods...but maybe someday.

 

*happy-dances in* wheeeee! the last of my exams is complete! stupid professor, scheduling his exam for Monday... would have loved to be done with all my exams before the weekend. but whatevs! finished, done, complete, semester over, and I actually felt more prepped for this semester's exam week than any of my previous ones! hopefully that means good grades. but I finally have the whole summer to just do whatever. maybe even get a part time job somewhere... some cash would be nice.

 

but most importantly, I can finally do some writing without having to worry about studying or writing papers. all I have to do is worry about my sisters (and maybe finding the aforementioned job). I am so relieved. I've been so inspired to write lately and had no time because of studying. here's hoping the inspiration sticks with me now that I have free time *crosses fingers*

 

hope everyone had a great mother's day weekend and is having a fabulous Monday! *grins and waves*

 

Congrats!  Best of luck with the writing, and I hope you are having a fun start to the summer!
 

 

We had our Mothering Sunday on 15 Mar, but hey ho, I still posted some silly stuff around the web for my colonial cousins (is it still okay to say that?    hehe), including Margaret White (Carrie's mother).

 

Grats on at least getting them out the way, Yuri, fingers also crossed that you have done enough or better as well.

 

Got a bit more back into the swing of my trilogy sequel, though it's taken rather some dark turns that are difficult to write, in that I want sympathy for the devil, not agree-ance.  Bigotry lingers on in the galactic society and making their arguments, it's not something I want to actually promote but only to explore.  They can be compelling arguments to the right ears, which is part of the premise anyway, and I've seen enough of life to understand how that might work or indeed, does work.  I'd rather not have any Capcom moments:

 

Shepard: "You are a very bad person!"

Baddie: "I am a very bad person.  Muaahahaha!"

 

Edit:

Her name passes by every time I come here, so I do wonder if Lillitheris the Literary Lurker still pops in for a lurk?

 

 

Feel free you Imperial!  No...not that Imperial, by Talos...well, unless you are...  !

 

I know what you mean...I angst over presentation all the time (per a writer's comic that was posted a few pages back - we angst over something that the reader will likely minimally consider).  And that Capcom line always cracks me up (Heaven/Hell of game dev, for those who don't know)!

 

I miss Lilli... 

[MrStoob]

I use AFT myself which works very well.  Dunno how it'd deal with the Blades thing (which sounds fun TBH).  The only thing I'd say about AFT is if you ever uninstall it, or update a follower, always dismiss everyone first or it really messes things up.  Follower who aren't actually following but won't be dismissed and such like.  I've had some headaches with that kind of thing over the years but thankfully, my Dovakhiin goddess 'Feral' (lvl 83) still works!  She's far from Imperial for reasons of RP.  

 

Yes, Heaven/Hell.  "Do you want me to sing the song?  Because I'll sing the song.  I'll sing it right now!"

 

EDIT: was your Vilja update for Oblivion?  Couldn't see an obvious update for the Skyrim ver.

[Seracen]

I use AFT myself which works very well.  Dunno how it'd deal with the Blades thing (which sounds fun TBH).  The only thing I'd say about AFT is if you ever uninstall it, or update a follower, always dismiss everyone first or it really messes things up.  Follower who aren't actually following but won't be dismissed and such like.  I've had some headaches with that kind of thing over the years but thankfully, my Dovakhiin goddess 'Feral' (lvl 83) still works!  She's far from Imperial for reasons of RP.  

 

Yes, Heaven/Hell.  "Do you want me to sing the song?  Because I'll sing the song.  I'll sing it right now!"

 

EDIT: was your Vilja update for Oblivion?  Couldn't see an obvious update for the Skyrim ver.

 

I've switched back and forth from AFT to UFO...can never decide which one I want, lol!  As for the Blades vs Thalmor, it's just a conflict.  You have to dismiss all followers and disable AFT/UFO/etc in order for the quest to progress properly.  A small price to pay for such an epic mod!  In all fairness, I could probably go without a follower manager at all, considering how each of my other followers has a separate system.

 

Blades vs Thalmor

 

Vilja Appearance Mod (dl link from the main mod's "optional files" section 5)    -    Pic of Vilja Modded Appearance

 

As for Sofia: I believe there's a customizer out there to change her appearance.

 

 

In writing news: my beta finally finished helping me edit the story, so it's all on my procrastination to get the updates up, lol!

[MrStoob]

Ah, the joys of neck seams.  It's difficult with Vilja because of the way she's set up to use default body but custom head textures.  My Vilja these days just hangs about Solitude with poor Mrissi.  I sometimes wonder where my follower has gone, but they've decided to get a singing lesson from Vilja or stopped for a chat lol.

 

Hm.  I changed my avatar but now I've got anonymous man.

[Seracen]

Ah, the joys of neck seams.  It's difficult with Vilja because of the way she's set up to use default body but custom head textures.  My Vilja these days just hangs about Solitude with poor Mrissi.  I sometimes wonder where my follower has gone, but they've decided to get a singing lesson from Vilja or stopped for a chat lol.

 

Hm.  I changed my avatar but now I've got anonymous man.

 

Never used Mrissi.  Her voice grated on me, lol!  And now...

 

 

Anonymous man...Anonymous man...does whatever anonymous can...

 

What does he wear?  Guy Fawkes masks...

 

Anonymous man...

 

 

[MrStoob]

There we go.  It didn't like uploaded images, but URL links are okay it seems.  Go figure.

 

Ha!  Those Guy Fawkes masks.  Considering they're used as an icon of anti-globalisation/capitalism and general fighting 'the man', WB owns the copyright on the mask and so proceeds go to them.  Way to fight the power.  

[YurigirlzCrush]

*blink-blink* Seracen, did you just parody a They Might be Giants song? because I swear my brain went directly to Triangle Man with your anonymous man poem/lyric/parody...

 

and yes, my summer is off to a fabulous start, thanks! and despite what follows, that's not sarcasm... *smiles* woke up this morning to find my little sister on my laptop, happily typing up her own little story... in the middle of one of my stories! she did the same thing to me a week and a half ago by typing "its so fluffy I could die its so fluffy I could die..." over and over for 15 lines in one of my term papers while I was downstairs for a few minutes. it's adorable that she wants to share my hobbies, but she's old enough that I know she does these things to harass me (in a good-natured sibling way), not because she actually thinks she's helping. thankfully modern technology makes it convenient to fix these little sisterly assists. my younger sister Lisa (the eldest of my little sisters) kindly pointed out to me how much worse it would have been if we were still using paper and pen for schoolwork like our mom had to... *shudders*

 

oh, that leads me to a (sort-of) writing question. or in my case, actually a reading question. I recently read a story in which the author included a little brother for the main protagonist who was supposed to be six years old, but the behavior and dialogue was more consistent with 3 than 6. do people just forget how smart they were as a child as they get older if they aren't around kids? is this something a lot of writers struggle with? I admit that even I sometimes can't remember how smart I was when I was my baby sister's age, because she will occasionally do or say something that has me going "OMG... was I that perceptive when I was her age?" because if a lot of people forget how smart they were as children, I have a feeling I'm going to get criticism on some of my stories for my kids being too "grown-up" when I'm just accurately portraying a character by the example of the 6 and 7 year olds I know...

 

sorry I can't chime in on the mods thing. that's the one and only thing that makes me jealous of PC gamers is mods. I have an Xbox because it doesn't require upgrades to keep up with the latest game requirements. for a girl who has never had a regular job (summer and Christmas temp jobs, yes, but no regular jobs until I finish school) PC gaming is just too expensive. I was able to play some PC games at one point, but after my computer finally quit on me, that ended. this laptop is so old and worn out that it occasionally blue-screens on me just trying to play facebook games with my grandma... *sigh*

 

oh, and before I go, where is your new avatar from, your Stoobness?

 

*waves*

[Seracen]

*blink-blink* Seracen, did you just parody a They Might be Giants song? because I swear my brain went directly to Triangle Man with your anonymous man poem/lyric/parody...

 

and yes, my summer is off to a fabulous start, thanks! and despite what follows, that's not sarcasm... *smiles* woke up this morning to find my little sister on my laptop, happily typing up her own little story... in the middle of one of my stories! she did the same thing to me a week and a half ago by typing "its so fluffy I could die its so fluffy I could die..." over and over for 15 lines in one of my term papers while I was downstairs for a few minutes. it's adorable that she wants to share my hobbies, but she's old enough that I know she does these things to harass me (in a good-natured sibling way), not because she actually thinks she's helping. thankfully modern technology makes it convenient to fix these little sisterly assists. my younger sister Lisa (the eldest of my little sisters) kindly pointed out to me how much worse it would have been if we were still using paper and pen for schoolwork like our mom had to... *shudders*

 

Yep, you are correct! HAHA 

 

Ah siblings...lol!  I shudder to think what still using a typewriter would be like.

 

 

oh, that leads me to a (sort-of) writing question. or in my case, actually a reading question. I recently read a story in which the author included a little brother for the main protagonist who was supposed to be six years old, but the behavior and dialogue was more consistent with 3 than 6. do people just forget how smart they were as a child as they get older if they aren't around kids? is this something a lot of writers struggle with? I admit that even I sometimes can't remember how smart I was when I was my baby sister's age, because she will occasionally do or say something that has me going "OMG... was I that perceptive when I was her age?" because if a lot of people forget how smart they were as children, I have a feeling I'm going to get criticism on some of my stories for my kids being too "grown-up" when I'm just accurately portraying a character by the example of the 6 and 7 year olds I know...

 

sorry I can't chime in on the mods thing. that's the one and only thing that makes me jealous of PC gamers is mods. I have an Xbox because it doesn't require upgrades to keep up with the latest game requirements. for a girl who has never had a regular job (summer and Christmas temp jobs, yes, but no regular jobs until I finish school) PC gaming is just too expensive. I was able to play some PC games at one point, but after my computer finally quit on me, that ended. this laptop is so old and worn out that it occasionally blue-screens on me just trying to play facebook games with my grandma... *sigh*

 

oh, and before I go, where is your new avatar from, your Stoobness?

 

*waves*

 

Yeah, I think a lot of folks have a tough time writing specific age groups.  It depends on the writer I suppose.  I imagine having kids might attune one to such things.  Then again, professional writers have editors to help in these things...although much of recent popular fiction leads one to believe that such editors are just taking the pages and rolling illegal substances with them, lol!

 

As for mods.  I think there are only a few games where it REALLY makes a big difference, and usually it's RPG's.  The other stuff is ENB's, which increase graphical fidelity, but usually that isn't a glaring issue for modern consoles.  Still, when you get around to it, I'm sure you'll have a blast!  Incidentally, I just posted a bunch of pics of my modded playthrough of the Elder Scrolls games.  I was surprised by the number of faves I got from it!  I wasn't expecting people to still care that much about a game that old, lol!  I guess that's the true mark of what modding adds to gaming.

[BronzTrooper]

Welp, I finally finished chapter 18 for AWL (my DA2 fanfic).  

 

Now to try and get back into the flow for TLFW and my SI fanfic...

[MrStoob]

 I thought it was a variation on the 'Spiderman' cartoon theme...  "Spider pig, spider pig..."  ...aaand you see where I'm going there.  Then.

 

And as per the previous conversation, if the group will indulge me a moment more.

"Good news, everyone!" (is it reference day? ed.)

The mod I said about, Nicola Avenicci, featured in the 'Hot Files' on the front page of NexusMods today.  Always nice to get a favourable response to any creative endeavour, be it writing, modding or music.  Speaking of which, this month's challenge is 'Dreams' and I usually try to intertwine something of my gaming life into my music where possible, so I'll leave the enigmatic title of the piece "When Gordon dreams, Chell dreams".

 

The avatar is my Dragonborn 'Feral'.    

[Seracen]

 I thought it was a variation on the 'Spiderman' cartoon theme...  "Spider pig, spider pig..."  ...aaand you see where I'm going there.  Then.

 

And as per the previous conversation, if the group will indulge me a moment more.

"Good news, everyone!" (is it reference day? ed.)

The mod I said about, Nicola Avenicci, featured in the 'Hot Files' on the front page of NexusMods today.  Always nice to get a favourable response to any creative endeavour, be it writing, modding or music.  Speaking of which, this month's challenge is 'Dreams' and I usually try to intertwine something of my gaming life into my music where possible, so I'll leave the enigmatic title of the piece "When Gordon dreams, Chell dreams".

 

The avatar is my Dragonborn 'Feral'.    

 

Hah!  I could see it being that as well, although it would have to be reworked slightly.

 

 

Anonymous man...Anonymous man...does whatever anonymous can...

 

What's he wear?  A Guy Fawkes mask...

 

Always holds "the man" to task

 

Look Out!

 

Here comes Anonymous man...

 

 

I remember Nicola Avenicci!  She's pretty!  Great work, and congrats on the feature!  You should do a mod of presets for various races!

[MrStoob]

I had to look up the TMBG song, wasn't aware of that one, just he usual 'Birdhouse in your soul', 'Istanbul (not Constantinople)' and the Malcom in the Middle title.  Is it kooky or is it quirky, I'm not sure...? 

 

Edit:

Popped back.  They say that with great power comes great responsibility and I'd liken that to Nexus right now.  Jeez, Hot Files is a double edged sword as I suspected it might be. 

"Why u no use these textures?"

"Why u no use these meshes?"

"Why u no do this?"

"Why did you give her a male name?  Nicola is a boy's name!"

Let's pause on that one a moment, as it's probably been the largest topic in the comments.  'Nicola'.  Sigh, it's becoming harder and harder to be diplomatic, I do have to say.  I've taken to citing famous females named Nicola.  Probably the most befuddling being Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party.  I know it's unisex but, you know...

And to be fair, some of the mesh/texture advice was useful...

[Seracen]

I had to look up the TMBG song, wasn't aware of that one, just he usual 'Birdhouse in your soul', 'Istanbul (not Constantinople)' and the Malcom in the Middle title.  Is it kooky or is it quirky, I'm not sure...? 

 

Edit:

Popped back.  They say that with great power comes great responsibility and I'd liken that to Nexus right now.  Jeez, Hot Files is a double edged sword as I suspected it might be. 

"Why u no use these textures?"

"Why u no use these meshes?"

"Why u no do this?"

"Why did you give her a male name?  Nicola is a boy's name!"

Let's pause on that one a moment, as it's probably been the largest topic in the comments.  'Nicola'.  Sigh, it's becoming harder and harder to be diplomatic, I do have to say.  I've taken to citing famous females named Nicola.  Probably the most befuddling being Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party.  I know it's unisex but, you know...

And to be fair, some of the mesh/texture advice was useful...

 

Glad you're keeping cool.  I can only imagine what "internet famous" personalities have to deal with.  It's a pressure cooker of a hundred voices griping, with hundreds more praising, and all of them requesting something or other (whether it's courteous or rudely demanding).  It happens in writing as well as modding.  It took me a while to take the good points on board, simply by dint of how much chaff I had to sift through.  Still, that someone took the time to message you, with the entire internet at their fingertips, proves how your mod captured their imagination.  Even if it was only for a moment, or in an unconstructive manner, I take that as a win.

 

I see she's standalone, so I don't know why anyone would be complaining about textures and meshes.  As for names, I figured Nicola for a unisex name.  I get this all the time (didn't realize that "Derrin" and "Crichton" were so odd) haha!  The main character in my first fanfic had a weird name (the individual names were alright, but together was unwieldy).  Ah well, to each their own.

 

Oh, and so I can give you one MORE request to add to the throng...   : If I send you the esp for a face mod I did for one of the followers I usually use (Anduniel from Anna's NPCs), would you be able to apply Nicola's look to her?  Alternately, would you be able to make her a preset, so I could use my method to do the graft myself?  Fair warning, I have no clue what the end result will look like (Anduniel is a Bosmer).

 

Anyways: you should be proud of what you've done, and keep on trucking along!

[YurigirlzCrush]

off-topic stuff follows:

 

so my friend told me I should consider getting Witcher 3 because I like RPGs so much. to which my first question, as always, was: "can I play as a female character?" this has come up in conversation with some people here before. I don't adamantly refuse to play games with male leads. but playing as a girl makes a game more relatable for me, and therefore more fun. so I'm much more likely to spend my money on a game if I can play a female protagonist. my friend says yes. I found some info online that suggests there's a female character you can play. but I'm also seeing quotes about how the story is about the male lead, and people are speculating that the female character will be someone you can only play for certain missions or subquests. *frowns*

 

does anyone know for sure? my money is very limited, and buying a new game always means a couple months of extremely tight limits on what else I can do. and tbh I'm not sure I want to spend my money on this game unless I can be certain of what I'm getting. is there any hard info on just how playable the female protagonist is?

 

anywho, hope you all are having a great week. *smiles* I can't even begin to say how awesome it is to be done with school until the fall semester starts. *waves*

[MrStoob]

 

Glad you're keeping cool.  I can only imagine what "internet famous" personalities have to deal with.  It's a pressure cooker of a hundred voices griping, with hundreds more praising, and all of them requesting something or other (whether it's courteous or rudely demanding).  It happens in writing as well as modding.  It took me a while to take the good points on board, simply by dint of how much chaff I had to sift through.  Still, that someone took the time to message you, with the entire internet at their fingertips, proves how your mod captured their imagination.  Even if it was only for a moment, or in an unconstructive manner, I take that as a win.

 

I see she's standalone, so I don't know why anyone would be complaining about textures and meshes.  As for names, I figured Nicola for a unisex name.  I get this all the time (didn't realize that "Derrin" and "Crichton" were so odd) haha!  The main character in my first fanfic had a weird name (the individual names were alright, but together was unwieldy).  Ah well, to each their own.

 

Oh, and so I can give you one MORE request to add to the throng...    : If I send you the esp for a face mod I did for one of the followers I usually use (Anduniel from Anna's NPCs), would you be able to apply Nicola's look to her?  Alternately, would you be able to make her a preset, so I could use my method to do the graft myself?  Fair warning, I have no clue what the end result will look like (Anduniel is a Bosmer).

 

Anyways: you should be proud of what you've done, and keep on trucking along!

The Nicola face was generated with Ashen race tri files so doesn't translate to the default races; someone did request a RaceMenu pre-set but when I did a straight save/load, she looked weird.  So yea, would be 'easiest' to send me the files and do it that way.  Shame you can't just take the FaceGeom mesh and use that with CK but there you go.

 

Witcher?  I haven't had the pleasure myself.

[Seracen]

off-topic stuff follows:

 

so my friend told me I should consider getting Witcher 3 because I like RPGs so much. to which my first question, as always, was: "can I play as a female character?" this has come up in conversation with some people here before. I don't adamantly refuse to play games with male leads. but playing as a girl makes a game more relatable for me, and therefore more fun. so I'm much more likely to spend my money on a game if I can play a female protagonist. my friend says yes. I found some info online that suggests there's a female character you can play. but I'm also seeing quotes about how the story is about the male lead, and people are speculating that the female character will be someone you can only play for certain missions or subquests. *frowns*

 

does anyone know for sure? my money is very limited, and buying a new game always means a couple months of extremely tight limits on what else I can do. and tbh I'm not sure I want to spend my money on this game unless I can be certain of what I'm getting. is there any hard info on just how playable the female protagonist is?

 

anywho, hope you all are having a great week. *smiles* I can't even begin to say how awesome it is to be done with school until the fall semester starts. *waves*

 

I know what you mean!  It takes a really well written character for me to engage as fully with a female lead (in books, in games I'm fine with either).  Having said that, my fave fantasy female leads are Magierre (the Dhampir) and Kitai (from Codex Alera), and I would gladly reads books on end with nothing but them in it!

 

As for Witcher 3, while Ciri (the female Witcher in question) is an amazing character, the focus is not about her.  The main character is Geralt, and I anticipate more than half of it will be about his journey (indeed, if anything less than 80% involves him, it'll likely derail the story thus far).  Having said that...the game is still amazing regardless, and has tons of great story and character.  But no, if you are looking for a substantial female POV, I anticipate that you won't find it here.

 

 

 

The Nicola face was generated with Ashen race tri files so doesn't translate to the default races; someone did request a RaceMenu pre-set but when I did a straight save/load, she looked weird.  So yea, would be 'easiest' to send me the files and do it that way.  Shame you can't just take the FaceGeom mesh and use that with CK but there you go.

 

Witcher?  I haven't had the pleasure myself.

 

 

Will do!  I'll PM you in a bit with the particulars!  As for the Witcher, you can still get the first two games for less than $5 over at GOG.com (11 hours as of this posting), so it's well worth it if you are interested!  Moreover, if you want the newest title, you get 20% off for having the previous installments, and that's on top of normal preorder discounts!

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