Heat, and some screens.

Well, the heat is officially here in Tennessee. For the last month or so it's been between the 50's and 80's (that's Farenheit, I calculated it out to something between 2 and 6 degrees for you Celsius users) so I was hesitating to break out the summer clothes and open the windows and all that because there's nothing fun about being caught with shorts and a wife beater when it's 50 (-8 C) outside, but I think this weekend is going to be the time to do that.

And you know what that means? I'm going to have to go through all my daugther's clothes from last year, filter out what doesn't fit anymore, and probably have to buy new clothes. Which, me being a dude and all, is not something I'm looking forward to. This is particularly difficult because I'm running low on the "reserves". For those of you who have kids, you'll know what I'm talking about, but for the benefit of those who are still able to go kick it on the weekends (even seeing a movie in the theater is a bit of an excerise with children...), basically what happens is when you have a kid, you get garbage bags full of old clothes from all of your relatives, probably last you until they're about 2. My daughter is really small for her age, so she can still fit in 2 year old clothes, but it's getting to that point where the reserves are gone and I'm going to have to buy like all new stuff. And I hate shopping for pretty much everything, even things I like I'm always in kind of a hurry to get out of the store.

The good news is I get to do yard work again, and see what plants I planted last year made it through the winter. Among the casualties are the palm tree, unfortunately. That thing is dead, like rotten wood dead, along with the rose bush. However, my strawberries actually spread and I'm counting around 30 strawberries will be ready in a few weeks, which is awesome. I'm not much of a gardener, but waking up and grabbing a fresh strawberry with my morning cigarette all summer sounds like I'll be living the high life. I'll just have to buy a robe and I'll feel like Hugh Heffner, except surrounded by strawberries instead of naked women.

Anyway, far as the mod is concerned, I have a ton (well, 9) of screens from the newest area (actually two areas, an upper level and it's upper level, and seperate basement), which you can find here. Here's a sample:





New graphics card looks hot, don't it?

Alright, so that's basically half of the two thieves guild, which is a fancy way of saying one of them. The other half (one) comes in two areas, but they're very small, and after that it's writing/scripting the quests involved. I anticipate to be done with those quests by the end of the week, and then I'll be on to the noble houses and the final parts of Chapter 2. So June is looking pretty good for the release.

I decided to change the ending a bit, though. Originally I was going to have like the biggest dungeon EVAR after the city, however I think that'll make up the bulk of Chapter 3 instead, for a few reasons. The biggest being my friend palafoxx is working on some custom content that probably won't be ready for a bit and I really want to use it, so to wait until it's done is the best course of action at this time. What I've got here is big enough to keep people busy for a bit, especially since most quests have different outcomes so you can play it a few times. Finally I want to focus more on a more frequent release schedule and smaller pieces instead of trying to do so much at one time. On that note, I've got some other things going on that are looking more interesting to me at this time (it's actually more like a great opportunity just fell into my lap!), and I've been looking forward to shifting gears a little for a while. More on that later when it's written in stone.

I know, I just spent a lot of words not saying a whole lot. But if you all know me by now, you know I don't give up or leave things half done, so a little faith and some patience and you'll see what's really good.

Peace.