tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23613765223165580722024-03-13T16:05:03.953-07:00Nos' ModsNoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.comBlogger718125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-84026978510413493362014-12-06T01:47:00.001-08:002014-12-06T01:47:43.557-08:00The Half Constructed Skyrim EstateSince FNV companion advancements, and considerable Skyrim graphical overhauls are both long-winded posts, I thought we'd start off with something... smaller.
Over the years of playing Skyrim, I haven't really used the big house mods like in other games. I generally got by with something in the base game; but they all have issues.
Whiterun's house is too small, Riften's, too; Riften has no Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-91829978613810469052014-12-05T23:18:00.001-08:002014-12-05T23:19:49.512-08:00Long SilenceSo...
Hi.
I'm not dead, though some days I feel like it.
I didn't throw in the towel and tell the world to piss up a rope, either (though again, some days...).
April 7th of this year, my 65-year old Dad had a "moderately severe" stroke. He didn't die, but ended up partially paralyzed; in rehab. "Two to three months" became four; became six; became "mid-December, hopefully".
Since he hasn'tNoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-59911777880403137382013-09-23T10:52:00.002-07:002013-09-23T10:52:55.231-07:00Swing and a MissWell, it's been a while, hasn't it?
I haven't been idle; but between real life messes and not wanting to incur any more "y ur mods r no 1 click insatl?????" I've defaulted back to my old habits of just modding things that I personally want in my game; and not based on whether I think something would be popular with 'the community'.
Expanded the Estate again; did some more work on the girls; Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-50789656766744343362013-06-23T13:17:00.002-07:002013-06-23T13:17:27.389-07:00Delivery From Skyrim
YesIknowtheydon'thavecamerasinTheElderScrollsuniverseshutup.Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-8824658674477522522013-06-23T06:04:00.000-07:002013-06-23T12:37:10.781-07:00It Glows!I sat up playing Civ4 until nearly 0700 Saturday, I didn't end up getting back up until nearly 1800. So it is that I sit awake now.
Seems to be fuckall going on in the late night/early morning -- nothing on TV, XM continues to be made of suck and fail since the Sirius takeover; nothing interesting on any forums or boards.
Decided to spend some time modding; which I haven't gotten to do much Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-46314247013447176592013-06-09T08:55:00.000-07:002013-06-09T08:55:12.404-07:00Do It Yourself?Got curious this morning about just how many of my FNV mods were stuff I did myself; since I tend to just create what I need at the moment and not really pay attention to it after that as long as it works.
Not counting the FNV master, the DLC, or esp "working versions" of files I use as a master, I count 59 plugins in my FNV data folder.
Yes, I run a fairly sparse game. It cuts down on crashingNoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-42169208717171515382013-06-09T00:35:00.000-07:002013-06-09T00:35:13.825-07:00A Mojave AsideNot really pertaining to mods exactly, but I went on a bit of a modding binge this evening.
I've long wanted an increases spawns mod for FNV; but the mods I've tried have uniformly sucked. The latest has recently hit the Nexus' hot files listing, but when I tested it I found out that it was not an increased spawns mod, after all -- in a simple increased spawns mod, you'd see more of whatever Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-5401207426769916562013-05-29T11:28:00.000-07:002013-05-29T11:28:02.301-07:00Wish You Were Here...Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-91245961455072777812013-05-28T09:52:00.002-07:002013-05-28T09:56:26.737-07:00Progress!So, Herculine makes a post over on her blog. I try to comment.
I am informed I cannot; for you see, I have not joined the holy G+. I have not "upgraded" because in doing so it crams every iota of data Google can scour from the web about you into one easy to abus-I mean peruse listing; collates all your data to sell to whoever they please; and makes some changes to Picasa, but does not specify Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-63238540910837560932013-04-14T11:30:00.000-07:002013-04-14T11:36:32.737-07:00Skyrim Companion StuffApologies if this is a little... ramble-y.
I'm trying to get back in the habit of actually posting stuff; rather than uploading screenshots into the Picasa account of no return and then forgetting about them for months.
I don't think I ever posted about it (couldn't find it in the post list as far back as November, anyway); but I did a while back get the whole custom bodies for companions Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-64004352425825434792013-03-29T23:39:00.001-07:002013-03-29T23:47:28.955-07:00Unnamed Post Series: CompanionsIt shouldn't come as any surprise that the bulk of my recent modding time has gone into companions, and further expanding their already considerable capabilities.
Firstly, I've made oblique references on several occasions now to a system for creature companions that I was working on. Well, after logging fifty odd hours of play without him getting lost once or having to have his follow status Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-43247986132551387172013-03-29T20:34:00.000-07:002013-03-29T20:34:55.246-07:00Unnamed Post Series: The EstateHaven't been idle on the Estate, either; though I don't really mention it much anymore.
I recently redid the arboretum a bit -- setting it up so that when it "rains" every night (the irrigation system runs), it also plays rain sounds. Now, I could have slapped one big ambient on the cell with a fuckhueg radius; but that would be boring. Instead I took two different rain loops of different Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-82859280681033380802013-03-29T20:14:00.000-07:002013-03-29T20:14:14.453-07:00Unnamed Post Series: WeaponsSeriously, it's been so long; and my to-post list is so backed up and convoluted that I got nothing as far as concise titles go.
I've been quiet the past couple months; but far from idle. Personal issues have just conspired to leave me in no mood to post for the most part. But, no one gives a flying fuck; so I'll get to the game stuff.
While I don't have the modeling skill to unfuck the sight Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-69953958268824637262013-02-01T07:49:00.001-08:002013-02-01T07:49:44.301-08:00Back Online!Tremble, peasants! For we here at NosCo once again have fully working internet access!
...Okay, now which button cues the dramatic lightning bolt...?
But yeah. Since Tuesday the 22nd, I've been operating on ever-worsening internet. When it started, it was annoying -- it would go out every half hour or so, stay down five minutes, and then be back up. Yesterday morning, I was lucky if I could getNoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-20215885165878229782012-11-30T08:10:00.001-08:002012-11-30T08:10:47.330-08:00Other Random ScreensPicked up a few other random screenshots in the course of the last couple days' play, that didn't really fit into the other post.
This not only shows off us, and two of the early proof of concept scenery paintings I hung; but also why it's so bleedin' hard to get good pair or group shots. If I'm anywhere near her, she's looking at me. Will not face the camera.
I stopped in here for a Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-73341770294732046272012-11-30T07:10:00.000-08:002012-11-30T07:10:14.440-08:00Some More on the ListPlaying FNV yesterday morning (edit: actually, a few mornings ago -- I started this post on Tuesday and let it languish in drafts until this morning). Not the game with the dogs along; that's shelved for the moment in deference to my already beleaguered sanity. Regular 'ol Nos game; seein' as the last one had been through too many mod additions/removals/changes and was unstable as hell, I just Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-59679005037856253342012-11-23T19:01:00.002-08:002012-11-23T19:10:42.625-08:00Musings On the Nature of Gamebryo, #1656EFor literal years now (since mid-2009), I've tried to tell people that Gamebryo's -- specifically Fallout 3's (and later Fallout NV's; which is hands-down the greatest expansion pack ever) -- reliability is inversely proportional to the number of followers you have in tow.
Over the past six or so weeks since Skyrim got boring and my attention flitted back into FNV territory, this has been Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-74680300649935623052012-11-22T22:36:00.001-08:002012-11-22T22:36:56.780-08:00Mojave SillinessCouple somewhat silly things to share that didn't really fit into the other posts so here we go.
Firstly, readers probably won't know this, but Mystery-chan is really very whimsical and downright silly when she's not being... y'know... bloodthirsty and violent.
She wrote one of her own companion join dialogues some time back, and when I was starting out a new game last night I finally managed Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-71171740765215503442012-11-22T20:47:00.002-08:002012-11-22T20:49:49.923-08:00Another MilestoneOkay; maybe not a big, notable one.
I was messing around with my companions plugin the other night, converting it to a master to check out some script changes I had made; when I noticed this in TESSnip:
For those of you who aren't used to reading esp headers, I'll point out the important bit: seven thousand and eighty four records in the plugin. The last time I mentioned how big the plugin Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-88835785896186317192012-11-20T21:59:00.000-08:002012-11-20T21:59:02.688-08:00And More Screenshots!First off, in the AI post I mentioned the ridiculous range the girls had engaged a White Leg at in the last run through Honest Hearts; but like the scatterbrain I am, I forgot to post the screens to go with it. I rectify that now:
If you look closely you can just barely see the corpse in the center of the first shot. Obviously, I couldn't pace it off; and I've never found a rangefinder in Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-2500356472331111182012-11-20T21:04:00.000-08:002012-11-20T21:07:54.087-08:00Custom Framing!So, I showed off in the earlier screenshot dump some new picture/painting frames I'd been working on; but welched on actually releasing them to mess with normalmaps.
Normally (heh, get it? puns) when I do that sort of thing, you never hear about it again. I'm kind of unreliable, I know.
This time, I really have been working on it; and am nearly done. Only one frame remains in the unsure pile.
Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-49133248065143791842012-11-20T20:11:00.000-08:002012-11-20T20:11:25.864-08:00Little Help?Okay, I know the last mod request I posted didn't get me anywhere, but I'm hoping this one is less esoteric enough that one of you guys might actually have/know where to get it.
As I mentioned in comments to the screenshot dump post last week, I'm learning to make my own normals for several reasons.
Since my flighty damned brain can never leave well enough alone, I got sidetracked this Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-56281177240084187022012-11-15T00:39:00.000-08:002012-11-15T00:42:02.971-08:00On the Eventual Subjugation of Your WorldAs I said in the last post, I've been playing a fair bit of Skyrim lately. One of the "rules" for one of my games has been no fast travel -- an idea I'm ambivalent about. On the one hand, it makes trips to far-flung locations a bit of a big(ger) deal; but on the other, in some versions of the game it's also led to problems with crashing and poor framerates and so on. Thankfully, v1.8 seems to be Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-10765187209369179712012-11-14T21:24:00.001-08:002012-11-14T21:24:44.955-08:00Screenshot Dump!Not going to be heavily wordy here, but have a mess of stuff that I thought was neat or just wanted to show off or what-have-you.
Firstly: I don't bother posting about it anymore after the last one was met with dead silence; but I am still working on The Estate in FNV. I talked awhile back about taking screenshots from various games, and turning them into artwork in FNV. Well, 'lest ye think thaNoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361376522316558072.post-52226644252452769442012-11-14T20:03:00.001-08:002012-11-14T20:03:30.044-08:00State of the Nos: 11/2012So... I've been pretty quiet lately. I see that my last posted-post was around five weeks ago now (several more posts have been typed out and deleted before publishing).
Usually when I go quiet I've embarked on a caffeine and obsession fueled modding binge and am working on a seeeekrit projekt.
Not so much, this time. I've just felt like death warmed over and been living a life laughably bad Noshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719416547848891298noreply@blogger.com4