Augh!!

So, it seems EA borked almost all CC with the newest patch and Pets, which well, was to be expected I suppose, they did have to change a lot of coding to enable all objects for the animals. I don't think people are right to shout and cry about EA being villains because of it, of all games I've played The Sims is by far the one that is most open to modding. Still, I do think they might've been fair to give like a head's up a few months ago.

Well, I've been working on the story, but progress is slow, university is taking up a lot of time, I'd forgotten how much effort studies take. I did ace my first exam on computer game history and genres, this next one is harder though, computer systems, stuff like binary code and assembly language, which is cool and all, but I doubt I'll ever use it again.

Popping In

Anybody else hate the new blogger interface? Looks so cheap and impersonal. Had it looked like that when I signed up I wouldn't have signed up at all.

Anyways, have been busy, I'm working with a program called Multimedia Fusion 2 for my university course right now, it's so much fun. Very easy, but I wish we had more than two weeks to actually make a game with it because I know I could make something cool with it.

I'm waiting desperately for the Pets expansion, but promise to have another update soon. It's just that my mind is also kicking me to write a gritty sci-fi-ish story, with lots of sex and violence, probably because I found so many downloads that would look so cool, but wouldn't fit in my current story world.

Life Changes

I'm making some big changes in my life right now. I'll be taking a leave from my current job and starting a university course in computer game design. It feels kind of like I'm going sky diving. My nerves are ice skating on a roller coaster, but I'd regret it forever if I didn't take the leap now.

I have no idea how much time I'll have to do things other than study, but hopefully I'll be able to organize my hours so I'll have time to both study games and play them.

As for writing I write when I can, when I'm up for it etc. I have the next chapter in the works, I had meant to write more during my summer vacation, but things came up as they're wont to do. But it's getting there. I've been taking a lot of pictures for the next chater and some for other uses. Here's a newer version of Darcy's photograph of herself and her parents which is mentioned in chapter 2.

Story Update: The End of the World Ch.3 A Night Adrift

OK, it's not technically Sunday anymore where I live, but I'm pretty sure it's Sunday somewhere in the world and that's good enough for me.

Finally, after a very long, quite unplanned hiatus, we finally get to see where Darcy's got off to.

The End of the World Ch. 3 A Night Adrift

Almost There

Well, this chapter is taking quite some time, real life has been sucking all life out of me lately. I've been absolutely sick and tired of everything and hopefully I'll get into the university course I've applied to so I can do something else for awhile.

The pictures are all done, and the chapter is finished in my head now, so hopefully after the Midsummer holidays I'll be done and my goal is to have the next chapter up on Sunday.

Re-Shoot

I only just got TS3 re-installed and have been getting a lot of new content what with Generations coming out and also a lot of cool cc and I realised, while getting back into the game, that I needed to re-do some stuff for The End of the World.

When I created the characters of Darcy and Daniel I had a slightly different idea of why they had moved and it was more about money issues, a completely different story from what grew out of my writing, and I realised that the pictures would tell a different story from the one I wanted.

So Darcy got a slightly altered look, hopefully a little more urban and they got a better car. Also, in addition to making Gull's Nest a tad bigger, I changed and added some stuff around the garden. So I'm in the process of re-shooting and shooting pictures for ch.3 at the same time, but it'll soon be done, finger's crossed.

Why Me?!

I've been having a lot of issues with my very new computer, it keeps crashing and giving me a blue screen with BSW on it (big scary words) and I have recently had some help trying to fix it, which means I have nothing left on my computer, I will be re-installing and trying to get my game back up and running, but the problem is that the blue screen of doom still happens and I just don't feel like doing all the work of installing TS3 on this computer again before I have had another go at fixing it.

I do have a load of pictures for the next chapter and I might get around to it, but RL has been just too real recently, that and I wasted a lot of time on Dragon Age Origins I guess and also on The Sims Medieval, which was fun for a few hours but quickly started feeling like I was just following a bunch of orders.