Writing
Yesterday, I did some writing for the project-which-can-not-be-named for a couple of hours. I also spent a great deal of time brainstorming with what to do about a certain quest; when the game was for level 20 characters, it wasn't going to be an issue at all, but after scaling down the level range to 7-8, this quest suddenly became completely not plausible for the player to be undertaking. So, I had to figure out how to deal with it... I ultimately came up with a satisfactory solution, but it took me far longer than I would have liked. :P
Anyhow, all of the sidequests in chapter 1 have now been planned out, and I have one more teeny exterior area and then several interior areas to take care of before implementation of the quests really begins. I'm not anticipating that this is going to take all that much longer; I very well might end up with a beta build by the end of my 2 week vacation, depending on how hard it is to build interiors! :)
I'll post again later today after I've gotten some stuff done.
Anyhow, all of the sidequests in chapter 1 have now been planned out, and I have one more teeny exterior area and then several interior areas to take care of before implementation of the quests really begins. I'm not anticipating that this is going to take all that much longer; I very well might end up with a beta build by the end of my 2 week vacation, depending on how hard it is to build interiors! :)
I'll post again later today after I've gotten some stuff done.
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posted by Alex | 9:59 AM
2 Comments:
Good luck on the interiors. :) For what it's worth, here are my tips on interior area creation (which is all I've done):
1. If it's not usable, convert it to environmental and use the walkmesh cutter. Otherwise tiles can quickly become unwalkable.
2. Change shadow intensity on all lights to between 0.5 (subtle) and 0.7 (dramatic). 1.0, the default, looks awful.
3. Check out the prefab item packs on the vault to make decorating quicker, particularly this one:
Placing them in the override directory can be very handy.
Thanks for the tips, Berliad! The shadow thing especially will probably make a world of a difference, and I'll be careful with walkmesh stuff. :)
It's actually going reasonably quickly--2 of the 6 areas are built (though not completely decorated)! :)
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