Not quite Morrowind...

 I recently had the misfortune of having to set up Windows 10 yet again on my PC. I thought it would be a fun idea to document it and create a page on my blog so that it may help others that find Windows 10 frustrating and annoying.

You can find it here; Fixing Windows 10

Common model set

 It's been quite a while since I posted on here as I now live on my new blog at; https://stgbooks.blogspot.com/ 

As I don't have the time to rebuild Caldera any more as I had once wished, I have found the time to remodel the entire common exterior housing set.

Not quite finished yet but after only 3 days I only have 5 or 6 models left to make and paint.

Most of the models are much lower poly than vanilla and also have a higher degree of atlasing. I will be offering several options with this mod (no esp needed) that will depend on your PC, rather than what I decide. 

A fully atlas'd version will eventually be available (with the exception of the windows) at some point but this will lower the quality of the textures.

Melchior has also offered to make the new models compatible with GitD, so I'm looking forward to that.

Twitter...

So, my daughter finally convinced me to use my Twitter account that I've had since 2012. I still don't know what I'm doing and I've just been going around following anyone that interests me for no apparent reason. Is that what you're supposed to do?

If anyone wants to add me it's @simontgriffiths (I think lol)

I do have another website as well for my books etc, not yet attached my domain name yet as I just haven't had the time.

https://stgbooks.blogspot.com/


I am going to check out my friends game studio next time I post, but if you want to check them out yourself first then their twitter account is https://twitter.com/Skjoldgames 

Their website can be found right here; https://www.skjold.net/


Right then, until next time! See you on Twitter.

Publishing is evil

After what seemed like forever, my books are finally published, and up on Amazon.

So, for anyone that wants to learn how to model and doesn't know where to start;

It is available on Kindle Fire and tablets, You can also use the free Kindle PC App to read it.

Kindle version of "An Introduction to Modelling"

Paperback version of "An Introduction to Modelling"

I'll throw this one out there anyway for anyone that might be interested.

Kindle version of "The Garden Snail, Pest or Pet?"

I wrote this one for pure indulgence :D

Kindle Version Published

Paperback version still has bleed issues...whatever that means. "Should" be available shortly (so I'm told).

Available on Kindle books, and Kindle PC, etc, etc. 

An Introduction to Modelling with Wings 3D

So, if you're interested in learning to model for Morrowind, Skyrim, Oblivion, Fallout, The Sims, and a bunch of other games then it might be worth starting with this first volume.

Book Release

Wow! That month went super fast. 

I did finally manage to finish writing my book though (yay), now being edited, and hopefully set for release in the next week or so. It will be available on E-books, Kindle, and as a paperback.

Also, I'm very close to releasing Gwen. About time uh?

She can now detect a few other mods and interact with them. Paxon the pack rat (Tizzo), Publius (Gavrilo), and Get Sharp! so far.

Because of the way she is set up, it is possible to release later updates that add more mod interaction, so she can be improved on infinitely. (Providing the other mod has a unique item(s), or NPC's to interact with of course).

I'm taking a two-week break from writing, so I won't be starting volume II of my next book until then so, I'm going to be working on getting Gwen released, and then hopefully do a little more on the Caldera Experiment.

I also have a nearly finished dungeon for the Dwemer Rebirth Project, but I will have to see how time is before I think about that one.

On another bright note, England women's football team are in the semi-final of the World cup! They will play the USA on Tuesday. Can't wait for that. Come on ladies!!

Be back sooner than last time.

RubberMan™

Too many projects!

If you're a Morrowind modder, and also a procrastinator like myself, then you will have numerous mods "on the go" as well as a huge list of "things to do".

Throw in the many requests I get, and not wanting to say no, you just get bogged down in a sea of half-finished mods, scripts and models.

Don't get me wrong, I like the distraction of requests. Fixing a UV on something, helping with a script, making an xxx for someone's mod. It's all fun for me.

I currently have the three, quite large projects to finish, plus the smaller ones that creep up due to the larger ones.

Earlier this week I made a new interior tileset for common houses that I will use for "Gwen", and for the "Caldera Experiment", I probably could have got away with the vanilla tileset, but feature creep?

New Interior tileset ( modders resource)

I also made a bread replacer from a request, little did I know, it was something others wanted...

Better Bread - Here

I packed up the Modathon weapons into one esp as well and banged that on Nexus

Rubber's Weapons Pack - Here

In the meantime, I also have a little side project as a request, fixing all the open-faced helmets for use with Mac's heads (Elf ears poke through the sides). Not rushing with this one, but I still want to finish it off.

I did also spend a few hours one afternoon this week, modelling a plant with Leyawyn, from his concept art. I really enjoyed that.

I've no idea if it will get used or not, but at least it was fun to make.

On top of this lot, I'm writing another book. This time, not about snails. I know right, you're sad. This will be more of a LotR type thing with less walking.

After saying all this, I'm still open to requests, and welcome people to join my Discord server and put their ore in. 

Just remember one thing. It's the women's World Cup this month, and I have to watch every single kick of the ball, from every single match. If I go AWOL, that's why.

See you next time!