V0.3 - Teaser and Devlog
Added 2021-10-21 22:26:30 +0000 UTCHey guys! So it's been a while since I provided an update on V0.3 - and that's because for a while there hasn't been anything to update you on.
I've been fighting some issues with Daz3D, the programme I use to create all the CG's for the game. In two of the scenes I've been working on, I've found a really frustrating bug with the programme that's resulting in eyes and hair not rendering properly. You can see previews of this in the images. These two scenes are CG HEAVY, so this bug has really thrown a spanner in the works as far as CG production is concerned.
I very nearly scrapped the whole update to start from square 1 (in order to not use these scenes) - but I ultimately knew that my vision and your playing experience deserves the best quality content.
Knowing that I HAD to get these scenes in the game, I was determined to find a way around this issue. Searching online, I found that this bug is a particularly nasty issue., and that it's actually to do with NVIDIA Graphics Cards. There are a few work arounds, but I've been unable to fully understand and utilise those. Remember guys, I'm totally new to all this! My past experience on Straight!? is entirely from a writing perspective - so coding and CG creation is all new.
What isn't new to me is the wonders of Photoshop. Now sure, uploading all the CG's into photoshop to manually fix is a little time consuming... but I've already wasted so much time already trying to fix this in pre-production. So, shifting my focus to post-production felt like the logical choice.
I've attached the new edited images that I've done in post. They aren't perfect, but I'm happy with the result! It's a good fix for now until I can figure out these pre-production workarounds. However, I'm not prepared to spend much more time on it this update. I'm already conscious that I'm a month behind in production. (This is also why Patreon content has been a little - slow...)
I hope you guys understand, the struggle is real haha! I'm very much still working hard on this game, pumping most evenings into the creation of it. Thank you for all your support, it means the absolute world to me <3
Enjoy the teaser images! And let me know in the comments what you think they're talking about ;) ? Are you excited for V0.3 - what are you hoping to see this next update?
- Blayke <3 x
Comments
Hey! So I've just tried this and it's totally worked haha. Looking online, people where saying the total opposite in forums - and that it HAD to be set to AUTO... so that's where the disconnect has been more than likely. Thankfully, with my new graphics cards I can re-render super fast and will be caught up in like a day. So THANK YOU! I owe you big time <3
Blayke
2021-10-22 19:37:11 +0000 UTCBlayke, you may have tried this and, if so, apologies for the repetition but on the eyes: I've had this issue with the G8 models. I've always been able to fix it by going to render settings, optimization, then setting Instancing Optimization to "Memory". I feel like I ran into that hair bug once... and don't remember how I fixed it. 😣 (Edit: I may have remembered. If you feel like it, PM me with the name of the hair asset you're using and I'll check a couple things.)
Bound By Night
2021-10-21 23:06:35 +0000 UTCWe gotchu man don't worry. IDK what they're talking about but Ethan has that look I get when I'm looking at cake so I guess cake?
Alex Waters
2021-10-21 22:49:37 +0000 UTC
