April 2022 Update

Hello lovelies!

Against my better judgement I decided to take off the Easter holiday. I have two papers due very soon, five presentations, an essay, a group project, and then finals all within the next six weeks. Oh, and regular homework/reading assignments as well, of course. Before I started studying, everyone told me how being at University is so great because you get so much free time. That was a lie.

But while I've been largely absent on Discord over the past few weeks, I did manage to tinker with TPF a little (more about that below). To my boundless relief, it also turned out that at least some of my depression and never-ending fatigue was due to iron/vit d3 deficiencies and being on supplements actually helps a lot. With some luck, I'll get to a point where I'll have enough energy left to work on modding in the evening after uni.

Anyway, you came for the modding updates so here we go.

Legends of the Frost

I just posted LOTF 2.4 which is another major update with more Creation support. The list also just got the DroppedIceCream treatment, meaning we now have a beautiful video showcase! I linked it in this post, so definitely go check it out. DIC captured some amazing shots and I'm very proud.

My own playthrough of LOTF is going splendid. I made it to level 50 for the first time ever, found the Aetherium Forge, acquired Auriel's Bow (about to finish Dawnguard!), and played a bunch of creations. About 100 hours into the game, I'm halfway through the main quest, barely touched faction quests, and did not go to Solstheim yet. In that time, I had fewer bugs than in 40 hours of AC: Valhalla and no crashes at all.

I like this game.

The Phoenix Flavour

This, I assume, is what most people are waiting for. As I am working on it, TPF 5.0 is morphing into something quite different from previous iterations. I have my vanilla-like playground with LOTF so with TPF 5.0 I'm looking to try something new. It has actually changed so much that I am considering a rebrand.

• TPF 5.0 will run on 1.6.x (AE) and require the AE DLC. This is absolutely necessary. Trying to keep the creations optional just doesn't work out in a way that is sustainable and user-friendly.
• I am working on a balancing overhaul based on WACCF/WAAT as previously mentioned. At this point I am basically done with performing surgery on WACCF and the last thing that needs looking at is enchantments (oh boy).

I can't give you any release date estimation. The final few weeks of my first semester are going to be quite insane (and I'm more than a little anxious about that), but afterwards I will have three full months of holidays. Of those, I will be spending a month with my family. The other two I can basically work fulltime on TPF and I hope to finish 5.0 in that time.

I can promise you, however, that it'll be my best work yet, simply on account of the fact that my brain fog is going down thanks to the supplements I'm on. I am able to concentrate better, actually have ideas, feel more confident, and for the first time, I'm actually achieving things I always wanted TPF to do. I really hope the wait will be worth it!

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And that's all from me for today. I hope you are all having a wonderful day, wherever you are and hopefully I'll be back soon with a meatier update. =)

Phoenix