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Yep, decided I'm going to break the "rule" for length of an RR story, and keep this assigned to that name.  I've already broken the depth "rule" with Nude Holly Day, so why not break another for the hell of it?

I could move this to the RR forum, but screw it.  LOL

I'll finish the editing tonight, and then get it off to Roust.  As long as I have it back ( and the cover finished ) by Saturday, I think I'm going to break my usual tradition and put it in the queue on Saturday, hoping for a Monday or Tuesday release.  I usually wait for a Friday, but it's been so long since I released anything that I don't want to delay for another week.

Give it time.  Nobody escapes the onslaught *laugh*

It's the annual January flood.  I guess all the spammers get new IPs for Christmas.  Up to more than 160 blocked before registration completed, plus a half dozen so new they got through and I nuked immediately afterward.

There are two annual contests going on right now.  One is at Literotica, and the other is the Golden Clitorides.
 
If you think I deserve a nomination in either contest, check them out.
 
If you're a Literotica member, here are the nomination threads there:
 
Literary/Genre Transcending: http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1270352

Most Influential Author: http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1270336

Sexiest Female Character in a story: http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1270344

Most original sex scene: http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1270356

Sexiest male character in a story: http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1270348
 
The stories eligible to be nominated are Blessing of the Wood and Jackin' Jill as Les Lumens.  Like Riding a Bike, Vicki Cleans Up, and Taste the Rainbow as Reject Reality.  ( Links to my latest releases page at bottom of post, for easy reference to the Literotica links for each story. )
 
The other contest is the Golden Clitorides.  You can find it here: https://clitoridesawards.org/

In addition to the stories above, Sucksess and One Sticky Situation as Reject Reality can be nominated in this contest.

http://www.darkniciad.com/reject_reality/rr_latest_releases

http://www.darkniciad.com/my-latest-releases

This isn't even completely done, ( have to finish the final sex scene and the closer ) let alone edited, but since It's been so long since I've released anything, I thought I'd tease the next story coming out as Les Lumens:  "Pawnographic"
 
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It was another long day at the pawn shop. I thought at least once a day about selling it or getting someone else to run the damn place, but I couldn’t do it. My grandfather had started it, and then my dad kept it going. I couldn’t bring myself to break the chain when he passed away.

Seeing my neighbor shut off his hose and put his hands on his hips when I pulled into the drive at home didn’t brighten my mood any.

“Why don’t you take care of your lawn?” he complained as I climbed out of the car.

I walked to the door and answered, “The grass is three inches tall.”

“I’m tired of having to deal with all your dandelion seeds. You need to dig those things up like any responsible person. The whole neighborhood...”

I closed the door, cutting off the rest of his tirade and muttered, “I’ll dig them up and shove them up your ass.”

Another beautiful day in the neighborhood.

I took a shower, whipped up some grub, and then kicked back to watch some t.v. Same old, same old. I ended up dozing off at some point, and woke up in the middle of Fallon’s monologue. The guy’s better than Leno, but I was raised on Carson. There’s just no comparison.

I shut him off and headed upstairs to bed. The last thing I needed was to sleep all night in the chair and wake up as stiff as a board.

Still half asleep, I stripped down to my boxers, shut off the light, and turned toward the bed. That’s when something moving in my peripheral vision drew my attention to the window.

I stood there in the darkness of my room, hypnotized by the sight of my neighbor’s twenty-year-old blonde daughter. She was right in front of her window with the lights on. The contrast of the darkness surrounding that window focused my attention, as if I needed any help in that.

She lifted her arms over her head, stretched, and yawned. The tight top she was wearing clung to her like a second skin, giving me a hell of a show as her breasts lifted from her stretch. She ran her fingers through her hair before letting her hands drop back to her side.

Her parents made me want to pull my hair out. Cammie made me want to pull something else.

I finally snapped out of it, and the dirty old man shame washed over me. Embarrassed by my behavior, I shook my head and closed my eyes for a second.

The mistake I made was opening them before turning away.

She grabbed the tail of her top just as my eyes opened, and in a flash, she’d pulled it over her head. I had a couple of blissful seconds to drink in the sight of her perky breasts before she tossed her top aside and walked away from the window.

I have no idea how long I stood there with my eyes bugging out and my mouth hanging open. Even after she vanished from sight, I could still see her in my mind’s eye.

Check out the FAWC for Slyc, in memory of Slyc Willie, who started the competitions on Literotica.  Read, vote, and comment on this friendly competition.

https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=1521977&page=submissions

I really enjoyed the twists and turns of this.  It probably helps in this case that I know jack about the characters from the comic storylines, because I didn't see a lot of things coming that others who do know the characters were expecting.

And in the end, they didn't oversaturate Luke Cage, so there's a nice big opening for a series, with a built-in fanbase due to the exposure.  People are going to be extra excited when news starts trickling out about it.

Because I watched it all within a couple of days, I'm not going to say much more than that.  I'm sure there are plenty of people who don't binge watch the way I do.

Kind of sad about one element of the ending, in a way.  But, it's also Marvel.  Nothing is necessarily final when it comes to the Marvel Universe

Well, if AoS is going to take a week off, I'd say this is fair compensation.

Looking damn good.  Already getting a Winter Soldier feel, and I still consider it to be the best MCU movie to date.

And if this is as good as Winter Soldier, we're looking at the same directors for Infinity War. Hell to the yes.

6 Episodes into Jessica Jones, and I'm enjoying it.  I know next to nothing about Luke Cage or Jessica Jones, so I'm coming into this with a clean slate and no real expectations as to canon treatment of the characters.

To me, it felt as if it started out slow.  Granted, the end of the first episode was a big bang shock.  The first three episodes felt a little too much like they were exploiting the chance to put some sex into the MCU.  Considering what I write, it pushes up to the edge where it makes me feel as if it should have just gone all the way.  I'm sure your average viewer isn't going to get that feeling.

Now, starting at about episode 4, things really pick up.

I like all the characters -- especially Luke Cage.  Yes, I actually put him ahead of the title character LOL  Don't get me wrong, I like Jessica almost as much, but there's just something about the performance that pushes Cage over the top.

I do know enough to know that his catchphrase is "Sweet Christmas" and having him use it a couple of times so far tickles me.  It's akin to Beast saying "Oh my stars and garters" in X-Men 3.  That's probably the highlight of that movie for me.  It's a nod to the comic fans, and it's something I can appreciate even when it's not material I'm familiar with.

Jessica is becoming far more three dimensional to me now -- which is probably what's making me enjoy the episodes after three more.

Her friend the talk show host caught me right from the beginning.  I like the cop.  I like her junkie neighbor.  I even like the helpless nerd who lives upstairs with his domineering fraternal twin sister.

The sister, not so much LOL

Hope is the driving force of the plot as much as anything, and they're painting her with a strength that's keeping me interested.  The twists and turns with her have been really good.

Not sure where the love triangle with the doctor, lawyer, and her personal secretary are eventually going to lead.  At the moment, it feels like it's a tacked on reason to have a lesbian side-plot in there.  We'll see what happens with that in time, but I'm not really invested in that angle just yet.

Keeping my eyes open for Night Nurse as well.

As much as Luke Cage is in this, I have the distinct feeling he's not going to get his own series, and I'm fine with that.  The dynamic between him and Jessica is great.  Let them be a duo from the get-go, and move on to the other Defenders.  I could get on board with a Luke Cage series that has Jessica in it as much as Luke is in her show, though.

The rumor is a stand-alone Punisher may sneak in there.  We'll see what I think of him once Daredevil season 2 hits.

And, of course, there's Killgrave.  Sick mother fucker.  The end of episode six is a serious creeper that gives you shivers thing.

I'll probably finish it before the weekend is over.  If I didn't need to crash for work tomorrow, I'd probably finish it in one sitting.

It's a worthy addition to the MCU, for certain.

Close enough LOL

They have to keep the tension in there, I know.  Seeing that it's undoubtedly mutual is close enough.  I'm sitting there thinking, you'd better kiss him back.  You'd better kiss him...  There it is!

Nice twist with the head of the ACTU.  Glad about it really, because I like her.

I'm also enjoying the way they're expanding on Hydra.  It's been a long time since I read the comics, so I have no idea if this has it's origin in any of the book canon.  If not, it's an interesting way to distinguish the MCU from the core Marvel Universe.

Ward was much better in this episode.  Bobbie's new tech with her batons is cool.  Most likely Stark tech, very similar to that used on Cap's Shield for AoU.  It's nice to see a little classic Skye from Daisy, which helped cover that she was one of the cast with skimpy screen time this episode.  Same for Mac.  Gave us a taste of his no-bullshit, question everything.

Previews for the next episode looking good.  There are at least two more episodes before the winter break.

The teaser for Agent Carter made me smile as well.  I love the original Jarvis as much as I do Tony's digital version.

Not really used to Friday yet, and undoubtedly prefer Jarvis' dry wit.  I know we still have him in Vision, but it's not quite the same.

Anyway, tickled by the episode, and Ant-Man was just as good the second time around.

Oh shit...  They're teasing the kiss heard round the MCU.

Tweaking for tomorrow night's episode.  At least Ant-Man hits my Amazon tomorrow as well, so I'll have at least a couple of hours of distraction.

This season is one "Holy Shit" moment after another.  The end of tonight's episode was a big one for me.  I kind of saw Lash coming, but I never expected that.

Didn't say anything after the previous episode because -- as good as it was -- I love Fitz and Simmons together.  I know there has to be tension for a relationship to be interesting, but I really don't want this third player to be it.

Tonight's episode kind of said to me that what happened there was because of the situation she was in -- thinking she might never get home.  She feels compelled to go back and get him, but it's not necessarily because of the relationship they had.  It's just because that's who she is.  She helps people.  That's what she's all about.  Now that she's back home, with Fitz, where she belongs...

I'm kind of on the fence about Ward this season.  I don't know if he's really pulling off the big bad thing.  He seems more like a low-level thug.  He's not getting much in the way of screen time, either.  He seemed way more devious and dangerous last season when he was acting on his own, and not trying to build his own unauthorized branch of Hydra.

The one way I can see that going that will bring him back to the place where he was last season is for Hydra to betray him.  Having Ward as a spoiler who is just as likely to take on Hydra as he is Shield seems like a good fit for the character, and the way Brett has been portraying him.  It's where he shined his brightest last season in episodes like the Dirty Half Dozen and those that followed.

Come to think of it, that seems to be the way they're going.

All that aside, this was a great May episode, the same way the previous one was a great Simmons episode.

I can also get on board with a Daisy/Lincoln relationship.  They've had good chemistry since their first appearance together.  It could also serve as a serious flashpoint for Ward.  No matter how much he downplayed his feelings for her last season ( and the fact that she shot him several times LOL ) I think he's still obsessed with her.  Seeing her sucking face with Lincoln would probably send him over the edge, which is when he's at his most interesting.

I do think the cast is too big, though.  Nobody is really getting enough screen time.  The proposed spin-off would be a great way to pare things down.  I think Bobbie and Hunter could carry a show.  I'm up in the air about which way Mack should go.  He honestly seems like he's more connected to the regular cast, and filling the hole left when we lost Trip, who was in turn filling the hole left by losing Ward.

Now that I just typed that, I want Mack to stay with the team.  LOL  Let Bobbie and Hunter bring in some new players.

And the good thing is, when the dreaded winter break hits, we can once again look forward to Agent Carter rather than sitting around on Tuesday's counting the weeks until AoS returns.

Counting down to the digital release of Ant Man and the Netflix release of Jessica Jones as well.  As good as Daredevil was, I have high hopes for Jessica Jones.

And, of course, there's Deadpool next year.  And Civil War.  And X-Men Apocalypse.  And Dr. Strange.

It's truly the golden age of Marvel characters on the big and small screen.  I'm sure they'll burn it out eventually ( considering we're going to be getting three movies a year from Marvel Studios alone soon ) but for now, it's time for all us old comic book nerds to ride the wave.

Just a quick proof-of-concept.  I'm a little frustrated with the inability to do any real shading, but I'm getting somewhere.



 
Seeing that blue-white hair tells me I need to tweak the pelvis texture as well LOL  It's way too white down there.  Didn't look bad in blonde, brunette, or redhead, but I have to account for weird hair color choices.
 
By way of contrast, this is about the best you can do with the typical NWN model.

Still mulling over that story idea.

I think two nipple size choices just went out the window for women in the game.  Reason being that I found an asymmetrical chest texture that I was able to modify.  Almost all of the models take their texture information from a texture that mirrors on either side of the model.  That means that when you add something, the other side has to be exactly the same.

Which makes realistic cum-spattering pretty much impossible.

With the asymmetrical model I found and modified, ( had to remove a clothing layer, and then paste nude parts into blank spots where the clothing was ) I'll be able to paint those spatters to look good, which is something I really wanted for down-n-dirty afterglow scenes.  It's not perfect ( the nipples are a little off ) but it looks decent when viewing the model with the model viewer.  I'm going to poke it into the toolset and see how it looks in game.

The abdomen sculpt also looks better than the one I'd previously chosen.

If it looks okay there, and I have the correct resources to do it for all of the normal female races in the game, I'll be switching them all to a single nipple choice.  Men already only have one choice for chest, so it's actually kind of fair.

Then, I'll be able to do my cum-spattered boobies the way I want

I wonder if I can track down an asymmetrical pelvis...

New quarterly tracks are up.

http://www.darkniciad.com/hotlink_pics/All_3_Names_11_03_15.htm
 
I have a combined 1537 new votes, 235,467 new views, 20 new PCs, and 196 story favorites in this quarter.  Not bad for a quarter where I didn't put out any new stories.  I dropped a couple of places with RR on the All-Time Favorite Author list to 198 with 1153 author favorites.  But, again, that's not bad considering I didn't put out any new stories this quarter.

http://www.darkniciad.com/hotlink_pics/All_3_Names_sol_11_03_15.htm
 
At SOL I'm up 553 votes and 15,803 downloads.  Forgot to check the difference in library, though I think it stayed about even.

http://www.darkniciad.com/hotlink_pics/lush_stats_11_15.htm

At Lush I'm up 29 votes, 49,757 views, 3 PCs, and 14 Favs.  Considering how many people delete their accounts and take their votes/etc. with them, that's not bad.  It's been nothing unusual for those stats to drop every time at Lush.

I also got the Millionaire's Badge for exceeding a million total views on my stories there.

"Boned" is 22,200 views from achieving "Legendary Story" status at 100k.  It's still #2 on the popular list and on Page 1 of the viewed list for the MILF category, so as long as I don't get too many 4s, and things continue as they are, it will make it there in a little over a year.

If I'd put out some more MILF stories, it would probably get there quicker.

That would add to my "Famous Story", "Millionare", "Author 100", "Editor's Pick", "Recommended Read", and "Competition Runner-Up" badges there

The new set of lesbian animations are another prone 69, two much softer masturbation animations, and a kneeling, spooning, guided masturbation.
 
Haven't yet integrated these into the real module's animation sets yet, because I'm still testing them in the testing module.
 
The cutscene code I'm using didn't have the ability to switch phenotypes, which I'm going to need now that I have so many.  When I only had four, it was manageable, but creating six clones of every actor in the scene is a bit much.  So, I'm going to create two clones and have them change phenotypes when necessary.  This will also give me more flexibility for mixing animations from the different animation suites.  Some of them can be meshed into new positions, and once I start delving into threesomes, it will be absolutely necessary.
 
I think it might solve a problem with animations that have been used before in the scene being re-used in a different context/speed.  I was trying to use a slowed down male prone tit-job animation for an afterglow scene, because it begins with him lying with his hands behind his head, but for some reason, it kept skipping to a midpoint of the animation beyond where I wanted it, which I believe is probably due to having played that animation before.
 
In the video I posted to the downloads section, I changed his afterglow animation to "dead front".  LOL  Realistic, but I'd rather have him a little more active than that.
 
To those ends, I've written two new prototypes and three new functions for the cutscene code.  I also created some new constant integers to represent my phenotypes, so I don't have to remember the numbers for the function calls.  "Lesbian" is far easier to remember than "77".  All I know for sure at this point is that the new script compiled. LOL  I'll begin testing on it at some point in the future.
 
I also began work on a universal "on enter" script that will handle the functions every sex cutscene will use before passing on to specific cutscenes for each potential partner.  It will set up some positioning variables, create the clones of the PC, ( and henchman, if necessary ) create props such as erections, underwear, and strapons that the PC and Henchman may need for any scene, etc.
 
The specific cutscenes will then create the sex partner clones, any props they need, and establish their positioning variables.  It will then choose some random scenes specific to that NPC -- which won't repeat until it runs through all the options -- and play the actual cutscenes.
 
I'm probably going to create an include that handles updating the sex-related variables at the end of the scene, the functions of which can then be called from within the specific cutscenes.
 
I also need to redesign my cutscene areas.  For the initial test, I created three interconnected rooms.  For the final, I'll need at least four and possibly five, ( to make putting down positioning waypoints easier ) as well as a room for interaction to take place after the end of the scene.  You'll have an opportunity to go for a round two and possibly three, if you have the sexual stamina and sufficiently satisfied your partner to encourage them to do so.  Multiple sessions make it easier to increase your sexual stats.
 
If you break out of a sex cutscene, you'll lose all the potential benefits of it.
 
There will be an option to turn the animated cutscenes off, though.  In that case, there will be a fade-to-black with some naughty sounds, and then the interaction phase.  This is how scenes with character races that aren't supported will behave as well.
 
You'll also be able to disable the naughty sounds independently of the animated scenes, in case you want to watch but don't want anyone to hear curious sounds coming from your speakers.
 
With both turned off, it will be a simple fade-to-black and fade back in before the interaction phase.
 
You'll also have the option to turn the sex off completely, if you just want to play through the main role-playing adventure.  This will disable all sex-potential branches of conversation, as well as hide some areas, items, characters, nudity, etc.
 
If you know how to use the toolset, all of these variables can be set and saved there as a default for every new game as well.  Normally, they'll be handled via commands typed into the chat bar at the bottom of the screen, and that functionality will still work even if the defaults in the toolset have been changed.
 
Still trying to figure out what background music to use.  I have a few options, and one is good for romantic scenes, but seems a little tame for down-n-dirty.  That's the Dragon Age Origins love song.  I may change my mind after playing it behind a dirty scene, though.
 
As far as the naughty sounds go, my goal is to be able to create a sex soundset that will read much the same way as the default soundsets.  That way, I can create sex soundsets for all the default PC soundsets in the game, as well as any NPC soundsets I may choose to use.
 
For many of the default soundsets, the attack/hit grunts are useful, as is the death sound ( orgasm )  Those will call the default sounds from the soundset.  When necessary, I'll tweak the pitch and such of other sounds and replace those defaults.  Some sounds will also require brand new audio files.  I have a library of sex sounds that I can tweak to sound like the voices in the soundsets.
 
If I can pull that off, the PC will participate audibly as well as visually in the scene, regardless of what soundset you choose for them.
 
That's far in the future, though.  For the time being, I'm concentrating on the visuals and gameplay mechanics.

Unlike real life, if you do get your partner off, they will always come before you do. LOL It is possible to fail, though. If you don't have sufficient sexual knowledge and stamina for an experienced and energetic partner, you can leave them unsatisfied.  There are ways to climb that mountain, though.  If your charisma is high enough, your partner may be excited enough to reduce the orgasm number.  Magic may be able to help as well.  Satisfying someone "out of your league" increases the chance of increasing your sexual stats.

There's always the risk you'll fail and hurt your sexual reputation, though.  That can affect whether an NPC will give you the opportunity to have sex with them, and it absolutely hurts your chances of ever fucking that particular NPC again.

There will also be a few potential romances, which could complicate extracurricular sex, depending upon who you decide to romance.  Romances will be available even with the sex turned completely off.  You'll just be lovey-dovey with them instead of screwing them in game as well.

Enough babbling for now.  Have an idea for a Winter Holiday Contest story I'm going to fiddle with for a bit. 
 

In the process of trying to find something completely different ( the half-orc strapon in uncompiled form, which I'm somehow missing ) I stumbled across several more sets of animations.
 
Most of them are bound and crawling animations, which I doubt I'll ever have a need for.  If I do, I have them, though. I also located the same-sex romance animations so I don't have to go through the process of doing that myself.
 

Then, there are two entirely new sets of sex animations.

One set is another nine ( one appears to be broken ) positions, three of which are him-behind hugs good for the beginning or end of scenes.  One is a prone doggy-style anal.  One is bent over a bed.  The other four are standing doggy animations.

The other set appears to be four new lesbian animations that are more conservative, although I haven't actually tested them with two partners yet.

That means even less repetition in the sex cutscenes

Almost forgot.  In addition to the racial semi-restrictions, only characters using the normal phenotype will be able to view sex cutscenes, because the animations have only been created for that phenotype.

As I said before, all default Bioware races and classes will be playable, but sex cutscenes will be restricted to Normal phenotype humans, half-elves, and elves.  Some classes such as the spell-casting classes may find the game a bit too difficult at the beginning, and a bit to easy at the end as well.  Paladins are going to have serious issues.  The default for making the "best" choices is going to send your alignment toward Chaotic Good.  Fighters and Rogues are what the adventure will be built around.  Clerics and Rangers might work, but their biggest strengths won't come into play very often.

The game will detect these semi-restricted things and warn you at the beginning, so you can back out and create a different character if you choose without losing a bunch of progress.

I lamented too soon.  It seems that metallic sheen is an oddity of the toolset, and it doesn't look that way in-game.

I've successfully attached the three Kissmet clothing packages to my module.  They contain all the options I believe I'm going to need for both fantasy and sexual adventures.  They're large downloads, but not really by today's standards.  They'll also have to be downloaded from their original location, because they exceed the upload size on my server.

I need to contact the moderators at Kissmet and let them know about a messed up model resource I've discovered as well.  Fortunately, it's only a head, which means fixing that single problem and doesn't involve having to edit other files as well.  I'll hold off until I finish checking the male side of things, though.  I've only been completely through the female options within the toolset so far.  That way, if I discover other faulty resources, I can report them all at the same time.

I've also successfully added the FW Romance and Intimate animation suites, and the FB intimate and lesbian animation suites.  A custom .tlk table lets me actually call them something readable within the toolset.  LOL  In my quickly cobbled together versions, I was using some default Bioware names to reference them, including:  "Social", "Hold Person", and "Lay On Hands".  Now they're called "Romance", "Sexual", and "Lesbian".  The fourth suite replaces the main Bioware models while retaining all their original functionality.

I've successfully replaced all the Bioware default torso and pelvis pieces with the options I'll be providing to players.  For ease of scripting the cutscenes, the defaults will be:  Large nipples or small nipples + shaved or trimmed for females.  Males have the option of shaved or trimmed.  No tattoo options will be available for the torso or pelvis.  It just makes it too difficult to have the actors in the cutscenes look the same as they do during normal adventuring to provide more options.

Next up is putting in the erections, strapons, and cum-spattered-aftermath pieces for the cutscenes.  Other than adding some additional heads, that's probably all the added content I'll need as far as character bodies and clothing go.  The clothing hacks cover all the bases.

As mentioned before, I have a custom .tlk table which will let me add new feats, spells, and the like to my module.

I need to add the hak that makes the beds in the default tilesets walkable.  That's rather necessary for the sex scenes.  It's already been thoroughly tested, but I haven't added it to the final, real module yet.

I also need to determine what additional items, placeables, and tilesets I need -- if any.  I'm pretty much positive I'll need additional items.  It's a matter of whether to build my own pack because I only need a few, or whether to attach a pre-existing pack to the module.  If I choose to go pre-existing, it will probably be the Kissmet ones, which are also from project Q.

Placeables are less likely to need a full pack.  The adventure doesn't really require anything outside the Bioware defaults from the way I see it in my head.  A couple of things here and there are all I'll probably need, and most of them will be custom.

I'm also fairly sure the default Bioware tilesets will serve my needs -- perhaps with a few tweaks such as the walkable bed hak.

For those who wish I'd quit fucking with this stuff and get back to writing -- that's what I'm trying to do.  LOL  I've discovered over the years that getting back to my roots of RPGs is what gets me over motivation humps.  I'm having a few ideas for stories now, and odds are that a couple of them will emerge from beneath my blahs to make it onto paper.

Dammit... I was on such a roll.

I started work on assembling the hak packs that will be part of the module, because it's best to have them more or less squared away before you start.  That's a mistake I've made in the past.

I picked through the best nude skins on the vault, and started assembling my own custom picks from them.  Some were obviously light years better than the others, but were exclusively clean-shaven, and I want the trimmed option available to players.

So, I started fighting GIMP again.  It's a Photoshop-style program, but any time I've messed with it in the past, it made me scream in frustration.  No different this time, although I thought I'd finally figured a few things out and managed to add hair to those bare models.

Everything looked fine until I packaged up a temporary hak pack, added it to the module, and tested creating a character.  The hair had a metallic sheen.

*facepalm*

And I was so happy with myself, too.

Best as I can guess, when I created an extra layer temporarily to add some shading, that extra layer inherited the properties of the layer above it, which was metal, and when I merged it down, it took those properties with it.

I'm going to try again later, and this time, rather than just creating a layer, I'm going to try duplicating the existing layer so the new layer should have the same properties.

That doesn't help me with the temporary pure white layer I was sticking under everything to make editing easier, though.  If creating that causes the layer issue it's going to be an incredible pain in the ass.  Trying to see anything that has transparencies in GIMP is like staring into a fucking kaleidoscope.

I so wish that Photoshop could import and export these damn .plt files.  I used to be a big proponent of free software, but when I got into a position to afford the real thing for a while, I quickly discovered how much more convenient paid software can be.  It's hard to go back to the whacked-out processes I used to use all the time to make things work the way I need them to.

Of course, not long after I posted that, the authentication server went offline for good.
 
Never fear.  There's an alternate method that lets you play offline without the server.

http://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/other/tool/premium-module-offline-authenticator-generator

That will generate the dat files that will make all the premium modules playable into perpetuity.

W00t!  Managed to track down another suite of animations and get it in there.  Strictly lesbian animations, filling in some of the gaps lesbian couples had for variety.  Lots of MF animations will work for MM, but you need to add a strap-on for a large percentage of them for FF.

The suite included male versions of all the animations, but...  I don't even know what to call some of them, and certainly don't know how anybody could derive pleasure from them.  Tribbing, for example.  That actually sounds frikkin' painful!

Some might be useful for other things if tweaked and repositioned.  The male animation for prone titfucking from one suite makes a great afterglow animation for men when slowed down. 

I added a NWN category to the download section and uploaded an example video.  I think I've about got the sex angles covered and the animation use down.  There are still a few tests I need to do for elves.  For the first attempt, I'm only going to create cutscenes for characters of both sexes who are human, half-elves, or humans.

Other races will be playable, but the sex cutscenes will be a simple fade to black.

Anyway, after a little more playing around, I think I'll be ready to start the actual module.  About the only thing I'm holding out for now is that the current Custom Content Challenge for the Neverwinter Vault is "Adults Only".

Hoping against hope for some holdable dildos *laugh*

Updating the original NWN topic with some new information about the premium modules as well.

So, while my writing drive is in the toilet, I've been playing Neverwinter Nights.  I decided to try my hand at writing my own module once again.  It's something I've started several times, but never completed.

One thing I always wanted was to be able to integrate the sex animations that are available.  It fits well with telling stories from the world of my writing as Dark.

One I started looking, I discovered that one suite of such animations had been packaged into a form that automatically assigned them to all races and both sexes.  After adding the hak pack to my test module and experimenting a little bit, I managed to get them working.

The other major set of sex animations wasn't much more difficult.  All of the custom animation slots were used up by the first suite of animations, so I couldn't go the route of the first suite.  Fortunately, the second set exists primarily as a phenotype pack, meant to be added as a new phenotype that is switched to when you want to play those animations.  Modify the phenotype.2da, add the new models in a hak pack, and there they were.

Figuring out which number did what animation and how to sync them up nearly made my head spin, though.  The first suite had been set up so both sexes had all animations.  The second suite did as well, but they were on the same nodes.  It was completely ass-backwards from the other one, and it took me a minute or three to wrap my brain around it.

With that successfully working, I had quite a few sex animations, and some positioning tweaks + camera angles let me create a few unintended ones ( and will probably provide more as I think about the second suite )

What was lacking was the softer things -- kisses and hugs.

There's a suite for that as well.  Problem is, the only place you can get it is within a huge community expansion Hak called "Q".  It was never offered as an individual download in the usual places.

I don't want to force people to download a massive Hak of stuff I'm not using just to have one or two things.   The plan if I finish the module is to release it here on the website, and then write a novelization of the gameplay as well.

So, I wanted to create my own Hak pack that only has what I'm using.  I downloaded Q, checked it out, and discovered exactly what I didn't want to see.  The romance suite was the default additional animations within that expansion.  I already have a default.  I was hoping it was already set up as a phenotype, but no luck there.

There are so many bloody phenotypes in that Hak that I couldn't even figure out which models belong to which phenol.  So, I was at a loss.  I did a little Google searching, and managed to come across an old thread where someone was trying to figure out how to use the suite.

There, I found some instructions on how to transform the suite to allow same-sex characters to use the animations.  A little farther down, I found a post talking about extracting them from Q.  I was like, "YES!" Unfortunately, the poster didn't describe the process.  Dammit.

A little farther down, I saw that the original creator of the suite gave permission for the person who had extracted it.  Nobody had been using it outside of Q because he'd never given permission for that.  That got rid of one hurdle if I could find the damn thing.

Then, salvation.  Someone had downloaded the animation pack from a site of one of the first module builders to use it.  He had permission to distribute it for his mod, which meant I had a place to download it from.

Then, it was about two hours of studying that Hak pack, the two sets of sex animations, and a couple of other phenotype Hak packs to figure out how to create the new phenotype.  I did the edits, packaged them up, attached them to my test module, and they worked!

The next step is to create the same-sex phenotype so girls can kiss girls   I also need to test to see if my other races work, because I've only tried the humans so far.

For that matter, I really still need to test the other races on suite #2.

So, I have the following to work with from the suites:

Standing kiss, standing hug, him on top prone kiss, her on top prone kiss, female-only erotic dance, couples waltz, ( never going to use that ) missionary, doggy-style, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, doggy against the wall, face-to-face standing with him carrying her, face-to-face standing, aggressive missionary, rough doggy-style, fast doggy-style, standing deepthroat, prone deepthroat, ( with him fingering her ) standing 69, standing tit-job, prone tit-job.

By fiddling with the first suite, I was also able to create a quite convincing face-sitting animation viewable from about any angle.  I got a decent looking prone pussy-eating, so long as the camera is in the right place.  It will look even better if I can time it to show the best part in the middle of the animation.  I got a decent prone 69 and a decent her on her hands and knees blowjob as well.

For some variety, I can use standard animations to simulate a standing handjob, a standing fingering, a standing mutual masturbation, and a blowjob with her kneeling in front of him.

Tweaking the positioning will let me use most of the first suite's stuff for girl-girl as well.  I'm pretty sure I have a strap-on somewhere in my model resources I've picked up over the years.  For that matter, I need to find my erect male parts, because that will increase the number of angles some animations will be viewable from.

Some of the first suite's animations could also be used as tribbing and tit-sucking if tweaked properly.  I've managed to do some cross-racial stuff with the first suite as well.

That's just the beginning.  I haven't even begun to think about what I might be able to do with the second and third suite, or by combining them.  If I can manage to reskin some kind of placeable to use the bed textures, I can also turn some of the standing positions into modified reclining positions with the right camera angles.

It should provide me with an extensive array of sexual positions for the cutscenes in the module.  That way, every partner and every session will be different through most of the game.  With some randomization, they can all be different, but the abundance of positions will mean that there will be fewer repeats in each encounter.

I also figured out how to add custom feats ( Epic Sexual Knowledge and Epic Sexual Reputation, anyone?  LOL ) and create a dynamic sex journal that will tell you how many sessions you've had, how many threesomes you've managed, who you've slept with, etc.

There's so much I've figured out how to do now that I can accomplish all the things that frustrated me on my last attempt years ago.  I think I've even figured out ( via the dynamic sex journal code ) how to make a persistant "hub" of sorts that will let you store items in a place that won't take up space in your inventory across various modules, or to have a "trophy room" of sorts.  I can also trap the chat line and use it as a way to let the player turn off sex animations, sex sounds, or both via typed commands.

I'm tweaking existing NWN resources and sound files from the 'net to create sex-soundsets for every character and possible PC soundset as well.  I figured out custom sound long ago, but I'm getting better at using audacity to tweak sounds to match existing tracks and cut existing tracks down into the words I want.  "Come, my lady."

The one thing I still can't do is to create type-restricted character inventory containers ( bags of holding ) that will only let you store certain types of items.  I really wanted to make infinite quivers that would only hold arrows, potion satchels that would only hold potions, etc.  There's simply no way in the engine to trap what happens with personal containers.  Dammit.  I'll probably still make them, because I like the idea of having an at-a-glance inventory rather than pages of identical bags that I have to put in certain places so I remember what's in the damn things.  Everyone else will be able to use them as bags for anything, though.  I'm OCD, so mine will only have in them what they're supposed to. 

I've also figured out much smarter ways of triggering events that are only supposed to happen once, get data from individual characters, do skill/ability checks without using a script for each and every one, track the plotline, etc.

It will make the whole process so much easier once I start working on the actual game.  I'll have all the technical stuff ready for quick inclusion so I can concentrate on writing the story.

I just had to crow a little bit, because I'm really happy with what I've accomplished.

Too bad I don't have a buttload of money.  I'd commission some 3d artists to create some solo, undressing, and homosexual-specific animations for me LOL  There's a severe lack of those that I could really make use of.

Money is running a little tight right now, because my hours are getting low at work and I had to loan my sister some money over the last year or so, cutting into my cushion.

So, I was looking for ways to cut back.  #1 was my satellite T.V.  I don't watch many channels as it is, so I went looking and found a package $10 cheaper that had my three channels I was worried about ( History, Discovery, and A&E )

Website wasn't letting me select it, so I called them to see what was up.  Turns out that I would have to upgrade my equipment.  It wasn't going to cost me anything except a hassle of waiting for someone to come out and change the box/dish.  I wasn't looking forward to that, and it must have been obvious in my voice.

Out of the blue, the rep offers to give me a $10 discount for six months with no change of equipment or channels.

That's where the "I'll be damned" comes from.  You don't expect that kind of thing from big T.V.

So, I got my bill reduction with no hassle.  If things haven't improved by the end of the six months, I can still downgrade.

Now, I'm off to watch Agents of Shield on my DVR

Screw it.  I'm just going to post the link to the premium modules.  It's as much for my reference as anything else, because I keep having to Google the thread every time someone asks me.  LMAO

http://forum.bioware.com/topic/139154-unofficial-links-to-redownload-previously-purchased-premium-modules/

Decided to open up my old module I started making back in 2007 or so.  It was called "Inheritance in Fightershaven".  It had neat NPC scripts that kept them all active.  People in the throne room roamed around, drank at the kegs, talked to each other, sat on the furniture, etc.  Guards made their rounds through the castle.  Girls in the bath splashed and moved around as they bathed.

Yes, it has the nude hackpacks.

I quit working on it after finishing the opening quest because one of my scripts broke.  It had two different sets of NPC scripts for day and night.  They both worked fine, but one day I did something that stopped the transition from day to night from working.  No matter what I did, I could never get the night script to fire.  So, I got frustrated and gave up.

As you might guess, there were a lot of sex quests as well as the normal adventuring quests.  Convince various people to join you in bed, and you earned experience and journal entries.  Everyone in the castle recognized when you weren't wearing your armor ( and thus, with the nude hackpacks, naked )

There was one thing I'd forgotten about, though.

I went down into the basement level where the servants had their quarters ( which were much nicer than you would think for a basement )  I walked up to the stuffy old chancellor with my female fighter character -- naked as the day she was born -- and talked to him.  He cries out "Oh my god!" and immediately faints dead away.  Full animation and thump of him hitting the floor.

There I am, laughing my ass off at my own joke, because I'd forgotten it was there.  It was like two minutes later before he roused himself and stood back up.

It was so tempting to go talk to him and put him right back on the ground again.

Just had to relate that.