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[Coutelier]

Haven't dropped by in a while, so I figured I would drop by and say hi, see how everyone's doing.  I was kind of expecting BG fandom might pick up a bit after the EE, but it doesn't really seem to have done so.

 

Myself, I've been deliberately avoiding fanfiction as I want to concentrate on original stuff.  I've this problem for years of having lots and lots of ideas but never quite managing to get it all into a coherent whole.  Might because of my Aspergers, which is official now by the way.  I have a doctor's certificate to say so.

 

So yeah, I haven't really written any fanfic for a while.  I did have a go at writing some mods, but they're for the Enhanced Edition of the games so I suspect won't work with other versions.

 

My first attempt was this small mod which just added Aerie as a cameo to the Nashkel fair in BG1.  I had this idea about adding several BG2 npc's as cameos to BG1, but BG2:EE was kind of rushed out faster than I expected so I lost interest in that and never got any further with it.

 

I moved on, and made Tenya into a joinable NPC, which was kind of fun.

 

And then, I thought I'd attempt to make a mod for Aerie in BG2 to add a proper personal quest.  I've always felt that's what she lacks.  We know she starts out with a 'determination to fight against injustice', yet still lacks experience and confidence. By ToB her determination has won out and she's quite a bad-ass adventurer... but all we see inbetween is her dealing with the loss of her wings, but only if you romance her.  Admittedly there is too much focus on that in the game and not enough on the rest of her character.  The mod's not finished though.  Again I had too many ideas and struggled making them all fit, and some of the ideas I started off with were possibly a bit too grand for me to implement on my own in any case.  I would like to finish it, but like I mentioned a lot more of my time now is spent on other things.  Maybe I'll post some dialogues or banters some time.

 

One thing I do miss about this forum inparticular is line by line feedback.  It could devolve into MST'ing, which I was often very guilty of, mainly to cover the fact that I'm terrible at writing actual reviews.  But when people did it properly it was always very useful.  I might not always show it, but often people would say things that I didn't agree with at the time, because obviously they just didn't realise how brilliant I was being, but then later on I've thought about it and realised that maybe they were right.  Sometimes.  Occasionally.  Maybe it happened once.

 

So anyway, that's basically what I've been up to lately.  And playing Star Trek Online.  It's funny how free-to-play games can end up costing you all your money.

Edited by Coutelier, 20 May 2015 - 02:03 AM.

[Clovis]

Hi, Courtelier

 

Good to see you're doing okay.   I've not written much fiction of late, either.   I work two jobs now, one of them being part-time (hopefully soon to be full-time) freelance writing.  I just don't have much time for writing the fun stuff anymore.  Not when I have exciting things like tri-fold brochures and bulk mailing copy to write.

 

I've also been playing Star Trek Online.  Off-and-on, anyway.  My computer is kinda old, so I don't always get the full experience, especially on ground missions.   I do love mixing it up in space now and then.   Primarily, I either fly a Mirror Assault Cruiser named Mournblade (named after the brother sword to Stormbringer from Moorcock's Elric books), or if I'm playing my Klingon (Ferasan) character Prince Thrakhath (named after the Wing Commander games), I'm skulking around in my Hegh'ta Bird of Prey named Sivar (again, a WC reference).    Mournblade is fitted with an all-plasma loadout, with Romulan plasma beam arrays and both the Romulan and Omega Force advanced plasma torpedo launchers.    The Sivar has MK XIV Disruptors, a Borg Cutting Beam, and the antiproton torpedo launcher from the Crystalline Entity special mission contest.

[Majin_Baka]

I am wondering how much is there in the way of EE mods? I have been considering getting BG2 and IWD EE, since the original games either don't work, or GateKeeper/ShadowKeeper doesn't work. That's another thing, is there a ShadowKeeper and DaleKeeper for EE? Because I could live without almost all the mods (though I would love an infinite stacking and a bottomless Bag of Holding), but I am not sure I would even bother getting the games if there isn't Keepers available (yes, I'm an incorrigible cheat, I always have been, I always will be).

 

And if there are mods, and Keeepers, can someone give me links?

[Coutelier]

Bit late to answer, but yeah there is an EE Keeper.  As for Star Trek Online I have a few characters going; a Klingon named Pyris, a Romulan/Federation captain commanding the Aureli, and Captain Tenya in command of the Tamesis

 

But yeah, I'm writing my own stuff which is making much happier now to be honest.  I was always kind of depressed when I posted in this fandom before (which is probably why I was a bit sensitive and took offence to things too easily).  But now that I'm actually writing and finishing stuff I wanted to write my mood has improved considerably (well, I stay kind of suck at knowing how to begin a story, and at writing endings as well... but the bits inbetween are going quite good).