Temporary hiatus...

Since April, things in my life have been a bit hectic.  So I am on a temporary hiatus from modding and gaming.  I am still active on Facebook if you want to get in touch with me.  Basically, my job status has changed and need to focus on that right now.

In more detail: I work for a small business and until recently was the office manager one of their two small offices.  My office space was reclaimed by the building that owned it and my company had to close it.  My position as manager no longer needed and "due to loss of revenue" I was laid off.  The manager of the second office convinced the boss that my skills were still very much needed and boss decided they could keep me part-time.

This whole time I've been looking for another full-time job.  So far nothing has panned out, but I check the job postings everyday and keep submitting my resume to the ones that fit.  Something will come along eventually.  At least I have a part-time job in the interim and my wonderful fiance for support.

When things settled down, then I'll get back to modding.  My two WIPz Crafting Enjoyment Overhaul for Skyrim and Guild Benefits for Oblivion are still a go, just on hold while I get my professional life together.

Much love to everyone, friends and modding colleges!  I will be back and everything will be OK.  Don't worry!

Yummy Food for CEO

Crafting Enjoyment Overhaul's food textures are coming along nicely. Thanks to Scot for Alternative Soup Textures - Modder's Resource for providing most of the default soups. The only ones left are beef stew and horker stew. I might do a cheese fondue instead of chocolate for the Elsweyr fondue since the recipe uses cheese.

Any other textures either I will find free images online or take pictures myself. I've completed two food textures tonight. Added Scot's soups and my two foods to the mod. I have a couple more food related ideas that I plan on adding, just need to figure out implementation. One of which will be a craft, easy to do. The other quite a bit more complicated, but will be so rewarding if I can pull it off!

Working Mill Stones

Not just a useless animation prop any more. Milling is a new craft that allows you can grind wheat into flour, bone into bonemeal, and more. I really needed flour as an ingredient for my WIPz Crafting Enjoyment Overhaul for some of the recipes (i.e. bread, apple pie, etc.)

My First Skyrim Mod Released

Yep, a campsite called Waterfall Ridge. Its tradition to always make a camp. And I'm going to build another... I just feel like it. This time it will be a little more than basic, but still more so than a real house. It will be one of those big fur tents up in the snow near Helgen. It will have everything Waterfall Ridge has, plus wood cutting and leather working. I haven't decided on much else as it will just come to me as I work.

Creation Kit soon! The anticipation is killing me...

The latest news from the Bethesda Forums:

Gstaff said on Friday, January 27, 2012 at 11:52 am:

We really appreciate the feedback from our Steam Beta. We anticipate the 1.4 update going live next week for all on the PC and being sent to the console manufacturers. The Creation Kit won’t be far behind.

Using saves we’ve collected from the community, we’re really seeing some great results with the 1.4 update. Thanks to everyone!

Info on the Beta Patch 1.4 can be found on the Bethblog.