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Shopping And StoppingPosted: October 24, 2010 Filed under: guide dog, shopping and stopping | Tags: going in to town, not working too well, obsticles, stopping, yappy dogs 3 Comments
Since my
Aftercare Visit
Last week, I thought things would have improved regarding Ushi's
Little Stops
Well they didn't really….
On Tuesday I was feeling quite positive, and decided to do the big church route again, just to make sure we were both comfy and that we would have no stops. We got along fine, until we reached our usual stopping point, and wham, a stoppage. So instead of being all gruff and cross with her, I got my really positive voice on, and tried to get her to carry on. Meanwhile across the road, there were kids playing football, and
Those Kids Who tried to feed Ushi
Came running towards me. So I quickly tried to get her to go straight on. Another girl came up and asked if she could pet Ushi, which I said yes, then heard those other kids coming. So I just said that Ushi was being a bad girl and had to keep her moving. (she does this wee dance thing on her back legs when she gets distracted by kids and other dogs). We got further on, and she decided to keep going up a persons driveway, so I kept having to correct her for that. She was still very hesitant at her kerbs though. When we got to one kerb, I decided to put my foot into the gutter (would never never do this with traffic but it was quiet), just to see if she would go forward. She eventually went forward which was good.
On the part of the route where we would be opposite the park, Ushi kept seeing another dog, and was like "Ooooooh that looks interesting!", so I had to keep telling her to "Leave it!". An elerdly woman who had the other dog was like "my dog is being a bad boy too. Can we go past?". I didn't fancy Ushi getting distracted in the road, so asked her if it was okay for me to go across first. She said that was fine, and it meant that me and Ushi would be further along in the opposite direction from the woman who was going to the park.
We had no further problems. I was a bit puzzled about why she was still so hesitant at her kerbs, but put it down to my praise not being that good.
On Wednesday when we went out for our walk, it was bucketing down. Ushi kept wanting to go back inside, but I tried to keep her moving, but she just kept heading for the house. So we went back inside until it stopped raining.
After it stopped, I got her out and up to our first kerb outside our house. I tried to get her to turn right, but she just stopped. She eventually went when she saw someone walking ahead of us. I thought nothing really of it, until she stopped again at the corner of our estate where there is usually a big dog who barks at us. It was shortly after this actually when she stopped. We have passed that dog loads of times before, so I don't know what the problem was. It took me ages to finally get her up to her down kerb where we would cross for going to the shop and most other routes lol. I decided that there was no point going any further, and that we would just do the block route around our estate, since she was just stopping. I mean she has never stopped at that point before. I don't know what had happened. I met my dad, and he went in front of me. I then told him to stay behind me where Ushi wouldn't see him. We did eventually get around that little route, but it was rather strange!!!
Thursday was no better really. I could barely get her to go right after our first down kerb. I turned round, to see if she would go the other way around the block, and she did up until she saw a cat. I kept correcting her, but all she was interested in was that cat. I eventually got her past the cat, but then we had a stoppage again. There has been no obsticles at all when she has stopped. I would have no problem if it was an "off kerb" obsticle for instance. Usually though she sort of slows down before those though, whereas when she stopped it was just a dead stop. I just did a "back" turn then, and took her back home. I was starting to get a bit worried about why this was happening. My dad was saying that she could need to be retrained because she was so distracted and all, but I said that all guide dogs get distracted and all, and I didn't want to admit that she could need retrained. But my friend said that I wouldn't have been qualified if she did need to be retrained.
The bonus was though that my friend was up doing hotel orientation, as she is going off on class soon. My rehab worker was going to pop in to see me, and my friend wanted to see Ushi, so it was awesome! So at about 4 o'clock, they came round.
I braught Ushi down, and gave the lead to my friend to hold. I was so pleased with Ushi. There was a bit of waggy tails, but she just lay down at my friends feet! I was expecting her not to settle as she just loves people, but she was grand!!! I took Ushi back upstairs again, after my friend had said her hellos, as my little brother wanted to hold one of our guinny pigs. (the team said that Ushi might not really like them, so not to hold them in front of her).
My rehab worker asked me how I was getting on, and I said about the stops. He said that it is hard, but to keep persivereing with her. I said about not wanting to run to the team all the time, but he said that was their job. He just said to keep at it. I said that I felt as though I didn't want to be qualified because this week was kind of bad, but my rehab worker says that of course I should be qualified, and that it wasn't bad at all. He said to ring the team if it didn't get any better.
My friend and my rehab worker soon left after that.
On Friday, I spent ages on the small block route trying my hardest to get Ushi going. I managed to get her to the corner with the barking dog, but no further. So I did a "back" turn, and only got her so far. There was a car, and she spent ages at it, so I thought that it was maybe going to be a "Off kerb" obsticle. But she wouldn't go off the kerb, so I kept getting her to go back up to the car, and she eventually went around it (there was space at the other side of it). I told her to find home, then tried to do the route again, but she wouldn't go. But it was gradual progress. I was still quite worried though.
On Friday night, I took her downstairs. For some reason the guinny pigs were extremely noisy. Ushi normally doesn't bother with them, but was right at the cage whining a little. I thought they were maybe annoying her, so was going to put her on the long lead, but she eventually came over and just lay down. My sister said that she couldn't see what was making the noise, so that was probably what was annoying her.
Yesterday I think we made huge strides with the stops. I managed to get her halfway round the little block which was great. She was more crawling than actually stopping, which was good. I would have kept going on the block route, but we got to where the
Yappy dogs
Were that I encountered after I qualified. There was a car parked, and I figured that we might have been too close for comfort to where the dogs were, and didn't want Ushi getting agitated or anything. So I just casually did a "back" turn. A few minutes later, the owner of the dogs came up, and explained that there was a tube lying on the ground (Ushi had stopped again). I said that the dogs were a bit scary, but then felt terrible as these were her dogs! I appologised for saying that they were scary, and she completely understood. She explained that they bark at everyone, but that there were too many for Ushi, and that was why she was maybe scared. She was a lovely woman. I really enjoyed talking to her. We went on our way after that.
Ushi was taking me around a car, and I sort of took the lead just gently. These kids were like "what are you doing?", and I just said that she was taking me around a car. I felt like saying inside though "what does it look like!" but refrained lol. As I went home, they casually came up on the road on their little scooters, and started making dog noises! I just told Ushi to "Pay attention!" and to find home. The kids eventually got bored I think. I wasn't as worried yesterday.
Today was really good. I decided to take Ushi into town with my dad guiding me. I put her harness on, but just held dads arm and the harness was on her back. I just held the lead. I wanted to get her used to being in town, without actually having to work it. She was fabulous!!! She only ocasionally looked at children (she loves children), and people, but didn't get massively distracted. Even when we took her into our local Tescos (it was a little one), she was grand. We decided to sit on a bench and eat some chocolate (we do this every day just to kill time really). I was going to have her sit in front of us, but then thought cause we were eating it would be better to have her lie down. She just lay there! I didn't take her harness off cause we were only there for about 5 minutes. She did look around, but stayed lying down which was fab. I felt so proud of her!!!
I don't think she liked the wooden floor in Waterstones though, as she kind of rushed over it lol. I think because it made a different sound than the tiles and such, and it was shiney wood. She was grand though the whole day!!!!!
I didn't actually work her today, but I wanted her to get used to town while it was quiet, and so that she wouldn't have to deal with the stress of working it.
I am so pleased with today. I hope it will help her with her stops. I will still ring the team tomorrow just to get some advice really in case the stops continue. Hopefully they won't though!!
She is lying behind me now as I type lol. Earlier mum said she was just watching me type earlier. I thought that was cute lol.
We had our first major frost this morning. I thought Ushi wouldn't spend, but she was grand. I think she wanted to chase it afterwards though as she did a little run around. I corrected her though. I don't want to jinx it, but when I have let her off lead around the garden, she hasn't dug, or played chasies with me. I got her a tug toy last week and bring it out, and when she sees it, she comes running!!! I have decided to keep her on lead for her first spend and last spend (as in the morning i'm not really awake lol). But if it is raining, then I keep her on all the time just so she doesn't play silly billies.
I'll let you know what the team say tomorrow though. I hope you don't get bored of these entries. I just thought i'd let you all know how everything is going.


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People of Powder Mills
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Last February, over 1,000 Interaction Designers, Information Architects and Creative Technologists converged on Amsterdam for Interaction14. We listened, learned, mingled, and mindmelded while freezing our little tushies in the winter chill of the European winter.
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Copyright does not belong in the fashion world
Hat tip to Ed Grey (@EditorPatentEd) for the link to this piece on TechDirt, which perfectly encapsulates so much of what I find baffling about the fashion world, and presents a pretty good case for keeping copyright out of it. Thank goodness, at least, that over here we don't allow copyright to get involved very much any more - not since 1989 - and UK UDR is short, Community UDR fleeting.
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JR East - Tsugaru Line, Shin-Aomori to Mimmaya
miyakoji posted a topic in Japan Rail: Pictures & VideosFor anyone interested in modelling rural northern Honshu, this is a must see. I recommend it for everyone else as well :). This is a 3-video series by YT uploader karibajct. JR East's hybrid HB-E300 trains entered into service in October 2010 in two general locations: Aomori and Yamagata in far northwestern Honshu, and Nagano, Yamanashi, and Niigata, the Koshinetsu region roughly in northern central Honshu. There are only 10 cars in 4 trainsets, three 2-car sets and one 4-car set. In these videos we see a 2-car Resort Asunaro set on the Resort Asunaro Tappi service. Starting at Shin-Aomori, the train goes to Aomori and then reverses to take the Tsugaru Line (not the Tsugaru Kaikyo Line) to Mimmaya. Karibajct made these recordings on April 13, 2013, and there's still snow on the ground in some places. Shin-Aomori to Shin-Aburakawa - 8:50 arrives at Aomori, 14:10 passes Aomori Depot, there are some E751 intermediate cars and some Kanto-area rolling stock stored here. Shin-Aburakawa junction to Kanita - some Tsugaru Shamisen around 13:50 Kanita to Mimmura - the Tsugaru and Tsugaru Kaikyo lines split at Shin-Nakaoguni junction at 7:45, and the Hokkaido Shinkansen is under construction at 10:10. Lonely, lonely Mimmura Station is at 33:55. Wikipedia articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HB-E300_series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsugaru_Line http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_Station http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minmaya_Station Google map centered between Shin-Aomori and Aomori: http://maps.google.com/?ll=40.825988,140.723963&spn=0.026824,0.048022&t=m&z=15 Google map centered on Kanita Station, about halfway along the line: http://maps.google.com/?ll=41.038076,140.642445&spn=0.013369,0.024011&t=m&z=16 Google map centered on Mimmaya Station: http://maps.google.com/?ll=41.186018,140.444562&spn=0.013339,0.024011&t=m&z=16


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The Davinci Stick
By: Megan Pasche
Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" is an enduring iconic image. It was created in 1490, and denotes a perfectly proportioned body. To this day, it is still inspiring people; case in point, Jack Villella, creator of, what may very well become the newest exercise craze, the Davinci Stick.
The Davinci Stick is all about building up your core strength, which is important because it not only supports your spine, but it helps with your balance. Your core is made up of a group of different muscles, and they are incorporated in practically every move the human body makes. Positions done with the stick are held for at least 30 seconds each, and you are meant to do that for as many reps as you can. Once you get the basic moves down, it's all about creating and progressing on your own. You can use the Davinci Stick by yourself, or with an exercise partner.
Villella graduated from the physical education program at Brock University, and also has a bachelor of education from St. Bonaventure University, as well as a PHD in alphabiotics (the science of stress relief). This means, when it comes to the body and movement, Villella knows what he's talking about. Exercising with the Davinci Stick is all about physical therapy, stress relief, healing and strengthening.
For the last 11 years, Villella has worked as a painter, and though he loved it, it left him in a lot of pain from the constant bending and climbing. He hurt his back and his knee and the pain was leaving him depressed. He was going for treatments at the chiropractor, and was also doing workouts at the gym. There weren't many exercises he could actually do successfully given his persistent pain, but one day, he got inspired when he found a workout stick in the corner. He grabbed it and started to stretch with it, and to his surprise, it left him feeling pretty good. He thought to himself, "hey, I'm onto something." And there, the seeds of for what would eventually become the Davinci Stick were sown. So he continued…every morning, he would go to the gym and do the stretching with the stick, while also thinking about how it could be improved.
One day, during a visit to his chiropractor, he was lying on the adjustment table, when a photo on the wall caught his eye. It was da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man". He relates, "I'm staring at this picture, and I had this epiphany. I had chills. I thought…that's what I'm doing, I'm going from a horizontal line to a vertical line." And so the wheels began to turn. The more Villella looked at da Vinci's picture, the more he realized that he had naturally been mimicking the movements shown in the centuries old picture, though he had never really examined it closely before. He started showing the picture to everybody, and began referring to the stick as a "Davinci" stick, instead of the previous moniker, the "Infinity Stick", and started working on the refinement of his project. He explains, "if I got a stick my height or higher, and I moved it into vertical or horizontal positions with my body, I could effectively stretch, strengthen and heal my body."
The stick itself has gone through many incarnations, and the end result is an octagonal stick that is one inch in diameter that comes in lengths ranging from five to seven feet. The ends are capped in rubber, which ensures that the stick can be used on pretty much any surface without slipping. The sticks are produced by Jack, right in his garage at home. The wood is shipped to him from a company in Richmond Hill already in an octagon shape, then Villella does the rest.
Villella has big plans for the Davinci Stick, hoping to eventually get it incorporated into high school physical education curriculum (it is currently in two high schools in the Niagara area). Much like yoga, exercising with the Davinci Stick is about defying gravity, pushing your limits on the poses you are holding and increasing your flexibility. The exercises can be done anywhere, inside or outside, with the rubber caps ensuring that the stick will never slide.
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Work has kept me away from An Archaeologist's Diary more than I ever thought it would so far this year… and December is not going to be any different! So today's ARCHAEO-Crush is for October, November and December… and it was inspired by one of the men whose accomplishments were presented in my Egyptology Seminar last weekend.
Civilisation: Ancient Egypt
Date: Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 (circa 2613-2494 B.C.E.)
ARCHAEO-Crush: This Old Kingdom statue is remarkable in a number of ways, First of all, the physique of the man depicted here is more than stunning in its appearance. He is stocky and fleshy in a manner seldom seen in Egyptian art, which normally depicts men as eternally youthful, slim and with well-defined muscles… which is not the case with Hemiunu. Was the man really this corpulent and he wanted to be represented in a realistic manner? Or was his massive physique synonymous with wealth and accomplishment, indicating his important status in the Egyptian government and society?
Both hypotheses are possible because Hemiunu was indeed a very important man in ancient Egypt. The colourful inscription on the base of his statue gives us numerous titles and offices. Among other titles, Hemiunu was of royal blood (the son of either Snefru or Nefermaat), the vizier (prime minister) during the reign of King Khufu, a priest and the overseer of all the construction works of the king. As the latter, he was in charge of all the architectural projects initiated by the king for whom he worked. And he worked of King Khufu…. and you know what that means, right? Hemiunu was likely the man in charge of the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza! Not too shabby an accomplishment, that!
Bucket list status: The first time I saw this statue with my own eyes was at the Royal Ontario Museum when the statue was part of the Egyptian Art during the Age of the Pyramids exhibition. The Hildesheim Museum, where Hemiunu normally resides, was under renovation and it travelled to Toronto. I have since been to Hildesheim to him again… he's always so impressive.
Additional information: When Hermann Junker discovered the statue in Hemiunu's mastaba at Giza, the head had already suffered some damage. The nose was smashed and the eyes had been gauged out. The face of the statue was restored in the early 20th century based on Hermiunu's features as seen from a relief from the MFA Boston that shows him with an aquiline nose.


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I've gone on record numerous times on the podcast saying that I believe 2015 is one of the best year's in the history of video games. There were so many incredible games that came out this year that It was tough to make a list. So instead of picking the "best game" of 2015, I thought I'd share with you a few of my favorite games from the year.
Life Is Strange Season One.
Episodic gaming has made sort of a reemergence in the video game industry in the past couple of years. While TellTale games has been the front runner in this category of games, a new challenger entered the ring in late January. Life Is Strange is an episodic graphic adventure video game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix. Dontnod is a French developer who brought us 2013's Remember Me. While that game had some interesting ideas, overall, it was a mediocre offering. Their sophomore entry is a different story.
The game's plot focuses on Maxine Caulfield, a photography student who discovers that she has the ability to rewind time at any moment, leading her every choice to enact the butterfly effect. After having foreseen an approaching storm, Max must take on the responsibility to prevent it from destroying her town. The player's actions will adjust the narrative as it unfolds, and reshape it once allowed to travel back in time.
The game does an incredible job encapsulating what it means to be a teenager. From the music she listens to, to the way she talks, I saw a little bit of my weird, teenage self in Max. Hannah Telle does an exceptional job voicing Max. It's Ashly Burch though that steals the show as Max's best friend, Chloe. The relationship between the renegade, punk-rock listening, blue haired, Chloe, and the shy, sheltered, artisitc Max is what makes the story shine. The game has great performances by the rest of the cast as well, and your choices matter and will change the outcome of the game. Neat stuff. Great work DontNod. Also, there's this.
Why do we play video games? Is it to escape the real world and become something we're not? A father searching for his son in a post-apocalyptic future, A plumber trying to save his princess, so-on-and-so-forth. While that's true, I also play video games to challenge myself, and that's exactly what Bloodborne did more than any other game this year … challenged me.
The "Souls" games have always been known for their difficulty. Heck, it took me about 10 hours to get out of the first area when I played Dark Souls for the first time. FromSoftware took everything they learned from the original Dark Souls and along with game director Hidetaka Miyazaki created one of the most beautifully haunting games of 2015.
Bloodborne is a third person, action role-playing game. The game follows the player character, (the Hunter), through the fictional Gothic city of Yharnam, whose inhabitants have been afflicted with an abnormal blood-borne disease. Upon mysteriously awakening in Yharnam during the night of "The Hunt", the Hunter seeks out something known only as "Paleblood" for reasons unknown. The Hunter begins to unravel Yharnam's intriguing mysteries while hunting down its many terrifying beasts. Eventually, the Hunter's objective is to locate and terminate the source of the plague, and escape the nightmare to return to the 'real world.'
As stated earlier, Bloodborne is an incredibly challenging game. But, it's also a fair one. Bloodborne will push against you, but if you put in the time, learn the intricacies and patterns of the enemies, the game will step aside. I've had the highest of highs and the lowest of lows this year with Bloodborne. I'd try to beat a boss 25-30 times, and think to myself "this is it boys, time to give up." Then, I'd continue to try, and try, and finally … you'd beat that boss. I think beating a few of the bosses in Bloodborne was one of the highlights of gaming in 2015 for me. The game also has a fantastic DLC expansion, called The Old Hunters which will make you cry like a little girl. It's a great gosh-darn game. PREY SLAUGHTERED
Buy Bloodborne: Complete Edition (PS4)
Video games can be special. Undertale is an incredibly special game. Made almost in its entirety by one guy (Developer, Publisher, Artist, Writer, Composer) Toby Fox, Undertale is a role playing game that's in-line with games like EarthBound. In Undertale, the player controls a human child as they navigate the fictional Underground: a large, secluded region underneath the surface of the Earth. The inhabitants of the Underground are called "monsters", a diverse and intelligent group who have been banished from the surface following a war with humanity. The child interacts with many monsters on their quest to return to the surface, with the player making decisions on whether to kill or befriend them. These choices affect the outcome of the game to a large degree, with the dialogue and story outcome changing based on their decisions.
One of the most incredible things about Undertale is that you can play the entire game without ever killing anyone. That's right, you can play the whole game without harming a single enemy in the game. Instead of choosing to "fight", you can "talk" or "console" or "give a compliment" (among other things). It all adds up to a video game experiences unlike any other.
An RPG is only as good as the cast of characters that you'll encounter along your journey. Undertale has some of the best characters of the year. From brothers SANS and PAPYRUS (who speak in their respective fonts) to a robot who just wants to be a star. (Mettaton, we love you!). There's so many great characters that you'll meet along the way. What really makes Undertale great is the story and its writing, which is on the one hand hilarious enough to suck you in from the start, and is also, by the end, rather heartfelt as well.
Undertale truly is one of the best games I've ever played and I want everyone else to experience it. That being said, HERE is a link that you can go download the game. All you have to do is choose your platform (Windows or Mac) and click download. It's simple and will run on almost any computer. Play this game. It's truly special.
Here's a Link to Buy Undertale on Steam
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Sometimes a game is so epic that it needs to be 100+ hours in order to complete. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is one of those games. Wild Hunt is a third person, action role-playing video game set in an open world environment, and developed by the incredible CD Projekt RED (located in Poland). They player takes control of protagonist Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter known as a Witcher, who sets out on a long journey through the Northern Kingdoms. In the game, players battle against the world's many dangers using swords and magic, while interacting with non-player characters and completing side quests and main missions to progress through the story.
You're probably saying to yourself, "Andrew, I haven't played the first two Witcher games, can I play this one?" The answer to that question is yes. Through a five minute video, the game does a fantastic job getting players up to speed with what happens in the first two games of the series. Sure, there might be a few characters that you won't know their "whole" story, but for the most part, Wild Hunt can be played as a stand-alone game.
And you should play it! It's incredibly fun. You'll find yourself spending dozens of hours off the beaten path doing side quests. Good news, some of the side quests are better than the main story missions. The game is so deep with lore and characters and incredible writing, that you won't get bored. I will say that it takes a couple of hours for the game to get going. Stick with it, and as soon as it opens up, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is one of the most incredibly polished, ambitious games I've ever played. Full of fantastic characters, visuals, music, and an incredibly beautiful/epic story, Wild Hunt will have your blood pumping during some of its action scenes, and it will have the tears flowing at some of its more somber moments.
There's a fine balance to the games combat. On the harder difficulty settings, you'll have to balance what swords you're using as well as what magic you have equipped and what oils you'll coat your sword with. It can get pretty deep. However, I played the game on the easiest difficulty setting. (Which still presents a challenge). This is a great way to get through the game and see the story in its entirety. Not only did CD Projekt RED make an incredible game, but they supported it too. For months after the games initial release, Projekt RED continued to give owners of the game free content. Missions, weapons, armor, and more. The games first big expansion just came out (Hearts of Stone) and it's fantastic. Now's the perfect time to dive into Wild Hunt with the holiday season coming up.
Buy The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Steam)
Super Mario Maker
I've been playing video games since I was about three. Even before then, I remember watching my cousins play games like Contra and Punch-Out in my grandma's basement. One of the first games I ever remember beating was the absolutely incredible Super Mario 3 for the original Nintendo. Ever since then, I've played (and beaten) every Mario game that has been released. Games like Super Mario World, Mario 64, Mario Galaxy are absolutely incredible. There's only one problem with all of those games … they come to an end.
That's not the case with Super Mario Maker. Nintendo has crafted a tool that will let users continuously make Mario levels for the rest of their lives. That's right, imagine if, after you completed World 8 in the original Mario Brothers, the game didn't end. There were another 100+ world's, 1000+ levels for you to play. That's what Super Mario Maker brings to the table. The tools are incredibly simple to use, and making levels is such a rewarding experience. Crafting a good Mario level is tough. Finding a good balance between skill and design is key. If you don't want to make levels, don't worry. You can go online and play the tens of thousands of levels that other players have already created.
There's really not too much more to say about Super Mario Maker. It's an incredible game and if you own a Wii U, you NEED to own this game.
This article is already close to 2000 words. While I'd love to write about every game that I played this year, I'd have to publish a novel. That being said, here's a paragraph (or two) of some more of my favorite games of 2015.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Man, I loved Ori and the Blind Forest. There are so many so-called "Metroid-vania" games out these days, and I think Ori was the best one of the year. Ori is a single-player-only platform adventure video game designed by Moon Studios, an independent developer, and published by Microsoft Studios. Players assume control of Ori, a white guardian spirit, who has the ability to wall jump and shoot Spirit Flames. In order to progress forward in the game, players are tasked to move between platforms and solve puzzles. Accompanying Ori is Sein, who is the light and eyes of the forest's Spirit Tree. Every Screen of this game oozes beauty. It's probably the best looking game of 2015. (it's also the background on my Xbox One). BUY (Steam)
Rise of the Tomb Raider: When Crystal Dynamics rebooted the Tomb Raider franchise in 2013, I was presently surprised. They brought us a new, more mature Lara Croft and wove her into an incredible action game. Rise of the Tomb Raider is the follow up to that game. An Rise of the Tomb Raider is a brilliant game. For more on Rise of the Tomb Raider, you can read my full review HERE. BUY (Xbox One)
Guitar Hero: Live: 2015 brought with it the revitalization of the rhythm-game genre. Both Rock Band 4 and Guitar Hero: Live came out this year. While RB4 was just more Rock Band but on the current generation of consoles, Guitar Hero: Live decided to change things up for the franchise … and it worked. Equipped with a brand new controller (say goodbye to the 5 colored buttons, and say hello to a new 3×2 set of buttons). The guitar changes the way you play. Being an "Expert" Guitar Hero player, it was great getting the new guitar and sucking again. It took a while before I was able to get back up to the 'advanced' level of difficulty. Also included in GH: Live is the games LIVE mode. This is an always on 24/7 channel where you can hop in and play whatever song is on at that time. Unlike RB, you won't buy any future songs for Guitar Hero. All the songs will be added to this mode for free. It's pretty neat, and theres music for every one. BUY GH: Live
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: What do you get when take Kiefer Sutherland (24), a man with a burnt off face (Skullface), a Dog with an eye-patch, and Daryl Hall & John Oates' "Maneater" blaring in the background as you infiltrate enemy bases. Well, you get Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The final entry in the long running franchise, MGSV brings to a close the story of Big Boss. An incredibly emergent game, MGSV lets the player tackle missions in any way that they see fit. The game has an eclectic cast of characters, and it just a ton of fun. Unfortunately, the whole situation with director Hideo Kojima was a shame. Konami essentially forced him out of the company because MGSV was getting too big. That being said, its shows. MGSV definitely could've used a "final act." All that being said, The Phantom Pain is an incredible game and one that you should play. Also play the rest of the franchise, it's great. Thanks for everything Hideo Kojima. BUY (Steam)
Here's even more Games you should check out. Rapid Fire Round.
Fallout 4: The latest game from Bethesda, Fallout 4 is huge. You'll get lost just doing side missions for hours. There are a few bugs in the game and the boring story / lame structure building mechanic don't add anything new.
SOMA: a science fiction survival horror video game developed by Frictional Games. Incredibly tense and asks Important questions. Also has a real gut-punch of an ending.
Her Story: Players use a Police database of video clips to solve the case of a missing man. Did she kill him? Find out. Great Stuff.
Downwell: A vertically scrolling shooter roguelike platformer video game. Get it on your phone. It's tough. Super Fun.
Sage Solitaire: The game I've played most on iOS this year. Incredible.
Until Dawn: One of the surprises of the year, Until Dawn is a survival-horror video game. The main actress is Hayden Panettiere from Heroes. The guy from Mr. Robot is in it too. Fun, campy, and full of jump scares, I'm so incredibly happy this game finally came out. Play it. Make sure Josh dies. He's a bum.
Splatoon: The game centers around characters known as "Inklings"—beings that can transform between humanoid and squid forms, and hide or swim through colored ink sprayed on surfaces using gun or brush-based weaponry. Splatoon features several game modes, including 4-on-4 online multiplayer and a single player campaign. It's a multiplayer shooter … on the Wii U … that's a ton of fun! ARE YOU A KID OR ARE YOU A SQUID?!
Rocket League: It's Soccer with Cars. I showed it to a roommate in Ohio and he said "this is fucking sweet." It's fucking sweet.
Batman: Arkham Knight: Great performances by Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill in the conclusion to the Arkham Trilogy. Here's my full review.
Tales from the Borderlands: Set in the Borderlands universe, this is one of Telltale's best. Funny and charming. Also features Joe from Family Guy. If you're a fan of Telltale or episodic adventure games, check this one out.
There you have it. A few of my favorite video games of the year. I'm sure there are more that I missed but it's 1:37 am and I'm tired. What are some of your favorite games of the year? Let us know!


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House VS Hurricane @ The Amplifiers – 11th AUG 2012
I am now part of AMN (Australian Musicians Network).
Last week I had the opportunity to shoot a Metal core – Melbourne group called – House VS Hurricane.
The venue was super packed, audience were jumping, screaming, stage diving, haha it was fun night. And no, I didn't stage dive … i got my camera with me :p
It was pitched black, the only lighting came from stage lighting. I had to crank up my ISO to 5000. I guess my 5Dmk2 can handle high ISO *NICE* 🙂
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Canon 5Dmk2
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Canon 70-200mm F2,8L
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In 2003 the Municipality of Colchester took a stand against the negative health effects of physical inactivity. To set a good example, Mayor Mike Smith challenged himself to increase his daily physical activity and bike the distance across Canada within a year. He extended the challenge to all Colchester County residents.
The Mayor's Challenge initiative in 2003 was a huge success for the residents of Colchester County. Over 500 people challenged themselves to get active and earn enough Mayor Miles to reach a goal destination in Canada such as Winnipeg or Vancouver. Over 200 of those people attended events held during the year such as curling, snowshoeing, softball and skating. Schools across the county also got involved and tracked the students' physical activity throughout the school year.
Over the past several years the Mayor's Challenge has continued to be a huge success. The residents of Colchester County have taken the initiative to make physical activity part of their everyday lives. By joining forces with their friends and family, participants have pushed themselves to reach their goals.
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This is one of my favorite jobs. The Kindness Recorder looks for kind acts to add a kind flower to our flower pot.
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Monthly Archives: September 2015
7.3 million reasons why Planned Parenthood pushes abortion over adoption
September 30, 2015 | 1 comment | Posted in abortion | Tags: abortion, Planned Parenthood
Question: How much money does Planned Parenthood in Pennsylvania make on adoption?
Nothing. There are no Planned Parenthood social workers devoted to helping mothers find adoptive homes. No Planned Parenthood offices running adoption services. Their staff may be able to … Read more
Majority Agree: We Should Have the Right to Say 'No'
September 29, 2015 | 3 comments | Posted in First Amendment, Free Speech | Tags: Fairness Act, HB 1510, religious freedom, religious liberty, SB 974
Proponents of the "Fairness Act" like to say that their proposal enjoys the support of a strong majority of Pennsylvanians. But like with all polling, it depends on how you ask the question.
If the "Fairness Act" concept—the introduction of … Read more
#PinkOut: Five Tweets You Won't Read From Planned Parenthood
September 28, 2015 | 1 comment | Posted in abortion | Tags: #PinkOut, abortion, Planned Parenthood
On Tuesday, September 29, abortion enthusiasts are attempting to rally online in support of their agenda (using #PinkOut and also the incredibly insensitive #ShoutYourAbortion).
The following "tweets" could be made by Planned Parenthood but our guess is you won't see … Read more
Another Planned Parenthood closes in PA, 3rd State Closing since 2013
September 23, 2015 | No comments | Posted in abortion | Tags: abortion, Gosnell, pennsylvania, Planned Parenthood, St. Davids
As the 40 Days for Life kicks off today, those showing up to the Planned Parenthood in St. Davids, PA, were greeted with a very welcomed surprise. A sign at the entrance says "Planned Parenthood St. Davids closed on September … Read more
Kermit Gosnell Claims Innocence in Upcoming Documentary, Says Bible Supports His Abortion Practice
September 22, 2015 | No comments | Posted in abortion, Politics | Tags: 3801 Lancaster, abortion, Gosnell, pennsylvania, Planned Parenthood, pro-life
The first-ever recorded interview with convicted murderer and former abortionist Kermit Gosnell is being released on November 10th as part of a new feature-length documentary.
3801 Lancaster: An American Tragedy will show exclusive interviews with Gosnell, along with police, jurors … Read more
"Sickening" – U.S. Senate Fails to Pass Late-Term Abortion Limit
September 22, 2015 | 1 comment | Posted in abortion, pro-life | Tags: abortion, Gosnell, Planned Parenthood, pro-life, voting
Friday, October 30: Meet Two Outspoken Christian Leaders
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Details: www.DinnerWithTheFamily.orgEric Metaxas is "a photogenic, witty ambassador for faith" (ABC News). He is a… Read more
6 out of 10 Pennsylvania Voters Support Five-Month Abortion Limit
September 21, 2015 | No comments | Posted in abortion, Life, Politics | Tags: abortion, casey, Pain Capable, pennsylvania, toomey
A vote is expected in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, September 22, on legislation that the majority of Pennsylvania voters favor: ending late-term abortions by stopping elective abortions past five months of pregnancy.
New polling released by the Pennsylvania Family Council … Read more
Threat to Christian Schools is Real
September 18, 2015 | 1 comment | Posted in education, First Amendment, Free Speech | Tags: Daylin Leach, Fairness Act, religious freedom, SB 974
Statements by a State Senator provide clear evidence that Pennsylvania Christian schools are at risk should SB 974 (the so-called "Fairness Act") become law. At issue: What happens when a Christian school dismisses a teacher for engaging in a public … Read more
He was the best at his job. Then he wrote a book about his beliefs and was fired. Is that fair?
September 18, 2015 | No comments | Posted in First Amendment, Free Speech | Tags: Cochran, Fairness Act, HB 1510, religious freedom, SB 974
Kelvin Cochran may very well be the best fire fighter in the United States. And he's out of a job because of his beliefs about human sexuality.
Chief Cochran was raised in poverty in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was one of … Read more


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I've been working on a novel and in January I tried a 100 day challenge where members of the group try to write 100,000 words. I knew I would not be able to complete that challenge but I decided to see how many words I could write. I aimed for one page a day minimum and overall, I managed to that, missing only a handful of days in total over the 100 day period. I managed to make it to over half of that word count and was very happy to do so.
I'm now looking forward to the next challenge which I believe starts in July. Why not try it? The group is on Facebook, but the daily word counts are stored in a spreadsheet elsewhere.


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Just checked out the New York Times "Innovation Portfolio" and am really impressed. The big idea seems to be to surround news with a rich context of background information like animated location info, witness video and audio records, encycopedic knowledge etc etc. The above linked presentation is clearly targeted at advertisers and for every feature they provide page views and the average time visitors of that feature spent on NYTimes.com.
This is certainly not the new business model for the battered newspaper industry that everybody is hastily looking for. And Bill Keller, the executive editor, is the first to admit it as you can tell by this speech (links to Nieman Lab blog) he gave to his digital newsroom staff on October 21 when he had to announce more job cuts. But it's a good way of leveraging the benefits of the big news organization over the small one: the overabundance – not to say redundancy – of content that can be thrown at the visitor to make him stay as long as possible.
Impressive as the Times' feature set is, it's still suffering from what I'd call a "dinosaur's innovation dilemma". They still get something fundamentally wrong about the Internet and look at their pages like they were printed paper. The argument vis-a-vis advertisers is that these additional features offer additional advertising space and increase the overall stickyness of the NYTimes.com site.
But if the visitors stay longer and that means they just look at 30 different ads instead of 12, what's the benefit? If the Times offered more than just the old web equivalents to magazine ads, outdoor posters and TV commercials … but they don't as you can tell by one look at their advertising format library.
If they looked not at the real estate of their pages but at the visitor's interests and the stream of news she consumes, new advertising formats would emerge as natural for the web environment. For instance, where is the "follow-me ad"? A brand could easily follow me around the NYTimes.com page, build a story over several pages, or even interact with me and my news interests – thereby raising the likelihood of my noticing and, if relevantly placed, clicking it.
So, it's not the re-invetion of the news business and it's likely not a lightsaber in the battle over the advertising cake either. Looking at the Times' ongoing internal debate over whether to charge for its web content, however, beefing up the product before sticking a price tag on it sounds like a decent idea. That leaves us with a few open questions: like, does a richer but not necessarily deeper experience of a news story represent more value to the reader?; and, how fast can a rich news context be provided before the news is no news anymore? But these are questions that will find their answers in the praxis.
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Crap towns – the real problem is neglect, not bad design
Hemel Hempstead is the ugliest town in Britain, according to a recent poll on my site, craptownsreturns.co.uk, providing people with a rare chance to point out that not everything is glorious in our homeland. More than 3,000 people voted – and almost a third of them for poor old Hemel, knocking Luton and Slough into second and third place respectively.
I've been to Hemel Hempstead – once – and that was plenty, thank you. I've seen the drabness, the graffiti and the hopeless crumbling mess of a shopping centre. I've seen the grey tower blocks, the roundabouts, and the roundabouts within the roundabouts.
Of course online polls aren't entirely scientific. Hemel isn't the only ugly place I've been. Not so long ago I visited Cumbernauld – the one place capable of making me think maybe Hemel isn't so bad after all. Go to Cumbernauld on a rainy day and you'll start feeling jealous of all those people pootling round the endless roundabouts of Hemel; at least they've got something to occupy their time.
But it isn't just the statistics I need to question. There's also the fact that ugliness is in the eye of the beholder. If I'd run this survey 50 years ago, it's possible that most correspondents would have been writing in about the horrors of the Euston Arch and that great sooty mess of St Pancras station beside it. Architectural taste runs in cycles and we seem to despise the creations of our grandparents' generation the most.
At the moment, the pet hate is the "concrete monstrosity". My fear is that in our eagerness to replace such excesses of the 1960s, we may well demolish the equivalent of St Pancras. In fact, we're already doing it. We've lost the stunning Get Carter car park, which loomed over the centre of Gateshead for many years and featured so prominently in the famous Michael Caine film. Sure it was falling apart, but at least it was interesting. And what have they replaced it with? A giant, featureless mall centred around a Tesco. Will losing the brutalist bus station in Preston really improve things? Or will it mean losing a potential landmark of the future?
An awful lot of people have written to me suggesting Coventry looked better shortly after the Luftwaffe had levelled it and that the best thing to do with the town would be to bulldoze it. This isn't just a cheap gag. Plenty of Coventry is irredeemable. The ring roads in most towns do as the name implies, and circle the outskirts – in Coventry it cuts right through the middle. It's a terrible noisy, polluting mess and the only way to improve it is to get rid of it. Some of Coventry, however, with a little more love, could be stunning. The cathedral is the best demonstration of how good postwar architecture can be, but there are plenty of interesting and strange constructions (how many towns boast a building that looks just like a robot?) The real problem is neglect, not bad design.
The same is true of Cumbernauld. Architecturally the giant concrete megastructure that makes up the centre is potentially as impressive as the Barbican in London. What's the difference? A fortune has been spent keeping the Barbican in good repair, and people spend a fortune to live there. Cumbernauld – although there were some well-meaning attempts at regeneration during the New Labour years – has suffered decades of disrepair and deterioration. I'm told that people in the 1960s loved the place – and that wasn't just because tastes were different back then. It was because it was much more pleasant there than it is now.
All the towns that garnered the most votes in the ugly town survey have stories of decline as much as bad planning. I'd be surprised if any of them are entirely hopeless. Soon, we may well be lobbying English Heritage to preserve the car parks of Luton and malls of Camberley. Our towns and cities are always in a state of flux. It would be wrong to consign any of them to the dustbin, even if some of them need a damn good clean up.


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Sunday, February 2, 2014
Tom Hanks hasn't had a major hit in a while now. He's at his best when he is playing regular guys involved in an extraordinary situation (APOLLO 13, CAST AWAY, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN). The Oscar-nominated CAPTAIN PHILLIPS gives Hanks a perfect role as the title character.
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is based on the 2009 incident in which Somali pirates attacked the cargo freighter Maersk Alabama. The event attracted international attention, and Billy Ray's screenplay is based on the book Richard Phillips co-wrote about his experiences (I have to point out that some of the real-life crew members of the ship have claimed that Phillips' account is not accurate).
Tom Hanks as Captain Phillips is just a guy trying to do his job. He's not a father-figure, or a buddy, to his crew--he's just a boss, doing the best that he can. Hanks is not an action hero here, and he doesn't have a snappy one-liner for every situation. His ordinary reactions to major events give this film a realism that most action thrillers could never have.
Director Paul Greengrass (THE BOUNRE ULTIMATUM, UNITED 93) sticks to the main story, and keeps away from the usual Hollywood "extra" stuff (I do wish he'd let his camera people use a tripod every once in a while). There's no fat in CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, and once Hanks and the four Somali pirates get into a small lifeboat, the tension--and the claustrophobia--are ratcheted way up.
The pirates are portrayed not as hardened, cunning professionals, but as basically pathetic near-amateurs. Their disorganization is what makes them dangerous. Barkhad Abdi plays the pirate leader, and he steals the film with a stunning movie acting debut (Abdi has been nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar). Greengrass doesn't go so far as to make the audience feel sorry for the pirates, but he does give a little insight into the tragic lives of these men.
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS has been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, and it is definitely worth seeing. It's Tom Hanks' best work in years....his breakdown at the end of the film is especially haunting.
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So hard...
That is very kind of you after I just spent over an hour making this thread. :(
Some people will come late in the game and will need these, even if you don't think it is hard to do.
Edit: Made a few minor edits and I think everything is complete. Let me know of any spelling or grammar errors, as well as steps or mods I may have missed. Thanks.
Shadow dont be offended on me) Thanks for normal instruction, of course :)
It is hard because it is hard) Noone instruction can correct this) A lot of files, a lot of actions)
Iniquity: No offense taken.
So was the beginning a bit over the top? I wanted to start out with something different from the threads we normally see. Plus I thought it went well with the semi-comedic theme. Please share your thoughts. :)
Also, try reading it with the Skyrim main theme (what is played when you start up Skyrim) in mind. I find that it makes it seem a lot cooler. Hm, maybe I'll make a video. :)
Great work Shadow,and thanks for putting in the link to the latest master.
I will get sorrow1`s doors merged,it might just take a bit longer.
Oh crap, I forgot about the farm house part. Damn it, lol... I guess I have to reinstall again. Also great guide! I found it odd that we only had one for Oblivion.
The url is broken to the Morrowind meshs. You need to edit the post and remove the space after the url. =p
Is there a easy way to find out which texture files are required so that we on't have to loat our Skyrim istall with 2G of unneeded textures? Also maybe someone could package the required textures and upload?
I would highly recommend this utility to start with.
It will reduce the texture file size while keeping the same quality. I lost about 1 gig, which is pretty substantial. Other than that, I imagine it would be pretty hard to pick what textures we are using and what ones we are not.
hmm well this is going to have to be done at some point...
Hey I just updated the first post with a few minor things. Is anyone going to be sad that I removed the epic intro? I felt like it took up a bit too much room, and was maybe a bit over the top. I could always post my video version with eloth's screenshots somewhere up top if you guys think it is a good idea.
Hmm, at step 3 you need to delete the sky and water folders right? I extracted the Oblivion-Textures-Compressed.bsa and the DLCShiveringIsles-Textures.bsa with BSAUnpack.exe but those folders wheren't there in the map of extracted folders. Am I missing something?
EDIT: They showed up after step 4 so I deleted them. Hope I did it right.
They should have showed up in step three. Well, tell me if you have any issues once you get everything ingame.
K, I know this project is well fresh and well... I took a look at the instalation guide and it seemed like it will take up a lot of space.... (Like ~10GB maybe?): Morroblivion was the same but I find the extracting part complicated (It says my "original Morroblivion" textures and etc as well as the vanilla Oblivion and Morrowind (Not exactly sure it means Morrowind)... I'm really confused what exactly I'm doing here atm... I am after the part I'm to take the data from Oblivion and remove the sky and water, but next part... (Confuzzled).
Not sure what you mean about Morrowind. Nowhere in my guide does it say you need Morrowind textures. :~
Just copy all of the textures from your installation of Morroblivion into your Skyrim data folder. Then get the extracting tool I posted, and extract the textures from Oblivion and Shivering Isles into your Skyrim data folder as well. Once that is done, go in your Skyrim directory and open up the textures folder. There should be two folders named sky and water which you then need to delete (if you have any mods that alter the textures in the sky or water folder, then it is best to extract to a different folder, delete the sky and water folders, and then copy into your Skyrim directory). Hope this makes more sense. :)
Oh and I'd guess more like ~7-8 gigabytes, not 10. :)
When I used optimizer textures, I lost all alpha quality. Perhaps I'll tweak and try again....
maybe make full install like morroblivion ?
The master is now at V0.03,this will change as the master gets updated.
It is no big deal,but is the version number needed in your first post.?
Sorry Ironman, I'll try to be more on top of that. I guess it is not really needed, so if I forget to update it again I'll probably just remove it.
Ice: Well, the .bsa files for the HD DLC work perfectly so I know the utility works. Though I can't actually say anything about the alpha quality seeing as how the alphas are not working at the moment for Skywind. When Eloth releases his updated meshes I'll look into it.
Bim: I will do that later, but I don't see any point when we are adding stuff all of the time. I'll probably work on that once Eloth's meshes are released, and Alexander and the team have completed the armors, clothing, and weapons.
hi, very nice guide you did :) just a problem though, although i did everything in instructions, the mod isnt appearing (in nexus and skyrim) im just wondering if i should start from scratch or what? thanks :)
Did you enable the .esm file? Did you place everything in the correct folder?
Yeah thats the thing, the esm file isn't appearing in skyrim or nexus :/ and im pretty sure i installed everything correcly, i put everything where it should be.
Sounds like you didn't select the correct directory for the masterfile installer. Use it again, and make sure you put the correct directory. Then check your Skyrim/data folder to make sure that Morrowind_sk.esm is there.
The installer has a browse button to browse to your Skyrim Data folder,then you can just click "Next" and it will put the esm into that folder.All installers do it that way,or most of them do imo.
The esm goes into your Skyrim\Data folder.
I do not understand why you have mentioned "skyrim or nexus",nexus is the skyrim mod site.
I followed this guide to the letter and yet I still have bottle and ground textures missing. Does anyone know where I might've gone wrong?
alright, yeah shadow you were right that i didnt put the masterfile correctly, but when i now put it in my skyrim, data folder i get this error..
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alright, yeah shadow you were right that i didnt put the masterfile correctly, but when i now put it in my skyrim, data folder i get this error..
You don't have Morrowind installed, or it isn't installed correctly. Kinda obvious if you read the error message.
Leobloom: I don't know. In my original Morroblivion installation I never had bottle textures. Doing a complete reinstall with Thermador's complete installation fixed that problem though, so you could try that. About the ground textures, are a lot of them missing, or just patches here and there? Because if just patches are missing then it is a problem with the master (the converter can't convert ground textures perfectly), and everyone has it.
Ok, I'll download the latest big file and see if that helps the bottles. I am getting pretty much no ground textures at all though so that makes me think I've gone wrong somewhere :( Thanks for you help.
EDIT: fixed it by using all of the textures from the morroblivion folder, not just the ones in the "morro" folder of my oblivion install. duh.
I am pleased that you are getting that error message,as it means that the installer is doing it`s job properly.
If it can`t find the reg key then it will not continue.
The only way around this is to install morrowind again,as that should put an entry into the registery.
If your registery has some how got corrupted and morrowind.exe is found,it will also mean that morrowind needs re-installing.
The new installer [that will be uploaded later tonight],will also check for the Tribunal & Bloodmoon esms,so it will be impossible to use the installer unless all of those conditions are met.
Yes! I figured out how to keep those links from taking up so much room.
What was that about farmhouse textures or meshes we had to remove? I remember that the post said to remove the farmhouse texture or mesh folder but I can't seem to find it back in the post.
Can anbd create 1 archive for meshes and 1 archive for textures? Because it so long for install.
p.s. i cant do it because my upload speed is so slow.
I was just thinking about uploading a .rar file with all the date except for the textures extracted from Oblivion and the .esm file but I didn't do it because uploading it would literally take forever with my slow internet. Maybe when we finally get that optic fibre and we can upgrade our internet I could do it.
Okay, so, I installed the mod, but, I don't have music in Morrowind, the beautification mod doesn't seem to work, since the trees are also weird and stuff, and the map is completely white for me. Any ideas about what's causing that? I've also seen missing textures for ground by the way.
Winterdragon: Its step 6 :)
Also, about the map, I forgot to add an all important step there, and I'll add it when I get home and can access my ini. Though it may be later tonight since a brand new Intel i5 + motherboard and accessories just arrived today that I need to install.
Don't know about the beautification mod though, perhaps your download got corrupted? Did you make sure to enable the .esp as well.
About the archive idea, this is quoted from me in post 19:
I will do that later, but I don't see any point when we are adding stuff all of the time. I'll probably work on that once Eloth's meshes are released, and Alexander and the team have completed the armors, clothing, and weapons.
Regarding the map, I had to revert to the default settings in skyrim.ini under [MapMenu] to get it to work. It didn't like my custom settings.
[above are the settings that work]
Firstly, Hullo everyone this is a fantastic project. I've been lurking for sometime and greatly enjoyed morrowblivion. However I've become somewhat stumped trying to get into skywind. I have the latest master, I have the converted meshes, oblivion textures, morrowblivion textures. I think I have followed all the step and...
cow AND_WrldMorrowind X Y ( using any and all coordinated, from -60 -> 60) results in an Instant CTD.
However I AM able to load Cyrodill when I activate the Oblivion_sk.esm.
Would anyone have any Ideas what could be causing this, or have any suggestions on how to fix it ?
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Winterdragon: Its step 6 :)
Also, about the map, I forgot to add an all important step there, and I'll add it when I get home and can access my ini. Though it may be later tonight since a brand new Intel i5 + motherboard and accessories just arrived today that I need to install.
Don't know about the beautification mod though, perhaps your download got corrupted? Did you make sure to enable the .esp as well.
About the archive idea, this is quoted from me in post 19:
I will do that later, but I don't see any point when we are adding stuff all of the time. I'll probably work on that once Eloth's meshes are released, and Alexander and the team have completed the armors, clothing, and weapons.
Yeah, I found it eventually, I didn't copy over them. But I don't think the beautification mod got corrupted, and the esp is enabled, but I shal try it again later when I get back home. And yeah, that's one of the reasons why I didn't even try to upload it, although with those meshes and textures we would indeed have a strong basic package for people to start with.
Anyway, I decided it would be easyest for me to create one big data folder and make it a rar file so I can activate and deactivate it with NMM but it turns out it takes like an hour to actually activate it. It's very easy to manage with my other mods though, so I don't have to go down the list all the time activating and deactivating mods.
Skywind beautification never worked for me. Sometimes I can get the music to actually work, sometimes not. The grass and such never showed up for me, but the trees are fixed.
New to this site! I spent a good four years of my life playing morrowind, so I had to join this site. I cannot get this to work though. When I put in th command "cow and_wrldmorrowind -5 -5" (or anything) it takes me to a loading screen for a split second and closes altogther. That's regardless of if I'm on the main menu of skyrim or after loading one of my saves
Hello World! For all you wondering why I haven't been on for like 3 days, and haven't updated the install instructions, I have a good reason. :)
Well, I got my new computer parts in the mail, and then spent an hour or two installing them. They all worked flawlessly, but unfortunately they didn't seem to like my main hard drive/windows installation. So I spent probably more than 5 man-hours troubleshooting, and after it finally booted... it then promtly crashed about 3 minutes later. It would continue doing this every boot up. So I probably spent another 5 man-hours troubleshooting, and finally narrowed the cause down to about 10 services, which at the moment are just disabled, and so far have not caused any ill effects. (plus I don't really have the will to narrow it down further at the moment). However, I must say that it has all been worth it. Just started up Skyrim, and found that my GTX 260 was being held back by my CPU and pci-e slot (only ran at 2.0 @ x4). It is really a beast of a graphics card, and plays the game on ultra quality with shadows tweaked above ultra @ 1366 x 768 resolution. Zero lag whatsoever in Whiterun.
Well, there is my story. Now I'll update the first post really fast, I promise. :)
Then probably get back to trying out Skyrim.....
Edit: first post updated
^ Yeah bottleneck sucks lols.
Thanks for the info about the map, it should work fine now.
Just something I have found during my new Skyrim playthrough. The Elven textures from Oblivion overwrite the Skyrim ones. To fix this you need to delete Skyrim/Data/Textures/Armor/Elven.
Can someone verify this path though? I emptied my recycle bin without remembering to write down the file path.
Also, it appears that some plants are getting overwritten, though it might just be one of my mods (even though I don't think it is). I need to check some things to make sure, and find the culprit mesh/texture.
Edit: First post updated to reflect this.
When my system went down I lost my map and now have just the normal skyrim map.
Can someone put a link here to the map,as I can`t find it.
EDIT: Ignore the above,I found it.
I got a problem.Everywhere in Morrowind everything is purple.Buildings,land etc.How can i fix this?
Complete steps 3 and 4???