Quote:Originally posted by Ibsen's Ghost
As I say to everyone coming to us as a writer. Do not expect to have any of your quests used at all. Everyone wants their story written. Some people actually sent ideas to professional authors about their stories that they want published. The answer is always no. ...
Otherwise, with quest modding being so complex and with you lacking the basic modding skills, the idea of you writing quests that will appear in BM is extremely unlikely unless they are absolute dynamite!
Now that sounds like something I'd write, only without the cold shoulder.
'Fraid it's true though. By the time I'd appeared on the modding scene, I'd studied literature and written loads of fiction....so people recognised the qualities. It still wasn't enough to get someone else working on quests though. You have to mod. It's a fact, not a rule.
To me, writing is not just words. If I were involved in writing good and proper storylines, I'd consider the actual modding a significant part of the writing process, including designing the architecture and layout of places, writing lines, deciding on voices, maybe music - the whole lot. That doesn't mean I have to do every last bit of practical work myself but the process to me is less quest-writing and more quest-designing. Content-designing might be a good term for the amalgamation.
Yes, it really helps a whole hell of a lot to know what models we have available, what locations are out there, what lore exists, what some of the themes are and what some of the other ideas are floating about. It comes with being acquainted with the mod for a while. That's why it helps even if you're just a casual modder for a bit....because you stick around long enough to catch a sniff of what's going on (hmmm....smells a bit...boggy).
Black Marsh.
... Don't mind the smell™.
It's nothing personal, of course. You'll just get the same wherever you go. That's the modding community for you. Best for me to be up front.
Thanks man. I appreciate you not being mean about it but oh well. I might gwt a Dell Alienware soon so I might be back here. Do you know if this mod will run into next year? Cause in Year 7 we get a voucher to buy laptop so i might be back here soon.
Oh, I'm sure there will still be things to do next year. Good luck with year 7, I remember it well myself...
Yes, we might well release a beta version not far from now but there's still plenty to do on the main worldspace of the fully completed mod.
