strangetomato | Just whining...

So I finally have a stretch of uninterrupted time to work on the story this evening, but the scenes I need to shoot are just too involved. I don't feel like doing it. I need to create sets and get the right clothing, etc., and it's just feeling like too much hassle. My brain feels like mush; I can't even figure out how to get the bunkbeds out of the Grand Trianon Collection (I could have sworn there used to be metal ones there, but I can't find them). This is a bad sign. Maybe I should work on some of the scenes that are more immediate. Where's my focus? It's gone. Brain = mush.

I wanted to use Gunmod's Radience Light System for one of the scenes, but I have to confess that the instructions for installing it just confused me and I think I'm chickening out. What if I can't take it back out? I guess I'll have to just leave the beautiful and dramatic sim photography to the people that are actually good at it and settle for being competent but unremarkable.

Verdict for today: massive fail all around. I might as well get out a raft and float down the street to pass the time instead (yeah, it's raining like crazy here). Whhheeeeee!

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You have noooo idea how much I'm in the same boat as you. (Or maybe raft, I should say :P) I haven't touched my Assassin story since June. It's been over two months. I still think about the story, but I honestly have no motivation to doing it anymore. At least at the moment.

I'm pretty sure the reason I haven't gotten Gunmod's Light is because it looks complicated, just like you said. Competent and unremarakble? You? Are you kidding?!?!?! Stop putting yourself down. Anyone can make a pretty picture. It's the story and writing behind the picture that makes it worth something. :)

Taking a break could be a good idea. You ever just play the game just to play the game? I swear I only play sims I plan on posting about. It's nice to just play for the fun of it every once in awhile. :D

Yeah, it's weird, isn't it? I'm still thinking about the story a lot, and writing it too, but getting into the game to set up scenes really drains me.

It's the same way when I try to just play the game lately. I've played it all before, you know? I've started challenges too, like the Poverty challenge, and it's sort of fun, but not what it could be. But maybe I'll get back into it. I should try Veronaville again. That seemed to be getting me interested in just playing.

It seems that there's a way to install and unistall the light mod with the Scriptorium, so that might make the process easier.

The competent and unremarkable thing was just referring to the images, and specifically just in relation to all the really beautiful, artistic things I've seen people do with sim photos. I don't think my photos are bad - I'd be lying if I said that. I'm just being a bit over-dramatic. Compositionally, I think they're usually pretty good. I'd just like to make some really great. You know what I mean?

You're talking to the chick who spent two whole hours on one freaking shot, so I absolutely understand when you say you want to make your pics look great. :P I can get all OCD with my pics if I let myself. All those artsy people are probably using photoshop to spice up their photos too, so don't feel bad about it. :D

And uh, what's the Scriptorium? I don't think I've ever heard of that. Am I missing something?

Some of those photos are definitely created using Photoshop, and not all of those shots work for me, but sometimes... Sometimes they're really great.

The scriptorium allows you to use different types of cc stairs and different stuff like that. It installs the light mod for you, aparently. Here it is:

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=192613

I infected everyone with my apathy T_T

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