Artemis DevLog CH6

Happy New Week!

I'll try and keep this one short. This was a very technical week and by that I mean modifying, building, learning, etc. I was working on DK's model for her hiking scene and her hair had clipping through the visor. There are tools in DAZ to fix this. Tools like Mesh Grabber and one other that escapes me at the moment. Results can vary and neither did the job cleanly. So, I decided to take the model in Zbrush, clean the hair, and create a new asset. The results were nice.

The biggest venture this week was creating a whole environment. There are a lot of outdoor/nature scenes for this chapter and while I could kitbash or use different angles for an existing setpiece, I'm still limited by the layout of the setpiece. So, I decided to learn how to create environments, specifically ones with many trees and, more importantly, the mountains and hills. Much like the mall scene and populating it. I had to sit down and decide how am I going to accomplish this. After some learning, trial and error, etc. I'm able to create some real nice environments for the various scenes in this chapter. And not only this chapter, but good knowledge to have for future chapters and projects.

The light posts and outdoor restrooms were imported in. But the hills and mountains were created and populated with trees. I also made sure to give the trees that transition from summer to autumn since Book 2 takes place in November. Something I try to keep in mind when creating environments lol

The above image is ground level, and you can't really see the scale of the environment. Here's another shot with more of the environment.

There's 4 days left for the poll, but safe to say which outfit we'll be seeing this chapter. I also mentioned we'd be seeing the other outfits for the other events planned as well. Number 5 was the runner up, so that will be seen during the birthday party in Chapter 8 and Number 2 during Thanksgiving in Chapter 7.

I've been asked about translations and walkthroughs. It's something that I have plans for but each chapter I'm just so focused on the update, it always gets put on the backburner.  For the walkthrough, there is an unofficial one on Discord in the spoilers and walkthrough channel. An official, in-game walkthrough is planned but we won't see that for a while. Likely once Artemis concludes.

That wraps it up for last week. Thanks again, everyone, for your support and feedback.

Stay safe and cozy!

- digi.B