_Artemis Development Log

Good morning!

There was a lot on my plate this week with Artemis work, the whole week flew by quickly. I did run into a small issue with one of the batches I rendered. Kindra's workshop is a pretty grand location. Several misc props, her roadster, and her bikes. Then MC, Kindra, and also Artemis really shot up the amount of ram used. I upgraded my main PC to 128GB of ram earlier this year, so I didn't run into this issue while doing test renders. But the animation PC and secondary render machine are only at 32GB. So, I'll be optimizing the textures as well as upgrading the ram. Regardless, I was able to finish my queue this week.

I worked a bit on the code as well. I wanted to mention that I will be removing the "favorites" feature from the music app. Each chapter introduces around 30 tracks of music and the amount of code involved for the favorites feature is pretty significant and definitely could be prone to major bugs. It was the reason why I didn't update the tracks featured in CH2 to show the new music due to potential bugs. I mean, the phone locks you out from changing tracks while in story mode anyway. You'll still be able to browse tracks and change them when exploring. On that note, I'll be making changes to the music page on the main menu. Currently, it features Zelda since it was to represent the legal mumbo of royalty-free music. Now it will feature DJKink and it will be a proper music room that features all tracks.

Currently, I'm at 542 story renders, and three animations were completed this week. This week will be another busier than usual week as I work on inserting the renders that are done so far into the code. In CH2 I did this toward the end and it became a tedious process to code in so many renders in one sitting. Especially with the number of sequenced images I used in CH2. So now I'll be breaking them up instead of doing it all at once. And of course, working on more renders and animations.

Lastly, I'll be working on Halloween renders this week as well. With how much I've got going on this week with Artemis development, it won't be high on my list. But you can expect to start seeing some come in sometime during next weekend.

That said, be safe if you plan on going out!

Have a great week, everyone!

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