Distar

The early access mods are up and available on the website

Thanks for the support ! This was really fun, and it's not over

Suspending the billing cycle

Hello ! I'm suspending the billing cycles as, it's harder and harder to motivate myself to work on Skyrim. I haven't been playing for a while and I feel more and more like it's a dead end due to how difficult it is do to pretty much anything with it. I haven't been inactive, I have always been working but just, on things that are not Skyrim related and thus not published

I'll probably be looking for a job in the industry, and as I don't think I will be working on more Skyrim content fo...

Accidentally made a Blender addon

Fighting daily with the rig so I can finally start animating. Not there yet but I ended up making a Blender addon while automating some of my workflow. That was unexpected but that could come handy

Home sweet home

I'm finally back home and have access to my computer again, and internet too (yup, got no internet for few days)

This is the motion capture for my animation reel which will also be an MCO moveset. It's very much inspired from my older White Fang moveset. Thinking this could be a moveset exclusive for a unique dagger, or a unique NPC

As I have access to my PC again, I can probably make a showcase for The Fool 2GS

New moveset : The Fool 2GS is up !

• You can get the mod on the Draugr MCO-DXP page

• I am away from home unfortunately, I cannot do a proper showcase as my laptop can handle neither a proper render nor ENB

• Review :

  • I think this moveset is cool and adds the weight and madness that was lacking in The Fool 2HM

  • The quality isn't necessarily the best overall, it works tho

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2024-05-29 21:53:08 +0000 UTC View Post

The animations are done !

Release soon ! I do not have access to my PC and unfortunately I don't think I can make a proper showcase, either rendered or in game

One final effort

One more animation to go !

The motion capture for this one was pretty horrendous and it required a lot of adjusment. I have to admit, I still am not very happy with the end result

So slow

I was away a lot more than expected, but also the motion capture on this one was really terrible to begin with. Hopefully the next one is fast. 2 anims to go !

Release outlook today : not so good

The power attack 1 is here. I severely overestimated how productive I would be you can see. Maybe next moveset will have a more realistic timeframe. Moving on to the second power attack !

I like that animation. It quite has that "bloodthirsty" feel to it that the last moveset was lacking

The second attack for Draugr : The Fool 2GS

I think this one is a lot more weighty than usual, I quite like it

Project management : 0

Patreon has a new notification setting

I can apparently make postsh without sending mails to everyone now. This one should have notifications disabled

I have been reported some issues with notifications. Hit me up if you received a mail, the feature could still be buggy

Ok but the mod ????

• I haven't been very good at managing that self imponed deadline

  • falling into my bad habits of redoing and restarting the work

  2024-05-16 13:11:58 +0000 UTC View Post

It's a great day to mocap Draugr :The Fool 2GS

Apologies for the notification, I forgot to untick it 😵‍💫

Planning

• Today

  • Motion capture of the Draugr : The Fool 2HM

  • Editing of the first animation

• Estimated animation production : 5 days

• Estimated release : 6 days

• Release of Troll MCO-DXP in its current state

• "Behind the scenes" article on the website one week after

I might have to b...

The showcase for the Draugr : The Fool 2HM

The showcase took much longer than expected, but also looks better than expected

I don't really like the moveset in itself, but I think it's my best render so far. I'll try to make The Fool 2GS better after the break. See y'all in two days !

Showcase for The Fool 2HM and what's next

Where we are

• The showcase for The Fool took much longer than expected

  • having troubles with my game updating so I couldn't make a game showcase

    • still haven't fixed that

• tried to make a showcase rendered in Blender

  • problems with the hair simulation going crazy

What's next

• The setup for the showcase is done, it should be rendered tonight

• 1-...

  2024-05-07 10:00:40 +0000 UTC View Post

The new Draugr moveset is up !

You can access it here

I do not have a showcase yet due to my game updating and the downloads for the downgrade taking way too long. You can view all the animations pre-polish pass as individual posts or in the community chat

Thanks for the support ! Once I finish the showcase I probably will take one or two days before moving on to the 2HM moveset. If you have references or inspiration...

Release (likely) tomorrow !

The animations should all be 80% done at least. They will all receive a polishing pass before the release likely tomorrow !

The attack 3 with the savage style you guys liked

We're nearing the end ! Almost ready for release !

Power attack 2 is ready for polishing

There should only be the attack 3 in the main attacks and it should be good for upload

I quite like this one compared to the others ! It is similar to the "savage" style that you voted on in the poll

The long range power attack

This is an alternate of the first attack for when the player is further away and cannot be reached with the regular attack/power attack

I am still unsure as to wether or not make it a regular attack or a power attack

The poll and the next animation

The poll

So you seemed to overwhelmingly like the Savage style for the attack 3. This is nice to know as I wasn't even sure about including it at all

I am considering keeping both by making the standard style (in a much better version hopefully) be the 3rd normal normal attack, and the savage style the 3rd power attack

The stance would be lower and hopefully have keep the punch shown in the previous video. We would have to see though as there is no guarantee and it might t...

Power Attack 1 should be close to done

Hit me up with your harshest feedback. Hop in the community chat if you want to see the animation done live

Does this fit The Fool ?

These two animations are WIP and far from being finished

The animation was too fast overall but it somewhat works with the savage style (it's not as snappy)

Of course both versions are very far from being finished and will need a lot of work

In the meantime I will move on to the first power attack

What do you guys think ?

Moving on to attack 3

Found out how to make posts without notifying everyone. Did it not work ? Did you get notified by this post ? If yes please tell me in the comments or DM me

The animations will both get a polish pass at the end but they should be 90% done

I'm posting the changes live in the community chat if you're interested

Draugr : The fool | 2HM Idle and new workflow

Better communication

• Releases are unchanged

• Advancements (daily/weekly) will be posted without notifications

• Detailed advancement (hour by hour) will be posted in the community chats. It will be opened to free members as soon as Patreon allows it

Your feedback is precious. If you're on Discord, you know I rewrote three times the same Blender plugin to optimize the animation export. This was a ...

New website and socials !

Let's build together

Your feedback is an essential components to making better mods. I'll update you as much as possible. We did great, let's do more !

On Patreon

• Mod releases

• Daily/weekly progress is posted without notifications

• Hourly/live progress is posted in the community chat

And outside

• Mods, and projects on my website&nb...

  2024-03-20 19:43:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Changing the release schedule ?

So it turns out, I was using an old version of the draugr behavior, which seems to be the cause of the incompatibilities with Precision creatures

I could probably redo everything today and upload a fix or, finish the moveset I am currently cleaning and upload the fix with it. But in that case there wouldn't be an ETA. Would you prefer in general to have less bigger releases or more frequent releases ?

Draugr MCO-DXP v1.4.0

Archetypes

Why should a Draugr Overlord fight like a skeleton ? This overhaul separates the draugr in archetypes, each with their own exclusive movesets

• The hollow (released)

  • The commoner draugr struggles to move his rotten flesh as he just awakens from his centuries rest. Perhaps are they merely a warni...

    2023-08-21 10:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Let's give the draugr an identity

So ! After discussing here, on the Discord and checking lore, it seems nobody knows the draugr

Their lore is extremely vague. We don't know how much the physical decay impacted them, if it even did. They retain their human fighting style and thus would fight like basic soldiers

I want more. Let's stray away from the lore.  Let's make the draugr unique. Here's the new plan :

• 2023-07-16 10:49:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Let's make the draugr great again

I've been working on the draugr for a bit now.  They have a limping forward arm like the Dark Souls 2 Heide Knights

I hate what I came up with and it makes me work very slowly.
I don't know the Skyrim lore so I am once again asking for references

What do you guys think ? How do you see the draugr ? Who are the draugr ? Why are the draugr ?

Total overhaul

Making mocap movesets for the sake of it is boring and killing my productivity. So how about making a total overhaul instead ?

• Replace, don't add
• Show, don't tell
• Lore meets gameplay
• Cross interactions
• Plug & Play
• Modular
• Easy to mod

I am once again asking for your intellectual support. I know pretty much nothing about lore, and gameplay in general for the matter so your help will be invaluable<...