LadyCrimson

Me: Go outside for a bit, come back inside, walk to fridge and wrap my hand around the handle. *a little time passes* Hubby: Walks into the kitchen, sees I'm in the way/standing there, asks what I'm doing Me: "uhh..what, um...I had a soda in my room and I think I was trying to decide if I wanted to grab another now, so I wouldn't have to come back out in 10 minutes, then I guess my brain shutdown" ...such is my life since the diabetic "coma" stuff. Edit: on the bright side, the weather has been really nice. Almost spring-like. Still cool but the sun is warm and pleasant.

Without Ansel in combat, one can disable most (or all) UI elements and then record dozens of very short videos and hope you get lucky, but mostly, you do not. From that tho, there aren't that many combat animation variations anyway. But it'd be nice if you could see another angle other than mostly your chr's backside. Oh well!

If only I knew how to hex edit I could possibly unlock the Ansel camera in Hogwart's by finding the right "offset". Maybe. But since I don't, there's 0 chance, haha. I keep googling and there's pages saying it's potentially so easy but I look at their instructions and yeah...nope. lol Dangit I want an unlocker.

@Keyrockhttps://www.nexusmods.com/hogwartslegacy/mods/398?tab=description ..haven't tried this one either, but there it is. Since the VA is nothing head-turning for me, I just turned dialogue volume way down (since I use subtitles anyway) and I've gotten almost used to it by now, lol. I mean, honestly, I'd need a mod for almost every throwaway line in the game at this point. Even the main character. And the clothing shopkeeper. And ...

I can now fly best-boi. The pre-order dark version is almost too dark for my liking. Although to be honest, the broom still feels easier to use/land and sight-see with. As Bokishi already pointed out, can't use Ansel with either, tho. Boo. Finally got some cat-beasts. I am going to dedicate one vivarium to them and fill it with only cats. Then I will put out the yarn ball toy and watch them all chase and play. It was so cute with just three, I bet max will be even better! I spent too long watching/running around trying to get pictures (not easy, they're too fast).

Hogwart's - I like how they incorporate many spells into the quest problem solving. It at least keeps me from forgetting some of them even exist. Stealth-killing is still my favorite thing in the game. Again, it's not the best thing to try in some situations and some enemies it won't outright kill but I put stealth-dmg. enchants on half my gear and it's a bit OP (at least on Normal) but I find it more fun that direct combat. I am a little annoyed how many times you go to pick up coins and it's 1 or 3 gold, not even 25. Like why even bother.

Hogwart's - game save says I'm at around 39 hours. Decided 20 gear inventory finally a little too small (the 6 pieces you wear count towards that 20, too, pfft) so I spent a while doing enough Merlin Trials to get it up to 32. I'm not sure I'll do the rest. They're not hard or long, just repetitive and annoying after the first 3 or 5 and you have to do a lot of them. You can do even more than I did, for a couple more increases. >.> Also did some side quests, got the first third or half of map exposed/explored but didn't do everything possible. Not sure I want to do some treasure stuff until I'm closer to end-game cause higher gear stats. I think I'm ready to move on to the next Main Quest and the lower half of the map now. I know we have a flying broom, but I still haven't even flown over it yet.

I could make a joke re: capturing a unicorn but I shall refrain. Haven't found/caught a "cat" yet but this will do. Random NPC activity scenery.

https://www.nexusmods.com/hogwartslegacy/mods/95?tab=description I haven't tried it. The creator is taking requests/thinking about others to remove a few other notables. So many requests. lol. "It seems all roads lead to Hogsmede!"

I'd definitely watch it in one fell swoop. Which was my original plan, to let finish before watching more, but then when I see a "REACTION TO NEW EPISODE" thumbnail in my YT algorithm, I go "oh, a new one's out now?" and run to turn on HBO. I haven't felt very impatient tho, weirdly enough. Maybe because the episode-ends typically aren't mega-cliffhangers? They're almost self-contained in a way, so far, albeit with plot threads/goals weaved throughout.

That was maybe another 10%. IIRC After the Jackie thing I looked up some cutscenes and the like and none of it really inspired me. I still keep meaning to retry it one day (it's still installed, but untouched/unpatched) because there were elements I did like in the game, but I think mostly I just prefer something simpler/relaxing like ... Hogwart's (or in the vein of) FFXV, or Tales of Arise these days.

Jackie dying on me was maybe 30% of the reason I didn't get much farther. I was annoyed, lol. Being as slow as I am with games, and how I like companions of a sort, I liked him as my sometimes-buddy and then ... pfft. Speaking of slow, I've been trying to collect these sidequest items as well as lockpicking tons of rooms, and capturing more beasts, in Hogwart's, for both cuteness and enchantment materials. And farm more creatures for potion ingredients. It all takes forever and really pads out the game time if you bother with it all. I've finished a couple enemy collections so they give 0 XP now. It's just their drops I want to amass. Also, eventually, catching Beasts and selling spares is far more lucrative than gear selling cause you can do it over and over. I went broke a couple times buying all the seeds/upgrade summoning books at the store etc. I must have/find ALL the Requirement summoning/deco before I finish/quit the game.

Yes. I think at a certain super-far distance the color tone changes making it look like fog, like in this screen. Or it's the clouds. Or it's the r.DepthOfField.FarBlur that I set to 1 instead of 0. No idea. Mostly I try to angle or zoom/in-out the camera so the too-sharp/clear isn't in the shot much. I also tried to get rid of the general vignette/edge blurring by putting r.Tonemapper.Quality=1 under [SystemSettings] - it seems to "mostly" work but it's hard to tell at times. At least the private room isn't all fuzzy with the Moonlight light. No fog doesn't seem to apply to the Beast vivarium tho. Separated from main game. I haven't done much deco in the private areas. For one thing I haven't found very many deco items to use, and I was waiting until I had all the rooms. I think there's more than what I currently have.

...Deek is an argument for why some NPC's shouldn't be given idle lines. He stands in your "personal rooms" 100% because you have to talk to him if you want to change the room's mood lighting, and he spouts a few things depending what you're doing the most of. If you're in there for a minute, no biggie. If you're in there for an hour.... ...at least I finally got my Beast taming/collecting ability. Time to collect more.

12 pack cans, Diet Mt. Dew: ...a few weeks ago it was $7.50-ish. ...yesterday it was $8.20ish. Any bets on when it'll reach $10? I'd guess 6 months. I should probably quit caffeine soon.

Oh, I just meant something like a cross rib beef or giant pork shoulders like from CostCo, alone, no sides. My mother would toss in cross ribs on a slotted broiler pan, or a simple metal V holder, at some really low temp - 150? 175? I forget - at 8m and it would be done at 5pm, that sort of thing. When I used to do them a lot I'd raise the temp to 225-250 so it would cook faster and it was fine. We're not very picky, just don't want it to chew like leather or something. The small pork shoulders from the grocery store I was doing in a crock pot since it's intended mainly for my soup and some casual hubby-sandwiches but the ones from CostCo are huge and won't fit in there so... The oven in this house, that convection fan goes on every time it heats up to temp, even in bake mode. It doesn't stay on the whole time in bake mod, but I find that weird. Don't know the workings of 'em tho, never had one before. I tried using the convection setting but it was browning way too fast so I put it on bake mode. ..at any rate, I think I'll stick to the smaller ones from the grocery store. Just thought I'd try it ... it wasn't all that much cheaper per pound at CostCo anyway.

If you want to slow cook a giant roast in the oven, is it better to leave it on traditional bake or does that convection-bake setting work ok and if so how does it affect cooking time? Traditional thought was faster/higher temp = tougher but dunno what it is with these supposed convection ovens now.

I don't mind some reading in games, but this is exactly how I feel about lengthy voiced dialogue cutscenes that won't let you even advance line by line (I read subs much faster then VA's talk, or if a replay). Occasionally I like a VA enough to listen just because, but most of the time...

I think it turned to Autumn, color wise? More night scenics. imo game looks best at sunrise/sunset/night Gotta pay the respects! Yes I love cats, but this is just nightmare fuel.

Got to learn about Beasts but no personal pet area yet. Got unlock 1. Puttered around. Then main quest has a sorta mechanism puzzle, and I think you're supposed trigger this thing, which gives a brief time (then it resets) that allows you to access something else - didn't take long to figure out the basics but problem is when I trigger it, character can't jump high enough to reach/land the goal spot. After trying multiple times in a few ways, then consulting a text walkthru (first time I looked one of those up), wondering what I was doing wrong (guide just says "jump to/across" but I can't?) I semi-rage quit. Edit: I'm sure I'm just missing something obvious but grrr. All the "puzzles" so far were really easy to do/figure out. EditEdit: I'm level 24 now and leveling is slowing down by a lot even w/quests. This isn't significant outside of the talent points.

--Couldn't stand Hogwart's mega game-fog anymore, it's like a white haze/20 year old dirty window, makes my eyes strain. I'll live without the foggy moor atmosphere. --There was another small patch today. I don't see a difference, but the tweaks I did made most of my issues go away already, with generally fluid 40-60ish. --I also finally realized (so I'm blind as well as a fool) that in Normal/Hard mode, while the giant "press this button" and huge colored head-rings went away, it instead puts very narrow/small colored halos around your head. So all I had to do was memorize what color = which button to push (block, dodge, etc) and Normal was now Story mode too. >.> But I don't want the longer spongier fights of Hard so eh, it's fine. Combat isn't why one plays this game anyway. --Gameplay-wise, this is much more adventure game than an RPG, in my definition at least. --dialogue choices seem to make zero difference so far --the outfits/skins are fun, but gear is not interesting. Legendary does not mean Unique, just highest stats and the most enchant slots I think? - you get enough of them (and they repeat at high lvls) where anything else is meaningless. eg, ithe systems are not deep or very engaging. Which is absolutely fine, I'm just saying if you want that, it's not here. --sneak killing everything you can is satisfying when you can do it. Which you can most of the time.

Hey now, I put Field of Dreams in my "fave KC lead-role films" list a page or so back. ...occasionally I think about how most of my late-teens-20's faves are old enough now that some 20-somethings probably view them like I viewed 50's/60's movies growing up, if their parents didn't expose them to them. Supposed to be good/a "classic" but they haven't gotten around to it yet. Or have never heard of it at all. Time marches on.

Well, I am an old fool. I thought I bumped it up to Normal but must've mis-clicked and it was still on Easy. >.> On Normal/Hard all those block etc. prompts I was seeing go away. That makes more sense. So you have to get good with recognizing/noticing all enemy tells to avoid being hit too often, where the often tight FoV makes it hard see them if it's larger groups. I might use a few potions now and then now. Still not difficult on Normal, but Hard ramps it up a bit and is a little more work/focus then I want for casual nose-picking exploring adventure. I feel like those prompts should only be on Story mode for those who truly wish to ignore combat, since they mean there's two Story modes, basically. >.>

I personally found Bull Durham dull but it was very popular at the time. Not saying it's not a decent flick in its way, just wasn't my taste. Should also reemphasize that I don't dislike Costner. After the success of Dances w/Wolves he (and others) kept pushing him towards epic hero chr. status which doesn't fit him well. In terms of media/public opinion I think he first became a punchline during Waterworld and Postman, there was lots of negative publicity for various reasons (justified or not, who knows, not me). His later years I think he's kept to less showy roles and imo he's better off for it. I forgot to mention Thirteen Days. One of my fave political thrillers, despite all the poetic license the film takes with history (especially Costner's chr). But again, it's more because of the other actors/script vs. Costner. He didn't feel like a lead in that film at all despite efforts to pump up his role.

Those Merlin Trials can kiss my