To the shock of many.... myself included, I have started to rebuild most of the code to the mod that still hasn't even been released: DS Industry Mining in the North.
I've altered most of the file/folder structures, this has meant I must now also alter all the code to ensure everything is linked where it ought to be. Haha, I honestly regretted doing it once I'd started, but it was too late to go back. But, I still have time as the next version of the North isn't released yet, and it needed to be done for ease of updating and cross compatibility with my other mods. The changes will also make it a lot easier for me to make the non-north upgrade to DS Blast Furnace, as well eventually make it easier when I finally compile a DS combined mod.
My latest mod: DS Oil Mill has been sitting on the backburner for quite some time. Originally it would have been released with DS Industry Mining in the North as a required companion mod, but I ended up adding most of the same production type buildings to it anyway, so I decided to dust off the oil mill and release it.
Work on rebuilding the Pick & Hen has been slow, I've found it difficult as sometimes I find I'm losing some of the charm of the original model when I try to improve the textures. I'm in a conundrum though as the way I did the original texture is proving near impossible to work with and improve. I lost the original HQ textures.
I find updating mods can be tedious and sometimes I need to create a new 3D model, so I have started making a mead brewery, something that was always planned because I removed the function and product from DS Ale House. The code has already been finished long ago so it is only a matter of minor changes and just making the models & textures, though that is still far from finished:
Discrepancy work in progress
I have also been adding to the model collection I have been making for the Fishmonger mod. Things with this mod have also been slow, with many more pieces and higher detailed buildings (open-air; markets, fishmongers & kitchen dining areas) proving to be very time-consuming.
New Thompson Trade Merchant buildings have also been started that will be offering alternate trade options to just food. I've also made some water edge decoration Wharf pieces to match the merchants.
DS Clay Crafts has also hit a bit of a brick wall in creativity. I'm not overly happy with the models I've made and changes could be more difficult than starting anew. Something like this always seems to put me off so I have been slack and haven't looked at it in a few weeks. But I want to get onto it because of the requirement for Roof Tiles with DS Oil Mill, also DS Industry Mining will also require them.
So what will be the next release? haha, I have no idea! as many of you know by now, I can't stay still on one thing, don't always finish things and do whatever seems to beckon my mind at the time. It could be one of the above, or more than likely something different completely
