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AriochIV
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[2007-03-02 00:48:36 +0000 UTC]
"Jim Francis"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 778; Deviations: 273; Watchers: 2038
Watching: 299; Pageviews: 219795; Comments Made: 2597; Friends: 299
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Yoshikazu YasuhikoFavorite movies: Star Wars (yes, the original one), Aliens, Terminator, Apollo 13, North by Northwest, Forbidden Planet, Angel and the Badman, RAN
Favorite TV shows: Band of Brothers, Arcane, Shogun, Pride and Prejudice, Chernobyl, Dirty Pair, City Hunter
Favorite bands / musical artists: Pat Benatar, Nik Kershaw, Berlin, Barenaked Ladies
Favorite books: Friday, Pride of Chanur, The Mote in God's Eye, Legacy of Heorot, The Lord of the Rings, Downbelow Station
Favorite games: Starflight, Homeworld, Civilization, X-COM, KOTOR, Star Control, Ultima, Master of Orion
Favorite gaming platform: PC (Windows)
Tools of the Trade: Wacom Intuos4, Photoshop CS2
# Social Links
https://www.facebook.com/Outsider-117841338237484/https://twitter.com/AriochIV
# Comments
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Some hours ago I wanted to register for the forum on the well-of-souls site but was deflected by some error:
"General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]
Got error 134 from storage engine [1030]
An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the Board Administrator if this problem persists."
So here I am, telling the Board Administrator publicly
(A quick check for "mysql error 134" suggests that there may be a database error. No further idea.)
Edit: I got the same error a few minutes ago.
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Looks like it should be fixed. Let me know if you encounter further problems.
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Thank you very much, I can conform that it's fixed: "In total there are 151 users online :: 1 registered" <- that's me
I hope I will be worthy
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Thanks for the report. I'm not sure what's causing this, but I'll check it out.
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How did I not notice you here, when I read your comic from the very beginning...
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Amazing Art work. THANKS for sharing it white use.
How far is the work for the secend Addon for Stars in Shadow ???
Is it possiple to play as Arda Seed ???
I hope i don`t annoy you white the question, but are you still updating the Outsider insider site. (Umiak, Terran and Loroi ships views) and can you add them to Stars in Shadow somehow. It would look Cool to play as Umiak Hierarchy, Loroi Union and The Terran Colonial Authority.
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We are still in the early stages of work on DLC2. It won't include playable Arda Seed, but that's something we might add in the future.
I do still add to the Insider section; the most recent was an article on the Barsam.
Doing an Outsider mod for SIS someday is a possibility, but it would a lot of work. And unfortunately, the mechanics of SIS don't reflect how things work in Outsider very well (jump drive vs. free hyperdrive, for example).
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^^ Thanks ^^
Good Speed and Good Health
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The Outsider page seems to be down for European users, just to let AriochIV know...
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Yes, the domain isn't functioning properly. Hopefully it should be fixed within a few days.
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Yes, you can see my general guidelines here:
Commissions Available!I’m available now for two kinds of commission work: illustrations and design work.
Illustrations are finished drawings/paintings of an established or clearly-defined character or vehicle or environment (or a combination thereof). These can be done in a numbers of different styles, such as photorealistic (color with no lines), comic style (painted color with lines), cel-shaded style (flat color with lines), or manga style (monochrome shading with lines). I can also do maps in a variety of styles.
Design work involves me coming up with a new design for a character, vehicle, or environment based on your specifications. There are a number of ways to do this, and it is sometimes a multi-stage pro
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Twice now I have seen Tempo make a notable gesture when she is presumably using sansai. She places her left hand on the top center of her chest with the fingers spread while her eyes are opened wider than is usuall for her. Is this body language, a ritual gesture, or perhaps just a habit of hers?
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The Loroi do use gesture whether they're speaking or using telepathy -- visual cues are important to them, and it would make for a boring comic if all these characters who don't speak didn't emote at all. I have tried to give individual characters distinctive gestures... Tempo has used the hand on chest move more than twice.
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Allright, so while I go back and reread the entire thing is there any chance you could tell me what Tempo's gesture means? Or is that asking for spoilers.
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Not sure it has to mean something specific.
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I just saw your latest update. Let me guess giving a male your "looks like a fang necklace thingie" is a marriage proposal!
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A number of people have been making that guess, but no... the Loroi aren't monogamous and don't have marriage.
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Hope dies last!
Still, I have the impression she is interested in him, so it might have a meaning.
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A number of people have been making that guess, but no... the Loroi aren't monogamous and don't have marriage.
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My brother plays Stars In Shadow and he even reads your comic.
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I like is this wargame for computer or tabletop I like
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It's a computer (PC) game available through Steam or GOG.
stars-in-shadow.com/
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can Loroi stand a similar wide range of temperatures as humans?
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I've thoroughly enjoyed the story of Outsider since I first found it all those years ago, And Stars in Shadow is a truly awesome game.
Have you considered making a game set in the Outsider universe? Perhaps a fleet or ship management game? Maybe something like Faster Than Light, - where you captain a Lorai ship and have to staff it with various crew members as you go on missions to hold back the Umiak. Or something way better than that I'm sure.
Anyway congrats on all the great work you've done, looking forward to what you come up with next.
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It's something I think about, but the war setting of Outsider doesn't really allow characters the kind of freedom that one would expect of a traditional Starflight/Star Control/FTL style exploration game. I thought about a Stars in Shadow style strategic level version of Outsider, but same conditions that make the war a bloody stalemate in the story would probably make for very uninteresting strategic play.
I think one possibility is a game of tactical scenarios, kind of like Panzer General. Though designing a combat system with realistic physics that is still accessible would be challenge.
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Yeah that would be pretty difficult to do, how about perhaps setting it in an alternate setting then? Like using the all the same characters, races, ships, etc but setting them in an alternate universe for the game.
Like how the Star Wars empire at war game is a separate universe to the Films, but has all the same characters, technology, etc.
Perhaps something like lifting key strategic battles from the history of Outsider and joining them together into a strategic narrative - separate from the novel but still having the same general plot and themes. The game could start with a novice Lorai ship and crew taking part in some kind of strategic exploration that leads to them fighting a precursor war set before the major events of Outsider.
I have always seen movie adaptations of books to be a way for the director to tell their own story within an established world - like how Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie trilogy is based off the J R Tolkein Lord of the Rings books, but he added in his own ideas and themes inspired from the story. So I don't see how you cant make a game based off your own setting and just change things to make it fit the narrative better, its also a chance for you to tell a new story.
Sorry for rambling, I just really enjoyed Outsider and Stars in Shadow and would like to see more from you.
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Well, like I said, I think it could work as a campaign of tactical scenarios taken from the events of the story, possibly even going back to earlier battles of the war. It would be contingent on creating a good tactical combat engine.
It's something to keep in mind as a possibility for the future. I have my hands mostly full at the moment.
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