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Hello and Welcome! I'm launching this thread to announce my, at this time, limited return to BATing after a 10 year hiatus. I've started this thread for the purpose of displaying developments, soliciting advice and/or help, and general support for all of my lots, both past and present. You may consider this the logical successor to my previous project in a past life, Operation Buffalo Wing, and to an extent you would be correct. However, life changes a lot in 10 years, and circumstances are such now that I may not be able to keep up the pace and dedication to the task that I may once have been able to. Also, as the erstwhile project was to some extent a group project, this likely will not. Scope: My primary focus is correcting varying aspects of just about (if not) every BAT I created that have always bugged me. Some of them are things that were unavoidable at the time. Others became apparent after release and I just never got around to and/or had an opportunity to fixing them. Finally, the real-life counterparts of some have changed over the course of the intervening decade, warranting updates to the models. Once that phase is complete, my next endeavor would be to finish at least a few of the several projects I started but never finished. There are no fewer than 8 such projects. At least 3 of them are ridiculously close to completion. But let's not put the cart before the horse just yet! All of my projects are recreations of existing structures and will continue to be. I just don't have the right level of creativity to come up with something original, nor do feel compelled to try on account of the vast talent already present in the community toward that niche. Additionally, nearly all of my projects have and will continue to focus on the City of Buffalo in particular and Upstate New York in general. Effort: One of my problems is that I'm a perfectionist and I easily get bogged down in minutiae. I need to make an effort to avoid that - along with an explosion of real life, it's one of the primary reasons I haven't created anything in 10 years. I simply burned out. On top of that, despite having considerable free time, I don't have as much as I once had. I also have never really ever focused on actually playing the game and that (along with maintaining a City Journal) is something I want to focus on as well. That said, I'm motivated enough to dedicate at least portions of a few days a week to the BAT. Assistance: There are a few aspects of custom content for which I will be seeking assistance. Off the top of my head, they are: Lotting. I stink at it, plain and simple. It's the achilles heel of my released projects.Modding. As an example, one of my existing lots features night lighting which changes with the time of the year. I have no idea how this was accomplished (credit goes to Smoncrie) and any update to the lot is going to require that effort to be replicated (or updated). Additionally, I would like to create a new custom query.I realize there are tutorials for some of these things, so maybe I'll be able to attempt and succeed at them on my own. But for now I'd like to serve notice that I may solicit assistance at some point(s) going forward. Enough of that; let's see where this takes us!
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