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I'm alive and well.
🕑 Added 2021-08-16 21:24:08 +0000 UTC
The trip was brutal, but I survived, somehow. The only good bit of news is that my living conditions (the house I am in) is excellent, after all that spending.
I lost some data due to HDD damage, and I have recovered almost everything major from back-ups of the backups on G-drive (thankfully). However, a lot of scenes from The SHRiNK have been lost, forever. That simply means I need to recreate them from game images (extra time and work).
I have spent over 2000 euros rebuilding the PC and it looks like a massive downgrade when compared to my previous one, but what matters is what is inside. 3900X now, 128GB I brought with me and of course the A6000 I kept safe throughout the entire trip.
For those of you who did not know, my PC was lost in transit and it will take a good 90 days in total until they decide to pay up for the loss (I was smart enough to insure it) I will resume work as soon as possible. I just recently got my internet installed, at last... The PC is in order, but the drives (letters) are all over the place. In other words, I need to organize them in the same order I had them so I can get back to work without the need to reinstall everything (DAZ, Octane, etc.)
I also need to wait for the ID of the country I now call home, in order to verify my identity and reactivate my Octane and a bunch of other efin things. However, things here, move slow AF! With a bit of palm grease, I was able to cut the wait time from 30 days down to two weeks.
In other words, this is not my worst-case scenario, but it is very close to the nightmare I had prepared myself for (worst case, losing everything I brought).
I have spent almost all of my savings just trying to turn this place into a livable home. Spent on mattress, bed, painting the house, door handles... Yes, that's right, the house came without even the fin door handles. A new monitor (4K) couldn't afford a second one this time, so I am stuck with a single monitor. It is 4K but this will no doubt make my job a little harder.
I was used to rendering on one screen, coding/writing on the other, or preparing the next scenes. I just couldn't afford it for the time being. The prices here are absolutely insane. A POS 4K HP 27" cost me 480 euro.
Bottom line. I am going to get back to work as soon as I can. However, if things do not improve for me economically through this, in the next 2-3 updates... I'm going to just get myself a job over here and return to doing this part-time. Over here, there is no I can't pay you this month or give me a loan. Pay, or GTFO.
So, let's hope I can return things to where they should be in order for me to continue working without worrying too much.
I have missed work, and I have missed you guys. I really can't wait to resume working and regain a piece of what used to be my daily routine, once again. It's fin chaos over here, on a daily basis.
Comments
OneManVN
Not to worry. I was able to recreate everything from older images from the previous updates. We are back on schedule.
Crimsonfiend76
Totally sucks, but at least you have a plan in place and just focus on doing whatever you need to, to get by, everything else will work itself out! Sucks to hear about the Shrink as that was one of my favorite games, but still looking forward to everything you do, Good luck man!
OneManVN
Thank you for the support, and the compliment(s). I am glad you enjoy my work. I can't wait to see where we are going next, myself!
Stephen A Eckerman
Glad you made it over there juat fine sorry to hear about the loss of the pc mist be very frustrating at least its insured right. Had a similar thing happen to me that they lost my gaming system with about 6000 hrs of saved games in it. Got the inaurance to pay for a new one but lost so much saved data that it was very disheartening. Hope eberything else is going well and can't wait to see where the stories go. Keep up the great work love these games.
