Update: Bad news and a delay
So, the worst has happened. My laptop died. I should've seen it coming, what with the issues I was having as of late. Let's just say that the battery was swollen, soft and squishy, which is not a thing you want from a battery unless you're the machines from The Matrix. And this was just the last in a long line of things that I'd been slapping Band-Aids on for a while now (replaced two fans and the hinges had to be epoxied back into a functioning shape).
I've got a replacement ordered, but as with everything else during a pandemic that's constraining our delivery infrastructure, I'm going to have to wait a week for it to arrive. Right now, I'm on an old laptop that's basically got me online and not much else. It certainly doesn't have the power to even boot up Honey Select much less do anything with it.
The good news? I didn't lose any of the files. I was able to yank the HDD right out and slap it in a USB housing. In fact, I'm able to continue working on the script and code as the backup laptop I have is able to run the Ren'Py SDK decently enough.
Best case scenario, I get my new computer in a week and everything runs fine. I figure most of the script and code'll be in place and it'll be a matter of getting the renders done before having a playable build ready. So, there'll be a delay, but I still hope to have Chapter 20 out before the end of the month.
Here's hoping for the best,
- Kinderfeld
EDIT: And for reference, batteries are not supposed to look like this.
Comments (18)
Ever thought of getting a desktop? It will outperform a laptop.
My reasoning for not getting a desktop stems from the fact that except on the weekend, I'm nowhere near the one room it'd be set up. So, a laptop allows me to work more regularly.
I hope you got a new machine by now. Cant wait for chapter 20
Yep. Got the new laptop a few days ago and it's taken me some time to get all the apps and everything reinstalled and back up to speed. Hope to have some news on the release of 20 in the next week.
Would have been a great opportunity to switch to a desktop pc :P
Grand scheme - you did not loose any files and there was no fire! I'm overdue for a laptop replacement myself ... and you reminded me that there is a 'my laptop is about done' clock I can't see and it's winding down so... I need to get my backside in gear and get my own replacement taken care of! Good luck getting everything set up on the new laptop when it arrives.
Ah that sucks. But with the pace you usually churn out updates I think it is totally okay if we had to wait a bit more for the next update! Keep up the good work!
_plays taps for the demise of the noble laptop that brought us all so much joy_
Oh wow batteries are definitely not supposed to look like that. You gotta call a bomb squad on that thing.
Looks like your mousepad has seen better days as well, bud. ;)
That mousepad was from when Episode One came out, so yes. It has. :)
I added a picture of the battery for those who are curious.
Time for a desktop so you can ripppp through some render work my friend! Maybe a donations thing to get it going? Just ideas love your work hate to see it delayed and would love to see it improve workload if you had better equipment!
The batteries are infected! Kill it with fire! 🤣
Batteries dead... Can't just plug it in and treat is as a poorly made desktop? Laptops do work without the batteries unless the swollen battery damaged the casing, screen, or motherboard. If you don't like where it can be plugged in at there is Remote Desktop or equivalent so you could use the slower laptop as a gateway to the one plugged into the wall. Mostly just throwing out crazy suggestions :P I remember when a friends hard drive and battery died and we got it to boot off a thumbdrive with windows 7 installed on it lol In any event probably should treat it as an omen and back up that HDD you got hooked up to usb! Backups can be the difference between a bad day and a nightmare...
I considered this option and even ordered a replacement battery as my first option, but the swelling of the battery caused some warping/damage to the rest of the internals and even plugged in won't boot up now. And frankly, I'd been babying this laptop for a while now. It was going to die at some point. I do have everything backed up pretty regularly - I have a 2TB USB backup and a media server as well. So, the only data I was going to lose was whatever's on the SDD's desktop (nothing much).
Don't worry, man. We support you nonetheless. Good thinks take time, as they say :)
Shit happens