Regional Tapa Instructions

Rules: The challenge is to shade some cells, subject to the following rules:

1. All shaded cells must eventually connect, but must not form 2x2 areas.
2. Numbers on some cells indicate the number of consecutive shaded cells around that cell, if there is more than one number then there must be at least one unshaded cell between the shaded regions, "?" is wild and can stand for any number between 1 and 8.
3. Clues also indicate the length of shaded cell groups in its region. Regions without clues have no restrictions.
4. Cells with numbers can never be shaded.