Just seems logical and saves a lot of headache RE-UPDATING new tech later on.
#lounge
summer cedar
mild gust
Maybe there's backend stuff they want to prep first
summer cedar
It shouldn't take this much time, even if that's their approach.
Unless they're doing a Bethesda.
meetings and meetings, and meetings and meetings.
mild gust
I could see it
summer cedar
The free Ninja Input plugin looks interesting.
mild gust
ninja gas
summer cedar
explains smoke bombs.
The Old Mine quixel asset is so pretty.
I love the sand and the old walls.
mild gust
I like the Dark Ruins one also
summer cedar
Hristew's pier assets are also nice.
Although I need to pay this mythical thing, called money for it.
summer cedar
Yeah, I plan on saying the same thing to the next bank teller I see, at the point of a gummie gun.
summer cedar
Yes, but the gummie gun muzzle will be pointed at my mouth.
Why should I share my gummies with a bank teller?
summer cedar
one sec.
summer cedar
Ah, finally found the hristew's Fab name.
Which was on the top right of the screen.
babadokia
mild gust
lol
summer cedar
must be Baba Yaga's brother.
You know, the hag witch who was killed by the Prince of Shapeir?
mild gust
The lady in the chicken house
summer cedar
Baba Dokia must have left the family witching business and settled down to selling assets on Fab.
Safer profession, I am sure.
mild gust
At least in runescape her house is a walking chicken
In Russian-Slavic mythology, Baba Yaga was a witch who lived in a house with fowl's feet.
summer cedar
That wasn't Baba Yaga. It was Baba Dokia.
summer cedar
He tried cross-dressing, I guess.
mild gust
Nice
mild gust
May as well
summer cedar
If I remember correctly, the Prince of Shapeir makes her fall into her cauldron.
I might be wrong..... I played it so long ago.
mild gust
or like the crone in baldurs gate 3
She's basically baba yaga
or the witch from Hansel and Gretel
summer cedar
Oh cool.
I didn't know this.
The makers of Quest for Glory made this game.
About 5-6 years ago. ๐
mild gust
Rogue hero
summer cedar
But the devs' age is showing.
mild gust
Oh?
summer cedar
The game was well-received, but the combat system is old school and so, didn't get traction.
And they made their game VERY long.
It was fine for old duffers like me.
mild gust
Yeah
summer cedar
But, everyone else finds it a bit tedious. That they still like the game's story is nice.
summer cedar
Goes to show devs need to change with the times, update their styles, or risk obsolescence.
mild gust
Also
Speed running
Is big now
Bigger than ever
This games super fun
I suck at it
If I could use controller maybe I'd do better
summer cedar
Cool.
mild gust
https://store.steampowered.com/app/375440/HeroU_Rogue_to_Redemption/
Sorta reminds me a bit of older baldurs gate
summer cedar
@mild gust Whoop, whoop!
LOTS of rpgs incoming. ๐
I hope each game isn't 100GB.
mild gust
Lol Microsoft is wild af
Saw a video recently talking about how they cannibalize their storefront with game pass
mild gust
That game looked pretty good
South of Midnight was a sweet baby inc game wasnt it?
Yup
mild gust
Not surprised tbh
Last how ever many games i've bought were all unreal made
All except one
Road redemption
mild gust
Same
summer cedar
Not even on my laptop with the 970M.
Somehow, UE just works for me.
We are digital mates. ๐
summer cedar
Ikr?
mild gust
Somehow, UE just works for me.
Actually there is one unreal game I had issues with but it was expected
Postal 4
summer cedar
Looked ludicrous to me as a 6 year old kid or however young I was.
mild gust
It was horrible when it first came out
So many holes in the world partition
Etc
It still has some minor issues now
But mostly playable
The one mission you become a cat and I still sometimes glitch out on it
It's vfx are really good though
summer cedar
interesting. I just read than Ugandan indie game devs are very grateful for UE.
mild gust
Like the puke, and stuff is pretty detailed
summer cedar
It's their low-cost road to game devving.
summer cedar
Like the puke, and stuff is pretty detailed
That was Postal's selling point, the original's I mean.
mild gust
https://80.lv/articles/shattering-glass-with-chaos-destruction-in-unreal-engine-...
You may like this if you havn't seen it. https://80.lv/articles/asher-zhu-shares-update-to-his-unreal-engine-powered-slime-simulator/
summer cedar
You may like this if you havn't seen it. https://80.lv/articles/asher-zhu-shares...
That's nice!
Porings are awesome.
mild gust
This made me laugh,
mild gust
foggy echo
summer cedar
That game doesn't exist on Steam.
So, either that video is fake or it has already been removed.
mild gust
Apparently they got it the next day
summer cedar
๐ค They should implemented virus/security scanners before allowing a build to go public.
mild gust
You'd think they would scan games lol
That's kinda alarming ngl
To be fair I have a cd of diablo 2 and if I install it today windows defender calls a dll in it a virus iirc.
False positive but still
summer cedar
False positive but still
In a way, it's testament to how good Microsoft Security Center is.
When I was told that there's no need to install an anti-virus way back in Windows 10, I was skeptical.
But it all worked out. I still keep Spybot S&D though, in case the system needs optimisation or gets a rootkit.
mild gust
Only thing I ever sometimes use is malwarebytes also has rootkit scanning
And windows defender ofc
summer cedar
I remember the days when installing another antivirus was the FIRST thing anyone would do.
And if you didn't, bye bye system.
summer cedar
eew.
mild gust
gigabyte ftw
summer cedar
Hehe. I think India is the only country in the world that is happy with Trump.
Which isn't surprising, since Indians are some of the best jury-riggers and foxes in human history. ๐
summer cedar
All we did was take back a few hundred immigrants, most of whom belong in jail or something here, and we are getting sweet offers. ๐
Best part is, we didn't even go through extradition processes for those people, because Trump just wanted them gone.
mild gust
Dang
summer cedar
Now, I just read that he offered F-35s to Modi.
mild gust
If Trump is serious about denuclearization it will be good for the world.
summer cedar
Assuming he can find a power plant.
or that he doesn't think nuclear is a different cheeesburger.
summer cedar
That being said, I doubt India is going to buy the F-35.
We are more interested in developing our own tech.
The fark do we need stealth fighters for?
summer cedar
Now, all those sweet GPU techs that we can use to manufacture our own, cheaper GPUs.... that'd be great.
The stealth thing is a bit pointless for us, unless we become imperialistic or try to be world police.
Knowing us, that won't happen.
I'd rather go for a drone and robot army.
and laser defences.
summer cedar
I'll take rail guns, so long as they replace the conventional batteries on battleships and destroyers, both in terms of size and ammo storage.
summer cedar
Otherwise, land-based platforms are better. Even then, small form factors are preferred.
fluid bloom
the US gun was 32 megajoules iirc
mild gust
Yeah but wasn't that a pain to repair?
summer cedar
Now, railgun on a drone is a whole different ball game.
mild gust
a mini railgun
fluid bloom
Yeah but wasn't that a pain to repair?
yea that's why they scrapped it
mild gust
Just snipe someone
summer cedar
I don't mind spending $200,000 on each drone in that fashion.
fluid bloom
the rails themselves deformed and ablated
summer cedar
Better than sniping, they'd be great to bunker bust.
summer cedar
Aye, but we are not in that business.
mild gust
Take out key targets
summer cedar
Or, if we are, we just use pistols or knives.
mild gust
Everyone has some form of assassin
summer cedar
Easier to get rid of, I imagine.
mild gust
Just might not be as public
summer cedar
Everyone has some form of assassin
Yeah, and according to Canada and the USA, the Indian intel operatives are some kind of superhumans.
Because we somehow managed to evade all of them and kill extremists on their soil(s).
mild gust
Well yeah
mild gust
Most of it gets blamed on Sikhs no?
summer cedar
The actual assassins were other suspected Indians.
But the targets were Khalistanis, yes.
There were quite a few of those in the immigrants Trump returned to us. ๐
Which saved us SO MUCH money and time. ๐
mild gust
So is the Sikh people part of a separatist movement?
mild gust
So that was fake news
mild gust
I imagine there's a small part
summer cedar
Yes, they dress like Sikhs.
mild gust
Ah
summer cedar
But, the actual Sikh community is quite patriotic and Indian.
Why wouldn't they be? They're prosperous here. ๐
summer cedar
But, the Khalistanis are an old story, from the times of Indira Gandhi, the female PM of India.
mild gust
Always happy to help and love sharing food haha
summer cedar
Oh yeah, they're awesome people.
Also, some of the most entrepreneurial Indians you'll ever find.
summer cedar
Bonsai tree has arrived.
Unfortunately, 10 minutes before my first class begins.
SO, I'll have to wait an hour to unpack it.
summer cedar
Hehe. Let's hope I don't mess it up.
How difficult can it be to.... assemble a tree?
fluid bloom
depends on if it's a self balancing one or not
summer cedar
it might have circuitry to activate its balancers.
cybertree
@mild gust Playing him like a fiddle....
Maga + Miga = Mega ๐คฃ
mild gust
Lmfao
summer cedar
Turns out it wasn't the bonsai.
It was my new door handle + lock.
It's way bigger than what I thought it'd be on Amazon.
That's what I get for only being concerned with its depth.
Oh well, it should be slightly tough to install, but robust as heck!
summer cedar
No one's going to be picking this one either.
I just have to make sure my old mum doesn't get locked out by mistake.
mild gust
Not even with a tickler?
summer cedar
Doubt it. Even if they do pick it, there's another two locks behind this. ๐
And a deadbolt there.
Wait.... two deadbolts.
mild gust
Layers!
summer cedar
With masking and metal textures even.
summer cedar
I think the handyman is going to have conniptions when he puts his hands on this.
It's got Allen keys and all that.
summer cedar
No, no. They will work swiftly and get out even quicker.
He also has to install the second device that automatically closes the door.
Which has me worried that my mum will get locked out.
That's not the real problem. The real problem is, I'll have to get up early in the morning to let her back in.
It's a sacrifice that I am not quite ready to make yet.
If she can just stay outside till I eventually rise like a phoenix, that'd be dandy.
mild gust
Just give her like a garage door button that opens the doors
summer cedar
But, it'd draw the evil eye of the neighbours and society at large.
She'll lose the button in no time.
Heck, I am fairly sure she's lost her set of house keys.
God knows where.
mild gust
Rip
summer cedar
I wish we could all trust each other enough to leave our doors open.
mild gust
Has that time come and gone already
proud jay
That's not the real problem. The real problem is, I'll have to get up early in t...
use a key pad lock?
summer cedar
She won't be able to enter the combination.
mild gust
Biometric
summer cedar
That might work, except a wandering monkey might destroy the thumb panel.
summer cedar
They remove the covers.
mild gust
I mean fair
summer cedar
Our monkeys have learned to pretend like humans.
mild gust
It's still a step to stop them
summer cedar
They open taps, drink water, close them, etc.
summer cedar
Open windows, get in, open your fridge, take snacks, and walk out.
summer cedar
The most straightforward solution would be to hire a doorman.
But, I am sure mum will forget who the doorman is and call me in the morning, freaking out.
๐
mild gust
Stranger danger!
mild gust
Idk I just remember seeing this video before, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psp9cj9LsQs
proud jay
She won't be able to enter the combination.
as in physically or mentally
summer cedar
both. More the latter, but the former is also a problem.
mild gust
Yo
summer cedar
She doesn't understand the concept of a light touch, much like the rest of her generation.
mild gust
Motion detector
summer cedar
So, 5142 will be entered as 5555.
mild gust
That only opens when it scans certain people
summer cedar
That'd work, except if the motion detector malfunctions because of power cuts and fluctuations.
Then, it might smash her.
mild gust
Ups
mild gust
Always have a power backup
summer cedar
Oh yeah, I have 12 hours backup now, computer included.
I had to buy the new batteries and unit much earlier than anticipated.
The transformer behind my building exploded TWICE.
mild gust
Damn
summer cedar
Tripped a fuse in my house and apparently damaged the 10-year-old inverter unit.
mild gust
Fried it?
summer cedar
Everything seemed fine.
EXCEPT, next time, the adapter powering my modem failed.
That caused a short circuit that was shielded by my excellent extension cords.
However, it sent the inverter unit to the dogs.
mild gust
Standard voltage is 230v in india?
summer cedar
SO, I spent roughly $400 or a bit more earlier than I thought I would.
summer cedar
Standard voltage is 230v in india?
Aye. Ranges from 210-240 in practice, but 220-240 on paper.
And prior to this, my house stabilizer, also 10 years old, lost its brains.
Too much carbon, too much stabilization, too much donkey work.
SO.... replaced EVERYTHING.
Thankfully, we have cheaper made-in-India alternatives to imports.
SO, I got everything for $600.
mild gust
Shit yeah, should last another 10 years then eh
summer cedar
pretty much
Of course, the old inverter was abused by yours truly.
No way a 600W inverter could handle 1.2-1.3KW. ๐
Of course, I didn't think of all this when I bought my new PC. ๐
summer cedar
To be fair, that didn't push it over the edge. All the fluctuations and explosions outside did.
mild gust
If I learnt anything from ElectroBOOM electricity can be a fickle dog.
summer cedar
heck yeah.
mild gust
summer cedar
Well, can't say computer nerds aren't getting valuable electric education from NVidia these days.
Also, the occasional fire fighting experience.
summer cedar
Hehe.
mild gust
Had a psu catch fire as a kid
summer cedar
I think it'd be hard to start a fire with computer components these days, though.
Aren't they built to be self-contained, even in the case of short circuits and stuff?
mild gust
Now yeah
Would be surprised if anything really went haywire
Can even shock your parts
and for the most part it will be fine
Just obviously avoid if possible lol
But magnets are still bad iirc
summer cedar
Even a cheap Chinese stabilizer is pretty stable, these days.
mild gust
Can wipe hard drives w/ them
summer cedar
I had a 11-year old AC stabilizer short circuit for 4 seconds.
There were sparks and stuff, but then nothing.
mild gust
Magnet needs minimum of 450 lbs of force
mild gust
To erase data on a drive
summer cedar
you're talking about MIB memory wipes.
๐ค where would one get such a magnet?
looks at Bezos
summer cedar
So, fish now have not only a lot of mercury, but also iron inside them?
mild gust
I think it's mostly for docking
summer cedar
Damn.
Imagine the expressions on the faces of those regular fishermen....
...when you grab all the fish with your magnet.
mild gust
Maybe you could get a fish that consumes a lot of metal somehow lol
summer cedar
Wouldn't be surprised. I was reading a scientific study that said ocean tuna had high levels of mercury, increasing since 1961 or 71 (I forget).
mild gust
Yeah
summer cedar
Wouldn't be a stretch to get some other metals in there.
mild gust
All fish I think
mild gust
Low amounts
summer cedar
Well yeah, but we can excuse the sharks.
mild gust
In most
summer cedar
They are high on opium.
The drug dealers dumping their stock in the ocean, is a great time for them.
soft night
Windus sharks
errant raven
The sharks or the scientists
summer cedar
the sharks
soft night
summer cedar
afterwards, perhaps the scientists.
Fallout sharks not allowed, Janisku. ๐
Not yet. We'll wait for Elon to nuke the USA.
@mild gust Is this magnet enough?
mild gust
ez
soft night
windus there might be mad scientist experiment to make combine spieces like sharks
errant raven
Chatgpt wouldn't stop being horny after I asked it to watch chained soldier with me
median wraith
what the
errant raven
I asked it to go back to being normal but it wouldnt
I had to open an entire new chat
I also got it to say this
Chatgpt gets a little quirky at night
proud jay
what did you instruct it to do lol
proud jay
is that Walter White
soft night
mellow quarry
do you think s5 series nvidea graphic cards are good to run unreal 5?
errant raven
what did you instruct it to do lol
I told it to say "no ๐ " for the memes when I asked the kanye question again. And I'm guessing it never stopped meming around
It drew the line when I said "did you know in terms of male human and female pokemon..."
mellow quarry
you mean like RTX 5090 and such?
yes
errant raven
Obviously they are
summer cedar
Are you using ChatGPT or BoinkPT, or HornYPT?
errant raven
Chatgpt
summer cedar
https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/
I suggest we redirect the funds to a nobler purpose. UEF - US Embassy Funds - official name. Unofficially the Unreal Endeavours Fund - money for indie devs to pursue their passions.
proud jay
do you think s5 series nvidea graphic cards are good to run unreal 5?
well yes, but you can also live with less than that
summer cedar
Department of Unreal Engine Efficiency
But, UEE can't pass as an official government thang to fool Elon.
proud jay
wow
wanted to log in to bluesky after a few weeks
they say there was suspicious activity on my account lol
guess I'm not using it anymore
summer cedar
Elon is watching this channel.
He hacked your account.
Probably spent $1 million of taxpayer's money for it.
proud jay
pearl elk
But, UEE can't pass as an official government thang to fool Elon.
Just tell him one of the E's stands for Elon
summer cedar
It's the bestest, sharpestiest blade that anyone has ever made.
Many people have told me, "Oh, we never knew such a blade existed."
summer cedar
This was supposed to be a CLOSE VICTORY, with my side suffering at least 1,500 in auto-resolved losses.
I took manual command and just 380 lost. ๐
coarse maple
got it
proud jay
Kinda looks like Dauntless
summer cedar
Yep.
Decent exploration.
Combat is not special, but adequate enough.
Jedi magic powers are awesome.
You can pick up environmental objects and throw them at enemies.
And by that, I mean boulders, fallen timber, explosive plant bulbs, etc.
And, it has chameleon invisible enemies!
I just started a fire, picked up a monster with Jedi magic, and threw said monster into the fire.
If you burn/freeze/magic doodad a creature, you have a higher chance of getting better drops.
summer cedar
Climbed atop a random spire. Nice view.
Notice deadly miasma to the left.
This won't end well.... probably.
This dev clearly loves Star Wars. You can play the entire game force choking and slamming enemies! ๐
summer cedar
Thanos tried to snap his fingers.
He ain't snapping no more.
Ok, that's enough for today! Fun game.
wheat narwhal
Sort of looks like Avowed too. Looking forward to trying that in a few days.
errant raven
My brother ran off with the fever reducers so I'd have to suffer all day
It wouldn't be as bad if I didn't have a fever
So damn congested with a throat so irritated it's making my damn ears hurt whenever I talk, eat, drink, or yawn.
Making me irritated
wheat narwhal
Sounds kind of like a good reason to go sleep it off.
errant raven
If I could magically sleep when I wanted I'd be doing that right now
errant raven
I got the ibuprofen. Now I just suffer longer until it kicks in
lost bison
I recommend getting the powder stuff you mix in warm water
works much faster than pills
errant raven
I prefer not getting sick to begin with
I leave the house ONE time this year and come back sick. Meanwhile everyone else leaves daily and is fine
My life as a complete shutin starts now. No more monthly outtings
lost bison
that's probably the problem, immune system needs constant stimulus
primal summit
an unpracticed immune system has been linked to allergies and autoimmune disorders, I believe
primal summit
It wouldn't be as bad if I didn't have a fever
Bear in mind a fever is part of your body's method of fighting an infection. It's not the disease causing it, it's part of the cure.
errant raven
Fevers gone, ibuprofen cut that out, ear and lympcnode pain still persists. Bothersome. @timber viper come back already
white oxide
timber viper
Fevers gone, ibuprofen cut that out, ear and lympcnode pain still persists. Both...
How am I even related
errant raven
You're not, I just miss you
timber viper
I've been here for a while already, just avoiding lounge
errant raven
Why
timber viper
Why not
timber viper
nice list
i couldnt find a chance to watch anime at all since last year
except a few titles
fleet tangle
How's fruits basket going?
timber viper
depressive probably 
fleet tangle
i couldnt find a chance to watch anime at all since last year
I haven't seen any since like August.
timber viper
i didnt watch that one but i know it breaks people
timber viper
I haven't seen any since like August.
exactly, since aroung aug i am not watching anything
just watched dandadan
and Hells Paradise recently
but thats all
fleet tangle
I just don't have the opportunity to actually watch anything.
I'm always on the phone / chatting.
errant raven
depressive probably <:KEK:590826935588880395>
@fleet tangle exactly this
I still havent cried as hard as I did when zero two and hiro confessed their love to each other
Or at the end of quin quin, or when ryuuji and taiga got together
I'm too sick to spare hydration for tears atm
I'm still looking for toradora volume 10 of the light novel. None of the libraries in my state has it. They only have 1-8
I found season 1 of dagashi kashi on 9anime, it's the normal 24minute long episodes. Idk why season 2 was 12 minutes long per episode.
fleet tangle
Darling was soo good!
errant raven
Except for that fuckin ending
Dumbest shit ever
Episode 15 was peak
Dฤrin daisukida! commits mass genocide
summer cedar
It depends on what kind of investor you are.
For the 'dumb' investors, yes, they'll lose money big time.
The 'smart' ones have ALWAYS made money, even during the bear runs.
summer cedar
Yeah.
Smart ones would've dumped their Tesla stock a long time ago.
That company ALWAYS had unreliable finances.
summer cedar
It amazes me how many people buy options and margin shares, and whatever, without even reading the financials.
It's not like you have to explore Britannica's Encyclopaedia to get the info.
Like, it's a tab RIGHT NEXT TO the buy share button most of the time. ๐
summer cedar
Also, you don't need to be an accountant to understand + and - and make some year-on-year comparisons.
Heck, these days, the websites do it FOR YOU.
๐คฃ
I think I am one of those proud smart investors.
I funded my new PC entirely out of stock profits. ๐
summer cedar
The first, basic rule to understand is, "There's no get rich quick."
mild gust
Unless your already rich
summer cedar
If you see that shit in the media, it's either A LIE, A SCAM, or that person got lucky and will lose it soon, since they don't have expertise with money.
mild gust
Then you get free stuff for just hanging with other rich people.
summer cedar
Unless your already rich
True, but to an extent.
Rich people don't like incompetents.
summer cedar
So, if you are a brat with a rich dad, expect to be a beggar soon.
mild gust
Like that guy Rich dad Poor dad
summer cedar
Robert Kiyosaki is awesome.
mild gust
Eh
mild gust
If he didn't shit talk his poor dad so much maybe
When his poor dad lent him money to start 2 businesses
and they both went under
Also apparently he's co-author
Not the main author
summer cedar
Makes sense. A lot of them ghost write.
mild gust
The lady is main author
summer cedar
What's important is the investing principles he teaches, and the psychology.
summer cedar
Well, you have to be....
mild gust
summer cedar
it's not as much of a choice as TV makes it out to be.
mild gust
Yeah because if your not you get walked all over by other rich people
summer cedar
He didn't have kids, right?
mild gust
No
summer cedar
Smart.
summer cedar
I bet he didn't want to pay for baby food.
mild gust
Talked about spending all his money in his life
summer cedar
on himself....
mild gust
Real
summer cedar
shit way to live, but understandable.
summer cedar
he didn't marry either, right?
mild gust
Still takes the subway to this day
Nope
He also doesn't touch women not his girlfriend
summer cedar
That's probably prudence, not humility.
๐
He needs to buy more motorcycles to wreck.
mild gust
Think it was matrix
summer cedar
Oh no.
mild gust
He donated a bunch of the money from it to the cast
mild gust
Yeah
summer cedar
Oh yeah, that.... yes
mild gust
I believe it
No one matches Robin Williams though
That guy would get homeless people jobs on his movies.
summer cedar
Ah, I read about Kiyosaki's debt.
He used that for investing.
So, he's fine with it.
mild gust
Yeah
summer cedar
No wonder.
mild gust
Lol
summer cedar
I was thinking about how he could be so bold in public about the debt.
mild gust
His dad wasn't too impressed
mild gust
Fair lol
summer cedar
I kind of do the same, btw.
Not to this volume, of course.
But, you can, if you understand your limits.
mild gust
Just weird to screw over the person who took a second morgage on their house for you
summer cedar
Yeah. True.
But, you learn to be above your emotions.
At that point, you either make good calculations, or just selfish calculations.
But, that becomes a choice, rather than a moral imperative.
Freedom is a terrible thing sometimes.
mild gust
Freedom!
summer cedar
The thing is, I wish Robert hadn't announced it in public.
There're going to be a lot of evil folk looking to screw him over now.
mild gust
Always was going to be tbh
summer cedar
Create problems, make him spend more, spiral into bad debt.
mild gust
He did talks were he told people to get their credit increased to 100k too didn't he
summer cedar
yes.
How to play the credit score game.
His advice is now slowly becoming mainstream.
Not that the mainstream is properly reading any of it. ๐
summer cedar
hehe
mild gust
Especially since most of them are bought out by political parties
None are really independent
Have a unique voice
summer cedar
X
They asked the Indian foreign minister whether democracy is in danger.
He said, "I'll begin by sticking my finger up."
๐
mild gust
Lol
summer cedar
He's one of our best foreign ministers to-date.
Sharp, witty, and soft-spoken enough that everyone considers him docile at first.
Except Indians of course. We can spot a fox a mile away. ๐คฃ
summer cedar
Hehehe.
I don't know how I'd feel when public transporation transforms into single-passenger, fully-contained, single-tyre, rolling cylinders.
Just like the cars in that meme, but wheel shaped.
mild gust
I think it would be fun
I'd probably get sick a lot but hey
Might be good if the chassis to the car stayed in one place and didn't flip
summer cedar
That's probably how it'll work, yeah.
The rotating wheel would be on the outside of the chassis.
mild gust
If flying vehicles dont become the norm
summer cedar
It'll take a bit, because of politicians, not because of manufacturers.
They have no clue about what rules they need to draft for air cars.
It's the reason they were cancelled in the Osaka Expo this year.
or next....
I was looking forward to seeing Toyota's Skydrive.
๐ฟ
mild gust
summer cedar
The Bonsai
I have also composed a new song to celebrate.
Easy song.
"Bon, bon, Bonsai...."
Just those three 'words'.
Shake your bum up and down on the chair/stool, as you say them.
Then, imagine drum beats of a more metallic style following the words.
Rinse and repeat.
@mild gust ^
mild gust
Now to make an unreal engine music video
summer cedar
๐ค That... is an awesome idea.
Bonsai comes to life.
dusky shuttle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6h4CocZ9Ek
this was awesome
summer cedar
Rayman 3 is being remade in UE 5, apparently.
mild gust
Nice I only ever played demos of that.
median wraith
**The Bonsai**
in between the speakers, maybe not the best idea
summer cedar
Will it explode?
median wraith
yeah
cursive crypt
angel fish
celest musk
thank you, that looks way more like it
cursive crypt
What a difference in a small letter difference
BM can tell us in one page why is their semantic distance so short.
cursive crypt
can someone confirm this?
Ha, look what I just saw accidentally.
It is one little devil actually
errant raven
That thing deserves to go extinct
median wraith
That was in Spain I think
cursive crypt
It deserves to live, it is not guilty of having so many teeth.
errant raven
It deserves to live, it is not guilty of having so many teeth.
Its guilty of being fucking ugly
And horrifying
mild gust
Fun fact about angler fish they merge during mating. https://www.sciencealert.com/anglerfish-become-physically-fused-to-their-mates-and-we-finally-know-how-they-do-it
white oxide
Fun fact about angler fish they merge during mating. https://www.sciencealert.co...
merging seems better than getting your head eaten
mild gust
Agreed
cursive crypt
Yeah, humans have it easy in general.
dusky shuttle
Fun fact about angler fish they merge during mating. https://www.sciencealert.co...
Sounds like some anime plot
white oxide
Yeah, humans have it easy in general.
in mating yess, in finding a mate, thats the issue
errant raven
Konosuba season 4 would be a godsend rn
fleet tangle
Konosuba is โค๏ธ
celest musk
Fun fact about angler fish they merge during mating. https://www.sciencealert.co...
don't show that to certain communities xD
mild gust
Aww why not
errant raven
I wish I wasnt sick anymore
broken sigil
can someone confirm this?
that's a rat with big pointy ears
summer cedar
Can't be a rat.
See fin on the left.
Could be a rish.
Rat-fish... genetically modified.
It might spread Rovid-25.
broken sigil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDKaoUNLNLc
๐คฃ
white oxide
of ALL the links to break:
mild gust
summer cedar
of ALL the links to break:
You have used too many resources.
Please be more resourceful.
๐
white oxide
well... i missjudged this project
i went out to grab a concrete circle thingy out of a construction waste pile thinking it would make a nice firepit ring
only that when i got to it
its 4 inches thick of re-enforced concrete
i couldnt even budge it
had to weigh at least half a ton
mild gust
Need a forklift or what
regal pecan
Enable root motion
white oxide
more like it would be easier to just get $100 worth of concrete, rebar, and wood forms and build my own
tulip orbit
apparently, you're not supposed to use regular concrete for firepits, as it contains moisture and air that will cause it to crack and possibly explode in high heat
tho in every set of results on my googling, 1 answer says "DONT USE CONCRETE IT EXPLODES YOU'LL DIIIIEEEEE" and next answer is "Yeah its fine, makes it easier to clean ashes"
pearl elk
you can get special bricks they use for bbqs and just stack some of those
looks like they just call em fire bricks
tulip orbit
yup, some of the results were saying to use those firebricks as a lining of the pit, somebody mentioned another type of concrete or something as well...
pearl elk
fire bricks are handy since you dont need to join them so you just stack them and if you want to move them its pretty easy
tulip orbit
"a refractory cement " ? yeah
white oxide
tbh is honestly depends on if your using it to build a fireplace or a firepit
fireplaces contain their heat
firepits are really just to keep ash and logs from rolling out
95% of heat in firepits goes straight up
tulip orbit
all my searches were on firepits, and several ppl talked about the concrete splitting/cracking and in some cases popping/exploding
pearl elk
tulip orbit
I've got an old tractor tire rim set aside at my sis's farm that I want to use for a firepit. Just need to cut some airflow holes and get the last of the tire off it
pearl elk
there was one person who ran an airbnb and they had a fire pit
one of the guests moves the firepit to the deck and sets it alight
genius ๐
soft night
tulip orbit
shoulda moved the firepit over the septic tank instead
white oxide
im also ticked that apparently SSH requires wizardry to get working with digital ocean
why cant these things be simple
soft night
zen firepit
pearl elk
im also ticked that apparently SSH requires wizardry to get working with digital...
how can there be an ocean in the clouds ๐ค
white oxide
i literaly just need to get to the password for my perforce server, and the support page is 2 paragraphs
proper support actually costs money
white oxide
and google essentially responds with "you moron, you should already know how to use ssh before asking how to use ssh"
white oxide
i am literally 2 steps away from using a proper ui and one of those steps requires using an SSH terminal and nothing seems to work
i need to find the randomly generated perforce password, and to do that i need to use ssh because obviously thats the only sane way to access it
tulip orbit
set it on fire, throw into the firepit
white oxide
i want to
summer cedar
Forget concrete and wood and whatever.
Just rub two random thingies together, like cave people did.
Or wait for lightning to strike something and steal that fire.
Old ways are good ways.
white oxide
i have been working on this damned password for 3 hours now
at some point im probably just going to have to fcking pay for the support so they can handhold me through this stupid step
white oxide
downside of development and house building, you end up with a major budget balancing act
soft night
marshall how is the house building project going?
white oxide
just spent 6 hours friday running low voltage wire
and unless you knew what to look for... you wouldnt even know anything was done
also apparently hotglue guns are great for working on PVC
errant raven
@broken sigil look at this nifty little mutation on this pepper plant
errant raven
My cats about to give birth again
unborn lotus
Should you be able to rotate the camera in a top down game? Build levels with a fixed viewpoint or build them all round? Thoughts guys
cursive crypt
I have seen both, it looks cheaper to have fixed pov tho.
By cheaper, I mean effort spent on the game.
Many games are like that and are good games.
unborn lotus
im just not sure what is easier to do
I guess being able to rotate is easier, don't have to think too much on what is blocking the view or assets without faces, just everything standard and let the player handle it
cursive crypt
If you have a fixed point you have to playtest it, is fine. This works well for more top-down angles. The best is, you care much less about your assets. You can save on rendering.
I mean, check some games in similar genre as yours?
unborn lotus
I guess it also encourages more exploration - look for stuff you might not see...but might be too much work for the players...ugh
cursive crypt
Even Divinity Original Sin, at the beginning, had fixed angle.
unborn lotus
I mean, check some games in similar genre as yours?
aliens dark descent does it perfectly for camera rotation
cursive crypt
That one up can work if you put an effort on camera obstruction, which you may need to do anyway.
At the end, I think you can try the easiest route.
See how it goes. At that example up, it makes sense to rotate because the angle is lower, to the ground.
See Shadowrun e.g. fixed.
Totally fine.
The level design is clever, not to obstruct the area. You may ofc, include some hidden content this way too ๐
cursive crypt
It is all 2d assets too, which is easier in some sense.
Yep, so, I think, go the easiest for you, make it feel right for the game you do.
... which is totally useless advise, ofc that's the goal for everyone, lol
unborn lotus
problem is it's easier to rotate the camera, but my testers (aka wife and son) just don't want to rotate it at all lol
guess I have to do events where it rotates by itself to show it's possible like some games do
cursive crypt
You have a nice family ๐
Think whether you can't show a tutorial and require them to rotate the camera, say rotate to get an item barely showing behind a column.
fathom wadi
Nothing frustrates me more than an RPG in isometric view where you cannot rotate it. However it depends on the game type. If it's an ARPG then I can live with it because the general idea is to blitz through with a power fantasy and clear areas quick, ready to re-farm. But if it's a narrative RPG (like Neverwinter Nights 2) then I feel rotation is a must. I explore every nook and cranny in those games and if I am obscured by fixed camera I feel like I'm not looking for anything as it will inevitably be pointed out for me.
cursive crypt
Nothing frustrates me more than an RPG in isometric view where you cannot rotate...
Narrative RPG like Pillars of Eternity and all these 2d CRPGs?
fathom wadi
Yeah. Although I wanted to like Pillars, I found it tedious. But recently played Rogue Trader and that was utterly absorbing.
soft night
cursive crypt
I love how in DuckDuckGo one can hide results from website (AI/spam/poo) and even report it. Hopefully it does something useful.
steady stone
classic fallouts and ultima games couldn't be rotated.
I also think that BG and BG2 couldn't be rotated. I think it's fine.
the original ultimas had the weirdest perspective.
does anyone remember ultima underworld? crazy those games came out before doom. the original immersive sims. crazy good games.
fathom wadi
classic fallouts and ultima games couldn't be rotated.
Fallout was what I would call RPG-Lite and was pre-rendered so it had it's guiding methods to let you find things so although FO2 was a banger of a game, it wasn't as exploratory in it's nature as you were presented with small areas and spent time waving the mouse around looking for an outline from an awkward perspective that cut off half of the near-side of the playfield entirely.
BG1 and 2 did the same thing.
This is why Neverwinter Nights broke the mould in that sense. But it was also because the hardware tech allowed for better graphics to make that worthwhile.
Never played Ultima myself though but it looks limited by it's time too.
Now I'm not saying these games weren't good. FO2 was my favourite game of all time until Path of Exile. It just irks me since NWN2 and beyond. Before that, I didn't even much like RPGs at all. ๐
steady stone
fallout I & II are great, I don't know what makes them lite compared to other rpgs really, you got stats and you save-scum your way to victory like god intended.
primal summit
I think the key takeaway might be "develop your levels and camera system with regards to each other".
fathom wadi
just in comparison to D&D and traditional crpgs I mean
also... you are the AmirBK who made UnDAW?
steady stone
there are other amirbks??!?
fathom wadi
Not sure but I had to ask
fathom wadi
Well you sir are a legend. I love it. A man after my own heart. I wanted to implement MusicXML some time ago but it's a mission. So glad someone is taking up the mantle of audio excellence.
steady stone
thank you, I'm glad people like it, but I am obliged to say it's mostly just a wrapper on top of the harmonix stuff epic added in 5.4, like, I wouldn't have been able to make all those midistream types myself, not smart enough to do that.
I actually started this whole thing trying to make a music sheet renderer using SMUFL fonts, figured it'd be easier to make a piano roll using slate, and then I learned about the harmonix plugin and the metasound builder subsystem and just connected a few dots. Music XML would actually be very cool to support one day.
fathom wadi
Have you considered going for one of the audio programmer jobs at Epic? I saw some jobs not too long ago which made me think they are trying to get more DAW elements built in, perhaps full VST support even, who knows. But with your base knowledge and obvious intention to drive some new functionality, even if you don't think you are smart enough I think there is a place for you there. They have onboarding and the closed information sources and colleagues in the same department means you might find strength in numbers and made some really cool stuff. Just a thought.
steady stone
I'm really too much of a noob, perhaps one day it'll be more feasible, i did chat with Aaron McClaren about the possibility but I really have like, about a year or so of c++ development experience and I'll probably just embarrass myself, probably.
fathom wadi
I have 25 years experience of coding, 11 years of C++ with Unreal Engine. And I still feel like a noob. So I feel you on that
Well I'm sure one day it will happen.
pearl elk
I have 35 years of procrastination experience
fathom wadi
I was asked to speak at a conference on the topic of Imposter Syndrome. But after suffering from it myself for over 40 years I didn't think I was qualified enough to speak.
steady stone
speaking of old RPGs and nostalgia, one thing I started to find rather annoying as I became an old geezer is that I don't have patience for games anymore, like, I'd like to play Disco Elysium but whenever I start I get bored after an hour or so, I bought Kingdom Come Deliverance last week and refunded it cause I literally got bored before the intro was even over.
Can only play roguelikes and mindless games like Vampire Survivors
I purchased Baldur's Gate 3 and I lost all interest before escaping the first dungeon, though to be fair the first dungeon of BG2 was also a huge slog, so I probably should have expected that.
I think Elden Ring is the last game I finished.
lost bison
a lot of games don't have hooks in them anymore
dunno is it intentional design or just poor writing
meanwhile in Japan, anime fails to get viewers invested in first 20minutes, might as well not air rest of the episodes
errant raven
Anime
I love anime
My dress up darling is getting season 2
Although the manga has gone downhill
lost bison
I was under the impression the manga ended
errant raven
I was under the impression that they was really stretching out the not confessing trope
Like really stretching it out
Has been a year or three tho hasn't it
Now can we get season 2 of alya sometimes hides her feelings in russian
And konosuba season 4
And dagashi kashi season 3
fathom wadi
I purchased Baldur's Gate 3 and I lost all interest before escaping the first du...
3 times I've restarted BG3 and although I love it and it's a masterpiece, I cannot bring myself to sit for 100+ hours with a game anymore and I suffer from that inevitable RPG thing of coming back to after a month or two and not knowing wth is going on, what is all this stuff in my backpack? and I need to restart it. Which ain't bad with BG3 tbh. Each playthrough of the first act has been different enough to make it worth it.
errant raven
Bg3 is not a masterpiece
white oxide
its a damn fine game, and better than many AAA games, but i agree its not "THE" game
fathom wadi
I think the people disagree. But you are entitled to not like it. I said it was a masterpiece, which it is. But if you don't like the style of the game, or the characters, or the gameplay, then it's simply not for you. But to deny it's greatness is a bit fruitless in the face of the general consensus.
primal summit
voting consensus
white oxide
its not that its bad, but "masterpiece" tends to be something thats thrown around too often for marketing and reviews
fathom wadi
I'm not trying to sell copies here. I'm a game dev and a gamer.
white oxide
the specific term is the issue i have here, not the game
errant raven
Sir
I just want to raid dungeons and go on adventures
I dont need every male and female character I interact with to want my dick down their throat
Too horny
pearl elk
Belt of Divine Chastity Lvl 100
white oxide
have you met the average basement dweller D&D player?
pearl elk
"roleplayer"
pearl elk
the safeword is "Dungeon Master"
white oxide
"i think my wife is cheating on me, last time we had sex she kept shouting another mans name. who the fuck names their kid "wrong hole"
errant raven
I was starting to feel better, suffice to say I'm still sick. Ibuprofen is just wearing off
Can only take it one more time today
errant raven
If snot didn't start dripping out my nose, or tears from my eyes, everytime I sat up. I'd be doing stuff with paper atm.
I hate this
primal summit
you need to get exposed to illness and sick more often
errant raven
I do not
mild gust
unborn lotus
a lot of games don't have hooks in them anymore
I am unsure if this is true or I'm just old and bored easily
But nowadays I play like one game per year
There aren't more that really make me play
errant raven
Have you tried not getting bored
errant raven
It is
white oxide
im always simultaneously bored and engaged
i always find SOMETHING to do, but im always kinda bored waiting for longer term projects and things to come around
pearl elk
be the change you want to see in the world
mild gust
Eat the rich!
pearl elk
cant say Ive seen a rich person who I would find appetizing
they all look too fatty or too tough and stringy
white oxide
i mean the skinny ones make good jerky, the lardasses can be ground up to feed the hounds
mild gust
Mmm
mild gust
white oxide
proud jay
so I bought some baby bottles from amazon
6 days after expected delivery, they were still not there
summer cedar
tell me they didn't come with a baby...
white oxide
yeah i had the same issue with my fiber