alex's pit of hell

[graceful warren]

not yet finished

[graceful warren]

improved the markings a little bit

[vital valley]

SCREAM IF YOU LOVE BOSTON TRAFFIC FONT

[graceful warren]

AAAAAAAAAAAAA

[vital valley]

AAAAAAAAAA

Anyway nice build

[graceful warren]

thank you

[vital valley]

Another reactor right

[graceful warren]

i'm not gonna pay too much attention to this reactor

it's just the lid right now

i just want to practice with making the things around them

[vital valley]

Mmh okay

[graceful warren]

although it's probably not going to be terribly complicated

[graceful warren]

i will now stop touching it and work on something else

because if i don't i KNOW i'm going to be making 20 different variations and changes to it

[vital valley]

Gonna copy this idea

🙏 please

[graceful warren]

sure thing

[ebon plaza]

that looks grand

[graceful warren]

thank you!

[west rain]

peyepes

[graceful warren]

the what now

[fresh flicker]

pipes

he means pipes

[graceful warren]

oooh

[rapid warren]

Pipey pipe

[graceful warren]

forgot about this

[red wing]

funny pool

[warm steppe]

Drink the forbidden water

[graceful warren]

would the water in a reactor pool be potable

radiation aside

[red wing]

potable??????

[graceful warren]

drinkable

gulp gulp

[hard tiger]

spicy water

[graceful warren]

do or don't?

[west rain]

do dont

[graceful warren]

one or the other

[viscid creek]

do

[hard tiger]

do'nt

[graceful warren]

i might not since it doesn't fit the feel i'm trying to go for with this

will just have to tinker more with it i guess

[vital valley]

dude if this is real life and if the glass broken the radiation gonna escape

[graceful warren]

i'm aware

it just looked cool to me and it makes me always throw logic out the window

[vital valley]

go on mister make the glass wide around 3 studs or 2084 studs or 0.001 studs

safety

[hard tiger]

lead glass

[fresh flicker]

can you pee in it tho?

[graceful warren]

yeah sure

[graceful warren]

unfinished stove

• the heating element

and don't worry, in the reactor model itself there's only the caps

[red wing]

is that modular reactor???

or something like rbmk

[graceful warren]

i have no idea

i just thought like

a bunch of fuel cassettes packed together

surely that'll work

[red wing]

thats a cool thing ngl

[graceful warren]

i also lengthened them

and control rods go in through the bottom of them

[red wing]

i looks like they can be replaced even if the reactor is in operation

[graceful warren]

which double as a way of aligning/extracting them

[graceful warren]

Yessir

[red wing]

we all know how it went

[graceful warren]

i also had a kind of dumb idea

basically since the control rods don't go in from the top but in through the bottom

if the pressure gets too high, some steam gets vented into the canals where the control rods are and then basically get shot upwards

[red wing]

Well thats a pretty cool idea for a meltdown

[graceful warren]

like maybe you have to get into the basement and open steam lines to insert them

((or the reactor has an actual fucking safety system or something))

[red wing]

have you played INFRA?

[graceful warren]

Yes

The bottom feeding control rods are kind of the reason why i'm doing that

[red wing]

oh

[graceful warren]

maybe the basement could also have a similar sort of panel

just like
looking less like a spaceship

[red wing]

INFRA's reactor is one of my favorites

[graceful warren]

Infra in general is a great game

[red wing]

yeah

damn i have to replay it

the lore is awesome

[graceful warren]

I haven't really looked into the lore yet tbh

[red wing]

you should

[graceful warren]

nuclear physicists please scream at me for being wrong
but this is how i'd end up laying out the fuel cassettes and control rods

every single cassette has its own rod

The control rods are made of boron carbide as well

without graphite tips

fuck i forgot channels for the feedwater

the bottom of this thing looks cool asf like this what the hell

[red wing]

🔥

[graceful warren]

being real cool and all about making this whole reactor knowing damn well i'm not gonna keep a single bit of it in the final one

[fresh flicker]

yoo

dude i havent been looking at qsp for sometime and damn u cooked

[graceful warren]

i'm kinda beginning to lose it again but i'm glad you like it

[fresh flicker]

eh i still like ur stuff keep it up

also congrats on the engineer

[graceful warren]

thank you ^^

[graceful warren]

school mandated unreal engine activities‼️

[covert thistle]

Holy

Dont tell me thats a game

Bro im fucking scared

[graceful warren]

that is a game

it has more vertices than the entirety of QSERF combined but it is indeed a game

[red wing]

Wild could argue with that

[graceful warren]

i return to my domicile

[hard tiger]

[graceful warren]

i had to make an actual hook because there were none in the catalog

if anyone wants it

[stone lily]

holy shit finally

[west rain]

the dmr in the background:

[graceful warren]

this entire building place is a mess tbh

[tiny crow]

mood

[chilly willow]

very nice

[graceful warren]

i gave the crane an extra section so the fuel assemblies could at least clear the ground

[red wing]

looks neat

[graceful warren]

thank you!

[covert thistle]

damn thats awesome

is that a spent fuel pool?

[graceful warren]

The thing it's above is the reactor pit itself

the fuel pool is what i still have to make

[covert thistle]

ah

alr

damn how are those types called again

i only remember the german name

[graceful warren]

what types?

[covert thistle]

what is the type of your reactor

like what is it

[graceful warren]

Just a fission reactor

[covert thistle]

alr

[graceful warren]

these are the fuel pools

left is spent, right is still active

[covert thistle]

nice

[red wing]

man i love your style of builds

[graceful warren]

i'm glad, hopefully i can stick to this one for a while

[covert thistle]

i love it too yes

tbh i kinda learned how to build a bit better with this

[fresh flicker]

ima yoink thank you

[graceful warren]

honestly i might post more meshes here

just so everyone can use them

[covert thistle]

That would be the best thing i would have seen in years

I think i can speak for all of us

we like meshes 😋

[graceful warren]

i made it even bigger
again

[covert thistle]

God damn

that looks so good

[graceful warren]

thank you

[covert thistle]

where are the pipes tho :chestpain:

[graceful warren]

pipes?

[covert thistle]

those

[graceful warren]

ohh those

i couldn't really fit them in anymore

[covert thistle]

alr

i also would recommend adding some stuff to the walls

[graceful warren]

unless i find a special spot for them

[covert thistle]

of the core

looks kinda bland there

[covert thistle]

alr

[fresh flicker]

[vital valley]

copying idea

[covert thistle]

bigger is better

always

[vital valley]

overdetail, lag (depend), less detail, ugly, weird, bug, gaps

[covert thistle]

yes

trie

true

[vital valley]

it can be good but

[graceful warren]

I add quite a bit of detail but I use low poly meshes to do so

like these cylinders have half the triangles of standard roblox ones

for larger objects like the reactor lid i use full quality ones just so it doesn't look too choppy

but everything else is made to be as light as possible

[vital valley]

cant see the image

[graceful warren]

yeah okay images broke

[vital valley]

boohoo

[graceful warren]

discord's currently shitting itself

[covert thistle]

discord is having crack

[vital valley]

Resend the image

[vital valley]

Eh it fine

[graceful warren]

good wall?

i'm probably going to add more decals for the sake of making it more interesting

[red wing]

[graceful warren]

good wall then

i am trying incredibly hard not to turn this little gap into a window

[covert thistle]

gah damn

[ebon plaza]

obey the voices

[graceful warren]

must i do it

[fresh flicker]

yes

listne the voices

[graceful warren]

i will obey them

for the time being i've ripped the walls off and begun working on a pump room

it's going to be incredibly similar to an RBMK but at a smaller scale

[fresh flicker]

pump 😋

[vital valley]

guy dont worry the coolant pump still there!

even if the reactor explode-

[graceful warren]

i just don't feel like designing an entirely custom reactor for this

[covert thistle]

Completley normal phenomenon

[fresh flicker]

gah dam

[graceful warren]

now it's time for the steam generators

I'm thinking of making this a small-scale power plant used somewhere in the high north

which is suspended above the ground similar to residential blocks in Norilsk so that the warmth from the building themselves doesn't freeze the ground it's on

[red wing]

[covert thistle]

damn

thats hot

[graceful warren]

i gave in

it has windows

[covert thistle]

Shame on you.

just kidding

it looks absolutely awesome

it isnt very realistic

BUT

Epic

[graceful warren]

i very frequently give realism the finger so this is right up my alley

[stone lily]

you should totally see what it looks like with this kind of wall texture
rbxassetid://11264785610
U is 0.5
V is anything

[graceful warren]

man do i have some news for you

[stone lily]

now i'd post an emoji but discord isnt really liking emojis rn

[graceful warren]

it's there very faintly

[stone lily]

yeah but its divided

[graceful warren]

i just kinda wanted to give the impression of concrete blocks which is why it has the divisions

[stone lily]

fair make each block an individual part

[graceful warren]

hold on let me make a different version

it looks decent tbh

[stone lily]

i have no idea but for some reason that texture makes things look more like a reactor hall to me

[graceful warren]

i guess i can keep it

i'll hold the other version aside

[graceful warren]

beginning of a little puter

[fresh flicker]

all my friends are inside it!

[graceful warren]

it also has rounded corners now

[fresh flicker]

yipe!!

[graceful warren]

here's a random build i thought back to

i should revamp this sometime

i've shown this here before but i'm still proud of it
a build in a similar direction

[graceful warren]

i forgot how much i liked these places

[covert thistle]

dayum

looking sweet

[graceful warren]

^^ this is cancelled by the way

i'm going to try making a better version

[covert thistle]

Nahhh

that one was so goodddd

[graceful warren]

i can open source it

i just don't have the motivation to work on it anymore

it just didn't fit the look i was going for

[covert thistle]

alr

[graceful warren]

i am honestly incredibly proud of these things

especially when i compare them to one of the first crts i've ever made

this thing

[covert thistle]

dammmnn that's awesome!

Keep up

[graceful warren]

I will =)

[graceful warren]

||https://www.roblox.com/games/15999539555/house-archive|| i've published the game for anyone that wants to check it out

and i am happy to inform everyone that the light bulbs do make sound when they're on

[west rain]

i'd genuinely want to hire you to help model stuff for my game

but i poor

eats pipe bomb

💥

[graceful warren]

you don't have to pay me

[graceful warren]

i did indeed change my mind again

[vital valley]

Dude this look like train cargo car somehow

[graceful warren]

well yeah

these things

[vital valley]

Indeed

[fluid topaz]

LMFAO

loving the models too

[graceful warren]

thank you!

[red wing]

Oooh i didnt notice russian text at first, are you russian by the way?

[graceful warren]

I am not

i have just been using google translate for it since i don't know an ounce of russian

my apologies to any russians here

[red wing]

Nah its translated pretty neat

[graceful warren]

this is genuinely all i have to show for the past 5 days

a 1/35th engine block

this is how big it is compared to my hand

as for why i've got nothing else to show, i've just been occupied by other things mainly

constantly having delusions and such which make it impossible to get work done

i'll be back in psychiatric help soon so maybe then i can get some closure on it and/or help

[fresh flicker]

mmm model kit engine

😋

[graceful warren]

model kits are incredibly relaxing to make

[fresh flicker]

true

until i cut an part thats ment to be on the part

thinking its part of the runner

[graceful warren]

dude same

[fresh flicker]

(which has happened for a lot of times on my first model kit)

also u wanna see my ez8 mg?

[graceful warren]

i glued on the turbos the wrong way and i only realized when the pegs were already glued together

so i had to botch them together

although they look fine

[graceful warren]

of course

[fresh flicker]

alr lemme take some pictues

is it fine if i send it here?

also i did try to add stickers but i suck at it

and some parts of the antenna broke

while trying to put it on the head

[graceful warren]

sure thing, i don't mind if others send things here

[fresh flicker]

alr

[graceful warren]

Looks nice ^^

[fresh flicker]

ez8 is one of my favourite mobile suits

[fresh flicker]

thanks

ill delete it tho

any tips on adding the stickers tho? @graceful warren

[graceful warren]

use a hobby knife or a pair of tweezers to put them in the general place

then move them around with your finger, don't use the same tool since they can tear them apart

and then take the water off with a q-tip

that way when you get them in the right place you can immediately lock them in

[fresh flicker]

ah thanks

also did you ever try to build an gunpla?

[graceful warren]

Nope

Just vehicles and such

[fresh flicker]

aw

alr

still cool

also where do you buy em

online or an

local shop

[graceful warren]

local shops

[fresh flicker]

in where i live its expensive

[graceful warren]

i know of 2 different ones that are relatively close to me

[fresh flicker]

and they dont even sell gunpla 😭

also i wanted to try car kits bc of your stuff they look cool

should i try em?

or is it to hard

[graceful warren]

They're pretty fun to make so it could be worth a try

Although getting the wheelbase flat is pretty challenging

model kit stores in this country are in no short supply since there's an abundance of old and bored men around which have tons of money to waste

[fresh flicker]

hell yea

also one cool thing about the ez8

(i doubt u would want to hear but)

the leg armor can open to store the beam saber

[graceful warren]

I see

[graceful warren]

also don't worry about that

i rattle off about my own niche things as well so i really can't judge

also here is my way too detailed house

and yes i will change these things up

i just have to figure out how

[fresh flicker]

[graceful warren]

used a little plugin of my own creation to make the entire thing look a lot more natural

[rapid warren]

what did the plugin do i cant tell 💀

oh color variation?

[graceful warren]

yes

the planks and metal sheets on the roof all have slightly different colors

[ebon plaza]

god damn it looks so good

[red wing]

hous

[ebon plaza]

Our house, in the middle of our baseplate

[graceful warren]

forgot to post this but i added a big antenna to it

[ebon plaza]

DUUUDE YAGI ANTENNAS HELL YEAH

I love yagis

that looks great

[graceful warren]

thank you!

i just looked up "antenna" and this is what came up so i just added it lmao

[ebon plaza]

yeah yeah that's fair

[graceful warren]

i've also been working on an interior

[ebon plaza]

all three are covering the same frequencies though

[graceful warren]

can post a screenshot of that a little later

[graceful warren]

this further adds to the statement that half the time i have no idea what i'm doing

[graceful warren]

i currently have to figure out how to furnish this

[fresh flicker]

uhh

sofas

boxes

and soviet radio

[graceful warren]

sounds like the old furniture

[fresh flicker]

i feel like its gonna be set in japan tho

[graceful warren]

the gunk

[graceful warren]

oh hell no

too many people

i want to make this entire little house on a slope in a pine forest

[red wing]

a little trip to ikea

[graceful warren]

getting there

[fresh flicker]

woa

are there 2 floors?

[graceful warren]

yes

this is what the full house looks like at the moment

(changed the antenna up as per bob's suggestion)

[fresh flicker]

woa

what are you basingi t on

basing it on-

reminds me of japanese houses

for some reason

[graceful warren]

my mental image of the perfect home

a wooden shack out in rural sweden

[fresh flicker]

it does appear nice

WAIT IS THERE AN

OLD PC THERE

[graceful warren]

yes there is

one of many hunks of shit to be included in the house

[fresh flicker]

yeeee

[graceful warren]

i gotta model some new screens tbh

maybe some after my own ones as well

these

[fresh flicker]

they look nice

LMFAO

ARE YOU LEGIT

DOING THIS

[graceful warren]

yes
i can read the text now

[fresh flicker]

ON A CRT

[graceful warren]

YES I AM

[fresh flicker]

HEHEHEHEHE

NOW THATS THE TYPE OF SHIT I LIKE

[graceful warren]

we ball in this bitch

i mean, max resolution at a non-eye burning refresh rate is 1024x768 but it works perfectly well

if i set it to 1280x1024 it flickers so much it begins to hurt my eyes

[fresh flicker]

i used to use an samsung crt too

i fucking loved that monitor

[graceful warren]

these things are genuinely amazing in my opinion

the buttons on this too

[fresh flicker]

tho now i use an 3 monitor setup

[fresh flicker]

🤤

tho wait

is the screen kinda

tilted

[graceful warren]

the degaussing looks so cool

[graceful warren]

it is yeah

[fresh flicker]

sadness

[graceful warren]

but there's a setting to tilt it the other way

[fresh flicker]

hm

is it better when you do that

[fresh flicker]

[graceful warren]

it indeed is

[stone lily]

put questionable things in that closet

[graceful warren]

which one

[stone lily]

the small one on first floor

[graceful warren]

perhaps could do that

[stone lily]

also idk why but the brick inbetween walls

looks really fucking sick

you could try like

[graceful warren]

i was initially gonna use them to make the shadows and stuff better and just make them black but they look a lot better when they're brick

[stone lily]

having the interior walls on this closet have like the wooden construction poles

then again this doesnt look like that modern tbf

[graceful warren]

it was originally just going to be the closet with the breaker box and water lines and whateverthehellelse

[stone lily]

this kinda shit

[graceful warren]

ah yeah that

[stone lily]

forbidden cotton candy 😎

[graceful warren]

i love eating fiberglass

[stone lily]

i love destroying my digestive tract with fiberglass

[graceful warren]

samee

[fresh flicker]

how hard is it to shit fiberglass

[graceful warren]

i would poise it to be very difficult

and painful

[stone lily]

make hyperrealistic and extremely detailed fiberglass mesh

millions of tris.

[fresh flicker]

it would be hard as shitting it

ig

[rapid warren]

boooooing

[graceful warren]

the frame of the truck is coming together

[fresh flicker]

woa

is it the

model kit

ur grandpa was making

[graceful warren]

this is a different one

i still gotta work on my grandpa's one

[fresh flicker]

oh

so that engine is related to this?

[graceful warren]

yeah, the engine for the one my grandpa made was entirely black

[vital valley]

god it look like your crane

lmao

[graceful warren]

it really does

[fresh flicker]

wo

also do you panel line your kits?

[graceful warren]

i haven't panel lined them yet, no

[covert thistle]

[vital valley]

Man left

[fresh flicker]

NOOO

i liked his stuff

[covert thistle]

[rapid warren]

NOOO

[covert thistle]

He may return soon

[red wing]

[hollow pilot]

So yeah he might, but I just want to say he decided as he has mental illness and formally isn’t happy in QSP. So really it’s his choice if he wants to

[covert thistle]

ik i spoke with him too

We all do wish the best for him

[hollow pilot]

🙏

[fresh flicker]

[fluid topaz]

we lost another good one

[red wing]

The QSP Curse™️ has taken another soul

[pallid yew]

this is why qserf’s dmr uses a smooth texture

[graceful warren]

i'm back from the void

[tiny crow]

oH hey welcome back!!
glad ya back :>

[graceful warren]

thank you!

if anyone wants to know why i disappeared i can say so

[tiny crow]

i was gonna ask that but i was worry if its something you dont want to discuss

but if that is the case, what happened?

[graceful warren]

i was just in a bad space at the time from stress coming from school, my relationship, my family and just hobbies and stuff

as for why i left, it was partly feeling useless about being here since i had completely lost my creative drive (the entire thing i'm known for here)

I was going into a time where i didn't know how things were going to go because of my therapy either

i've had my first appointment now and i can say that things are a bit stable since i'm now pretty certain i know how things are going to go

I can't say i'm particularly optimistic

[vital valley]

The return

[graceful warren]

i thought i could get a break and opened up about things that genuinely fucked with me, and i got the impression that the people that were listening to me didn't believe me so mentally i've already given up on it

i just hope i can get my creative drive back so i can post some stuff here

like genuinely over the time i've been gone i've made essentially nothing worth showing here

[tiny crow]

Its alright man, if anything im glad you open up to us

no need to showcase if u dont have something to showcase from the issues you have, im just glad your okay.

[graceful warren]

it honestly could've ended differently

just hoping things will be better soon

[covert thistle]

Welcome back!!!

[graceful warren]

thank you!

[covert thistle]

glad your back!

I hope your feeling better

[graceful warren]

i'd be lying if i said i was but i'm not doing as bad as before

[covert thistle]

Damn

[graceful warren]

the closest thing to a recent creation that i have is my attempt at making this beautiful monitor (hunk of shit) work through a vga cable

it has severe sync issues but i think i'm on the right track

[tiny crow]

oooh, i love old tech,,

[graceful warren]

i really hope i can fix it since it's a really cool little monitor

it might be monochrome but imo that doesn't matter much

the knobs on the back are quite fun to mess around with

[rapid warren]

goat is back

[fresh flicker]

HE IS BACK!!!

[fresh flicker]

good god it looks beautiful

[graceful warren]

well it does work now

i just have to change the vga cable a little

then again, i was going to replace it anyways since it's really short

[fresh flicker]

dear god

that autism photo looks funny af lmfao

[fresh flicker]

the screen does look a bit goofy tho

[graceful warren]

The magnetic coils and electron gun are a bit twisted

That's the one thing about these screens that is moderately annoying

they are pretty vulnerable to either magnetic fields or disturbances so i have to physically twist the assembly around

[fresh flicker]

augh

goodluck with the project tho

[graceful warren]

Thank you

[graceful warren]

i might have just killed it

[fresh flicker]

shit

well rip ig

[graceful warren]

my computer tried to send a 144 hz signal into a monitor designed for 40

and now it's not lighting up the screen anymore

[fresh flicker]

dear god

[graceful warren]

i am not giving up on it though

i'll get new components if i have to

this poor thing will get its use

[fresh flicker]

giving a corpse life bac

k

dang

[graceful warren]

i have already grown emotionally attached to this thing now

it was surprisingly crisp though

[fresh flicker]

woa

dang

[red wing]

Yoooo welcome back!!!!!

[graceful warren]

thank you!

[molten moat]

[graceful warren]

update on this, i literally just broke the cable

[ebon plaza]

NOOO

that looked so awesome

maybe it's fixable

[graceful warren]

it is fixable

I was worried that the entire vacuum tube had been fried, but thankfully it's literally just the cable that snapped

Which I can replace very easily

[ebon plaza]

the bells are incredibly resistant so I wouldn't worry about them

except when touching them. don't touch it.....

[graceful warren]

don't worry, nearly getting electrocuted as a child and the giant sticker with implosion warning on it is enough to deter me from touching things i don't trust

i'll just solder on a new vga cable and it'll work just like before

maybe shift the coils around a bit so the image isn't tilted anymore

[ebon plaza]

usually there should be some sync dials to correct it without touching the coils

[graceful warren]

The knobs on the back only really affect position, size and the frequency of the flyback

On my main monitor there's a setting to change the rotation but the small one doesn't have such luxuries

[ebon plaza]

huh

[graceful warren]

i have an update on the monitor

it has a cable now, however it seems the power switch stopped working since it's not turning on at all at the moment

i hope it's not fucked beyond repair

i wiggled the power cable around a little and it turned back on

i am sure that is fine

okay it worked for a while and then stopped being a monitor(?)

i swear this thing has a mind of its own

i have manifested the Devil incarnate through the means of an 80's crt monitor

i have devilish plans now

[stone lily]

on a scale of tomfoolery to diabolical activity where would you put your plans

also welcome back!!

feel better immediately

[rapid warren]

💀

[graceful warren]

quite diabolical

the entire thing is a black mass because i think the renderer doesn't like outputting colors to my trinket

[stone lily]

thats crazy...

now play black mesa.

[graceful warren]

sure

[fresh flicker]

dear god

how tf did u even

open qserf

on that

[graceful warren]

I modded it to be able to attach it to my laptop

[fresh flicker]

oh

nice

what cable does it use

also

offtopic but i bought an model kit

[graceful warren]

VGA, which i still have to make a conversion circuit for to make it proper monochrome

[graceful warren]

what kind did you get?

[fresh flicker]

a 3rd party gunpla

its the solomon physalis

some people say its better than bandai

but i do plan on getting an cockpit kit too

[graceful warren]

I see

Nice

[fresh flicker]

its on cargo

[graceful warren]

something digital for once
I'm working on a blast door for a little doodad

it absolutely is not done yet but it's getting there

[fresh flicker]

[vital valley]

Portal re-

[graceful warren]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/945394424047882250/1193208536784719992/IMFUCKINGKILLINGYOU.gif?ex=65abe10b&is=65996c0b&hm=c947889718f05ad1255f39f5372b1a6a2eee9f8495b895dd0cef98dcd2f160db&

[graceful warren]

made it white and grey JUST so it's NOT FUCKING REPERCUSSIONS so stop saying it or there WILL be REPERCUSSIONS (haha) for your actions

[fresh flicker]

HEHEHEHEHE

[stone lily]

thats a lot of concrete

[graceful warren]

it's supposed to hide a nuclear reactor

i think there is ample concrete needed here

[stone lily]

yeah but.. are those concrete hinges

[graceful warren]

i didn't make them concrete on purpose

i tried to make them look like painted metal but just sucked at making the painted texture look painted

[stone lily]

oh alr
only other issue is that it looks a lil bland
might wanna add like an electrical box or smth on it
greebling.

[graceful warren]

trinkets

well i have the save for it still so i could add things later too

(clogging up my asset manager)

[graceful warren]

welp here we go again

[undone escarp]

Glorious.

[fresh flicker]

DOOR

also why tf is it so pixelated dear god

[graceful warren]

why is what so pixelated

[ebon plaza]

that looks AWESOME

only complaint is that the vents feel a bit... cramped in

[graceful warren]

I might redo the texture since it feels a little bit off

[fresh flicker]

image

[ebon plaza]

and maybe make a more clear distinction between the seal and its wall, maybe with a steel frame

[vital valley]

it you lmao

[fresh flicker]

maybe

[graceful warren]

arctic i use a crt as my main monitor i thought we went over this

it only goes up to 1024x768

[fresh flicker]

oh

im an idiot lol

[graceful warren]

it's fine man dw

but yeah that version of the door probably won't be the last

[vital valley]

Everything is seem okay except the vent

[graceful warren]

very pleased with the result when using the transparency mode

i'm gonna brighten the paint a little but i am incredibly happy with it already

[ebon plaza]

oh my god that is lovely

[graceful warren]

they have frames now :D

[ebon plaza]

I LOVE IT

how'd you make the windows

[graceful warren]

I got a glass preset, turned down the opacity, added a grid thing (it's supposed to be used for bricks but who cares about bricks), tilted them and added a bit of grime

and they look okay in roblox too since they actually support a widely used feature in textures

[ebon plaza]

oh so it's not a pbr from substance painter?

no I am just stupid lol

[graceful warren]

It's all made in substance painter

i can send you the spp if you want to reverse engineer it since i am kind of terrible at explaining things that i myself barely even understand

[undone escarp]

Amazing!

[graceful warren]

the contrast between the original concept and the eventual model is very stark

[ebon plaza]

ohh that'd honestly be awesome thank you

[graceful warren]

I'll dm them to you if you don't mind

oh damn it the files are too big

[ebon plaza]

aw shucks

[graceful warren]

i hope they came over to you

certified not an ip grabber

[ebon plaza]

[graceful warren]

now to make more assets which i will inevitably need

maybe i should make textures now

[fresh flicker]

WOA

[tiny crow]

i cant explain how this feel other than it
feels satisfying to see? it like, the way you did came out just wonderfully

texturing is so much fun omg

[fresh flicker]

the power of texturing

it can make an simple model look awesome

but are all of the doors gonna be looking like that

[graceful warren]

there's gonna be more doors

[graceful warren]

the monochrome conversion circuit works

it looks fucking stellar

[vital valley]

aren't that windows 10 logo

[graceful warren]

yes that's windows 10

[vital valley]

dear god

amazing

[graceful warren]

i just have to tie the circuit to the back of the case with a tiewrap and it's all done

i have already bought all the classic doom games for the occasion

[fresh flicker]

HHEHEHEHEHEH

[graceful warren]

on today's episode of what have i fucked up with it

my wiring was so shit that it blew a fuse about 10 times the voltage of what the entire circuit was designed for

[fresh flicker]

HUH

[graceful warren]

230 volt fuse

the entire circuit operates at 16 volts

[graceful warren]

the circuit is in

however, i can't use it

because the HDMI to VGA adapter that i use has died

[fresh flicker]

until gamma radiation

[fresh flicker]

i hate those adapters

they never work

[graceful warren]

it worked but i think i short circuited it when the whole monitor died

[fresh flicker]

fuuckkkhk

https://tenor.com/view/mr-fresh-mr-fresh-cat-cat-eating-cat-sleep-mr-fresh-eat-gif-15377773890486741194

[graceful warren]

the vacuum tube only fires electrons so it's not a big issue

[fresh flicker]

im joking lmfao

also offtopic but

im guessing my model kit will arrive tomorrow

you wanna see the progress i make?

i can send the photos in dms

[graceful warren]

sure thing

[ebon plaza]

lmfao I saw someone on my twitter timeline with the same monitor as you https://fxtwitter.com/RetroNora7734/status/1760435907407036793

[graceful warren]

Oh shit, nice

but yeah that is the exact one lmao

[fresh flicker]

[graceful warren]

it seems this thing (again) doesn't work

i actually originally had resistors that were about 10x stronger than what they were supposed to be and they seemed to work well

yet with the right ohmage they don't work at all

[graceful warren]

i really don't know how to get my creative drive back at this point

[undone escarp]

Are you feeling burnt out, devoid of ideas, or demotivated?

[graceful warren]

both burnt out and demotivated

i have more than enough ideas

like, i have a whole story and a whole idea and everything written out for a story game that i want to make but i really don't know where to start

[undone escarp]

If I were to start developing a story game, I'd begin with plenty of worldbuilding and making concept art so I can get a better idea of what my end goal really is and what I want to have present throughout the story and its setting(s).

Sounds like you've already done a lot of that, which is a plus.

[graceful warren]

i mean, i would make concept art but i have no idea where to begin with that either

[undone escarp]

Concept art doesn't have to be just drawings on paper I guess.

Rough draft models are what I have in mind.

[graceful warren]

I could do that too

It just feels sour to me to make games now especially now that i know more about the state of how the whole scene is

and that my school is gonna force me right into it

[undone escarp]

Anyway, once I feel like I'm ready to start working on the gameplay (weapons, settings, cutscenes, etc.), I'd start building and scripting all of that good stuff. Creating just an opening cutscene would be an incredible start and an excellent thing to build off and into the rest of the ideas you've already made from worldbuilding.

[undone escarp]

Not sure what the exact state of this whole scene is, but I could see the negative light of it being a disincentive.

TL;DR: Understandable.

LMFAO.

[graceful warren]

Just the way that a lot of big studio games are just releasing as absolute disasters nowadays and how much it's just become crunch hell

i'm just in school for it and i can already feel it draining all my energy and creativity

[undone escarp]

I'm under the impression that these "creative" schools just turn students into AAA game dev henchmen.

[graceful warren]

They do

And the fact that i'm aware of that process happening makes it five times more depressing

[undone escarp]

Don't pay the outputs of these big studios much mind.

It's clear that the executives of those companies are out of touch.

Indie devs for the win.

[graceful warren]

I want to be an indie dev but i can just tell that the odds are both stacked heavily against my favor, i've still never released a game and gotten any satisfaction from it and well

doing this all by myself is really slow and painful but it's the only way i can even get anything done

[graceful warren]

now with steam supply lines

[stone lily]

small issue i see with this is the high contrasting of detail

on the turbines/generators, theres a large flat undetailed space. then theres a ton of detail with the ladder rungs, making it look iffy (i sort of take this back with the image you just posted)

[graceful warren]

okay void all of this, i just ran a command and it wiped everything without being able to undo it

[stone lily]

is this team create cloud save

also what command was it

[graceful warren]

to rub salt in the wound there is one autosave in the folder and it is of the place
...after running the command

[graceful warren]

it's not

[graceful warren]

recursive loop to remove all models without any descendants

but instead of == nil i did ~= nil

which deleted everything with descendants

[stone lily]

ctrl z doesnt work?

that is uh

weird

[graceful warren]

it does not

i am left with nothing but this

[dawn fulcrum]

you have to make points before you do that with command bar

[stone lily]

can you give me the command rq to test it

[graceful warren]

that would have been nice to know before running the command

[graceful warren]

for i, v in pairs(workspace:GetDescendants()) do if v:IsA("Model") and v:GetDescendants() ~= nil then v:Destroy() end end

it should have been ==

i know

[dawn fulcrum]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/ChangeHistoryService#SetWaypoint

[stone lily]

i couldve sworn commands couldve been reverted if it used the command line

[graceful warren]

they can't

unless you specifically add a waypoint i guess

[dawn fulcrum]

yeah

[graceful warren]

got kicked in the balls while i was already down

loving it

[stone lily]

how much work was in there

[graceful warren]

a few hours

[stone lily]

was it like

only the turbine thing

[graceful warren]

it was everything shown in the two screenshots

[stone lily]

well i mean atleast it wasnt like a whole game
god that sucks

[graceful warren]

i should've saved it

[stone lily]

ive undone command line actions before though..

[graceful warren]

i think when you do it with a plugin or something similar you can undo it

but i've already lost motivation for the day so i'll just leave it there

[stone lily]

that sucks man

[graceful warren]

teaches me for not saving i guess

[rapid warren]

Yikes bro

[undone escarp]

RIP.

[undone escarp]

They can, but you'll lose whatever you did right before running the command if you don't set a waypoint beforehand.

[graceful warren]

i guess i could make another one

[graceful warren]

i try again

the tubes

[stone lily]

holy shit that looks a lot better
i really love the way it goes from white to orange

[graceful warren]

I think i'm gonna stick to this amount of detail until i make props and shit

[undone escarp]

Agreed and agreed.

[covert thistle]

Bro how do you build so good 😭

[graceful warren]

i don't even know anymore

[vital valley]

I love your build style

[graceful warren]

thank you

[vital valley]

It almost like QSERF kerman build style also

[graceful warren]

that's what i'm taking quite a bit of inspiration from

[graceful warren]

i don't know if i should do this or if i should just make the ceiling lights brighter

[stone lily]

honestly i think you should make brighter ceiling lights

[graceful warren]

ceiling lights it is

it just looks a bit washed out this way

[stone lily]

you could put utility lights on those metal beams

[graceful warren]

true

[graceful warren]

made some more lighting tweaks

[graceful warren]

finally satisfied

[graceful warren]

some lighting tweaks

(plus the room now doesn't just lead into the void)

[stone lily]

holy shit thats clean

[graceful warren]

i also changed the turbine hall color from green to orange

[vital valley]

this is amazin

[graceful warren]

i cast steam separator

[pallid yew]

that looks...

i wouldn't guess it's a steam seperator

[graceful warren]

It's a very loose spin on the ones that chernobyl unit 4 had

i just saw a cylinder with things coming out of it so it looked okay enough for me

[rapid warren]

just a few pipes

[graceful warren]

a wee amount

[undone escarp]

The more, the merrier.

[covert thistle]

very cool

[undone escarp]

Ayyy very nice.

[graceful warren]

I doubt i'll keep it but it's something

[undone escarp]

The roof and/or walls could definitely use some decoration.

[graceful warren]

that's the thing though, i have no idea how to decorate it and make it make some amount of sense

[ornate night]

support beams and pipes are a classic

[graceful warren]

I mean I would add those but the support beams look really off and the pipes won't lead anywhere so they really wouldn't make sense to add them

[ornate night]

would there not be plenty of pipes in a facility?

coolant, drinking water, ventiliation, lubricant, cryogenic fluid, heating

[graceful warren]

There would be but it's a corridor that leads to 2 pretty much empty halls so having pipes on those walls in specific wouldn't be very sensical

although i could of course change the layout

[ornate night]

ventilation would still be needed tho

[graceful warren]

Yeah true

[undone escarp]

PA speakers and emergency lights as well.

[warm steppe]

nice so far

Like the doors

[graceful warren]

so i have established why the monitor wasn't working

for like the 6th time now

the green video wire just snapped off

[graceful warren]

i have to draw cities for school so here's numbero uno

[rapid warren]

very nice

[graceful warren]

quick little modded turbine that i made

we don't talk about the steam separator

[graceful warren]

maybe when i have better plans or whatever i'll start making more proper creations and stuff although until then i really only have little bits to show

[warm steppe]

very nice

[stone lily]

my GOD

[queen hinge]

clean

[fresh flicker]

the windows made an return

[graceful warren]

i have now put said windows in a reasonable area to have windows

[fresh flicker]

LESSS GOOOO

[graceful warren]

i also switched the lighting tech

[covert thistle]

future?

[graceful warren]

yessir

[covert thistle]

damn

thats hot

(no pun intended)

[graceful warren]

ermmmm actually it's quite cold☝️🤓

[ornate night]

that looks sick

[graceful warren]

i'm gonna be working on the pump halls next since the turbines are essentially done

[ebon plaza]

Oh Lord those are looking awesome

I'd only recommend maybe painting them and using some color on the walls if it wasn't the plan

But they look so good

[graceful warren]

They are quite bland yeah, i will definitely try that

I have no idea if i should use decals or parts for it though

[graceful warren]

followup to bob's suggestion, which one looks better?

[tiny crow]

So far i can sum down to two actually (from personal preferences)

the light blue or the light red
(bottom left, or top right)

i do like the light contrast

[graceful warren]

I do kind of like the look that the light red has

And it fits the location as well since it's circulating the water that goes through the reactor so like
red = le hot

I could try different shades of red too

[stone lily]

i kinda like green but red makes sense

[ebon plaza]

oh my goddd that looks so good wtf

I agree with xero

[graceful warren]

lighter red it is then

[undone escarp]

Beautiful. The green variant is probably my favorite.

[fresh flicker]

the dead red

[warm steppe]

Can we hire this guy?

[graceful warren]

can you?

[rapid warren]

yes please hire this man

[hushed needle]

this is absolutely amazing

[hushed needle]

so is this. personally the blue or green is my favorite

[graceful warren]

I may end up using blue for the turbine hall

[graceful warren]

made a little remodel for the circulation pumps, left is old and right is new

[ornate night]

ooo sick

[covert thistle]

Idk in my opinion the old one looks kinda better

[graceful warren]

i may use the old ones again yeah

it just looks better

i'm already getting that feeling like all my motivation is vanishing

[fresh flicker]

NOOO

[covert thistle]

No.

we wont accept that.

Jk, if you feel demotivated just take a break fr thats pretty normal

[graceful warren]

maybe i should just plan out the whole building before i do anything more with it

[covert thistle]

nah

i do it spontanuesly too

Its fun to just build

with no big plan in mind

[graceful warren]

I mean yeah it's fun but it always leads to my things being incredibly unorganized and making no practical sense

to me at least, it's easier to build when i have something to guide me

like i had swapped the location of the pumps and the steam separator drums from where they were supposed to be

[ebon plaza]

The left one looks better with the circular vent and the thinner base but the right one definitely has nicer looking supports

Perhaps you could just blend them together

[graceful warren]

Could be worth trying, yeah

[ebon plaza]

Don't feel limited to just using each attempt individually

We're builders after all we can mix and match what we feel like

[graceful warren]

i have attempted another frankenstein creation

i may bring back the old colors from these things

[ebon plaza]

THAT is so good

looks awesome

[graceful warren]

thank you!

should i put these sorts of stairs on the outside of the building?

[undone escarp]

Oh hell yeah that'd be swag.

[graceful warren]

could also conveniently use them as fire exits

[graceful warren]

i have now also implemented a way to actually get on the gantry crane, as opposed to just a random catwalk being on top of it with no way to get on

[fresh flicker]

how will the crane move then

[vital valley]

Genius question

[graceful warren]

it is not connected

they come close but they don't touch

[warm steppe]

MMMMM

I love your work

can we just like

hire this guy

tonight

[graceful warren]

i'd be down for it

[rapid warren]

That’s what I’m saying

[graceful warren]

hello again, i'm going to put my roblox development on hold for the foreseeable future

i got incredibly stressed out over it yesterday and combined with other factors i tried to take my own life, which is why i've decided this stuff is getting too much for me
i may still post other things but i'm likely not going to post much related to games for a while

hope you guys understand

[fresh flicker]

take all of the time you need man

stay safe

[red wing]

Take your time, its okay

And btw happy birthday!

[graceful warren]

thank you very much

[undone escarp]

Oh. happy birthday.

Also yea take all the time you need.

[tiny crow]

habiy birtyhdsay and
as always, get some good rest :)

[graceful warren]

i am giving you guys a sneak peek and that's all

[ebon plaza]

MR FREEMAN?

IN THE TEST CHAMBER

[graceful warren]

time, mr freeman?

[graceful warren]

i have been active

[rapid warren]

cozy

[ornate night]

that oven hood thingy looks cool, i like the exposed pipe
overall looks cozy, however i do have one question

why do they call it oven if you off in the cold food of out hot eat the food?

[graceful warren]

yeah

[graceful warren]

finally got all the furnishing done

[vital valley]

Cozy and the nice strange flag

[graceful warren]

it's the flag of the democratic republic of the congo

[safe path]

No, it is not

[graceful warren]

it clearly is

like cmon that's 1:1

[safe path]

Looks more like the gay flag than the democratic republic of the congo

[graceful warren]

yeah that's the joke

it is the gay flag

[stone lily]

gay flag? thats a congosexual flag wdym

[graceful warren]

fr fr

[graceful warren]

some trees

it took a while but i finally figured out how to make them look decent

[vital valley]

it not a tree.. it more like you put a bunch of leaves through a stick

lmao

[graceful warren]

they fit their purpose for what i'm meaning to do with them

[vital valley]

[graceful warren]

do you want me to add more leaves to them or something?

if i add another layer of branches the thing immediately shoots into the 16k triangle range

[vital valley]

i mean it okay it just the wood is somehow... too long

[graceful warren]

okay that is just a characteristic of the tree i'm making

[vital valley]

cool

[graceful warren]

they have very narrow trunks

also now realized i should make it a little more grey

[graceful warren]

i am looking at these trees with fresh eyes and already they need a redo

[graceful warren]

was too lazy, they're in now

[fresh flicker]

they do look great

in my opinion

will there be snow tho?

[graceful warren]

One of the weather types will be snow if I can figure it out

[rapid warren]

make snow appear on the ground lol

[graceful warren]

this will happen chat

[graceful warren]

okay
so

i did a thing

[rapid warren]

🔥

[warm steppe]

gun

[graceful warren]

that indeed is a gun

[vital valley]

now make it able to kill someone

[graceful warren]

i will when i am able to create hands to hold said gun

[graceful warren]

him

[vital valley]

billy?!?!??!

[fresh flicker]

omg

karlson

[graceful warren]

he is armed and dangerous

(i really have to change the bones because they are ass to work with right now)

[graceful warren]

stuff is slowly coming together

[vital valley]

Hunting

[graceful warren]

squirrel stapler ahh viewmodel

[fresh flicker]

h-hell naw