Lakewood Generating Station

[neat oak]

Peak

[tiny stag]

no i think that's just you lmao

[neat oak]

But why bru my page security’s as default it shouldn’t break 💔

Any way to check what traffic is loaded and what scripts are running on a site without the inspector
I have a feeling the site’s made just as bad as the app

Peak experience though would try again

A real ten out of good

[willow nebula]

progress!

• working on the storage and incinerator area
• made a sliding door!!! (not inspired by qserf trust )
• redid some effects
• ADDED AMBIENCE SOUNDSSSSS
  update's out on the game if yall wanna see it

and this which i am quite proud of for some reason

[frosty coral]

Nice

[neat oak]

Epic

[solid shard]

that incinerator area looks fire

[willow nebula]

is that a pun

[solid shard]

hey don't flame me for makin jokes

[willow nebula]

lol it was a good one

[solid shard]

damn right my jokes are fire

ok i'll stop

unironically, cool building though

[willow nebula]

thanksss!

[neat rain]

oh hi

so when can I test out the gens?

[willow nebula]

ive said multiple times that the game is open during development

so uh

[neat rain]

well

[willow nebula]

anytime ig?

[neat rain]

well

now

I can do it

so how do I get to the gens?

oh wow

MORE STUFF 🙂 🙂

found them

I really like this game

It's Fire

I found those buttons again

[simple meadow]

It should be just this massive rotary kiln incinerator that belches steam and smoke menacingly

it is it gonna be a portal 2 style entire room that catches on fire

[willow nebula]

kinda, but maybe its best for me not to spoil it c:

[solid shard]

hey so just to let you know about this hilarious bug i found, if you run into the flashlight object out by the fan then spam equip it, you ascend to the heavens

it's absolutely amazing but figured you'd want to know

[willow nebula]

lmao im well aware of that

[solid shard]

it's very fun though

[willow nebula]

yeppp

gotta unanchor that flashlight soon

[willow nebula]

Did you know?

The reason the Generating Station was expanded underground in 2002 was to reinforce the deep caverns beneath the forest, as they posed a significant hazard for landslides, earthquakes, and sinkholes. Another reason for this was to reduce material costs in the expansion, and to overall, make the Station safer for the environment (which ofcourse, was not true)

in general, the USC made a LOT of lies about the construction of the whole damn place

[willow nebula]

todays progress!!!

• continuing the tunnels to the incinerator
• added a little bit more color to the station!!!!
• started color coding areas!!
• started work on the elevator up to the surface and continuing the electrical building
• and some more thumbnails!!

and ofcourse the main game is updated again

[neat oak]

you can fly with flashlight 10/10

[neat rain]

||@willow nebula|| sorry for ping, but I wanted to know whats up here

[willow nebula]

dear god that flashlight has me on the brink of exploding

[willow nebula]

just an old area im gonna delete

[neat rain]

the spawn area?

before you had the rest?

[willow nebula]

nope, just experimental

[neat rain]

can I see?

[willow nebula]

no

[neat rain]

I'm seeing

the flashlight got me high up so I could see

[neat oak]

flashlight <3

[quiet zodiac]

The generator buttons don't work on mobile 😔😔

[willow nebula]

OH

I NEVER CHECKED THEM ON MOBILE

SHOOT

[quiet zodiac]

It's been a bit but hi

[willow nebula]

hiiii!!

ok so slight issue

[quiet zodiac]

Whar

[willow nebula]

it may take a while for me to get those buttons working on mobile cuz im using a surface gui and the mousebutton1down thingy

which ofcourse

mobile users dont have mice

so

yea

sorryyy

[quiet zodiac]

Dang

I dont only play on mobile so it's fine tbh

[willow nebula]

ohh good then

thanks for telling me tho!!!!

[willow nebula]

progress!!!

• added a lil glowing effect to the fire, and fixed the particles!!
• fixed those stupid lil roof... somethings
• still working on the elevator up to the basement and the parking area
• started work on the main electrical building

OH AND THE flashlight <3 HAS BEEN FIXED!!!

false alarm

the flashlight <3 is still broken

[willow nebula]

i just remembered this area existed i gotta bring it back soon 😭

[quiet zodiac]

If you are not already, you should use a spotlight behind the fans instead of a surface light for better shadows.

Trust

[neat oak]

epicccc!

[willow nebula]

i am!! issue is that it looks pretty bad rn because roblox aint rendering the lighting fast enough

[neat oak]

😔

[tiny stag]

evil ass sideway bricks

[willow nebula]

wrong

theyre 𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓵

[tiny stag]

𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓵 ass sideway bricks

[quiet zodiac]

𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓵

[willow nebula]

did you know?

the USC’s main supplier of flood doors, elevators, and various other systems, Liftstar, knew the flaws of the Generating Station. it was for this reason that the blast of March 14th was able to be sufficiently contained by the various flood doors, which were designed to withstand more than just ravaging floodwaters, acting more like blast doors.

[neat oak]

Makes me think of the lockdown vs isolation door conversation
Very nice lore fact

[quiet zodiac]

𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓵

[neat oak]

☑️

[willow nebula]

progress!!!

• we got new keycard scanners
• working on revamping the flood doors againnnnn
• working on redesigning most of the models to keep them up to date with the current style
  - removed the creature

[frosty coral]

Nice

[tiny stag]

durability test the card readers by sending them through a coal mine

what does the yellow text say

[willow nebula]

oh its just the liftstar logo

[frosty coral]

Liftstar incorporated i think

[tiny stag]

liftstar fans when lowerplanet

[willow nebula]

fortunately for us the scanners are basically in the equivalent of a coal mine

so theyve practically been tested for 10 years straight in the game

[tiny stag]

ok so that's why it looks like it's been covered in generations of D I R T

[willow nebula]

some even say theyve become sentient from the amount of D I R T they have absorbed

and speak of wise words

ok thats enough lgs for the day im headin to sleep

[tiny stag]

tree code ahh

what does UCC mean

[willow nebula]

used to mean united chemical company since the company used to ofcourse

sell bleach

i rewrote the lore, changed the chemical to science and now its usc

[tiny stag]

unnamed computer core

[willow nebula]

NO

twas my worst blunder when i realized that

[neat oak]

I almost thought bonding ambivalence reference 🔥
so now you produce science?

Is science like Factorio where science is a chemical or is it a figure of speech

[willow nebula]

a figure of speech lol

[simple meadow]

LGS as far as I’m concerned is anything but science (reactors excluded)

[willow nebula]

wellllll the Station has labs but i just havent gotten to work on it

they study hazardous materials thus the name

hazardous materials laboratory

like explosives, radioactive stuff, etc etc

[frosty coral]

What about anomalous materials

[willow nebula]

we shall see 👀

progresssss!!!

• got those keycard scanners working after 4 hours of blood sweat and tears
• thats about it!!!

[frosty coral]

If you do there better be a science team and an area with a guaed booth and a silo door

[frosty coral]

4 hours? Im scared to continue my games

[willow nebula]

well, i can promise the vault door considering that was what i was planning to add

on that topic id actually like to quickly state that the next area in the works is going to be the laboratory after the elevator to sl1

[frosty coral]

Yk what i mean probably but this area, atleast the layout dont have to be exact match

Would be funny

[frosty coral]

This is the photo with the least added text I could find

[frosty coral]

Yippee

[willow nebula]

maybe, but im planning to make it a bit more grand, as i always do :p

[frosty coral]

Same general layout but fancier then :D

[neat oak]

we're doomed! explodes

[neat oak]

also this is absolutely epic

[regal hawk]

hey, where can i find a link to the game?

or is it only for certain ppl to test?

[spark sparrow]

What about Unforeseen Consequences?

[frosty coral]

Not making and making anomalous materials leads to that.

[willow nebula]

its open during development for anyone ||https://www.roblox.com/games/133823745505585/Lakewood-Generating-Station||

[regal hawk]

thank you!!

[willow nebula]

ywww

[regal hawk]

u might wanna put a spoiler around the link tho

the rule states The advertising rule is more lax here as long as the point is for sharing work, not gaining views/money/etc. You are allowed to post links to your creation in your forum as long as it is put in spoiler tags. You can post links to your creations (with spoiler tags included) in another person's forum if you have their permission.

[willow nebula]

good point

oh dear

[regal hawk]

u only need to ||spoiler|| it

ill join the game when i have time, thanks for the linkie thoo

[willow nebula]

progress!!!!

• we got proper homemade flashlights now!!
• starting work on the battery charging stations for tools
• working on expanding the access tunnels

[turbid thunder]

ameizing

[willow nebula]

did you know?

the generating station never reached full capacity until 3 months after reconstruction. due to dozens of critical flaws in the reactor and a strict deadline, engineers were forced to use old, salvaged parts from past experiments to rebuild the reactor and meet the deadline. anybody questioning the safety of the project was silenced by the USC.

[neat oak]

peakk!

[neat oak]

does that mean

that this takes place in the US

lore!

[willow nebula]

correct

oregon

[neat oak]

I see!
https://g.co/kgs/ydiog61

[regal hawk]

what does the blue and yellow buttons do.

all i know is the red and green turn the power on and off

[willow nebula]

an in-the-works battery system for the tools

therell be little charging stations around the facility to charge ur stuff

plan is for them not to work during outages so ya gotta make sure ur tools are constantly charged

and those orange indicators r gonna be the battery level

[regal hawk]

that is so cool

i dont think ive seen another game do an idea like that

[willow nebula]

they probably dont do those ideas considering batteries realistically last pretty long…

but hey

this is a game

so who careeessssss

[regal hawk]

lol

i like the progress you're taking so far, like i saw a whole new area when i last went on

[willow nebula]

thanksss

[regal hawk]

would it be possible to put a ramp to the entrance from where you spawn

or move the spawnpoint? so u dont have to keep climbing the rocks to get up lol

[willow nebula]

oh yeah ill do that later, pretty busy rn

[viscid veldt]

i need to show some of my dev friends your game, especially tix
he really like anything industrial related and stuff like that so i need to keep that in mind if the game is still open for public access

[regal hawk]

ah no worries

[willow nebula]

ya the gamell stay open!!!

ill keep it public until im about 80% finished with the game (which chances are, will be a pretty long time from now)

[neat oak]

Literally any flashlight in any horror game ever that uses batteries be like:

[willow nebula]

LGS boutta turn into a horror game

[neat oak]

🔥 frfr
when those lights go out you better start praying or there'll be no tomorrow

[willow nebula]

exactly

because areas will close off due to the seals closing, and youll have to take the servicing routes whichll basically be uhh

very dangerous tunnels

[brave forge]

I'm yet again at a lose of words

This is just so fucking good

Holy

[brave forge]

Also, I found two things here

One, uhhh terrain in the poster, just a small bit is poking out

Two, the barrier is unanchored

Just thought i'd let you know so it could be fixed, assuming the barrier is supposed to be anchored that is

[willow nebula]

thanks for lettin me know!!

[brave forge]

ofc!

[brave forge]

btw, really nice ambient music

[willow nebula]

thanks!! worked pretty hard on that one

[neat oak]

Wait, you’re creating your own OST’s too?
If so that’s fcking epic massive respect

[willow nebula]

yurp!!

a lot of the toolbox music is just tooooo…

repetitive

for me

so to say

[neat oak]

That’s fair ye

Love that though only a few games make their own music

[neat oak]

Also forgot to respond to this but are the maintenance tunnels those relatively cramped tunnels with the metal gates?
Also will there be some kind of flood event? Like imagine the discharge gets blocked so water can’t leave the tunnel so levels start rising inside until almost completely filling up the cavern

[willow nebula]

1, are you talking about the tunnels in the image? because those are the access tunnels which ofcourse, grant access to a few areas
2, i was considering an event like that at one point but it seemed too unrealistic considering that just one blocked discharge shaft wont be enough to trigger flooding the whole place

not only that, there are overflow dams to prevent flooding so

ya

[neat oak]

1. Like those tunnels with that spiral staircase that disappeared after the new map thingy
2. I see fair enough ye ye
   Something similar would be awesome though like flooding the inside maybe partially it would be so unique and actually feel like the flood doors provide safety because they have functionality

[neat oak]

Wait I think those have names uhhh
But ye I get what you mean
It’d just be so uniquee aaaa 🔥

But ye are you planning any events with water?

[willow nebula]

mmm...

i MIGHT have an idea involving having the access tunnels under the place flood sometimes

rendering them useless for a while

[neat oak]

Ohhh

I just so want some type of flooding you have a dam complex with infra-like flood doors already in place it would just be so uniqueeeee!!!

Wait also

There’s going to be a reactor right

Like some type of core or something

[willow nebula]

ya got that right

[neat oak]

Will there be meltdown

🤔

[willow nebula]

mhm

i will have some measures in place to prevent people from melting down the place every 15 fucking seconds

so dw

[neat oak]

What if (hear me out trusttrust) during meltdown funni reactor send shockwaves and pulses damaging electronics causing some flood doors to lock aswel as very conveniently letting the big metal door drop to the exit of the cavern making water build up

[neat oak]

Trg gameplay 🔥

[neat oak]

Lasers maximum- state 2- state thr- meltd- metu activation

Peak

[willow nebula]

i was planning to do that, except i realized that emps cant really go through that much rock and concrete

so it was a no go

[neat oak]

Ermmmmm
Remove rock
Problem solve’d 👍

I am enjineer

[willow nebula]

slight issue, the whole damn place is built on or in rock lol

[neat oak]

mmmmm

Remove dam

I am mastermind

👍

[neat oak]

What if radiation protocol to avoid contamination into the water supply

[willow nebula]

therell be radiation shields scattered aswell soooooo

that roles already taken up

[neat oak]

Raaa why you making your dam so thought out 😔

🔥

[willow nebula]

gotta think in the eyes of an engineer or the game turns into a recreation of a pablo picasso art piece

[neat oak]

True true

Very fair

mmmmm

Other (good) excuses to let water build hmmm

[willow nebula]

man im gonna keep finding solutions to avoid that i do NOT want to have to script that 😭

[viscid veldt]

weather event i assume but that is if there is some sort of drainage inward

[neat oak]

What if convenient earthquake making parts of the cavern fall closing off parts of the spillway

[neat oak]

🔥

[willow nebula]

well... some of the tunnels are connected to a river above

ok just to keep the flooding idea ill make some areas flood during weather events

fair?

[viscid veldt]

honestly its i suppose more realism and easier to manage with that yeah
(btw im not saying that i want you to make the idea true, but if you were to implement it, it would be a better way to handle it

[neat oak]

✅👍
instant 10/10 game I like take upvote

[viscid veldt]

a specified few areas should do the trick

[willow nebula]

exxxactly

areas that very clearly have posted "THIS AREA MAY FLOOD"

[neat oak]

Welp me is low in time I go hav gud dey both!

[willow nebula]

anddd you aswell!

[viscid veldt]

also earthquakes

just remember thats where i am going to be critical on that lmfao (if you were to implement that)

because i do have pet peeves for those who make quake event in their games
IT IS A, understandably

hard event to script

[willow nebula]

yeah it is, but with enough time i SHOULD be able to figure it out
-# maybe

and yes there will bbe a lot of earthquakes

considering the place is built like a tofu dreg building

[viscid veldt]

if anything you can ask me for references because I Lived through various quakes.

I do have a event similar to it for my project i had plan for the far future and i will be willing to share some insights to avoid any redundancy of sorts LOL

[willow nebula]

if i do get to work on it soon then i will most likely ask because i would REAALLY hate to accidentally copy ur event-

especially cuz ur stuff is literally

AMAZING

[viscid veldt]

in terms of events, dont worry on that lol
i am not mother nature, i do not claim events 💀 and ty!!

but i do have irl experiences in quakes, and i could at least tell you what you could do to avoid a cliche way a roblox game handle quakes (aka intense and aggressive cam shaking for example)

[willow nebula]

well i do have a small and frail sticky note around here with some ideas on how to avoid keepin the earthquakes boring

if

i can find it...

but yea ill keep that in mind!!

[willow nebula]

progress!!!

• expanded the access tunnels
• started on the service tunnels
• started work on the cargo and storage area
• started work on the cargo and storage area backside entrance
• workin on a lil office area in the access tunnels
• workin on the route to the incinerator hall

ill improve the quality of the service tunnels a lot more tmrw, rly tired rn

[neat oak]

Looks awesome!

[tiny stag]

scpsl 14.0 hcz if it was robolx

[willow nebula]

i see the resemblance lol

[brave forge]

Really fucking nice, keep up the good work!

-# I'm fr so jealous rn

[willow nebula]

oh- thank you!!

[zenith trellis]

Can you provide the game link?

[willow nebula]

game link has been provided

[brave forge]

I just happen to notice something, are those pipes made in blender or using roblox parts?

Cause if it's roblox parts, then that could cause a decent bit of lag if there's a lot of them, which it seems there will be.

[willow nebula]

yup, roblox parts

dw tho im gonna remodel them in blender soon

considering they really are starting to bring the part count up by a lot

[brave forge]

Ic ic, well, good luck with blender, it can be a bit of a handful to learn at the start

[willow nebula]

remade the straight pipes with blender
left is the new one, right is the old one

[neat oak]

nicee!

[willow nebula]

progress!!!

• remodeled every single pipe using meshes to lower the total voxel count and save your computer
• replaced 50% of the pipes with the new ones
• redid the service tunnels
• working on the service tunnels
• began work on the electrical building
• moved the entire map up for more space

anddd the updates out

[regal hawk]

i joined and was like.. woah im so high up

[willow nebula]

lolol

[regal hawk]

question. how do u keep your motivation? when i start a project, my motivation slowly goes down

[willow nebula]

good question

i think it might be from my pressure to make things perfect

so it keeps me running and running to keep improving my stuff

and if it isnt perfect i aint like it

so i redo it

-# and the fact that i have nothing else to do ngl

[regal hawk]

so real

im literally on my pc every day all day

[willow nebula]

same here

[regal hawk]

i think its mostly because i get distracted and bored really easily

[willow nebula]

24/7 on LGS

[willow nebula]

oh i make up for that by simply switching topics often

one minute im composing something, the next on blender, onto studio, and so on

[regal hawk]

but im going strong, so far - remodelled a whole ui so that something

[willow nebula]

ohh thats good to hear then!!

[regal hawk]

and its mostly because my pc is terrible atm so im limited to what i can do, but im upgrading the whole thing soon

[regal hawk]

yeah! i may do some building instead to distract from that one ui i have to do

okie, thanks for the chat

[willow nebula]

mhm!

[regal hawk]

cya next time u send a progress message lol

[willow nebula]

cyaaaa

[neat oak]

Ye this looks epic
Very nice!
Should probably start to optimise some of the models but ye you’re already working on that so 👍

[willow nebula]

i believe that area is rendering like

3000 less tris than before so ya

optimization!!!

[neat oak]

Very nice!

Keep doing whatcha doing 🙏

[sacred scroll]

Absolutely LOVE THIS

WOW

This is..

On a different level

[brave forge]

Very nice, the new pipes help with tri count and fps a lot.

[final musk]

very nice game, but I just can't help but point out that one of the walls's texture is rotated in the room with the light turn on / off part things ;)

[willow nebula]

yup, going to fix those walls soon lol

still modeling a little storage room to put there, so its pretty unfinished rn

[final musk]

I could tell

do you texture in substance painter? the models textures look really high quality

[willow nebula]

unfortunately theyre from free pbr websites 😔

and substance painter is a lil out of my budget

[final musk]

🏴‍☠️

[willow nebula]

good idea

[final musk]

thats how I got mine lol

Don't give ur money to greedy corporations like Adobe instead pirate their programs ❤️

[digital frost]

slowly starting to regret paying for that shit 😭

[digital frost]

also i recommend armor paint (you gotta compile it yourself or pay) or quixel mixer which both work really well

[willow nebula]

yall i would like to announce that unfortunately, due to not being able to scale the ui to phone screens, im gon have to get rid of access to phone users (TEMPORARILY)

after todays progress message*

[turbid thunder]

i somehow got a cracked version of it

if u want it dm me but idk if it has viruses or anything

[willow nebula]

oh, im fineeeee…

im sure ill be able to find some other way

[turbid thunder]

yea im just saying

[viscid veldt]

If you ask me for personal opinion about these softwares, I can best say do so at your own risk.
(aka not recommended unless you are certain)

Brick_Wall8898 did recommended some proper alternatives that are free and can allow you to make textures, though do keep in mind making textures from scratch is a massive learning curve so do take your time if you ever venture into that. Blender also can be used to make textures too, just need to learn about their nodes systems.

I do make all textures from scratch and I do have pirated adobe product to utilize that, because I do dislike them for being very greedy and controlling with their softwares, but I do advise for now seek any free alternative first, since i did funnily enough started texturing using blender back then

I hate adobe, but piracy is a rather big risk to take, not suitable for anyone who isn't too tech savy or know security practices

i do want to make that big statement since, although piracy is morally correct for that certain company, you are esentially putting your trust on third-party services, not something for everyone to partake

[willow nebula]

yeah, im pretty well aware of that

i am actively trying blender and learning its ways though

(which isnt going anywhere lol)

[viscid veldt]

another side note, do venture in blender one at a time

what i ment is, atm you are getting to understand modeling, i've seen your optimization practices and they are good

continue exploring the modeling side of blender before you're comfortable enough to explore its other purposes

its easy to overwhelm yourself if you hop too fast 💀

[willow nebula]

yeaahhh.. i can see that

ill practice with a few more models then get into the actual texturing side of things

thanks for the advice btw!!!

[turbid thunder]

yeah exactly it really depends on your luck what u get

[neat oak]

^

[neat oak]

🫡

[final musk]

optimization practices, as in like decimating, reducing verticles of cylinders for example, that sorta thing?

or did he venture into high poly baking

[willow nebula]

reducing vertices of cylinders and combining some parts of the models

thats the stuff ive done so far

[final musk]

ah, I feel like you shouldn't have a hard time deleting unnecessary faces, that may not do much to a single model but if multiple are used then it may actually make a difference

[willow nebula]

yall excuse me if im taking a while to post another progress update but unfortunately i am running into some trouble with a script in the gui so please wish me luck as i try to fix this weird ass issue for another 4 hours 🙏

i promise the ui will be cool tho!!

[viscid veldt]

as always no pressure, take as much time as you needed

[neat oak]

^^^^^

[willow nebula]

I FINALLY DID IT

yes, i know its not THAT impressive BUTTTT it surely does help show how the UI will work later on

its published if yall wanna try it

oh and only the test button works since i still have to get the others workin

[knotty zealot]

details are on another level

Even though it might detonate my mini pc on max graphics I can't wait until it releases

[willow nebula]

with the improvements ive made, im sure max graphs wont cause ur mini pc to turn into a thermonuclear bomb lol

[knotty zealot]

alright, alright nice

[regal hawk]

that is so incredibly cool

[brave forge]

very nice

[neat oak]

Lakewood: GS - The Windows update

Seriously though this is so high quality well done

[willow nebula]

thanks!!

[neat loom]

If you turn on clips descendants you can prevent that testing text from clipping outside the frame

Looks good otherwise

[willow nebula]

yup, its on but i think it has to do with maybe roblox not being able to hide it fast enough?

not sure but yea its on :/

[neat oak]

Animation is likely too fast and Roblox probably checks it every couple of frames

I have no idea how Roblox works but whenever I make a GUI I always add a transparent layer (back) behind the gui layer as the following
Gui
Back
Elements

Elements above gui
Gui above back
Back above elements

That way the elements can never leave the GUI or they simply won’t be rendered
I am entirely unsure whether Roblox uses the same system

But if it does that would be a good way to solve it

[neat loom]

Not sure, have never tried clips descendants with fast animations

You could try canvasgroup but it will be more expensive on performance because it will recalculate whenever size changes

[ebon hazel]

sup

[willow nebula]

whar

hi

[ebon hazel]

lug bolts

wa

aw

gifs dont work

[neat oak]

No embeds 😔

[willow nebula]

forgive me qsp for i have sinned (i redid the door button panels again)

[solid shard]

your sin is forgiven
it is so forgiven that it has turned into a blessing, congratulations

keep cooking

[willow nebula]

will do!!

[viscid veldt]

as usual, very good

[brave forge]

Very nice!

Did you make the vignette or did you find one?

[willow nebula]

i made ittt

[regal hawk]

oh just to mention that if you close the water seal big door near the generators the other buttons on the otherside's light doesn't flash as it's moving

[willow nebula]

omg tysm for telling me cuz i would

would

die knowing i kept that mistake for longer

[regal hawk]

i dont know if it happens for the other doors but thats the one that i noticed it on

[willow nebula]

ill see if it does

[willow nebula]

progress!!! yayyyy!!!

• we got new large pipes
• tore apart the generator room
• rebuilding the generator room
• added an office area to the generator room (working on it)
• redid the effects on the large flood door
• remade the buttons on the small flood door!!
• rebuilt the badly messed up service tunnels
• working on the service tunnels
• COMPLETELY REDID THE ELECTRICAL AND SERVICING ZONE ENTRANCE!!!
• tore apart the access tunnels building to rebuild it
• tweaked the lighting a bit
• brought back the lamp
• a bit more but i forgor

andd the updates out

might aswell mention that after rebuilding the generator room, the cargo and storage depot is next!!!

[neat oak]

🫡

Looking amazing!

[regal hawk]

yo i know its a test but bug

also reset on respawn is turned on for the gui, which isn't that good if you will have a settings page

also

did not expect this

and wheres the flooring?

i love bug testig

rock going through material

[neat oak]

🔥 dor
also no clue how the UI would do that 😭

oh wait no after seeing for myself I see what may be going wrong but I won't draw any conclusion obviously since I have 0 clue what Gio used nor do I have the most understanding of Roblox 🙏

from what I understand it only moves towards where the cursor updated for a small amount of time and it's restricted to moving in 4 different ways and add a slow-ish speed

¯_(ツ)_/¯

but anyway not extremely game breaking

anyway will the buttons be smaller since they look kind of out of scale to the indicators for the door controls or will they stay the same

found a light that stays on during blackout btw might want to connect that to the script 🔥

-# includes all the ones in the new hallway area btw

also here but ye all issues have just been code for me building's looking amazing!
just curious will there be like a fan or some type of ventilation shaft above that junction hallway area where there's currently that red light?
might look cool having like particles / dust flying in or out of there for some extra detail and might be realistic too

ah ye and last bug was that the bathroom door seems to be unclosable after opened not sure if you're planning it to make it like auto close itself via one of those door helpers which just hasn't been implemented yet but just wanted to mention it!

also the like rounded edges where the big watertight door near the generator hall goes up into like clips through the door maybe add slightly more room there so the door can go through it without concrete going through the door but ye minor visual things

I do like the new speed btw maybe make it like so when it goes up and slams into the ceiling make it go back down again slightly and retract up again
so it like bounces a bit basically

unapproved Osha violation ⚠️ frfr 🔥

anyanyway tdr basically almost explored everything now
lots of text about a few minor bugs mostly script wise but despite that the game is still gorgeous and very much playable by all means 👍

[neat oak]

also did you by any chance do anything with the water it looks like it has more motion but maybe that's just because I'm not used to playing on max graphics

[willow nebula]

jesssssus this game is an absolute mess 😆

[willow nebula]

nopeee probably just the fact that the lightings darker now

[willow nebula]

i can get rid of the error and power lost indicators to scale up the other ones, ill probably be able to find some other way to show the doors power shutting off

[willow nebula]

ah yes the door

[willow nebula]

how in the world does that happen, all i did was switch ONE value 😭

[willow nebula]

ive been a BIT too lazy to make an auto closer but i probably will today!!!

[neat oak]

Nuh uh it just sounds like a lot but that’s because any small thing out of place is an issue making it look more grande than it is

[neat oak]

Add a red light on one of the top corners away from the door on the interaction panels to indicate it’s powered maybe ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[neat oak]

In my experience Roblox behaves slightly differently in RS and the actual publicable game

Still thinking this is the issue from my (admittedly small) amount of testing today though #1300008874539089920 message

[willow nebula]

im pretty sure thats an issue with roblox and the uidragdetector being a bit bugged

that or i didnt modify a property correctly

thanks for your testing btw!!! greatly helps with keeping this game up to the best standards

[neat oak]

Again I’m entirely unsure on how Roblox handlers work so I can’t add onto that that’s just my observation 🙏

[neat oak]

Peak 🔥

We all want the best for the game!

And I must say it’s looking mighty good so far

And the fact that only these bugs actually got noticed for how minor they are proves that the quality you’re working with is absolutely splendid and that not many if any(more) issues are present

But ye best of luck debugging and editing stuff I suppose!

[willow nebula]

new sliding door!! new on the left, old on the right

[limpid birch]

ooh nice

[tiny stag]

but can it withstand the reactor explosion in a similar way to the flood doors made by the same company

[willow nebula]

now thats a good question

only one way to find out

[willow nebula]

progress!!!

• fixed what i think is EVERY ISSUE that @neat oak and others mentioned
• new sliding doors!!
• fixed the buttons on the big flood door
• resized the indicators on both the large and small flood doors
• the flood doors now close when the powers out!!!
• some lighting fixes

in summary

the doors are very improved!!

anddd its published as always

[neat oak]

Yess 🔥

[neat oak]

Also very nicee!

[neat oak]

Epic!

[neat oak]

still think this would be neat buttt if the door falls that fast it’s also probably extremely heavy so ye
Then again it does also rise quite fast so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[frosty coral]

Fail-deadly instead of safe

If it was safely designed it shoudl hsve some like counterbalance or something to slow it down in case of power outage

[regal hawk]

are the sliding doors linked to the power system? could have it where the sliding doors stay open when a power cut occurs

[neat oak]

would be interesting if they were electronically locked so you could open them while they're unpowered with force and when power comes back they like fully open and then just normally close again

[willow nebula]

oh yes i was actually going to do that

[neat oak]

epicc!

[neat oak]

usually these types of doors, mostly fire and flood doors use things called "drop breaks" or "drop arrestors", when unpowered they essentially block the mechanism which the door needs to stay in motion, usually they're either inbetween the motor and the item being moved or they're on the guider

these are also used similarly in elevators

[frosty coral]

Well yeah, I was gonna say it should reasonably not fall. But, in this case it seems that it going down is on purpose, but might as well make it safer so you get in less trouble

[neat oak]

I believe elevators use a mix of both systems - since they rely on traction cables, the car usually has alignment guides similar to those used on heavy doors aswel as its own operator that essentially applies friction against the safety gear (or stoppers) in the guide rails, did some research and documented tests under ASME A17.1/CSA B44 standards show that modern elevators can decelerate from about 35–45 km/h to a complete stop in roughly 1.5 seconds under no-load conditions

[neat oak]

most doors can actually close slowly and be stopped or sometimes even manually opened while unpowered using only mechanical systems while not being reliant on electronics but ye I get what you mean since it is an anti-flood door

it's just not a very safe of excusable way of handling 😭

but it's a game and it looks cool so I approve 🔥👍

[willow nebula]

well, i did make the flood doors fall without any brakes during outages becauseeee

lets say there was a flood

ofcourse water and electricity doesnt mix well

so thatd cause a short circuit, leading to the breakers tripping, and the door automatically shutting

[neat oak]

ye irl [this](#1300008874539089920 message) system is also used but with these extensions to ensure personnel safety

so it would still fall but not drop and still be openable and stuff but ye dw it looks cool and I do love the slam (and I will excuse it and not write it down as an osha violation if you make the drop have a slam and like dust particles 🔥)

[willow nebula]

ohhh well in that case ill just slow down the door and maybe add a crank to manually open the small ones lolol

[frosty coral]

For flood doors irl being able to open them is an important thing; but for the sake of gsmeplay i ignored that

[neat oak]

ye exactly
I love it like slamming into the floor and if it had like particles and things too and maybe some camera shake it would be very peak 🔥

[neat oak]

is fineeee I comparing game to real life because funni ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[frosty coral]

Maybe make it fall a bit slower, and like be JUST near falling? Like counterweoght thingy that makes it so light that a huamn can easily stop it

(In terms of code make it magiclaly stop (if it looks nice))

Or just make it drop fast but be able to be opened so you xan atleast rescue the people :D

[neat oak]

hmm issue with a counterweight though is that it would make the door very light even when fully dropped making it likely not air or watertight

[frosty coral]

Ah fair point

[willow nebula]

yea i considered that aswell

[frosty coral]

I mean you could hab eit h8t tthe floor before the door if it was real?

[neat oak]

but ye some kind of thing like that would be pretty neat just if it dropped a bit slower and could be manually stopped it would prob be fine ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[frosty coral]

So most of the way its slow

Or jyst backup battery that slowly lowers it half way or holds it open for 5 seconds while playing an alarm

If you wish to have most openable BUT some not openable, you can just go "ooopsie this one is broken"

[neat oak]

this would actually make sense imo if the battery was kept at the door or on the side that would not be flooded

[willow nebula]

using the modular battery system i was talking about, i could add a terminal to put the battery into and open the door like that

[neat oak]

ohhh

[frosty coral]

And yk, floods for big buiodings dont happen instantly so it shouldnt be too much of a concern

Maybe the closer to an area that is expecred to have water the faster it is?

Like ones right next to water ifnastructure could be just 1 second

Then further away 2.5

Then 5

[willow nebula]

that would mean having to keep track of a lot of doors to see how far they are, not to mention having to modify the values of alla em

[frosty coral]

Just to prrvent you getting crushed

[frosty coral]

Ah yeah fair enough

Maybe if you do this jsut make all be 2.5 or something

Enpugh for even a grandma to get out of tge way probably

Q very old one

[willow nebula]

hmm…

fair

ill see what i can do

[frosty coral]

Or just kee9 them as instant death machines :D

[neat oak]

speed is prob not a concern with water unless mixed with high volt electrical systems (which in this case may or may not be the case) but it's still quite high above the water level so from what I can take away only when talking about fires (in a building where flammable lines are present such as oil or gas, or oxygen) should speed be a major concern and priority
also the only time where making a door not openable for employees is excusable for the safety of other people

[neat oak]

lights go out
"it's right above me isn't it?"
gets absolutely annihilated by a 2 metric ton heavy door

[frosty coral]

Thinking about thi sstuff for fun for lakewood and for my own games really makes me appreciatr the work of safety planners and system designers

[frosty coral]

Lmao

[willow nebula]

frr

[neat oak]

I am actively doing research on every topic so far 🔥

(aswel as using some of my own knowledge from my work)

[willow nebula]

im really noticing that, you know so much about these practically unknown systems that it really does impress me

[neat oak]

mmmm

ye I used to do something similar for my work

[frosty coral]

Im working (...once a year) on a office game but with a reactor and stuff, and events (fires, missile strike, whatever), and my gosl is to make it make atlwast some sense lol

[neat oak]

and it's fun to go back to ngl

[frosty coral]

Anf my goal for reactor (and other imåortant pipes) is to have actual connectivity and logic

[neat oak]

peak
best of luck to you!

[frosty coral]

So for any (enterable) area, you can follow the pipes

And ofcourse having some identification for what each pipe is

[neat oak]

yess I can appreicate that so much I always make lines have sense even when I made my map in some random game

[frosty coral]

Color for most part+decal every now and them

[frosty coral]

Welp anyway nice game part 48

I shall disappear now

[neat oak]

yes exactly I appreciate those things so much

it pains me when I see random rgb coloured pipes with no indication of what utility or purpose they serve

and I can appreciate those things so heavily

🙏

[willow nebula]

ill keep this in minddd

maybe its time for me to add some more sense into the piping layout

[neat oak]

aw hll yea you are so based 🙏

thank you 🔥

I love games that do these things

mostly because I used to design similar things into 3D simulations and have them actually run

[neat oak]

it wasn't what my job did mostly but this was during training

[willow nebula]

oohhhh

that actually sounds pretty awesome

[neat oak]

so I have a basic knowledge on how everything works including things like how certain fluids and gasses flow so I love seeing these things because it just brings me back and it makes me happy to see people doing things that pay attention to these details

and put them into consideration!

[neat oak]

I wish I had more of it but believe me it was

maybe I will remember the name of the program used butttt

I don't rn sadly 😔

if I find it though I'll prob send it here sometime

🔥

[willow nebula]

-# pls dooo!!!

[neat oak]

peak

[willow nebula]

im looking for every way possible to keep this game rly accurate to real life engineering

-# i say as theres fire blowing out of a vent into a hallway with no way of venting it outside

[neat oak]

but yes thank you so much I would love it if you made pipes make sense and stuff and maybe added pipeline pumps and stuff I would appreciate it so much you don't understand how much I love those things

🙏🙏

[neat oak]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm 🔥

if it looks cool it excusable trust

[willow nebula]

fair lmao

but thanks for the convo, certainly gave me some ideas on how to improve!!!

[neat oak]

if you really really really want to make everything as accurate as possible in every way and regard I might just send you some things over time that could be changed or edited and I'll even find things like regulations like fire alarms and such

to what extent are you willing to go 🗣️

[willow nebula]

the highest

[neat oak]

no problem!
you do you I will love the game either way!

[neat oak]

understood
where is the facility located again

somwhere america?

[willow nebula]

good ol oregon USA

[neat oak]

ahh yes yes

alr ima just do some research on that place then!

and I'll see what I can do

[willow nebula]

okkk!!!!

tysm!!

[neat oak]

but ye I love sense in games and I can appreciate it a lot
I thank you aswel!

[willow nebula]

maybe ill find some way to repay you for this lol

[neat oak]

nuh uh

don't try

somebody almost forced me to accept dc nitro like 2 days ago 😭

because I made them a door model

[willow nebula]

oh-

[neat oak]

I can prob send it here if you want but it don't even look like comparable to the amount of quality everywhere else

[neat oak]

no paying 🙏

but ye thank you for your kindness <3

also ima try seeing what the software is and the regulations aaaa so many things suddenly has actually made my life a bit more exciting today
very nice

[neat oak]

found it likely won't embed though

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[willow nebula]

ooo those are actually pretty nice for being practically free

[neat oak]

it was just as a concept art for a door model they wanted but it turned out quite crude so promised I'd make a new one today which I'm gon startwith in a couple of mins 🔥

[neat oak]

mmm 2 hours 🔥

but ye still it doesn't compare at all to the absolute quality of your game or Neuf 🙏
how many hours has the game taken so far btw

-# if I may ask ofc!

[willow nebula]

oh dear

well

[neat oak]

mmmmm

should I be afraid of the number

I shall guess somewhere inbetween 150 and 600 hours

[willow nebula]

i work about 8 hours on it every day since the creation of THIS version, its been 43 days

so 344 hours

around 300

[neat oak]

not exact middle but close 😭
oh wow but actually less than my tpt2 park
though erm I started that like a year ago

how much time do you have 😭🙏
but ye then I want you to know your hours have not been wasted the game looks awesome so far!

with this version btw you mean like the major version?

[willow nebula]

correct!!!

[neat oak]

epic!

[willow nebula]

if i count the last 2 versions its around 900 hours

[neat oak]

o h m y

dedication 🙏

that is amazing ngl

one sec letmeeee

~1.2 months of active development 😭

[willow nebula]

yepp!! lotsa work done during that little time lmao

[neat oak]

insane though

love it so much much respect to you 🙏

anyway ima remake that door 🔥
then check the facility and note some things and then it's research time 🗣️

[willow nebula]

alrighty!!! best of luck with the door!!

[neat oak]

Ye so erm the whole research thing I’ll have to postpone
Windows 11 kind of permanently bricked the OS (but not the EUFI I hope) which simply means the pc’s corrupt
And then media recovery tool deleted my 4 years of information on my external drive
All today, my day’s going great 🔥

[willow nebula]

oh…

damn

[neat oak]

Peak windows 11 gameplay

Also how’s lé game going along

Looking good so far?

[willow nebula]

oop

mhm

replaced a few textures but im still working on it

[neat oak]

👍

Best of luck!

[willow nebula]

thanks!!

[opal chasm]

What was the link to the game again ?

[willow nebula]

|| https://www.roblox.com/games/133823745505585/Lakewood-Generating-Station ||

[tiny stag]

is this the thread with the comically powerful dllrs

[willow nebula]

maybe

-# (i dont know what a dllr is)

[tiny stag]

door*

lmao

[solid shard]

played last night and got the absolute hell scared out of me when the door slammed closed in a blackout
10/10

[willow nebula]

LOL

same thing happened to me while playtesting it in studio

[willow nebula]

some slight changes

[willow nebula]

did you know?

the Lakewood Generating Station was such a large facility to traverse that many employees, not having much worth anything above ground, chose to make parts of the facility their own home to avoid having to walk all the way back to the main entrance. many of these buildings were abandoned long ago, originally used by miners as rest areas, now serving as homes to dozens of workers without lives above ground.

[regal hawk]

did you know?

Did you know that when you nacho cheese on chip, taste nacho cheese chip on you, this is because nacho cheese and taste chip on nacho cheese is a reference to taste chip on your cheese

[limpid birch]

chip

me like

great work

[neat rain]

Hey I see you've started to talk on Solaris Research Database

[willow nebula]

correc

[willow nebula]

what

nacho cheese

🧀

[regal hawk]

chee

[pliant chasm]

did you know?

yeah

[willow nebula]

the lakewood generating stations department of pipeworks would like to make it VERY clear to employees that the 34 year old pieces of wood found lying around is more than enough to support the very essential piping of the facility

[neat oak]

✅

[willow nebula]

progress!!!

• started work on the electrical and servicing building parking lot
• expanding the cavern
• the raccoon
• rebuilding part of the service tunnels
• new lights!!!
• changed the effects of the big flood door falling in power outage
• new poster (i need poster ideas!! ill turn anything you send me into a poster at this point)
• changed a LOT of materials
• 4k resolution concrete
• some other small changes but yay progress!!

anddd the updates out

[turbid thunder]

YEAAAH

[neat oak]

4k resolution concrete hll yeah!
Now I can stare at a wall and excuse it as admiring the detail 🗣️🔥

but ye from the screenshots look epic!

[neat oak]

I liek 🔥
only small problem is that the door has to wait for the rise animation to finish before dropping but that can’t really be solved without adding an effect thing or multiple animation points

[neat oak]

Is the thing next to the pillar on the baseplate a wip elevator by the way

[tiny stag]

16th century england: the hallway

[willow nebula]

yuh

[neat oak]

Epicc!

[neat oak]

Wait, it’s unreal how true this is 🗣️🔥

[neat rain]

I'm taking alook at the game now

awww

I liked the other alarm for the bigger flood doors @willow nebula

😦

[willow nebula]

imma use the old alarm on the radiation seals

[neat rain]

pic/photo? of the seals?

[willow nebula]

havent made em yet

[neat rain]

okay

also

I wanna see the flood door slam down

when there is power outage

[willow nebula]

open door

press power off button

[neat rain]

then press the red button

I get it now

you should make the alarm becons turn red just before the door slams shut...

you-remove the alarm button

bruh

where is the floor for the gen control panel

[willow nebula]

in constructiob

[neat rain]

okay

I've seen the whole place now...

I also have an idea for the flood door panel

you should add a "stuck" light

for the door at the parking lot

[neat oak]

but the colour comes from the coloured glass 😔

• no power

[neat rain]

yeah your right

[willow nebula]

does anybody know how to make the studio explorer text smaller 🙏

this change was so sudden it nearly made me have a panic attack

false alarm yall i figured it out

[tiny stag]

ok so it is the thread with the comically powerful doors

[willow nebula]

this is correct

[neat oak]

Peak 🔥

[neat rain]

huh?

[eternal summit]

Summit 🗻🗻🗻🗻

[willow nebula]

top ⬆️

[willow nebula]

yall prob wont see a progress message in a while btw cuz i might be working on something pretty big

felt i had to mention it just in case

[neat oak]

Is that a Oneshot reference 😱

[neat oak]

👍

[silver zodiac]

must work for the generation station...,,,,,

[neat rain]

hi

[silver zodiac]

hi

[neat rain]

wait

don't you own BWRF?

[silver zodiac]

yes

im everywhere

[neat rain]

not in my friends server

so not every everywhere

[silver zodiac]

ermm,, actually

idk that server so that doesnt count

[neat rain]

wanna know the name?

[silver zodiac]

sur

[neat rain]

TAFC Or Texas Advanced Fusion Corporation

[willow nebula]

congratulations, you now work feeding trash into the incinerator starting at 3 dollars per hour!!

[silver zodiac]

my dream job!!!

[willow nebula]

-# any respiratory or medical issues created by you being exposed to lethal amounts of carcinogens due to your time spent near the incinerator will not be covered by your company medical insurance nor shall it be the fault of the USC

[neat oak]

jumpscare 🔥

[neat oak]

peak

[willow nebula]

the fear runs through my veins

[silver zodiac]

while we have your attention here i wanna give a itty bitty

thingyamabob

during a power outage, your door closes slowly instead of slamming shut like mine

if that makes sense

[tiny stag]

ok

[willow nebula]

oh yes that was because we had a 30~ minute discussion in here a while ago about how big doors have brakes on em so that they dont slam shut

[silver zodiac]

ohhh

i see

[tiny stag]

do it the fnaf way

keep the doors open during a power outage

[willow nebula]

nruh uh

[tiny stag]

https://tenor.com/view/ceiling-fall-ouch-hurt-that-hurts-gif-17433447

does this to you

[willow nebula]

my back aches

[willow nebula]

one must prove themselves worthy to the generating station to not get slowly crushed by the flood doors during an outage

[silver zodiac]

it would be funny if it slam shut 🥀

because cool noises

[willow nebula]

solution:
50% chance the door brakes while falling, 50% chance it holds in place for a few seconds then slams shut

[silver zodiac]

yes

[willow nebula]

sometimes the solution in life is combining the two solutions

[neat oak]

was for realism since I used to do something similar irl and gio mentioned he wanted a lot of realism and then my pc died so my spreadsheet on things to realisticify was gone and I am now confined back to my work laptop 🔥
-# silent reply-ping 🙏

[neat oak]

make it more unreliable I approve of this 🔥
all seriousness though door slamming shut with particles and screenshake would look pretty neat

but ye really depends what you're going for I suppose ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[willow nebula]

ya the screenshake will be comin soon

after i figure out how to actually uhh

yk

script it

[neat oak]

🔥

🫡

[neat oak]

imagine it floods and power goes out and everybody in the nuclear bunker is like "atleast we're still safe" and the heavy metal doors just start slowly opening flooding everything inside 😭

[willow nebula]

no witnesses

[neat oak]

frfr 🗣️

[frosty coral]

(Less deadly) doors (they will still crush you)

[willow nebula]

with the weight of 2 ford f-150 platinum extended cab trucks

[frosty coral]

You habe atleast 1 second to get out!

[neat oak]

very safety as you can see 👍

-# still not actually realism if we keep to the regulations in both America and Eurasia but oh well
-# funni door go boom who am I to complain about epic dramatic effects 🔥

[neat oak]

if I may inquire 🍵🧐🔎 what are you working on
I am lé curiosity!

[willow nebula]

“minor” modifications (and waiting for adobe to give me substance painter!!)

though unfortunately i turned in the wrong document sooo i gotta wait even longer

[neat oak]

material textures.....

pbr...

[neat oak]

🫡 good luck!

[neat rain]

I thought of being the Safety Inspector

[willow nebula]

the generating station disapproves

it said nuh uh

[neat rain]

...mmm

[neat oak]

they were never seen again
many entered but none ever returned to live the light of day.

[willow nebula]

canonically haunted generating station confirmed

[neat oak]

😱

[neat rain]

I have the stomach bug 😦

[neat oak]

Alien Isolation reference

[willow nebula]

guess the generating station is now a space station orbiting kg-348

[neat oak]

Little did we know it was all a simulation ran in Sevastopol all along

🔥

I love A:I

Amaezing gaem

[willow nebula]

i would play it if i werent working 24/7 on LGS

soon maybe

[true holly]

The amount of detail in this is wild

[neat oak]

If you don’t have it I’ll buy it on Steam if you want

Epic game I would respect you taking a break

🫡

[willow nebula]

NONONO ITS FINE

[neat oak]

🔥

I liek A:I

-# can you atleast open donation gamepass(es) sometime trust
Your work is great so far and I love every detail!

[willow nebula]

ok so unfortunately learning how to make new textures is going very slowly and has left me in tears multiple times meaning

progress update soon!!

[viscid veldt]

custom textures?

[willow nebula]

yup!!

[viscid veldt]

ohh kk

i was about to relay a message i made from general discussion but thats for a different idea of texturing

for those getting started with ideas of pbrs lol

[willow nebula]

ah i see

lol

[neat oak]

Accurate

[neat oak]

omg yes.
are those minitrains-in-progress on the baseplate?

[willow nebula]

nope!! gonna redo em soon maybe

-# by soon i mean a whileeee…

mostly because i currently have zero idea on how to make a reliable train system without using robloxs ass physics engine

[neat oak]

Maybe try asking Hiyi
They made this system which is pretty gud https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1293630775106998272/1294753958317002782/The_Skylands_-_Roblox_Studio_2024-10-12_21-01-14.mp4?ex=67fac897&is=67f97717&hm=cf239944aa4374a849f0c86b72579a62cdbd320ccb23b2e8f4f36d16267ffba0&

[willow nebula]

interestingggggg…

[neat oak]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[willow nebula]

yall got any suggestions for the flood door so far? made a custom metal texture for it this time :D

[frosty coral]

Looks nice, cant realy think of anything else to say

[viscid veldt]

for a first custom texture, you did excellent

[willow nebula]

thank youu

[simple meadow]

get rid of the ‘Stop! This is a’ text since I think it looks goofy and otherwise I think it looks good

[willow nebula]

means having to completely redo the decal but ok!!

-# i say as i cry inside

[frosty coral]

I feel like that text is good, but maybe lower parts/more secret parts should have it removed as people are meant to be experienced there, at the areas new people or even visitors are commonly gonna be, the text makes it more friendly in a way

[willow nebula]

oohhh thats a good point

i am going to be adding a visitor center to the station so yeah there would be visitors

[neat oak]

have funn

[neat oak]

interesting!

[neat oak]

also those pipes in the backgroundddd
it all looks so goododddssdsadwawewedrgfeswaeyhd

[willow nebula]

wait til you see the rebuild of the current map

its quite

er

yea i cant think of any practical jokes rn im going to sleep

[neat oak]

🔥

[neat oak]

I am hyped!

[neat oak]

maybe change movement to motion since motion is a force or a state while movement is an action you can't say while in movement but you can say while in motion
-# have fun with the decals!

[willow nebula]

should i try to add slight swaying effects to certain props, such as hanging lights, railings, etc? if so, i'll make it client sided and will only affect props within a certain distance

[neat oak]

if it's a very open place I'd love that!
maybe also for things close to water? especially if it's "flowing"
but ye makes it all feel more alive in my opinion so I liek

[willow nebula]

yall ive just made history

i properly baked a mesh successfully 🔥

after 6 hours*

[willow nebula]

TADAAAA

first time texturing a mesh and thats how it came out!!!

[brave forge]

Very nice.

[neat oak]

Epicc!

[turbid thunder]

Amazing

[willow nebula]

-# thought this looked kinda cool

[brave forge]

Nice and eerie.

[willow nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-perfectlybalanced-gif-18301221

interesting

my first embed failure

[neat oak]

Love that ambience
Ye you’re cooking!

[neat oak]

Ah embeds for links are disabled in this channel

[neat oak]

Same reason this didn’t turn into a video either

[willow nebula]

ohhHHH

well that explains that

[neat oak]

What will those pads be for by the way
The ones on either sides of the door

[willow nebula]

oh theyre probably just gonna have a load of small pipes n stuff in em

extra details ykyk

[neat oak]

Ahh I see I see!

Very nice

[marble herald]

that is very nice! I recommend that when modelling, you mark edges you don't want smoothed as "sharp" (and/or use shade auto smooth) to avoid certain shading issues

such as these

very good work though

[willow nebula]

ohhh

that explains a lot

thanks!!

[willow nebula]

yall, i think imma take a break from developing the station for a while. im losing track of my thoughts and need some time to think about how ill organize this hell of a game before ACTUALLY continuing, otherwise itll end up as a mess again. ill be back to development in maybe a week, cyall!!

[neat oak]

Have a good break!

[brave forge]

It's always a good idea to take breaks here and there, take as much time as you need mate.

[neat oak]

^^^^

[willow nebula]

did you know?

After James Parker’s death, it was found in a journal in his office that he had an intense fear of none other than…

the IRS

it turns out that the man who wasnt afraid to take on the entirety of the US military, radiation sickness, and multiple assassination attempts feared the irs.

-# i have fun making these lil things c:

[robust geyser]

i think i missed a little bit off lore, he took on the entire us military?!

[willow nebula]

i exaggerated it a tiny bit but the military once demanded him to turn over the design plans of some critical parts of the reactor because of their potential use for some pretty nasty weapons

thus leading to multiple attempts to kill him

[neat oak]

Ohhh

Corruption
Interesting

Corruption is always interesting storyline
-# Infra

Will the dam have subcome to neglect in some areas?
Like giant cracks, leaking high pressure pipes

[silver zodiac]

a giant crack equals dam blowing open lol

[neat oak]

🤫 if nobody discovers it nothing will happen trust

But it would be neat to see like (architecturally) lower partially flooded broken/malfunctioning unpowered or shortcircuiting areas ngl

[neat oak]

Just to show more insight and effect to the years of mismanagement and disregard for safety guidelines (which idk extrapolating from the lore of scary irs and osha probably close(-ish) enough 🔥)

[willow nebula]

ya the undermaintenaced dam is the reason the lower levels of the facility are even flooded in the first place

was never sealed properly to avoid seepage into the facility

meaning there will infact be a lot of visual indicators of that

[neat oak]

yesss!
that will be so excitinggg

[neat oak]

will we be able to see those flooded areas?
like half flooded down the stairs for instance

or like those water doors that are sealed because there's pressure on the other side

[willow nebula]

yes

thats going to be my way of saying “cant explore this”

instead of stupid locked doors

cough qserf cough

[neat oak]

🔥

[willow nebula]

that also means that youll be able to explore mostly everything

behind gates, down maintenance corridors, etc

[neat oak]

I am honestly so excited though
it's just gon be so uniqueeeeeeeeeeeee

I would seriously love to just be able to like still see flooded areas and even be able to access them as long as there's no way the water can like move to the door if you open it (moving water is probably very fun to animate I'd imagine)

will there be areas that flood? or will it all be like more fixed

[willow nebula]

i might make some designated areas flood randomly OR from someone fucking something up in one of the control rooms

examples: overloading the flood pumps, pumping too little coolant water into the condensers

every action ya make is one big mistake

-# hey that rhymed

[neat oak]

r/accidentalpoetry real

[neat oak]

maybe during like certain shift/game-ending events aswel?

¯_(ツ)_/¯

for instance
uhh
-# I have no clue what events you have planned 🔥
meltdown maybe

[silver zodiac]

ngl after 5 hours of server up-time you should make the dam just burst open

for the funny

[final musk]

will we see....

still water? 👀

[willow nebula]

yes

will slowly kill you

[willow nebula]

and you must use emergency showers

tried the concept a while ago and i think it could work

[true holly]

did you know that we tecnically have only a few seconds to live? Breathing resets the timer

:3

[willow nebula]

wh-

damn you make a fair point

[willow nebula]

maybe!!

[willow nebula]

yes

i wanna make every day different by moving around the flooded areas or blocked off doors

so every day you progress in the game is different and harder to get around to complete tasks

[frosty coral]

Most people can hold their breath for 1-2mins and survive without oxygwn for 3-6min without problems! So you actualy have as much as 3-8 mins of time being alive, at any given point! Isnt that much better?

[frosty coral]

Sounds awesome, good luck

[neat oak]

epicc!
you should make it feel like kind of logical though like if a day before the room had a giant hole it can't just be magically patched or something like if possible could you show damage and the repairs done after a flooded area opens?
that would be a very nice detail imo

also are you planning to make it work kind of like the shift system from trg?

[willow nebula]

oo that idea of the repairs and stuff is pretty good, might try it!!

havent played trg so…

not sureee…

[neat oak]

Highly recommend - very different style but imo it has got to be one of the best core games on there
I really recommend playing it — even if it’s a completely different style there might still be some things to inspire from

[willow nebula]

tried making a lil something more advanced for my taste!!
-# boredom

might use it for a trailer or even the menu :3

just realized i forgot to add reverb so

whoops

[neat oak]

Still sounds nice!

[neat oak]

I think since it’s more calming and doesn’t really have a dramatic tone or like a climax or anything this would be pretty good for the menu
Unless you want the trailer to just show like different short clips / scenes of places in the facility without kuch motion
Again no clue what you’re planning but I’m still sure it will turn out great!

[brave forge]

Very good.

[willow nebula]

did you know?

a few days after the blast of the generating station, there was an 800% increase in unidentified creature sightings all over the Lakewood valley area, many being described as being tall, black, and extremely fast. oddly enough, they never left beyond the county lines.

[neat oak]

👀 lore is cookingg

[willow nebula]

Say hello to your new friend!

The Liftstar Incorporated Portable Atomic Power Unit, or PAPU, will help power your way through the dark! Fitted with our patented Atom-Tech micro nuclear power unit, it can hold 6 Atomi-Bars of energy, along with having the ability to recharge at any time!
-# pre-order your Liftstar Incorporated Portable Atomic Power Unit today! Any cancer-related illnesses or death that may occur by being in possession of a Liftstar Incorporated Atomic Power Unit will not be at fault of the Liftstar Corporation or USC.

[worn bronze]

Nuclear battery

[willow nebula]

rechargeable nuclear battery*

how does it work?

no clue

[worn bronze]

Uranium 😋

[willow nebula]

yummers

also the thing is supposed to have a handle but i havent gotten around to modeling it yet 😅
-# i also made a typo in the label since its supposed to say 6 atomi-bars… wow.

atomi-bars are also the units of charge that the battery can hold, and some things around the station use up more atomi-bars than others per use

should also mention, back from my break and doing a lot better!!

[pliant chasm]

very silly hopefully nothing tragic happens

[robust geyser]

i love radiation

[willow nebula]

stab the damn thing with a screwdriver and see what happens

[viscid veldt]

hm very peculiar choice of idea

i like it

i don't wanna sound crude so please ask if im intruding im just curious LOL

by any chance you seen my atomic battery or flashlight?

i can send u it for some ideas you can build on :>

(image wise)

[neat oak]

Does it work like an RTG and liquid fuel pallets?

[willow nebula]

oo yes i just saw it (the flashlight) and may i say

its damn cool!!

or well

hot

cuz its a literal reactor…

but u get the point lol

[viscid veldt]

was curious!!! especially with the labeling

mojave initiatives + liftstar inc when

(jokes aside, i again love the models)

[willow nebula]

first co-made product will be a ball of plutonium used as a space heater

extremely efficient!!

[willow nebula]

redid the stupid lil label and i felt oddly proud of it

[viscid veldt]

def alot more formal :)

though if maybe for finishing touches, instead of writing "a few decades" on the lifespan

you can approximate with a year or so

lemme get my atomic flashlight model from las cherung rq

primarily its labeling

[willow nebula]

hehe the "a few decades" was a small joke but yea i think its best to redo that lol

[viscid veldt]

wait if you still wanna keep it like that

you could totally

make a masking tape slap over the lifespan area and have something written in sharpie "a few decades" lol

[willow nebula]

ooh thats a good idea

[viscid veldt]

okay the pbr itself from the flashlight isnt the highest resolution but uhh LOL

suppose to be like 40-45? (expected)

ideally you can be more formal by adding a approximate symbol and use decimal values

but then again funny masking tape idea

either to dumb it down for someone or a way to hide the life expectancy being alot lower than needed

[willow nebula]

mmm

in this case

masking tape it is!!

:D

[viscid veldt]

ye lol