Ruining It For Everyone Else Since 2004
My choice of fire particles doesn’t seem to want to render properly under Proton, which means I’ll have to do my final render under Windows, oh well… at least I can do all the prep work under Linux beforehand.
The laptop was a no show. I ended up occupying my time in SFM after all, mainly smoothing out animations on a particular character. Unfortunately I don’t have a picture to share just yet, this will have to wait for the final reveal (unless you’re one of those privileged people persons). I’ve done some trimming on the script so far, Part 2 is estimated being about 7 or 8 minutes in length when I finish it… and I’m thinking I could save some of the other ideas for future videos, and I know I’ll have videos where those jokes and ideas will be put to good use. It’s always nice to have some extra arrows in your quiver, that and doing this will shorten how much I’ll need to animate for this particular video, getting it out the door faster and more optimized.
If I don’t see a laptop materialize tomorrow I’ll probably continue with animation plans, and move closer to presenting more pr0n to share.
I made quite a bit more progress through Okami once more, didn’t get too far area wise though. Whenever I gain new abilities I try to go backwards and see if I can unlock anything. The latest brushstroke I’ve learned so far is Kaze, or Wind. So I’ve been giving blow jobs to piles of leaves, windmills and the like. Being a wolf god is weird… I’ve decided to shelf the game for now, the digging sidegames got a little too annoying for me, and I wanted to do a little more SFM related stuff for the hell of it. Tomorrow is looking to be a busy day so every little bit I could knock out of the way tonight is gravy. I have another computer to look at tomorrow too! It sounds like it needs to be upgraded to 10 Pro with proper configurations. Kinda weird getting all of these computer related side jobs lately, but I won’t complain. It’ll be good money towards the road trip in a few weeks (no delays this time). I’m not sure if I’ll have a video done by the time I have to take off, but hopefully that just means I’ll have less to do when I get home. :v:
I accomplished quite a bit today! I got a good chunk of animation done (if you can call what’s happening in this scene animation, but I digress), and I spliced up some more audio. Other than some intense lag in SFM I seem to be moving along, will probably pick back up on it again if I don’t accidentally take a nap.
I’ve been having fun learning how to animate blankets on a bed, they actually move easily once you get used to maneuvering them. I mostly focused on lighting and camera angles, and the animation here didn’t take me too horribly long. I’ll be able to focus on the next scene tomorrow if there’s time… I have plans to be making dinner tomorrow, thinking something Thai.
Oh, and Proton turns one year old today! Here’s to one year of playing with things under Linux, including SFM. :trollface:
Got another scene primed and ready to go for tomorrow! Didn’t have time to work on much else, and I had a fixed computer to give back to someone. All in all a good evening. I worked with Yutram tonight, and we decided this will be his bedroom. It plays a pivotal role in a future scene… kinda. :v:
This picture is reminding me to do something…
Brought home another computer to work on for the weekend. Seems to be having similar issues to the previous one, seems that the latest Windows Update has claimed another victim. Only in this case the system seems to give off a Blue Screen Of Death randomly when playing WoW. I’m going to do a clean reinstall, and have him step back a build. It’s one of those Alienware Steam Boxes. All in all it has good parts in it. He only uses it for WoW. Should have it back in his hands either tomorrow or in time when I head back to work.
I also made some more SFM progress; completed two renders, need to do two more. But before I do that I’ll need to extract some audio from a couple recent recording sessions with Yutram. I’ll be working on the ending sequences, then once I finish and export those I’m done and can return to Shotcut to piece things together for both videos. I’m thinking the endings may take awhile, especially for the second one. I might work on that one before the first one just to get it out of the way.
I also went on a bit of a shopping spree yesterday. I bought some stuff for renovating my closet a little, and some teas. One is a Cherry Rhubarb and the other one is supposed to be a Red Velvet cake. I haven’t had a chance to try them yet, been enjoying some flowering tea. I think I have one more brew I can get out of it before moving onto something else… might give one of the new teas a try tomorrow.
It was too warm for me to want to cook anything today/tonight. I made some nice hearty sandwiches, for all to share. I even have enough for after work lunch tomorrow. I was wearing my Half Life 2 shirt today at work, and the spirit of Gabe’s many sub sandwiches convinced me to make something hearty with not too much effort, and I think I succeeded.
Today was productive, both at work and at home with SFM; got a lot of animation out of the way. I might even be able to render something tomorrow. :zorak: Nothing worth sharing yet, will keep posted. In the meantime, to keep with the theme of Valve and sandwiches, here is one of my favorite TF2 characters:
I opted to leave out the pita shell and make a salad instead for my after work lunch, turned out quite nice. I made a spicy Thai tuna salad mixture with some fish sauce, lemon and lime juice, cilantro, shallot, ginger, serrano pepper, honey roasted peanuts and some curry paste. I layered some sushi rice above some salad greens and spooned the tuna mix on top to make something like a Thai tuna sushi, but with tomato and cucumber. The nice thing about this mixture is that you can serve it in a multitude of ways/ It makes a good tuna melt, crisp sandwich or wrap… and as mentioned in the previous post pita bread. :v I also bought some pralines for snacking, they are a new addiction I’m trying not to let happen too often.
I rendered some SFM stuff earlier, still have a bit more to go. Sometimes I have to split up one file into two due to a particular bug. For some reason every once in awhile when I try to keyframe something the program will be stuck on a different scene entirely. I had to render up to a point that I hadn’t animated yet, split it off at that point and did an export. I remember this happening under Windows too awhile back, it seems to occur randomly.
I got quite a bit done in SFM today! Rewarded myself by getting my ass pounded in TF2 alongside Yutram… They have definitely changed the AI a considerable amount since we used to play regularly, that and the AI behavior seems a little off, the bots are really good at detecting spys to the point that the bots don’t seem to want to go spy. Last I checked the bots were set to medium difficulty, Yutram and I are wondering if Valve decided that the cool kids deserve MLG mode bots or some shit. While we were playing we were treated to an interesting message:
In TF2 you have the option of wasting $100 or some shit on a digital ring that you can give to your friend or partner as a sign of friendly gay marriage or something, and not only do you get to personalize the message, but everyone playing the game will see it regardless of server. I’ve seen quite a few of these over the years, and it’s nice to know the tradition is still going strong. I never received one myself, and hopefully never will.