- Jul 12, 2020
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The simp master is slipping....pull your finger out!
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- Jul 17, 2021
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Yeah. I have over 1k in there also and most are in response to your shenanigans.
- Oct 25, 2020
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- May 6, 2023
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Dude, you need a life haha.
I might have to come visit you Joshy, got a cyclone going right over the top of me ugh
- Mar 25, 2021
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Take care of yourself Grumpy.
- May 11, 2020
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Take care and I hope "Kirily" treats you good take care GOA !
- May 6, 2023
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Thanks we'll be fine, Cat3 will cause some damage, but it shouldn't be too bad. I might disappear for a while depending on how much damage the power grid suffers and how much clean up is needed. I love living in the tropics, but it has its draw backs unfortunately.
- Jul 17, 2021
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No need to worry about him. Dude survived Australia long enough, small wind won't do shit to him. Right, grumpy?
- May 6, 2023
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I'll be fine. I can't remember how many Cat 4 and Cat5 cyclones I have been through, so a cat 3 is more a pain in the ass than anything else. I'm more concerned about how long we will be without power.No need to worry about him. Dude survived Australia long enough, small wind won't do shit to him. Right, grumpy?
- Jul 12, 2020
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How are things going over there in Nevertralia GoA? Starting to think Kaija might be holding you hostage or some shit...
- May 6, 2023
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Thanks for thinking of me. We just got power back. The damn thing came straight over the top of us. We lost a pet cat, a few trees and some minor damage. So we are in clean up mode at the moment. I'm just taking a break and cooling down now that the power is on. Then time to get back to cleaning up the mess. The heat and humidity is killing my poor old body but things need to be done.
No sign of Kaija unfortunately but Elea and Medb are welcome to drop by
- Sep 20, 2018
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That sounds plenty bad, but I'm glad you made it through without anything worse happening.Thanks for thinking of me. We just got power back. The damn thing came straight over the top of us. We lost a pet cat, a few trees and some minor damage. So we are in clean up mode at the moment. I'm just taking a break and cooling down now that the power is on. Then time to get back to cleaning up the mess. The heat and humidity is killing my poor old body but things need to be done.
No sign of Kaija unfortunately but Elea and Medb are welcome to drop by
Sadly, Medb doesn't strike me as the type to volunteer in a disaster zone and it's a long drive for Elea, so you might be on your own.
- May 6, 2023
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Medb would be for cooling purposes lol and Elea for some TLC tonight. I dream. The best I can hope for is an aircon and listening to my wife groan at me about being too tired and hot
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Gld you're safe and sound GoA...as a cat lover myself, sorry to hear this news, mine sends her warmest cuddles your way.Thanks for thinking of me. We just got power back. The damn thing came straight over the top of us. We lost a pet cat, a few trees and some minor damage. So we are in clean up mode at the moment. I'm just taking a break and cooling down now that the power is on. Then time to get back to cleaning up the mess. The heat and humidity is killing my poor old body but things need to be done.
No sign of Kaija unfortunately but Elea and Medb are welcome to drop by
- Oct 10, 2022
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Hey, thanks for the notification I've noticed I was not here for a while, so....
Fuck Kaija!
Have a nice day.
Edit: Just read the post, not the best one to choose. Sorry.
And I am also glad you are safe and sound GoA, sorry about your cat too.
- Jul 17, 2021
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Ha! Pour ice cubes on her for the full effect.Medb would be for cooling purposes lol and Elea for some TLC tonight. I dream. The best I can hope for is an aircon and listening to my wife groan at me about being too tired and hot
Glad you're safe, my brother. Sorry to hear about the kitty.
- May 6, 2023
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Thanks guys, I appreciate it.
Maybe Fiona should drop by too, I don't want her to feel left out
Maybe Fiona should drop by too, I don't want her to feel left out
- Sep 6, 2020
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Hey everyone,
the new year 2024 seems to keep throwing wrenches into my work.
Be it my own health or my family, this week it was my PC.
Last Friday, I said I wanted to finish the test build early this week.
Last Friday (evening), life said "eheheh... middle finger" and sent a power outage to roast one of my hard disks.
Out of the 4 disks in my PC, it hit the SSD with all the TNT stuff on it (of course). All rendered images, all DAZ scenes, and all kit-bashed assets were on that SSD.
While I do have a backup (2 actually), the backup is from the end of December 2023. 3 weeks of rendering work gone.
So instead of rendering the final images for the test build, I spent the whole weekend desperately trying to get the SSD back to functional
or at least recover the data from it. I failed on the first task but mostly succeded on the 2nd one.
By Monday I had most of the critical stuff recovered (it was painfully slow but at least it worked). Cost me 2 days of work and nerves (and ~200€ for a new SSD and the recovery software...)
but that's still better than having to re-pose and render 260 images...
Lessons learned:
- do backups more often
- look into buying an UPS
It did come with one positive thing, though. While sitting there waiting and praying for the recovery to succeed I had an idea for a small animation that wasn't planned.
So as the wise people say: Always look on the bright side of life!
After I dealt with the SSD fallout, I got back to setting up the remaining renders and created my test build (on Thursday now).
The numbers for this week are:
57 new static renders, 264 recovered renders, for a total of 321
1 new animation, 1 recovered, for a total of... 2 (didn't even need a calculator for this one!)
80 new script lines for a total of 1101
The plan for next week? Same thing I do every week... try to take over the world, gnarf.
Other news and stuff:
I released my Demo on Steam earlier today in preparation for the Steam Next Fest on Feb 05.
You can find it here:
You must be registered to see the links
And while you're there, you can give the game a wishlist if you haven't done already ;-)
In the process of setting up the Steam stuff and Next Fest, I'll make the switch to the game being paywalled.
I already mentioned it earlier, releasing on Steam forces you to do that and I want a (mostly) clean cut.
The demo (up to the end of Chapter 3) will be free (and I don't intend to take it down after Next Fest), everything after that will be paywalled.
I already made that switch on itch.io, Patreon will follow within the next few days, which means the Chaplain tier will be discontinued and a new Chaplain tier with a higher price will be introduced.
Both Chaplain tiers will have access to a Steam key (if they want) and the download links for the Chapters after Chapter 3.
Lower tiers will have access to the DL links and a Steam key if the lifetime support matches (or exceeds) the Steam price.
That's it for now.
I wish you guys a nice weekend and I'm thrilled to see what life throws at me next week... ;-)
Cheers,
Ceolag
Good to hear you're okay, sorry to hear about the catThanks for thinking of me. We just got power back. The damn thing came straight over the top of us. We lost a pet cat, a few trees and some minor damage. So we are in clean up mode at the moment. I'm just taking a break and cooling down now that the power is on. Then time to get back to cleaning up the mess. The heat and humidity is killing my poor old body but things need to be done.
No sign of Kaija unfortunately but Elea and Medb are welcome to drop by
I wish you all the best and hope that the clean up goes well.
- Jul 12, 2020
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I blame Kaija...I bet she was involved somehow. Can anyone confirm her wherabouts for that evening hmmm? I suspect not....View attachment 3297408
Hey everyone,
the new year 2024 seems to keep throwing wrenches into my work.
Be it my own health or my family, this week it was my PC.
Last Friday, I said I wanted to finish the test build early this week.
Last Friday (evening), life said "eheheh... middle finger" and sent a power outage to roast one of my hard disks.
Out of the 4 disks in my PC, it hit the SSD with all the TNT stuff on it (of course). All rendered images, all DAZ scenes, and all kit-bashed assets were on that SSD.
While I do have a backup (2 actually), the backup is from the end of December 2023. 3 weeks of rendering work gone.
So instead of rendering the final images for the test build, I spent the whole weekend desperately trying to get the SSD back to functional
or at least recover the data from it. I failed on the first task but mostly succeded on the 2nd one.
By Monday I had most of the critical stuff recovered (it was painfully slow but at least it worked). Cost me 2 days of work and nerves (and ~200€ for a new SSD and the recovery software...)
but that's still better than having to re-pose and render 260 images...
Lessons learned:
- do backups more often
- look into buying an UPS
It did come with one positive thing, though. While sitting there waiting and praying for the recovery to succeed I had an idea for a small animation that wasn't planned.
So as the wise people say: Always look on the bright side of life!
After I dealt with the SSD fallout, I got back to setting up the remaining renders and created my test build (on Thursday now).
The numbers for this week are:
57 new static renders, 264 recovered renders, for a total of 321
1 new animation, 1 recovered, for a total of... 2 (didn't even need a calculator for this one!)
80 new script lines for a total of 1101
The plan for next week? Same thing I do every week... try to take over the world, gnarf.
Other news and stuff:
I released my Demo on Steam earlier today in preparation for the Steam Next Fest on Feb 05.
You can find it here:
You must be registered to see the links
And while you're there, you can give the game a wishlist if you haven't done already ;-)
In the process of setting up the Steam stuff and Next Fest, I'll make the switch to the game being paywalled.
I already mentioned it earlier, releasing on Steam forces you to do that and I want a (mostly) clean cut.
The demo (up to the end of Chapter 3) will be free (and I don't intend to take it down after Next Fest), everything after that will be paywalled.
I already made that switch on itch.io, Patreon will follow within the next few days, which means the Chaplain tier will be discontinued and a new Chaplain tier with a higher price will be introduced.
Both Chaplain tiers will have access to a Steam key (if they want) and the download links for the Chapters after Chapter 3.
Lower tiers will have access to the DL links and a Steam key if the lifetime support matches (or exceeds) the Steam price.
That's it for now.
I wish you guys a nice weekend and I'm thrilled to see what life throws at me next week... ;-)
Cheers,
Ceolag